Chapter 54: Tea for Three at the Spa
The next day we went back to Sydney and started our work.
I had to assume my new duties faster than we had planned and went back to Brisbane in the middle of the week to organize the company as I wanted it, but still maintaining the energy that Eileen had always conveyed. Maureen came with me and let Jenny handle the NSW branch. We had a long discussion how we would handle our private life and they decided that I would never have to sleep on my own; there would always one of them at my side and in my bed. They had seen how Eileen had reacted to this problem and wanted to avoid it at all cost. I decided that I could live with this; actually, I loved it.
We worked hard, the business continued to expand, and our elders were on cloud nine. They came back being a couple, united and loving each other. She was glowing, he was alive -- it was a wonderful picture. Eileen seemed to have accepted that I was not hers anymore and treated me friendly, almost motherly (could you imagine?), and when she was close to me, I could see the affection, but the sexual attraction had gone.
It was beautiful, however, to see how they reacted to each other, how they cared for each other and how they were able to show their affection, and after a while, I believed that I saw that love had grown between them. They were always available for consultations and Allan helped quite a lot; Eileen had stepped back, not only to let him shine, but also to let me do my work in my own way. Eileen also used the voucher for the one-week trip to Bali we had given her; when she came back, she complained that Allan had looked all the time at the topless stewardesses and that she had to sacrifice her body to his desires just to keep him in line. Allan grinned. "At least that was what she thought."
Eventually, they decided to get married and I lost Maureen for a while, because planning that wedding ceremony was a major job. It was also that year´s major social event in Brisbane.
During the next months, we integrated NSW well into NT. We had a few problems: the HAY proposal for the new organization caused a certain upheaval, the unions tried to muscle in, and it took me some drastic action to keep them at bay. We needed more competent people and when Peter appeared complaining about his problems in his company, I invited him for lunch. He said that the company had never come back to the success that Allan, and in a certain way I, had created and that bureaucracy had crept in again. He wanted something new and asked me to help him. I always thought that he was a good man, but that he never was really challenged and after discussing this with Allan and my two ladies, decided to offer him the position of General Manager for the Queensland operations.
He accepted with almost indecent haste; he wanted to work with me, knowing that I would push him and that he would be much better off. He was, however, very upset with me.
"You are evil, very evil, James. How could you let me get all excited about Mary Ann, almost crying when she implied that she had other interests, and you never warned me that you were in love? I understand your problem in the company, but you should have warned me before I embarrassed myself with her!"
Jenny was sitting beside us, smiling. Then she got up and gave him a little peck on his cheek.
"Peter, you never embarrassed yourself. You were and are a sweet guy, caring, handsome, and we´ll find someone for you, but beware: working with us will be much more exhaustive than gliding along in your old job. And another thing: call me Jenny, as all my friends do."
We never explained the name´s change, but he accepted it.
This decision released me to move back to Sydney, help Maureen to plan for the future and make it easier for her to hand off some problems. Unfortunately, the three months passed, and Jenny lost her bet -- she had worked tirelessly (and we also), but the result after three months was not what she had promised.
Jason Simpson inaugurated the Chair for Logistics and we received a nice silver plaque for our sponsoring. This helped us in Victoria: the University of Melbourne contacted me asking whether we would make a similar offer in Melbourne. It was a good university, ranked 33rd in world rankings, but wanted to improve its competence in engineering, technology, and physical sciences. I agreed and due to these contacts found another trucking company to buy. It was not really big, had a good General Manager, and a perfect location for expansion. I asked Jenny to go there and become the local manager, but she rejected the offer.
"I don't want to fall into the Eileen trap, James. I prefer to be your secretary in Sydney or wherever want me to be, than to become a manager far away from you. The answer is no!"
She put her foot down and Maureen nodded. "Good for you, Jenny."
Peter remembered Jim Albright, the young energetic salesman who had impressed me when we suffered from the NT project. I checked him out and when I met him for lunch, he also asked for a job. This solved my ethical problem and he accepted it also with almost indecent haste, not even negotiating a deal.
Everything turned out well and after another year we were represented in all States of Australia. The company was still growing fast, and we appeared first in the trade papers, then in the news magazines. 'The fastest growing logistics company in Australia' was soon replaced by 'The fastest growing company in Australia'. There was an offer from Blackrock, the US investment company, to invest US$ 300 million in return of 20% of our shares and a seat on the Board, which valued our company at US$ 1.5 billion. Not bad for a company that two years ago nobody had heard from. We rejected it, obviously. We were a family business!
