by Amy DeMeritt
Susan pulls back and dabs at her eyes. She takes a deep breath and clears her throat. “Will you ask them to wait for us to do any work in the studio?”
“Yeah, of course. This should be enough, but if you’re worried about having this much cash on you, I can give you one of our credit cards.”
“We should be fine with this. I don’t want to get arrested for trying to use a celebrity’s credit card.”
I laugh and nod once. “Ok, fair enough.”
After I lock the office, we go back to the kitchen and Shannon gives Susan a long list of groceries, ice, and drinks.
“We’ll be back as quickly as possible. Eliza, are you coming?”
“Yeah, we’ll come with you. If we split the list, it will take less time. Oh, honey, your family should be here within the hour.”
Shannon inhales deeply with wide eyes. “Ok. Do you know when everyone else is arriving?”
“Awenasa’s parents will be here about the same time as yours. Jaime’s…”
“My mom is coming here?”
Jaime looks genuinely shocked, and justifiably so. Her mom refuses to travel more than a day’s trip by car. It took a lot of begging from me to get her to come to California when Jaime and I were in the final round for the ballroom dance show. We haven’t been able to get her to travel since then, even though she had a perfect experience.
“Yes, we ganged up on her. We tried to get her on our flight, but she waited too long to agree to go and they didn’t have any tickets left. Her flight should be arriving in a couple of hours. Symone, your mom will also be coming.”
“Are you serious?”
Symone’s eyes tear up and Eliza walks over to give her a hug. “Yes, honey. We thought it was time we properly welcomed her into the family.”
Eliza gives Symone a kiss on the cheek, leaving her with a bright print of Eliza’s signature red lips.
“Thank you. Is she the only one?”
“The invitation was extended to your siblings as well, but I don’t know if they accepted.”
With her bottom lip between her teeth, Shannon takes the list back from Susan and quickly makes some adjustments. She takes a deep breath as she scans the list with her finger.
“Ok, this should at least get us through a couple of days. We can have more groceries delivered tomorrow if we have to.”
Giz, who apparently arrived while I was in the office with Susan, asks, “You have alcohol on that list?”
“Oh, we don’t need a list for that.” Eliza laughs and waves a dismissive hand. “We know what to get. We’ll be back. No singing without us!”
Eliza points a stern finger at everyone, and Jerry holds up his hands dramatically with a look like he’s being held up at gun point.
“I wouldn’t dare ask them to work without you here.”
With a proud smug smile, Eliza turns on her heels to walk out. As soon as they leave, Sam attacks Symone’s cheek with a damp towel, grumbling about her mom leaving the lipstick kiss on her. Symone gives her a smile and pulls her into a short kiss, making Sam visibly relax.
“Dad, did you know about this surprise family invasion?”
He smiles over the rim of the mug of tea he’s drinking and winks at me. “Your mom and Joey will be coming with Tahoma and Sequoia. Their flights are supposed to arrive about the same time, so they’re going to drive together.”
“Wait, Joey left California early? I thought he was supposed to be there all week to visit with Bella before they go back to school.”
“Ok, maybe Bella and Karen are coming too.”
“Oh, my god.”
Shannon turns to rush out of the room, but I catch her around the waist and pull her into my arms.
“Baby, relax, it’s going to be fine. The house is clean and we’re going to have a bunch of food here soon.”
“Kayla, we have contractors coming in less than an hour to work on the attic. They’re going to be cutting a giant hole in the wall upstairs. The house is about to get very messed up.”
“Maybe we could postpone the work.”
“We can’t do that. Those vets are counting on this job. Besides, our schedule won’t allow us to push it back. If we don’t do it now, it won’t get done this year.”
“Sorry, girls. I guess we didn’t plan this out very well.”
The baby monitor goes off with one of the babies crying, and Shannon releases another hard exhale of air. I take her hand and pull her with me to go check on the babies, all of whom are napping in the nursery.
