Back to a shorter one this time, just a single character introduction.
With this, all the pieces are on the board for the endgame.
*****
"
I'd be perfectly willing to have threesomes . . . even a
permanent
threesome with the right girl.
"
Megan's words hadn't stopped echoing in my head since I fucked her. Whether it was something about that fuck or it had just taken a few days for them to germinate, I didn't know, but the idea of at least keeping
two
of these girls instead of one had taken root in my mind and was growing like a weed. I'd never even had
one
threesomeâthough I'd had the occasional fantasy. I'd certainly never imagined an ongoing one. Could there be a way to make it work? If so, what girls would agree to it? It seemed likely that Carolina and Isabella would get on board with that; would either be open to that sort of arrangement with Megan? Would any of the other girls be willing to be part of such a situation? It was nowhere in my experienceâbut then, quite a bit had happened of late that had been nowhere in my experience.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Andrews, than are dreamt of in your philosophy . . .
Good thing I have a king-size bed
.
I couldn't help sitting a while mixing and matching in my head. It was hard to imagine Melody being game for thisâand Megan would freak her out!âbut I thought Nia probably would be, as long as I was paying both girls the same. I paused to think about that for a moment.
No reason not to; I have plenty of money for it.
âAs long as Lori never finds out, anyway . . .
So, Nia.
What about Kylie or Autumn?
I tried to convince myself both were possibilities, and quickly remembered Kylie's plea: "
Promise
me you'll keep fucking me whether I get the job or not." If she'd meant that, then obviously she'd be up for sharing. As for Autumn, it didn't take much longer to realize I didn't know enough to say. And of course, thoughts of threesomes were mostly speculation, and speculation of the sort that was far more likely to lead me astray than to aid me in making wise decisions. With a mental sigh, I heaved myself to my feet and decided to take a walk to clear my head(s).
I ambled around the neighborhood for a while at no particular pace, enjoying the nice weather and letting my mind float. When I drew close to my house, my thoughts were pulled back into sharp focus by an unfamiliar car in the driveway. My feet sped up of their own accord, hoping this wasn't a bad sign. I realized someone was standing at the doorâa womanâshe turned and saw meâ
âAnd her face lit up with astonished delight. "Mr. Andrews!" she cried out joyously.
It was the voice more than the face that registered as everything fell into place with a loud clank. "Michele?" I asked in disbelief. She came running to me and threw her arms around me, resting her head on my shoulder. I embraced her fiercely and heard myself say, "You've gotten taller, girl."
She burst out laughing. "That's the first thing you say?" she asked, her voice unsteady and muffled somewhat by my neck.
"This is completely unexpected," I said, feeling off-balance. "My brain's still catching up, so my mouth is on its own, and you know
that's
never good."
Michele clung to me, giggling helplessly; I held her tight and softly kissed her hair. When the fit of giggles passed, I said, "Come on, let's go in the house."
Michele Peters had lived a couple houses away from ours from the day Lori and I moved in; she was the first neighbor to come visit us that day. I watched her grow up from the fearless little tomboy who rode her bike up to introduce herself to a disquietingly stunningâbut unaccountably shyâhigh schooler.
And then, partway through her senior yearâa year, year and a half agoâMichele was gone: without warning, her family moved away, no one knew where (or why). I was sad to see her go, because talking with her had always brightened my day; but at the same time, it had become quite hard to keep myself from fantasizing about her, and her departure did at least remove that source of guilt.
To have Michele come back made me happy. To have her come back with an extra three inches of height and more than that around the bust line (I estimated), even with all the other sex I'd been getting, made me horny.
You're a big boy
, I told myself.
You'll live
.
Once we were ensconced on the sofa with our drinksâshe wanted ginger ale, so I had the sameâI told her, "It's really good to see you. How have you been doing?"
Michele looked down into her glass and swirled the ice around. "Mr. Andrews," she began slowly.
"Please, Michele, call me Rob," I interjected. "You've known me a long time, and you're old enough, there's no reason to be formal."
She looked up at me for a moment with a soft smile, then back down. "Rob," she said, "it's been rough. I don't know what happened, but our family blew up. My parents' financial situation, their marriageâeverything was fine, and then suddenly we were in big trouble, and almost immediately after that my dad filed for divorce. I'd already been accepted to the university here, but Mom wanted me to go someplace more prestigious . . . all of a sudden, even paying to go here was too much. I got the financial aid worked out eventually, but I ended up having to delay my enrollment a semester. Dad won't speak to Mom, and she won't talk to me, and I don't know whyâI still don't even know what happened!"
The frustration and pain in Michele's voice broke my heart. I put down my glass and pulled her close; she snuggled into me and trembled in my arms. "Sssshhhh," I soothed her, stroking her hair. "I'm here for you, Michele, and I'm glad you're here." Gradually her trembling eased. She murmured her thanks into my shirt.