As the autumn term got underway for Grace her mother wasted no time in her mission to ingratiate her family with the Ewings. John Kay was the older of the two Kay brothers. His younger brother, Stephen, was his business partner. John was several years older than Stephen and had married Sandy later on in life. He was now approaching sixty two and his and Sandy's thoughts had turned to retirement. Sandy's preference was to sell up and move back to Florida where she was born and raised. Their daughter had no interest whatsoever in taking over from her father and therefore, over time, John had begun the process of liquidating the assets of the company. His younger brother was by no means the brains of the business which was known as "Kay Holdings." He had, however, enjoyed an extremely comfortable life through John's efforts, a point that sometimes irritated Sandy. However, like the Ewings, the Kays believed strongly in family and John saw it as his responsibility to ensure that Stephen was well looked after.
With the encouragement of Sandy, where there were assets of the company that would be of interest to Ewing Oil, John began the practice of offering the Ewings first refusal. Several minor deals later and Jock and Miss Ellie and John and Sandy had developed a burgeoning friendship.
As promised Bobby visited Grace in Boston for a long weekend. He had remained faithful to her after she had returned to Harvard although his feelings were unchanged. Grace was fun and extremely sexy but for Bobby no long term future was envisaged. He was not in love with her. He contrasted how he felt about Grace with the way he had felt about Jenna Wade and Sue-Ellen. At the height of his attraction to Sue-Ellen she was all that Bobby could think about. He didn't just want to make love to her. He wanted what his older brother had- to be married to her, to share his life with her and to have children with her. Thankfully his obsession with his sister-in-law had eventually waned, the news of her pregnancy and the showdown with JR finally confirming to him, sadly, that she would never be his. He would, however, in the years yet to come retain a soft spot for Sue-Ellen which was interpreted by her in the way that she felt about him- fondness and affection but no more.
Grace's feelings for Bobby were far deeper and more complex. She excitedly told her college friends all about her handsome boyfriend. He was "the one" she confided to her best friend. She was planning a future with Bobby Ewing. She would qualify at Harvard but then immediately take the Texas State Bar exam and seek employment as an attorney back home. She was looking forward immensely to their weekend together and was naively untroubled by Bobby's somewhat casual approach to keeping in touch with her by telephone in the interim. "He's very busy at work" she told her friends "he's an oilman. It's non-stop work and his father is very demanding."
Bobby and Grace stayed in a hotel in the centre of Boston. When he first arrived sex was very much on the agenda. Grace did things in bed that Bobby had never experienced before. She was wild and uninhibited and made sure that he was more than satisfied. "I was educated in an all-girls school" she giggled after a hot and heavy session "they say the segregation from boys makes you mad for it. Also, it's ages since I last saw you and it's been difficult going without. A lot of self-abuse has taken place!" Bobby almost blushed. She's like a breath of fresh air compared to many of the Texan young ladies he had been introduced to in the process of his parents' efforts to find him Miss Right, he thought.
The weekend as a whole was spent seeing the sights. Grace took Bobby to Harvard which looked especially pretty on a bright, crisp autumn day . They explored Boston enjoying its bars and restaurants and, on their last day, they drove to Vermont. Grace wanted Bobby to see as much of the East coast as possible he never having been anywhere other than New York before.
Parting was agony for Grace but much easier for Bobby. He felt unsettled by the emotion that she overtly displayed at Logan Airport as they waited for his flight home. "Honey, you'll be home for Thanksgiving" he reassured her "and then it won't be long before your Christmas vacation." As he boarded the plane he was worried. Was that really "I love you" that she had mouthed to him as he passed through the departure gate? This needs to cool down he resolved to himself. She's a lovely girl and I don't want to hurt her. In theory it was easy, in practice a different proposition.
Meanwhile JR's and Sue-Ellen's state of marital bliss continued unabated. JR had begun to feel a deep attachment to his beautiful young wife that transcended the physical passion that had characterised their early days of marriage. He wanted to make her happy and look after her. He began his "new man" phase by accompanying Sue-Ellen to one of her appointments with Dr. Scott. Dr. Scott was impressed. She knew Texan men all too well, added to which JR Ewing was an oilman. However, he was certainly uxorious as he held his wife's hand and listened intently to what the doctor had to say about the progress of the pregnancy.
"Doctor, I wondered whether Sue-Ellen might be fit to travel abroad?" he enquired much to the surprise of Sue-Ellen. "I thought that a holiday might be nice for us both before we have our baby to consider." "Yes of course she is fit, Mr. Ewing" Dr. Scott replied. "Now is the optimum time to go. Sue-Ellen is nearly five months' pregnant and very healthy. Where did you have in mind?"
Sue-Ellen looked quizzically at JR but at the same time was smiling. "Paris" JR replied. "Neither of us has been but it was something we often talked about before we were married." "Excellent idea!" Dr. Scott remarked. " I know a very good obstetrician over there that I can refer Sue-Ellen to, just in case. He's very French and very handsome." "I hate him already!" JR joked. "Well that's settled. I will make the arrangements. We might even take in London whilst we are over there." "Paris is beautiful but London, ahh, that's a wonderful city. It's got more heart" the doctor advised, smiling at the memory of her days in training at St. Mary's Hospital.
When they returned home Sue-Ellen wasted no time in expressing her delight to her husband at the prospect of a European holiday. She led him to the bedroom. As soon as they got through the door she threw herself on him, kissing him deeply and passionately. She pulled him toward the bed and sat down. As he stood before her she unzipped his trousers and pleasured him with her mouth. JR sighed and moaned as she brought him to a climax using her mouth and her hands. Wow, he thought, as he cuddled up to her on the bed afterwards. Married life is nothing like the grind that I once imagined when I was younger and had a different girl every night.
Suddenly, a darker thought entered his mind. His little brother, Bobby. Daddy's favourite. When we get back from our holiday I must set to work to devise his downfall he mused.
TBC