It is probably not all that unusual that a married man might have a close plutonic friendship with a sister-in-law. I had six sister-in-laws, the youngest 36 and the oldest 56. Katie, 51, is my favorite, maybe because she stayed with my wife and me for two years before she got married. I'm 64 by the way.
Now, no matter how careful you are or how modest you are around the house, when you have a sister-in-law living with you there will be times when you accidentally see things that make you blush. You say excuse me and carry on. Then, there are things that are sort of pushed upon you that you have no control of, like my wife wanting to see Katie model her latest swimsuits. I tried to excuse myself but my wife insisted they needed a man's perspective. There were three of them, two full body swimsuits, brown and yellow and one bikini, blue. Katie blushed and she looked apologetic whenever our eyes met. My heart was pounding. If my wife knew what she had started she might have had second thoughts about having me present at the modeling session. After that little show-and- tell, whenever I masturbated it was with a vision of Katie in that bikini. Now don't get me wrong I never made a move on her, but like I said we have always had a special friendship and seeing that much of her up close just added to the mystery that neither one of us ever voiced.
Katie was a cutie but was quite ordinary body wise. To be truthful, I actually thought her body a bit odd in that her hips were high and a bit wide. How wide... wider than my wife's....and my wife's hips and ass are perfection. The standard I judge every female in that department and few women measure up. In defense, Katie's high hips gave her long legs and they were quite sensuous and shapely. Her breasts were average, smaller than my wife's 34D. Her eyes brown as was her hair that she never let get very long.
Katie had been married for 18 years, with one child, when she caught her husband cheating on her. It was devastating to her, and to me, and I wanted to kill the dumb ass. In addition to numerous hours on the phone with my wife, Katie spent quite a few hours on the phone with me. She seemed to know when to call when I was alone and I often wondered how she knew. Then I figured it out, my wife's church meetings and such. While consoling her, the only advice I could give her was to decide if she could live with the hurt and pain, as the son-of-a-bitch had cried like a baby and ask for forgiveness. Good old Bobby! He worked with the bitch and actually had the nerve to tell Katie that it was exciting because the bitch could orgasm multiple times. Isn't that, as a man, what you strive to make your own woman do?
In the end, Katie stayed in the marriage. I lost a little bit of ground with her when I happen to mention that she could call me for advice anytime in front of Bobby. This was months after Bobby's cheating and the advice I offered was on a totally different subject, trivia really, but she apparently caught some flak. Nothing was ever said, but you could tell I had fucked up and we seldom talked more than a few minutes on the phone. The years continued to pass. Typically, we only saw each other a dozen times a year, at holidays, occasional visits, and her visiting our grandchildren across the street from Alice and me, but our hugs and private words were always tender and telling.
Then Katie, at 50, got sick..... a rare bone cancer type.... sick. It was/is treatable but never curable and again the family and I were devastated. While visiting Katie in the hospital with my wife and our three-year-old grandson, while my wife was in the bathroom with him, I told Katie how sorry I was she had to go through something like this. She answered me by saying, "What about your problems." She had had years, I suppose, to be concerned about my health problem which is not part of this story. The months ticked by with the operations, chemo-therapy and general therapy, but time passed and she eventually returned to work.
Katie called one evening to speak to my wife and she was not there so we chatted like we always did for a few short minutes, then, said our goodbyes. On this occasion, I said, "I love you". Now, you might say that a close family would not flinch at such a statement, but I saved, "I love you", for my wife, children and grandchildren. When my mother and mother-in-law say such things, I am forced to reply in kind, but only with a "ditto" or "you too". It was not three minutes before Katie called back, laughing, to ask me if I had realized what I had said. I laughed and replied that I had realized what I had said and actually apologized. She told me that now she was hurt in a joking tone and that it is not unusual for family members to say I love you. She said she loved me. And all was quiet for very long moments.
"I guess you know how I feel about you? Of course, love you Katie." I finally said tenderly.
"I know, Press. I know!" She replied. "Can I tell you something?" Not waiting for a reply. "I look at the world in a totally different light now. I'm not well and I'm never going to be well again. I'm happy enough but there's something lacking. Do you know what's lacking?" This time she waited.
"No. Tell me what's lacking, dear lady." I replied, knowing full well I was going to hear something I wouldn't like because I couldn't do anything about it.
"My dumb ass husband cheated on me. I never refused him, Press, never. It's been years but I can't get it out of my system. I've never wanted to repay him in kind. That's not me. But I've only been with one man, I'm 50 years old, I'm as fragile as thin glass, and I might be dead in five years. I'm only getting older and I've never been with another man." She was crying now. "Please don't judge me! I feel like I need to know what that is like! That's what is lacking!"
"Why are you telling me this, pretty lady?" I queried. "If you have such a desire should you not be telling the lucky fellow you have in mind for this thing?"
She was laughing now. "I thought I was?"
Another long silence.
"So, I guess you're waiting for me to volunteer? You know I have been faithful the last 40 years too. I consider you second only to Alice. I have never spoken the words Katie, but you know how I feel about you. If you are serious about this, I am there for you?"
"I am serious...... this second..... this moment....... talking to you..... I am dead serious" She replied. "I made the decision when I heard you say I love you. You're the only man I would ever consider doing anything like this with. It could be our secret! I know you will protect my honor."
Another long moment of silence.
"Can you take me somewhere where it is safe?" She asked, almost in a desperate toned whisper.
"Let me think about it....... No! No! I'm sorry, not think about it. Let me look around and find a place..... a hotel or motel that is in a safe place, okay."
"It needs to be soon, Press." She requested. "Before I have a chance to back out."
"How about next Friday?" I asked. "And if you back out, you know that will be okay."
"Next Friday?" She repeated.
"We'll discuss the details soon." I replied, and added. "I love you, Katie."
"I love you too."