Note: This is a work of FICTION! Although the areas this story takes place in are real, all of the landscapes depicted, the people described, and everything else this story uses to make it enjoyable reading for you are NOT REAL. As you read this story, try to remember:
THIS IS A NOVEL
65. Sex and the Single Girl
After Stephano and Patty discussed what she had in mind for Sunday, he asked her if she would let him take care of it for her.
Patty's eyes glazed over at the thought of giving him control over something that was very important to her.
He said, "You have to start trusting me, or we are going to have a very difficult time being married for 80 years."
"80 years, I was hoping for two."
"My dear, are you hoping for octuplets, like that woman in California?"
"You must think you are very good in bed, Stephano, because I believe in one child at a time."
"Neither you, nor I have control over that situation. Now, are you going to give me control over Sunday or not?"
"You promised you would never hurt me again. Please do not do it on Sunday, or I will be devastated."
"Patty, these people are going to be our friends and neighbors for many years to come. I would no more hurt them, than I would hurt you. Trust me; this will be a Sunday our fire department will never forget."
Stephano returned his rental car, went to a dealership, and purchased two used vehicles. One was a heavy duty Dodge Ram to use on the ranch, which they delivered. The other was a Mercury Grand Marquis for him to use. He had never driven a truck with a standard transmission before, but he knew that would not stop Patty from using it. She learned how to drive a motorhome in five lessons. She could learn how to drive a truck, with a standard transmission, in five minutes.
It did not take her that long. As soon as her left leg understood where the clutch engaged, she was off and running around the ranch. She put more feeding stations around the fenced areas of the property for the horses. She could not part with them. For some reason or another, every time she called to find a place to board them, she hung up the phone as soon as it was answered. She decided she would keep them here, until it got cold. She needed to put up a temporary shelter for the input in the call to the Grain and Feed Store to see if they knew anyone that could put up a large canvas structure for them. The owner told her it would be about a week, but it should be no problem.
Patty rested easier knowing her horses would be close by her, until the cold of winter settled in.
Then early Saturday morning, the roar of semi's driving onto her property woke her up. She tried to scramble out of bed to see what was happening, but Stephano would not let her go.
"Go back to sleep Patricia, everything is under control."
"Why can't I see what is going on out there, Steph?"
"Do you realize that is the first time you shortened my name."
"I will shorten it more if you don't let me see what is going on outside."
"We are not married, and you are threatening me? You gave me control over tomorrow, and you promised to trust me. Are you going back on your word?"
"No, I just want to see what they are doing."
"When it is done, I will take you outside and we will see it together."
"Why can't I see it now?"
"The trucks haven't started to unload, yet."
"You have me on a technicality. I will let you go this time."
As much as she tried to go back to sleep, she couldn't. Sledgehammers kept pounding steel spikes into the ground. Saws were cutting wood to size, and nails were being pounded into beams. She put her head under her pillow to keep the noises out, but it did not work. She turned to find Stephano smiling at her.
"30 minutes, that is amazing, Patty. I never thought you would make 10. I will let you out of bed, but you cannot leave the motorhome. Agreed?"
As soon as she said, "Agreed," she shot out of bed to see what was going on outside. She screamed, "You son of a bitch, you did this to me on purpose. I can't see a thing. They have canvas blocking my view of everything."
Stephano was lying in bed, with his hands behind his head, looking innocent. "Why would I do something like that to you, babe? I know it would drive you crazy, and I would not want to be around you, if something like that happened. You might take your gun out of the drawer, and shoot me."
Patty jumped back on the bed, straddled his waist, and said, "I could always strangle you, instead."
"Madam, if you stay exactly where you are, you are going to feel another type of gun, and it is fully loaded."
"I have felt that gun before, and I felt it explode. It seems friendly enough to me. Does it need to explode, again?"
"Again is the wrong word; still is the proper word, and yes is the answer."
"Would you like a little help with that? I have never seen or touched one of those before, and I think I had better start getting used to it."
"Patty, thank you, but I do not want you to cross any line you have set for yourself. We are so close to getting married, I can wait until it is legal for us to do everything you have ever waited for, and wanted to do."
"I promise Steph, when I want to stop, I will, but right now I want to start moving forward and stop being afraid. If I start going too far, you stop me, okay."
"I promised you before, Patty, you will go to bridal bed a virgin. I meant it then, and I certainly mean it now."
Patty got off the bed and began to undress. She took off her pajama top, and then the pants. She stood there before him, and much to her own surprise and confusion, she put her thumbs into the waistband of her panties, pulled them down, and kicked them off her feet. For the first time in her life, Patty stood completely naked before a man.