This story is continued from a previous chapter, reading it is suggested to improve the plot.
"So are you two going to tell me what's going on here, or are you going to keep me in the dark?", I asked as the three of us picked our way along the path back to our overwater bungalow.
"It's complicated, Top. We need to sit down and talk, there is a lot to tell you." replied my girlfriend Kay.
"We weren't expecting you to come clean so suddenly", Ashley chimed in. "You took us by surprise."
"Took you by surprise?" I started in but then trailed off. I decided to leave it alone for the moment, we'd be back in our private room soon enough. I could already see it.
The bungalow was easily one of the better accommodations in the resort. I'd spared no expense on this intentionally exorbitant trip to Tahiti. The room was excessive, the resort was excessive, even the destination was excessive. If you wanted to flaunt wealth to make a point, you'd pretty much pick 'overwater bungalow in Tahiti'. Which is exactly what I was trying to do here, since the girls needed some convincing that I had indeed gotten rich overnight.
We made our way down our private pier to get out to the room, which was built over the lagoon about 150 feet from shore. I walked along, occupying myself by glimpsing through each gap in the planks at the crystal clear waters below. The light was quickly fading but the white sand along the bottom was still visible. I'd never seen anything like this place before and it was rather fantastic.
Even inside the room, the floor was the same. Gaps between the floor boards made it intentionally porous, letting in the sight, smell and sounds of the lagoon just a few feet below us. It was like being in the water, just without the getting wet part. The furnishings were luxurious, yet simple.
The room was designed with one bed in mind, but the resort had brought out a small cot for Ashley to sleep on. I wondered now if that would be necessary given recent revelations. Sizing up the real bed I hoped it wouldn't, but I still wasn't entirely certain what was happening.
I'd confessed to my girlfriend Kay that I'd been cheating on her with Ashley, who was also our roommate and her sister. I fully expected to be sleeping on the beach by myself while she went ballistic. Instead I got giggles and a blowjob. Apparently this winning streak I was on was infallible and I was quite enjoying the ride, but there was still sorting out to do and it was time to get to it.
"Out with it!" I demanded. Winning streaks make you audacious.
"Come sit down with us, Top" Kay beckoned from the sofa where she and her sister had plunked. I complied, although I would had preferred standing. Ashley gave the spot between them a pat and I put myself in it. I turned toward Kay and waited for her to continue. "I love you, Top. We both do. But there's some stuff we need to sort out"
No shit I said to myself. "You knew about Ashley and I? I mean, she told you when I was in New York? You don't hate us?"
"I don't hate you, I love you for it. Both of you. Ashley already knows that but I'm sure this is a shock to you."
"Yeaaahhh"
"The truth is, we planned this. A while ago. You were just too honorable to play into it, so it took us a while but here we are."
"I think you skipped some stuff. You planned this? A while ago? Planned what?" I rambled.
"We planned for you to fall in love with Ashley, surreptitiously."
"Big word...." I couldn't help myself despite the gravity of the conversation. "Um, so you wanted to share me with your sister?"
"It's only fair" Ashley echoed.
"Fair?" I was getting more confused, not less.
"Top, wait, we're not done explaining. You need to hear the whole story." Kay resettled herself on the sofa, preparing to spill. I waited.
"Go ahead, Kay" Ashley encouraged.
"We have kept some secrets from you." She was stalling, working up to something bigger. I motioned with my hand to get to it but kept my mouth shut so as to not break her nerve. I definitely needed to hear what she was about to say. I'd been played like a fiddle and was intensely aware of it at the moment.
"OK, um, when I told you we weren't that close growing up as teenagers, that wasn't true. And it wasn't a mistake that I moved back home after college and just happened to live near Ashley. The only accidental thing that happened was meeting you and falling in love, but it was fortunate. This isn't coming out right. I love you. Let me finish before you say anything"
I could see she was flustered. I took her hand and lent her some encouragement. Ashley also got up and walked around me and wedged herself onto the sofa behind Kay. She wrapped her arms around her sister and rested her head against her back, her eyes closed. We all had to scoot over a bit to make room in our new configuration.
"So I fell in love with you, and so did Ash. Then you offered for me, then both of us, to move in with you after your roommates moved out. So we did, and we've been plotting ever since."
"For me to fall in love with both of you? Uh, you must have known I felt strongly for Ashley. Why didn't you just tell me when that became obvious?"
"Because we needed it to be your doing. We needed you to initiate that relationship. We didn't know it would take you years to make a move on Ashley"
At that, Ashley giggled a bit but didn't look up. "Stupid honorable man" she muttered into Kay's back. She released the hug and sought out my hand with hers, giving me a caring touch to let me know she was only teasing. Her gesture broke the tension a bit and I could see it have a calming effect on Kay. She squeezed Ashley's arm in affection.
"We're still not certain you ever did, or if she made the move on you. But it happened, and here we are." Kay was gently stroking my cheek, looking into my eyes with pure love. It was reassuring. I exhaled.
"But why did you need me to take the initiative? Why not just come out with all this two years ago? So much easier...."
"We had to keep up appearances. I mean, I'm sure some people kind of thought we were three-waying it, even though we weren't. Look at how we acted. I probably would have thought the same if I wasn't privy. Imagine how much more apparent it would have been if the three of us were together for real. This way, we've established our reputation. The reality of being apart helped establish our alibi."
I was getting the feeling that the girls were well practiced at deception. I still wasn't getting the whole story yet. It was something deeply personal, but not sinister. They had nothing against me, but something to hide. I couldn't figure it just yet, I needed more from them.
"Yeah, I guess. Still, it seems convoluted. You should have known you could trust me"
"Well....." Kay took a long pause. Ashley looked up and over her sister's shoulder at me. This was it.
"Ashley doesn't prefer men. She'd rather be with women."
"What? Ash, I've seen you with 11 men the past two years you've been living with us. I should know; I counted precisely. Do you realize how jealous I was of each and every one of them?"
"She knows, it was part of our plan. You saw what you needed to see."
"So you were just using them as part of the deception and you've really had secret girlfriends all this time? I've never seen you with a single woman."
Ashley answered me this time and leveled her eyes at me. "Yes, you have", she stated and with that she wrapped her arms back around her sister Kay.
Boom.
There it was.
The sensation was very much like a concussion, at least that's the way I'd put it. I'd played rugby since college and had a few along the way. You take a hit to the head and the world flashes white for a millisecond, during which you forget absolutely everything you know. You senses come back almost immediately, and your brain starts remembering stuff, but you spend the next minute trying to reassemble all the pieces of your existence that just got blown apart. Who you are, what you were doing, why you're sitting on your ass with blood streaming down your face.
