They were stunned. Never had any one of them expected it.
After Jamie was out of the room, Emma looked sharply at her mother.
"You
were quiet," she said in an accusatory tone. "You going to just let him get away with that?"
Sally shot her daughter a stern expression. "You
don't
want to start in on me."
"I'm sorry," Emma offered, realizing she'd let emotion dictate her remark. "But what are we going to do?"
"What did you do before?"
"You
know
what we did. But after we've had Jamie, that's not enough."
"Then you might want to cut him some slack and give him some space," Sally suggested. "Let him calm down. And an apology wouldn't be out of order, either."
* * *
"I expected you to look happier," Lauren said as they both opened shades and blinds. She was wearing her kimono robe, again untied and obviously nude underneath. Nor was she attempting to hide anything as she sat in her chair and crossed her legs.
"I had a disagreement with my stepsisters at dinner," Jamie informed her.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Lauren offered, sympathetically. "Want to talk about it?"
He shrugged, but said, "They just seem to want more out of me."
"More, like what?"
Suddenly, Jamie realized he had spoken without consideration of what he was saying. "Uh, just doing more for them than I should have to."
"What did your stepmother say?"
As he thought about her question, he realized, "Actually, she didn't say anything."
"Maybe she just doesn't want to take sides."
"Who knows?" He really didn't want to talk about it for fear of saying something else that he shouldn't, so he changed the subject and tried to change his mood. "But aside from that, today was the best day of my life."
"Mine too. Jamie, I want us to have a completely honest relationship, so I want to say that you seemed very experienced for this to have been your first time, and in the spirit of honesty, I'll admit that it wasn't mine. But it
was
the best. And I'll leave it at that."
"You're right, Lauren. We do need to be forthright. No, you weren't my first, but like you, there's no question that you
are
the best." He could see her beaming smile through the two windows.
"Thank you. That's all I want to know. Not how many or any other details."
"Ditto."
"So, how will we top today?"
"Do we have to?" Jamie wanted to know. "Just another time with you will be topping today for me, if you get what I mean."
Lauren thought about it for a few seconds. "That just being able to do it again will be enough."
"Yes. No matter how many times we get to do it again, some will be great, some just good and some not good at all. But it just being you, for me, will make each time worthwhile and special."
"Why, Mr. Womack, you really know how to charm a girl," Lauren joked, mimicking a southern accent.
"But it was genuine."
"Of that, I have no doubt. But I'll tell you one thing, talking about it and thinking about this afternoon makes me horny." And with that, she spread open her robe exposing her tits and pussy and started rubbing her pussy. "Gonna join me?"
Quite descriptively, Lauren narrated her favorite parts of their sex, which ended up arousing Jamie more than he thought it would. Of course, everything she mentioned he could visualize quite vividly, so the combination of her oratory, his imagination, and being able to see her beautiful face and body made their mutual masturbation more of a thrill. He was splattering his window in no time, and her orgasm followed immediately.
* * *
Always the more sensitive one, Sally's suggestions resonated more with Ella than Emma, enough that she went down to Jamie's room later on. Gently, she grasped the doorknob and turned, and was both surprised and shocked that his bedroom door was locked. Noiselessly, Ella placed her ear against the door but couldn't really hear anything, although she thought she might have faintly detected snoring.
Flabbergasted, she headed straight for her sister's room, and even though the lights were out, she went in and climbed into bed with her. The movement awakened Emma, who hadn't completely fallen asleep yet.
"I guess I couldn't be lucky enough for you to be Jamie."
"Afraid not," Ella said. "But I did go to his room to talk to him and his door was
locked!"
Emma sprang up.
"Really?
Well, I guess we shouldn't be surprised. He seemed really put out before. I was trying to think if there was something we did lately that set him off."
Ella casually reached over and fondled her sister's breast. "
I
couldn't think of anything, except what he accused us of."
"I never thought we were
forcing
him to do anything. I mean, how can two girls like us force a big guy like him to do anything he doesn't want to?"
