Mothers and Daughters Ch. 14

Now Vera's motivation for joining the TLR was simply to have the opportunity of good sex. With Richard's death the only possibility of great sex back in Chicago was lesbian sex with Linda. Because her husband was her business partner any sex she would have in the future with her, would have to be surreptitious and very circumspect.

Vera was intellectually aware given the population of Chicago that if she just persevered in dating, she was bound to come up with a man who would be satisfactory if not spectacularly satisfactory to her, and to her sexual needs. However the failures of all her past dating had taken its toll. She just was fatigued from dating so many different men constantly in the hope of finding Mr Right.

So the TLR seemed like an ideal fit for her. Besides, as she had despaired of getting married, the orgy activity of the club had an appeal to her. With that in mind she was astonished to find Jed Baxter here as she could not imagine that he had a sexual need loke hers, that could not be satisfied other than by membership to TLR.

Yet unbeknownst to Vera, that was exactly the reason that Jed Baxter was a member of the TLR. He virtually had no sex life back in Chicago. His family, friends and acquaintances would be totally astonished were they to learn of this secret.

Jed had been married to Felicia Alice (née Carter) for sixteen years, and they had two adorable children. Felicia was a stunning beauty, and the two of them were the star couple in Chicago's high society. There was no rumor of infidelity. Given how physically attractive each of them were, the notion there could be no reason for either one of them to stray was fixed in the minds of anyone who knew them. In addition, the affection each of them showed to each other in public had a ring of genuine sincerity.

As Vera had intimated to Pamela, although she sensed she could be attracted to Jed, once she met Felicia at the party at Walter's house she believed she had no chance. Remembering her fruitless attempts to entice Walter Snyder to her bed, she consciously gave up any idea to try to take on Jed as a lover.

What others did not know was that Felicia was frigid; she actually detested the sex act. Her abhorrence for sex was developed by the sexual abuse she suffered under the hands of her perverted father. Felicia was an only child and her mother died when she was eight. That was when her father started sexually abusing her with the perverted rationale that she had to now replace her mother. Felicia hated every violation of her body by her father, which caused her to have a miserable childhood and adolescence. Finally, her father died when she was just fifteen, and she went to live with her aunt, her mother's sister, for her two final years of high school.

During that junior year of high school, while walking home from school, three players of the school's football team lured her to go for a ride in a car with them. Thereupon they repeatedly raped her before leaving her to make her own way home. With her aunt's encouragement she pressed rape charges against them.

However after the rape, the boys amongst themselves had concocted a plausible scenario for consensual sex. At trial their lawyers were cleverly able to punch holes in Felicia's testimony to make her an unreliable witness on her own behalf. As a result the jury believed the boys, and so they walked. Felicia was absolutely devastated, and lost all her self esteem and self worth.

Felicia at that point considered becoming a nun but as she was not sufficiently religious that option was not really viable. So she just refused to go out on dates, and concentrated exclusively on school work. She decided that her ideal career would be to become a school teacher. With that vocation in mind she was accepted at Yale to pursue a B.A. with a major in English.

During Felicia's freshman year, Jed was finishing his final year at Yale in the process of obtaining his MBA degree. Because of a mistake in his curriculum planning, Jed was obliged to take an undergraduate arts course that year to fulfill his graduate degree requirements. Consequently, Jed and Felicia shared an English class together.

As they met, there was a recognized instant chemistry between them. It was a mutual love at first sight; there was no doubt in each other's mind they had met their soul mates.

After several dates, whereby their romance seemed to progress normally, they ended up eventually in bed. Up to that point Jed had no clue as to Felicia's reticence in sex. She seemed to have returned his kisses and seemed to enjoy all the petting and intimacy, they shared during those initial dates. However that night of their first sexual intercourse proved to be an unmitigated disaster.

