READERS: Several have asked for more about Bill, Karen, and Gillian so here is another, but it is NOT about INCEST. If you would like to know more about the above trio I recommend you read: “Bill, Karen, Sue, Rick, and Gillian” as well as “Karen, Bill, and Gillian: Our Cruise.”
Doing so will provide some helpful background and some additional reading material suitable to Literotica.com’s purpose.
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Bill:
Romance, love, mutual sexual attraction, singularly or in combination can emerge anytime two people are responsive to the signals between them. Sometimes attraction and bonding are slow to develop while for others it is almost instantaneous. When Karen and I came together it was fairly rapid, but nothing like Gillian experienced when she met Mark. On a very unique Caribbean cruise they fucked, met, fell in love, and married in that order. While it might prove fun to read of those events they are not critical as we pick up the story. It is sufficient to know Mark and Gillian loved each other with an intensity experience by few, and with each other’s support they became successful individuals.
Karen:
They married in a rush; Gillian was only 18. I, and all the parents were concerned, but we all realized quickly they were perfect for each other. They were perfect for six years. In that time Mark assumed a position as a full partner in his law firm while Gillian completed her MBA.
Unfortunately, not all good things last forever. I once heard someone say “Death is easy. It is the dying and afterwards that is hard.” We know that fact first hand and oh so very well. Mark’s cancer, a rare and extremely aggressive type, struck suddenly without any apparent advance symptoms. He and all of us, especially Gillian fought valiantly but in vain as he succumbed in less than six months; a young man taken down in his youth.
Mark, from his youngest days was always forward looking, but he balanced himself with a realistic point of view. Throughout his illness he steadfastly looked toward the future even though he knew he did not have one, and as he sensed the end was near his driving concern was for Gillian. On the night before his death he extracted a solemn promise from her.
We were all in the small hospice bedroom when in a whispered voice barely audible away from the bed Mark spoke to Gillian: “I love you and want to be with you, but we both know my time is near. Shush, let me talk. I know you will love me always, and you will never forget me, but I want you to promise me within no more than six months you will live again. Take the time you need to mourn for me, but I want you to go on with your life. Find another, love him as passionately as you love me, have children, and be happy.” He paused, and Gillian began to protest. “Gillian, promise this to me. Promise me you will do as I ask.” She made her promise, and his body relaxed as his mind was at ease. Before sunrise the next morning Mark passed away peaceably in his sleep.
Mark’s passing was very hard on Gillian. She had not experienced the death of anyone close before, and for her Mark was closer than close. Over the next few months she moved in a shadow world between sorrow and duty, but as the end of the sixth month neared we saw a change in her. Her demeanor changed and we saw her emerge from her cell and begin to live again; she began to keep her promise.
Trying to live again and doing so do not always go hand in hand. Gillian dated, and there were two or three she found interesting, but no one emerged who rang her bells or to whom she felt comfortable revealing her family’s unique relationship; a relationship that most of society decreed unacceptable, a relationship similar to what Mark had with his parents.
As time passed Gillian began to feel she would never find anyone who could take Mark’s place. The family relationships were complicated, and any man who shared her life had to understand and accept what existed between her, Bill, and I. Gillian became emotionally and sexually frustrated. She was a young woman with a young woman’s drives but she had no place to vent them. Bill and I tried but the sexual contact we offered, while fun and physically satisfying was not what she craved. Our emotional and sexual support was not the type she required.
Bill:
The invitation to Mark’s family reunion brought mixed feelings. Gillian was tentative because she did not know how she would react at such a festive occasion just one year after Mark’s death. On the other hand Karen and I, as well as Mark’s parents, York and Marion knew it was exactly what she needed, and so using some gentle tag-team pushing and prodding the four of us convinced Gillian she could and should do this; it was something Mark would want.
Most of York’s people lived on the other side of the state so naturally that was where the reunion was held. This was not what I thought of as a typical reunion. I always visualized a large get together in the city park, but the site for this gathering was about 50 miles out in the country at the farm of John and Mavis Brown; Mavis is York’s sister. The setting was beautiful with rolling hills, row upon row of corn nearing time for harvest, large shade trees, and a rock bed stream with clear water flowing into a large pond/swimming area and beyond that a huge fishing pond. Looking at the house from the front it seemed a usual two-story white clap-board farm house, but it was much more. This house was built deep rather than wide. It extended from the house toward the woods, and once there spread to encircle a court-yard much like a Spanish hacienda. The house encompassed over 4,000 square feet with the lower level for living while the upper level housed seven en-suite bedrooms with baths; accommodations for seven couples; no twin beds.
Those were not the only accommodations. In addition to the house there were also five two-bedroom cabins and two three-bedroom cabins all set remotely on various parts of the property and each complete with a luxurious bath and small kitchen. While John and Mavis ran a working farm the bulk of their income came from a very profitable bed & breakfast business. On seeing all this I understood why the reunion was held here every year.
Another aspect that seemed out of the ordinary to me was the length and timing of the reunion; four days from Tuesday thru Friday. I had seen such events run over a weekend, but never this long and never in mid-week. Think about it, what do you talk about with relatives for four days? Many of my friends, with regard to family visits said if it was not said in three days it did not need saying.
Karen:
We left home on Monday, stayed overnight in a nearby town, and arrived at the farm mid-morning on Tuesday. Marion and York were already there and they showed us to our cabin; one of the larger ones with a bedroom for us, one for Gillian, and the third was assigned but not yet unoccupied. Marion was excited to see us, and being slightly pushy directed Gillian to go take a swim and let the old folks talk.
With Gillian barely out of sight I asked: “Is he coming? Is he already here? When can we meet him? Does he know about Gillian? What did you tell him?”
“STOP, Karen!” Marion yelled. “Slow down girl. Let me tell you. Yes he is coming. No he is not here yet. You can meet him after he arrives. He knows of Gillian, but not about Gillian. All I told him is she’s Mark’s widow, and he will find her interesting. I am going to let him discover for himself how gorgeous, smart, sexy, and funny she is. Also, how sad and lonely she is.”
It should be blatantly apparent coming to the reunion was more than just coming to the reunion. We four match-makers had a plan to help two people in need of help. The “he” is Marion’s cousin Ronnie Macon. He is much like Mark in personality, but his looks, education, occupation, as well as likes and dislikes make him much different from Mark. Gillian and he share two very important commonalities. One, they are single, but for him it was due to divorce rather than death. Two, they frequently share a bed with their parents and in Ronnie’s case his siblings.
This latter aspect is a shared commonality among almost everyone at this reunion. Those family members who do not at a minimum openly condone the practice are not invited to this annual event. Instead they are invited to a two-day reunion held in late May at which the later summer gathering is never mentioned.
Gillian:
I knew something was up because Mom and Marion practically threw me out of the cabin. They had me in my most conservative swimming suit and out the door within 30 minutes after we arrived. It was smooth; a little too smooth, but I was not going to argue with them because I really did want to go swimming.