Vivian Laaning Ch. 30

Vivian continued her conversation with Angela by this observation:

"This does lead me to ponder about your love of your fiancé, Ralph Peterson. I've no doubt about the sincerity of your professions of genuine love for him, and for that matter vice versus. Still you are desiring to engage in threesome sex with me during your honeymoon, and in fact last night we did do a threesome while you two are already officially engaged. Besides that, in our conversation, I get the impression that apparently the two of you expect having sex with others pending only mutual permission of same.

"I'm sure that I don't have to spell out to you that traditional marriage vows stipulate that as husband and wife you are to remain faithful to each other while forsaking all others. So what gives?"

Angela smiled as she replied:

"Oh I truly believe in the traditional marriage vows. Paradoxically I believe that Ralph and I will adhere to them. It's just that we don't define being faithful to each other as it's generally narrowly understood. As I see it, just because one engages in sex with someone other than one's spouse does not necessarily mean one has strictly speaking been unfaithful to one's souse. A more prosaic example of such assertion can not be more demonstrative than what you and I are now facing at this very moment. Unless you have some urgent business otherwise, you surely can expect that we'll get it on before too long.

"Now to backtrack just a little. When I first met you, and we had sex, it was truly a most wonderful and enjoyable experience. We certainly liked each other but we were not romantically smitten with each other. But and that is the most important but, even though we were not in deep love with each other we enjoyed our dalliance together to the fullest, because, well dammit if nothing else awesome sex is an enjoyable activity.

"Now I would agree if one has sex with someone other than one's spouse for the perceived reason that the other person is more attractive, sexually or otherwise than one's spouse then that is wrong and that is being unfaithful to one's spouse. In other words that is real adultery which can not be condoned. The extramarital sex both Ralph and I envision that which we may engage in, will definitely not have no such component.

"By the way, I'm positive that Ralph and I will definitely adhere to the other parts of faithfulness in the traditional marriage vows. You know the parts of being richer or poorer, in sickness or in health. It is easy to be faithful when both of you are healthy and wealthy. However your character and your commitment will surely be tested if one of you does become seriously ill or you are both driven into poverty.

"I truly believe with absolute certainty that neither of us will abandon each other even if disaster does strike either one of us or both of us. For example, even if we're impoverished tomorrow we won't crumble. At least in such dire circumstances, I'll have the ability to hock my expensive engagement ring to momentarily survive. You see Vivian what being faithful to each other simply means we have each other's back. And this principle is not violated by tolerated extramarital sex."

Vivian was floored by Angela's stated rationale. In the back of her mind, she thought there has to be some fallacy considering that Angela's conclusions run contrary to established societal norms. So she asked:

"Well OK Angela! I can buy your explanation. Still though, I don't understand that if you profess, and I've no doubt in your sincerity or the genuineness in your proclamation, that you love Ralph unconditionally, why would you want to engage in extramarital sex? And it also begs the question are you OK with Ralph having sex with other women, especially considering your antipathy towards Jennifer Turner?"

Angela replied:

"Jennifer Turner is a special case which we've already explored. The thing is that Ralph was a virgin until he met you, and at this point in time I'm the only other woman who has had sex with him. As for me, although I've been somewhat sexually active in lesbianism, my previous two lame heterosexual experiences don't amount to much. Thus, I can legitimately consider myself as a virtual heterosexual virgin until I had fantastic sexual congress with my Ralph.

"So you see Vivian, you could say both Ralph and I were nomads in the desert of none sex. Then when we met, we reached our oasis. Just like a real oasis in a real desert, where more than water is available, we both realized there is more sex available in our oasis, and that it would be silly for us not to partake of same."

Vivian guffawed at this startling statement. So she asked:

"I guess since you're an English Lit major, I shouldn't be surprised by your picturesque metaphors. I would suggest that an actual thirsty nomad in the desert would be satisfied with the water offered in the oasis, and would not be overly concerned with the alternative amenities available."

