This is the twenty-first episode of my unreliable memoirs. Each episode can be read individually but it helps a bit with names to have read the previous ones.
I hope you enjoy it.
M4bloke
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New Year's Day fell on a Saturday in '83 and so the bank holiday had been carried over to the Monday. Although I still had a week before spring term started at Uni. Lesley, along with everyone else in the UK, needed to be back at work on the Tuesday. So we spent Monday morning in bed and the rest of the day catching up with Daniel and Kate.
Daniel had booked a restaurant in Chelsea and the four of us had a leisurely if somewhat boozy lunch. It was really nice to spend time with Daniel and Kate again. We'd hardly seen them in December and I could tell that Lesley was desperate to reconnect. She was particularly attentive to Daniel and at times you could have mistaken them for a couple. Kate and I knew the score and let the two of them get re-acquainted.
When we got back to the house Lesley took reconnecting to the next level and, treating the house as if it were hers, she led us all to the room that Kate and Daniel used as a playroom. First, she made out with Kate and the two of them put on a show for the boys. Lesley made sure however that it was her head between Kate's thighs and not the other way round. She stuck her bottom out teasingly, as if she was offering herself to us as she pleasured Kate and when she'd made sure that Kate had orgasmed then she lay back, opened her legs like a cheap whore, and invited Daniel to fuck her.
"Let's leave these two to it," said Kate quietly, taking my hand and leading me out of the playroom and into their own bedroom.
I took my clothes off and climbed onto the bed with Kate. We kissed passionately for a while then Kate did the exact the same thing as Lesley had done, lying back and opening her legs for me. Kate's model looks clashed with the slutiness of her pose. If only I'd had my camera handy.
"I need to be fucked as hard as you can, Steven," Kate said, making quite clear what was required.
So I fucked her as hard as I could, first on top and then from behind. I was worried I was going to hurt her but she urged me not to let up the whole time. I fucked her relentlessly and after a while her body went limp like a rag doll, but she wouldn't let me stop, telling me that she really needed this.
When I eventually came we were both exhausted and covered in my sweat, but the moment I pulled out of her she started to finger herself, frigging her clit to another orgasm, before finally lying back on the bed exhausted.
"Promise me you'll always be around to do that for me," she whispered, then kissed my neck.
It seemed an odd thing to say. I guess, being married to Daniel, she missed the athleticism of a man her own age. Whatever the reason, I was happy to oblige her.
"I promise," I said.
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On the Tuesday morning I caught a plane to Munich. It was traditional to take your customer out for a meal at Christmas and buy them a bottle of something expensive and as Durolitum's account director for the Munich bank, the responsibility fell to me. Unfortunately that hadn't been possible in the run up to Christmas and this was the closest I could manage.
My peer in the Munich bank was of course Katja. Katja both worked for Markus, the CEO of the bank, and was also his mistress. She'd also recently started dating Thomas, who was an Olympic show jumper, sponsored by Markus' bank. Thomas happened to be Markus' wife's lover, so it was all quite convenient really (episode 15).
The other reason for my visit was to see Heike, Markus' wife. The last time I'd seen her was a month ago after she and her friend Aldo had been drugged at the Winter Solstice Swingers' weekend in Titisee (episode 18). Lesley and I had rescued them from an uncertain fate and driven them back to Munich in the small hours of the morning. I wasn't going to forget that weekend in a hurry.
When I'd called Markus to see if it would be ok to visit them he told me that they'd love to see me but warned me that what had happened at the swingers' weekend had affected Heike and knocked her confidence. I liked Heike, she was an attractive fun loving person, but a genuine one too.
I picked up a hire car at the airport and drove south to Markus and Heike's stud farm in southern Bavaria. It was late afternoon when I arrived and Maria, the housekeeper, greeted me when I knocked at the door.
"Mr. Carter. It's wonderful to see you again. You look much better than last time."
"Thank you Maria," I replied. "I feel a lot better than last time too. How are you? Did you enjoy Christmas?"
"It's been a quiet Christmas here," Maria replied.
"How is Heike?" I asked.
Maria didn't get the chance to reply because at that moment Heike walked into the hallway. She took one look at me then gave me a big hug and buried her head in my chest. I could sense she was crying so I held her and let her sob. Maria discreetly left us with a comment about making some tea and after she'd cried for a bit longer I led Heike into the sitting room.
"I'm sorry," said Heike when we'd sat down on a sofa in front of the fire. "I'm just really glad to see you. How is Lesley?"
