The Musketeers - Chapter 07

I was in a dreamlike state and was unaware of what time it was but was cognizant enough to know that my morning wood had made it usually appearance. This morning was different for some reason as I worked to clear my mind's fog. My dream seemed more real than usual and I felt wet. Maybe I had reverted to having a wet dream like in my teenage years. But when the fog started to lift, I looked down and saw two sets of luscious lips on my stiff shaft, as Maria and Jane licked and kissed around my penis. I groaned at the erotic sight and sensations causing 4 eyes to look seductively up at me and the pursed lips that were engulfing me to turn up slightly into smiles. Maria moved to the head of my pole and sank down swallowing as much as she could while Jane moved to my sack, sucking in one nut then the other. I could get used to waking up like this every morning I thought, but that thought was dashed, when they both released my privates with a pop and snuggled up to me, telling me "Good morning" in unison.

I corrected them, "No, so far it had been a perfect morning."

That caused them to giggle and Maria to respond, "We were waiting quietly for you, when something 'popped up' that entertained us until you woke up. Now it is time for food. We are starving. It seems like our 'exercises' last night has worked up quite the appetite in us."

"Well, I could give you some high protein sustenance if you go back to doing what you had been doing."

"Very funny," Jane uttered with a slight annoyance, "but I had a LOT of that last night and am ready for some food in my stomach. Now get up and get in the shower."

I begrudgingly did as I was commanded. Maria got up when I did and pulled me to the bathroom by my erection with a chuckling Jane right behind me. Maria released me and I leaned in to turn on the water when Jane gave me a smack on the ass. "Hey, what was that for," I barked.

"For trying to keep us on a liquid diet as your sex slaves," she cackled and Maria laughed.

With that I picked Jane up and carried her through the still cold cascade of water causing her to shriek before I pinned her to the shower wall and kissed her as I lowered her onto my still erect cock. Her shriek turned to a moan as I began to pump into her and she melted into me returning my kisses passionately.

The water eventually warmed allowing Maria to join us without the cold shock Jane and I had underwent. She nuzzled up behind me and told me, "Fuck her good. She deserves it!" She then reached around me and twisted both of Jane's nipples causing a painful yelp.

I reacted to Jane's cry, and as much as I hated to, I lifted her off of me setting her on her feet, then spun around and grabbed my unprepared wife. I turned her around, bent her over, inserted myself into her forcefully. "She's not the only one who deserves it. I heard someone else laughing at her treatment of me," I pronounced as I began pounding away at her. She tried to act angry at my actions, but her moans gave her away and soon I no longer had to hold her down as she bent over willingly. I grabbed the hair on the back of her head and pulled helping me increase the force of my thrusts.

Jane had regained her legs after our foray and she came over and swatted one of Maria's dangling tits. "FUCK," Maria exclaimed as the wet smack reverberated in the shower. I took ahold of Jane's hair with my other hand as I continued to hammer away at Maria, a brought in for a tongue-filled kiss. Then I guided her into a matching position next to my wife.

They were both bent over with their hands extended onto the wall as I pulled out of Maria. She nearly sobbed from the loss of me inside her, and I propelled myself into Jane's moist opening. I then began alternating between them much to their pleasure, all the while I held them in place by their hair, until they both peaked. Then I withdrew and coated their asses with my seed.

I let go over their hair, but gently put my hands on their backs indicating that I wanted them to stay in that position. Then I got the soap and two wash clothes in the shower and began gently washing their asses and between their legs, before standing them up, kissing them tenderly, and continuing to wash their bodies and hair. They tried to return the treatment, but I shooed them out to dry off and then washed myself.

We got ready and went down and had a late breakfast. We ate quickly as our shower had made us run late and we need to return to our rooms to pack and check out by the deadline. As we were at the front desk taking care of the bill, Maria and Jane saw Ellie and Sonya walking across the way looking both tired and extra chummy. Maria and Jane practically sprinted to them, leaving me to finish up on my own.

