Chapter 1

A Sister-Sister Getaway

Katie and her husband, John, had recently celebrated their twin daughters’ double wedding shortly after their graduation from college. Both of their twin daughters had begun dating their future husbands during their junior year in college. Katie and John were both pleased to give the two fine young men their blessing to marry their daughters and gladly welcomed them both into the family.

Prior to the wedding, Katie and John had begun to earnestly plan for a move to Sweetwater right after their retirement in the near future. She and her husband had been raised in similar small towns and they had often talked about how it would be a dream come true to retire to Sweetwater, a small town that they had visited a number of times.

Sweetwater was vibrant with activity and was a “go to”tourist spot located right next to the national forest where they would go to escape the big city life for a weekend or vacation. Many town celebrations were held each year that included,but were not limited to the county fair, the strawberry festival, the peach festival, the craft festivals, and the various holidays.

About a month before the wedding, John told Katie that he needed to make another extended business trip to London right after their daughter’s wedding that would last two weeks and suggested that it might be a great time for Katie to have an extended visit to her sister, Cathy, during the time that he was away.

Katie called Cathy and it turned out that her husband was going to be on a two-week fishing trip with his buddies at the same time John would be in London. Both the sisters were really excited about this rare opportunity for an extended “sister on sister” visit as they were very close particularly after their mom and dad had been killed in a small plane crash several years ago.

Katie planned to drive to Cathy’s house the same day that John was leaving for London. At John’s suggestion, she agreed to drive her 2010 Toyota Sienna XLE van rather than the brand-new Toyota RAV-4 SUV that John had recently purchased. She loved that old van and was happy that it was still looking and running well even though it had logged over 265,000 miles.

Katie and her dog, Brandy, arrived at Cathy’s after a pleasant three-hour drive. Cathy ran out to greet Katie with a warm hug and kiss on the cheek, telling her that she had planned a number of things for them to do for fun. A day trip to Sweetwater was included on Cathy’s list of “things to do” as she knew of Katie and John’s retirement plans. There was a strawberry festival going and both sisters were delighted it coincided with Katie’s visit.

On the first evening, Katie and Cathy reminisced about their childhood, laughing about the mischief that they had gotten into while growing up. They had been raised in a strict, but loving Christian home that did not tolerate any sort of misbehavior. Their mother would not hesitate to take them over her knee to give them a good-and-proper spanking on their bare bottoms when they misbehaved. While they both received a fair number of spankings, they were never done in anger or frustration, but with a great deal of love afterwards along with encouragement to do better in the future.

When little, both of them hated being spanked, but they grew to like it even though it would sting like the dickens. It was their mother’s tender love and care after a spanking that caused both sisters to form a very strong bond with their mother. As they got older, when alone in the house, the girls would play “mother daughter” games and pretend the daughter had been naughty. The two sisters would make up misbehavior and they would role play the spanking-scene ritual, including the pre-spanking lecture, fetching the hairbrush, baring their bottoms, and going over “mommy’s” knee for a well-deserved spanking on their bare bottoms, first with a bare hand, and followed up with a hairbrush. Many a time their bottoms would be pink or red by the time both their real and role-play spankings were over. As they entered their teens, they realized the sensation they felt was an erotic arousal.

Katie asked Cathy if she and her husband had ever spanked one another for fun. Cathy got a little red in the face and giggled, and admitted that it was true. Katie in turn shared that she and John had played similar games involving spanking and that sometimes she was spanked in earnest if she had misbehaved or was grumpy.

Katie also shared the time that their mom had actually spanked her when she was 42 years old.

“No way!” Cathy blurted as she laughed. “Really?? She did?”

“Yes,” Katie replied. “It happened one day while I was over at Mom and Dad’s. While I was alone in the dining room, I dropped a vase and it broke. I was upset with my clumsiness and whispered to myself, ‘Damn!’ Mom’s sharp ears heard me and she bustled into the dining room holding a hairbrush and ordered me over her lap. I just laughed as I thought she was joking, but she quickly pulled me over her lap, lifted my skirt, pulled down my panties, and proceeded to spank me long and hard. At first, I laughed, but it really began to sting. When done, Mom pulled me back up on her lap and gave me a hug, telling me how much she loved me and reminded me that the rule in their house about cussing would always be in effect.”

Katie told Cathy that she and Mom would often laugh about the incident, but she never cussed in their parent’s house again. Cathy could not keep from laughing about Katie getting spanked by their mom at age 42.

“Oh, Katie, I wish I had been there to watch you getting spanked. I really miss those days and it would be fun to relive them with you. I have an idea. I will be the mommy and you can be the little girl that gets spanked.”

“No,” Katie laughed. “I will play the mommy and you will be the little girl.”

They agreed that they would take turns so that each night during Katie’s visit, one or the other would receive a spanking on her bare bottom right before bedtime.

The bedtime spankings led to masturbation with the sisters lying together on the bed next to each other just like when they were teenagers, but now, as adults, also using their vibrators. Their sister bond proved to be as strong as it ever was.

On the second day at Cathy’s house, Katie noticed an enema bag, hose, and nozzle hanging behind the bathroom door and she carried it out to the living room.

“Hey, Cathy,” she chuckled, holding the enema gear out on full display.“Are you still using this like when we were growing up?”

“Oh, yes, of course!” Cathy replied. “I have an enema every Wednesday and Saturday plus an occasional extra one, just like when we were kids.”

“Me too,” Katie replied, blushing a bit, “except I now do them Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!”

“So, Cathy,” inquired Katie with a mischievous smile, “have you ever exchanged enemas for fun with your husband?”

“Oh, my, yes, but first I had to corrupt him. Then I got him hooked on both giving and receiving enemas.”

“That’s great!” Katie laughed. “Very similar to John and me.”

“Do you remember,” Cathy asked with a sly smile, “how we used to give each other enemas when mom was gone leaving us home alone?”

“Are you kidding?” gushed Katie. “Those are some of my best childhood memories.”

“Mine, too!” Cathy laughed. She paused a moment and then looked at her sister with a gleam in her eye. “Hey, Katie, we ought to also re-enact some of those best childhood memories just for fun.”

Katie grinned widely and nodded her head yes.

During the visit, they both got naked and took enemas together, lying side by side as they masturbated by teasing their own “Kitties” with their vibrators.

The girls did most of their spankings and enemas in the evenings, but also snuck in a few enemas in the mornings. During the days, the sisters took little adventure trips and did things on Cathy’s to-do list that she had planned. The visit was a wonderful sister re-bonding time for both of them.

Chapter 2

An Unexpected Change

On the last night of Katie’s visit, the sisters had a more serious talk about their respective marriages. Cathy sensed that Katie was concerned about her and John, and asked how things really were. Katie indicated that John seemed rather distant lately and tired quite a bit. Her efforts to spice up their private moments together had a very limited effect that quickly faded away.

Katie had asked John if everything was all right and he said it was just work stress due to increasing demands. Katie had given him a warm hug and told him that when he soon retires that they would be free to move to Sweetwater and then things would be much better.

Katie shared with Cathy that when John got back from London, she was going to make sure their 25th anniversary would be a “jump start”for John in the bedroom.

“I plan to ignite a fire for both of us,” Katie gushed,“and it won’t be easily contained!”

”Oh my!!”Cathy replied. “Do tell!! That sounds like fun!!”

Katie showed Cathy her anniversary gift for John that would surely light his fire—a remote-controlled prostate massager that also included an electrode that would shock him.

“Oh, my,” beamed Cathy. “That should do it!! Where did you find that? I might want to get one for my husband too.”

Katie also told Cathy that John had also promised a special 25th anniversary celebration for them on the day of his return. Over the years, John had often surprised her.

The next morning, Katie and Cathy had a hard time saying goodbye. They grinned and giggled, shed a few tears, and embraced in a heartfelt hug.

Katie arrived home around 10:00 AM and was shocked to find that there was a “For Sale” sign in front of their house. More shocking was seeing the sign partially covered with a “Sold” sign. She went to the front door and tried to enter, but the locks had been changed. The garage door opener did not work either. She peered in the windows and stepped back in astonishment – the house had been absolutely stripped of all the furniture, decorations…everything was GONE. The house looked to be“Move In Ready” for new owners.

Katie tried to call John, but got no answer. She went to see the real estate agent that had listed their house, and asked what was going on, explaining that her husband had been out of the country for two weeks while she had been visiting her sister. The real estate agent seemed puzzled and told her the house had already been sold and that the sale had closed the previous day. She told Katie that John had left an envelope with a letter that would explain the sale of the house while she was out of town.

Upon returning to her van, Katie opened the envelope and read the message from John. It instructed her to go the Grand Hotel, an upscale hotel downtown. He had already checked into the bridal suite earlier in the day and that he would be there between 6:00 and 7:00 PM.

Katie was puzzled and had all sorts of thoughts as to what was going on.

Was this the special 25th anniversary surprise? Had John taken earlier retirement and they were moving to Sweetwater?? She then got excited and convinced herself that was exactly what John had planned as a surprise. It was just like him—he was a take-charge type of guy that loved to surprise his wife. Katie loved that about him, even though the sale of the house seemed way over the top. Katie frowned at this reminder that John habitually made major decisions without consulting her. After checking into the hotel, Katie smiled as she prepared for her own surprise for John.

First on her list was to have her hair styled in the way John liked. He always had liked brunettes. While at the beauty salon, she also had her fingernails and toenails filed and painted.

When she returned to the hotel, she decided on a two-enema series, one with baby shampoo and the second one with plain water. Katie wanted to be clean both inside and out and be fully available for John in any way he might like later that evening. While taking the enemas, she twice satisfied a need of her own that that had been building ever since she left her sister’s house. She was confident her “battery” would be fully recharged by later that evening during her private moments with John. Katie had a satisfying douche as well, using summer’s Eve while taking a long, hot shower.

During her shower, she shaved her legs, underarms, and the hair “down under”since being shaved had always been a turn on for John.

After drying off, Katie carefully applied a modest amount of makeup, mascara, and lipstick and then looked at herself in the full-length mirror thinking that she still looked pretty good for a woman that was about to pass the half century mark.

Katie then turned her attention as to what to wear. Knowing what really turned John on,she started with her underwear. He loved watching her in a tight white open bottom girdle with six garters holding up a pair of sheer nylons. After struggling to pull her girdle up, she put on a matching low-cut bra that would support the “girls” even though gravity had not yet taken its toll with Katie, in spite of bearing and nursing the twins. She decided on skipping the panties which would allow John to have immediate access to Miss Kitty. She then carefully put on her sheerest nylons, attaching three garters to each one.

Katie then put on her red heels and spun around while looking in the mirror liking what she saw as she ran her hands over her bottom and observing her bottom cheeks barely peeking out at the bottom of the girdle in a most provocative way. Perfect, she thought!!

Next, she slipped into the snug red dress and added a pair of the pearl earrings and a necklace that John had given to her on her birthday a few years ago.She walked around in front of the mirror listening to the faint “swish-swish-swish”of her nylons. After putting a dash of her favorite perfume behind each ear, Katie was “ready” in more ways than one for John’s arrival.

Katie was looking forward to John’s usual approval and to how excited he always got whenever she dressed up for him. She then tried to relax while awaiting John’s arrival.

John called at 6:00 PM saying he was on his way over to the hotel. Katie told him that she had missed him and was so excited that he was back from London.

Upon his arrival, Katie rushed to John kissing him deeply and pushed her body up close to his. John gave her a brief hug and announced that they would first have a special dinner that he had ordered to be delivered to the room in celebration of them being together for 25 years and for the blessing of raising two wonderful daughters together. He went on to tell her that right after they ate dinner, they would discuss the sale of the house and other things that would soon happen. Katie loved surprises and smiled in anticipation of him announcing his retirement and their move to Sweetwater.

Their meal that was served in the bridal suite, started out with a glass of carbonated grape juice, followed by shrimp cocktail and Caesar salad. Next came Katie’s favorites: prime rib medium rare, baked Idaho potato with all the fixings, steamed broccoli, and crescent rolls with honey butter.

The surprise dessert was Strawberry Flambé. The tableside preparation was quite a show beginning with the server slicing fresh strawberries, then adding sugar, butter, lemon juice and another “secret”ingredient. Everything but the strawberries was heated over a sterno stove until the mixture was boiling. After adding the strawberries, the mixture was brought to a boil again and then, a small amount of an unknown alcohol beverage was added, causing huge flames to suddenly erupt almost up to the ceiling. After the flames died out, the strawberries and sauce were poured over softened vanilla ice cream.

