LIfe may never be the same - New Horizons
Tags: Nymphomania; Cheating Wives; Coupling; Relationships; Sapphic
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Intro: The development business is expanding fast and good trustworthy people to progress the various projects are thin on the ground. David finds himself in the awful position of having to involve his ex-wife and involves Jill to help tie up the deals that his team has pulled together whilst he moves on to new opportunities. Meanwhile his team continue to enjoy their adventures in the west coast states while those at home are overworked and wondering when he'll come back.
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In Texas, Jill had arrived at the house to be greeted by Susan, "Hi there, welcome, they only just rang me to say you were coming."
"Does Olivia know?"
"I don't know, she's out at the moment and I have the baby."
"I understand, do you know where she is? I am anxious to catch up with her as quickly as possible then send you on your way to your next challenge."
Susan shook her head not knowing, and then thought "I could check with the taxi company to see where they took her."
"Would you mind, I'd appreciate it."
A few minutes later she had an address and before long was handing it to another driver who nodded understanding.
"What is that place?" Jill asked.
"If I'm right it's one of the big houses on 'Knob Hill' as we call it locally," replied the driver.
"OK then let's go take a look"
They pulled up outside and it was as described, the curtains were closed and she supposed one could read something into that. Jill wasn't about to sit outside for an unknown period so she pulled out her phone and rang her. There was no answer, so she wound down her window and listened. After a moment's concentration she was sure she could hear a phone ringing, so she cut the call to note that the ring would stop at the same time, she was not disappointed. "Whatever it is, must be good," she said under her breath.
"Ma'am," the driver said, " it's not my business but would you like me to take a look around?"
"Yes please but be prepared with a story if someone sees you."
"I'll tell the truth, I have been sent to pick her up." Jill liked the wry humour and gave her assent.
What he found out back was a bunch of guys sitting around a table drinking beer, he waited a while and another joined them with a wry look that said, "You try!" and another guy got up and left. He decided to watch a while longer not wishing to disappoint his passenger with part information, then he heard a loud swear word followed by, "Not yet, can't any of you get me over the top?" It was time to report back.
Jill immediately realised that this was what David had been describing to her so she dialled her number again, letting it ring as long as it would allow her, then she dialled again and again until a man answered, "What do you want, she's busy, fuck off."
"If you value your life man you will put her on the phone pronto." Perhaps it was her tone, she didn't know but the phone went quiet for a while and then, "Who is it?" a female voice answered. "I am Jill, I have come to take over from you and if you don't want your antics to get back to David you better get your arse outside double quick."
"Or what?"
"You know what, stop wasting your time and get out here before it's too late, you know better."
Some long minutes later Jill had given up hope and said, "Turn around driver" and he swung around to head back the way they came. As they stopped to join traffic the driver said, "A woman came out of the house."
"Reverse back a way and see if she wants to run to us. If not we'll go, I have waited long enough." Olivia couldn't run, she had only one shoe on, the other in her hand, in the end she took that off too. Jill moved over to make space but didn't open the door for her; she didn't think she deserved courtesy.
"Who the fuck are you interrupting my fun?" was her opening salvo.
"I'd say right now that I was your last chance."
"So you thought you would burst into my private life."
"Nope, I simply tried to telephone you, not just once but many times and you didn't answer."
"Soo! I was busy."
"Yes, too busy to take a call if your baby was sick, too busy for the office to contact you with something urgent, it's not the first call that matters, it's the third or the fourth that any normal person would realise was something important."
"Who are you to come here telling me what's important?"
"I am here on David's instructions, he wanted me to tie up the land fast and get things moving, then head to California, supposedly with you if you seemed trustworthy."
Olivia just glared at her.
"I'm sorry I interrupted you wasting your time, where can I find the notes on the current situation?"
Olivia was trying to think. 'This wasn't right she had been so careful these few days she had been here. What was she to do, her nether regions ached with soreness and dissatisfaction, the woman was right damn her. It had been a waste of time but she had to keep trying, surely David couldn't be the only one, her head couldn't make the logic work for her.'
Jill was a little worried, Olivia could cause all kinds of problems if she wasn't careful, she needed David's help to get her off and bring her back to some kind of sanity but at the same time knew she couldn't call him on it, the plane ride had been magnificent and she wanted it again and again. There was nothing for it but to bite the bullet and go with the flow.
