Three Homeless Women

She was a panhandler asking for money in front of the local strip mall. Her eyes changed when she saw me coming, knowing or hoping I would give her money, which I always did. It was hard to tell her age, I assumed it was close to mine but begging aged you differently

I had just turned 18 when I came home late one night and found my parents sitting at the kitchen table. Of course I was high, I was always high then. My mother was nice when she asked me to move out, not caring where I went. The anger on my father's face let me know this wasn't up for discussion. Besides, I was 18 and knew everything.

A year on the streets changes a person, I couldn't remember the last time I got high, any money I could beg went into my stomach. I slept in abandoned car behind a strip mall. There was an older woman who was always very generous to me, anytime I saw her I ate good that night. After a year, my mother came up behind me and asked me if I was ready to come home. Of course I was.

Maybe that's why I was generous with this woman. I was generous with most panhandlers, but I just assumed it was harder for a woman.

Few words were spoken when I handed her some cash, usually a quick blurb about the weather and her thank you. That night was going to be nasty, high winds, freezing rain and a couple of days well below freezing. She always carried a knapsack but it wasn't big enough to contain anything that would keep her warm tonight.

"It's going to get nasty tonight and the next few days," I said as I handed her a twenty. I always kept a twenty in my wallet for her.

"Shit," she said, "I hadn't heard. How nasty?"

I showed her the weather warning on my phone and watched her shoulders sag.

"Do you have a place to go?"

She was shaking her head and I saw her eyes getting moist.

"If you give me a place to spend the night, I'll suck you off?"

That certainly caused me to pause, "You aren't a cop trying the get me for solicitation?"

"No I am not, do I really look like a cop to you?"

"I'll give you a place to stay and I don't want you to suck me off. I need to get some things from the store, you can wait in my car if you want, it's not locked. Do you need anything, do you want to come in with me?"

"They won't let me in the store so I'll wait in the car and I don't need anything."

It only took me few minutes to pick up what I needed plus some other stuff I thought she might like including a rotisserie chicken we could eat for dinner. The wind had really picked up while I was in the store and debris was flying around the parking lot. She was sitting in my car, I wondered how she knew which one was mine.

The ride to my condo was short, I did ask if she was afraid of me. I told her my name was Jack and her name was Jesse. She wanted to know why I wasn't afraid of her. "Well, I'm a male, I have a few inches on you and at least 30 pounds. I'm thinking I can take you in a fight," I said. She laughed. I liked her laugh.

When we got to my condo, I showed her to a spare bedroom, offered her a shower and some sweats to put on. She was in there a long time and I had the table set with the chicken and some instant mashed potatoes I whipped up.

She apologized for using my razor and then started eating slowly at first.

Fortunately I wasn't very hungry because the carcass was nothing but bones like some horror cartoon when she was done. Over dinner we exchanged stories:

"My wife found someone else, much richer than I was. When she left to go live with him, our two daughters decided to go with her, that was three years ago."

"Do you still hear from your girls?"

"Christmas and Father's day and I call them on their birthdays. What's your story?"

"Maybe a midlife crisis or perimenopause led me to have an affair. My husband found out and exercised the prenup I signed when we married, that left me with nothing except my clothes and my car. He took the kids and moved to Europe. I took the car and started driving. The car is sitting at a park and ride near the interstate. That's where I live. There's three other women just like me living there although I think one has some mental issues."

"Should we go get them, I don't want them to freeze to death?"

"I know very little about them and maybe they are ax murderers. And what are you going to tell them you're letting me stay here because I'll suck you off?"

"I said no to sex. Come on, I'll drive you over there before the weather gets nasty."

"Why?"

I told her my story of being homeless and the older woman who was generous with me. I also told her that I believe in helping people, like an investment in someone's future.

"They could steal from you while you're sleeping, I could steal from you while you're sleeping."

"There really isn't that much to steal."

When we got to the park and ride, only two of the women were there and one refused to come with us. They said the woman with mental issues was in the hospital after a tussle with some police officers. The woman who came with us was named Amy and both Amy and Jesse grabbed a bunch of stuff from their cars.

Neither of their cars would start and both had flat tires. Amy hadn't eaten all day so I was back in the supermarket, picking up two more chickens, two dozen eggs and bread. I also grabbed some extra shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste

Amy's story was different from Jesse's. One day her husband didn't come home from work, simply disappeared off the planet. She was unaware that he stopped paying the bills months earlier. One day he disappeared and the next day she was being evicted from their apartment. She always regretted that she could not have kids but it turned out to be a good thing. She had been a chef but quit a year earlier in hopes that it would help her conceive.

I showed Amy to the other spare bedroom, offered her a shower and some sweats to put on. She also apologized for using my razor. I let the women eat and sat in the living room with my book.

After they ate both chickens, they came into the living room asking to use the washer but said 'holy shit' instead. The walls of my living room were covered with well stocked bookshelves and there were piles of books laying around. The women forgot about laundry and started perusing the bookshelves.

"Did you read all of these Jack," asked Jesse.

"Most, some I didn't finish for various reasons. The ones on the floor I haven't read yet."

Amy pulled a book off the shelf, "I love this book, can I reread while I'm here?"

"Please help yourselves, both of you. There's some soft drinks in the fridge if you're thirsty.

By the time they got the washer going, the storm had kicked in, hail and raining were pelting the windows. A couple of times the lights flickered so I got out some emergency lamps and candles, a few minutes later there was a big bang in the distance and the power went out. There wasn't enough light for me to continue reading so I started to say good night.

"Wait a minute Jack," said Amy, "you're going to go to bed and leave two strangers to roam about your house."

"Yes, feel free. The remotes are under the coffee table if the lights come back on and you want to watch TV."

I slept late, much later than usual and I woke up to Jesse knocking on my bedroom door.

"Jack, Amy is making breakfast, do you want anything?" I told her I would be out in a minute.

Amy poured me a cup of coffee and went back to flipping pancakes. Jesse was already eating. It looked like she had half of what was a very large stack left on her plate.