After I was done, I still had all the luggage by me so I had to just hang out near the front desk and watch the animated discussion. There were lots of smiles and knowing nods, culminating in deep hugs, before any of them even bothered to look my way. When Ellie and Sonya saw me, they hurriedly came up to me giving hugs as Maria and Jane approached.

They thanked me for a great end to the week. They appreciated me spending Friday evening dancing and talking with them. They had felt out of place most of the week as it was primarily couples at the resort. Then they thanked me profusely for introducing my wife and lover to them, even though I had misled them as to our and their relationships.

I told them I was sorry, but was glad they all got along so well. I figured from the way they were acting and their endless grinning and touching, that they had experimented as Maria and Jane suggested and it had went well, but I opted not to pry. I was sure given the long discussion that had occurred between the four girls that I could get the full story on our way home.

We said our goodbyes and headed out to go home. We barely got going when the tale began. Ellie and Sonya did indeed decide to experiment. They started slowly as suggested, cuddling up for a movie, before an initial awkward and brief kiss. But once they had that out of the way and they got over it, the kissing progressed, followed by petting. Over the course of the night, they turned the lights out, disrobed and moved to the bed. They continued to make-out and began to touch each other personally under the privacy of darkness and the bedcovers, eventually getting each other off with their fingers.

Afterwards, they decided that was more than either one thought would happen, and it was plenty for their first venture into sapphic lovemaking. While neither one had initial regrets, they did decide to take time to process their thoughts and feelings before continuing. But they also chose to sleep naked together.

In the morning light, they agreed that they had enjoyed the activities of the previous night and wanted to try it again and maybe even go farther. They pushed the covers off and kissed and touched each other again briefly but intimately before having to get up and get moving. So, they were turned on and unsatisfied when we saw them, thus being quite touchy feely.

Just like Maria and Jane, both ladies said they enjoyed being intimate with each other, but agreed they still prefer being with a man. They planned to continue their experimenting and broaden their horizons as they want to try more but only with each other.

The tale had left me, and I think them, a little excited. But the last part led me to ask, "What about us? Do we want to continue to extend our experimentation as a trio beyond this past week? Or does what happened at the resort, stay at the resort and we return to a "normal' life, whatever that means?"

They both looked at each other, not certain what to say as we had all been living in the moment that week, with our old lives forgotten for the time being. After some silence, Jane spoke up, "As you know I took another week off and plan to go visit some of my and Max's out of town relatives, so I think we should take that time to let things settle. It has been a wild, fun, and sexy ride that I have loved, but I am not sure how that translates to our everyday lives. Let's think about what happened in relation to our existing lives and how we each want proceed on our own. If we are not all in agreement on if or how to proceed when I get back, then this week stays at the resort. But if we all agree, either way, that this was a one-time adventure or it is something we want to pursue further, then we will go that direction. But we all have to be in agreement, otherwise it must remain a one-time deal -- no hard feelings, no regrets -- none of that."

We all thought that was a great approach and the rest of the trip home was relatively quiet, as we each started mulling things over in our minds.

The following Sunday eventually rolled around. Jane had arrived home midday and we had invited her to dinner. Maria and I were nervous. We knew what we were thinking and had come to terms and agreed with what each of us wanted, but we had no idea about Jane.

When Jane arrived it was just in time to start eating. She looked tired and over dinner told us about her week. She conceded that it had been a long emotional week with lots of late nights and a mixture of sadness, good memories, and even some laughter. She seemed worn out and when dinner was finished, she apologized but said was ready to go home and get a good night's sleep for once before having to go back to work tomorrow.

Maria and I were on pins and needles as the elephant in the room had not even been mentioned. But we were sympathetic to her plight and walked her to the door. I looked at Maria for an indication as to what whether I should speak up or just let it go for another day. I could tell it would drive us nuts not knowing what Jane wanted or at least tell her our thoughts, so I went ahead with the plan that we had come up with.

As Jane turned and hugged Maria and again apologized for leaving so soon, I got behind her. She turned to hug me and was shocked to see me down on one knee with a small box in my hands. Maria moved behind me and I was shaking, "Jane, this week without you was a long one for Maria and me. We realized within just a few days of deep and separate reflection how over the years, our lives had intertwined with yours. You are more than a friend, you are family to us. The resort trip only cemented that further. If you are in agreement, we want you to move in with us." I opened the box and inside was a key. We knew it was corny but we felt it expressed how serious we were.