The meal was simply delicious and the dessert was unlike anything they had ever had in the past. Once the dinner setting was cleared, John and Katie sat down to have the “talk” that John indicated they would have. She was excited and smiling, hoping his “surprise” talk would be about him retiring and them moving to Sweetwater.

John began by saying how much he appreciated 25 wonderful years with Katie, telling her what a wonderful wife and lover she had been and that she had always been there for him. He was particularly grateful for all she had done in raising their twin daughters and sacrificing her own career by being a stay-at-home mom and for all her efforts in home schooling their twin daughters. Katie beamed that John had recognized and appreciated all the love and work she had made inraising them.

John went on to explain the reason the house had been quickly sold along with all the contents in an estate sale. He said he had recently accepted a big promotion that doubled his current salary, but he would be required to relocate to London. Katie asked him when he had learned of the promotion and John indicated that it was a couple months prior the twins’ wedding and he had been advised to keep it strictly confidential, even from her. Katie’s face dropped in an obvious display of disappointment.

Katie then asked him when they would be actually relocating.John looked down and said there was more Katie needed to know. He had had not gone to London during the time that Katie visited her sister. He said that somehow over time, he had fallen head over heels in love with Eileen, his smokin’ hot administrative assistant that was half his age, and that on a previous trip to London together, they had gotten married.

Katie was totally shocked,but somehow managed to ask him how he could do that, being that they were still married. John explained that both of them had established dual citizenship and they had married two months prior to the twins’ wedding while in London together. He went on to express how sorry he was, but it just sort of happened and it was not at all a shortcoming on Katie’s part, as his wife.

Desperately trying to keep her emotions in check, Katie asked how this was all going to play out. John told her that he had applied for a divorce and that he and Eileen would be moving to London within a couple of days to start his new job. He went on to say that he and Katie had an appointment with his attorney the next morning at 9:00 AM, and the attorney could best explain how they would be going forward.

John then stood up said it would be best if he left now so Katie could have time to think about her future. He mentioned that he would be staying in a first-floor room at the hotel for a couple days should she need anything.

Katie was glad that she had managed to hold back the tears until John had left the bridal suite, but she broke down into uncontrollable crying several times during the night. She was awake almost all night going through a wide range of emotions including hurt, anger, confusion, deceit, and disloyalty.

“Happy 25th Anniversary to me!” she huffed sarcastically to herself and then added, “Yeah right!”

By morning, she had regained at least some of her composure and control of her emotions. She was bound and determined to be calm and civil while at the meeting with John’s attorney.

Chapter 3

The Attorney’s Office

That morning, John called Katie and said it would be best if they met at the attorney’s office in separate cars and Katie agreed.

Upon arrival, the attorney greeted them and ushered them into a conference room. When they were seated, the attorney told Katie he understood that it must be a very emotional time for her and he expressed hope that everyone would remain calm and rational as he went through the details of their divorce settlement.

While looking at John, Katie agreed that she would do her level best to be calm, rational, and to put any emotions away, so that the details and conditions of their going their separate ways could be handled in an amicable way.

The attorney reminded Katie that she and John had signed a pre-nuptial agreement 25 years earlier and it had never been modified. Anything that John had bought with his earnings and held title to, were his. This included, but was not limited to the house and furnishings, the cars, and the boat. The prenuptial also specifically stated that there would be no alimony paid.

The attorney had advised that John had agreed that Katie’s clothing and personal items would go with her. He also agreed to sign the title of the vintage Toyota Sienna over to Katie, not wanting her to be without transportation.

Finally, the attorney told Katie that if she thought the agreement seemed unfair, she could contest the divorce, but he could not represent her. He also told her approximately how expensive it would be to contest the divorce settlement and that the chance of her winning her case would be slim, at best.

“So,” Katie said, summing up everything, “it looks like after 25 years, I will receive a 16-year-old Toyota van, my clothes, and a few personal items.”

“I’m sorry,” John apologized, “but I need the money from the house, the furnishings, the car, the boat, their savings, and most of my 401K just to buy a house in London. Housing there is so much more expensive than here.

John went on to remind Katie that when she had inherited money from her parents, the money was put in a separate account in her name only and that John was not seeking any of those funds.

Katie looked at John incredulously.

“It was at YOUR suggestion, John, that my inheritance be earmarked to pay for the twins’ college education and for their wedding.”

John simply shrugged his shoulders and stated that it had been an excellent investment in their daughters’ futures.

Katie rolled her eyes.

“Yes,” she spat sarcastically, “I agree that I alone made an investment in our daughters by forfeiting a career, being a stay-at-home mom, home schooling them, and paying for their college educations and for their weddings. I do not regret for a moment having done all of that for them, even though it took nearly all the inheritance money that I received my parents.”

After signing the various documents prepared by the attorney, Katie thanked him. She then turned to John and managed to wish him well in the future. Only then did she remember, Brandy, her beloved golden retriever.

“So I take that Brandy is mine—free and clear?”

“Yes,” John assured her. “Brandy has always been your dog.”

“Well,” Katie huffed, “that’s very generous of you!” and under her breath, she added, “You are such a jerk.”

Katie was the first to leave the attorney’s office. As she went to her car, she noticed that Eileen was waiting for John in his car. She went over to the car and tapped on the window. Eileen rolled the window down only a crack. Katie calmly told Eileen that John was now hers to love, cherish, and obey. She wished the best for the two of them in London. Eileen managed a weak smile and thanked her for her kind words and understanding.

When Katie got back to the hotel, she again burst into tears, releasing all the pent-up emotions that she had managed to keep in check at the attorney’s office. After another mostly-sleepless night, reality began to set in, and Katie began to think about her future. She knew she did not want to stay in the town where she and John had lived for most of their married life and toyed seriously with the idea of moving to Sweetwater by herself. The more she thought about it, the more she was drawn to idea of starting over by completely uprooting and moving to Sweetwater.

The following day, she went to the bank and closed out her personal bank account, noting the balance was only $342. Not much to start another life on, but she would just have to make do. After checking out of the hotel, Katie went and packed the van full with the boxes that contained her clothes and personal items.

Before leaving for Sweetwater, Katie stopped at the kennel to pick up Brandy, only to discover that her credit card account had been closed by John. After she paid $50 cash to the kennel, she and her dog headed to Sweetwater.

Upon arrival in Sweetwater, Katie parked in the center of town. There, she sat on a bench overlooking a park that had a small waterfall fed by a natural spring upstream located several miles upstream.

Katie began to reflect on all that had happened in the past few days and what the future might bring for her and Brandy. Brandy sat down, leaned up against Katie’s leg, and put her head on Katie’s lap. With her bright, brown eyes, Mandy looked up at Katie, telling her in her own way, “Don’t worry, Katie! Everything is going to be ok….I will always be here for you.”A tear rolled down Katie’s cheek as she smiled and petted her loyal companion.

Chapter 4

Hello Sweetwater

When Andy first came to town, he started working as a handyman that could fix most anything that needed to be fixed. He was very successful and his help was sought by many of the town folks. Someone tagged him with the nickname, Handy, and it stuck.Everyone in town started calling him Handy. A few years later, when the owner passed on, Handy bought the hardware store and renamed it“Handy’s Hardware.”

Prior to moving to Sweetwater, Handy had been a paramedic/fireman but the town folks knew little else about Handy’s past. However they loved that he moved to Sweetwater where he quickly became friends with everyone. Handy was always available to help anyone in need, and for those of limited means, he often did things at no charge.

Handy had recently been elected as the mayor of Sweetwater. In addition to running his successful hardware store, he also served as a volunteer paramedic and fireman. He was also very active in the local church and gave generously to support various church activities and the upkeep of the church. He served on the church’s board of director’s and was the church treasurer.

When the owner of the pharmacy next store to his hardware store retired, Handy bought the pharmacy and hired a registered pharmacist to manage it for him.

Without question, the townsfolk knew and respected that the parking spot right in front of Handy’s Hardware, was reserved for him to park his antique car that he had completely restored. Handy drove it daily to town, weather permitting, and tourists enjoyed looking at it during their shopping tours. Sometimes, Handy would give interested visitors a ride in it.

Handy had a friendly golden retriever that accompanied him everywhere he went, sometimes even to church and always to the hardware store. With her tail happily wagging, Mandy would warmly greet customers when they came into the hardware store.

Handy and Mandy were inseparable. Every day, Handy would take a half hour for lunch sitting on the park bench across the street from the hardware store.

One day, Katie was already sitting on “Hendy’s” bench with her dog Brandy lying on the ground beside her. As Handy and his dog Mandy crossed the street that day, Mandy ran ahead to greet Brandy, with both dogs wagging their tails vigorously. The two had an immediate liking for one another. Still wagging her tail, Mandy turned her attention to Katie who could not help but pet her

“You are such a sweet puppy. Where did you come from?”

Handy finally crossed the street and approached Katie on the park bench.

“Would you mind if I join you?” Handy inquired with a smile.

“Sure,” Katie replied, as she wiped a tear from her cheek.

Katie scooted over to the side giving Handy room to sit down.

“Her name is Mandy and she loves all people, as well as all dogs.”

As Handy sat down, he reached over and gave Brandy a good scratching behind the ears. Brandy responded by twisting her neck into Handy’s fingers to increase the pressure she felt.

“You like that, huh, girl?”

Katie said, “Judging from the way she’s stretching her neck, I’d say she likes it a lot. Her name is Brandy and she’s new in town and she brought me along as her sidekick.”

While Handy was taking a good look at Katie, he remarked “You know, “I think I remember you being in Sweetwater last week along with someone that looked very much like she could be your sister. By the way, I am Handy.”

He extended his hand to shake hers. Sensing a come on, Katie rolled her eyes and turned her head toward Handy with a cynical smile.

She said “I can just imagine how ‘handy’ you are in many ways,” without extending her hand to shake his. Handy was puzzled for a couple of seconds, and then laughed.

”No! I really am Handy” And he motioning across the street to his hardware store. “That’s me! Handy’s Hardware Store!! If you thought I was hitting on you, well that would have to be one of the lamest pick-up lines to a pretty lady in the history of mankind.”

Katie turned pink with embarrassment.

“Oh, I am so sorry. It’s just that that has happened so often in the past, I have found it best to shut it down early on.”

“Well, I’m not surprised that men hit on you so often. An attractive woman like you would brighten any man’s day.”

Katie smiled—she genuinely smiled. And she didn’t know why, but the gloom in her heart lifted and it felt like the troubles of the last couple days, suddenly were going to be okay.

Katie extended her hand and shook Handy’s.

“I’m Katie. I did visit here last week with my sister and I am seriously thinking about moving to Sweetwater. I’ve always loved small towns and I love how vibrant Sweetwater is and how friendly everyone is.”

Handy stood up and bowed formally.

“Well, then, madam, as the mayor of Sweetwater, may I officially welcome you to Sweetwater. If you need anything at all to help get you settled, do not hesitate to call upon me at Handy’s Hardware, one of my other jobs.”

“Why thank you, kind sir!!” Katie replied. Grinning broadly and thinking to herself, “Yes, this town seems perfect. I am sure about starting the next chapter of my life here in Sweetwater.” But she wondered just how she would be able to pull it off, as she was essentially homeless, almost broke, and in desperate need of a job.

Handy told Katie about the Sweetwater’s history and how it almost had become a ghost town, but it had gradually come back to become a vibrant “go to” getaway place for big-city folk that wanted to escape city life for a while. Many people would come for a visit, just to kick back and relax for a few days or even a few weeks.

“The local residents tend to treat each other like family,” Handy explained. “The family aspect I am referring to is that the town’s people pretty much know each other well and when people are in need, they can count on the local folks to help them out.”

Katie smiled with warmth and hope.

“You said I could ask for help getting settled in. Do you know someone that has a room I could rent and where I might find a job?”

“Well now, not right off hand, but let me check with Marge, our local real estate expert. She knows just about everything there is to know what is going on in this town and its people, so if there is anyone that could help you with those two things, she could. Why don’t you just relax and continue to enjoy this nice spring day, while I go give Marge a call. Knowing Marge, I think she’ll likely be over to meet you within 15 minutes.”

“Really? Wow!” Katie sniffled, as her eyes began to well up with tears. “That would really be great! Thank you so much, Handy.”

About fifteen minutes later, Marge and Handy walked out of the hardware store and across the street. Handy made the introductions and Marge welcomed Katie to Sweetwater and handed a paper plate stacked with four chocolate-chip cookies and four oatmeal raisin cookies.

“Thank you, Marge. They look delicious.”

