by Laurie Ames
For their first time together, they made passionate love that was also filled with caring and tenderness. Helen felt Toni was whom she was always meant to be with, and now knew the dating service was not her cup of tea!
Chapter 5. Girl's Trip to Wapanachee Cottage
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It was August 11th, Toni and Helen had decided to drive up together to Wapanachee cottage. They left in Toni's pickup truck that had lots of storage for all the gear they were bringing. Toni had packed her bright yellow kayak for the trip, she planned on doing some cruising and fishing on the lake with it. Val and Rita were driving up in Rita's Lexus. They were all meeting at Helen's house at 9am and leaving in their little convoy from there. Helen was getting herself organized making sure she was all packed and ready to go. Her daughter Forest was back home, she was going to run the shop for the next couple of days until Helen returned from her ‘girl's trip.’ Forest was glad to see her mom going on this trip and getting away from the house while having a bit of an adventure. She noticed that Helen had been spending a lot of time with her friend Toni, who Forest really liked. She had a feeling that her mother and Toni were in fact lovers. But her mother was not ready to come out of the closet so to speak and tell her, even though in her heart she already knew. Besides, she had come home early one day and looked through the front door window to see the two embraced in each other's arms, giving each other light affectionate kisses on the lips. Forest decided not to confront them and made a loud enough entrance to warn them she was home—to save them from the embarrassment they might have otherwise felt. Forest truly wanted to tell her mom that she was fine with her having an intimate relationship with Toni. She was glad to see her mother so happy again. There was comfort in knowing that when she goes back to college, her mother would not be on her own and she would have Toni to share her life with.
Golden Dates website failed to find Helen's soulmate because she was here all along, right in front of her the whole time. Toni was the partner that Helen so wanted to find. They were terrific together and they were meant to be sharing their lives. Helen was so glad that she finally made that connection to Toni, she was finally happy to have love and passion back in her life.
Helen moved her things towards the front door, going over the check list with Forest. It was ten to nine, the others would be here any moment.
“Mom, I am so glad that you are taking this trip. I want you to have the best time ever with your friends this weekend. I also want you to know that I am happy that you have found Toni, I think she is great, and I want you to know that I am okay with you and Toni being together—I love you mom!”
The two women embraced, Helen was apologizing to Forest, but her daughter did not want apologies, she was happy that her mother had finally found the soulmate that she deserved to share her life with. The car horns started honking—the troops had arrived. Helen and Forest gave each other another last hug. “Forest, you have made me so happy and proud to be your mother—I can't tell you how much it means to me that you are okay with having Toni as part of our lives. I have been wanting to talk to you about Toni and I—I just didn't know how to approach it. Thanks, Forest, for giving us your blessing!” said Helen through teary eyes and a big grin.
“Okay mom, enough of this mushy stuff—go before your ride leaves without you—have fun, I love you—call me to let me know you have arrived safe at Wapanachee cottage.” Helen hurried out the door, carrying her luggage, with the help of Forest.
Toni was standing at the back of the truck, ready to put in Helen's luggage. Rita and Val were sitting in her car, “Come on Helen, we want to get to the cottage today—let's go girl—move it,” shouted Rita from her car window with a smile.
They were soon loaded up and heading down the road towards their girl's weekend. It was a pleasant three-hour drive to the cottage, they stopped off at the ‘Red lodge Restaurant’ just off the highway, before continuing to Wapanachee cottage. From there they had another 30 minutes’ drive before arriving at Lake Morey.
The girls were given a big welcome from the awaiting hostesses—Molly and their dear friend Lily. Lily ran off the deck to the driveway, waving her arms and shouting “You’re all finally here—I can't believe it—welcome to Wapanachee cottage!” It was such a lovely spot right on the majestic lake Morey, the large main cottage along with the sweet little guest cottage right down by the water looking so picture perfect. Helen was so mesmerized by the natural and man-made beauty that surrounded her. Molly shouted out that Helen and Toni had the guest house, and the other ladies were in the main cottage with her and Lily. They decided to get their bags and other supplies in and once they were sorted, they could enjoy the heavenly surroundings they found themselves in.
“The guest house is open girls, why don't you get settled in, then join us on the back deck for a welcome drink,” said Lily. All the woman agreed that this was a good game plan, Lily led her two friends, Val and Rita into their guest rooms to unpack.
Helen and Toni made their way down to the beautiful cozy guest house by the water's edge. Inside was a big old stone fireplace in the living room, with large windows facing out over the water, giving them a wonderful view of the lake. They got themselves organized and unpacked, Toni emptied their coolers of food and drink into the fridge. Helen took a moment to close her eyes and draw in a lung full of the fresh woodland air. She let the sound of birds fill her ears. Helen had a feeling of inner peace where she was finally feeling good about herself. It was like she had found a sunny place in life with her new partner. She looked across the bedroom at Toni, as she was hanging up pieces of clothing in the closet. Toni turned toward Helen as she sensed she was being watched.
“Are you enjoying watching me hang up clothes? I would think there are better things around here to look at,” she said with a slight grin towards Helen.
“I can't think of anything more beautiful to look at,” replied Helen.
