This is the second installment of the torrid love affair between Howie and Mandy. Howie's wife, Joyce, died of cancer a few years earlier. Howie grieved for quite a while, not even dating friends from work who at least wanted to cheer him up. One day his sister-in-law, Mandy, showed up, having recently moved to the area. Howie had invited her to come over to see if she wanted any of Joyce's clothes. In all the time since she passed, Howie hadn't been able to go through any of Joyce's stuff.
While she was there, Howie started pouring some scotch from his impressive collection. After a number of different tastes, they decided it was time to get to sorting Joyce's clothes. Mandy decided to put on a fashion show for Howie, and they danced briefly at one point. They had continued the scotch tasting during the fashion show. Then Mandy discovered the lingerie chest. She modeled some and wonderfly-erotic sex ensued.
Afterward, Mandy dropped an H-bomb on Howie, revealing she was bisexual. Howie revealed in turn that Joyce and he had a number of lesbian fantasies, but that neither Joyce nor he ever acted on them, and both were faithful to each other to the end. He also revealed that Mandy was the focus of some of Joyce's fantasies, though Joyce never knew Mandy was bisexual. Neither sister had ever told the other for fear of being reviled.
Mandy and Howie fell in love, but Mandy said she could never give up her lesbian side. She said she would give up all other men, but would still have women lovers. Howie said he would not participate in a threesome, self-describing himself as the most straight-arrow, monogamous man she would ever meet.
If you also follow my Peggy & I series, you will know that Mandy was approached by Peggy, a friend from work, to help her cousin Sara with a lesbian sexual problem. Mandy lent her expertise and the result was that Mandy and Sara hit it off.
Howie and Mandy have been lovers for about a year now, and Howie has pledged his unconditional love to Mandy. It's a bit of a push on Howie's sexual envelope, but unconditional love is ... well, unconditional. He's as happy as he can be that he has Mandy when he has her. And, by the way, she relates all of her lesbian episodes to Howie, much to his sexual excitement.
For those who find our lovers seeking the impossible, there is a reality check near the end of the story that brings their intended fantasy affair down to earth for a more realistic outcome. It just goes to show us that expectations can get a little out of hand.
Let's see what Howie is about to have added to his life now ...
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=--=-=
I came home that fateful day tired and ready for dinner and a relaxing evening in front of the television. I had just pulled a frozen dinner out of the freezer when my phone rang.
"Howie ... can I come over for a bit? I have something I want to tell you."
It was Mandy. Her voice indicated that she was excited, and that perked me up a bit.
"Sure, Honey. I was just about to heat up some dinner. Want me to heat two?"
"No. Go ahead and eat while I'm driving. I already had something."
"Okay. See you in half an hour."
I heated my dinner and ate as I mused over what the good news could be. I couldn't think of anything other than maybe she had gotten another promotion. When she bought a sexy new outfit or piece of lingerie, she always said, "something I want to
show
you," not, "
tell
you."
I heard the garage door open about forty minutes later. Mandy entered opened the kitchen door, and I saw she had something in a paper bag in her hand. She pulled out a bottle of Highland Park 18 year old Scotch.
"Get some glasses and ice."
"Fantastic. I thought you said you had something to tell me, not something for me to taste."
"Oh, I do have something to tell you. Something that needs a toast with this wonderful liquid."
Intrigued, I fetched two glasses, some ice and a bottle of spring water. She poured the drinks and handed me mine.
I took a sip, and it was heavenly. I kissed her and led her to the sofa.
"So what's this thing that needs a hundred-forty-dollar-a-bottle toast?"
"I want to tell you about a wonderful change in my life. You know I've had a number of women lovers while we've been together, right?"
"Yeah. You had two off-and-on when we met, and then one or two since. Your hot descriptions of what you do with them when we're making love pretty much identified them. So?"
"Well, I just have
one
now. Her name is Sara, and I met her a few months ago. She's the cousin of a couple of friends of mine from work. In her twenties."
"Robbing the cradle now, are we? Maybe new career as a cougar?"
"Howie, her cousins brought
her
to
me
. She was having problems sexually. She never understood romantic love, and she couldn't keep a lover because she was too rough and physical. My friends, Peggy and Alex, brought her to me so I could help her."
"Help her?"
"Yeah. Alex is the most romantic lover I have ever heard about. He could give you a good run for the money in the romance department, in fact. Alex
talked
to her and I
showed
her. What romantic sex is all about, that is."
"Okay. Nice of you to help a friend. So what happened?"
Mandy looked at me with the same dreamy expression she had after we made love.
"I fell in
love
with her, Howie. I
fell in love
with her. She lives quite a ways away, Connecticut in fact, but we have seen each other quite a few times now. I told all of my casual lesbian friends I'm off the market."