Dear Reader,
I've always tried to write my stories where you, the reader, could open page one and immediately be engrossed. Until now, I've never felt the need for an intro, a prologue, or something that wasn't directly part of the story.
This is the final story for several merging story lines and story series, a total of 27, all involving Jim, his loves and his ladies. Most have been well received, include two previous contest winners;
Awake
, and
Rocky Mountain Christmas
. It is time to bring the story of Jim to a close, with this the culmination story of (hard to believe) over 13 years of writing.
For those that are fans and have been following forever, feel free to skip on to the story; for those that are just finding this for the first time, the last story before this one is Executive Platinum Chapter 20. I hope it won't leave you too lost, but if I haven't provided enough description, please go back and read EP 20 as it is a direct lead in to this.
So, if this follows Ex Plat, why the reference to Rocky Mountain Christmas? It was just a way to bring the two storylines (Ex Plat and RMC) together. RMC took place at Christmas (obviously!) with a couple of teasers at the end about the future, this being one of them.
Also, unlike most previous stories, where I usually give a build-up and develop characters and then jump into sex, there are no new characters in this story, it "jumps into sex" pretty quickly, but has a lot of follow-up and perhaps a surprise or two for those who know the story line. I will at the end of the story provide a link to all related stories, so those who are intrigued or wish to go back and see what they missed can easily find them.
Starting with DΓ©jΓ Vu, Jim and his wife Debs, and a few others are introduced. Soul mates, they move from a prudish and sexually inhibited upbringing for Debs to including another couple in their love lives. They live happily together, until death do they part, with the untimely loss of Debs in an auto-accident (Awake). Executive Platinum Series begins when Jim, widowed and on business travel, meets a lonely divorcee and they hit it off. They have a year's long, non-exclusive, affair. Rocky Mountain Christmas introduces us to Jim's niece Kris, better known as Bug, and leaves us a few tidbits for the other RMC stories, finally culminating in this, the merger and final story of all the story lines.
And yes, I know this story is long, but hopefully once again you'll find it not too long, and well worth it. I tried to shorten it, but without resorting to yet another story, there was just too much to finish off.
As always, enjoy, and thanks for the feedback and votes.
I suppose it was inevitable.
There was to be a pool party at my home for National Nude Day. A party of friends, many of whom had had sexual relations with each other, and most of the women had at one time or another had a sexual relationship with me, getting together for a nude day party. Was it possible for a large group of mostly open-minded friends and lovers (a few that weren't) and not have the party turn into an orgy? Although we'd had a similar party several years before, since then the love of my life had died, the kids had grown up, and many relationships had changed. That time, most had gone home, but this time was different.
After 10 days in Asia, my body was still in the wrong time zone. I awoke at 3:30 and knowing that I wasn't going back to sleep, slid away from Jenny's arms and out of bed. I easily found my gym shorts and shoes in the dark, one of the advantages of the habit my wife Debs had forced me into years before: put things in the same place every time.
I didn't see Bill and Gloria when I left for my run in the cool and dark of the pre-dawn morning. An hour later, when I got back, the sky had just begun to get light, enough so that I was able to see the two of them asleep in the guest bedroom, surprisingly still clothed. I presumed that meant they hadn't had sex, but they were on the same bed together, which I took to mean they'd purposely left Jenny and me to be alone. I took a quick shower and changed, and then stepped in and squeezed Bills foot to awaken him. He sat up instantly, awakening Gloria when he did. I walked around the bed, leaned over and kissed her, and suggested if she wasn't ready to get up she should go crawl into my bed with Jenny. She said "Maybe" and laid back down. A few minutes later Bill and I were at the golf course.
It was already hot by the time we got back. We'd had the first tee time of the morning, actually sliding out just before the first scheduled tee time with barely enough light to see where the ball went. There was a little grumbling from the foursome who thought they had booked the first slot, but after the first hole, we never saw them again. Just one of the advantages of being a member of the golf club, and perhaps giving a rather expensive bottle of Ardbeg Galileo Scotch to the head golf pro for Christmas every year. Sometimes it pays to know your friends tastes.
"There's nobody here," Bill said, stepping back out of the house. I hadn't gone in when we got back, but had grabbed the pool sweep, wanting to get the pool cleaned before everyone arrived. "There was a note on the table that said they were going out to get some things and bring them back." Bill took the leaf blower and swept the deck and patio clean while I finished with the pool. We'd finished with the clean-up of the pool and patio as well as ourselves and were on our second cup of coffee when I heard the front door open and Gloria call out "Jim? Are you home yet?"
"In here," I called back, wondering where Jenny was. I heard her walking down the hall toward the kitchen and when she stepped in I looked over at her, and instantly knew.
"When did you get back?" She asked, so I asked the same thing to her.
"When did you get back?"
She looked at me with her best puzzled look, "I... what do you mean?"