"I remember the year I was homeless," I said, "I was always hungry and learned to like a lot of foods I would never eat before, like anchovies."

Amy said, "I saw a few tins in the cupboard but they're not really a breakfast food, especially when you have pancakes available."

Outside looked beautiful blanketed in fresh snow but the temperature wasn't expected to break zero as a polar vortex covered the area. The lights had come back on during the night so the girls restarted their laundry. I tried to clean up the kitchen but they shooed me out.

I sat down on the couch and picked up my book when the two girls sat down on either side of me.

"What," I asked.

"We're worried about Anna, we know she said no last night but we don't think she understood how cold it was going to get. Do you think your jeep could make it there and back so that we could ask her again. Maybe if she sees that you didn't murder us last night she'll feel safer saying yes."

I couldn't say no. The three of us bundled up in our warmest clothes and drove over to the park and ride. There were some footprints around Anna's car so we knew she was still there. Jesse and Amy walked over and knocked on her fogged up windows. Anna rolled down her window a bit, I watched her shake her head no while Jesse argued with her. Jesse eventually won the day and they helped Anna move some of her stuff into my jeep.

Anna's story was worse, her husband left her because he got a former student pregnant. She fell into a deep depression and was hospitalized a couple of times, losing custody of her kids and her job. She ended up moving into her car.

The spare bedroom Amy was using had two twin beds so Anna moved in there and I gave her my last set of sweats as she jumped in the shower. While she showered, Amy whipped her up some pancakes.

We watched the weather report; a polar vortex was going to be locked over our area for at least another week.

"Jack, we can't stay here for a whole week," said Jesse.

"I'm not sure why not, but we're going to need more food, especially the way you've been eating Jesse and I say that jokingly. Amy you seem to know you're way around the kitchen best, please come food shopping with me and please start a list of anything you guys need."

The girls huddled in the kitchen as I picked up my book again. I wasn't making much progress on my book. Bits and pieces of the girls conversation would drift into the living room, some of it was about essentials, there were concerns about me and none of them had any desire to get involved with another man. That was fine with me, I didn't want to get involved with another woman. The wounds inflicted by my ex-wife may never heal and I was okay with that.

I felt pretty redundant at the supermarket. My job was simply to push the cart while Amy worked through the list.

"What's the budget Jack," she asked.

"There is no budget Amy, get what we need but try limiting it to one cart, we can always come back."

Amy stared at me, I think there was a tear in her eye. "I can't remember the last time a man was nice to me, Jesse said you turned down her offer of a blowjob, why are you being so nice to us?"

"I figured I might need some good karma points to help me get into heaven. Besides, I believe in investing in people."

"You're bullshitting me Jack."

"I don't believe in heaven but I do believe we are obligated to help people."

Amy gave me a quick hug and then went back to her list. Jesse and Anna helped put the groceries away as Amy and I brought the bags in. Once everything was unloaded, Amy pushed us out of the kitchen so she could get started on a lasagna for dinner.

By day three, the three women slipped into roles. Amy took over the cooking side of the kitchen, Jesse took over the cleaning side of the kitchen. Jesse would begrudgingly let me help in clearing the table and loading the dishwasher. Anna cleaned everything else, both bathrooms daily although my bath didn't really need to be cleaned daily and I could certainly do it myself.

When they weren't cleaning, they were reading. Sometimes I would look up from my book and see the four of us lounging around the living room reading.

On day four I gave Amy a credit card and the keys to the jeep to pick up some necessities.

"Jack, you hardly know me and you're giving me the keys to your car and a credit card," Amy said. By then the other girls had gathered around.

"Maybe you should take them with you Amy, there's probably stuff they need too."

"You're insane Jack," added Jesse.

"You all need to get out anyway. Reporting the jeep and credit card as stolen would be easy if you weren't back by tomorrow."

The three women left the house in a tad bit of chaos. I enjoyed the silence of being alone again for about five minutes before I turned the radio on.

Amy went right to work in the kitchen when she got home and over dinner I told them that we had another week of extreme cold temperatures coming.

Jesse sighed, "How long are you going to let us stay here Jack?"

"There's no end date Jesse."

The three of them stopped eating, a hundred questions running around their heads.

Amy said, "We can't freeload off of you forever Jack."

"I don't think freeload is accurate, I haven't cooked since you got here and the only thing you really let me do is handle the dishwasher. Jesse keeps the kitchen spotless and Anna keeps everything else clean."

"But I recognize you guys may not want to stay here forever. I have a very good friend who owns an auto repair shop and I spoke with him this afternoon. With your guys okay, Frank will have your cars towed to his shop and he'll take a look and see what they need to make them run again. There's no promises here, he's not going to sink a lot of money into a car that isn't worth it. If you guys are okay, his son who happens to be my godson will stop by tomorrow and pick up your keys."

"Obviously we don't have the money to get our cars fixed Jack," said Anna.

"Let's see what they need, like I said, I believe in investing in people. I've helped out Frank financially a few times over the years so we can trust what he says."

Frank called back three days later. Anna's and Amy's cars were shot. The engines had frozen up in the severe cold and cracked the blocks. There was a possibility he could get Jesse's running again. It would take a few more days to figure out if it was possible. Anna and Amy were devasted. I was worried about Anna slipping into depression again and asked Jesse to talk to her.

Anna started the talk at dinner that night, "So now what Jack, we're trapped here."

"I could have Frank tow your car back to the park and ride if you want, or we can go over tomorrow and you and Amy can get whatever else you need or want out of the cars. As I said, there's no end date when you have to leave."

Jesse said, "What if we got jobs, it's almost impossible today to get a job a job unless you have a bank account and you can't get a bank account without an address and the park and ride doesn't count as an address. I'm not saying we have to stay here forever but thanks to Jack's generosity we can finally take control over our lives again. I could get a job at the supermarket, Amy, that greasy spoon in the strip mall is always looking for help and I'm sure you can find something too Anna. Then at least we won't be freeloading off of Jack."

A wave of excitement flowed around the table, less so with Anna.