Angela answered:

"Ah yes but in our oasis of deprived sex, we had the privilege of a super salesman tempting us with extramarital sex. This would be in the person of the man who will give me away at my wedding in lieu of my deceased father. That would be Jed Baxter, of whom I assume you're aware?"

Vivian was definitely aware of the existence of Jed Baxter, so that all she could only mutter was:

"Jed Baxter? You mean of Baxter and Sons; the wealthiest man in Chicago? One of the wealthiest men in the United States if not in the entire world? That Jed Baxter?"

Angela smirked as she replied:

"Yes indeedy, the one and the same. It so happens my father and he were cousins, and thus is my nearest male blood relative. He has known me since I was born. My father and he were partners in a lot of business ventures which benefitted my father greatly.

"So when I asked Jed to give me away at my wedding, he readily accepted. Then he told me what his wedding present would be, and I was totally blown away. Considering his proposed wedding gift, he apparently knows my mercurial nature better than I."

"How so? And what's the gift?"

"I'll tell you in a sec. But first of all I need to tell you something about him and his relationship with me. You see, all the world believes that Jed and his wife, Felicia, have the perfect marriage, in which they are utterly devoted to each other unconditionally. And in truth I'm positive that Jed loves his wife without any question.

"However during my father's funeral, when the two us happened to be alone together, he felt compelled to confess to me his unhappiness with his marriage. I believe he was in a stage where he had to tell someone of his misery so as to get some psychological relief from the constant strain of disappointment he has experienced.

"He confided in me, perhaps because he has known me all my life and he knew he needed a trustworthy confidant who would not reveal his secret. So in his eyes, I appeared to be the perfect candidate. He did advise me that I'm the only person he has ever confided in. He didn't trust or felt closer to any of his other relatives including, my aunt, his sister. I took a great measure of pride in such declaration. Apart from my Ralph of course, Jed Baxter is truly an estimable man never mind his wealth.

"Apparently, the trouble with his marriage is that Felicia is frigid in sex, notwithstanding that they have two children produced by traditional means. It turns out that Felicia was sexually abused and assaulted constantly by her father since she was eight years old, after her mother had died. Her father's justification for constantly molesting and ruining her, was his sick notion and insistence that it was her duty to replace her deceased mother.

"As if this was not enough misery for her to endure, she was raped by three of her high school acquaintances when she was sixteen. She did press rape charges against her rapists, but their lawyers were clever enough to cross examine her at the trial sufficiently enough to cast doubt in the jury's mind of the lack of consent. Consequently, the guys were found not guilty and so walked away from a possible harsh prison sentencing, as they were tried as adults."

Vivian reacted in absolute dismay, as she interjected:

"Oh my God Angela! That's horrible! No wonder she has sexual hang ups."

"Exactly Vivian. Felicia became a recluse, not dating anyone. In her first year at Yale, she met Jed in a mutual class, and couldn't resist him. Actually what woman could reject the charms of Jed Baxter? They dated and she was able to tolerate intimate kisses and caresses that would normally transpire between dating couples.

"However, when for the first time they had sexual intercourse, Felicia froze. As Jed informed me, she was stiff as a board, not at all responsive to any of the emotional stimuli associated when one is naked and making love with one's partner."

Vivian guffawed at Angela's description, so that she could not help but interject again:

"I get the impression Angela, that you must be a terrific English Lit student. I believe in other words what you're saying is that Felicia was a cold fish in bed."

Not at all disquieted by Vivian's comment, Angela continued:

"Now that you put it that way, I guess that sums up succinctly the problem of Jed's marriage. Felicia revealed all of her sorry past to him, after that disastrous first time coitus. His first immediate reaction was to declare that he would personally ruin the three guys that had raped her. He regretted that he was precluded from exacting similar punishment on her father as that vile man had already died by that time.

"Jed was as good as his word. Right from the get go Jed had recognized that Bernie Madoff was a scam artist with the charm of a nineteenth century snake oil salesman. So he had his agents contact the three rogues and convince them to invest their life savings to Madoff's Ponzi scheme investments. Then, when the bubble burst on Madoff and as a result the rogues lost their accumulated life's savings, Jed launched phase two of his revenge.

