Epilogue: The Flight Home
Steve, Deana, and Julie were on Steve's personal G-5 on the first leg of their journey back to Texas. It was mid-afternoon on Sunday, Tahitian time. Just 24 hours since Deana showed up on the doorstep of the bungalow in Papeete. Following yesterday's impromptu orgy, Deana had fulfilled her promise to Steve and gone straight to bed, exhausted from a combination of jet lag, strong emotions, and cumming until she was drained.
They were just over two hours into an eight hour nonstop leg to San Diego, where they would spend four days adjusting to the time change, making the rounds with some of the area swinger clubs for marketing (and fun) purposes, and meeting with some La Playa stockholders. Then it would be home to the Texas Hill Country.
Christie and part of the team remained in Polynesia, continuing the work to plan the new resort. Julie would return to lead that team in a few weeks and would live with Christie in the islands for at least the next six months. Other team members were on a separate La Playa corporate jet, this one a 737 that was normally used for swinger junkets to La Playa - Caribbean. They carried along computers, survey and drafting equipment, soil samples for analysis, and the other accoutrements that the team used in their fieldwork to study the proposed resort site for the past two months. The entire team would not be together again until a week long meeting with their architects and engineers, which would happen in about six weeks in Honolulu.
As was his custom, Steve had the pilots keep the cabin of the plane warm, and he was now sitting nude in a luxurious leather swivel chair, a margarita close at hand, catching up on email and news from the broader sex industry. Deana, still groggy even after 12 solid hours of sleep, had her head facing Steve in Julie's lap on the identically upholstered couch that ran along the other side of the plane. Deana was in a very light sarong, made out of material little thicker than gauze, and Julie wore cargo shorts and a tee shirt. The women were talking about Julie's new life with Christie as Julie ran her hands through Deana's hair.
"I'm just so happy for you, honey!" Deana exclaimed. "I always wondered if you would find someone again. I even thought on the flight to Polynesia about whether or not you might want to truly move in with me and Steve, now that I've finally 'seen the light' as it were."
"Oh Dee, that's so wonderful. Thank you!" replied Julie. "Steve and I discussed a poly arrangement a number of years ago, but we came to the conclusion that we are incredibly close friends, and obviously great sex partners, but neither of us are interested in a 24/7 living arrangement. Isn't that right, Boss?"
"Hmm?" replied Steve, his attention torn away from his reading. "Oh, yeah," he said. "I didn't want to put any more strain on our relationship, Dee. You were already so supportive. Julie and I make great fuckbuddies and business partners, but we like having our space from each other emotionally as well. That's worked out perfectly, don't you think?"
"Yes," said Deana, "and now that I fully understand the separation of deep emotion and sex it should be even easier. But Julie, how will your new relationship with Christie effect your partnership, both in business and in sex, with Steve?"
"Actually, I think the business part may be the biggest challenge," replied Julie. "Christie is an experienced swinger, and actually leans more toward men than women, sexually. That makes me worry just a bit about a female-to-female relationship with her. But she and I have talked that out, and we know that we both have tastes and desires that can only be met with multiple playmates from both sexes, so we'll have a completely open and honest relationship, just like you and Steve. On the business front though, Christie is also my employee. I think we're going to address that by having her leave her job with the company and become a consultant to the Polynesia project. Is that ok with you, Steve?"
"I think that's probably best," said Steve. "And Dee," he continued, "I think Christie could really benefit from talking with you about how you've handled all my hijinks through the course of our marriage. You've been absolutely a saint, and incredibly accepting and loving. That along with full and open honesty are the real keys to any successful relationship, even when your partner isn't out screwing other people all the time."
"Well, I don't know how saintly I've been," responded Deana. "I seem to recall a lot of tears and fighting, especially in the early years. But I'm happy I stuck it through, and now that I'm part of the lifestyle I think we're just going to be happier. Christie asked me yesterday if we can talk, and I'll be happy to share a bottle of wine with her sometime soon."
"My love, I can't imagine how I could possibly be happier than you make me every day, but I'm sure you're right about our future!" Steve smiled.
"That's really why I've put up with him all this time, Julie," said Dee. "He always says exactly the right thing at the right time. That and the Amex Black Card I get to carry by being married to him!"
The three lovers laughed at that, and Steve went back to his reading. Dee dozed off in Julie's lap. Julie marveled yet again at how far Dee had come in the past few weeks, and continued to stroke her hair lovingly.
As Steve finished his email he turned to some of the swinger websites that he was a member of. Even though he was "in the industry" he still kept up with his many friends and playmates just as when swinging was more of a hobby than a vocation. As he scrolled through blog posts, calendar invitations, and party notices he realized that he needed to update all of his profiles to reflect Dee's new found swinger status. Most of his profiles were as a married bi male, playing alone with a kitchen pass. Two were couples profiles that featured Julie as his partner. He'd have to talk things over with Dee, and also check in with Julie. He wanted to keep Julie as a very close playmate, but he also wanted to eliminate any possibilities of friction with Christie. As Frank Herbert wrote: "Beginnings are such delicate times."
As he browsed the websites Steve unconsciously fell into his regular habit of self-stimulation and masturbation. A hand strayed to his nipples regularly, or he caressed his cock and balls. His shaft stiffened slightly.
Julie was using her iPad to cruise some of those same swinger sites as Deana dozed in her lap. She noticed Steve playing with himself across the plane, and thought to herself "why not?" She raised a hand to caress a nipple through the fabric of her shirt.
Deana rolled in her sleep so that her face was toward Julie's belly. The sarong rode up her thighs and revealed her panty-less bottom to Steve. His mouth watered a bit. Julie took advantage of the movement to strip her tee shirt off, exposing her tanned breasts with their prominent nipples. Steve looked up and smiled wickedly at the sight, then returned to his reading.