Jenny gave us a wedding anniversary gift: a week at the chalet in the Blue Mountains. It took us almost a month to get our diaries clear, but it was worth it. Jane (Jean?) was happy to see us; they and Maureen clicked immediately and when we were not making love, she was with them. She must have told them something about our story together, because they started to observe me in a different way: wondering, thinking, and with a question in their eyes. I told Maureen about this and she said not to worry, she was having fun. As before, the service was invisible, the food excellent and the occasional company of Jane (Jean?) or both at our table made the conversation rather lively. There were dimples in their cheeks when they smiled at me, and they smiled a lot. I had fun, too.
Work continued, Allan and Eileen were married in a huge social event, and we continued to try to conquer Australia. We were now the second biggest logistics company in the country and closing fast on the biggest. We had started to charter a cargo plane for our deliveries within Australia and to New Zealand and were thinking of buying one for ourselves. It was an expensive bet, but if it paid out, it would pay very well indeed. Another year passed and one night Maureen kissed me.
"James, my love, I've cleared your agenda for the next week and we'll go away, you, Jenny and me. We've been working hard and long hours, and I decided that we needed a break. So we'll go to the Blue Mountains for a week and you can kiss your new friends there. I've told them that we were coming, and they were very happy."
We had to delay that for two weeks because there was the sudden opportunity to pick up another competitor and that would take us to the highest spot in our industry's rankings. I must say thay we left with high spirits.
When we arrived with Maureen driving her BMW with great enthusiasm, Jane (Jean?) was waiting for us. She kissed Maureen, then Jenny and without a moment's hesitation, kissed me too. Not a little peck, but a full-blown kiss from an adult woman. I was surprised, but looking at Maureen, she nodded, and I responded in kind. This could become fun!
We had the same chalet again and while we were having a drink with our host, our luggage was delivered to the apartment. There was an astonishing amount of cases and hangers and I was satisfied that I had not been responsible for the logistics of this move.
Jane (Jean?) looked at me. "James -- may I call you James?" I nodded and she whispered: "I am Jean and I have this little mark on the right side of my face; so now you can tell us apart, at least when you're looking at us."
Then she advised us that we would have dinner on our own tonight, but that Maureen had told them that they could join us during our stay here. That means also that we would be not charged for the week: it was a courtesy of the house.
"I know that you like wines and our list is at your disposal; I want to let you know that we also have a good selection of vodkas and a Grey Goose or a Cirôk is always in the cooler."
She smiled mischievously "We try to please..."
I wondered what Maureen had told them? Maureen agreed that we could have breakfast together in the chalet "very informal dress code", another kiss, and we went over to the apartment.
I stopped Maureen. "Darling, what's going on? Why are they suddenly so friendly? You don't have second intentions? Because if you do, I can tell you right now, that I will not play!"
She smiled. "Calm down, my love. I have discussed this with Jenny, and we decided that we'll have fun, real funny fun this week; no serious thinking this time. Let's have a drink and decide on rules."
The luggage was already unpacked, and a bottle of Great Western was waiting for us in the main room. We changed: I into a polo shirt and Bermudas, they into a little top that just covered the areolae and nothing else (I did not understand why it did not fall down) and a little skirt that did cover their pussies. When I looked, Jenny said: "My love, we decided to extend local rules to this apartment: no underwear." I sat on the couch and both lay down, with their heads in my lap and their bodies open to my caresses.
Jenny opened the conversation. "My love, we had similar conversations before, but you never obeyed us. Remember when we told you to let go, to do whatever you wanted, to take us without always thinking about us, our pleasure always first? This week we want you to let go. We want you to do whatever comes to your mind, whether it's to bend us over the next chair and take us from behind, especially if it is to take us in our ass, whether it's to have one and then the other, or whether you want us to make love to another and you watch -- or participate. We want to have joyful sex and at the end of the week, we want you to have to carry us to the car, because we'll be unable to move on our own. We know you well: it will not be a mindless orgy, but a fun week when we'll never know when we'll suddenly make love. Can you agree to this?"
I thought about this offer; tempting, I admit, but in the end, I refused it. "Jenny, I cannot see myself taking you just to have sex, just to satisfy my body. When we make love, all of me is involved, my love, my soul, my affection, my care for you. I cannot pound mindlessly into you without thinking about you, about your pleasure."