Death and a New Love

These chapters do not stand on their own, so please read chapters 1-5 before this.

To new life!

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Toni called the clerk's office on Monday, and that night we decided to get married a week from Wednesday. We went to the clerk's office the next day to get our marriage license.

I called Mom and invited her to dinner on Thursday. Toni knew I hadn't said anything to Mom about us, and it worried both of us, but me less than her. I felt my mother would love Toni once she saw how much we loved each other.

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"Mom, this is Toni Collins, my neighbor next door. Her husband died recently of ALS."

"Toni, this is my mother, Marion Lambert."

"Hi, Toni. I'm so sorry to hear about your husband. That's such a hard experience, even if you know it's coming. I'm glad you two are taking care of each other. Living single again has been a big adjustment for me."

"I'm sorry about your husband as well, Marion. No one understands what it's like unless they've experienced it."

Now I had two women with tears in their eyes!

"Well, dinner is ready, Marion, so have a seat and Tony will help me dish things up."

As we ate, we continued talking. Mom asked Toni about her background, going to school, swimming, how she and Don met.

Moms don't miss much. There was a pause in our conversation. She soon filled it.

"So, Tony and Toni, tell me about your love for each other." She was smiling. "You two are so in love I could be blind and still see it."

"Mom... I, um... "

Now Toni was laughing. "I love it when he gets totally tongue-tied. We weren't trying to hide it from you. Yes, I love your son, but I need to begin with what happened the day he moved in."

Toni told the story about Don and the talk we had. Her decision to deal with the health directive as he wanted. How I was there for her. Her disastrous first night and how I held her as she slept.

Mom was wiping away tears. So was Toni.

Then Toni explained how her feelings for me grew and became love. Her eyes were full of joy as she spoke. Mom listened carefully.

"Tony, have you proposed to her yet? Because you need to hang on to her."

"I asked her to marry me a few days ago, and she said yes. We want you to come with us to the county clerk's office next Wednesday. Can you be there?"

"I'd love to. Look, we all know it's sudden, but I can tell your love for each other is exactly what I miss. Tony, your father and I knew within two weeks we wanted to marry. I'm no stranger to love like you feel."

She turned to my fiancée and asked the one question most on her mind, as a potential grandmother. "Toni, you told me you and Don couldn't have children. Do the two of you plan to try?"

Toni blushed a little, but there were also tears in her eyes. "Yes, Marion. I've wanted to have children all my life and figured that was now a dream I would never experience. Tony persuaded me the risks are not as great as I thought, and we should try."

"You're obviously happy about the possibility. I hope you two can. I want grandchildren!"

We all laughed. The two women held hands and cried a little.

I sat there, a little surprised at how well it had gone, but I shouldn't have been. Even if Mom felt it was rushed, it would not have been her way to have been anything less than supportive and happy for us.

The real surprise came a few minutes later.

"Which house are you going to live in? The one next door--she pointed--is yours, right Toni?"

"We want to sell both and buy one together. One with a pool, like mine has, but without my memories of Don surrounding me."

"Would you mind showing it to me right now? I might have an idea."

We went over and gave her the tour. It was a three-bedroom home, nicely finished inside with a big yard and the pool. A really nice master bedroom and bath. We walked back over to my house and sat in the living room.

"I have an idea. I don't know whether it would work, but I've wanted to downsize. My home is way too big for me. It has a larger pool and a hot tub, although I think the hot tub is old. It has 4 bedrooms--we thought we would have more children, but my pregnancy with Tony was difficult, to the point of being life-threatening, so my doctor strongly suggested no more children.

"Toni--is that your full name?"

"It's Antoinette."

"If I need clarity, I'll say Antoinette and Anthony. Would you two come look at the home. Anthony knows it, but I want you to see it. If it's what you're looking for--it stands on a hill with a great view over the area and has a full acre of land--if you like it, I think Antoinette's house would be perfect for me. Maybe we can make a deal."

I was stunned, to say the least. My parent's home--the home I grew up in--was a beautiful custom home that had been updated and well maintained. The kitchen remodel was only five years old.

Beyond that, I had no idea Mom was thinking of downsizing.