Handy headed back over to the hardware store and Marge and Katie sat down to talk. Marge said she didn’t know of a room for rent, but did know of a furnished house that might be available.

Katie took a big breath and struggled to hold back the tears as she told Marge of her very limited financial situation and the circumstances that caused it and her current jobless state.

Marge sensed Katie’s desperate plight. She reached over and gently put her hand on Katie’s hand.

“Honey, you’re in the right place. You already have many friends here in Sweetwater. You just haven’t met them yet, and they’re all here to help. I have a couple of ideas that will help you get started here in Sweetwater. Meanwhile, why don’t you and your sweet dog stay at my house until I can check out a few things that might just work for you?”

“But I’m a complete stranger. I would not want to intrude.”

“You’re not a stranger here in Sweetwater. You’re Katie. And you are among friends. You need a place to stay and I have plenty of room at my place for you to stay. Besides, it will give us a good opportunity to really get to know each other. Now, Katie could not hold back the tears and they flowed freely down her face as she tried to wipe them with the back of her hand.

“Oh, Marge, thank you so much. That all sounds wonderful. Now I know why I felt so good about moving to Sweetwater. What a blessing that I sat down on this bench today.”

“Yes, Katie. You could not have found a better place to sit down today than across the street from where our mayor works in one of his many jobs.”

Katie laughed through her tears and thanked Marge again. They stood and embraced warmly and then Katie followed Marge to her home. After Katie got settled into a spare bedroom the two new friends enjoyed some of Marge’s good home cooking together.

That night, Katie and Marge got better acquainted and shared one another’s life stories. Marge understood Katie feelings and was in awe of her composure. Marge said she was confident that Katie had the strength to emerge from her martial experience to a much better place. After talking for only a few hours, Marge knew in her heart that Katie was an honorable person that could be trusted. Katie had just happened to have been dealt an awful hand by her ex-husband. Marge really wanted to help Katie.

While making breakfast the next day, Marge said she had some things to check on regarding both a job and a place for Katie to live. She told Katie to just relax and help herself to anything in the kitchen or pantry and she would be back in time for lunch.

After Marge left, Katie sat down in the living room feeling at peace. Her heart was so full of gratitude. She marveled at the warm welcome she had received and the tremendous trust that Marge had shown in allowing Katie, a total stranger, to stay in her home, unattended no less, while Marge went out to check some ideas about both a job and a place to live for her.

Marge went first to the hardware store to talk to Handy about some ideas she had. Respecting Katie’s privacy, Marge did not reveal any of Katie’s story, but she did tell Handy that she was convinced that Katie was an honorable and trustworthy person. Handy nodded his head and admitted that his impression of Katie had been the same. They both agreed that they really wanted to help Katie get back on her feet.

Marge told Handy that she had a couple ideas that would help Katie, as well as a few other residents in Sweetwater.

Handy was puzzled, as his wrinkled brow indicated.

Marge continued, “Well, late last year when Ann passed on, you bought both her Amish Outlet Store and her house as you did not one either of them falling into disarray or into the hands of someone that was not the right fit for Sweetwater.”

“You’re right, Marge. I’ve been waiting for the right person or family to come along.”

“Handy, I also know you did the Amish Outlet accounting for Ann and that the store was profitable due to the Amish bringing their furniture and crafts to the store on a consignment basis. As you well know, Handy, the Amish community depends on that store to market most of their goods and they are worried that the store will either go out of business or stay closed for an extended period of time. Additionally, the store draws many tourists and visitors to Sweetwater and that benefits the entire Sweetwater business community.”

“What would you think of having Katie manage the Amish Outlet?”

“Handy replied, “That sounds like it might be a good idea to explore, but I first need to talk to Katie about it and see if she would be a good fit.”

“Good. Now, about Ann’s house. Handy, you know the house you bought from her estate is not fit to rent or sell. You purchased it in “as-is condition” including all the furnishings. Sure, someone could live there, but you could hardly charge rent in its current condition. What would you think of letting Katie live there for awhile rent-free, with the during which time Katie would have a chance to clean it up and get it into a rentable condition, at which time, you could rent it to her if she is interested.”

“Wow, Marge. That is a great idea. I don’t have the time anyway to get it into rentable shape and it would help Katie get past her temporary lack of funds. It’s interesting that just last week, our church preacher reminded us that ‘What blesses one blesses all’ and this might be just what he is talking about. Of course, I’ll need to talk with Katie to see if she is interested. I’m actually hoping she will be. If she is, I am sure that we can work out some sort of agreement. “

“You’re smiling, Handy. I mean, you are really smiling. I think you would love to have this beautiful young lady living right next door to you. Handy replied “You know me all too well, Marge. Why don’t you share all your ideas with Katie and if she is interested, tell her to contact me.”

Marge smiled saying, “Handy, I will go straight home and do just that.” Giving Handy a good bye hug, she immediately went home and shared everything with Katie.

“Oh, Marge,” Katie said, “Yes, I am definitely very interested.” Marge smiled and said,”Handy is a straight-shooter and a great guy. You would be hard pressed to find a nicer landlord or boss.”

Right after lunch, Marge sent Katie off with a good-luck hug. Katie and Brandy jumped in the van and headed for Handy’s Hardware Store.

Chapter 5

A New Home and a New Job

When Katie and Brandy got to the hardware store, she found Handy sitting on the same park bench eating a sandwich with Mandy looking on. Katie scurried across the street and said, “Handy, Marge told me about a possible position at the Amish Store and also a furnished house that own. I am very interested in discussing both of those with you.”

“Oh, Katie, I am so happy you are interested. Before we talk, can I just say that I would like to keep our conversation private. In small towns, if it’s not kept quiet, everybody knows everyone else’s private business.”

Katie laughed. ““I am very familiar with how that goes having grown up in a small town. I totally agree that our conversation should remain private.”

“So, Katie, how about you and I have a business meeting over dinner. I know I nice restaurant about 25 miles out of town where we can have a private conversation to discuss both the house and the job.”

“That sounds perfect, Handy.”

“Okay, then. I’ll pick you up at Marge’s place at 6:00 p.m. It will be a cool evening so dress appropriately. And why don’t you Brandy along to keep Mandy company while we have dinner?”

Katie replied, “So you are a REAL dog lover too!! That is the sign of a good person!”Handy replied, “Yep that’s me!! I don’t pass a dog without stopping to pet it. I have yet to find one that didn’t like me.”

That evening, Handy showed up promptly at 6 PM to pick up Katie. He had showered and put on a nice pair of navy slacks and wore a button-down plaid shirt. Katie herself had showered and taken the care to look her best, selecting a flowered summer dress that came to just above her knees. Handy grinned and remarked upon seeing her, “Wow, you sure cleaned up right nice.”She smiled broadly and said, “Why thank you Mr. Handy…..you cleaned up right nice yourself.”

Katie already understood why Handy was so well liked by everyone in Sweetwater. She thought he was the genuine article with no hidden agendas.

On the way to the restaurant, Handy told Katie more about the town, the activities, attractions, and of course how it being located right next to the national forest, that it was a great recreational draw for Sweetwater.

After a pleasant meal and getting a little better acquainted, Handy said, “First, let’s discuss my proposal regarding the house. Marge likely told you that Ann, the elderly lady that owned it, had suddenly passed on. Her children, the heirs of her estate, all lived at a great distance and they instructed their lawyer to contact a local real estate agent to sell the house exactly as it was including all the contents. Marge listed the sale and I purchased it with the idea of renting it. However, the house is in no condition to rent as it needs a thorough clean out, including old magazines, papers, books, clothes, and so forth. Ann was the dearest person you would ever meet, but she was a bit of a pack rat in that she never seemed to throw anything away. The house is completely furnished with dated furniture that you might want to replace in time. It is located in a nice part of town, Subject to your approval, I propose the following: You need somewhere to live. I have a furnished empty house that is not at all suitable to rent at this time. If you are interested, I propose you move in….no security deposit, no rent for three months or whatever it takes until you can get it into a rentable condition. After we both feel it is in a rentable condition, the rent would be $500 per month.

Handy went on to say,“You would be free to make any updates that you want short of taking out a wall or something more drastic. The rental includes lawn care and snow removal which is done by your next-door neighbor.”

Handy then said, “I still believe in ‘handshake’ agreements where a person’s word is good as any piece of paper. You would be welcome to stay in the house as long as you like and after you get back on your financial feet, I would consider selling it to you at an attractive price if that appeals to you.”

Katie replied, “I would be very interested as long as I can find a job.”

Handy with a grin on his face said “Before we shake on it, I think I should tell you in the interest of full disclosure that you should be aware that your next-door neighbor would be someone that is a bit of a shady character by the name of Handy. Personally, I am not real sure about him, but most people seem to think he is harmless.” Katie laughed and said, “You are right!! Maybe I better take some more time to think this over …….Yep!! I think I can handle him.”

Handy went on to say, “You likely noticed when you were here on your visit with your sister that the Amish Outlet Store was closed. Katie replied,“Yes, both my sister and I were disappointed it was closed.”

“Well, that store was owned by Ann. I also bought it from the estate and have been looking for someone to manage it for me, but so far I have not found anyone I felt was a good fit.”

Handy and Katie discussed at some length Katie’s prior work experience particularly in retail sales. He explained that the store was pretty simple to run as the things for sale were stocked by the nearby Amish craftsman on a consignment basis. He explained that the manager would be responsible for keeping track of the merchandise both incoming and outgoing so the Amish could be paid when items were sold. He went on to tell her that the store had two experienced part-time employees that were still available to come back to work once the store reopened.

Handy further explained that he had been keeping the store’s financial books and paid all the bills as a favor to the Ann. The consignment fee for selling the goods was 50% and the store got 50%.

“What would you think of a base salary of $3,000 per month plus a 10% commission on gross store sales each month? The store’s gross sales have averaged $40,000 per month over the last several years which would make your average base and commission income around $7,000 per month. Personally, I think a good manager could increase the sales considerably as Ann in her advanced years was pretty laid back so far as trying to increase sales. She did no advertising, had limited store hours, and just sort of let the customers wander through the store and she would ring up the sales. She made more than a comfortable living and I admired her laid back method of running her store.”

“I think if you could handle the home schooling your daughters, working as your church secretary/treasurer, and maintaining a home, that managing the store would be a piece of cake for you.”

“Well,” Katie smiled.“I have only limited retail selling experience but if you are willing to take a chance on me, I am all in. I just love shopping in quaint little stores and know that Amish-made crafts and furniture are of the highest quality. I am sure that I could handle the job once the part-time employees “show me the ropes” of how the store has been operating.”

“Then we have a deal?” Handy asked as he stood up and held out his hand.

“We have a deal!” Katie said enthusiastically as she stood up and shook Hendy’s hand. “I hope it’s as good a deal for you as it is for me!”

Andy asked, “When do you want to start moving into the house and start your new career at the store?”

Katie replied “Well, how about I start moving into the house tomorrow and we reopen the store the following week? That will give me some time to at least make the house livable and then we can reopen the store.”

“Perfect!” Handy replied.“Tomorrow morning will be move-in day for you. I will meet you with the keys at 9 AM tomorrow and help you unload your van.”

The next morning Katie drove over to 43 Maple Drive and found Handy mowing the back lawn on his John Deere riding mower. She also noted that a large dumpster had been staged beside the driveway. Handy stopped and hopped off the mower to greet Katie.They went up on the front porch that covered the full width of the house and, as Handy opened the front door, he quipped, “Well this is the house, but you will have to make it into a home.”

Handy gave her a tour of the house telling her it had been built way back in 1923 prior to the great depression. When first built, it had a coal furnace, but had since been updated with a gas furnace and had an air conditioning installed. A laundry chute enabled one to drop dirty laundry from upstairs directly into a large bin in the basement laundry room. The main floor had a large, fully-equipped kitchen that had been updated with modern cabinets, a full set of modern appliances, and new flooring. Adjacent to the kitchen was a medium-size breakfast nook that overlooked the backyard.

The rest of the main floor featured a nice-sized living room equipped with a fireplace and a formal dining room. Both the living room and the dining room were had large picture windows with beautiful views of the front yard and beyond. At some point, half baths had been added to the main floor and basement.

The upstairs had two large bedrooms and one small one. An enclosed sun porch across the back of the house overlooked the huge yard that backed up to the national forest. A large bathroom upstairs had been updated with a large tub equipped with water jets and a walk-in shower.

Without either of them saying anything to one another, both Handy and Katie could not help but notice a large red enema bag equipped with a red hose and large black nozzle hanging in plain sight.

