We returned home without further incident. Linda stayed in bed for the rest of the week and as much as I wanted to be with them Anne thought it best I not visit until "the dust settled." That turned out to be a really good idea. It gave me time to consider all I had done over the weekend and I can't say I was particularly proud of myself. I had been out of control, I realized, and I was lucky no one got hurt, well, anything more than hurt feelings.
Anne called early Thursday evening and said that as much as she would like to continue things between us she was still a married woman and she was feeling horribly guilty about what she had done. That didn't really square, in my mind, with things that she had said that seemed to imply otherwise but I wasn't in any position to argue. Besides, by that time I realized that I needed to be with just one of the girls. I quickly ruled out Cathy because I thought she was too old for me and Dawn was too pushy and forward for my liking. Still, in a strange sort of way, I also found that to be very attractive in her.
I had no sooner hung up with Anne, or so it seemed, and Linda called me. "We need to talk." She said in a very angry sounding voice.
"Okay, when?"
"Not tonight, be here tomorrow at six." Linda didn't even wait for a response from me before hanging up. I knew she was pissed and although I didn't know exactly what was pissing her off I knew she had found out about one or more of my dalliances over the weekend. Still, I reflected, she could have just yelled at me over the phone and told me she didn't ever want to see me again but she didn't. I took that optimistically. I realized that even though the Caine family had put the fun right back dead center of dysfunctional I really liked them, all of them.
Well, I didn't sleep much Thursday night and Friday dragged by of course. When I rang Linda's doorbell I already felt emotionally drained. Linda answered the door so quickly it was as if she were standing right behind it the whole time. As soon as she saw me she turned and walked away. I followed her to the living room where she started pacing.
"Sit down!" She said to me sternly. I did so and said nothing. I hadn't even said hi to her but I could tell by her expression she wasn't up for small talk. "What the FUCK were you thinking?" Linda yelled at me suddenly. Before I could answer she went off on me again and didn't stop for what seemed like an hour. Of course it was little more than a couple of minutes but I felt totally emasculated when she finally stopped. I sat there silently, stunned. "Well, what do you have to say for yourself? Don't try to deny you fucked Cathy. I know Dawn came on to you so did you fuck her and my mother too?"
"I sorry, I was wrong to do that," I responded in a miserable voice. I actively avoided responding to her question about Dawn and Anne hoping she was so angry that she'd actually forget that I hadn't answered. But she hadn't.
"So did you fuck them too?"
I knew that if I paused anything more than a second I would be doomed by my own silence. "Oh come on Linda . . . "
I was going to go on but Linda interrupted me and yelled, "Oh, and I know you and Dottie did shit too, don't deny it!" This time I let my silence be damning. "Yeah, that's what I thought." Linda had gotten so angry that her face was flush, you could actually see it through the sun burn and her breathing had increased noticeably.
I stood up and said, "Linda, I'm really sorry. I was a real asshole but . . . "
"Yes, you were! How could you do it? How could you do it?" As repeated these sentences over and over again she hit me on the chest and hard. I took it because I had earned it. Then she did something that totally surprised me. She started crying and fell into my arms. I put my arms around her and held her but not firmly. I didn't say a thing though. She cried for the longest time just standing there and then finally as her crying subsided she sniffled as she looked up and asked me, "Why? Why did you do it?"
Well, I knew the answer to this, one thing I'd accomplished over the past couple of days. "I was weak Linda. Cathy's beautiful and until you I had never really had sex with anyone so I guess . . ." I knew there were words to follow but I was having trouble finding them and stumbled. Then I looked down into Linda's eyes and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
"Don't!" She responded strongly. I kissed her again the same way. "Don't!" She said again and even more forcefully. But she didn't push me away and in her eyes I thought I saw her weakening. I didn't try to kiss her again but I did run my hand up and down her back while holding her close to me.
"So you're not breaking up with me?"
"How can I break up with you when we weren't even going out?"
Of course she was right and I felt stupid for saying such a thing so I tried again, "So can we still see each other?" I felt like I had balls of brass to ask her such a question. I knew by all rights she should just toss me out on my ass. I had earned that.
Linda took a deep breath and looked up at me without saying anything but I could see her considering things. Finally she said, "If you still want to go out with me you're going to have to go by my rules." Since I couldn't believe my ears I allowed my head to bob up and down in instant agreement. I told her I'd do anything. "Let's sit down." I went to sit down and Linda then said, "No, up in my room. Too many ears around here and it's none of their business." I hadn't seen anyone in the house besides Linda so I assumed at least Anne was somewhere about.
Linda sat on the bed in her room and I next to her. She started immediately laying down the law to me, putting me on an extremely short leash. I passively agreed to everything without question. I asked her to explain a couple of things but agreed with them anyway. When I could tell she was winding down I put my hand high on her back and rubbed her there. As I was looking into Linda's eyes I could feel myself filling with emotion for her, love I thought. I remembered guys telling me about make-up sex and I thought I'd see if we could do that. All I knew was I felt I had to have Linda right then and there. But Linda moved around a bit showing that my advances were unwanted. Still, I persisted and she soon gave up. Then I started to unbutton her blouse.
Linda slapped my hand away and said strongly, "Stop it! Is that all you can think about? Is your whole life run by your dick?"
I thought about her question a second and then said, "Only since I discovered how to use it last week."
This made Linda laugh and say, "You're impossible." She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek and then said, "You really are you know." The mood was obviously lightening and so I took that moment to push my hand over Linda's breasts. They felt wonderful and this time she did nothing to stop me. With that I started kissing her, longingly , passionately. Her kisses were a little distant and cold at first but her will to resist, what there was of it, quickly melted and she was soon returning my kisses with equal passion. "You know, the only reason I'm letting off is because you're such a good kisser." Linda's passions quickly followed mine and it wasn't long before we were both naked and making love. I kept thinking how I couldn't believe Linda would let this happen after what she'd found out and that made me hornier and harder. When I entered her with my cock, hard as it had ever been, it felt like the first time I had sex. It was like giving up my virginity all over again. Linda finally started saying, "Oh yeah Sam, fuck me, fuck me hard." And I was doing all I could to comply.
Then just as I started to slam my cock into her as hard as I could I said, "Dawn."
Linda pushed me slight away with her hands and said, "What? You called me Dawn." She was clearly extremely angry all over again.
I looked down at her and said, "No," and the nodding I said, "Dawn." Indicating she should look to the door. Linda did so and saw Dawn standing in the doorway.