We agreed to go the next day to see the home.

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We drove out to Mom's home. It was located a few miles away, but within the city limits.

I tried to hold back and let Toni look and ask questions. In some ways I had forgotten how nicely my parents had finished their home all those years ago. Lots of custom built-ins. Beautiful craftsmanship. The new kitchen was fabulous--better than Toni's or mine.

Toni took one look at the pool and looked at me. Her eyes said it all.

Mom suggested we take a walk outside to talk about it.

"Tony, I love this house! Is it alright with you to buy this?"

"It's a great place. I grew up here and never fully appreciated the view, the privacy, the land--it's a wonderful home. I love the remodeled kitchen."

"I love it! I want to raise our children here. Let's go ask about the furniture."

"Mom, what are you going to do about the furniture?"

"I was thinking about that last night, so I went through and put sticky notes on furniture I would take. You can have any of the rest you want."

We walked through again and took a lot of photos to remember. She had a lot of nice furniture.

Toni asked whether Mom was sure about letting us have the furniture. She was.

After only a little discussion, we agreed on a deal. It was simple in concept but complex in execution. The basic idea was we moved into Mom's house, and she moved into Toni's. I would then sell my house and pay the proceeds to Mom, less the payoff of the mortgage on Tony's house.

The furniture turned out to be a massive project, but Toni's accounting skills came to the fore. She set up a spreadsheet and figured out what furniture from the three houses we would move with and what we would sell or donate.

It made my head hurt to think about! That mess on top of getting married.

Toni could see I was stressed thinking about it.

"Sweetheart, let me take this off your plate, ok? I'll manage the movers and everything. Would you like to focus on planning us a fabulous honeymoon? You make all the decisions. I love how romantic you are anyway."

That I could handle!

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We got married!

It was brief and simple. Mom was there, crying. So was Toni. Now she was Toni Lambert!

I had decided we would take five nights--returning Sunday--on a short honeymoon. Toni didn't know the details of that, either. I was still working on the big one.

We immediately left for the airport. A couple of days before, I gave Toni a suggested packing list. I told her we were going to a tropical destination with water. It wasn't until we checked in for our flight, she learned our destination was Cancun, but we were staying at the Hotel Riu Yucatan in Playa del Carmen.

She was ecstatic. Little did she suspect what I was planning for the big honeymoon.

We had a wonderful few days down there. We had a private car tour of Chichen Itza and spent a day at Xcaret Park, a big water park. We spent time every day in the hotel pool or sunbathing on the lounge chairs.

We made love each night, mostly looking into each other's eyes. We both loved the full skin contact of our bodies. It felt even better when she wrapped her legs around me.

One night, after sex, we showered together. Afterwards she dragged me out to the sofa and laid herself face down over the arm.

"Do me here, baby. Dominate me."

She does have an occasional itch to scratch!

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It took a month to get the moves made and put my house on the market. I worked some long hours for the first week, but my team had everything in order. I explained about my marriage and our desire to leave for two weeks for a proper honeymoon. I also gave the man I was grooming as my successor a bonus of $5,000 for his great work during the previous month when I was somewhat less present in the office!

Mom warned me the hot tub was on its last legs. I took one look at it and had Toni pick out a new one, which was then delivered and installed.

Our real honeymoon was only two weeks away and I was scrambling at work to meet with everyone. Marathon Monday led to Terrible Tuesday. Both nights we sat in our new hot tub, and I fell asleep. Toni gave me wonderful backrubs, only now I was naked, and she gave me happy endings. I was awake at the endings!

The first night she gave me a messy handjob, with my cum all over me, then led me to the shower. The second night--one of her incredible blowjobs. I came in her mouth, and she swallowed.

When I got home Wednesday, Toni met me at the door and held out one of those home pregnancy tests. It was positive, and she was crying.

"I'm pregnant. We're going to have a baby!"

I put my arms around her and held her tightly. "I love you so much."

"I love you, too. You're going to be a father and I'm finally going to be a mother."

"Have you made an appointment with your Ob/Gyn?"

"I'm going Friday."

"She'll confirm the test results, but I'm more interested in whether there is any problem traveling to Bora Bora and Hawaii."

