This is Part 01 of a multi-part story. I hope to wrap it up in two parts, but if it needs a Part 03, so be it. Your comments are always welcomed and are the only payment I receive for my stories.
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May 1992
"Goodnight, Baby Doll. I love you."
"Goodnight, Sweet Cheeks. I love you, too."
With that, I hung up the phone. Having spent the past hour talking with Grace, my emotions were chaotic. Despite her best effort to make it sound like she was doing okay, I could tell Grace was hurting. The strain of taking care of Bonnie was weighing on her, and I worried that it might break her.
Grace's daughter, Bonnie, was dying from pancreatic cancer. Grace has been in Dayton. OH, since February helping Bonnie to get through her chemo treatments. Unfortunately, the chemo hadn't made any difference, and Bonnie was now in Hospice. I could tell from talking to Bonnie that she was starting to slip away, despite her assurances that she was okay.
Having been together for most of the past 44 years, I knew Grace, maybe better than she knew herself. I had repeatedly asked if she wanted me to come out there. Despite her assurances that she was okay and I didn't need to come, I knew she really wanted me there but didn't want to show any weakness by asking me.
Grace was one of the strongest people I knew. When we first met, she just took one look at me and took me under her wing and never let me go. Grace gave me what I needed, direction and purpose. I would do anything for her, up to and including throwing myself into an active volcano if she asked me.
After a restless night's sleep, when I got up in the morning to get ready for work, I decided I was just going to go ahead and buy a ticket to fly to Dayton to be with Grace. Despite my fear of flying, I would be there for her. I knew she'd fuss and argue about it, but I was going to do it anyway. After all, she hadn't expressly forbidden me from coming.
After performing my toilet and fixing myself a hearty breakfast, I thought about Grace and how much my life revolved around her. I loved her with every fiber of my being, and these past ten weeks apart have been tough. She's been away visiting Bonnie before but never for more than two weeks at a time. It's been hell sleeping, especially when the memories of that horrible night nearly 41 years ago try sneaking into my dreams. I finished my breakfast, quickly washed my dishes, and got ready to go. I donned my leather jacket, gloves, and helmet and hopped on my bike, a sweet 1988 Harley-Davidson FXST 1340 Softail.
It was another beautiful day, 72 degrees and sunny as I drove into work. I loved the feel of the wind in my face, but the traffic anymore was getting ridiculous. I really didn't need my jacket since I was traveling so slowly. As much as I loved riding my bike, stop-and-go traffic took any fun to be had out of it. Luckily, California allowed motorcycles to travel between lanes of cars since CHP had extensive motorcycle divisions. They weren't allowed to do anything an ordinary citizen couldn't do. Since they needed to get through the traffic snarls in the greater LA area, they had to pass a traffic law to let everyone do that. I seldom took advantage of it on the city streets because there usually wasn't enough room to get my bike through due to the lanes being so narrow. It was a different story on the expressways since the lanes were wider.
The light ahead finally turned green, and traffic started crawling forward. As I fought to keep my motorcycle upright while traveling so slowly, I reflected on one of the great times that Grace and I had going on a road trip on my bike ...
August 1965
... The wind blowing in my face brought the smell of the ocean to me, and I loved it. It was a typical beautiful sunny day as we drove along the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), white puffy clouds floating high in the air. As we powered down the road on my '64 Harley-Davidson XLCH Sportster, I reveled at the power between my thighs. I had just bought it last year, and I loved how it growled when I opened the throttle. I had loved my old bike, a 1957 Norton Nomad 600, but this had so much more power and rode much smoother.
As I leaned into the curve, I felt Grace's arms tighten around my core, and her thighs tighten around my hips. I loved having her body tight against mine, her teats crushed into my back, and her pussy tight against my ass. My nips tightened and ached, and my pussy got hot and wet as I thought about her taut body tight up against mine. I could feel her chin digging into my shoulder blade as she peered over my left shoulder and imagined I could feel her nips digging into my back.
"Wheeeeee!" she yelled, and my heart thrilled at how much Grace enjoyed the ride. We'd been riding together for years, and I was thrilled that she enjoyed taking off for a ride anytime she could get away. Of course, her having a twelve-year-old daughter who was just as wild and carefree as she was made it hard to find time to escape. This time we would have a few days as Bonnie was off to summer camp for a week.