"Lesley is fine," I said and told her about Christmas and our trip to France.
"I spoilt Christmas for everybody here," Heike said then she sobbed into my shoulder again. "Markus had to cancel all our plans."
Heike stopped to sniffle.
"And of course this has fucked up our own sex life. Markus has been very understanding but I know he hasn't seen Katja since it happened so I've messed things up for her too."
"It's not your fault. What's the problem?" I asked.
Heike adjusted herself on the sofa so that she could curl up on me.
"I just feel really vulnerable," she said.
"I can understand that," I told her. "After I was stabbed I felt something similar. I felt like I couldn't protect the people I cared for."
"What did you do about it?"
"I think the first thing I did was decide if I wanted to carry on swinging to be honest."
"Which you did?"
"Yes, I enjoyed it. Lesley enjoyed it. We didn't want to give it up."
"So what did you do then?"
"I tried to manage the risks I guess. I divided the world into the people I care about, and everyone else. There aren't many people I care about but those that I do, I feel responsible for. They're my pack, if you like. If you're in the pack then I'm going to do my best to look out for you. Whether you like it or not, I can't help it."
"And everyone else?"
"Everyone else is a potential threat. There are plenty of good people out there, but until I know I can trust them, they need managing."
"What should I do, Steven?"
"Your situation is a bit different, but if I were you, then the first thing I'd do is decide whether you want to carry on swinging."
"I do."
"Ok. Then you need to figure out who you trust to look out for you and who you're safe with. They're your pack. You're an attractive, wealthy, woman, Heike. You need the pack's protection. It doesn't mean you can't have fun outside the pack but you need the pack looking out for you."
"Just like you and Lesley did for me in Titisee. And that's why Markus wouldn't let me go alone with Aldo."
"I just wish we'd realised sooner that you and Aldo were missing."
"I made Stefan tell me exactly what happened, Steven. You couldn't have noticed we were gone any sooner unless you'd been standing next to us."
"Perhaps we should have been."
At that point Maria came in with a tray of tea and some cake. Heike was still curled up on the sofa with her head in my lap and she made no attempt to get up.
"You and Karl are in my pack Maria, aren't you?" Heike asked, sounding like a child who needed reassurance."
Maria bent down and gently kissed Heike on the temple.
"Of course we are Heike," she replied. After years of working on luxury yachts for men who thought they were entitled to take whatever they wanted, Maria understood the importance of the pack more than most.
About an hour or so later Markus arrived home. Heike was still curled up on me when he walked into the living room.
"I don't know," he said. "I come back from work to find my wife in the arms of another man."
Heike got up and gave him a big hug and a kiss then told him she loved him. It took him by surprise. When she let him go we shook hands.
"It's good to see you Steven," he said clasping my hand. "How is Lesley?"
"She's very well. She wishes she could have come too but unfortunately she has to work."
"I understand. And Daniel and Kate?"
"They've been in South Africa. They had a great time."
"Good. And how are you?"
"I'm fine. Lesley and I spent Christmas in Provence, visiting friends. Next week I'm back at university so this is my last week of freedom before the real work starts for my exams."
"What are you doing here then? You should be with Lesley."
"I wanted to check in with you and Heike and I didn't want to ignore Katja either."
"Ah!" said Markus.
"Is there anything I should know?"
"We'll tell you over dinner," Heike interjected. "Which is at eight by the way. Karl's cooking something nice. You both probably want to freshen up first so we'd better get a move on."
"Before you go up Steven, can I have a word?" asked Markus.
"Of course."
"I'll leave you boys to it then," said Heike, giving us both a peck on the cheek.
"Thank you for coming," Markus began after Heike had gone. "Heike already looks happier. It's not been an easy time over Christmas."
"So I heard," I told him. "She told me she feels vulnerable. I guess that's natural after what she's been through."
"Heike made Stefan come here and tell her exactly what happened. Stefan feels guilty because it happened 'On his watch', not just with Heike and Aldo but with the other couple they drugged too. I don't know if it helped, but for better or worse she knows everything."
"It's probably for the best."
"Stefan left this for you," Markus said, opening a drawer and handing me a sealed envelope. "It's a letter of introduction. Give it to the man at the address on the front and he can help you be better prepared in the future. If you want to be, of course"
I looked at the envelope, it was addressed to Stan Smith at a company called SSE Staff Services in Croydon.
"Please thank Stefan for me. I'll probably wait until my exams are over 'though."