"What did you do before your divorce Anna?"

"I was an accountant, I'll never get my license back and no one in their right mind would let me do accounting again?"

"What about bookkeeping Anna?"

"Who's going to let me keep their books Jack?"

"Frank is always complaining about what a mess his books are, especially when he has to go see his accountant during tax season. I'll give him a call in the morning."

"Anna will need transportation Jack, Amy and I can walk to the strip mall as long as the weather is kind."

"Let me talk to Frank first."

"Fuck," said Amy, "I don't have clothes to apply for a job that don't scream homeless person."

The excitement that had just flooded the table quickly evaporated.

"Then you should take the credit card Amy, along with Jesse and Anna and go buy what you need."

"Are you made of money," they asked in unison. "You're a little young to be retired, did you win the lottery."

"I'm not made of money, probably out of guilt my ex left me financially intact, even waiving claim to the house. It wasn't a mansion or anything that big but they put in a mass transit station a few years after we bought it and the value more than doubled and then doubled again before I sold it. We were never extravagant spenders and I made some smart investments."

Frank offered Anna a job and she was able to use Jesse's car to get back and forth to work. Amy got a job at the greasy spoon as a cook and Jesse got a job there too as a waitress, both working the same shifts which made the logistics easier.

The polar vortex finally broke after two weeks but the three woman asked if they could stay longer. They felt they had an opportunity to move their lives forward.

It was during week three when I woke up one night and someone was sucking my cock. They had a sheet covering them so I couldn't tell who it was. I suspected it was Jesse since she had made the offer in the beginning but as the days stretched to weeks and beyond, Amy and Anna had made similar offers.

Rational me wanted to stop the blow job but I lost my willpower when the woman's nose pressed against my belly. It didn't take me long to start coming and the woman sucked every drop out of me. Once she was done, she put my cock back in my sleeping shorts and left with the sheet still covering her. Maybe a ghost sucked me off.

I wanted to bring the subject up at breakfast the next morning but all three women were looking guilty.

The same thing happened the next night. This woman didn't deep throat me but was just as good as the night before. Again the woman was covered by a sheet so I couldn't tell who it was. The blow job the night before had reawakened a lust in me that had been dead for a long time. The rational me who wanted to stop last night's blowjob had left the building. Like the night before, this woman sucked me dry, stuffed my cock back into my sleeping shorts and left covered by the sheet.

I pretended to be asleep the next night when my visitor came into my room. After letting her get started, I reached my hand down and started rubbing the back of her head, by her haircut I knew it was Anna and she was different than the other two nights. She sucked me with much more gusto and paid a lot of attention to my balls. Twice she brought me to the edge before she pushed her nose against my belly and swallowed my come.

Over breakfast the next morning I said, "I know it was Anna who visited me last night and I know both Jesse and Amy had their turns and I'm assuming you were first Jesse. Am I correct?"

Jesse nodded yes.

"I think I made it clear I didn't want that to happen."

"That's what you said Jack," said Anna normally the quiet one. "But you had plenty of opportunities to stop me last night and you were waiting for me when I came in."

"So, are you each going to take a turn each night sucking me off. I'm not complaining, it's been a long time since I last thought about sex. I'm afraid you've awoken some things in me that should have been left sleeping."

"All three of us can say the same thing Jack. When I got back to my room I masturbated for the first time in years," Jesse said. "All three of us want more if you're willing. When I come to your room tonight, I can suck you off again but what I want is for you to make love to me. Or we could go right now."

Like the times at the strip mall, she had that look knowing or hoping I would say yes. I stood up and led her to my bedroom. We had some awkward kisses as we stripped off what little clothes we had on.

I wanted to taste her and pushed her back onto my bed, it had been so long since I tasted a woman and her scent was making my cock hard, I started licking her lips, drifting down to her rosebud and licking up to her clit and she shuddered, I let her calm down a bit and started licking her lips again, drifting lower and higher each time until I reached her rosebud and then back up to her clit again, this time I didn't stop when she shuddered and started sucking on her clit. "Jesus" she screamed as she came, pushing my face away. Then she pushed me onto my back and slid my cock into her pussy, there was another loud Jesus as she collapsed on top of me. Gently she began grinding herself against me, the grinds became more intense and then she was slowly sliding her pussy up and down on me. She would shudder ever few minutes and with other Jesuses in between. I was enjoying mauling her tits.

"Put a baby in me Jack."

I tensed up and she assured me she couldn't get pregnant. It wasn't like I was going to stop the cum that was going to blast out of me.

"I need a nap after that Jack," and she fell asleep. I walked out to get a drink and found Amy and Anna wrapped around each other laying naked on the living room floor. Both were sleeping. I went back to Jesse and fell asleep alongside her.

Amy and Anna were up when I awoke. Amy was cooking of course and Anna was cleaning and vacuuming the living room. There were some sheepish grins from the girls as we ate dinner.

"Jack were you walking around the living room this afternoon," asked Anna.

I smiled.

"Oh my god," said Amy.

"What's going on," asked Jesse.

Anna said, "Like you said Jack, a lot of things had been reawaken in us over the last few days. We were trying to read but knowing what you two were doing in the bedroom. By the time Jesse let out her first Jesus, we were kissing and by the second Jesus we were ripping each other's clothes off. If you had come out five minutes earlier you wouldn't have found two naked women sleeping on your floor."

"Wait a minute, while Jack was making love to me, you guys were making love to each other?"

Anna said with a smile, "I wouldn't call it making love."

Amy followed up with, "Oh my god I'm so embarrassed and you saw us Jack?"

"Well you were sleeping when I saw you but I'm pretty sure I knew what went on."

"I'm not a lesbian," Amy said.

"Neither am I," Anna said, "But I sure did have a good time and by the sound of your own 'Jesuses' I think you did too.

Amy started dinner and Anna went and helped her.

"It's still my turn tonight Jack, can I spend the night with you?"

Again she had that look knowing or hoping I would say yes and I have never been able to say no to it.