Handy then took Katie upstairs to the third floor fully-floored attic that stored a variety of furniture pieces, an antique trunk, an ancient vacuum-tube radio, and other household items.

Handy then gave Katie a tour of the backyard that backed up to the national forest. He explained that Ann had owned an older dog when he bought his house, she agreed for him to enclose both their yards together with a fence so both their dogs could freely run around their two back yards freely. The two yards were about five acres. The spring-fed stream at the back of their properties led to Sweetwater’s downtown waterfall. The back fence had a gate that opened up to a hiking trail that ran along the back of their yards prior to turning into the forest.

Chapter 6

Fixing Up the Place

Katie was in absolute awe of the house’s potential, as well as the yard and the location close to town. She could not wait to get started with moving in.

After the tour, Handy and Katie moved all her boxes to the upstairs where she staged them in one of the large bedrooms. Handy went back to finish cutting the lawn and Katie got started working room by room, cleaning and getting rid of unwanted clutter, dumping it in the dumpster that Handy had brought in. By the end of the day, she was exhausted and went out to her front porch to sit on the old-fashioned glider to unwind. Handy was sitting on his own porch.

“Hey!” Handy hollered. “How are things going over there?”

“Slow, but sure,” Katie hollered back. “But I am so excited to be here. “

“I’ve got something to give you. Do you mind if I run it over to you?”

“Sure! Come on over.” Katie wondering what it could be that Handy wanted to give her. Handy came over with an envelope and gave it to her.

“You will find a check amounting to your first month’s base pay in advance. Marge told me you were pretty short on cash so this should help you get started buying things that you will need to make this old house into a home.”

With a tear rolling down her face, Katie got up, and, on an impulse, gave Handy a warm, tight hug, telling him how much she appreciated it.

She opened the envelope and found a check for $7,000 dollars. Katie just shook her head in disbelief and with tears of gratitude now freely running down her face; she gave Handy another long hug. Handy hugged her back telling her he was grateful to have such a nice neighbor and someone to manage his store. He then wiped the tears from her face with his handkerchief telling her everything was going to work out for both of them. He then invited her to the town’s church service on Sunday so she could hear the service and meet some of the town’s folks. Katie said that she would like that.

That night before Katie went to bed; she got down on her knees and humbly thanked God with tears in her eyes for the blessings received after her marriage had been shattered to pieces. She chided herself a bit for being so emotional, but just could not help it. Brandy pushed herself up against Katie and looked up to her with her understanding eyes, as if to say, “I knew that everything was going to be all right and I will be here for you no matter what.”No wonder that “dog” spelled backwards is “God”! Katie hugged Brandy and marveled at such devotion and unconditional love that dog had for her.

Over the next couple months, the house was transformed into a really nice-looking home. Handy had the roof replaced and after asking what her color preference would be, he hired a painter to caulk and paint the outside of the house, including both the large front porch and the much smaller back porch.

Earlier on, Katie purchased a new queen size bed from the Amish store along with a new mattress and box springs set from the local sleep store. In her second month at the store, she purchased a matching dresser and nightstand from the Amish store. All the bedsheets and pillowcases were replaced as well as the towels. She was gradually repainting all the walls and ceilings on the entire inside of the house starting with her bedroom and the living room. Handy would often come over and help her paint. Loads of things were either tossed out or given to the local Salvation Army store and she spent many hours cleaning and clearing out “just junk” that nearly filled the dumpster that Handy had rented.

On the day that Katie finally got up to the attic to clean it out, she was curious as to what was in the trunk and found it was full of old family pictures, baby clothes, a wedding gown, some old pocket watches, and a shoe box hidden under all the other contents. Curious, she opened it up and was shocked to find it was stuffed full with $100 bills. She counted the money out and it totaled out to $26,500.

That night she went over to Handy’s house and knocked on the door. He invited her in and after a brief conversation regarding the day at their respective stores, Katie handed him the shoe box saying, “I found this box in the attic trunk and it belongs to you!”

Handy opened the box and said, “Wow!! That is a lot of money that Ann had stashed away.”Katie told him it was $26,500. Handy went on to say, “This money rightfully belongs to Ann’s heirs. I will contact Marge and we will get in touch with them to make arrangements to forward it to them. I think we should also offer to send the pictures and other things in the trunk to them as well.” Katie agreed that would be the right thing to do. Later that night, Handy called Marge telling her what Katie had found in the attic trunk and that both of them wanted to forward it to Ann’s heirs. Marge reminded Handy that she had told him early on when she first met Katie that she thought shewas a trustworthy and honorable person and he could not have agreed more.

About two weeks later, Handy came over in the evening to see Katie. She was just done fixing supper and she invited him in to have dinner with her. He accepted telling her he always enjoyed a home cooked meal. After dinner, Handy explained that Ann’sfamily had been contacted about the money she had found along with the family pictures and other things. The money and things they wanted from the trunk had been sent to Ann’s heirs. He went on to say “Today, I received this note of appreciation from Ann’s family along with the enclosed check for $5000 as a show of their sincere appreciation. Katie, this belongs to you.”

Katie said “No, Handy. You bought the house including the contents, “It belongs to you!”He replied, “Sorry, but I already endorsed the check over to you, so you have no choice but to accept it and promise me no tears about it as I might get used to your hugs!”Katie laughed and said, “Handy, you are such a great guy…so generous, honest, kind and so forth…. You are getting a nice hug anyway and a kiss on the cheek, as well, whether you like it or not!” That being said, she stood on her tiptoes giving a kiss on the cheek and a warm hug and thanked him. He smiled while hugging her back. The next Sunday after church, Handy was counting the collection money as usual when he noted that there was a large sealed envelope included with all the other cash and checks in the collection bag. Upon opening it, he found 50 one-hundred-dollar bills with a note that it was to go toward the children’s room addition that the church had been planning for a couple of years. Handy was proud to announce at the next membership meeting that an anonymous donor had donated $5,000 to the children’s room addition and that sufficient funds were now available to begin its construction and that a previously member approved contract had been signed for the Amish to build it. He did not mention that the building materials were being donated by Handy’s Hardware Store. Later in the day, Handy remarked to Katie, that he wondered who it was that had donated the $5,000 that got the construction started. Katie smiled and said, “I guess we will never know!”

Katie had opened the Amish store as planned and quickly learned how it operated and began almost immediately to think how she might improve the operation and increase sales. She had shared many ideas with Handy and they would bounce them around together and Handy would usually support and invest in most of the changes she proposed. His favorite idea of hers was to create an area at the front of the store for the husbands to sit and watch football and other sports on a large screen TV while their wives took their time shopping. In fact, the next day, he even went out and bought a large screen TV and brought it over to the Amish store and set it up in the area Katie had planned. She then arranged some furniture to sit on. It proved to be an instant hit with both the husbands and the wives that wanted to shop in the store. Handy had laughed and said that perhaps he ought to set up a similar area in the hardware store for the wives to knit and gossip while their husbands shopped. Katie burst out laughing at that thought.

Chapter 7

A Very Memorable Date

As time went on, Handy increasingly spent more timewith Katie in their spare time doing fun things together. All three of Andy’s stores were doing well and Katie was earning a better-than-anticipated living. They would take hikes with their dogs in the national forest, have adventure day trips, go fishing, go to the Saturday night country dance in town, watch movies together at either of their homes, and just really enjoyed one another’s company. Handy would cook for Katie at times usually BBQ or hamburgers. In turn, Katie frequently had Handy over for dinner and a visit on the front porch afterwards with the two dogs at their feet.

One day, Handy had called Katie inviting her out to dinner that evening. She agreed and Handy came over at 6 PM and knocked on the door. As they were walking down the front porch steps, Katie tripped and fell even though Handy did his best to catch her, causing him to fall also. Handy was banged up a bit, but he saw Katie had badly banged up her knee and when she got up, she could not walk. Handy told her he was taking her to the emergency room (ER) at the town’s small hospital despite her protests that it would not be necessary. Handy however insisted that ER check out her knee. They rushed to the hospital and checked her in. After the usual checks of temperature, blood pressure, pulse, breathing, etc, the ER doctor came in and examined her knee and told her he wanted to get an x-ray to make sure there was no fracture. He went on to say, that unfortunately there was no x-ray technician on duty that night and that Katie would have to be admitted overnight and have the x-ray in the morning. Katie wanted to go home but Handy convinced her to stay and he would stay with her and sleep in the chair in her private room. Handy went out for some food and when he got back, Katie had been settled into her room and was resting in bed dressed in the usual hospital gown with no back. About an hour after supper that evening, the nurse came into the room, pushinga cart with a pole holding up a bulging enema bag. She announced that the doctor had ordered an enema be given her that evening. She told her that her Handy could stay. Katie immediately turned bright red in the face and said “NO!! He cannot stay.”“Oh”, the nurse said, “Well, in that case, I will just pull this curtain then to give you some privacy.”She asked Katie if she wanted to use a bed pan or be helped to the rest room. Katie rolled her eyes and told her the rest room. The nurse then said, “Well in that case, I will get a double inflatable nozzle so that you do not have an accident on the way to the rest room.”

The nurse quickly returned with the inflatable nozzle and told Katie to roll over on her tummy. She put on a pair of examination gloves and opened a tube of lubricant and was spreading Katie’s cheeks when the emergency alarm went off as an auto crash victim was being rolled into ER. The nurse pulled open the curtain hastily telling Handy that the hospital was unusually shorthanded and would he mind filling in for her to give Katie the enema. Katie buried her head in the pillow when she heard that. Handy had told her sure, “I was well trained in doing that procedure and will be glad to help.

Katie was simply mortified with embarrassment with what was about to happen. Happy told her not to worry as he knew what he was doing and after all it was just a simple procedure often done at home. Katie said, “I KNOW what the procedure is…it is just so embarrassing!”

Handy asked her if she had ever had an enema with a double inflatable nozzle. She told him no and he showed it to her explaining how it worked and how inflating both the internal and external balloons would lessen the chance of any leakage..

Handy then said, “Let’s get started” as he pulled up her gown exposing her bare bottom. He could not help, but get an increasing arousal that he tried his best to conceal. He snapped on the exam gloves and proceeded to lube Katie’s rose bud pushing his index finger in and out slightly a few times. After lubing his finger, he pushed it in high up into Katie running it in and almost out several times.. He had instructed her to push back to ease the entry. Once lubed, he took the lubed nozzle and began pushing it gently into Katie. It was obvious that Katie’s breathing had increased and that the heart monitor indicated a significant increase in her heart rate. He explained that after the enema and a waiting period, he would help her to the bathroom at which time he would deflate the balloons once she sat down and remove the nozzle. He would then leave her alone to empty out. Katie still mortified with embarrassment nodded her head and muttered under her breath, ”Pervert”.

Handy indignantly said, “I heard that!! I am NOT a pervert!! Maybe a little perverted, but definitely NOT a pervert. I will have you know that I am a professional licensed paramedic. I should turn you over my knee and give you a sound spanking for calling me a pervert”. Katie giggled as she was starting to get over her embarrassment. Handy laughed as well.

Handy gently worked the inflatable nozzle into Katie and after a few attempts managed to get the internal balloon past her threshold. He could not help but notice that Katie’s Kitty was beginning to get wet. As he inflated the balloons, Katie started gasping for air so Handy stopped once they were inflated to let Katie catch her breath. He could not help himself from stepping back to observe Katie’s luscious bottom with a hose going up between her perfect cheeks. He then told her he would begin the flow and rested his hand on her bottom holding the hose in place as the water slowly emptied into her. Katie squirmed and turned a bit as she was filled, but seemed to take all the water in stride with no complaint of cramps.

Once the bag was empty, Handy told Katie that they would wait 10 minutes to let the enema do its work. Katie rolled over looking at Handy sitting in the chair, “This is not at all what I expected when you asked me if I wanted to go out to dinner with you!!” Handy laughed and said, “Well, I just love to surprise you!”

The nurse came back to check on Katie’s enema. Handy told her that he was about to help to the bathroom. The nurse told Katie that she had good news as they had been able to call the x-ray technician into work to x-ray the traffic accident victim and that after she had emptied out, he would x-ray your knee and if all was well, she could go home that evening. She then gave Handy two pills for Katie to take….one for pain and one to help her sleep. Handy then took Katie to the bathroom, deflated the balloons, and pulled out the nozzle and left closing the door so that Katie could empty out in private. After quite some time, she called to Handy to help her get back to the room. Handy got a wheel chair to roll her down the hall for the x-ray. The x-ray showed no fracture and it turned out that her knee had been badly bruised, but it that would likely heal up in about a week. She was cleared for discharge that night and that she could go home to sleep in her own bed. Katie smiled as she was not at all looking forward to staying in the hospital.