"So what do you want to do? I am happy to let you do what you want to do as long as you let me get on with my job," she offered.
"And if I don't?"
"You really must be close to insanity," was all Jill could utter and those words had more effect than anything else.
Arriving at the home Olivia jumped out and rushed in without her whilst Jill followed at a more sedate pace. Inside Olivia had rushed upstairs so Jill took the opportunity to speak to the nurse. "I want you to be ready at a moment's notice to be out of here, you and the babe. Susan looked at her wildly not knowing who this woman was that was giving such orders. "It's Ok, I want you to check with David privately, my name is Jill and he has sent me to appraise the situation as well as finish up the project here." Susan looked pleased to be able to get a second opinion and nodded agreement before starting a message on her phone.
The flight to New Hampshire is a long one and gives David time to look at his messages again. Susan was the easiest to deal with; he told her if Jill said to go it was imperative that she did so.
Jill's message was advisory really although there was an implied question about sending Olivia on to California. He decided to reply that if she was co-operative with the handover, then send her to California with the nurse, he didn't have anyone else right now and she is to follow as soon as she can. He would leave it to her discretion whether to send the nurse and baby back to Baltimore. His other messages were business and seemed easy after dealing with the Olivia question.
He decided to go and speak to Honor, "What's your plan after we arrive in New Hampshire?"
"Just to await further instructions from you, I have all I need here on the plane at least short term," and she indicated an area between the cockpit and the main cabin.
"I am thinking of sending you to Baltimore to visit the Retreat there, when we are on the east side of the country you can hole up there and I will soon have a house on the west coast you will be able to use. I'm sure you have accommodation in Florida" she nodded her assent with a slight smile. "So that should take care of your immediate needs when we are shunting you around. Apart from making you aware of the Baltimore site and the people there, I will be arranging for you to pick up some of my people and fly them out, by the time you have done that we should be ready to be collected. Have you ever signed the confidentiality documents?"
"No, what are they?"
He explained and she signed, then continuing, David said "Now I can tell you about where we have sites in progress, we have targets all over the country and I will fill you in as we go. I don't know how you feel staying on this plane for more than a day or two; I am not even sure whether you are legally allowed to do so. So I will give you information of places you can stay as and when we have something set up and I will arrange for a room for you at the same hotel when we are staying in a new neighbourhood. Does that sound acceptable?"
"It sounds good to me, I will need to update you on the terms of my employment when I have the documents handy but I don't see any likely issues. What should I call you, Mr Thurlow, David or Sir?"
"David is fine, Mr Thurlow is for business and Sir is for the bedroom," he grinned, it had been his attempt to break the ice. She responded by saying, "I'm sorry about running my mouth off yesterday, I had no right."
"It's forgotten, my ladies have already put me straight on a few things. You might get a visit from Elle at some point; she wants to know whether we flew at a mile high or not." They both grinned at that.
"I don't know what Rose told you about her set up but we have a rule that nobody gets categorised about their sexuality and there are no long term monogamous relationships within the main house. There's a lot to learn but I'm sure it will be easy for you."
She raised an eyebrow, "Ohh?"
"I think I'll let you find out when you're there, or you can ask Ana."
A slight look of disappointment crossed her face, so he relented a little and described some of what went on at weekends, in particular Sundays when he was there. He noticed a slight red spot to her cheeks as he described their antics, so as there was lots of time, he carried on. Not wishing to give the wrong impression he balanced it by saying that it was unlikely to be a house meeting when he wasn't there, but there would be business meetings on weekdays. "Some people run away with the idea that it's one big fun palace when in reality it's just like any home. Everyone mucks in and during down time they do things that everyone else does, the thing is that as individuals they are not alone, there's always someone for support but there's also space enough for being alone."
"Do all the women contribute in some way?"
"Pretty much, sometimes it takes a while but thus far everyone has found their niche."
"May I ask David if the ladies with you are all from the Retreat?"
"No, just one, we four are on our own adventure, we make a fantastic team and so far have cracked some really difficult cases enjoying life at the same time."
She raised a doubting eyebrow.
"Doubt all you may but be careful what you say around them."
She wondered about that but decided not to push it.