We made love again, slowly, spending most of our time kissing and enjoying each other's bodies. Her tits were almost perfect just a hint of middle age sag. For round two, she wanted me to fuck her hard, starting in doggy position with some nice slaps on her ass which caused a loud Jesus. She took the top and pounded herself against me and finally I took the top and pounded her with her legs over my shoulders. When we were done, she laid her head on my shoulder and fell asleep just like my ex use to.

Before nodding off she said, "You have the perfect chest to sleep on, made comfortable by an ex-wife and children. I'm happy I get to enjoy it. Thank you."

She mumbled something at the end, almost an "I love you." Really it could have been anything. Was it wishful thinking on my part?

Anna was knocking on the door the next morning telling Jesse and I that Amy was whipping up some omelets if we were hungry. We both were, so we headed out.

There was a somber mood at the breakfast table. For the first time Jesse barely touched her food.

Anna broke the silence: "Being the quiet one at the table, let me talk about the elephant in the room this morning. Jack, like with the blow jobs, we agreed to take turns showing you our appreciation. Once you hit the gutter it's pretty hard to get out, you're more concerned about eating and not getting attacked. Technically tonight would be Amy's turn. But we both noticed the way Jesse has been looking at you, like most men you probably haven't noticed but Amy and I have. I'm thinking Jesse would prefer not sharing you with us anymore, and that's not the money talking."

Jesse was staring at her lap.

Amy said, "Jesse has been a really good friend to all of us and she usually shared that twenty you gave with us. I could not step into the middle of you two. Although there are parts of me that wish I would."

"That's not fair," said Jesse, "You can't change the rules because I have feelings for Jack or because I saw him first. It's been a long time since I was with a man but Jack is good, you should get to experience him. Besides he fucked me hard last night. If you haven't noticed I'm walking bowlegged this morning. Sex for me with Jack tonight is off the table."

"So, I do get my turn tonight," said Amy.

"What about me," I said, "do I get a say?"

"It's okay if you don't want me Jack," Amy said, taking her turn to stare at her lap.

"That's not what I'm saying Amy, your beautiful, all three of you are. But I didn't invite you here for sex."

Jesse spoke again, "We know Jack, but that makes it more special that we show our appreciation. Enjoy Amy tonight and I'm pretty sure Amy will enjoy you. And then you'll have Anna. Each of us will have had a chance to say thank you in our own special way."

I wasn't happy and was having a hard time figuring out why while I picked up my book. Amy and Jesse walked down to the diner for work and Anna went off to the garage leaving me alone. It was a beautiful day.

Before Anna left, she pulled Amy aside, "Amy, you look at Jack the same way Jesse does, she probably hasn't noticed but I do and I don't think Jack has."

"Anna, I'm very comfortable where I am, I would never want to share a man and it's obvious that Jack doesn't want to be shared. But at the end of the day, I think I'll win."

It was obvious that they didn't know I could hear them and I wasn't sure what Amy meant.

The mood at dinner was rather sullen again. Jesse barely ate, just moved her food around the plate. Nobody was really eating.

Again, Anna broke the silence: "I don't think I have to tell anyone sitting at this table how hard it is to be homeless. In the beginning, I passed depression and raced to suicidal. I was college educated with a public accounting license, how the fuck did I end up in a suicide ward. In order to get out of a suicide ward, you have to say all the right words in the right way. In my mind, I believed I could survive being homeless if I didn't cross a line that would erase any self-respect I had left. And that line was trading sex for a handout. Sleeping with you Jack would be crossing that line. I can't do it. I know I'm not actually trading sex for anything you wouldn't have done for me anyway but it's too close for me."

Jesse banged her hand on the table, "Are you saying I'm trading sex for handouts, like a cheap whore."

It was Amy's turn to chime in: "Jesse, we all know you're in love with Jack, god you stare at him like you're sixteen again experiencing your first crush. You're as far from a cheap whore as you can get, sleeping with the man you love isn't whoring. Not to mention the way Jack looks at you. And I'm with Anna on this one, it just feels wrong to sleep with Jack on so many levels. So, I hope you don't mind but I'm going to pass tonight Jack."

I left the table to go read my book. Jesse was quiet as we sat in the living room reading. It was near ten when I announced I was turning in. All eyes were on me and then to Jesse and back on me. Jesse had that look knowing or hoping I would say ask her to sleep with me.

I turned to Jesse and offered my hand, "Are you coming Jesse?"

"Give me a few minutes Jack and I'll be in."

I said good night to the other girls and started by bedtime routine. I caught pieces of the living room conversation, I think someone was asking Jesse to give up her claim on the full size bed she had been sleeping in. Five minutes later she came into my bedroom but not looking happy.

"What's the matter Jesse?"

"I told you this morning that I'm too sore to have sex with you tonight."

"Yes Jesse, I remember. Does that mean we can't sleep together?"

"Do you still want to sleep with me? I could talk to Amy."

"Of course I would still want to sleep with you and Amy made her position clear at dinner. Besides, I never wanted sex with all of you anyway. I keep saying that but nobody seems to hear me."

"But you're okay with me trading sex for a handout."

"Jesse, I never thought you were trading sex for a handout. I was pretty sure that was a façade so we could sleep together because we both knew we had feelings for each other."

"You have feelings for me Jack? Please don't fuck with me on this."

"Jesse, I would never do anything to hurt you and yes I have feelings for you. And I would like you to lay your head on my chest and fall asleep like last night."

Jesse's smile was priceless as she snuggled up against me. I felt undeserving somehow. It took us awhile to fall asleep. I enjoyed sleeping with Jesse, it was almost like we were doing a well-practiced dance.

For the first time in forever, I was the first one up and started the coffee. I looked into the room Jesse had been sleeping in and saw a naked Amy and Anna cuddling in the full size bed. I went to quietly pull the door shut but Amy opened her eyes. She silently said fuck.

Amy was up pretty quick after that and started shooshing me out of my kitchen so she could start breakfast. Jesse came in right after Amy and I gave her a kiss good morning. Anna trudged in a few minutes later.