After the nurse helped Katie get dressed, Handy took her home arriving around 3 AM and helped her into her house and up the stairs to her bedroom. He had given her the two pills and they were “kicking in” as she seemed quite comfortable and very sleepy. He laid her into her bed carefully covering her up and then sat in her bedroom chair in case she need help in the middle of the night or the following morning. Both of them quickly fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Katie awoke first and was surprised to see Handy still asleep in a chair. She looked under the covers relieved to find she was still dressed in street clothes. She smiled at having Handy in her bedroom thinking how nice it would be to always have him there with her. She felt her injured knee and while finding it still sore, the discomfort level and swelling had already gone down considerably. She quietly got up and went to the bathroom to pee and came back to bed. Handy woke up as she was getting into bed and while grinning he remarked, ”Quite a night huh?”Katie replied, “I have never been so embarrassed in my entire life.”Handy laughed and said, “Well I noticed an enema bag hanging in your bathroom last night so if you need any further help, I am here for you on a professional basis and my services would be complimentary.”Katie burst out laughing and called him a “PERVERT!”Handy laughed and shot back,“You know the saying…It takes one to know one!!”

Katie had quickly become friends with many Sweetwater residents but her best friend was Marge. They would frequently have lunch together and talk about the town, different things going on, etc. One day Katie asked Marge to have lunch at a nice restaurant several miles out of town. She said it would be her treat. After they had eaten, she said to Marge, “I know you are good friends with Handy and probably know him as well as anyone in town. She went on to say “Although Handy and I have become good friends too, I really don’t know much about him, how old he is, his background, his birthday, and history. What could you tell me?”

Marge laughed and said, “Very few people know his background. If you ask him his age, Handy will tell you that “I will be 29 my next birthday.” “So far as his background and history is concerned, that is really his story to tell. I can tell you that he is licensed paramedic and later trained and served as a volunteer fireman. He came to Sweetwater many years ago and started out as a handyman and that is why the locals started calling him Handy. He bought the hardware and pharmacy next store a few years apart. He is theTreasurer of the church and has been very generous in helping many of the town’s people when they run into a rough spot. He is both generous giving them of his time as well as financial help. I personally know that sometimes he does not always get paid back, but he does not seem to care as he is just happy to be of some help.”Katie said, “ I already know or suspected most of that, but I do not even know his real name…..what is it?”Marge again laughed, “Again thatis his to tell. Why don’t you just ask him? Might I ask you if he knows your story like you have shared with me?”Katie smiled and said, “Well not really. Handy has never really asked that of me. I have sensed that he knows that it was a challenging time for me when I first got to town and he was overly generous with both his time and financial help when I arrived essentially homeless and broke.”

Marge smiled and said, “That’s Handy! He is always there to help people. If there ever was a present day Samaritan, he would be that guy.”

Katie then asked Marge, “Do you know if he was ever married, divorced, has kids, grandkids, or any family close by?” Marge laughed again and repeated, “You need to find those sorts of things out about one another by yourself!! I am sure not going to reveal what little I know about Handy as I respect his privacy just as I would never share your story with anyone else. Handy is a pretty private person, but I think that if anyone can pry these things out of him, it would be you.”

“ Katie, honey, you have become a very special friend to him, much more than you might realize. I have never seen him this happy until you came to town.” Katie replied, “Thank you for that. He is really a special guy for sure and I think an awful lot of him. I will take your hint and open up to Handy about my past and maybe he will to me.”Marge nodded her head yes and laughed, saying, “By now his ears must be burning with us talking about him!!” Katie then gave Marge a warm hug saying, “Thank you so much for being my very best friend. You have been so loving and kind to me since day one, and I cannot tell you how much I love having you as my most special friend that I feel free to share anything without feeling judged or criticized. You have always been there for me. I love you like my sister!” Marge smiled and said, “I will always be here for you no matter what.”

Chapter 8

Getting to Know Each Other

Katie left Marge that day determined to learn more about Handy as she realized that she was having strong feelings for him and that she was really wanting to find out if he had similar feelings about her even though he had never really come out and expressed them to her. She did not want to ruin a close friendship and was also cautious about sharing her feelings given the relationship with her husband that had “gone up in smoke.”She decided to cautiously open up and about her past and in telling him how she was feeling about him.

Katie immediately called Handy to come over for a home cooked meal on the following Friday night to celebrate her upcoming first-year anniversary of coming to live in Sweetwater saying that they would be eating in the formal dining room. Katie took Friday off, letting the assistants run the store and prepared herself much the same as the night of her so called 25th anniversary celebration.

She treated herself to a recreational enema to release a several-day buildup of sexual tension and even spanked herself after scolding herself for being so naughty. The resulting orgasm was one of her most intense ones as she imagined Handy giving her an enema and being spanked over his knee.

“Oh my gosh,” she thought, “I did not realize how much I am attracted to Handy.”And she wished it was reciprocated.

Katie took a long hot shower after emptying out her enema and treated herself to a douche using Summer’s Eve while showering. She also shaved her legs, underarms, and her private area using shaving cream to lather up and a fresh razor blade inserted in her razor.

Once out of the shower, she dried off and carefully applied nail polish to her nails and toenails. After they had dried, she carefully applied a light coating of makeup, light pink lipstick and mascara to highlight her eyes. She then brushed her hair and spun around looking in the full length mirror.

She then struggled pulling up a tight powder blue open bottom girdle with six garters and put on a matching low cut bra. She then attached her sheerest nylons to the six garters that held them tightly in place and kept her girdle from riding up. Her matching pair of panties was then pulled up over her girdle

She chose her low-cut, light-blue summer dress that came down to just above her knees and finished her assemble with high heels, dangling ear rings and a matching necklace.

Katie spun around looking in the mirror realizing that it had been a year since really getting dressed up like this and how much she had missed doing so. She was more than happy with how she looked and hoped Handy would feel the same.

Earlier in the day she had prepared a special dinner that included that led off with a toast of bubbling grape juice, followed by a shrimp cocktail, Caesar salad, pork roast, apple sauce, a baked potato with all the trimmings and homemade apple pie ala mode for dessert

She had told Handy earlier in the day to come over around 7 PM for dinner and afterward that she wanted a chance to chat about some things. Handy agreed to be there at 7 PM sharp.

Handy arrived with a large bouquet of flowers that he gave to Katie. He stepped back and said, “Wow, you look absolutely stunning tonight. I love seeing you look so happy and your smile would make anyone feel good inside.”Katie laughed and replied “Why thank you. You look mighty good yourself. Dinner is ready, but first, let me pour you a bit of liquid refreshment and make a toast to my celebrating my first full year living in Sweetwater. “Handy held up hand and asked, “Would be all right if I toast with a glass of water? All my life I am one of those life time teetotalers and I think it is a record worth preserving.

Katie laughed and said, “I already knew that and the same goes for me. This bottle is nothing more than bubbly grape juice…no alcohol.”Handy replied, “In that case, pour me a big glass!! I intend on getting high on that!!”

When they had finished dinner, Katie and Handy cleared the table and she then led Handy to the living room where they sat down on the couch together.

Katie then started their conversation, “Handy, I think you would agree that we have become really goodfriends this past year. I got to thinking how little I really know about you and would like to know you better. You mean a lot to me and yet I have come to realize that I know very little about you and your background. I would really like to know more about you. Like for instance, how old are you?”

Handy replied, “Katie, you mean a lot to me too. I would like to know more about you too…Now to answer your question, I am going to be 29 my next birthday. How about yourself?”

Katie laughed and replied, “Yeah right! And I am going to be 15 my next birthday!! NO!! I am really going to turn 51 my next birthday.

Handy shot back, “Hey that’s great!! I prefer older women.” Katie then said, “ Hey you!! You are making me feel like an old fossil!! Handy now grinning said, “Well, let me rephrase that to a “more mature woman.” Is that better? But you are old enough to be my mommy!!

Katie cracking up now, “Yes, and you are young enough for me to put you over my knee and give you a sound spanking for being so obstinate!! Handy, please let’s be serious for a few minutes. I am trying to tell you that I have developed more than friendship feelings for you and I so very much don’t want to spoil our friendship by telling you that. If you are uncomfortable with me feeling that way, I can deal with it and we can remain just good friends like we have been. I also would really like to know more about you and your life history.”

Handy replied, “I have had similar feelings starting the day I met you. I have not wanted to be that guy that “hits on you” like you thought I was doing the day we first met. I respect you too much to attempt an unwanted advance towards you. I also would like to share anything you would want to know about me. I have wanted to know more about you, but did not want to pry into your personal affairs.”

Katie smiled and asked, “So we can agree to metaphorically “I will show you mine if you will show me yours” about our life stories even though some parts of it might be difficult or unpleasant to share?”

Handy replied, “That has not been easy for me to do, but I will give it my best if we can keep each other’s darkest secrets between us.”

Katie smiled and said, “All I ask is for is for you do your best. I think you will find me very understanding, compassionate, and not judgmental about anything about yourself that you feel comfortable sharing with me. To make it easier for you, I will go first and give you the “Cliff “notes version of my life for now and we can share other stories about each other at a later time.”

Katie went on to say, “I grew up in a small town. My formal name was Katherine but I have always been called Katie and that was changed to be my legal name. My parents believed in having a strict, but loving Christian home. I was a bit of a tom boy when young, climbing trees, cutting up in school, playing hooky, playing pranks on my teachers, and even played tackle football and basketball with the boys until I was about 12 when my mother put a stop to that. My mother thought both my sister and I were a bit of a handful and both of us often found ourselves over her knee for a sound spanking for our misbehaviors or bad attitude. However the spankings were never done in anger and after spanking me, she would take me on her lap giving me a hug and told me how much she loved me and encouraged me to do better in the future. However, I never got into any serious trouble like stealing, drugs, alcohol, premarital sex, etc. In college,I majored in education with a minor in business. It was there that I met John who was studying pre-law and fell in love with the guy that I THOUGHT he was.“

Katie continued on “After teaching in public school for a couple of years, I got pregnant with twin daughters and became a stay at home mom. When they got to be about 3 years old, I began to home school them. Home schooling is what I considered one of my greatest accomplishments as both of them have an excellent education and met their husbands at a private Christian college. They both married two fine young men in a double ceremony right after college graduation. John and I had planned that soon after their wedding; he would take early retirement and move to Sweetwater.”

“Two weeks after the twins’ wedding, John told me he had an extended business trip to London coming up that was scheduled for the two weeks before our upcoming 25th anniversary, but told me that he would be back in time for our\ anniversary celebration. He suggested that I might like to go visit my sister while he was gone.”

“Upon return from my sisters, I found our house had been sold and the contents completely cleared out and looked to be “move in” ready for the whoever the buyer was. The sale had been finalized the day before I got back from my sister’s. I went to the realtor and she seemed puzzled that I did not know anything about the home being sold and told me that my husband had left an envelope for me. The contents had a letter from John telling me to go to the local upscale hotel and we would have a 25th year wedding celebration by having dinner in the bridal suite and that he had some things he wanted to tell me. Naively, I thought he was going to surprise me by telling me that he would be taking an early retirement and that we were moving to Sweetwater.”

“After a fancy dinner, we sat down and he announced that he had received a huge promotion and salary increase and that the position required him to move to London. It was more than obvious, that I was disappointed but I hid my disappointment as best I could, I asked him when we would be leaving. He then dropped the NUCLEAR BOMB!

John said that he had fallen in love and had married his 25 year old administrative assistant. He went on to explain that the two of them had made a previous trip to London together and both of them had a dual citizenship and got married in London. He apologized and said“I am so sorry. It just happened!” and told me that I had been a good wife and mother for our daughters. He then left the bridal suite and you can imagine the shock and the range of emotions I had. I was awake most the night, but somehow managed to maintain my dignity and contain my emotions from him. The next morning we met with his attorney. With stars in my eyes, 25 years ago, I had naively signed a prenuptial agreement that turned out to be totally unfair to me. Everything we owned stayed with John and that no alimony was to be paid.

When my parents passed on, my husband had insisted that I open up a separate savings account in my name only and deposit the inheritance from my parent’sestate. At his insistence, my inheritance was be earmarked to pay for our daughter’s college education and their weddings. Very little of that inheritance was left after paying for their college educations and weddings.