"Maybe he was afraid of disappointing us or something like that," Ella suggested.
"Who knows since he doesn't talk much about himself? He probably said more tonight than he ever has."
"I guess we just need to do what mom said and give him space," Ella mused. "Hopefully, he'll come around."
"I guess. In the meantime, wanna fool around?"
* * *
Needless to say, it was awkward around the house the next few days. Jamie kept to himself. He didn't avoid anyone, but he didn't really speak unless spoken to. The twins and Sally gave him space and didn't question him about his woes on Tuesday evening.
Despite her seemingly careless attitude, Emma remained perplexed about her sister's report that Jamie had locked his door. As a result, on Wednesday night, she decided to check for herself, but it occurred to her that he might not lock it until he went to bed, which was well after the time Ella had made the discovery. So, Emma went earlier, just after ten. She wasn't surprised that her sister's assertion was correct and his door was locked.
But it wasn't quiet as Ella had described. Emma could hear her stepbrother talking. She couldn't hear what he was saying or whom he was talking to, but he was definitely still awake. So, who could he be talking to? Taking a step back, she considered what she could do to hear better. In the darkened hallway, she noticed faint light coming from under his door. There was maybe a one inch gap between the bottom of the door and the carpeted floor. Would that work?
Emma quietly laid on the floor placing her ear as close to the gap as possible. She could hear better, but still not every word; however, enough to determine that he was talking to a girl. It sounded like the kind of cutesy talk that . . .
that Jamie never did
. What girl could he be talking to? She was not aware of any female friends that he had. Then it dawned on her. Lauren. The girl next door. The girl he had amazingly been on
two
dates with. He had to be talking to Lauren. Was she having an influence on him? But how could she? They'd only known each other a few days.
What else could it be? Why didn't he want to fuck his stepsisters anymore?
Unless he was fucking
her
.
But again, after only a few days?
Emma had to give some serious consideration to that. She couldn't go to Ella. All she had was supposition. She needed proof. How to get it?
Thursday night, Emma kept an eye on Jamie. He went straight to his room after helping clean up after dinner. As soon as he disappeared upstairs, she took off after him at a discreet distance. She arrived at the top of the stairs just in time to see him close the door to his room. Tip-toeing closer, she heard him set the lock and wondered if he was going to call Lauren. It was still early, and the sound of his television going on suggested he was simply going to watch something.
Emma returned every hour on the hour. Each time, the door was still locked and the TV was still on. Finally, at ten, the television was no longer audible. With her ear to the door, she faintly heard conversation. As with the previous night, she dropped to the floor, but could not really hear much better. Apparently, they spoke in whispers. Still, she remained as long as she thought she could get away with it. After an hour, she grew tired and gave up.
Friday night, Jamie had a date with Lauren so Emma went into his room and snooped around. There was nothing telling. Taking in the layout of his room, she noticed that his desk chair was facing the window. She stepped over to it and raised a slat in the blind. His window looked directly into a window of the house next door. She'd be willing to bet that was Lauren's room. So, they sat and looked at each other while talking on the phone, she surmised. How convenient.
Emma wondered if she could buy one of those tiny voice activated digital voice recorders and hide it—maybe taped under his desk—and record their conversations.
On Saturday, she did just that. Her heart pounded with anxiety as she quickly entered his room while he showered and set up the recorder. She made it out just in time. However, she outsmarted herself with her cleverness when she was finally able to retrieve the recorder the next day when Jamie was once again in the shower. The voice activated recorder had filled up its maximum three hours of recording time with television shows! Emma cursed her own stupidity over not considering that sound from the TV would activate the recorder.
So, what next? Was she becoming obsessed with this endeavor and should she just let her stepbrother do his own thing even if it meant excluding her, Ella and their mother from anymore sex? Emma couldn't decide, but her indecision had her stalking him as she had done Thursday night. At the top of the stairs, she thought her ears had deceived her when she didn't hear him set his lock. That prompted her to approach Jamie's bedroom door and gently grasp the knob. She almost gasped when it turned.