Anna said, "Jack, please tell me we didn't leave the door open and you didn't see Amy and I in bed."

"I don't lie Anna, unless the you're asking me if a dress makes you look fat."

Jesse jumped on it, "Wait, you guys slept together last night and Jack saw you naked again."

"It gets warm in that room now so we need to keep the door open at night unless Jack wants to run the AC."

"What if I just promise not to look." I said.

Anna, who had been so quiet when she first moved in said, "You're not a eunuch Jack, there are few men who could pass up the opportunity to see a naked woman unless of course you don't find us attractive."

"I assure you I find all of you attractive and I'm not a eunuch. But I do want you to be comfortable here."

The women stared at each other for a few seconds and went back to their normal morning routines. But after that, the dress code, if there ever was a dress code became more relaxed. It was also getting warmer out. I guess Jesse was first being comfortable wearing nothing but panties and a t-shirt around the condo. Amy and Anna soon followed, especially in the morning as they were getting ready for work.

Sometimes the t-shirts were replaced by a bra.

Of course the three women were older, but they were all slim and Anna had a large rack.

Jesse would catch me looking and grab my crotch, "You can look all you want Jack, especially if Anna's tits are going to put some lead in your pencil, but anything more than looking may result in a broken pencil." Amy turned to wearing tongs, "my panties always ride up my ass anyway," she said.

Most evenings we would spend laying around the living room reading, so sometime after dinner the girls would be back in t-shirts and panties. And as the ladies got comfortable reading, they weren't being very modest, legs spread and nipples poking through.

Amy and Anna got so use to me seeing them naked, they gave up. Their bedroom was at the end of the hall near the kitchen and dining area. It was impossible to go into kitchen without looking into their room. Plus, the bathroom was off the hallway so it seemed I always had the opportunity to see them in some stage of undress anytime I went in and out of the kitchen.

Plus Amy and Anna became more comfortable with public displays of affection, at least inside the condo. And they didn't seem concerned anymore if I saw them doing more like deep kisses or Anna's hand on Amy's almost bare ass.

One evening, Jesse and I had already gone to bed but I headed to the kitchen to get a glass of water. The door to Amy and Anna's room was wide open, Anna was sitting on the bed, topless and playing with her tits. Amy was naked and on her knees, obviously licking Anna's pussy while sliding two fingers in and out of her own pussy. Anna started staring at me as she lifted and sucked on one of her tits and then the other.

I didn't realize Jesse was standing behind me until she reached around and grabbed my cock which was pretty hard by then.

"What do you like best Jack, watching Anna suck on her own nipples, knowing Amy has her tongue buried in Anna's cunt or watching Amy finger fuck herself. I told them you would like it and look how hard your cock is and all for me."

Jesse dropped to her knees and started sucking me off, it was then that I remembered I was getting her a glass of water. She or they had planned this. I watched Anna come on Amy's face and then Amy sucked on each of Anna's tits. Then the two ladies were kissing each other or really Anna was licking her juices off Amy's face. I started coming in Jesse's mouth. When I was done or her mouth was full, she went over and started dribbling my cum into Anna's and Amy's mouths. And then the three of them were kissing, swapping my cum between them.

As Jesse was kissing Anna, Amy pulled down Jesse's panties and slid two fingers into Jessy's pussy. The girls played with each other and I stroked my cock.

"Let us know when you're getting ready to cum Jack," they said in unison as fingers and lips found pussies and tits. I was getting ready to blow and I warned them. The three girls dropped to their knees right before me and demanded I spray their faces. I obliged and they licked my come off of each other.

"Happy Birthday Jack!"

Shit, I hadn't celebrated a birthday in a long time and had completely forgotten all about it.

Jesse later said they wanted to do something special on my birthday but couldn't afford anything, then they came up with making me a porn star.

Nothing like that ever happened again, the girls still ran around in panties and t-shirts while Anna and Amy got very use to me seeing them naked. Jesse started frequently traveling around the condo topless. I insisted on at least panties and a t-shirt when we were eating.

I received a strange phone call from Frank over at the garage. Anna had been there almost two months by then. It was difficult but I had to separate her from the others. I heard her pull in and asked her to go for a walk before she went inside.

"Frank called me today," I said.

"I'm so sorry Jack, I hope I didn't mess things up between you two. I was just trying to be helpful. He has a lot of customers who owe him money and in my spare time I started calling them up. I had no idea they were Frank's friends. I swear I called every one of them and apologized."

"Anna, I have no idea what you're talking about. That's not why Frank called me."

"Oh, okay, then why did he call you?"

"First let me tell you a little bit about Frank, his former wife ran off with his business partner, not only leaving him broken hearted but nearly in financial ruin. Frank wants to take you to dinner but he's paranoid you'll turn him down. So this is kind of like high school, you ask a girl's friend if she'll go to the prom with you before you actually ask the girl. He also wanted to make sure he wasn't coming between us."

"Jack, I would love to go to dinner with Frank. Fuck, I have nothing to wear."

"I'll let him know. Take the jeep and the credit card and go buy something. And Anna, if you fuck him over I may have to kill you."

"Did you tell him anything about me and Amy?"

"Of course I had to tell him you were a lesbian." Anna punched my arm hard.

Their first dinner turned to a second and a third before Anna spent the night at his house for the first time. After a month of dating, she barely came back to the condo and that was usually with Frank for one of Amy's Sunday night dinners and she insisted on cleaning everything on Sunday mornings.

But I didn't think things on the home front were going well. In the beginning I was always surprised at how well we all got along, everybody quickly fell into their roles. Jessie and I had settled into a comfortable life but I sensed friction between Amy and Jesse.

At one point I asked Amy if she was missing Anna. She said she did miss the closeness they shared but she was really happy for Anna who was definitely in love with Frank.

Normally Amy and Jesse would walk down to the diner together but now Amy was leaving a half hour before Jesse and usually coming home a half hour later. I asked Jesse about it and she mumbled something about Amy having her period. A couple of days later on a Friday afternoon, I happened to catch them walking up the street, they really weren't walking since Amy was angrily telling Jesse something while waving her finger in Jesse's face.

