I suppose that Christmas was always going to be rather different this year. My husband Alex was killed in a car accident back in February and during a lonely Christmas Eve sat in front of the Television, I realised that this was the first one I'd ever spent alone in my entire life.
A little normality was restored with the arrival of my daughters Samantha and Abigail, along with their husbands Chris & Phil on Christmas morning and that was also confirmation that this was a year of transition year. Both girls were heavily pregnant -- 28 weeks and 33 weeks -- so Alex was gone, but by next Christmas there'd finally be grandchildren for me to spoil and dote upon.
Though coming from opposite directions, both couples arrived only minutes apart, just after 11:00 am and the two men headed almost immediately to the village pub -- in previous years Alex would've joined them too -- while the girls assisted me in putting the finishing touches to our Christmas Lunch. The last dish was being placed on the table when Chris and Phil walked back through the front door at 12:55 pm -- One o'clock has always been the time of our Christmas Dinner, so don't you dare be late! - and in Alex's absence, it now fell to Chris to carve our turkey.
The meal was over by 14:30 and following tradition, The girls and I retired to the lounge with a bottle of Cointreau whilst the guys cleared the table and washed-up; or loaded and set-going the dishwasher anyway, before joining us to watch the Queen's speech on TV. Having watched and discussed that, it was time for the exchange of family presents; never anything very exciting in our household nowadays: Books, sweaters, socks, perfume and the like; perhaps it'll become more exciting again once those grandchildren are a few years old? With those cleared away we generally enjoy a few silly games ahead of tea, which the lads assisted me in preparing while Samantha and Abigail cleared-up afterwards.
The girls were quite a while in doing that, as several food items needed packing and loading into Chris & Samantha's car which they'd take home with them that evening, while Phil & Abigail were to stay over with me for the night. We three would then de-camp to Chris & Sam's for an early lunch before going to watch the Bath versus Gloucester rugby match in the afternoon; with one daughter living in each city, Boxing Day lunch's location had long been dictated by whichever stadium that game was being played at. It was almost 7:30 pm when the girls reappeared in the lounge doorway and Samantha announced: "Right, that's everything packed, loaded and ready to go; so it's time to give out the rest of the Christmas presents before we do."
I'd no idea what she was talking about and from the nonplussed looks on Chris and Phil's faces, they too were also in the dark. It was Abigail who set the ball rolling: "As Mum can no doubt appreciate, pregnancy plays hell with your hormones, so occasionally you're in the mood to fuck anything with a pulse, but for the most part, particularly in these latter stages, sex is just too much of a chore..." It might've been twenty-odd years ago, but I knew exactly what my daughter meant and couldn't help but nod in agreement. "...So, our present to ourselves, is that until after our babies are born, there will be no requests, suggestions or even hints of our having sex, issued by anyone other than ourselves; if we don't specifically invite it, you two will keep your cocks in your pants."
I couldn't help smiling and wishing that I'd been similarly strict with Alex all those years ago; though in my heart of hearts, I knew that Alex would never have stood for such an edict even had I issued it. Chris and Phil looked far from happy with Abi's pronouncement, but neither was as... traditional, as Alex had been and their eventual nods of assent suggested that both would adhere to the girls' bedroom embargoes.
Now it was Sam's turn: "You don't need to look so despondent, we'd not cut-off you off completely; we know neither of you would survive three or four months of no sex, God you'd both have blistered hands or bursting balls long before then. No, our Christmas present to you is that while we're out of commission we'll allow you to fuck yourselves stupid with a willing and compliant whore whenever you want." The expressions of both men were a picture, an amalgam of excitement, confusion and jaw-dropping surprise.
I was still smiling at the boys' discombobulation when Sam turned her attention to me: "As for you mummy; well, I doubt that either Chris or Phil could subject you to the sort abusive debauchery that you so enjoyed with Dad, but the two of them together...?
It was Abigail who concluded: "So that's our Christmas present to you mum; whenever Phil or Chris start feeling horny, you're to be the willing and compliant whore that they'll be fucking. Whether that's individually or together they'll no doubt decide for themselves, but they can start working it out tonight; Sam and I are heading over to hers and we're leaving the guys here to enjoy themselves with you..." Turning back toward Chris and Phil, Abigail almost casually added: "...get yourselves to Gloucester no later than 11:30 in the morning; Sam & I expect you to deliver mummy exhausted and still dripping."
The boys were staring open-mouthed - I was perhaps no different? - looking back and forth between myself and their wives. Finally I found my own voice, albeit less than coherently: "Samantha, Abigail... What are you saying? I can't... I won't... It's... How could you even think... I've never... Your father and I didn't... he was always... besides which, those two are your husbands, not mine... I'm not-"
Both my daughters were now openly grinning at me, but it was Samantha who slapped her hand against the wall in interruption: "We grew up in this house mother and the walls are paper thin! We might not have understood when we were younger, but once we'd grown up... We sometimes heard the whispered 'Stop It's', the 'No's' and your pleading for mercy, we often heard Dad's coarse replies too along with the occasional slap, but what we never failed to hear was what followed; your squeals of delight, vulgar encouragements and most especially those screaming orgasms. Dad used you like a slut and you loved every submissive moment of it; I'm betting that you've been wearing your fingers to the bone this last year without him?"
I didn't reply, I couldn't! Then again, I really didn't need to; I suspect that my downcast eyes and a face flushed in embarrassment were all the confirmation needed; perhaps not 'fingers worn to the bone', but I wouldn't have been at all surprised if I'd spent more on batteries for my 'toys' in this last ten months than I had in the preceding ten years! I was still head bowed in shame when I heard my daughters leave the room, with one of them exclaiming: "Take her any way that you want, but be at Gloucester by eleven-thirty; don't dare be late!"
We listened as the girls passed through the front door, Chris's car started and Samantha reversed off the driveway; the girls hadn't been playing a joke, they really meant what they'd said. The car had driven away before anyone moved or even spoke and when they did, it was me: I rose from the couch while mumbling about the girls being ridiculous and their 'joke' being in very poor taste; I was intent on seeking the sanctuary of my bedroom.