"What? Is that where you're taking me? I thought you weren't going to tell me."

"I wasn't going to, but a baby might change things."

"I'll ask, but I'm going! I want to swim in those places!"

I started laughing. "What, now that I knocked you up you aren't interested in sex?"

She laughed, looked at me for a minute, and dragged me back to the bedroom to have sex.

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Toni left for her appointment with her doctor. I told her I was taking the day off to rest, but in truth, I thought I should be at home in the event of a problem with her pregnancy. I was puttering around, taking care of the many honey-do's inherent with buying a home, when I heard the garage door open.

I was waiting in the kitchen when she walked in from the garage. She was wiping away tears and her face showed there had been a lot.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"That doesn't look like nothing," I said, as I walked to her.

"I'm happy!"

"I sure have trouble knowing when it's happy. What did the doctor say?"

"She said I was the perfect woman over the age of 40 to have a normal pregnancy and the birth of a healthy baby."

"That's great news! Did she explain why?"

"She said I had one big positive and the absence of two negatives. I'm physically fit. Apparently way better than most."

"That's no surprise to me. Number one, you're a dolphin in the water, and number two, I know about your stamina in bed."

"Thanks, babe, although I'm not sure I would mention that to her. She asked me about my physical exercise, so I only told her about my competitive swimming. She wants me to swim every day, if possible."

"Makes sense. I recommend sex daily as well. What are the negatives?"

"No, it's two

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negatives. I don't have a medical condition that could compromise my pregnancy. Things like blood pressure, cancer, diabetes or heart disease. The other is a little weird. I have no history of miscarriage or stillborn birth."

"But you've never been pregnant."

"That's what I said! The doctor said it is not a negative. That's important. She said if I had given birth normally to a healthy baby within the last few years, she would count that as a positive. She also said this is her method, not anyone else's."

"In other words, there is nothing but good."

"Sort of. She said I will be classified as high risk, but that is only to trigger their system to schedule a few extra pre-natal appointments. She doesn't consider me high risk. But here's the big thing: she told me over and over not to worry. She expects a normal pregnancy and a healthy baby.

"Oh! She also listened to the baby's heartbeat and said it sounds good. She wants me to make an appointment for the sonogram in a month. Tony, I'm crying because this was such a positive appointment and such a load off my mind!"

"What about our travel plans?"

"Sorry, I forgot--all clear on our plans. No restrictions."

"That's a relief, too."

"Sweetheart, tell me about where we're staying. I'm so excited!"

"Ok, first we're flying to Bora Bora, and we're staying at Le Bora Bora. It's one of those resorts with rooms out on a lagoon, with direct access from the individual room, or villa, to the lagoon below. You can swim all over. We're spending 5 nights there.

"Then we're flying to Maui and staying at the Aston at the Whaler, on Kaanapali Beach. You can swim in the ocean or in the pool.

"I thought in between your swimming, we might make love."

"Baby, it's going to be the other way around. I plan to spend a lot of time in bed with you holding me in your arms. Let's bring plenty of massage oil, too. Oh, and lube! Which swimsuit should I bring?"

"I think you should bring all three swimsuits. I want a photo of you in your Wicked Weasel in the lagoon at Bora Bora."

"Isn't that too skimpy?"

For the photo, I'll settle for a rear shot, but I imagine there will be several topless women. Hey! How about you going topless..."

"No. Topless is out of my comfort zone. Only in our bedroom. Your eyes only, but I might be convinced to wear the Wicked Weasel, but only if you promise me something."

"Anything!"

"After I wear it, you'll take it off me and make me cum by eating me out."

"I don't know... only once?"

"Babe, you can do that to me until I'm exhausted, if you want."

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The night before we left for Bora Bora, I surprised Toni with restraint cuffs I had bought online. I told her to shower but to come out of the bathroom naked. She took one look at the restraints and smiled.

"Do you want me face up or down?"

"You choose, but this is the last choice you'll make tonight. I am going to tease you and torment you mercilessly."

She chose to lie down face up.

I placed a blindfold on her and then fastened each of the restraints, with her legs spread wide.

