Chapter 6: The Rest Of The Day.

After the siesta everyone gathered for tea and a light snack. Both men and women wore only a towel around the waist in imitation of the indians who inhabited the land before the Spanish arrived. They all recognized that those dozen frightened indian maids were, in a very real sense, the mothers of the colony.

Gwen was there, she thanked Gina for Carlo’s company with a kiss and said he was very considerate of her. Gina said she hoped the lesson had been a good one for both of them. At that Gwen blushed with embarrassment and turned away. Gina had never seen her sister embarrassed before.

Gina then whispered to Gwen the Patron’s comment that she owed her older sister an “improper” kiss. Gwen replied that she was a bit messy right now, and also she did not do “those girl-girl things, from German magazines” the Patron sometimes mentioned. But the sentiment was nice. “Give the kiss to Carlo later, he really earned in this afternoon.”

Then Gina and Gwen talked about the Patron. “I can see how I would be tempted if I was to stay here,” Gina said. “He is quite wonderful. But I must wonder, why have you not ... he mentioned he can take a second wife.”

“That is a wonderful thought. We have talked about it, his second wife must be young, and must come later in life. Plus, I have the bedtime benefits of a wife, with a larger menu besides, so you see it would not be a good fit for either of us.”

Gina stepped close. “I will really miss my sister too,” she whispered.

After a moment of thought Gwen said, “Instead of thinking about kissing me, think of taking a bite from a fresh juicy sweet fruit.” They should both hold the thought and share it while they were parted.

“But we will be so far away,” Gina said.

Gwen replied, “Not really, the moon is far more distant. Just before midnight, on the last day of each full moon, picture taking a bite of a fresh fruit and then think of me. I will do the same,” Gwen said. “The moon will connect us as it always has.” They used to spend hours looking at the Moon and talking.

Gina did as her sister suggested, every month until she returned to the colony. Gwen did the same, it kept the sisters close.

Gina thanked Eve for the lesson the Patron gave her, plus his help last night. It got their life as man and wife off to such a good start. Eve expressed the sincere hope for a good marriage, and she said she wished they were staying, to work in the hacienda, “They would both have such fun.” But that was not possible. Their talent was valuable, it had to be used. “You will return to us, of that I am sure. We look forward to it.”

The couple was granted a short time together, to dress in the travel clothing and pack their other things for their trip to the honeymoon cabin. There was a horse-drawn wagon they would use, the trip uphill would take about four hours. Most of what the wagon carried was food for a week, as they would have no visitors. There was a waterfall and a pool to swim in, plus the area was roughly 2,000 feet higher, which made a difference in temperature.

Their journey was in the company of Carlo’s aunt Renata, who was a ranger and a retainer for the Patron. She was the product of a night when the previous Patron had been with a sister of Carlo’s mother after she was widowed.

Renata would stay near the cabin overnight and return the next day. She had a tent, “so you won’t know that I am there, or when I leave” she promised, and she kept her word to the young couple.

Once they were inside the cabin the couple wasted no time showing their loving desire for each other. They started as soon as the door was closed, with Gina bent over, resting on a table as Carlo took her from behind; he explained that ever since Gwen had showed him this he had wanted to do it with Gina. After the Patron she felt the same. But they could not stay that was for long, they both needed hot, loving kissing, so they ended up in bed with Carlo on top, kissing Gina as she clung to him while he filled her with his seed.