Reading Notes:
1. This is the first chapter in a series imagined by Nicola, a late friend of mine. She died during the Corona Virus pandemic of 2000 -- 22. She left the series to her sissy Simon(e) in her will. I recently met up with Simon(e) again, and we have decided to tweak the story and publish it in her memory
2. It is a work of fiction, which includes aspects of enforced celibacy, bdsm, lesbianism and various other fetishes, including smoking and Fem-Domme worship. If any if the above offends you, don't waste your time reading any further.
3. Nicola was Welsh, [as is Simon(e)] and this story is set in the fictional Welsh village of Cwm Pechod. (translation: Sin Valley). Cwm should be pronounced as it is seen - as in the English word "come" but with a "w" sound instead of the "u" sound. The "ch" of Pechod is sounded as in the Scottish word "loch". Sarah refers frequently to her daughter as "cariad" (pronounced curry ud, translation: darling/love); and Mary always calls her mother mam, in the traditional Welsh way.
4. If you've got this far and intend reading further, then please remember that all characters in this story are consenting adults aged 18 and above.
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Dr. Mary Walters looked over at the naked woman who was lying next to her in the double bed that they shared at weekends.
"Did you enjoy that?" she asked, smiling mischievously.
"Of course I did. You know I love it when you dominate and punish me, and then bring me to bed to kiss it all better again," came the reply. She pulled Mary's face towards her, and kissed her tenderly.
"I love you, Dr Walters" she whispered.
Mary smiled at her submissive lover.
"And I love you, nurse Richardson," she replied. "Now go and make us both a coffee, and bring it back to bed. We'll drink it whilst we get our breath back, and then we can begin round two!"
"Yes Ma'am," replied nurse Clarice Richardson, known to friends, colleagues and her Mistress as Cee.
As she got out of bed, Mary ran her eyes over Cee's beautiful, curvy body, noting with pleasure that her caffรจ latte coloured skin was already beginning to display the angry red stripes that her cane had put across the ample bum of her sub. She had no doubt that before too long the bruising that her wooden paddle would cause would also begin to develop. As her lover crossed the bedroom to go and make the coffee, Mary also noted that Cee's nipples were both still erect, despite having been clamped tight for the whole of their punishment playtime. Mary made a mental note to concentrate on those undoubtedly sore nipples when they'd finished their coffee.
Whilst she waited for Cee to return to bed, Mary reached onto the bedside table for her dainty Lady Churchwarden pipe. She had already packed the bowl with some of her favourite aromatic tobacco. She put the thin stem between her lips, sparked up her lighter, and puffed her pipe into life. When Cee returned bearing two mugs of delicious smelling coffee, Mary's pipe was well alight, and her head, with its shoulder length blonde hair was enveloped in sweet smelling tobacco smoke.
Cee set the two coffee mugs down, and climbed back into bed beside her Mistress. She turned to Mary.
"May I?" she asked.
Mary passed her pipe to Cee, who took it, put it between her lips, and gave a tentative pull on the stem. She exhaled, and pulled a face, passing the pipe back to her lover.
"No," she declared in a definite tone, "I really can't get on with a pipe. I think I'll stick to my cigars! After all, what self-respecting West Indian girl is going to puff on a pipe when she can buy cigars from home in the shop down the road?"
Mary smiled, but said nothing. Cee considered herself to be from Antigua, despite the fact that her mother, who was indeed from that beautiful island in the Caribbean, had given birth to her daughter in the very hospital in Cardiff where Cee now worked!
Cee lit up a small cigar, puffed on it luxuriously, and for a few moments, the two lovers lay side by side smoking and drinking their coffee, and not saying a word.
Eventually, Mary put her pipe down in the ashtray on her bedside table. She looked at Cee.
"This is very difficult, my love," she began. "I am going to have to sell this house, and when I move, we'll have nowhere to play or to fuck afterwards."
Cee was an optimist as well as a submissive.
"We've got till next month, at least," she replied optimistically.
"I know you have to go back home to help your mother, but you can come back to town at weekends. I'm already looking for flats that I can rent. I'm sure that everything will work its way out. After all, everyone knows that true love knows no boundaries, and I really do love you."
"I love you too, my darling," replied Mary, stretching over to give her lover a kiss.
The kiss lasted long enough for both women to get closer together, snuggle down in the bed and begin to explore one another's bodies again. Round two was just beginning!
Then the phone rang.
As medical professionals, both women knew that phone calls were never to be ignored. Sighing deeply, they disentangled themselves from one another, and Mary picked up the receiver.
"Dr Walters," she said, looking at Cee and winking.
Cee sat up in bed, and listened, hoping against hope that her lover wasn't going to have to leave her in bed alone to go and answer some medical emergency. Her heart leaped with joy when she heard Mary say,
"Prynhawn da, mam. Shw' mae'r hwyl?"
Cee didn't speak Welsh, but she'd heard the traditional Welsh greeting so often that she knew exactly what it meant. She'd even trained herself to use English sounding words to approximate the Welsh.
"Prin-how-n dar. Should-my-ur h-oil?" which she correctly took to mean,
"Good afternoon. How are things going?"
Mary was obviously speaking to her mother, so that was some cause for concern. Cee waited with bated breath until she heard the traditional "hwyl" (goodbye) spoken by Mary, who replaced the handset into the receiver, and turned to face her lover.
"Right," she began briskly "that, as you no doubt guessed, was my mother. Do you want the good news or the bad news?"
Cee's face fell.
"Give me the bad first," she whispered her eyes filling with tears and her voice trembling with trepidation.
Mary took a deep breath.
"Mam's partner had a stroke last night," she began. "They rang for an ambulance from the surgery, but by the time it arrived, he'd gone. Mam didn't phone last night, because she's been trying everywhere to get a replacement."
"Hang on a minute," interrupted Cee. "Your mother's partner has had a stroke, and died, and she's phoning to get a replacement? That doesn't sound very respectful to me!"