So I made up my mind that some way, somehow, I was going to start a new chapter of my life in Sweetwater. On the following day, Brandy and I headed to Sweetwater which was the day you met first me. All I had left after 25 years was an old van full of boxes, ado, and $242 to my name….almost broke, homeless, no job and yes…hungry! I am sorry..I am going to cry now…I can’t help it just thinking about it all again…..it HURT… a LOT. Looking back, the only good thing about my marriage was that I had the privilege of raising two wonderful twin daughters. I actually do not wish my ex any ill will and sincerely hope he is happy. He was just NOT the man I thought he was and I never wanted to admit that to myself. I did everything I could think of to make the marriage work out.”

Happy came over close to Katie, putting his arm around her holding her close and stayed quiet for a minute before taking out his handkerchief and wiping away her tears. He gently said, “Thank you so much for sharing that….I cannot begin to imagine how that experience was for you and how strongly you handled it. Your husband was a moron to leave you. I just cannot even begin to wrap my mind around how a person could do that to someone especially to such a loving wife named Katie.

Katie sniffed and leaned her head on Handy’s shoulder pushing up close to him. He held her tight for a few moments with one arm around her and his other hand on her thigh, pulled her even closer to him.

After drying her eyes, she looked up at Handy and said, “Now it’s your turn! I showed you mine… now you show me yours!”

Handy sighed and said, “Well it is not all that pretty and really hard to share, but I will do my best as promised. You should know what I am about to share is something I have never felt close enough to share with anyone else. There are some things that are very disturbing and I am not sure you want to hear them...times that are still very tender.”

Katie said, “Handy, I want to hear it all….anything at all that you can share…I am here for you and want to help you release anything you have bottled up inside you for so very long.”

Handy began saying “Ah…….oh my gosh…now I have tears rolling down my face.” Katie pulled back and giving Handy a warm hug, told him everything is all right and to take his time and just share it all…that she was there for him and always would be no matter what.

Handy gathered his composure and said, “Well I grew up on a small farm located close to a small town about the size of Sweetwater. Looking back, I guess we were poor but I did not really know it at the time. We always had food on the table, clothes, but Christmas and birthdays were pretty modest so far as gifts were concerned, but they were appreciated and fun. Many times gifts were home made. Like your family, I grew up in a strict but loving Christian home that went to church twice a week. Being a farmer’s son, I got pretty handy fixing things and began working at an early age doing assigned chores around the farm. I did not have much time for sports or after school activities and was painfully shy around girls when I got to be a teenager. My father loved to hunt and tried to get me interested, but I just could not kill a beautiful animal like a deer. He explained it was a source of our food that God had provided us, but I still could not bring myself to harm an animal or bird. I don’t know why, but fishing was a different matter as I loved to go fishing. Anyway, after just a couple tries to get me interested in hunting, my father respected my feelings and never asked me to go hunting again and took me fishing instead. My mom was a saint that I felt very close to. She would spend time cooking spectacular meals, packing me great school lunches including little surprises in them, and help me with my school work which was done mostly in the evening after my daily chores.

Upon graduation from high school, I joined the Marines as there was no money for me to go to college. After boot camp, I began training to be a Corpsman as I knew that I could never kill someone in combat and I liked the idea of helping my fellow Marines when injured in battle. I saw some really awful things while in the Marines. One my best friends died in my arms despite my best efforts to save him. I can remember him asking me to tell his wife how much he loved her and then in great pain passed on. I got shot up myself that laid me up for about 3 months and ended my career with the Marines. Like many wounded soldiers, a beautiful young nurse that took care of me during rehab, became the love of my life and we married soon after I left the Marines.

Once out of the Marines, it was relatively easy to become a Paramedic and I would like to think that I helped save quite a few people after traffic accidents, medical emergencies, etc. I also doubled down to get my credentials to serve as a fireman. I furthered my education getting an associate degree in accounting.

Handy the paused and began clouding up. He said in a very low quivering voice, “The worst day of my entire life was the day we were responding to a traffic accident involving a drunken driver hitting another car head on. Both cars were barely recognizable and we had to use the “Jaws of Life” to get the victims out of the wreckage. I got a woman out and carried her away just as the wreckage broke out into flames. I looked down to attend to her and suddenly recognized it was my wife that was in my arms. She was four months pregnant and in really bad shape. She looked up at me and weakly said, “Andy, I am not going to make it. I told her “NONO NO…hang on…Please just hang on….everything will be all right….I am going to get you help.”She said “No honey, I know I am going on. Please know I love you so very much and want you to be happy. Promise me you will find someone to love and that she loves you as much as I love you.”

Handy paused with tears freely flowing down his cheeks, continued on in a broken voice, “She then just looked up at me with a smile and her eyes closed slowly and she just …..…just slipped away while in my arms.” Andy paused for a few moments in silence and then almost in an most inaudible voice said “, I could not have been more devastated in my whole life and entered a very dark period in my life. I wish I could have been as strong as you Katie, when your husband dropped that bombshell on you.”

For several minutes, the two of them sat quietly close together until Handy broke the silence. He finally said, “After about 3 months and 20 lbs lighter, I told myself to quit feeling sorry for myself and be grateful for the time I had with her. I began to think about the future and the promise I had made to my wife. Both of us had grown up in a small town and we had been planning to move to Sweetwater after the baby was born. One day, it came to me that she would have loved this town and I decided to move here on her behalf. It turned out to be a place to at least partially to heal and get some inner peace. I have been pretty happy here, but have never really felt complete. I find myself lonely at times particularly at night, but feel loved and cared for the by the people here. I also felt that I could contribute to this community so I am going to stay in Sweetwater which has been good to me both in quality of life and success in business.”

Katie gently asked Andy what his wife’s name was. Andy again broke down telling her that it was also Katie and that she looked very much like her. After meeting her and getting to know her, it was almost as if God had returned his Katie to him.

“Katie, I do not want to ruin our friendship by saying this, but I am going to say it anyway. The day I met you, I dared to ponder if you were that special person that my wife told me to find and love as much as I loved her. Each day makes me more certain that you are that person.”

“Katie, I will always be 29 my next birthday but I am a well seasoned traveler having made 65 trips around the sun. My given name was Andrew, but I have always gone by Andy until I was rechristened Handy shortly after I got to go Sweetwater. Katie replied, “Well, I am going to call you Andy from now on even though you are really “handy” to have around.”

Andy continued “This old guy might not be the classiest guy around, but you will not find a more loyal one that loves you with all his heart and cares so very deeply for you. And just so you know, while there may be a little snow on the roof, there are still plenty of hot embers in the fireplace and if poked around just a bit, they would burst into flames that you would find nearly impossible to completely extinguish.”

“Katie, sweetheart, would you consider marrying this old fool that absolutely adores you and would never be disloyal or betray you? “

Katie said, “Wow!That is something really something big that needs in depth consideration. I need time to think about that…..(thinks for about 3 seconds) “Hmmm YES!! YES!! And YES!! I will marry you, you silly old man. What took you so long to ask? I not only want to be your best friend but your loving wife as well. You have no idea how I have dreamed about you and what it would be like to be able to call you my beloved husband.”

Andy smiled and said, “I however do have a few conditions that I want in a pre-nuptial with you.” Katie frowned, but Andy smiled and continued. “When I go on to heaven, everything we own will go entirely to you. In the unlikely event that you go first, half of our estate will remain with me and the other half will go equally to your two daughters. In event you decide, you cannot put up with me anymore and want a divorce, you will get 75% and me 25% plus half any income I have. In event that I should ask for a divorce, you can just smack me in the head to knock some sense into me and turn me over your knee and give me the spanking of my life for being such an idiot.”Katie laughed and said, “Well that just might be a fun thing to do!”

Chapter 9

Really Getting to Know Each Other

Katie then got up and hiked her skirt up and straddled Handy pushing herself tight against him and they kissed long and hard, their tongues seeking each other’s as Andy’s hands went down feeling Katie’s tightly girdled bottom and bare cheeks peeking out, pulled her up against him. She could feel his arousal against Miss Kitty. Both Andy and Katie were getting close to a mutual orgasm when Katie pulled back and got up and excused herself, to go the bathroom.

While she was gone, Andy tried to wipe a wet spot off on the front of his pants with a handkerchief with limited success. He got up trying to walk “It” off it to little avail.

When Katie returned, Andy asked Katie if he had gone further with her than she felt comfortable. He told her that she was the first woman he had even kissed since losing his wife and was unsure just how things were supposed to go in these modern times.

Katie smiled and said to Andy,“I really should make a few confessions to you so you will know what you are getting into before we actually do get married. I want to be entirely open to you and will answer any questions you might have. Please hear me out and try and not be too judgmental.”

“When John and I got married, we were both pretty much vanilla’s. I’ll assume that you know that means that a person is just not into kinky behavior beyond normal sex. Well, I have a pretty high libido that started I think the day I was born (laughing). I did manage to satisfy that need by masturbating and was still a virgin when John and I got married. I thought that he was a virgin too, but now I am not quite so sure. Our private moments in the bedroom were pretty routine and after the twins were born and the number of close moments between us began to drop off to only occasionally and frankly it was for his satisfaction not mine. You have heard the term I am sure, “Slam Bam Thank You Maam?”Well that was us. I went on internet to try and learn how I could “pep” things up for us and frankly learned quite bit of kinky “stuff” and took some of the more appealing things that I learned back to my marriage . We did have some limited initial success.

Metaphorically speaking, I worked very hard at trying to “Keep the grass in our own backyard looking greener than that of the neighbors.” However, any spark of improvement would “flame out” pretty quickly. In light of his hook up with his administrative assistant, I highly suspect that John had been getting his bedroom “recreation” somewhere other than at home for quite some time. There were many nights that he worked late and unexpected “business trips” would come up without advance notice.

Now I know that both women and men have a lower sex drive as they age and that is just fine with me, but I think that a couple should understand that about one another and work through those changes together and do what they both can do to satisfy each other’s needs.”

“Andy, please do not think me as a slut. I am so very much a wholesome clean living woman and you will not hear me using vulgar language nor cuss. You already know I have never smoked, consumed alcohol, nor have I done drugs. Being with you a lot, I know you feel the same about that. I don’t even like to use the medical terms for body parts, but would rather use cute names like “tushie”, the girls, back door, Miss Kitty, etc. That being said, it is hard for me to not want to take you upstairs with me right now and give you a “roller coaster ride” you would not soon forget. I guess the bottom line Andy, is that you just asked a pretty kinky lady with a high libido to marry you.

Andy laughed and said, “Hmmm….Well the thing is…..I have always enjoyed “roller coaster rides” particularly the kind you are talking about. I too am a bit of a “closet kinkster” myself and have likely visited some of the same kinky internet sites that you are referring to.”

“I believe in the “Use It or Lose It” phrase and please believe me, when I say that I am in no way ready to “cash in my chips” in the near future. No not me!! Not right after I just asked this“Smokin Hot” woman named Katie to marry me. I look forward to sharing what we have each learned to keep the fires burning during our private moments together for as long as nature will let us and then much later on, just be happy to be together when the embers in the fireplace finally die out…say in maybe another 30 years or so??”

Katie laughed and said,“Andy, I was brought up to believe that sex outside of marriage is ….well ..a sin, that I just cannot commit. Are you familiar with the saying about getting to first base, then 2nd base, then third base, and finally a home run?”

Handy replied, “Oh yes, and I agree with you that the home run should be reserved for married people”. Katie replied, “Do you think we could go upstairs and maybe limit ourselves to either second or third base tonight?”

Andy replied, “That will might be a tough one. It would be sort of like an airplane speeding down the runway and slamming the brakes on just before lift off. I know that I can stop at third base out of respect for you and as it is just not the right thing to try for the home run, but the temptation would be great.”

Katie laughed and whispered, “Why don’t we go upstairs and have some batting practice with one another? Andy grabbed her hand and led her to the stairs, saying “You don’t have to ask me twice!”

When they reached the bedroom, Katie told him that while she would still call him Andy, she assured him he could still be “handy” with her particularly in the bedroom.

Andy sat down on the bed and looked up at Katie who was standing in front him. He asked if he left his clothes on, would it be all right to take her dress off. She smiled and told him that he had already seen most of her“goodies” at the hospital and assured him that it would be ok. She then kicked off her heels and turned around asking him to unzip her dress.

Andy got up and slowly unzipped Katie’s dress and she pushed it off her shoulders letting it fall slowly to the floor and she stepped out of it. She turned to Andy and put her arms around him pushing herself tightly against him. His hands both went down to her bottom squeezing her luscious cheeks lifting them up while kissing her deeply.

Andy then unclasped her bra and let it slip off her shoulders. Katie’s “girls” were modest in size and gravity had not yet taken itstoll. He then traced his index finger lightly over one of her nipples while nuzzling the other with his nose and softly kissing it taking it gently in between his lips. Katie was beginning to breathe more deeply.