"With all his business contacts and his network of friends in business, Jed was able to get agreement that no one would hire any of those rogues to a responsible position; even should one of then be the best qualified candidate. When one of the rogues tried for an entry level position such as say McDonald's or Walmart, the owner or manager was contacted and bribed to fire or not to hire the rogue.

"The rogues' eventual sole source of income were welfare subsidies as their spouses had abandoned ship. Even that source of income began to dry out for the rogues, as the social workers were very skeptical to believe that well educated young white males without any physical disabilities could not find work. Finally the rogues had to resort to begging on the street, in order to survive.

"Jed told me that his greatest satisfaction in exacting his revenge was to be instrumental in the delivery of a cryptic message to each of the rogues at the dept of their despair. The message simply stated: 'You thought you got away with raping Felicia Alice Carter. Think again. Your punishment will continue until you die. And who knows what punishment awaits you after that.' By the way Carter was Felicia's maiden name and of course her name at the time of the rape."

Vivian by this time was getting somewhat impatient from hearing about the trials and tribulations of Jed Baxter and his wife, so she asked:

"That is an interesting if not tragic recital of the Baxter marital difficulties. However I fail to see how that is germane to your invitation for me to participate in threesome sex on your honeymoon? Or for that matter your apparent mutual decision to have sex with others throughout your marriage?"

"All in good time my sweet fuck doll. You'll understand why I have to tell you about Jed in due course."

Vivian groused:

"I'm hardly a doll especially when I'm compared to my sister. At best I would say that I'm not hideous."

"Don't sell yourself short my sweet Vivian. Your facial appearance has a certain mystique that attracts worthwhile men, not to mention the discerning lesbian, myself included; which of course I no longer consider myself to be in that sexual orientation. I'm sure you have no cause to complain about the rest of your body from the neck down."

Vivian merely replied:

"OK then, but do continue with your story, as I'm starting to believe I won't be disappointed."

"So to continue the saga of Jed and Felicia, despite that horrible first sexual intercourse, they eventually did get married. To her credit she never refused sex with Jed, and in that way, she did bear two children; a boy first and then a girl. However, she was always unenthusiastic in sex. Even obvious to Jed, she never attained an orgasm not even once during all of their copulations.

"Naturally Jed became weary of their mundane and lame marital sex lives, and it was understandable that he looked elsewhere for exciting sex. Now Felicia was no dumb chick, and she fully grasped the reason for the frequency of sex dwindling in quantity in their marriage.

"So after the birth of their second child she engaged in a frank confrontation with Jed. She acknowledged that her frigidity was the sole source of their mutual unhappiness concerning their marital sex. She had consulted with a renowned sex therapy psychologist in Chicago, but such sessions did not prove fruitful. Thus, she realized it was unreasonable for her to insist he adhere to their marriage vows of exclusive sexual fidelity.

"That being the case, she was allowing him carte blanche in seeking better sex outside of their marriage. All she asked in return, was that he be circumspect and not bring scandal or dishonor upon their marriage. She reiterated that she wanted to remain his wife despite the condoned adultery. However if he was ever to wish to sever their ties she would not stand in his way."

Vivian opined:

"I suppose that is a good compromise solution. I do have a hard time relating to Felicia. I can understand that the sexual abuse she endured was awful. Still she must have been intellectually aware that not all men are animals like her father and her three rapists. So perhaps she should have been able to come to terms with being sexual with her husband. Then again being betrayed by her father, the man who one would think would love her unconditionally from birth and wish her no harm, is definitely a painful pill to swallow. I gather from the start of your conversation that despite the understanding with his wife Jed is still unhappy with his marriage?"

Angela replied:

"It's not so much that he is unhappy, but that he has regrets. He loves Felicia body and soul, and wishes her to be happy. But there is no denying in his mind that if Felicia could vanquish her demons and become sexual with him, all would be so much better than it is now. And this brings me to the point of revealing what all this has to do with me."

Vivian couldn't help exclaiming:

"Ah! Finally!"