Felicia just simply froze and did nothing to return his advances. She was simply a rag doll as she demonstratively tolerated Jed vaginally penetrating her. Jed was too overcome by his passion to put the brakes on. The sight of her total nakedness and the thought of sexually having the woman whom he knew was his true love for the first time was too exciting for him not to fuck her especially as she never signaled "no".

He was well aware of the dryness of her cunt as he was fucking her but the friction of the sexual activity was sufficient impetus for him to ejaculate in her. When he finished, he quickly separated from her, knowing something was dreadfully wrong.

When Felicia had first met Jed, she did indeed believe that it truly was love at first sight. Their dates reinforced her initial intuition; if she was to have a man in her life it could only be Jed. She knew she was in love with him, and as much in love with him as she was capable of. Thus she psyched herself up each time she was with him.

She seemingly returned his kisses but her mind was not in it. When he touched her breasts her nipples did not harden. Her vagina remained dry whenever he touched her clit or labia. It took all of her will power not to visibly revolt against all the intimate touches of her body that Jed took advantage of during their dates. She was such a great actress in feigning pleasure that Jed had no clue of her distaste to their physical intimacies.

The night of that first sexual intercourse, she thought she could fake that as well. However as soon as coitus was inevitable, Felicia realized she would have to turn her mind blank if she was to allow him to fuck her. With such mind set the sexual intercourse was excruciatingly painful; more so than the rape she had endured in high school. In the latter case her mind was terrorized by the crime perpetrated on her that the actual physical pain was blocked from her brain. But with Jed her wish was to have a pleasurable outcome.

Unfortunately, the physical pain resulting from her unpreparedness to accept the sexual act was too noticeable to be ignored in her brain. When Jed turned away from her after his climax, tears flowed freely from her eyes. She had been found out, and she knew that she owed him an explanation.

Thus she turned to him and sobbingly confessed her past. It was an obvious conclusion that her issues with sex had to do with her past. She emphasized that she loved him and couldn't think of a better man than him. She explained she had tried with all her will power to become his woman, and be everything to him as she ought to be, but her past was torturing her mind, and preventing her from being sexual.

Jed was livid, and infuriated with her story. Upon hearing her account he realized he was absolutely, and truly in love with her or he would not have felt as strongly as he did. He was devastated to learn of her suffering. One of his initial reactions was to curse that her father was dead, as he was denied the vengeance he would have exacted. He knew he would have inflicted great bodily harm on him if not actually have murdered him. As for her rapists, the first thing out of his mouth after she had finished telling him of her past was:

"Felicia I promise you this upon my solemn word of honor: I will see to it that those men who defiled your body will pay. I will ruin them. It is too bad your father isn't alive or I would have punished him as well."

Jed eventually fulfilled that promise although he kept Felicia uninformed. Jed had such great business acumen that he recognized right from the start what a scam artist Bernie Madoff was. Thus with his agents, he induced the three rapists who were greedy, and had become somewhat prosperous, to invest everything they owned to Madoff's investment schemes. With his business connections he was able to make the rapists unemployable after they lost their fortunes, and they were reduced to living permanently on welfare.

Felicia was surprised by his reaction. She had expected that he would have been horrified by her tribulations. However, to desire revenge on her behalf was not something she would have imagined. To her mind this had to be proof positive that he loved her, and she was grateful.

Thus, she replied:

"Oh Jed that's the sweetest thing you could have said, but please do not distress yourself on my account. Those men are so worthless; they do not even merit your contempt. But Jed if you seriously want me to be your girlfriend I will try my darnest to be the girlfriend you deserve."

With that said, they continued to date and when she finished her degree at Yale they got married. Felicia never refused having sex with him, and they did have two children a boy first and then a girl. Although she did not react in horror like she blatantly did that first night of sex, still she could not participate in sex enthusiastically. It was obvious to Jed that Felicia never enjoyed anything about their lovemaking. She tried therapy with a renowned sex therapist in Chicago but the counseling did not take.