"You may not speak again until I tell you."

I kissed her. It was a long and passionate kiss. I straddled her body and slowly rubbed my cock between her breasts. My slow thrusts came nearer her mouth, until she opened her mouth in anticipation and managed to lick my cock. I then leaned forward, put my hands on the bed above her head, and pushed my cock into her mouth.

After allowing her to suck my cock for awhile, I pulled out of her mouth, moved off of her and walked around to the bottom of the bed. Starting with her toes, which I sucked on, I slowly worked my way up her legs, first one leg partway, then the other.

I caressed and licked her thighs. She was moaning, especially as I got closer to her pussy. My first slow lick of her pussy was met with a loud groan.

It was time for a surprise. I had hidden her vibrator but had retrieved it after blindfolding her. I turned it on and she smiled. Still on a slow setting, I reached up and used it on her nipples as I ate her out.

I dragged the vibe slowly down her body, pausing at her navel, before turning up the speed and slowly sliding it inside her.

She cried out at the sudden intensity. She was pulling on all four of the restraints, desperately seeking relief. Instead, I added to the onslaught of pleasure. I gently licked her clit as I moved the vibe in and out of her.

Her moans were louder and she was fighting the restraints. Her back arched as an orgasm hit. I kept the pressure on her with the vibe and my tongue.

"Please stop...I can't..."

"You may not speak!"

I withdrew the vibe, moved up and entered her.

She cried out, pulling harder now on the restraints. As I thrust in and out, I held the vibe in a nipple. After a while, I put the tip of the vibe against my cock, with the shaft over her clit.

That pushed her over the orgasmic cliff again as I exploded inside her with pulse after pulse filling her. I collapsed on her, still inside.

"You may speak."

"Wow, babe, that was incredible! I was so frustrated and tormented by not being able to move! We will have fun with that!"

I released her from the restraints and laid down beside her. She took her favorite position: one leg across me, one breast on my chest and her pussy on my hip.

We fell asleep that way. She was still draining on me.

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We arrived in Bora Bora on a beautiful cloudless day. We checked into our villa--it was called an "over water" villa, because it is one of several villas that seen above would look like large fronds on a tree, sticking out into the lagoon. Each villa has an area of glass flooring to look down to the water, and we could even enter stairs down to the water level from inside. Perfect for a swimmer like Toni!

Within 20 minutes, that's where she was! She was in the lagoon, calling me to hurry and join her. The dolphin I married was thrilled with the access to water. I'm sure if she could figure out how, she would have one in our new home!

True to her word, when we came back up the steps into our villa, she turned to me and seductively pulled her swimsuit straps down.

"Baby, can you handle it from there?"

Once we were both naked, I wasted no time in pushing her against a wall. I knelt between her legs and licked her thighs and her pussy. When I stood to enter her, she wrapped her legs around me, and I held her by her bare ass as I entered her.

I came inside her, but she had not yet had an orgasm, so I carried her to the bed and went down on her to bring her to a moaning climax. Afterwards, we lay together on the bed, resting.

The resort was an all-inclusive, but our bodies were way out of time-sync with local time. All we knew was we were hungry and tired from travel. After checking the time, we decided to shower together and then it would be about time for dinner.

While showering, I was washing Toni and started rubbing soap on her tummy. She was laughing.

"I doubt our baby can feel that yet."

"I know, but at some point, he or she will and will feel loved."

That made her cry. She just stood there hugging me.

"When you said that, it felt so real. I know I don't really show yet, but you doing that was so sweet. You get to love two of us!"

We stood under the rainfall showerhead and kissed, our arms holding each other tightly.

After dinner we swam again. This time Toni wore her bikini. I put on my cold and wet suit.

"I just realized you don't have a chance of dunking me here. I have too much space to work with and I'm way too fast for you."

"How about if we have a honeymoon truce on dunking. I want you to always swim back to me so I can hold you in my arms."

That's what she did. I held her with her back to me. After a few minutes, I rubbed her tummy, but that morphed into a lot of feeling her up. One of her arms reached up and held my neck behind her. She was moaning as I circled her erect nipples with my fingers and kissed the back of her neck.