Chapter 10

The Pleaser was popular with my girls after that. It took a little time but one afternoon Tara disappeared into the back, and when Edwina went to check on her, she discovered Tara using the Pleaser all by herself. Somehow that encouraged Edwina to experiment and later Tara and Cary reported that their little sister had figured how nice the electronic boyfriend could be to her.

The trip to New York wasn’t as fun as I’d hoped. The driving was painful because we spent all day - every day – driving through every small town and medium sized city along the way. It was fine as far as finding places to eat and buy diesel, but it took forever to get there.

Niagara Falls was still pristine in those days. People flocked there, but most folks picked up after themselves, instead of dropping their trash for others to deal with. It was the number one honeymoon destination in nineteen fifty five and small hotels could be found everywhere.

One such hotel caught my eye and I pulled in, rented us a room and we took turns showering and using the motel washing machine. That became our pattern. Every afternoon we picked out a mom and pop motor court and rented a room for the night, but disclosed that we would give them back the keys in a few hours once we had bathed and washed, if it was a day when we needed to wash clothes.

Several times my dear aunts took advantage of me in those motel bathrooms, but since there was always a bed nearby, we could indulge ourselves until our hearts were content. Sometimes I caught a nap on those beds, to enjoy stretching out for a few hours without kicking, or being kicked. Tara seemed to understand and joined me from time to time, just to sleep, not to play.

It was while I rested on a hotel bed in South Carolina that Edwina decided it was time to shed her virginity. She had finally tried the Pleaser and enjoyed the experience almost too much. Watching her writhing on the motel bed, coming like a house on fire, while her sisters took turns showering, was an amazing experience.

Edwina, in the midst of a momentous orgasm, beckoned me to her as she screamed, “PLEASE ... I need you inside me right now. Please ... PLEASE ... I can’t wait any more, I can’t hold out any longer. I HAVE TO HAVE YOU INSIDE ME!” Sweat was flying from her fevered brow as she demanded an end to her lifetime of virtue. The directness of her demand coupled with the clearness of her wishes almost caused me to make a big mistake. Not wanting to be blamed for causing her to cross any lines that she didn’t fully intend to cross, I gently separated her from the electronic orgasm maker and slowly helped her recover from the intensity of her orgasms.

Once I had my mouth firmly between her legs and creating the sweetest form of aftershocks, Edwina begged me to push her over the top, while whispering for me to save her virginity. The dichotomy was almost painful. I wanted to take Edwina with the same ferocity that I took Tara and Cary, but I knew she wanted to wait, even though she was demanding that I end the wait out of one side of her mouth and begging me to refrain out of the other.

The decision was easy.

Living with it was a bitch.

Eventually Tara wrapped Edwina in her arms, cooed words of love and caring softly into her ears, while convincing her to let the explosion of passion pass, without making the choice she could never take back. It was a team effort.

Mr. Johnson was no help!

Eventually Edwina had a good cry and wobbled into the shower with her hymen intact. Tara climbed aboard my raging erection and rewarded me for my steely self-control. It took no time for Mr. Johnson to fill her gasping body with my gift. Speaking of gifts, neither Cary, nor Tara had as much as a cold since the first time we had sex. As far as my memories from Michael go, they regularly suffered their share of sniffles and colds, along with the occasional flu. Apparently the universe sent me into Michael’s body with the gift of healing in my loins.

Winter Haven, Florida seemed quiet and pedestrian after those weeks on the road. We were all anxious to fly out to California to see Disneyland and couldn’t justify waiting until November to do it, so I hired a private plane to fly us from Florida to California, with stops along the way for fuel and sight-seeing. We over-nighted in west Texas, spent a long weekend exploring the Grand Canyon, saw several national parks in Utah and hired a car to drive us through the Petrified Forest. We enjoyed seeing the country even more because we didn’t have to stop at every traffic light between Florida and California. Disneyland was immaculate. Having been to both Disneyland and Disney World multiple times over five decades, the pristine nature of Disneyland in nineteen fifty-five was far and above any other visit, to any other park, anywhere. Tara and I indulged Edwina and Cary as they rushed through the crowds to get photos taken with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. We bought them all manner of souvenirs and mementos of their trip. Our foursome rode ‘It’s A Small World,’ at least five times before Edwina was satisfied that she got to see all the dolls and decorations.

There was a nice Hilton Hotel nearby and the suite I booked was comfortable as well as neat, clean and new. Once the hectic pace of the day was behind us, we luxuriated in the best Hilton had to offer for the night. An added bonus was being able to see the fireworks display from our room. The girls never tired of the booming noise and flashing explosions. When the three finally had enough I called and our plane took us home in one long day, instead of the five like it took to get out west.

The same sense of pointlessness descended upon me when we were safely home. There had to be a reason that the universe sent me to Winter Haven. For the life of me I couldn’t find it.

The lawyer problems were solved, Kelvin went to prison and Helen was in the wind somewhere with whatever was left of her brother’s ill-gotten gains. She left Kelvin’s wife broke and harassed by bill collectors and angry former clients. Eventually she moved out of the little house where she tried to hide from Kelvin’s misdeeds and left the state.

Our fortune was safe and growing like a weed. Having knowledge of what companies were most successful helped steer our investments where they did their best work. Edwina steadfastly hung on to her hymen, while she, Tara and Cary became such partners in my life that we never wished to be apart.