Andy sat down on the bed again and pulled Katie to him and began kissing her working way down to the top of her girdle. He looked up at her telling her that her wearing an open bottom girdle with garters holding on sheer nylons was a huge turn on for him. She smiled and told him it was a turn on for her as well.

Andy then ran his hands over her bottom squeezing her cheeks tightly. He then fingered her front garters and felt the tender skin just above them and then ran his hand further down rubbing his hand over her smooth nylons. He was now breathing deeper as he hooked his fingers inside Katies panties and slipped them down to the floor.

Katie now in only her girdle and nylons suggested that they lay down in bed. Lying next to one another, Andy while kissing her deeply ran his hand down over the bottom of her girdle and his finger tips touched Miss Kitty’s already wet lips. Katie whispered to Andy, undo my nylons and help me get out of this tight girdle. Andy did not waste any time by first undoing her nylons and carefully slipping them off. He then hooked his fingers into the top of her girdle and rolled it the top down and after considerable struggle, he managed to finally get Katies’ girdle completely off. She started giggling while Andy struggled. She told him that he indeed was “handy” to have in her bedroom.

Katie, now completely naked, pushed herself up close to Andy. He at first kissed her deeply with one hand cupped over her breasts and while his other hand slowing worked its way down to Miss Kitty gently touching her and slightly probing her. Katie spread her legs a bit and Andy pressed his middle finger against Kitty’s lips parting them and his finger slowly went all the way up to her love button. He traced his finger round and round across her love button making Katie begin to shake and gasp for air. She whispered to Andy to use his thumb.

Andy quickly removed his finger now soaked with Kitty’s love juices and pushed his thumb high up into Katie. His middle finger slipped back across Katie’s back door. As he ran his thumb in and almost out of Miss Kitty, his middle finger would slide across Katie’s rear door. He then placed the tip of his finger against her back door and gently pressed.

Wet with Katie’s juices, Andy’s middle finger easily slipped right past her rose bud and high up into her. Andy asked Katie what felt better as he wiggled first his thumb and then his finger. Katie now gasping for breath told him, that they both felt wonderful and then it happened….Katie began to shudder and moan bearing down on both Andy’s thumb and arching her back had a strong orgasm.

She looked into Andy’s eyes while gasping for breath “Oh Andy!!! That felt absolutely great!! You certainly know how to relieve my built up tensions. After several minutes, Andy removed his thumb and finger and Katie remarked how red in the face Andy had become. When she felt his forehead, she giggled and announced that she thought he had a fever and wondered why.

Katie then excused herself telling Andy to wait right where he was. In a few minutes, she came back dressed in a nurses uniform and informed Andy that Doctor Katherine had left orders for Katie to take Andy’s temperature and if more than 99.6 F that she was to give him give a two 2-quart enema.

Andy laughed and said, “No way is that going to happen!” Katie assured him that it would very much indeed was going to happen and if he did not co-operate, she would have to take him over her knee for a sound spanking on his bare bottom using her wood hairbrush and then follow up with the enema. She then told him to roll over and lower his pants and boxers so she could take his temperature. Andy sighed and co-operated after noticing that Katie already had dipped the rectal thermometer intothe Vaseline jar.

Katie had Andy part his cheeks and she dipped her finger into the Vaseline. She then slowly pushed it against his rosebud and all the way up into him and twirled it round and round while sliding it in and almost out. She smiled as Andy began to moan in pleasure. Next she inserted the thermometer into him and held it while humming a country song.

When she took the thermometer out, Katie frowned when she saw that Andy’s temperature was a completely normal 98.6 F. She quickly turned her back so Andy could not observe her placing the thermometer against a lamp’s light bulb for a short time and the indicated temperature now read 100.2 F. She smiled while showing Andy the 100.2 F reading and announced that she had to follow orders and give him the enema.

Katie went back to the bathroom to prepare his enema and selected her favorite nozzle, The Silver Bullet. It was made of Aluminum and as soon as the very warm water began to flow, the patient would almost instantly feel a sudden warm feeling at their back door entrance that was always very arousing to both male and females.

Andy was still laying on his stomach when Katie returned holding a bulging red enema bag connected to a red hose and the Silver Bullet Nozzle. She hung it on a convenient hook on the wall. Andy smiled thinking that the hook was likely installed by Katie and had been used many times before, when she would take enemas for recreational purposes.

Katie parted Andy’s cheeks, lubed his back door and the nozzle, and asked him if he was ready. Andy’s “Woody” was already on full Military Alert as Katie slid the Silver Bullet all the way into him. She started the flow and told Andy to roll over on his side so that she could help him release all the built up tension he must be feeling. After he rolled over on his side, Katie took hold of Woody and began working him up and down while squeezing him. Andy began to shake and breathe rapidly, gasping for air and about a minute later as Woody erupted his load of “little bitty fishies” into Katie’s hand. Katie smiled and told him how pleased that she could help him to relieve his tension. By that time, the enema was fully injected into Andy. Katie removed the nozzle and Andy made a mad dash to the bathroom to empty out.

After Andy emptied out, he called Katie to the bathroom and he gave Katie an enema with her leaning over the tub and him holding the nozzle in place. A couple playful smacks to her bottom made her squeal with pleasure. He then left her so she could empty out privately..

When Katie was done emptying out, she called Andy back into the bathroom and suggested that in the interest of “saving water”,that they should shower together. Andy laughed and said, “Only if you promise to behave yourself” and then he hopped into the shower with her. They scrubbed one another head to toe, including every little “nook and cranny” and then dried one another off. When done, they were both squeaky clean inside and out.

Andy remarked, “That is the best pair of back to back triple base hits, that I could ever imagine having. Katie, I have never experienced such a wonderful night what with a delicious dinner, sharing our inner most secrets about each other, and making equally good back to back triple base hits with one another. I can hardly wait until we get married and I plan on making a grand slam home run with you!!”Katie smiled, nodding her head and gave Andy a great big hug.

Andy donned his boxer shorts and tee while Katie put on a long tee and a pair of panties. They had hugged and kissed for awhile when Katie suddenly pulled back and said, “Hey, I am about to spend the night with a man and I don’t even know his last name! What is it?”Andy laughed and said, “Uhh….Handy? Andy Handy!! Nice ring to it!! But No! It is really Forester!”She replied, “I am not sure, but I might like Andy Handy better!” and laughed out loud. However, I am going to love being known as “Katie Forester..Andy Forester’s devoted wife.

They got under the covers in a spoon position with Andy behind Katie his arm behind her and his other arm under her tee softly cupping one of her “girls”with his hand as they drifted off into a deep sleep.

Chapter 10

Katie and Handy’s Fresh Start on Life

The next morning, Katie awoke to the delicious smell of a breakfast being cooked by Andy. After she had gotten up and visited the bathroom, she went to back to bed just as Andy showed up telling her that he had prepared “breakfast in bed” for her. She smiled and said, “I’ll eat what you prepared, but I would much prefer having you for breakfast in bed!”Andy replied, “Oh you are the naughty one….I love it!!” and then laughed.

Andy told Katie that since they were now engaged, that they needed to go shopping for a diamond engagement and wedding ring set for her. He explained that he had thought about surprising her with one, but wanted her to choose her favorite set. Katie smiled and said, “Andy, if you don’t mind, I would really be much happier with simple matching gold rings for the two of us. I really have never been into much materialistic things and I will not feel any more married to you with an expensive diamond ring set.”Andy smiled saying he completely understood and felt the same way. Late that morning, they went down to the local jewelry store and picked out two plain gold rings and asked them to be sized correctly. The jeweler said he would have them ready in a couple of days.

They next went to the church and told the pastor of their engagement. The pastor said, “The two of you getting married. is of no surprise to me. I have sometimes wondered what took you so long for you to make that decision. Being as you are mature adults, I am going to skip my usual consultation I have with young couples prior to agreeing to marry them. However, I might want to chat with Andy separately though, in as much as he is only going to be 29 his next birthday!!” All three of them had a hearty laugh and Katie said, “That might be a good idea so he understands better, what marriage is all about and what he is signing up for.”

Andy and Katie planned their wedding to take place in the church and made an open wedding invitation to all the Sweetwater residents that would like to come. The invitation stipulated that no wedding gifts were to be given as their presence at their wedding would be the best possible gift that anyone could give them. Dressing attire would be casual and that a BBQ dinner would be served in the church fellowship hall immediately following the wedding, but no alcohol would be present at the reception dinner.

Leading up to the wedding, Katie and Andy thought it wise that he not stay the overnight at Katie’s house again until after they were married for two reasons…...the first to curb their temptation of going for a “home run” and second, that they did not want the town folks to think they were sleeping together prior to getting married.

During the time prior to the wedding, Andy and Katie discussed their respective businesses. Katie had talked to the Amish about their ability to manufacture more goods for her to sell than what they had in the past. She had kept records and told them what items were most popular. They assured her, that winter time was slow on their farms and they could easily produce more goods. She had asked about the possibility of gazebos and they indicated they already made those, but marketing them was limited due not having a distributor to sell them.

Katie told Andy that she was sure she could expand the Amish Outlet business if she had more space. Andy told her that he had a couple of idea that might solve that problem, but first he had to check on something.

Andy called Marge and inquired if the corner store adjacent the pharmacy was going to be available soon as he knew the owner of that store was going to retire in the near future. Marge indicated that she had privately listed his corner shoe store located adjacent to the pharmacy for some time, but there had been zero interest by anyone.

Andy asked Marge to check with Harold to see if he might be interested in selling the store to him. Marge agreed to check that day and the answer was yes if Andy would give him a fair price to buy it “as is” minus the inventory of shoes.

Andy went back to Katie that night after work telling her he had a couple of ideas concerning her lack of store space. He explained that the pharmacist has been interested in owning his own pharmacy for some time and had asked Andy in the past if he would consider selling the business.

Andy went on to say, “Here are my ideas. First, I buy the shore store on the corner opposite of the pharmacy and move it across the street into the shoe store. I would sell the business to the pharmacist with the agreement to give him a long term favorably priced lease of the former shoe store.“

“Next, we would double the Amish Outlet Store floor space by moving the hardware store into the present Amish Store, and the walls be taken out between the present hardware store and pharmacy to create a corner store with twice the floor space for the Amish Store. If you like, you could call it “Katie’s Korner Amish Outlet Store.”

“Another idea I had is that we would purchase a gazebo and donate it to the city and if the city council approves, we would place it across the street from the Amish store looking over the small waterfall.. We could put flyers in a rack showing pictures of various styles of gazebos that the Amish can make and that they could be ordered from your outlet store.”

Katie loved all of Andy’’s ideas. but said it would take a lot of work. Andy said, “Not as much as you might think. The contents of all three stores could be easily transferred to new locations as the stores are all the same size. There would no need to change the hardware store set up. The Amish Store may need some additional fixtures and may need more check out space and to accommodate an additional cash register!!”

Andy went on, “I am also thinking in the not too far future that we both ought to think about hiring managers for both the hardware and Amish store so that we have more time to spend together after we get married. I am going to be turning 29 soon and thinking of at least semi-retirement!! Also, since you have done such a wonderful job of making Ann’s house into a beautiful home, I thought I just might move in with you after we get married and keep my present house as a guest house for when your daughters and their husbands come for a visit so that they have a place to stay.

“Katie, these are all ideas that I have thought about for quite some time in event that we got married and of course are only put out there for your consideration and suggestions.”

Katie laughed and said, “Wow, you really have planned ahead. Good thing you finally got around to asking me to marry you and that I said YES!I loved everything you have thought of but I have one suggestion. That is that we share the same bedroom and bed when you move in with me!! I love you so much…why did you take so long to ask me to marry me??”

Several days before the wedding, Andy went home for the day from the hardware store before Katie closed the Amish store for the day. As he drove up to his house, he noticed a stranger sitting on Katie’s porch swing and wondered who it could be. After parking his car, he and Mandy went over to Katie’s house and inquired who he was and what his business was with Katie.

The stranger frowned and replied, “I am Katie’s husband! Who the hell are you and what business is it of yours?”

Ignoring the stranger’s rudenss, Andy replied, “Oh, you must be John, Katie’s former husband. I am Andy and it is nice to meet you,” as he put out his hand for a handshake. After John refused his handshake, Andy continued, “I live next door and keep an eye on what is going on in the neighborhood. I also think we have a problem. You see, Katie and I are engaged and plan on getting married in several days. I understood that she had gotten a divorce and that you had remarried and relocated to London.”

