Towards the end of the year 1913 Mr. Thomas' wife Murial died after a long illness. The shop was closed for the next week whilst arrangements could be made. The funeral was held at St Margaret's church and it was well attended.
At the request of Mr. Thomas, I stood beside him throughout the service. His wife's passing was probably a blessing for her because she was no longer in constant pain.
When the shop reopened the mood was as expected. We had our usual regular customers most just wanted quite cheap books to read and to keep. When I took his tea into his office that afternoon Mr. Thomas was standing by the window with his back to me. He never said a word when I put his tea down onto his desk.
At five pm when the shop was due to close, I noticed the light under his door. Was Mr. Thomas going to work late? I do not know why but I knocked on his office door and went in. He was sitting at his desk and there were tears rolling down his cheeks. Clearly the sadness of the loss of his wife was something that would take quite a long time to get over.
I cradled his head against my bosom and the flood gates just opened. I had never seen a man cry and it affected me greatly. I stayed with him for quite a while until his son came back from doing book deliveries around the town.
Once I was back in my little room I somehow managed to block out the sad events of the day, and my mind began to wander in the direction of my books. There were over 200 personalised messages on the inside covers. One read to my darling niece from uncle David.(was he cocking her?)
Another read to my best friend Peter from Joe (Were they bumming each other?}. Then there was one in fact there were several that read 'to my dear nephew John. Happy Birthday love from Aunty Jill'. Looking forward to seeing you again soon (Did Aunty lead the way and John followed as instructed?)
Sarah who owned the shop downstairs came up to see me to tell me that she had sold her business to her cousin and his wife. There was nothing to be concerned about the room would still be mine. We sat together on the couch enjoying a small glass each of Apple wine. It was pretty strong stuff
Suddenly the light went out, it was a power failure, and the whole area was in darkness. It was not the first time it had happened so we were not concerned. Sarah somehow managed to stroke my face which I found to be pleasing and she said kind reassuring things as she slipped her hand up my dress
She was clearly most impressed when she felt my very hairy slit. My flimsy dress was soon on the floor in a heap and I was in the clutches of a dominant lesbian. Sarah did the most wonderful things for me. Things that I had on more than one occasion masturbated over. I wanted to experience full-on sex with another woman and Sarah did not disappoint me
About a week or so later Sarah locked up her shop for the last time. On Monday morning just before I left for the book shop Joe and his wife Ruth moved in. They were about my age he was quite tall and well built. His wife was smallish and rather petite with long dark hair and a most pleasing smile.