Please read the previous chapters before this one to understand the story up to this point. None of these chapters are stand-alone. This chapter does contain erotic scenes.
Enjoy.
I was the first to wake. After taking a leak and turning on the coffee pot, I slipped back under the warm covers and lay next to Pam. She was sleeping soundly as I studied her face and wondered what the future held for us. In less than a week, I had gone from not even knowing her to being crazy about her. In that same week, I'd been able to set aside the consuming grief of losing Lydia and begin focusing on the future.
After several minutes, I heard the coffee pot beep to signal it was ready. I took the first cup with me to the fireplace and struck a match to the papers and kindling. That reminded me to call the firewood man before we left for Chattanooga.
As the fire blazed, I began thinking about my return to work on Monday. During the last two years, I unfortunately shared my grief of losing Lydia by taking it out on some of my employees. I had not been a very easy person to work with and I needed to make amends. How best to do that was the key question.
Just then, Pam walked out of the bedroom. "Good morning sweetheart."
"Hey, young lady. The coffee's ready."
"I smelled it. Thanks." She walked to the kitchen and came with her cup to sit beside me in front of the fire. We kissed and she laid her hand on my leg.
Pam wore a new housecoat I hadn't seen. It was dark burgundy with black trim. It certainly complemented her natural beauty and long blonde hair.
"That's a lovely housecoat. Is this another of the outlet purchases your mom talked you into buying?"
"It was actually Jerri. In fact, she bought it for me."
"That was nice."
"Sure was. She bought several things for me and I bought her a very nice dressy outfit. Did she tell you that David agreed to go to a resort all next week? They're doing what you suggested."
"Yeah, she mentioned it to me. I hope it works out for them."
"She also asked me what you did that caused me to scream so much."
I laughed. "What did you tell her?"
"I gave her a lick by lick account. What blew my mind was when you put your nose in my vagina and licked my ass at the same time. Evidently, David has never licked her ass so she was doubtful he would."
I joked, "Well feel free to volunteer my tongue if she needs one."
Retribution was quick; she put her coffee down, jumped up and raised her fists into a boxing position. "Come on, get up. I'm going to lick you."
I lunged at her legs and wrapped my arms around them as she pounded on my back and screamed. I stood with her over my shoulder and carried her to the bed as she squealed and continued to hit my back. I flopped her onto the bed and watched her bounce. We were both laughing at her feigned anger. I crawled onto the bed beside her. We hugged and kissed for several minutes.
Once calm was restored, she asked, "So what were you thinking about when I walked in? You looked deep in thought."
"I was just thinking about returning to work and everything I need to do."
"Back to reality, huh?"
"Unfortunately. Maybe you can help me think of the best way to make amends to those employees I hurt during the last two years."
"Why did you hurt them?"
"I was taking my grief out on them and they just took it and never complained. I now realize just how ugly I was to some of them and I want to apologize in some way."
"Maybe you could take your own advice and just sit down face to face with each one and talk through what happened. A sincere apology from you personally will go a long way."
I stared into her eyes and reflected on that. "You're right. I'll call Ron, who's my general manager, and get everyone's schedule. I'll go to the restaurants and the store and sit down with each of them. A few have resigned during that time but I think Ron could get ahold of them."
"Maybe you could call those who left and take them to lunch."
"Great idea. I'll take each of them to lunch and talk it through. Now I know how scared you were to go see your mom and apologize to her."
"It's never easy to admit you were wrong. Ego gets in the way."
"So you were telling me about Nikki Lee yesterday. What's the whole story on that?"
"Let's get your computer and I'll show you."
We Googled and found her on Twitter and learned she had her own website. Modelmayhem.com also gave all her vital stats and lots of photos. She had been in
Playboy
numerous times and about all other men's mags as well. Her website even gave an upcoming schedule of appearances, including one for
Playboy
in Atlanta in early December as part of some announcement.
"Damn, Pam. You and she are identical."
"When I first saw her photos, it was like I was looking into a mirror. But notice on her stats that she is two inches shorter and four years older than me. She also has all those little light freckles between her boobs and our labias are shaped differently. Otherwise, except for a few small moles and that tiny birthmark on her thigh, we look just alike."
"I see her hair is also different. She has darker roots while yours are much lighter."
"Yeah, she probably tints her hair. She's likely a darker shade of blonde."
"I also think your nipples and boobs are shaped differently."