It hit home with Jane but I was unsure how, as her tired eyes welled up with tears. Maybe she was touched by our gesture, maybe she wanted the resort activities to stay in the past, maybe she was embarrassed that things had gone so far and wanted to return to the way things were before, maybe she couldn't handle what had happened and wanted to pull back further from even what our relationship had been before the resort week. As these thoughts turned through my brain, I could tell by Maria's firm grip on my shoulder that she was panicked as well.

Jane finally broke through the tears, "You have no idea how much that means to me. I feel so loved, but..." she paused and our hearts sank, "I can't do this yet. I didn't have much time to think this week. I know you both fit into my life in a very special way and always will. I just don't exactly what that way is yet, and I am not ready to move out of my house and sell it -- too many memories still."

Maria's grip relaxed as we both understood that we had moved too quickly, so I started to close the box and prepare to stand up, when Jane suddenly grabbed the key, "Whoa, I will still take this key if you want to let me have it."

I looked to Maria with a confused look and she looked equally baffled until Jane continued with a big grin, "That way I can visit and come and go as I please. You never know when I might get the urge for some good loving."

That brought a smile to our faces. As I stood, Maria went in for a kiss and teary-eyed hug, "You definitely can have the key and 'cum and go' as you please!"

I then sealed the deal with a kiss as well, "We hope you use it often -- day or night -- to 'visit' either one or both of us!" And starting right away that week she did.

From then on, she sometimes would be waiting for us when we got home from work (we drove together) if she was able to get away earlier than we would. When we walked through the unlocked door after seeing her car on the driveway, we did not know what to expect. But it was always a pleasant surprise -- she may be naked on the couch, she may be laying seductively on the bed waiting to be undressed by one or both of us, she may be swimming in the pool, she may be in the shower waiting for us to join her, she may be masturbating in a chair, she may be just relaxing awaiting our company for the evening, or she may be cooking dinner -- we just never knew.

Other times, she would arrive unannounced at night after we had gone to bed or in the morning before we wake up. She might want join the both of us or she might request meekly to be with just one or the other of us. Maria and I even got caught more than once mid-coitus. Jane might just sit down and watch and wait, she might masturbate as she watched, or she might ask if she could join us. We were always more than willing to honor any of her requests.

Our guest bedroom got regular use by whoever might be out of the equation for the night, or by Jane who now began to take us up occasionally on the offer to spend the night, even some non-sexual nights. As things progressed, she began spending more and more time over and it became her bedroom, complete with some of her clothes in the closet and dresser and items in the bathroom. We always let her know that our bedroom was hers too, but she was insistent that it was ours and she would use the other, even though in reality we split time in there pretty well evenly. We did not push her and still went over to her house some as well, but she knew our original offer to move in with us still stood.

We were becoming a family that had come to resemble an equilateral triangle. Each of our relationships had grown to be an equal depth of love. We were not a couple with third wheel, but we were a throuple.

This clearly came to light when we came home late one day after work and saw Jane's car in the driveway. Nothing unusual about that, but it was unheard of to see Jane pacing as we entered. She immediately asked if we could talk before dinner.

We sat down with a little bit of concern as Jane remained standing with a serious look on her face and said, "Is the offer for me to move in still open?"

I couldn't answer fast enough as Maria was already agreeing before Jane had finished her question, "YES, YES, YES. A thousand times, yes."

I nodded enthusiastically in full agreement, "We have wanted that all along! We love you and we want to be with you always and forever!"

We all hugged and tears were shed, before I spoke up again, "But what changed? Why now? Not that it really matters, we just want you with us."

"Well, I have wanted to be here too, as you can tell by how much I am here, but I couldn't pull away from the house that Max and I had made our home. I thought of asking you to move in with me but thought better of it, because I know you feel about your home the same way I feel about mine and not wanting to part with. I don't want to sell mine, so I have always felt that it is my home and this is yours, even though I want to be with you both all the time. But now something has come up and I feel called to make a change that gives all of us what we want and someone else what the need."

