I think you will find the series make more sense if the episodes are read in sequence.
Everyone engaged in sex is eighteen or older.
The lovers face a relationship challenge that might be insurmountable.
Chapter 09. Crisis
When Beth and I had recovered sufficiently from our intense and draining interlude in the 'dungeon', my basement BDSM playroom that we had just used for the first time ever, Beth and I went up to the kitchen to fix ourselves some lunch. Over sandwiches and chips, she was eager to make sure we were both in agreement about what had transpired.
"So I've accepted my punishment for the way I was deceiving everyone, about why I was OK with encouraging you to fuck other women. Right?" she asked, standing at the kitchen counter because, at the moment, her backside was much too sore to tolerate being seated for more than a minute or two at a time.
"That's right," I agreed. "You took your medicine like a champ."
"And you and I are on the same page moving forward, that if I do that again, it will be with the understanding that I'll tell everyone that, whatever other motives I may have, the main reason I'm OK with it is because I really get turned on imagining, then later hearing about, the things you do when you're with them," she continued.
"If we ever do something like that again, then yes, that's the way it has to be," I agreed.
'OK, then," she said. "I'm going to call Ev, to see if she can come over and talk about her situation with us."
"With a view to my 'helping her out', the way Steve asked me to, the other day, I suppose?" I asked, bemused. "Not wasting any time, are we?"
"If her own husband asked you to fuck her, because he can't anymore, you have to know she must be desperate, John," Beth pointed out. "She's a very nice-looking woman. You're not going to try to tell me you don't find her attractive, are you?"
"There are plenty of women I meet that I think are attractive, Beth," I retorted. "That doesn't mean I'm champing at the bit to fuck each and every one of them."
"Well, you aren't denying it, either, so I'm going to take it as given that you do find her attractive, and would have no trouble making love to her, if I can persuade you there's really no reason not to," she stated emphatically. It was all I could do not to take out my phone and snap a picture of the determined look on her face at that moment. When she got the bit in her teeth like this over something, I found her irresistibly adorable.
"I could argue with you over whether this is a good idea or not until the cows come home, Beth," I told her, resignedly. "But the longer I know you, the easier it's getting to learn how to pick my fights with you, and avoid the ones I'm destined to lose in the end no matter what I say or do. Go ahead, call Ev so we can work this out."
Laughing, she threw her arms around me in a delighted embrace, and immediately pulled out her phone to call Ev, telling her she wanted her to come over to discuss 'that thing we talked about at lunch yesterday'. Ev said she be over in a few minutes. We finished our sandwiches while we waited, and presently she was ringing our doorbell. Beth let her in, and after I fixed us all some tea to drink, we took seats in the den to talk...at least, Ev and I did, Beth choosing to stand leaning against the back of the couch, just over my shoulder, her ass much too sore to even think of sitting down yet.
"How's Steve doing today?" I asked Ev.
"Oh, about the same," she replied, which I guessed was her stock response, in lieu of reeling off the long list of his health issues, serious or otherwise, that I was pretty sure were a daily battle for the two of them. "He's down for his afternoon nap right now, and won't wake up for another hour at least." She showed us the baby monitor app she used to keep an eye on him when she was not in the room with him; he was stretched out asleep on his recliner.
"Ev, when you told me the other day that he wanted to talk to me," I told her, "You said you didn't know what it was about. Now, please don't be embarrassed, but...I...kind of got the impression that maybe you really did know. Is that right?"
She looked down at her drink, if not embarrassed, at least a little shy about discussing something so personal. "Yes, I did. He said if I didn't ask you to come over, he would just call you himself, so I really didn't have much choice. Even sick as he is, he can be very stubborn."
"Beth and I have discussed it, and she's OK with the idea of me coming over to see you now and then, to help you with your...problem," I informed her. "She assures me that I'm OK with it too, and I know better than to argue with her over something like that."
Ev looked at me uncomprehendingly for a minute, finally just saying, "Um...what?"
"What John is trying to say is that he's a bit of a reluctant dragon when it comes to this kind of thing, Ev," Beth explained. "But don't worry. He finds you very attractive, and once you get him started, he really does know how to show a girl a good time."
"Oh, OK," she said, apparently relieved. "Maybe you can tell that I'm kind of hesitant to do something like this, too, because...well..."
"Because no matter how much he assures you he won't resent it, you still worry whether Steve can really be as OK with it, as he says he is," I suggested.
"That's the big thing, yeah," she acknowledged. "For the rest, well...as far as needing it, I'm about at my wits end with being incredibly horny, and not having any really satisfying way to deal with it. And after talking with Beth, I have no doubt that, uh...being with you would be a lot of fun, John."
"Why don't you go talk to your husband, who I think loves you very much, Ev," Beth suggested. "Tell him that John has agreed to do what he asked, on a trial basis, to see how it goes. Tell him why you're hesitating, and see what he has to say. When you've made up your mind, either way, let us know."
Ev took a deep breath, and looked up at us. "OK. I'll do that," she said, resolutely.
Looking pointedly over at Beth, I cleared my throat ostentatiously. "Ah-a-a-hemmmm!"
"Oh, yeah," Beth said. "It's very important that I tell you that...besides the ways I think you both will benefit if you and John...do hook up...there's another reason that I'm OK with that happening, that I need to tell you about."
For the first time since coming over, Ev grinned, specifically at Beth. "Does it have anything to do with what YOU get out of knowing we're going to be together, and what we'll be doing?" she asked her.
"Um, yes, it does," Beth confessed, having the decency to be at least a little shamefaced. "Is it really that obvious?"
"Not so much obvious, but pretty easy to guess, girlfriend," Ev teased her.
"So yeah, it's true," Beth admitted. "When I've, uh...done this in the past, I really get turned on...sexually...fantasizing about my lover with another woman. And then later, when he tells me about...about..." she trailed off, not quite able to bring herself to finish the thought.