The two of them barely spoke to each other the rest of the weekend and Amy stayed in her room unless she was cooking. Amy seemed happier on Sunday when Anna was around, but Jesse spent most of the day in our room and barely spoke to Anna.

That Sunday night, Jesse and I enjoyed a rather vigorous love making session and she laid her head on my chest as she usually did during our post sex cuddles.

"I met someone," she said. There was more to what she was saying but I had stopped listening. In my mind we never said we were exclusive, but I would never share my bed with anyone sleeping with someone else. Also playing in my mind was all the things I did for her and this is how she repays me but I never wanted her to feel obligated to me.

Jesse was still talking as I went into the kitchen. She was still talking when I started removing her clothes from the dresser and the closet and shoving them into the plastic bags, then hauling them into the empty bedroom. This exact same scene had played out with my ex-wife. I couldn't believe history was repeating itself, how could I be so stupid. Jesse was still talking, I could see her lips moving but I couldn't hear a word. Amy was up, standing in her doorway with her arms crossed her chest.

Jesse was still in my room, yelling something. I grabbed her arm and dragged her from my room and pushed her into the spare room, she tripped over her clothes and fell onto the bed.

"You have till Friday to find somewhere else to live."

"Can we talk about this Jack?"

"No, you've been talking for the last ten minutes and I haven't heard a word you said and I don't want to hear anymore. Don't come back here after work on Friday."

Jesse got up and started yelling at Amy, "You fucking told him didn't you, you saw you're chance to get my Jack and you jumped on it."

"What is she taking about Amy, what does she think you told me."

"And Jesse, Amy hasn't told me anything. So somebody better start talking."

"I'll tell you Jack, and it's not because I'm trying to take you from Jesse, I'll tell you because you deserve my honesty. But let's sit in the kitchen."

The three of us sat around the kitchen table, Jesse was begging Amy not to tell me anything.

"It's too late for that Jesse, I'm not sure what you told him to get kicked out of his bed but he deserves to know everything. Damn it Jesse, he saved us from freezing to death."

"I told him I met someone."

"Well, that could mean a lot of things but based on Jack's reaction I'm assuming he got the point. But let me tell him how we got here. Jack, there's an art to being a good waitress, making sure people aren't waiting too long to place their orders, getting orders right, and then getting them their food while it's still hot. And you want to be warm and friendly, which helps your tips. Many men like to push warm and friendly, a touch on the hand or arm maybe. Some waitresses have a do not touch rule, others are a little more loose, and depending on the man, they will push it. A hand on the waist, maybe some side boob in a hug and maybe that hand on the waist drifts a little lower."

"I've been telling Jesse she's been letting some of the regulars go too far, I think you would be upset if some guy had his hand on Jesse's waist or her bare thigh and all she did was laugh about it. I warned her and she said I was just jealous because she got bigger tips."

"And if you're a regular and your waitress is letting your hand run up the back of her thigh, of course you want to know what she'll let you do if you're not on the clock so they start asking for dates. Quite a few men have been asking Jesse for dates and she said yes to a guy for this coming Friday. Tonight was her last chance to tell you before I did."

Jesse was staring at Amy and pissed, "You make it sound so lewd, that's not how it was."

"Shall I show Jack the picture of the guy's hand up the back of your skirt? You almost got fired today Jesse. We work in a family diner, go work in a strip club if you're okay with that. Are you denying you agreed to go to dinner with him on Friday?"

"No. I'm not denying that, that's why I told Jack I met someone. Please Jack, I love you, this doesn't have to mean the end of us. If it bothers you that much I'll just cancel."

"You can do whatever the fuck you want, and it is already the end of us. Don't come back here after you go to work on Friday morning. Go out to dinner, I don't care, but the locks will be changed after you leave so make sure your shit leaves with you Friday morning."

I headed off to bed, Jesse was yelling that Amy made her sound like a whore. And then Amy stormed off to her room.

Jesse was already gone when I woke up the next morning. I told Amy I would be eating out the rest of the week. I thanked her for letting me know what Jesse was up to.

"I'm sorry Jack, after all you've done for us I couldn't let it go on. She was telling me I lived in the stone age and today's men didn't follow that forsake all other's shit. Like your husband, I asked. That shut her up for a day or two. She told us her first marriage ended because she had an affair, what did she think was going to happen if she went out to dinner with that guy. We have no night life, I'm not complaining, I have way more than I had last year. I don't think Jesse plans to far ahead. Would you take me to dinner with you? I don't want to spend too much time with her."

Jesse loaded the last of her stuff into her car on Thursday night and I hoped I would never see her again. She was back on the following Wednesday morning.

"Jack, can I take a quick shower here, my boss won't let me work because I stink."

"Use the bathroom in the hall and this is a onetime event Jesse. I was hoping I would not see you again."

After her shower she said, "Thank you Jack, you've always been kind to me and I am sorry I fucked you over. I was hoping that guy would let me stay with him but he laughed and threw me out Saturday morning."

So it ended up being Amy and me laying around the living room like before, reading most nights, occasionally a movie and some wine.

Jesse must have been gone for only a week when Amy said, "Jack, you know I always had feelings for you but never wanted to interfere with your relationship with Jesse. And I don't want to be your rebound girl."

I didn't know what to do with that. I didn't want to be mean but Jesse fucked me up and it was going to be awhile before I got over her. Amy was still letting me see her naked as she traveled between the shower and her room. Air drying she was calling it. If she wasn't naked, it was a thong and a t-shirt.

Before the women moved in, sex was a non-issue. But Jesse had started my engine again and now I was going without. I know I was letting my eyes linger on Amy's body way too long. In the mornings, she would always serve me breakfast before getting dressed and going to work. Amy would be standing next to me, her almost bare ass right in front of me.

She always caught me looking and on the second week without Jesse she said, "You can touch it Jack, I won't mind. We've both been going without since Anna and Jesse moved out."