I pick up Eerin, and Shannon looks over the side of the cribs at Malana, Helaku, and Montana, making sure they’re still asleep. She takes a deep breath and sits on the window bench and I sit down next to her. As soon as Eerin is cradled on my chest, she quiets down and her eyes close. I give Eerin a kiss on the top of her soft black curly hair, and Shannon lays her head on my shoulder.
“I’m sorry the parents made this decision without consulting us. What can I do to help lessen your stress?”
“It’s not your fault. It’s sweet what they did, but it’s going to be so hectic. You and Sara won’t even be here Thursday. And I know we don’t have an answer yet from that pajama company yet, but you might be gone at least another day for that. We don’t even know who plans on staying here. Oh, my god. What if they all think they’re staying here? Kayla, we don’t have room for everyone.”
“We’ll get hotel rooms for everyone if they don’t have them already. They’ll understand that it’s too hard to stay here this time with the construction going on.”
“What if my mom acts crazy in front of Jaime’s mom and Symone’s family?”
I laugh a little and give Shannon a kiss on the lips. “Your mom has been a lot better since we learned about her affair. We’ll just take it a moment at a time.”
“Kayla, I love our life, but sometimes, things become too overwhelming. We’ve only been home for a few weeks, and now we’re back to entertaining a huge group of people again. And we’re trying to record new songs with Giz and we’ll have contractors here for at least a week. We don’t have much time left here in our own home before we have to go spend at least two more months in California. I like our California home, but it’s not the same as being here. That’s our home away from home and that’s how it feels. This year was supposed to be slower paced, but it hasn’t been. Awenasa and I haven’t had hardly any time to help Lena with plans for the herbal business. I don’t know if we’ll be able to launch the company by our goal date. We have less than two years. That sounds like a lot, but with the way our schedule is, it really only ends up being a few months.”
“I’m glad I’m not alone in feeling overwhelmed. This year has been hectic. Hell, it’s been hectic since Sara created the dance squad. I’m pretty damn exhausted.”
“If all of this wasn’t happening all at once, it wouldn’t be so bad. The idea of all of those people here while construction is going on is really stressing me out.”
“How about today, we just have the crew hang out. We’ll feed them, get to know them, and just relax. Then once we have a handle on what everyone is doing, we can have the crew start the work tomorrow.”
“That is actually a pretty good idea. I think that would help me cope with this much more easily.”
“Ok, baby. Let’s go talk to…” I look up to see all of our wives standing in the doorway. “Spies.”
They smile and shake their heads. Madison holds up the baby monitor, saying, “You forgot to silence your end. We had to quickly turn it off when you got up here.”
All of them walk in to stand in front of us, and Symone kneels down in front of Shannon, taking both of her hands and kisses them.
“Please don’t worry about how your mom is going to look in front of my family. I’m actually terrified to see who shows up and how they behave. My relationship with my family is still very rocky, especially with my oldest sister.”
“I’m happy we get to meet them though. I just hope my mom doesn’t
make tensions worse.”
“My family doesn’t need encouragement to create tension. They’re really good at it all on their own. Come here.”
Symone places her hands on the sides of Shannon’s face and pulls her into a kiss. Shannon visibly melts into Symone as their tongues and lips move together in a slow kiss. Shannon slips from the edge of the bench and lands on her knees on the floor with Symone, making Symone smile against Shannon’s parted mouth. Symone starts to stand and pulls Shannon up with her, without breaking momentum with their kiss.
Stumbling towards the door without releasing each other, Symone leads Shannon out of the nursery. My wives peek their heads out the door giggling and grinning, watching their progress to get to the bedroom. Madison places a hand over her mouth, stifling a loud laugh.
Eerin is asleep again, so I lay her down in her crib. I watch her for a few moments, and since she doesn’t stir, I follow my wives to our bedroom.
Symone and Shannon are eagerly ripping each other’s clothes off and panting for air between kissing and caressing each other. Completely naked, they fall onto the bed together and immediately slip a hand between each other’s thighs.
Sex is a really good outlet for Shannon and Symone when they’re stressed out. Well, it’s a great outlet for all of us. But it’s pretty common for Shannon and Symone to quickly escape a stressful situation for a moment of passion so they can clear their heads to face the situation.
