Epilogue - Ash

"Mmmmmm," I groaned and stretched, rolling back against Jesse's warm body.

His arm tightened around me as his fingers wandered down my stomach to cup my slowly hardening cock. Waking up next to him never got old.

I was amazed each day at the life we now share. As Jesse established himself as a respected physician in the city, my career had continued as it always had. I never took another new client after the incident. Instead, I decided toslowly allow my practice to taper off as clients ended with me for the next ten or so years instead of rushing to retire in seven.

Four years after we married, Jesse's father had a small stroke, and we'dboth taken a hiatus from work to help at the farm during his recovery. A month into our time there, the administrator of the small local hospital had offered Jesse a job. Our conversation about whether he should accept had lasted all of thirty seconds. I changed my hours and spent weekends working in the city while we continued helping on the farm.

Not long after, with the sale of my house, we'd had enough money to build a small home on his family's land, far enough from his parents and siblings that we felt we had a space of our own. We'd managed to transplant my fruit trees and they, like us, thrived in their new home. With the change in our living arrangements, after two years of commuting, I had enough in savings to officially retire.

Now that Jesse's parents are older, I've taken on more responsibility around the farm. I spend my days tending to the small orchard and flourishing strawberry patches as Jesse's siblings handle the wheat, tomatoes, and hydroponic crops. We spend our evenings laughing, cooking, and making love. After all this time, his touch has never lost its excitement for me.

On weekends we spend time with his siblings and once a month Kim and Casey come out to visit. While Abbie has a career that takes up most of her time and her daughter Sarah is in school in a nearby city, we speak often, and they now spend the Holiday, and three weeks each summer as our guests. I would have never imagined someone like Jesse stumbling into my world. I would never have imagined finding a life or a love like this, and I'm grateful for every touch, every smile, and every sunrise we share.