My hand cupped her ass and she turned to face me. Her panties were transparent and her pussy was clearly visible. I pushed my face closer, taking in her scent and she held my face to her. And then the alarm went off that said it was time for Amy to go to work.

"I'm teasing the both of us Jack, sorry."

When she came home that day, Amy said Jesse hooked up with their dishwasher and they were living in a trailer with his brother. At least she was coming to work clean. He's been bragging to the bussers that him and his brother have been double teaming her every night and supposedly has pictures.

Later that evening, we agreed to watch a movie and share some wine. Amy came out in a bathrobe. I didn't know she owned one. She sat on the other end of the couch facing me with her feet on the couch. I tried so hard not to look but her legs were slightly spread and I wanted to know what she was wearing under the robe. The movie she put on had a lot more sex then anything we would normally watch. Amy went to fill our wine glasses, when she came back, the robe was undone and she was wearing a sexy blue negligee underneath. I was staring at her tits, she was staring at the bulge in my shorts. She dropped the robe and went back to the other end of the couch.

Fuck I wanted her. I tried to watch the movie but when I looked back at her, she had thrown one leg over the back of the couch and had a hand buried in her panties.

"Remember on your birthday Jack, three women playing with themselves and each other. You watched me lick Anna to an orgasm while I finger fucked myself just like I'm doing now."

Amy slid off her panties and pulled her pussy lips apart. "I'll masturbate for you anytime, just tell what you want, I'll play with my tits for you and my ass. You can masturbate, come on my face or my tits, in my mouth or in my cunt or ass. I loved the taste of your cum that night when I sucked you off and then again on your birthday."

I had my cock out and in my fist. "That's it Jack, show me how much you like my little show. Can I take you into my mouth please Jack, I need it." I smiled and she knelt on the floor between my legs. Amy dipped her hands back into her pussy and started rubbing her juices on my cock.

"Cocks always taste better after they've been in my pussy, can I dip your cock in my pussy Jack, get it really wet inside me."

Amy got on her knees, hovering her pussy over my cock and slowly slid down. She came as our groins met. I went to work on her tits.

"They're yours Jack, anytime and anything you want, suck, bite, pinch, pull or twist. I long to feel your hands on me. And your cock Jack, Anna and I would tease each other on how good it would feel, I'll have to tell her it's so much better than we imagined. I'm coming again Jack, I want you to come in my mouth but of course you can cum wherever you want."

Amy had been edging me all day and it wasn't going to take me long to cum. I went to tell her but words really didn't come out of my mouth. I felt her shudder again as she climbed off my cock, dropped onto her knees between my legs again and sucked the cum out of me. I don't think I actually ejaculated.

"Jack, I can promise you a few things, I am your forever, no other man will ever touch me, I will never betray you and you will never hear me say I found someone else. Now let's go to bed and see if I can get your hard again."

Amy fucked me until I couldn't move. I didn't hear her get up and go to work, I didn't get up until noon.

She came home at her normal time and looked despondent.

"What's wrong Amy?"

"Jesse didn't come to work today. The dishwasher was bragging that he had so many of his friends fucking her last night she couldn't move. We need to rescue her, I know she isn't your favorite right now but this is worse than letting her freeze to death."

"Let's go," I said.

"These are gang bangers Jack. They're not going to let you walk in and take her."

"We'll see."

Amy gave me their address and I made a phone call.

We pulled up in front and a man Amy identified as the dishwasher came out.

"What can I do for you white boy."

"You have something that belongs to me, I want her back."

"Really, she's going to make me a lot of money, more than she made for me last night. Why would I just let her go?"

I looked off into the distance and saw the calvary on its way, the dishwasher followed where I was looking, "Money is no good if your dead dishwasher man."

Two black SUV's pulled in between me and my jeep and turned so the rear doors face dishwasher man. The doors opened to reveal two high caliber machine guns. At the same time, a dozen or more custom cars pulled onto the lawn with full of men who looked like real gang bangers. Dishwasher man seemed to recognize someone in those cars because he was looking whiter than me.

"Now dishwasher man, are you going to give me back my property or do you want to be cut into pieces by some heavy duty machine guns. No one will recognize you when they're done. Now have your brother bring her out."

Another guy brought Jesse out wrapped in a sheet. Amy jumped out of the jeep, grabbed her and led her away.

"How unfortunate that you had to inconvenience my friends here."

There was a sound I can't describe and a red hole appeared on dishwasher man's forehead. A similar hole appeared on his brother's forehead. Two guys jumped out of the back of the SUV's and they carried the two body's back into the SUV's which then drove away. I took that as my cue and left. I saw some of the gang bangers go into dishwasher man's house in my review mirror.

A doctor was waiting for us when we got back to the condo. He examined her and said, "I gave her a sedative which would knock her out for 24 hours. Physically, I can see no reason why she wouldn't be fine in a week or two, I also took some samples of her blood to test for STIs and other stuff. There's a lot of bruising but superficial, just enough to cause pain. Mentally she may struggle and I think she will need to see a therapist. There's a few needle marks on her arm, probably from last night at the latest. They may have had her pretty drugged up so I don't know what she'll actually remember. I call you with what the blood work reveals."

As he was leaving he said, "And don't think we're even Jack, I still owe you."

Amy and I took turns watching Jesse over the next 24 hours. As soon as Anna learned what happened she joined us. I was with Jesse when she first woke up. She took one look at me, pulled the sheet over her head and curled into a fetal position. Anna heard her cry and came in pulling Jesse into a hug. I stepped out, thinking I was doing more harm than good.

Anna got her into the shower and dressed in some sweats, while Amy was making Jesse some eggs. We sat around the table, the four of us like we had done so many times before. Jesse wouldn't look at me, really she wouldn't look at any of us.

Finally Jesse looked at me, "You rescued me again Jack, you rescued me from freezing to death and you rescued me from hell. I can understand the compassion the first time, but you rescued me a second time even after I betrayed you. Why?"

"Your still a human being Jesse and therefore deserve compassion."