“Girl, that kind of talk will give me a swollen head—but thanks for the sweet compliment. You know your pretty easy to look at yourself and I love what I am seeing,” replied Toni softly.
Toni walked across the bedroom and gently placed her arms around Helen's waist. She pulled her in towards herself and began to kiss Helen passionately. They moaned together as the yearning for each other soon turned to desire. Toni took a second to catch her breath, “Sweetie, I need you now and I want to show you how much I love you.”
Those words sent Helen to the moon. Suddenly the next moment, they were both on the bed with Toni undoing Helen's shirt. She then began to gingerly release Helen’s ample breasts from her bra. Toni held her breasts up and squeezed them tightly together as she started to nip at her engorged hard nipples. Helen whimpered with a deep sigh as she seductively positioned her body for Toni to explore. Toni began to slowly work her way down, pulling up Helen's skirt, and removing her panties. She reached down and touched Helen seductively between the legs while kissing her lips, as Helen moaned out in sheer pleasure. Toni then started to passionately kiss her body all over. Helen’s legs began to part, and she could feel the gentle touch of Toni’s warm lips on her inner thigh. Encouraged with Helen’s moaning, she went down with her tongue and flicked eagerly at the wet swollen mound that presented itself. A groan of frustration came from Helen as she began rocking her hips back and forth, almost in a delirious hypnotized trance. Then as her pleasure intensified, she started pumping rapidly in and out to a point where she thought she was going to explode. She managed to hold on for as long as possible while Toni continued to tease with her tongue, but the ecstasy was unbearable. Helen's body tensed. Toni could feel her beautiful thighs squeezing tight. Helen started wildly thrusting against Toni’s mouth, her breasts bouncing with abandon as she moved. Toni pushed deeper with her tongue; she knew it would only be moments before Helen went over the edge.
She exploded in long rapid convulsions, as she moaned and screamed Toni’s name over and over. "Oh Toni, honey! Ahhh
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Her lover came and it was glorious to witness. Helen’s breasts shifted sexily as she panted, her hair a mess, her legs open, the sheets a crazy mess around them. It was the most incredible organism in a very long time. It was intensified by the deep love and passion she was feeling for Toni. As she took a few minutes to catch her breath, she realized she would never forget this beautiful experience. Helen laid on top of Toni and wrapped her arms and legs around her. This was Bliss.
"I love you, I love you, I love you," Helen groaned into her shoulder.
Toni smoothed the hair out of her face and kissed her, "I love you too."
Helen suddenly began pumping her legs up and down, laughing.
"What are you doing?" Toni looked at her, immensely amused by her antics.
She held my face in her hands, “I love having sex with you,” which set off a peal of laughter.
As they held their sweaty bodies together in a loving embrace for several minutes, they started dreaming about their future. Helen had not had this level of sexual excitement since her relationship with Erin, it has been so many years that she’d been deprived of sexual fulfillment. It felt so good to be totally free and satisfied once again.
After coming back down to earth, the two women enjoyed an intimate shower together and changed into some comfy clothes. Toni sliced a lime and put slices in two coronas, then they headed up to the main house to join the other women.
Rita was standing up on the deck watching Helen and Toni approach, sipping on a margarita, wearing a lovely sundress with red and yellow flowers.
“Welcome ladies. Come and join us on the main deck,” laughed Rita. This was the kind of luxury that Rita loved to be surrounded in, so she was certainly in her element and enjoying every minute of it.
“Where are the other girls?” asked Helen.
“Val went to use the privy, and Molly and Lily are in the kitchen making some preparations for lunch. I offered to give a hand, but I was sent out here to drink my margarita, so I am doing as I am told,” replied Rita with a grin. “Molly is going to give us a grand tour of the property, including your little love nest down there,” smiled Rita. “It is such an impressive piece of property; I would love to have something like this to come to on weekends. Molly had mentioned that the owner of this property is ready to sell. Who knows if the price is right, if you are still interested in buying a cottage together Helen, what do you think of this one as a possible cottage property to purchase?” Helen and Toni sat down along with Rita. Helen knew she would love to be able to have a cottage, her and Rita had discussed buying a cottage together about a year ago—but nothing came of it. Now here they are at this beautiful property that might just be for sale. But along with this property is going to be a big price. Helen certainly could not afford it on her own, but maybe together with Rita she could do it.
“Well Rita, you know that I would love to have a cottage, it would be so nice to have somewhere like this in this type of setting, right on the lake—it is just so lovely here—and not too far of a drive from home. And it has all year around access —it is easily accessible. And lots of room for extra guests, perhaps renting out the smaller guest cottage is something that we could do to reduce costs. If you girls would be interested in a possible third partner, I would love to join you in the cottage deal,” replied Toni. “It would be great to have a cottage where I could leave my kayak permanently, so I don't have to drag it back and forth,” replied Toni with a grin just before taking a sip of her corona.