She paused and we gave her reassuring looks as she continued, "You remember me talking about the single mom, Audrey, who started working at our company probably shortly after Max's death?" We nodded as she had mentioned her over dinner several times. "Well, I trained her and in the process kind of took her under my wing. She is one of the sweetest, nicest, and hardest working persons ever, but has had a tough life. I knew she was struggling as a single mom, but until today I had no idea just how rough things were for her.

"Today, she came to work late and teary eyed, so I pulled her into my office and I finally got her to spill her full story. She turned 18 in the summer before her senior year in high school and was dating an older guy. Well, she ended up getting pregnant. Her family basically disowned her and the boyfriend along with some of her so-called friends abandoned her. On top of that, the boyfriend had convinced her to get some credit cards to 'build up her credit history'. She was able to get them because she had always been a hard worker, had a good job history, and had saved up a nice sum of money.

"Well needless to say it was a struggle to be on her own and try to finish high school, but she did by working multiple part-time jobs and staying at a pregnancy crisis center. After graduation, she continued to work multiple jobs until the baby came. After that it was time to move on and she got the job with our company. Luckily it has great benefits including a child-care center, but between providing for herself and now her daughter and trying to pay down the credit card debt she was saddled with, it has been tough to put it mildly. She has gone through all of her savings and still owes money.

"Now today on top of everything she has went through, her car acted up and wouldn't start. I consoled her as best I could and told her to not worry about it, that I would get it taken care of. She was reluctant to accept my help, but I insisted and she finally relented when I lied and told her a knew a guy who was good with cars and he owed me a favor. I told her he worked a very flexible schedule so he and buddy from his work should be able tow it sometime today with his pick-up truck to his home. There he had all his tools and would fix it this afternoon or evening if he could. In reality, after she left my office, I really just called the repair shop I use and they towed it and are taking care of it. They looked at it this afternoon and said it was just the starter and that the battery was almost shot. They would have it ready in the morning.

"Anyway, when I got word it wouldn't be ready after work, I went to her and told her that her car wouldn't be ready until the morning so I was taking her and Hope, that's her daughter's name, home after work. Despite repeatedly trying to not take me up on my offer and telling me she would just take the bus like she had to done to get to work, I would not take no as an answer and she finally relented.

"When I took her home, I saw why she was so unwilling for me to drive her. Her apartment complex is terrible. It should be condemned. No one should have to live in the condition it is in, much less try to raise a baby. I knew she was embarrassed, but I didn't say anything. I just gave her a hug and told her I would pick her up in the morning and this time she agreed.

"After she went inside, I sat there and cried for her. I said a prayer to Max to take Audrey and Hope under his angel wings and help her. As I wiped away the tears, I got a notification on my phone. It was just the repair shop confirming the total amount for the repairs. But as I looked at my phone, there was Max on my home screen, and I knew he had gotten through to me somehow. There it was right there in the picture. Here look."

She showed us her phone and it was the same picture of Max we had seen many times. She realized we didn't have a clue what she was talking about. "He is standing in front of but blocking most of the view of our house. He was telling me that I didn't need the house to keep my memory of him alive. In fact, he was telling I didn't the house at all especially since I am over here all the time anyway. By fully opening my at that very moment in front of Audrey and Hope's apartment, he was telling me that Audrey and Hope needed it more than I ever could or would." Maria and my faces lit up, not because Jane was moving in with us. That was the farther thing from of our minds at that moment. No our faces lit up in understanding as we got what she was she was saying. It was the right thing to do.

Jane continued after she realized that we understood, "I have been pondering, while I was here waiting for you to get home, on how to make it happen if your offer still stood." Our nods let her know again that we were both onboard. "I know just from the car ordeal that she won't accept a hand-out. She is too proud. So I think I have a plan. I am going to rent the house to her for the same amount she is paying now. Plus, there is some things that I always wanted to do like painting, changing light fixtures, landscaping, etc. And I know she is pretty handy around the house because her dad worked construction and she tagged along some. Then he had gotten her a summer job starting at a young age working for a handyman he knew, which she did every summer. So I will reduce the rent by any labor she provides and I will buy the materials. Now I just need to get her to accept."

