All people having sexual activity in this story are eighteen and over.
This chapter may be a little slow as it is putting in place the action that will happen in the following chapters. There will be ten chapters.
I came out of the spa and into the Bistro for a quick lunch. I messaged May and Liz to inform them of the funeral arrangements, Liz to inform her as I said I would. May, to let her know mum's reaction. Which I agreed with as she wasn't giving dad time to decide, I knew he wouldn't be there.
My phone beeped, I had a long informative message from Fay, it read, "Dear Barry, thanks so much for inviting me to the tasting, I thoroughly enjoyed it, Judy's wines are all from an excellent wine negociant in Burgundy who handles the grapes from some of the best plots in the region. Their table wine is the best I've ever tasted, I can't drink your current table wine. I've made a list up of the best producers in six different regions, including Champagne. If you give me your email address, I'll email it to you with all the contact numbers you'll need. Any interaction we may have, I'd prefer them to be private, most importantly discreet. My French is good, I'm also an excellent negotiator. If you'd like to know anything about my private life, please ask as I'd like to get to know you better. Regards Fay."
My reply was immediate to Fay, thanking her for her help, as the information would help me immensely. I also told her I'd love to get to know her better, but my time was limited with all the work I had to do to make my mark on the hotel. I told her I wasn't dating anyone at the moment. Discretion and honesty were important to me. I mentioned I'd love to know more about her private life, as I found her a very attractive, voluptuous woman. Finally, I suggested we message each other with the understanding anytime we could meet, we would do so.
I sent the message as I did, I received a new message from Fay, it read, "Barry, I forgot to mention in the email I can make a suggestion of a local haulage company who I've used for deliveries. Their prices are competitive with a three-day delivery, including Customs, from France. At the Burgundy company, you'll probably be ordering a container load from them, but please ask this company for a quote. If you need me for anything else, please let me know."
In the office, Jo and Jim, the Food and Beverage manager, were working on the new wine list. I was so happy when Jim told our wine stocks were low; we had enough for this weekend as we'd need to order on Friday to get delivery on Monday.
This got me thinking as I'd now printed out Fay's email with all the six regional best with links to their vineyards. Fay had also named their best wines, which would allow us to only order our wines on pallets.
We couldn't speak to France as we were an hour behind them. I took a chance and called the Transport company Fay had suggested.
It was answered on the third ring, I knew the name and the voice when the recipient said, "Gary Harper, how can I help you?"
"Is that Gary Harper who regularly takes weekend breaks at the Spa hotel?"
"It is indeed, who are you?"
"I'm Barry. You do not know how happy I'm talking to you."
"Barry, I'm so sorry about Tom, how can I help you? What do you need moved?"
I told him we were setting a wine company to import our wine. I explained I'd be ordering the wines tomorrow, hoping I'd have the wines next week.
I told him I'd need a container from Burgundy and pallet loads from another six regions. He told me he was so happy I was doing this as the wines we served let the Spa down.
I told him I'd emailed from my private email account to his company. He checked his email, telling me he deals with all these wine companies regularly.
If I could pay cash with order as a lot of the companies were waiting two months or more to get their money. He then suggested he would approach the companies, tell them he'd a new wine company as a customer who'd pay the invoice on order for a fifteen percent discount.
I told him that was a great idea, but I'd need to get my lawyer to set up a company, I needed time.
He told me I didn't need a lawyer. I could register online with a six-hour turnaround time with the Company name registered, tax number given I'd be in business.
He told me he'd send the emails to all the companies tonight asking for prices. He was sure he'd have prices first thing tomorrow morning. I was so grateful I told him I'd need to get a warehouse to store the wine. He laughed and said, "I can give you secure storage until you get your warehouse, I'll phone you tomorrow morning.
I went online ten minutes later. I had registered 'The Fine Wine Company' I had a tax number, I gave the hotel's address as the Company's office address. I then phoned the Bank Manager to arrange the banking for the new company. It amazed me, it had been so easy to set up.
