Distant Lovers - 11

He had been a long time without a woman. Poppy was at the stove when he eased up behind her.."Evening wife" was all he said.
"I have a question to ask you...What was that kiss all about this afternoon after that kids hearing with the judge?" asked Mace.
Poppy smiled at him before speaking..." Well I am your wife and I should be allowed to kiss you. Besides I don't think I want that divorce. I love taking care of you and I like this house. My whole life I wanted to be a good wife with a couple of kids." she just chuckled.1

Mace back off when she said KIDS..."Kids well how many of those rscals will you be making?" he asked. "None without you darling." "Oh yeah you do need me in the picture to fullfill that dream...huh?"2

Mace was hungry so he sat down to the table and she started bringing the rabbit stew over from the stove...he got up and helped her with the old iron pot.
"smells mighty good there Miss Poppy" he said.
"Now am not be forward in any way but don't call me Miss Poppy! I am your wife and I expect you to call me by my name. Or pick a proper nicname for me. I want to be your wife, treated like a wife" she hollared. Mace eyes bulged out his head again for the second time. Well he knew now he was not getting out of this marriage. Besides the fact he was not really wishing her to leave him. He adored be taken care of. It was sure right nice to have such a damn good wife he thought.3

Well after supper and the dishes were washed, dried. Poppy sat in the palor sewing what look like a new shirt...Mace was ready for bed, so he went and took his bath out back when he had rigged up a shower. His wife started her bath in a big old tin tub, in the kitchen by the stove..when he got back to his room he was surprised. The door was pad-locked. so he stormed into the livingroom, then the kitchen...stopping dead in his tracks. Poppy was a beautiful sight, standing nude in a tub of bubbles.4

He just froze and took the beauty in, she was fuller then her sister from what he recalled. He turned real quiet like and went to the front porch. Sat down and said a prayer.5

"Dear God I ain't much of a praying man...but I want you to know I'm married now to Poppy..Lily's sister. I know she up there with you...so tell her I will be a good husband if it's ok with you. I will always love her, and am beginning to love Poppy too. Maybe we can have those young'uns Lily wanted. If this union is approved give me a sign Lord. Guess that's all I have to say, ask now. Um...amen."6

He heard her moving around in the house and he felt excited, weird. Then he sat about 30 more minutes; walked
into the house with just his pants on. The door to his room was still locked so he tapped on hers. "come in husband I am in my dressing gown but it's okay" said Poppy. He turned the knob slowly, and stipped in. Candles were burning about six of them. She stood up and walked toward him. Reaching
his hand she tugged, and he followed. 7

"So you want to know what the kiss was all about. It's just high time I find about out all that stuff; I read in my sister journal. Their lips met
pressed tightly together, and his tongue eased between her mouth. He felt her shiver in antipation. Neither one of them remember how they ending up on the bed.8

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