With the lack of enthusiasm on her part, Jed's libido deteriorated. The frequency of sex between them slowly but inevitably dried up. Felicia for her part did not regret the lack of sex but she recognized what a blow it was to him and how inadequate she was to him.

So she took matters into her own hands by stating about a year after the birth of their daughter:

"Look Jed I know I'm not the sexual wife you deserve. I am grateful that you do love me and I am satisfied that you do love me. I in turn love you very much, as much as I'm capable of loving a man. Because I love you so much I want to relieve you of any guilt or anxiety you may have or feel when you have sex with another woman."

As Jed was about to protest and probably make an insincere claim that he had remained faithful, she held up her hand to stop him and continued:

"Look Jed, my women's intuition suggests that you have not strictly stuck to your marriage vows. There seems to be the occasional weekend now and then that seems unaccountable considering what I know of your routines. Now if I was sexual and providing satisfactory sex for you, we would have a fight on our hands, but the truth is I'm not. So there is no way I have the right to demand fidelity.

"What I do ask of you is that you do not bring scandal upon us. You are a very prominent and a very newsworthy man so you have to be on guard against the paparazzi who'd love to report a salacious story about you. So if you can be careful, and not get caught, I would be content and continue to love you as much as I can, no matter how many other women you may have sex with. I want to remain your wife, but should you ever become dissatisfied with our marriage such as it is, I will not impede you in any way."

Jed was taken aback by Felicia's candor. He was also surprised at her accurate intuition as he had thought he had been extremely careful not to betray a hint to her of his extra-marital sexual activity.

The truth was that he was absolutely in love with Felicia. Excluding her sexual reticence he deemed her to be the perfect wife for him. He loved their social prominence in Chicago. He relished her companionship, and he was impressed by her motherhood skills with their two children. That love came across when they were seen together, and as a result none of their family (with one exception, his favorite female cousin) or their friends or acquaintances had any clue that there might be discord in their marriage.

He had no desire of divorcing her especially considering that he had married her with his eyes wide open knowing she was not the sexual animal he would have preferred. Thus he responded:

"Felicia I love you and I would not dream of divorcing you. Yes I want to have sex with you but I love you enough not to pressure you. I know you have quit the sex therapy, and I do not insist you resume. I fully understand your emotions so I will never force myself on you nor will I insist you change.

"You can only change if you can banish your demons, and anything I can do to help, you only need to ask. If you ever are able to change I would be the happiest man in the world. But if you cannot change I shall still love you, and I do not think any less of you. I married you knowing you had a sexual problem so I have no complaints. In the meantime I can promise and assure you that there will not even be a breath of scandal."

With this conversation they had a complete understanding. If he wanted sex with her she would not resist but the two of them knew that she would not participate enthusiastically. He was free to have sex outside the marriage so long as his infidelity would not become public knowledge. He had no problem with such stipulation as he certainly desired for appearances sake to portray to the world that their marriage was perfect. He was very confident of keeping such image intact. The sex he had at the TLR, he knew was kept discreet for the mutual benefit of members.

Actually, one time he questioned Kristina Vargas on the very point as to how certain is she that activities at the club would not be exposed to the public. After all he pointed out there were staff members at very orgy who surely might be tempted to reveal the nature of the club, and of the prominence of some of the members to the public, especially if money was offered.

Kristina had replied:

"I do train my staff personally emphasizing the absolute requirement of confidentiality. I have a carrot and stick approach to ensure their silence. The carrot is that I do pay them well, better than restaurants where jobs there are essentially similar to duties here. The stick is that not only are our clients prominent but they have power; powerful enough to retaliate painfully. For violating the club confidentiality not only would they lose their job here but they would find it extremely difficult in finding a job anywhere; including Mexico or Canada as well. I am therefore confident of my staff's silence."

