Abby and I met at her office. I was the only local contractor that could repair her company's custom assembly line, and she worked in accounting. We got to know each other when she helped sort out an error in my billing. She was bubbly, fun and beautiful. She mentioned her dream of touring France, so without hesitation I asked her to dinner at my favorite French restaurant. We spent the evening talking about our families, our passions and our fears until the waiter politely guided us out the door at the end of the night. We found that my hardworking quiet personality was a good compliment to her vivacious outgoing nature. We both wanted to have kids and raise our family in town. After dating for several months we were soon married.
Initially married life was everything we hoped it would be. We used birth control for the first year and then spent several years trying to conceive a child. Eventually we visited a fertility specialist in desperation. We found that my sperm count was low. While it was possible for me to have children, the likelihood was very low. The doctor gave us pamphlets about ovulation and fertility cycles and instructions about how to measure the best time of the month and tip the odds in our favor. Sex became a mechanical chore that was subject to the phases of Abby's hormonal cycle and I was just a cog with a small role I failed to fulfill.
After more than a year of dutiful sex we gave up. By then Abby was profoundly depressed and I felt like a worthless husk of man - unfit to perform my most basic function. We carried on the best we could, but our sorrow soon became overwhelming.
On a quiet Saturday evening I took Abby to our favorite French restaurant for a lovely meal. Afterwards we drove to a romantic lookout and I gave her the most beautiful diamond ring I could buy with all the money I could borrow.
"Sweetheart, I want you to have this ring," I said.
She was stunned. She looked at it without taking it out of the box and then looked at me.
"I want you to know that I will always love you, and that I want you to be happy. I can't give you the life you want, so we need to split up, and you need to find a husband that can give you kids and make you happy - and we need to do it now, before it's too late."
She burst into tears. She didn't want to hear the words, but she was thinking the same thing. We drove home in silence. She packed a small suitcase and went to stay with her parents.
I wasn't there when Abby told her parents what happened, but her father shared the story with me. After the tears and the sobbing had subsided, he told his daughter, "Honey, I thought you already knew this, but I guess I'm going to have to tell you again. When you find someone that loves you as much as John loves you, you stick with them. John is always going to have your back, he will do everything he can to make you happy and I wouldn't be surprised if he finds a way to give you kids. You would be a fool to leave him and I know you are no fool. You may be sad, but you are no fool."
The next morning Abby came back with a smile that she forced herself to wear and a new determination to get the most out of her life.
To get back some of our lost intimacy we started playing 'The Honesty Game', where any question gets an honest reply. The game had strict rules. Questions were submitted in writing in groups of no less than three questions and answers were given verbally the next day after dinner. Follow up questions were permitted; however, the entire group of questions could be rejected if the partner was uncomfortable for any reason. No explanation was required and probing was not allowed. The final rule was that we couldn't get upset by the questions or the answers and they could never be brought up in an argument outside the game.
Almost all the questions concerned sex. I learned that Abby liked me to go down on her more than I had thought. She liked me to suck on clitoris more than lick it and liked my tongue deep in vagina.
She noticed that my penis was erect when I was going down on her. "Do you like giving me head?" she asked. She took her hands off of my head so that I could answer.
"I LOVE giving you head," I said.
"You know you're always hard when you go down on me." She poked my erect penis with her foot and pushed my head back down on her so that I could continue.
The next day the following three questions were waiting for me:
"Will you submit to me?"
"Would you consider letting another man into our bed?"
"Have you ever fantasized about having sex with a man?"
She smiled at me as I read the questions. I'm sure my face was ashen. The next day after dinner I rejected the questions. She smiled again, but didn't probe. She said, "You know I love you right?"
I nodded.
"...and you know I'll always have your back, right?"
I smiled because I believed her. But I was still confused about what she was driving at with her questions.
Soon after that Abby's father died of a heart attack. Most of Abby's office attended the funeral, including the head of manufacturing, Dan. He was a big guy with olive skin and black curly hair. Just about everyone liked him. He was known for taking good care of his employees and for playing for both teams in terms of sex. In the past I'd worked nights and weekends to get the company's assembly line back up, so I knew that he appreciated me even though I wasn't an employee.
Dan gave his condolences to Abby and then hugged her. I didn't notice anything unusual in their interaction. Then he gave me a hug and whispered in my ear, "Semper Fi, my man, Semper Fi." I knew Dan was never a marine, so it didn't make any sense. I just smiled and hugged him back.
"I feel so mortal," Abby said on the drive home. "We only have a few years and then we're dead."
I nodded. She was her daddy's girl, so I knew this was going to be painful.
"Do you think he did everything he wanted to do when he was alive?"
"Your dad wasn't a wimp. I'm sure he was fulfilled."
Abby nodded, "Yea, but if he knew the day before he died that he only had 24 hours left would he have done anything different?"
I thought for a moment before I said, "Probably. He would have probably called you and spent the time with you and the family."
She nodded.
A month or so later the following questions were waiting for me:
"What would you do if only had 24 hours to live?"
"What would you do if I died?"
"What would you want me to do if you died?"
After dinner the next day I told her that I would want to spend my last day with her. If she died I would be so heartbroken that nothing would matter and that if I died she should be as happy as possible.
"That's kind of generic don't you think? Can't you be more specific and more original?"
"OK smarty, why don't you answer the questions?" I said.
She gave a half smile. "We're still in the game right?"
I nodded.
"I want to try some kinky stuff in bed."
"Like what?"
"I want to have sex with two men, and I want to try double penetration. There, I said it."
I didn't know how to respond, so I said, "Is there anything else?"
"Yes, but I think that is enough for now. I want to hear what you have to say while we're still in the game."
I thought for several moments before I said, "I think a third person would ruin our relationship."
She replied, "I think we're strong enough to survive that."
She paused for a moment and continued, "I know this is against the rules, but I want to ask one more question. If I was dead and you only had 24 hours to live and an attractive gay man wanted to have sex with you would you do it?"
She continued, "You don't have to answer."
Of course, there was really no point in not answering, since there was only one question, so I said, "This question challenges my masculinity. With the whole low-sperm count thing I really don't need that."
"Oh fuck." she said and covered her mouth. "I am so sorry sweetie. Please forget I said anything." She gave me a big hug and said, "I am so sorry."
Of course, despite the rules of the game I couldn't forget. I was so thoroughly committed to making Abby happy that I knew that I was going to be incapable of denying her the pleasure of double penetration. It was just a matter of time and if I could figure out a way to not lose her in the process.
The next night after dinner Abby said, "I want to tell you something from inside the game." After a moment she continued, "I love you, and I don't want to lose you."
After a few weeks I left these questions out for Abby:
"Will you arrange for the second man?"
"Can I set some rules?"
"Is this a one-time thing?"
The next night after dinner Abby said, "Yes, I will make all the arrangements. What rules do you want to set?"
"You can suck on his penis and you can take it in your ass, but your vagina is mine."
"Can he lick my vagina?"