We had just left Topanga Canyon and were heading west along the north shore of Santa Monica Bay toward Malibu. We had decided to head up the coast to San Francisco and back to tour for a few days. We had thought about going out to Desert Shores on the Salton Sea but decided against it. While we liked driving through the desert, we loved driving along the ocean. We'd done this before, and we just loved the freedom of just getting on the road and going somewhere on a whim.
The PCH wound along the coast, running from Dana Point up to San Francisco and beyond. There were plenty of hole-in-the-wall shops along the way to stop at, and we always liked checking out different places. We never called ahead to reserve a room at any motels since we never knew when we'd get anywhere. We would just find a place with a vacancy when it started getting dark.
When Grace had called me to tell me that Bonnie was going to summer camp, I was thrilled, knowing she wanted the two of us to get away for a while. We planned the dates for our trip, and I told my boss that I was taking some time off. He was thrilled because I so seldom took time off. Management was always pressing him to get me to take some of the accrued vacation days I had so they could get them off the books.
"About time, Kathy," Glen said with a grin. I was his favorite, and he knew he could rely on me to show up for work, so we had a great working relationship. Glen didn't care that I was a lesbian, and he would have laid down the law if any of my co-workers gave me any grief over it. Glen never needed to because I could take care of myself, to the chagrin of the few assholes who tried to make something out of it.
I had learned early in life that most people didn't accept my lifestyle. I had to protect myself from self-appointed assholes who thought if I just got a taste of dick that I'd change my mind. Of course, I practically broadcasted my lifestyle by dressing and acting the way I did. I kept my blonde hair cropped short and loved wearing jeans and muscle shirts to show off my tattoos.
On the other hand, Grace was very feminine, so she never had to worry about being accosted by assholes like I was. She was beautiful with her brown hair down to her shoulders. Grace loved wearing dresses but wasn't averse to wearing jeans and tank tops. The only time she was ever hassled about her lifestyle was when she was with me, and as much as I bristled and tried to rise to her defense, she wouldn't let me. She would just smile and ignore the taunts and barbs while taking hold of my arm and walking us off.
Despite the early hour and being in the middle of the week, the traffic was bumper-to-bumper. As we passed Pacific Palisades, we saw the raw earth from the landslide that had taken place in June. We could see the destroyed houses that hadn't been razed yet. Once we got past Inceville, the road opened up, and we could start to enjoy the ride.
Once we got to the Malibu area, the traffic thickened up again as we went past the beach houses. Some of them were pretty elaborate, and I wondered how much something like that would cost. Not that I'd ever be able to afford anything like that, but it would have been nice to have a place on the beach. I really loved the time I spent on the beach, and I was an avid surfer. The water up here is a lot cleaner than the water down in the beach cities, and if it wasn't such a drag driving up here, I'd spend most of my time up here.
The road turned away from the beach as we neared Point Dume. We also had a couple of bikers join us, so we exchanged greetings as we sat at the lights. I looked over the bike to my left and admired the lines of his bike, a BMW R50 2. I complimented him on his bike, and he did the same in return. I saw his eyes flick back to Grace, and I could tell that he liked what he saw. I just smiled and turned to look at the bike to my right. I was pleased to see that she rode an Indian Scout 440, a real sweet-looking bike. We exchanged smiles, and she, too, glanced back at Grace.
The light turned green before anything more could be said, and we took off. I let the other two bikes pull away since I had spied a Texaco station up ahead on the right. I called out, "Pit stop," as I pulled off the road and up to the pump.
Grace hopped off as the attendant came out of the station. I put down the kickstand as I killed the engine. Flipping the gas cap off as I dismounted, I said, "Fill 'er up."
The kid couldn't decide between ogling Grace in her skin-tight leathers as she walked into the station or my bike. I just smiled in understanding since Grace's ass looked great in those leathers. As I took off my helmet and shook out my hair, I followed Grace with my eyes, admiring how that ass moved. My heart clenched as I thought about how lucky I was to have her in my life.
The kid finally started the pump and asked me what type of gas I wanted. "Regular," I said in response, keeping an eye on him to make sure he didn't get gas all over the tank. He was careful, and as he pumped, he looked over the bike and said, "Nice ride. What year is it?"
"Sixty-four," I said.
"How does it handle?" he asked, and I was pleased that he was genuinely interested.