John snapped back, “You can’t marry Katie. She is already married to me and I have come back to the US to reunite with her not that it is any of your business.”

Just then, Katie arrived and saw the two men on her front porch. She hurried up the porch steps and confronted John with a frown and asked, “Why are you here John?I thought you were going to be in London long term. How is your new job and Eileen going?”

John replied while nodding his head towards Andy saying, “If you can get rid of your nosy neighbor, I want to have a talk with you in private.”

Katie rolled her eyes and said to Andy, “Please give me a few minutes to hear him out. Andy started to leave after telling Katie if she needed him, to just holler out as he would be on his front porch with Mandy.

Katie and John then went inside. Brandy greeted Katie wagging her tail but when she saw John, she let out a low warning growl and placed herself between the two of them with her eyes focused on John.

John remarked, “That damn dog never has liked me. Katie replied, “I am not at all surprised as you have never showed her any affection and sometimes I think you might have been abusive to her when I have not been around. John, now tell me what in the world you could possibly want to talk to me about.”

John then said, “Katie, I have made a horrible mistake. Without going into details, things between Eileen and I did not work out and I soon realized that. She took me to the cleaners in a nasty divorce after about nine months in London. Also, the job was not what I thought it would be and the firm thought it best that I take early retirement which was not of my choosing. I then realized that I had a good thing going with you for 25 years and think we should get back to what we were. You also must be feeling pretty desperate taking up with that old man next door. Were you going to get a prenup of your own if you were to marry that bum?”

Katie’s face immediately turned into an angry red. She took a deep breath and said in a loud voice, “Who in the living HELL do you think you are waltzing in here after dropping that NUCLEAR BOMB on me particularly right after our so called 25th anniversary celebration dinner? You left me for a woman half your age after 25 years leaving me homeless and broke. I managed to walk away with my pride intact with only an old van, a wonderful dog, and some boxes of my clothes and other miscellaneous things. John, you must think me “The Village Idiot” to think that I would ever want you back in my life. You are NOT the man that I thought I had married…NOT even close. We did have two wonderful twin daughters that you never paid much attention to. Your behavior towards me, has caused them to disown you completely. My only wish would have been that I was much more mature before we got married. If I had been, I would never have married you. You are a self centered, cruel, unkind, manipulative, and the most downright despicable person that I have ever met. I feel embarrassed for not having realized that before we got married in the first place.”

Katie now on an angry roll went on, “Your comments about Andy really confirmed everything I just said. He is the kindest, most thoughtful, loving, inclusive, helpful, generous, person I have ever known…everything that you are not. And YES after getting to know one another, I realized that for the first time, I fell deeply in love with that wonderful man. I cannot tell you how happy I am and feel so loved and YES, we are planning to get married in several days. Your remarks to him and about him, a person you just met, would tell anyone “volumes” about what sort of person you really are. I think you are nothing more than a mean despicable toad and I want you the “HELL” out of my life now and forever!!”

John calmly smiled and said, “Well, you cannot marry him as you are still married to me and I am not about to give you a divorce.” Katie now really heated shouted at him, “I can and I will marry Andy. You and I signed divorce papers in your attorney’soffice.”

John replied, “But what you don’t know is that I told my attorney to never to file the divorce papers with the courts so we are still married.”

Katie retorted, “Not long after you left for London, I went by the attorney’s office to find out the status of the divorce. When he told me that he had been asked to hold back the divorce papers, I told him that I would sue him and he would be disbarred for unethical behavior if he did not file them that very day. In fact, I accompanied him over to the court house that same day to witness them being filed. John, you burned me once…and shame on you…but burn me twice…….shame on me!! But that is not going to happen. I am not the dumb housewife you thought I was. Now before I call for Andy, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE AND STAY OUT!” as she pushed him out the front door.

Andy at that point, came running over and told John that he best leave before Katie really got riled up and kicked his butt. John scowled at him as he left and sped off in his car.

Katie ran to John apologizing as the whole neighborhood must have heard her telling John in so many words to go to HELL and Back.

Andy smiled and hugged her tight. After a minute or so, he pushed her back a bit looking into her eyes, told her, “I have never been so proud of someone in my life the way that you set John straight on exactly how you feel about him. And the way you stood up for me……oh my gosh, it made my heart sing with joy.”

Katie smiled and said, “Well, I stand up for my man!! A lot of what was bottled deep inside of me for a long time,finally came out. I, however, am ashamed for some of the language I used and should face the consequences for getting carried away the way that I did. Now come with me up to my bedroom.

Katie had Andy set down on her bed, and she told him, “I not only want but also deserve what I am going to ask you to do in response to my totally improper and out of control behavior with John, particularly for the foul language that I used.”

Picking up her wood hairbrush, she handed it to Andy and told him, “I need for you to take me over you knee, lift my dress, take my panties down, and give me a long hard spanking on my bare bottom starting your with your hand and continue on with my hairbrush until my bottom is a deep red. I might try to get away or kick and squeal but do not let that deter you from giving me the good and proper spanking that I both deserve and need. Afterwards, take me on your lap, tell me how much you love me, and encourage me to do better in the future.”

Andy replied, “Much as that is appealing, I cannot hurt you like that Katie.”She said, “Andy , please…..it would be a symbol for me as to how much you love me and want to encourage me to do better. I know that may sound odd or even a bit perverted, but that is a real “need” that I have often had all my life. And I do not think you will be sorry of that reaction that I have after heating up the “playground!”

Andy replied, “Well I will spank you as you asked on the condition that we establish a safe phrase to stop the spanking immediately. How about ahhhh,,,,,TickyTicky No So Rumbo?” Katie laughed and said…..”Perfect”

Andy then pulled Katie over his knee, lifted her skirt, and pulled her panties down to her knees. While rubbing his hand over her bare bottom, Andy first lectured her about using foul language, but not for her losing her composure in confronting John in a loud voice letting him “have it with both barrels” for the way he treated her.

Andy then held Katie firmly over his knee and with his right hand brought it down harder the Katie expected causing her to “yipe.”Andy continued “Whap whap whap whap…………….until Katies bottom had turned pink and it was obvious of her arousal. He then picked up the hairbrush and showed it to Katie…..she pleaded no…not the hairbrush but Andy told her “Oh yes, the dreaded hairbrush!! We are going to do this right!! This will be a good reminder to not use foul language. That is will be a standard that both of us will hold one another to in our upcoming marriage.“

Andy then raised the hairbrush high over Katie’s pink bottom. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth dreading the inevitable. Andy came down first softly and increasingly hard with the hairbrush causing Katie to try and get away, but she was no match for Andy as he placed his right leg over her legs holding her tightly in place. As her spanking continued, she began to raise her bottom up to meet the hairbrush coming down across her bouncing cheeks that were now turning red. Andy continued until they were a deep crimson red just as Katie let out a loud moan when she had achieved an orgasm.

Andy stopped and began rubbing her obviously sore bottom and then pulled her up on his lap, and told her how much he loved and appreciated her. He then encouraged to be better in the future and that further mention of her behavior would not be brought up again.

Katie with tears of joy in her eyes, kissed and hugged Andy thanking him for his loving correction and understanding her need to relieve her built up tension. She felt his arousal with her hand, and remarked, “It would seem you have a fair amount of built-up tension yourself.”Both of them laughed and Andy said, “You are so naughty…I just love it and cannot wait to marry you as I plan on having my way with you!!” Katie replied, “I will hold you to that promise.”Andy then said, “You know, I think that just maybe I will give you a two-part enema series, first one with soapy water, and the second enema with plain water. That way, we know that you will be squeaky clean inside and out of any more foul language.”

Katie with a smile on her face, said, “Is that a promise?I hope you know that you will be playing with fire.” Andy gave her a sharp smack on her red bottom as she went to prepare the enema. Suffice to say, Katie achieved a second orgasm during her soapy enema and Andy “got off” fully dressed while Katie was over his knee while he gave her the second enema. Andy commented after they both caught their breath, “I guess we both had a lot of built up “tension” that needed a release.”Katie smiled and hugged him, but then hopped up saying,“I gotta go….NOW!!” and hurried off the bathroom closing the door behind her. After quite some time, Katie came out of the bathroom and raising her skirt sat her bare bottom on Andy’s lap telling him how much she loved him and that she was going to be so proud to have him as her husband.

Andy with tears in his eyes, told her, “Never have I loved someone so much in my life as you Katie. That we can share our deepest most private secrets and desires with one another with no worry of being judged is something that is really something really special that I have never have experienced…in my whole life.” Katie agreed and told him that she felt exactly the same about him…that they had become true soul mates and that she absolutely loved him “to pieces” and could not wait until they got married.

Katie’s daughters and their family came a week before the wedding to help with the wedding and to become acquainted with Andy. They instantly felt a bond with Andy and were so happy for their mother to have Andy in her life. They said what their grandmother would have said, “We are “tickled pea green and lavender” that she was marrying so wonderful man that Andy was.”Andy privately told the twins as how much he absolutely adored and loved their mother and how proud he was of her for the way she bounced back after her arrival in Sweetwater. The twins expressed their appreciation for all that Andy had done for their mother in helping her to get a “fresh start” in life. They asked if they could call him “Dad” after Andy and Katie got married. Andy teared up and said, “That would be wonderful” while thinking back that his becoming a father so many years ago had been so cruelly lost. He hugged both the twins telling them what a wonderful mom they must have had while growing up and that he finally was being so blessed beyond what he could have imagined to have Katie’s family in his life.

On the wedding day, Katie looked absolutely beautiful in the dress she had purchased and Andy could not have looked more handsome and radiant with happiness as she walked down the aisle up to him. The twin daughters served as bride attendants and their husbands were next to Andy. They exchanged their vows written individually by both of them and they kissed long and hard after the preacher pronounced them husband and wife. The turnout at the church was huge and they were loudly applauded and congratulated at the wedding reception. There was dancing, toasts, a wonderful BBQ , a special wedding cake prepared at the local bakery and all in all, it would not have been a more perfect wedding. Both Katie and Andy were absolutely radiant with happiness and love not only for each other but for the wonderful people of Sweetwater. On their wedding night, after carrying her over the threshold, Andy said to Katie, “You know it is the tradition for the husband to take his bride over her knee and spank her as a symbol that the husband is the head of the household.”Katie giggled and said, “By all means, we should uphold that long tradition.”After a playful and somewhat hard spanking, Katie and Andy made long passionate love 3 times that night prior to falling to sleep with their arms around one another. By morning, both their batteries had been recharged and the reader can imagine what they had first for breakfast.

Andy and Katie went on to live many happy years together and had many very special private moments together. Not long after they were married, they both hired good managers of their respective businesses and they both gradually retired so they could spend more time together. Andy after a few years decided that he would not run for mayor again, but he continued to serve as a member of Sweetwater’s town council and also as the Treasurer of Sweetwater. Katie got very involved with Andy’s church teaching Sunday School, Bible Study, Ushering, Choir, etc.

Katie was also particularly active in keeping their bedroom activities interesting and exciting for both Andy and herself. Andy held his own coming up with new exciting ideas as well to try as well and they had so much fun and joy in satisfying one another’s needs and wants. Katie never gave up her new routine of taking three enemas per week and insisted that Andy maintain his excellent health as well by joining her in the same routine. Maintenance spankings were given at least once per month by both of them and behavior correction spankings were often given that were warranted or not, whenever either of them had a “need” for one. Their collection of bedroom “toys” was combined and they had endless fun exploring new erotic things to do. Even everyday normal sex was a fresh adventure for them both.

Katie loved to dress up for Andy when going out and he loved watching her getting ready and also undressing her slowly after they returned home from an event. They enjoyed nature together taking hikes in the woods, going fishing, and watching for falling stars at night. Their marriage never lost it freshness and one would think they were like young couple newly married and so much in love.

Andy and Katie also delighted in being with their grandchildren who absolutely adored them both as they always would think of fun things for them to do whenever they came to visit.

One night many years later, Andy came to bed and holding Katie close, he told her like so many times before, of how much he loved and adored her and was so grateful that God had been in their lives together. He told her that he would always and forever love and cherish her with all his heart. They had hugged and kissed and as usual Andy was behind Katie in spoon position as they drifted off to sleep. In the middle of the night, Katie awoke and realized that Andy had quietly passé while asleep with his arms around her at the age of 98. Just a short time later, Katie while still in good health the same as Andy had been, peacefully drifted off to sleep one night with a smile on her face as if she knew that she would be soon meeting up with Andy again to share a brand new “chapter” in their lives together.

The End.