I almost laugh because after they climax, Shannon says, “Ok, I’m ready to do this now.”
Panting for air, Symone nods, and says, “Me too. That was great, baby.”
“You love me?”
Symone giggles and kisses Shannon. “Yes. I love you completely.”
“Good. I love you too. Are you still going to love me if this visit goes horribly wrong?”
Symone laughs hard and rolls Shannon over onto her back, lying flat on her and hovering above her face. “I’m going to love you even when I’m only a soul drifting through the afterlife.”
Shannon pulls Symone back into a wild and urgent kiss. We watch as they tumble around the bed caressing, kissing, and grinding their bodies together. Shannon suddenly sits up and spins around. Symone grabs her hips, guiding her center down to her mouth, and Shannon releases a loud moan into Symone’s chalice as she bends her head between Symone’s thighs.
I love watching my wives enjoying a moment of passion like this, but sometimes it’s really hard not to join. My arousal from watching them has restricted my breathing and I know I’m soaked between my thighs. My clit is pulsing like a beacon, humming out a Morse code message and waiting for someone to answer its call of need.
“Oh, shit.” I gasp and slump against the wall. Awenasa smiles and pulls me into a kiss as she grips me harder between my thighs. “I… Oh, god.”
My wives start stripping themselves and pulling my clothes off. Jaime and Awenasa push Madison, Sam, and me down onto the edge of the bed and they kneel in front of us. I’m in the middle and moan deeply as both of them glide up the inside of my thighs and enter my folds together. Both of them run their hands over my lips and clit a few times before Awenasa pushes Jaime’s fingers inside me and she takes over rubbing my clit.
They smile in response to my loud moan of appreciation for their touch, then they bow their heads between Madison’s and Sam’s thighs. Sam grabs me behind the neck and pulls me into a fast, hard kiss while she palms up my abs and over my breasts. She pinches my nipple really hard, eliciting a scream of pleasure from me. She smiles against my mouth and repeats the hard pinch.
“Oh, fuck.”
I pull back, reeling from the ecstasy she shot through my veins. Madison and Sam push me onto my back and start sucking and biting my breasts and nipples.
Shannon and Symone climax for the second time, and through my barely open eyes, I watch them climb off of the bed and kneel behind Jaime and Awenasa. Shannon slips her hand between Awenasa’s thighs, and Symone slips her hand between Jaime’s. Both of them stall in their progress between our thighs as their bodies contract and they moan deeply. Sam and Madison sit up and pull their heads back between their thighs. Awenasa regains her pace with her mouth against Sam and her hand against me, but Jaime is laying on Madison’s hip, panting and moaning while gripping her thigh hard.
“Oh, god, oh, yes…”
Madison runs her hand over Jaime’s head, and Symone kisses and sucks on Jaime’s neck and shoulders.
“Come here, baby.”
I pat Madison’s ass, encouraging her to come straddle my face so I can finish her off, but Jaime lifts her head, gasping and shakes her head. “No, I want to. Oooh! Please, I can… Oh, god. Oh, shit.”
Jaime falls on Madison’s thigh again, making Symone and Madison giggle. Sam cums, then Awenasa soon follows. Shannon pulls Awenasa’s and Jaime’s hands out from between my thighs and enters me with her mouth, sending me over the edge in a hard burst that causes my body to catapult forward. Jaime cums a moment later, then quickly resumes her pursuit to make Madison climax.
Madison grabs the back of her head and falls on her back, releasing a sweet moan of pleasure with a smile on her face. Jaime works hard and fast with her mouth and hand, sending Madison’s body into a fit of bucking hips, arching back, and her hand rips the comforter and fitted sheet right off of the corner of the bed. Her thighs clamp against the sides of Jaime’s head and she sits up releasing a loud scream as she cums.
“Jesus Christ, that was amazing.”
Madison falls backwards limp and breathing hard. With a smile, Jaime kisses the inside of Madison’s thighs before standing up to sit on the bed with the rest of us.
