Richard was
in love!
Like Jack and Diane, except, it was him and his baby girl, sweet Abby Gene, his precious daughter.
Golly!
Richard, smiling like a fool. He'd been sitting on the edge of his bed, staring at the carpet. Semi-consciously his finger petted up and down the thick vein of his urethra, right through his pants, just like sweet Abby Gene had done to him this morning.
His wife walked in. "Richard, I--" She frowned at what she'd caught him doing, yet she shook her head and continued on. "---I talked it over with Nancy and Margeret, and we think,
I think,
I owe you an apology. I was flustered, and I shouldn't have left." Mary Ann nodded her head once. "There."
But Richard,
oh,
his full heart was aflutter. Gay as a feather, he leapt off the bed and scooped his wife up in his arms.
"Richard!"
He kissed her once, twice, three times! She turned her head away on the fourth.
"I love your body so much, dear!" He dropped his wife on the bed and nibbled on her chin.
His hands slid down her ribs. Mary Ann had a far more supple build than his sweet Abby Gene, such voluptuous edges and curves! He nibbled down to her cleavage. She clasped her hands on his shoulders. Richard licked the slit between those pillows. Mary Ann tightened her grip and--shoved him away!
"Richard Grommet, just what in the world, what
are
you doing?" Mary Ann was flustered and panting, but even still, she wiped his spit off her chest.
Ah, right.
There was that.
Richard loved his wife, truly he did! But, and this was a big
but,
sometimes he had second thoughts about marrying a Mormon girl. "I'm sorry, honey." He tried to be empathetic. "Can I sit?"
She waved at the spot next to her, like
it's a free country.
Richard sat and slid his hand down his face. He pinched his chin. "Sometimes I want some--what?"
"Not this again." Mary Ann rolled her eyes.
"Well, Mary Ann, I don't think it's wrong for a man to want to have sex with his wife. Some might even call that a good thing."
"Richard, I told you. I don't want any more children."
"We can just do it because it feels..." He shook his head. This was a pointless topic. He knew that. He was just venting, and that wasn't fair to Mary Ann. She was who she was, and he'd married her. Richard put his hand on hers and kissed the backside. He rubbed the kiss in with his thumb.
Back perhaps twenty years ago, these silent moments were awkward. Twenty-
three
years of marriage later, though, and these moments were just life with his partner, just how things were.
She patted his hand. "I have Carla Rae's pot luck tomorrow morning." She got up and changed into her nightgown.
She'd essentially told him that tonight would be an early bedtime. Those church ladies all absolutely adored waking up at the buttcrack of dawn to bake their fruit loafs or banana pies or what-have-you. Always some pot luck, always some fundraiser.
"Okay." He watched his wife climb into bed, fully clothed. Some days, he just wanted to climb up and smother her tight with his love, but that wasn't her way. He could only watch; he could only lament. "I think I'll catch the news. Goodnight, Love."
"Goodnight, Richard." She pulled her covers over her shoulder and turned her back.
He flicked off the lights and closed the door. Quiet, quiet, don't disturb the wife. Outside, the clock ticked in the hall. The window rattled from a gust of wind. Soft rain drops pattered against the glass. He exhaled a light sigh and turned around.
"Hi Daddy!"
Jesus Fuck! His limbs shook and he staggered back into the door with a loud
Thump!
"Richaaard?" His wife called from the other side.
"Sorry, honey, I...tripped."
His dear sweet Abby Gene stood in front of him. She'd just appeared as a specter. A very, um, er,
comfortably
dressed specter. Tiny cotton shorts absolutely cradled that lithe girl's hips. My goodness, from what dark recess did she procure them from? Wait a minute. Richard squinted. Those short were from her little league tryouts
seven years ago!
No wonder they didn't fit.
Her shirt, fortunately, was normal, even sort of baggy.
Ah, that devilish gleam and proud smile. My word! That girl knew exactly what she was doing, but she lacked the subtlety to pull it off. Richard rubbed the top of her head. Her long golden hair shook, and she scrunched her face and leaned into his touch. Cute!
"Daddy." She looked left and right, then leaned over to peer around behind Richard, he supposed to check that the bedroom door truly was shut. She curled her finger to draw him in close then whispered right in his ear. "Earlier today--" Her breaths were short and hot. "---I stuck the unicorn horn
all the way
up my bum."
Richard's eyes flashed. First thing he did, he checked that his wife's door was still shut himself. Then he leaned over and whispered, "The, the toy? You did that?"
"Uh huh." She chewed on her lip and tilted her head.
Those eyes! He saw the devil in his angel. Dear girl, she knew
exactly
what she was doing.
However, her neigh-sultry look lasted right up until she tried to take a step forward, just a little closer to her daddy. Poor girl stubbed her toe on the floor and flubbed it completely. Richard saw her close her eyes and silently mouth