While Her Daughter Was Away
A Ladies In Love Romance in Three Parts
By Magda McKune
Part Three
CHAPTER 9
Amy turned her head from chopping carrots and offered a bright smile to Kim as she entered the kitchen through the back door. "Kimmy! It's so wonderful to see you again!"
The teen smiled brightly. "Hello Amy." She moved to give the blonde a hug and peck on the cheek. "I thought I would stop in for a quick visit and to sample some real homemade cooking for a change. School cafeteria food is the pits. I hope you don't mind."
"Of course not. You're always welcome anytime."
"Is mom home?"
"She's in the bedroom changing. We'll be having dinner shortly."
Kim grinned happily. "I guess I timed that just right!"
"You know we always love to have you join us. This is your house too, after all."
"Thanks." Kim glanced at the kitchen doorway and back at her hostess. "Actually, since I have you alone, I'd like to chat with you in private."
Amy stopped and looked at her. "About what?"
"You and mom."
"You don't approve of us being together?"
"No, no! Quite the contrary! I think it's great! I've never seen mom so happy, not even when she was married to dad. She really is in love with you, you know. If the two of you ever broke up, it would crush her."
"I have no intention of ever leaving your mom. I'm crazy about her."
"I'm glad."
Amy set the knife aside and wiped her hands on a towel. She turned to the young girl with a sober expression. "I really do love your mother, Kim. I realize I'm only a few years older than you are, but I've led quite a wild life up until now. I've done some things I'm not proud of and Sharon overlooks all of that. She accepts me the way I am and loves me unconditionally. You cannot imagine how much that means to me. And I'm glad you accept our relationship, too. That means more to me than you can possibly know."
Kim smiled warmly and took the blonde into a fond embrace. "You will always be considered a member of this family. Though I may think of you as more of a big sister than a parent!"
Amy laughed and smoothed her hands over the girl's back. "Fair enough!" She leaned back and smiled at her. "Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Well, actually I wanted to reaffirm for myself that you two were not simply a passing whim. I know having my dad leave my mom for another woman really shook her up. I'm not sure she could survive it if you two broke up."
Amy took the girl's hand in hers. "I would never leave your mother, honey. Not in a million years. I love her desperately and I know she loves me in return. Nobody has ever cared for me like she has and I would be out of my mind to mess up something as good as that. I know I could never find another person who could care for me as much as your mother does."
Kim smiled warmly at the woman. "It makes me happy that you two are still as strong as ever. How's the sex?"
Amy laughed. "Still as strong as ever too!"
"I'm glad."
"I hope you don't worry about dropping by and taking your room back. Sharon and I sleep together a lot in her room anyway."
"I guessed as much." Kim broke their embrace and picked up a piece of carrot. "I'm glad you said you sleep in her room. I'm not so sure I want to know about my mom doing the wild thing in my old bedroom." She looked at Amy as the blonde flushed slightly and returned to slicing the veggies for the salad. "You didn't!"
"Sorry, Kim. Your mother is a very sensuous and spontaneous woman. There aren't many places in this house where we haven't done it."
Kim frowned and glanced the table. "Not on the kitchen table, I hope."
"Not yet."
"Good."
Amy giggled and leaned over to give her guest a quick smooch on the cheek. "You are such a sweet and understanding daughter!"
"Thanks... Sis? What exactly am I supposed to call you?"
"Amy will be fine."
Kim rested her hip against the countertop and took another bite of carrot. "When I told my mom I was happy that she was finally getting some sex after all those years alone without daddy around, I never guessed she would make up for all that lost time in the first few months after meeting you."
"I think we made up for it in the first few weeks."
Kim's eyebrows shot up. "Wow!"
"I must admit, your mom does get quite a bit of encouragement from me. It's been a while since I got laid myself and your mother is one wild hot lover. I can't get enough of her." Amy glanced at her companion. "Sorry if I'm creeping you out."
"You're not." Kim smiled warmly and gently raked her fingers through her companion's long blonde tresses. "You're good for her, you know."
"We're good for each other. I can't imagine spending the rest of my life without her." She smiled at the teen. "Or without you in my life, for that matter, sweetheart."
"Well, lucky for you, mom and I are a package deal." Kim stroked her hand over the woman's scalp. "And I happen to love you both a whole bunch."
"Really?"
"Yes really." Kim gave her friend a sideways hug. "Mom and I rarely spoke about our affections openly until you came along. I suppose it's kind of contagious."
"I love you too, honey."
"I think I'll go wash up and say hi to mom."
"I'll set an extra plate. You know we always have plenty."
Sharon and Amy cuddled on the sofa with Kim in the armchair across from them. Kim shed her two-inch pumps and relaxed in her seat. "Ahhh," she sighed with contentment. "I should have kicked off my shoes long ago."
Amy rose to her feet and moved to the girl. "Come sit on the couch by your mother and let her give you a foot massage."
"A what?"
"A foot massage. It's one of her favorite things to do." Kim patted the teen on the shoulder. "Go make your mom happy."
Kim glanced at Amy and at her mother. "Are you sure?"
Sharon patted the cushion at her side. "Come over here and let me take care of you."
The girl giggled and rose from her seat. "Heck, yeah!"
She traded places with Amy and sat on the sofa next to her mother. Sharon lifted Kim's feet into her lap as the girl leaned her back against the arm of the couch. Kim knitted her hands behind her head as her parent began to gently knead her bare foot. "Ahhhhh!" she sighed with contentment. "This is the life!"
Amy grinned at Kimmy. "Sharon gives the best foot massages of anyone. I get to looking forward to them so much that I sometimes rush straight home from work and forget I have errands to run."
Sharon rubbed her daughter's toes and gave her lover a knowing smile. "Is that the only reason you hurry to get home?"
"Of course not, my love. I miss you terribly when I'm away and want to be with you all the time."
"Good answer."
Kim sighed dreamily as Sharon rubbed her foot. "I don't remember you ever doing this for me before."
"There's a lot of things I never did before Amy came into my life."
Amy chuckled under her breath. "One or two things in particular come to my mind."
Sharon smiled knowingly and kneaded the ball of Kim's left foot. "I suppose I'm not so self-conscious about expressing myself or trying new things as I once was."
"I hope I didn't keep you from doing what you wanted with your life, mom."
"Of course not, honey. Don't even think that." She raised Kim's leg and smooched the top of her foot. "Now that you are off on your own exploring the world, it's time I did some exploring of my own too."
"Your mother is a very romantic woman," Amy stated.
Kim laughed. "I never thought of my mother as being an overly-romantic person."
"Amy brings it out in me." She lifted Kim's foot and gently stroked her toes over her cheek. "I no longer am afraid to touch and explore the human body."
Amy grinned at the two. "This human body in particular is very grateful!"