NEW READERS: If you have not read the first book, Cultivating Lilly, this chapter provides a high-level overview as told through a few flashback moments. All of these scenes may be enjoyed in much greater detail throughout the various chapters of the first book.
IN THIS CHAPTER - Lilly can't get the memories of the evening out of her mind and relives the past as she drives. Finally home, Lilly is surprised by an unexpected intruder.
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βThe drive home from the Tallenger estate was difficult. Her mind raced with images and fantasies of what had taken place over the course of the evening. While Lilly felt she'd lied convincingly about her past, Rebecca's prying questions had forced some memories to surface.
Lilly had always considered the year she spent with the Vatspalts as wondrous and exciting. She reasoned that her interest and willingness to explore sex had been borne from her strict and very conservative religious upbringing; that her parents had repressed her normal sexual development. Then, when she started spending time with the Vatspalts, she effectively burst out of a too-thick shell that she believed her parents had constructed around her.
When the bursting finally happened, Lilly embraced the exciting and extremely pleasurable acts the Vatspalts placed her in. Their world travels, acceptance of the naked human body, emotional support and understanding of her guarded psyche were refreshing. They opened her eyes and created a comfortable space for the discussion of any topic, no matter how taboo. Sexual exploration, once she came to grips with her body issues, was not only encouraged, it was demanded.
She had developed early and extraordinarily, forcing her to wear bras designed for fulsome women. This led to teasing and bullying. Making matters worse, her mother had forbidden her from shaving the dark hair between her legs. Left unchecked, it grew to an embarrassingly large triangular bramble that showed beyond the borders of her panties and swimsuits.
Despite being tall and slender (save for her D-cupped-sized boobs), the cute, tight-fitting clothes and bikinis other girls were wearing was something she could only admire from afar. She was so self-conscious, she buried her own body behind extra-large sweatshirts and loose fitting pants. She withdrew from making friends and spent much of her time with her parents.
Then she met Cassy Vatspalt in her community college PE class. Assigned by the school to share a shower stall, they became fast friends and as they got to know each other, Lilly was shocked at how sexually open the petite, fine-boned Swedish girl was. Cassy was the first person to touch Lilly's special place. It was Cassy who convinced her to trim her pubic hair and even helped Lilly do it.
Before long, she was spending time at Cassy's house and grew close to her entire family. It took the Vatspalts methodical approach to gaining her trust and building her confidence that allowed Lilly to feel unencumbered when they started doing things to her. Instead of shying away, Lilly welcomed their tutelage.
Lilly eventually started begging the Vatspalts for sex and it was Anna Vatsaplt, Cassy's mother, who made Lilly realize what needed to happen first. Too afraid to ask her real mother, it was Anna who Lilly turned to when she wanted to be placed on birth control. The older woman was honored to be part of something so personal and even took Lilly to see her gynecologist.
Lilly was nervous and Anna dutifully held her hand as Dr. Gustov Malstrom tied her ankles into the stirrups with thick straps and spread her legs open. He was the first man to touch her special place and the older woman was a calming presence throughout the examination, which was very thorough and sometimes uncomfortable.
Anna sympathized with Lilly when the doctor applied a suction pump to her breasts. Sobbing as the machine mercilessly tugged her nipples deeply into the glass cups, it was Anna who stroked her hair and told her it would be over soon. She offered words of encouragement when the doctor flayed Claire's lips open and taped a small electrode to Lilly's clit. She was nervous he was going to hurt her, but Anna was reassuring.
Even as he increased the current and Lilly bucked against the examination table, Anna's words were soothing. The measured jolts of electricity shooting through the little pink kernel compelled Lilly through several orgasms that were so intense her bladder let go. When the procedure was over, Lilly was an exhausted, sweaty, piss-covered mess and it was Anna Vatspalt who helped her through it all. It wasn't until months later that Lilly learned Dr. Malstrom was also Anna Vatspalt's cousin.