I then called Judy to tell her what was happening. It would be tomorrow morning before I'd know if her help with the order was needed. I had the feeling that Gary would come up with the best prices. I also wanted to tell her I'd pay her for all the wines she'd brought for us this morning. It took me a couple of minutes to tell her all this, when I'd finished, she said, "Barry, that sounds wonderful, if you're buying a container load you'll get an amazing price, we can talk about the wine later, I've a neighbour with me at the moment I'll get back to you soon."
I'd done my bit with Judy. I was sure I'd hear from her soon. There was an email from Fay. I was excited as I opened it to find out if this very glamorous gran was going to open up about her private life to me? I was indebted to her for giving me Gary's contact details as my knowing him was an incredible coincidence.
"Dear Barry, I hope the information was helpful, for I can recommend the haulage company, you won't find a better company, I look forward to hearing how you got on. I'm sorry for not giving you all the information in a more structured way, but since our meeting today, all I've been thinking about is you."
"As I thought about how I'd compose this email to you, I thought, this is not right. I'm a grandmother of two, you're young enough to be my son, all afternoon I've been having these thoughts. To be honest, I'm writing to you because I want to, I'm a fifty-year-old widow. I've two grandchildren now at school. I've been widowed for six years, in the last seven years of my marriage I had no sex. I was thirty-seven the last time I had a cock inside me. I say cock on purpose, I will be honest with you, I'm bisexual, in the last thirteen years I've had a couple of girlfriends."
"I hope this doesn't put you off, I can't give you child, I can give you pleasure. I'm open-minded. There are many things with a man I haven't done but I want to try. I'm finding it difficult to find the right words, but I'll keep going so you get to know me. I want to tell you that every orgasm I had with husband I faked, I don't think I'll be faking any orgasm with you."
"I was a twenty-year-old student in my final year of teacher training. My husband was the youngest Director of Education in the region, he was thirty-six. He visited the college I was training in, he was attracted to me or my tits, which were my greatest asset as far as men and women were concerned. He asked for my number. This surprised me, he was a handsome, single man. I later found out he was a womaniser that was after he got me pregnant with Su. He married me one week after I graduated. I had Su."
"Because of his position, I got positions in the best schools. The years flew in my husband arranged for me to sit on an Education Quango which I enjoyed. My experience as a teacher was so helpful. As the years went on, I ended up chairing four Quangos. For twelve hours a month, I was earning an obscene amount of money. I'm financially secure, as the pension that comes with these positions is also obscene. Barry, I hope this gives you some insight into me. If I can help you with your wine, I will willingly help you. In due course, I hope we'll have pillow talk, then I'll tell you everything you want to know. Fay xx."
I loved every word she'd written. She was being so honest with me. I dialled her number. There was no reply. I sent a message thanking her for her honest message. I wrote that 'The Fine Wine Company' was now registered. Gary Porter, the owner of the haulage company, was a customer of the hotel. He knew all the companies we would deal with. He was now placing my orders with them. My last words were, "Fay, I want to have hours of pillow talk with you. I look forward to that. Before we start, I want you to know I can't give you exclusive rights to me, I have no problem with you seeing your girlfriends. I can also guarantee my cock will only go into safe pussies. I hope I see you soon. Barry xx."
I wondered how Fay would respond to this. I didn't regret writing what I'd written, as having sex with older women aroused me so much. Also, knowing there were a lot of them around meant I was spoiled for choice.
Thinking about mum's plan for the Saturday cremation. I sent a message to May to keep her updated; writing about the intimation being in the newspaper on Friday the cremation on the Saturday morning. Telling her I agreed with what mum was doing as I didn't think she wanted dad at the cremation. I finished the message with, "May, some good news, I think we'll have the wine here for the wedding. I'll be able to tell you definitely tomorrow. Kind regards, Barry."