"There's something wrong with me, I've fucked up every serious relationship I've ever had. Live-in boyfriends, and fiancés. And then my husband, who knew what I was like, I cheated on him during the engagement multiple times but he only caught me once. I begged him to forgive me, swearing in wouldn't do it again. That's why he insisted on the prenup. I thought I would be so grateful to you that I would be able to control myself, obviously I was mistaken. It's not just that I cheat, I feel entitled to cheat and my significant others should accept that. How long can I stay now Jack?"

Amy stood up, "He's mine now Jesse, I always knew you would fuck it up, when we talked about our exes, you never showed any remorse, only anger that your husband wouldn't accept your affair. But Jack's mine now, right Jack?"

Amy was so adamant when she began her speech, it ended with a whimper or a hope.

"Amy's right Jesse, she's been helping put Humpy Dumpty back together again. Tell me if you understand that. We've already had too much drama for my liking."

"I can accept that Jack and Amy. I'm happy for both of you. So I can move my stuff into the front bedroom and do I have an end date Jack?"

"Let's see how things go Jesse, but before you do anything that may cross the line you should discuss it with me first. The idea that asking forgiveness is better than asking permission will not work for you here."

That night, Amy was overly vocal as we fucked. I stopped and got out of bed.

"What are you doing Amy?"

"Enjoying sex with my man."

"Amy, you've never been this loud before and there have been times the sex was more intense. Are you trying to rub shit into Jesse's face?"

Amy was turning red as she pulled the sheet of her head.

"I'm sorry Jack," she mumbled from under the sheet. "I just want her to know you're mine now."

"We both told her that at the table this afternoon Amy. I'm pretty sure she got the message. What you're doing now is just cruel."

Amy still had the sheet over her but now she was in a fetal position, in between the "I'm sorry" I could tell she was crying. I laid down next to her and pulled her head onto my chest.

"Amy, there's no room in my world for people being mean to someone. I'm the one she hurt and I have forgiven her, she needs help, not harm."

We eventually fell asleep.

Jesse was able to get a job back at the diner but now as a dishwasher so she didn't have to deal with customers anymore. Jesse stayed in the front room, Amy slept with me and most evening we were laying around the living room reading. The weather was nice so we also spent a lot of time in local parks.

It was a month after Jesse's return that she disappeared, well that was what Amy woke me up with. She was in a panic because she couldn't find my credit card.

"I already cancelled it Amy."

"How did you know Jack?"

"She's been slowly moving her clothes into her car all week, yesterday was payday. I was expecting her to leave today."

"You didn't try and stop her?"

"Why, I tried to help her twice. Some people can be helped and I'll do what I can to help them. And some are broken and I think Jesse is broken, maybe beyond repair. I've known people like that before. There was a woman I knew who was married to an abusive husband, a hundred times her family tried to help her get a fresh start but she would always go back with him. Like a moth to the flame her mother said. I tried to help her twice and both times she went back with him, he killed her the second time. I guess I am not smart enough to help Jesse."

Amy was sullen for the rest of the week. Sunday was our normal day to have Frank and Anna over for dinner. Of course Anna had to clean everything before dinner. I wasn't complaining. It gave Frank and I a chance to catch up. Frank was always one of those guys I wanted to spend time with, he was just a good guy.

On one of those Sunday's, Amy got called into work because the weekend cook called off sick. Amy wasn't happy, she had big plans for dinner. I promised her we would all go out to eat so she didn't have to cook after cooking all morning.

"Jack, how long have we been together and you still don't understand me. Cooking is what I do."

"Amy, there isn't a man on the planet who understands women. When was the last time I took you out to dinner."

After dinner, and after Anna and Frank left, Amy and I were lying in bed reading.

"Jack, do you know who came in for breakfast this morning, I'll tell you. Anna and Frank. I never work on Sundays so I didn't know that was part of their routine. Since I was in the kitchen, Anna and Frank didn't know I was there. It turns out that Frank and Mario are good friends. You know Mario of course, the guy who runs the greasy spoon that you own, at least a major share of. You knew Mario was going to give Jesse and me a job because you called him."

"Yes I did call him, the same as I called Frank, but none of you would have been able to keep your jobs if you weren't any good. I invest in people but everything else is up to them. Mario is thrilled with your work ethic."

"That's not what's bothering me Jack, what's bothering me is you knew all along the shit Jesse was getting into with the customers and a plan for a date with that guy. You were testing my loyalty."

"I don't think I would use those words and I knew before Jesse said anything you were furious with her. I watched you chew her ass as you guys walked home from work one day. Not for your sake, but I had to let it play out to see what Jesse was going to do. If there was a test for you, and I'm not agreeing there was, you aced it before the test was handed out."

"I don't know Jack, I still feel that you played me, what if I didn't ace the test, what if I sided with Jesse, a woman who had been my friend for a long time?"

"Then we wouldn't be having this conversation, but I saw you scolding Jesse before she said she found someone. And I saw how your relationship deteriorated before then. You're asking me what I would have done if the facts were different and that opens up a billion possibilities, what facts, what was different, how did the various people respond?"

"I don't know Jack, maybe I'm nervous because I could have fucked up, what if I fuck up the next little test."

"Amy, you'll go grey and I'll go bald if we spend our time worrying about every little what if in the world. What if we took a cruise together, I've been looking at an around the world cruise. There are a lot of options but you won't be able to cook."

"What if we were married Jack? Then I wouldn't have to worry about failing a test and getting kicked to the curb even though being married didn't prevent any of us from getting kicked to the curb."

"Let's compromise. I am worried that we've only known each other for a short time. Let's go on the cruise, if traveling doesn't rend us apart nothing will. And if we survive the cruise, we'll get married."

"Thanks Jack, I know you were homeless but I think it's different when you find yourself in the gutter and you did nothing wrong. It's so hard to have a sense of security again. Is there a straw looming that will have me living out of my car again and since I don't have a car anymore, I'm truly fucked."

"Amy, I hope you know I love you too much to let that happen to you."

A month later we set sail, I hoped we would be together for a long time.