“Mom!”
“Mom!”
All of us look at each other and laugh before standing up to get dressed really fast.
“Mom!”
“Ok, ok, babes.”
I rush next door to the nursery to find Malana and Helaku standing in their cribs holding onto the slates. They smile really big and stomp their feet, releasing adorable shrieks.
“Up, Mom Ayla!”
“You are supposed to be napping before the contractors get here.”
I pick up Malana, and with her resting on my hip, I scoop Helaku up in my other arm. I can’t believe how big they’re getting already. Both of them have so much beautiful soft dark brown, nearly black hair that is already at least three inches in length. Malana has beautiful hazel eyes, and Helaku has soft light brown eyes. They’re long and have a little bit of pudge in their cheeks and thighs, but they’re within the bracket for normal height and weight for their age.
“Ok, babes, let’s get you changed and ready for company.”
I set them on the floor so I can grab some clothes, but both of them giggle and dart forward, latching onto my legs. I laugh as I have to abruptly stop. They’re lying across my feet with their arms around my ankles.
“Are you going to let me get you some clothes?”
“Mom Ayla!”
I can’t resist those beautiful smiles. I sit on the floor and scoop both of them up to sit on my lap, making both of them giggle and bounce on my thighs.
“You lost that battle very quickly, puppy.”
I laugh and look over my shoulder at Awenasa. “Well, look at these beautiful faces! How am I supposed to resist?”
“Mom!”
Awenasa bends down to give Malana and Helaku a kiss before she walks over to their dresser to get them some clothes. She sits on the floor next to me and takes Malana while handing me clothes for Helaku. I grab the diapers and wipes, and we lay the babies down next to each other to change them.
“Mana.”
Helaku tries to say Malana’s name as he grabs her arm. She squirms and tries to roll away towards him, but Awenasa holds her still.
“Mom!”
Malana slams her hands down, as if in defiance of being restricted, making both of us laugh. Malana and Helaku laugh and start squirming a lot.
“Oh, you little wiggle
worms.”
I bend down and blow a raspberry on Helaku’s tummy, making him laugh and slam his hands onto my head. It takes some effort to change his diaper because he doesn’t want to lay still. He laughs and fusses and tries to pull his sister in on his antics, causing Awenasa to have just as hard of a time as I’m having.
When we finally get them dressed, we lean back and exhale hard. We look at each other and laugh.
“That was a workout.”
“That was very entertaining to watch.”
We look over our shoulders and laugh. I pick up the taped-up diapers, acting like I’m going to throw them at our wives, who are watching from the doorway. All of them laugh and run out into the hall.
Montana and Eerin start fussing, so they duck back inside the nursery and Shannon and Jaime grab the babies from their cribs.
“Oh, Eerin, you are very fresh.” Jaime laughs and holds Eerin out in front of herself while tilting her head to the side, trying to get away from the smell. She walks over to me and holds her out. “Here, since you’re already down there with the diapers and wipes.”
“Nice excuse.” I take Eerin and my nose instantly curls and I choke as my lungs refuse to inhale that stench. “Hand me one of her diapers. Oh, baby girl, what are you doing to us? In the future, after your mommies do what we just did, chocolate cake or lemonade is a much better way to cap off the moment. Not changing stinky diapers.”
“Here’s an outfit for her.” Shannon places the outfit next to my hip and caresses my head in a loving way. “We’re going to go downstairs. I think we’ve all been gone long enough.”
“Ok, I’ll be down soon.”
Chapter Twenty
A man wearing a desert-tan tee shirt with its sleeves torn off and tucked into a pair of carpenter jeans and work boots jumps out of a truck with a broad smile, and bellows, “Hello”. He’s very tall, probably over six foot, and built like a tank. His arms and chest are chiseled, but his arm definition is slightly obscured by the partial sleeve tattoos he has on both arms.
Once he’s standing in front of me, he extends his hand for me to shake with a broad smile. “Hello, I’m Rod McCallister. It’s a pleasure to finally meet you in person.”