The women all agreed that they would go in on this cottage together, they decided it was only fair to offer the other ladies a chance at buying a piece of the cottage deal. That evening after dinner they all sat out on the deck and discussed the “cottage deal”. Molly decided to join in on the deal, so now there were four women buying a cottage property together, possibly the one they were staying in. They discussed setting schedules if they wanted to book the cottage privately for a certain time—it would have to be put past other owners. The rest of the time the cottage would be open to owners and guests all year whenever they wanted to visit their cottage. Molly's friend Eve had agreed to come out the next afternoon to discuss the property and give a more in-depth description, along with its history.
Later that night while they were all down sitting on the deck, looking at the lovely starry night before them and the calm peaceful water, Val blurted out, “I am divorcing Brian—I am sick of his cheating ways, and now that the boys are grown, I am done with that little prick. I know you have all been wondering why I have been so quiet and distant for the past couple of months, but I needed time to process what my life was and what it was going to become when I was single once again. I told Brian before I left that I was filing for a divorce. I told him I was going to be spending the weekend in an area that he was quite fond of—near the lake Morey Resort. You should have seen the shocked look on his face when I told him I had followed him two months ago up to Morey Resort. I found out that the woman he met there was Sheila Vagger. She works at the front station as a clerk at the resort. I found out her name by doing a bit of detective work, got it from another staff member. Yeah, I just had a feeling when he told me he was going on a weekend run to some place in Oklahoma, I went with my gut feeling and I followed him. He didn't go to the yard where his transport truck is stored, but instead he headed right up here to lake Morey, where I saw him greeted with a hug and kiss by an attractive dark haired, younger looking woman. I sat in my car taking pictures of Brian and his girlfriend with my cell phone.”
“Arm in arm they headed to the restaurant in the hotel, they had dinner, then got into their cars and Brian followed her right back to her house. So, there it was right in front of my face—I was hurt and furious—I wanted to jump out of my car and go retrieve my husband. Then all of a sudden, I thought I deserved better than what Brian was offering me. That's the moment I knew that our marriage was truly over and done with. I headed home and just continued like all was good, I waited for that moment just before coming here to present him with the news. I felt so good walking out that door leaving Brian standing in shock with his jaw hanging wide open, trying to absorb what I had just told him. I told him not to bother trying to fix things, I was not changing my mind—I was done. I asked him to make sure he was not at the house when I got home, I also mentioned that I had some great pics of him and his girlfriend getting all hot and heavy with each other, to prove that he was cheating on our marriage. So, I told him to leave quietly and not to cause anymore grief. I told him if he did still care about me, then he would do as I have asked and be gone. He phoned me about an hour ago to let me know that he was packing and would be out of the house. So ladies, that is why I have been a bit distracted as of late, but I am all right now,” replied Val as she rose her glass in cheers. “I am single once again!”
The other women joined her but were shocked at how calm Val seemed regarding her upcoming divorce. But Val explained in more detail, she had endured Brian being a cheating sod for years, she kept keeping up the hope that her husband was going to change his cheating ways. But as the old saying goes ‘A zebra can't change its stripes,’ she knew her husband had no interest in stopping his cheating ways. She finally came to a point where she realized she had raised her sons, and now it was time for her to start living life in a way that would make her happy. That would not involve chasing her husband around town, trying to catch him cheating again. She came to the realization sitting in her car outside Sheila's house that night that she deserved better—she was through with Brian. She said it was almost like a light went on inside her head and she could finally see clearly for the first time. She knew right then that her future was not going to include her cheating husband. She said it was like a great weight had been lifted from her. She had come to terms with the fact that her marriage was over. She looked forward to a fresh new start in life.
The next afternoon, Eve, whom was the real estate agent representing the property gave the ladies a gra
nd tour of Wapanachee cottage and the sales details. The women had discussed an offer for the property the night before and were now ready to present to Eve. Eve said that she was going to meet with the owner later today and would be pleased to put the very fair offer before them. The women became optimistic and excited as they waited for their offer to be accepted. They enjoyed a lunch of barbecued salmon, accompanied with a light garden salad, while they sat on the deck enjoying a lovely day. All they could discuss was the offer and how they were anticipating the possibility of owning this wonderful property. Two hours later Molly's phone rang, and it was Eve with a report on their cottage offer. Molly turned on the speaker phone for Eve to present the news.
“I’m sorry to tell you all that things didn’t go quite as planned …. they actually went better! I was able to negotiate for the seller to throw in all the lovely furnishings as a bonus. Ladies, your offer has been unconditionally accepted!”
The women sprung up, giddy with excitement. They hooted and howled while hugging one another, jumping about the deck like elated schoolgirls.
They were enjoying some herbal teas with lunch but upon hearing the good news, it was time to put away the tea. It was now time to break out some fine champagne to celebrate their good friendships and their exciting new lives. Once all the champagne flutes were filled with the delicious bubbly, Helen interrupted to propose a toast.
“Ladies, I have never felt better now that I am blessed with Toni in my life. I also want to declare it here and now that I am truly in love with Toni. I want you to all know that she is very, very dear to me. We are soulmates, pure and simple, two halves that complete one other, perfectly complimenting, yet unique."
“But best of all, now that all we ladies own this fantastic getaway, we are headed for a joyous future together—and many of those special times will be spent here at our beloved new home, Wapanachee cottage.”