Chapter 5: Getting on With Life
I woke quite late on Tuesday morning to the now familiar sensation of having my cock sucked by my daughter-in-law, Tatiana. She came to Minnesota from Florida earlier in the summer because her daughter, Annika, was spending the summer with her father (my son). She was not comfortable being in Florida, so far away from her daughter, so I fixed up a room for Tatiana and invited her to stay with me. After a week, we discovered that we had a longing and desire for each other that went back to the day we met almost seven years before. We acted on that longing, and, except when Annika spent time with us, she had been sleeping with me ever since.
We knew we needed to play things cool. We did go a little over the top for the Summer Solstice Ball about a month before, and the time we went on an exhibitionist adventure, but generally, when we went out in public, no one would have guessed that we were lovers. We were especially careful around Annika and our ex-spouses. When Annika stayed with us, we slept in separate rooms and limited our contact with each other. To Annika, Tatiana was Mommy, and I was Grampy.
We managed to get away over the Independence Day weekend and traveled to a Lake Superior resort in which I was a partner. It was the first time that we could be in public as a couple rather than as a man who gave his daughter-in-law and his granddaughter a temporary place to stay. In addition to being a weekend of sexual adventure, it was a weekend of commitment; I asked Tatiana to marry me, and she accepted.
Given the complications that our rather unconventional relationship created, we needed to proceed with caution. Tatiana made it very clear to me that, while she loved me, there would be no marriage if there were even the slightest chance that her ex-husband, Brien, could take legal action to have her declared as an unfit parent and sue for custody: a distinct possibility, she said, given that she was sleeping with her father-in-law.
It was the Tuesday, July 5, just one day after we returned from our weekend together. I planned to talk to my lawyer to get suggestions from him on how to proceed, but that was later in the day. At that particular moment, I was focused on her blowjob.
I exploded into her mouth, and as she now did with regularity, she swallowed all but my last, waning spasm. She crawled along side me and pressed her lips to mine, and when I opened my mouth to receive her tongue, I received a taste of my own cum.
After a little cuddle time, I got in the shower and made the calls to begin fulfilling the promises I made to Tatiana over the weekend and to begin to make the positive changes that would affect the remainder of my life. I called my business lawyer and asked his advice. I knew that he would not offer me any advice about what to do, but I hoped that he could recommend someone that could help me.
He recommended a lawyer who was a member of the bar, but did not practice as an attorney; she called herself an advocate. I did not get the connection, or understand how an advocate could help, but I called her anyway, and she quickly convinced me that her services were exactly what we needed. I made an appointment for later that afternoon. She reminded me that Tatiana had to come along if we were going to talk specifics.
By 2:00, Tatiana and I walked into the law office of North Star Family Legal Center, and met with Wendy Ahlstrom. She was about 45 years old, and I could tell that 20 years ago she was a real looker. However, after too much sun and too many boob jobs and facelifts, she looked like someone who was trying too hard to outrun middle age, and was losing the race.
After the perfunctory small talk and coffee, we got down to business. The superficiality of her appearance quickly became secondary to her caring nature when she started talking.
Wendy started things off by laying out the ground rules: "If I take this case, no matter who pays me, Annika will be my client, not you. I will be acting in her best interests. You, Tatiana, are her legal guardian and custodial parent, so I will be able communicate with you on matters of this case, but I cannot communicate with Mr. Johnson without a letter from you granting permission. However, and I cannot stress this enough, if I feel that communication with either of you or Brien will be detrimental to Annika, I will withhold that communication. Are we clear about that?"
Tatiana thought about it for a few moments. "I think so. Denny, what do you think?"
"I think we need to tell Ms. Ahlstrom our story and then decide." I turned to Wendy. "Is that okay with you?"
"That is what I was going to suggest. Okay, let's get started. Tatiana, start at the beginning."
Tatiana told the story starting with the abuse she suffered under Brien, the divorce and her move to Miami. She went into detail about how we discovered that we were in love and wanted to get married.
Wendy took notes while she listened to Tatiana tell her story. She interrupted her a few times and asked clarifying questions. Finally, she put down her pen and looked at Tatiana. "Did you two sleep together during the marriage?"
"Of course not," Tatiana replied with a little anger in her voice. "I took my vows seriously, and did not act on my feelings for Denny until just a few weeks ago: more than a year after the divorce was final!"
"I am sorry, I meant no insult. I just need to know the whole story...and be prepared, if this goes very far in court there will be questions that are even more personal. Okay, Tatiana, what result do you want? Custody? Termination of Brien's parental rights?"
"Oh no, nothing like that! All I want is to marry Denny without worrying about Brien taking me to court to terminate MY rights. I also want to be able to take my daughter to see her grandmother in St. Petersburg without being at the mercy of Brien's whims to get permission."
"Hmm, at least your expectations are realistic, but I see two problems. First, generally speaking, this is a matter between the parents. Have you and Brien tried to work out a solution? That would be easiest."
"Well, I just agreed to get married over the weekend. Before Dennis, Brien was the only man I have every been with since I came to America and the issue of declaring me a bad parent never came up so, no, I have not talked to him about that. I don't think it would be an issue if I married someone else, but the fact that Denny is Brien's father makes it an issue, or at least I am concerned it could be an issue. As for the consent to travel, last year, after the divorce, I wanted to take Annika to Russia to visit my mother, but he refused to sign the letter of consent. Annika has never met her grandmother or her aunt."
"Well, the best thing is to have Brien do this voluntarily, because there is no way that the courts will rule on something that has not happened. The court will not order Brien to be nice to you. The court will also not rule that you are a good mother unless someone accuses you of not being a good mother. I will certainly help you draw up the papers to try, but it is best to work things out privately. As for the other, I think we can get the court to rule that a trip to Russia to connect with your family is a totally legitimate request for Annika's wellbeing."
She looked over her notes again. "Okay, I am going to draft four documents. The first is a representation agreement, which gives me your consent to represent Annika. Second is the authorization to discuss matters involving this case with Mr. Johnson...that is, with Mr. Dennis Johnson. These are documents among the three of us, and just define how we work together."
She paused in thought. "I strongly recommend that I help you do this privately, outside the court, so the third document is one that we want to get Brien to sign. It will give you permission to take Annika out of the country for a maximum of...let's say, six weeks at a time. The fourth will be a statement for Brien to sign, in which he agrees that you are a good mother and that any attempt to change the custodial arrangement is not justified. It is not really a binding agreement, but if he does try something, it will give you a stronger position. If he refuses to sign, then we can explore other options."
Tatiana shifted in her seat and a look of concern crossed her face. "How much is this going to cost? I mean, I want this done, but I am not wealthy."