Ignoring Vivian's irrelevant retort, Angela continued:

"Although, Jed has now and then bedded various nubile bimbos, his preferred source for extramarital sex is the Texas Love Ranch or TLR as its lovingly referred to."

"The Texas Love Ranch?"

"Yes! It's a swingers club that has acreage property, oddly enough located in Texas about an hour's drive from Dallas. The club conducts orgies every weekend and occasionally books commissioned orgies on weekdays. Regular orgies are attended by about fifty members equally divided by sex. All sex is consensual; no member can coerce any other member to sexual activity not to the latter's liking. It is essentially a heterosexual club, although some girl on girl sex is tolerated, so long as it is part of a group sex participation."

Vivian's eyes lit up on hearing such information. She exclaimed:

"Wow! That sure sounds exciting! It seems like just something I could really dig. Perhaps once I'm finished with my education, I just might explore the possibility of joining this club."

"Funny you should say that, Vivian, as that is what in essence consists of Jed's wedding gift to us. As I've said, he has known me since birth and for that matter my sisters as well. For my sisters' weddings he did provide lavish gifts; a Porsche for my older sister, Lisa, and a sailboat to my other sister, Maryanne, whose husband is also an avid sailor. Although truly extravagant gifts, one can look at it as drop in the bucket for Jed considering his wealth. Of course my Dad was impressed since it signaled to him the high value Jed placed of our family's relationship to him.

"As for me, Jed has recognized that I'm a true free spirit, and not as stuffy or staid as my sisters; not that my sisters are really all that staid or stuffy. Since he has confided in me with regards to his marital woes he felt a closer bond to me. So he deemed something more amazing and unique would be in order for me. Accordingly, his gift is five years paid up membership to the TLR for both Ralph and I, plus twenty passes for each of us to attend either together or separately at available orgies. I might add that to get an idea of the sophistication of this club compared to your run of the mill swingers parties, the expense of this gift is in the same ball park as Jed's wedding gifts to my sisters."

Vivian was totally shocked. She looked stunned as she could not reconcile Angela's desires of wanting to marry presumably the man of his dreams, but at the same was contemplating in engaging in orgies. Angela seemingly was hinting she and her new husband might attend the orgies separately. For her part she knew that in sex she was as promiscuous as they come, and certainly the TLR as Angela had described it appealed to her. Still she felt such are wild oats she was happy to sow while single. Once she married, Vivian thought she would become exclusive to her husband. She could not help asking:

"But Angela how can you possibly say that Ralph is your 'MAN' (quotation marks gesture) when at the same time not only are you wanting me along in your honeymoon, but anticipate participating in orgies with or without your husband? For that matter what does Ralph say? And what will your sisters or your mother or for that matter what will your in-laws say or think?"

"To answer your questions in reverse, rest assured that you will be the only person who will know the exact nature of Jed's wedding gift. We will announce to others that Jed's gift will be twenty romantic vacations to an exotic locale. In essence that is literally true so that neither Ralph nor I will slip up when being questioned by our wedding guests."

Vivian, nonplussed asked:

"What do you mean by not slipping up?"

"Well suppose a wedding guest comes up to me and opines about Jed's exciting gift, and while on my mind is the actual reality of the gift, I might blurt out something along the lines of looking forward to some awesome sex. If the guest then looks at me aghast, I can cover my tracks suggesting that I expect sex with my husband will always be great but having sex at an exotic locale should be truly be something special."

Vivian just snorted and simply mumbled:

"You're strange!"

Angela continued:

"As for Ralph, I can say he's definitely on board, and eager to enjoy Jed's wedding gift to us. I believe it's axiomatic for any red blooded American heterosexual male to view having sex with a variety of females is akin to having died and gone to heaven; and Ralph is no exception.

"Just as an aside we're all aware from the news, that the Jihadist terrorists believe that their reward for fighting for Allah is to be pleasured by 72 virgins in heaven. Now to my way of thinking that is a horrible prize to strive for. All I can think of is my own disappointing experience when I lost my cherry, and I'm pretty sure my partner did not get much satisfaction from it either. To want to replicate such experience 72 times has to be insane.