Jed became a member of the TLR by sheer happenstance. When he finished his education at Yale, he immediately started working for Baxter and Sons. The business was family owned started by his great grandfather and two of his sons, one being Jed's grandfather, hence the name Baxter and Sons. The business had grown into a conglomerate owning various companies. His father had been the CEO of Baxter and Sons for about twenty years. He was adequate but not passionate about the business, and was anxious to hand over power as soon as possible.

After just three months his father was satisfied Jed was capable of running the business. So he cheerfully handed over the reins of power to pursue a hedonistic lifestyle for the remainder of his days. So Jed, at the relatively young age of twenty-four became the head of one of America's most significant business empires.

His father's instinct was right on the money as not only was Jed capable of running the business but he was a sheer genius at it. His decisions almost always were the correct ones and even any errors he made did not hurt the company. His mistakes meant that the company only made a smaller profit than it would have made had he made a better decision. None of his mistakes cost the company money.

When he was twenty-five, he was in Austin, Texas, successfully concluding a very vital and lucrative business deal. To celebrate the completion of the deal, his host suggested they entertain themselves at "Capital Delights" which he informed Jed was the real best little whorehouse in Texas. Jed was reluctant to go as his experiences with prostitutes were not very satisfactory.

Whores' prime objective was to turn tricks and get the sex over with quickly. That was exactly the attitude Felicia had when they had sex, which was his exasperation of the sex life he had with her. So Jed had no expectation of enjoyment but to accommodate his business partner he agreed to go.

When Jed entered the brothel and met the madam, Kristina Vargas, he knew only she would do. Jed had the sixth sense that Kristina would satisfy him and would be worth her fee. So he insisted on her not perturbed by the higher fee. And Jed was not disappointed. Kristina proved to be an excellent lover. Her exuberance and enthusiasm made the sex fantastic. Jed knew intellectually that a sex worker had to be by definition not as thoroughly emotional involved in the sex act as a consensual sex partner would be. Still Kristina's orgasm gave the impression that it was not faked and of course such impression enhanced Jed's enjoyment.

He would always recall that night fondly as a magical evening. Not only did they fuck three times throughout the night but they had scintillating conversations. They even set the wheels in motion for a business partnership! Kristina outlined to him her plans to start a sex club and pointed out her requirements.

Not inclined to waste a business opportunity Jed suggested that his companies could provide some of her needs. Before the night was over agreement was reached that Baxter & Sons companies would supply the TLR with beds- Kristina wanted beds one third larger than standard king size beds, In addition Kristina desired a special 40 feet square mattress that would be ideal for elaborate orgies covering obviously over a 1,600 sq ft flooring. Jed also had a company that manufactured premier sex toys and aids.

When Kristina eventually did launch the Texas Love Ranch, Baxter & Sons was her prime supplier. And of course Jed was one of the original orgy participants. The TLR was ideal for his sexual needs. The activities satisfied his lusts and adequately made up for the lack of meaningful sex with his wife.

Now apart from the TLR, Jed did occasionally have sex with other women as he started to have less frequent sex with his wife. However such was not as meaningful. For one thing all those women, with one exception, were the ones to instigate the flings as Jed naturally was an ideal prize for female predators. After the stated agreement with his wife, he made a point to confine his extracurricular sex as discreetly as possible with most trysts occurring outside of Chicago and its suburbs.

So all in all, although sex with his wife was not satisfactory he was content with his life. Now at this orgy he spotted Vera before she saw him. All of a sudden he could instinctively sense some storm clouds were about to hover over his life.

He had first contacted Vera upon the recommendation of an accountant at Price Waterhouse. He had pestered that accountant by declaring he was not satisfied with the audit by Price Waterhouse which declared that his companies' finances were in order. Jed insisted that something was wrong with his companies' books. Jed felt in his bones that the over laa company's net worth should be higher than what was recorded in the audit. So the exasperated accountant advised that if he remained unsatisfied by the audit of Price Waterhouse that he should contact Vera Starikovich, who was already reputed amongst the accounting world to be the best forensics accountant in Chicago.