It was a plan that we all hoped Audrey would accept.

The next morning, Maria and I left our jobs briefly to get the car and drop it by Jane's office, as we waited to hear how the talk with Audrey went. It was after lunch before we got a text -- 'After much negotiations, Audrey has agreed to move in!!! She wisely had a clause put in her lease agreement that lets her cancel her lease at any time and just lose the security deposit. So, she can move right away. She just needs to give notice and will not get any unused rent or her deposit back. Once I convinced her to move into my house, she realized it was a small price to pay to get out of that hell hole. Can you help move everyone this weekend?'

We both responded simultaneously and identically -- 'GREAT NEWS! AND YES!" It was great news for Audrey and Hope especially, but also for us. We wanted Jane with us always and now she would be.

That evening over dinner, Jane told us that at first Audrey was set against it even though Jane assured her it was fair could be just temporary until Audrey could afford a better place. But at lunch time she came to Jane super excited saying she might consider Jane's offer with some new terms. They went to lunch together and Audrey told her that life was looking up as that morning she had gotten a nice raise and a modest bonus for her hard work. Maria, Jane and I wondered if it fate again or was it Max working his magic. We didn't know but we were glad for the intervention.

Jane said that Audrey on the other hand had taken the raise and bonus as a sign and was willing to take Jane up on her offer but under revised conditions. The final terms she agreed to upon Audrey's insistence was that Audrey would pay all utilities and insurance, that rent would double after one year, that the value of the labor provided was at minimum wage rates, that the labor first went towards the cost of materials before being applied to rent, that the most rent she could work off each month was half and any labor after that was free, and finally Jane had to let her repay for the car repairs. Jane didn't like all the terms but it was more important to get Audrey and Hope out of their apartment, so she agreed. As for the car repairs, Jane told her it was just the battery and only charged her for the cost of the new one, she didn't tell her about the tow, the starter, and the labor. That made Jane feel at least a little better about the lease terms.

As they shook on their deal, it was as if lightning had struck Audrey and she sputtered out, "I feel so stupid. I never asked where are you going? I was so focused on myself, but what about you? You don't have to leave. We could just move in with you under the same conditions."

Jane smiled, "I have other living arrangements. I have had an outstanding offer for some time to move in with my lovers."

"Lovers? Plural?" Audrey sat back.

That term had just slipped out, but now Jane knew she had to explain the whole situation. She was nervous as no one but us knew about us, but it turned out there was no reason to be fearful, as Audrey was very accepting and actually thought it was 'neat', and saying "I hope someday that I have at least one person in my lifetime who loves me as much as Max did and now both Andrew and Maria do."

As they stood up from the lunch table, Jane said she assured her "Hope loves you. And I love you sweetheart too... just not quite the way I do Andrew and Maria," which elicited giggles from both of them. "But someday you will find someone, just make sure it's a good person. Don't settle for just anyone. You deserve someone special. Just be patient and the right one will come along."

"I know and I will never settle for less than a great person. I can't for my sake, but more importantly for Hope. We both need and deserve someone who loves us as much as I love her."

"You know what, I will put Max on it. He is the one behind this whole house deal and more maybe."

On the way back to work, Audrey followed Jane back to her office as she told the story of the cell phone picture and everything. Jane even said that Audrey was fully deserving of her raise and bonus, but that maybe Max had just accelerated the timeline just a bit to help out.

They shed a tear as they hugged and Audrey asked Jane to thank Max for her. Jane said she would and already had thanked him for herself as well because now she felt free to live with me and Maria like she deep down inside wanted to.

As Audrey was leaving Jane's office, Jane asked if she could get her cell phone number and text her something that afternoon. Audrey said sure, not knowing what to expect.

Jane told us she sent the picture of Max that set this all in motion and along with a simple message. 'Feel free to thank him yourself. And if you and Hope ever need something important just ask him. I am sure he will see what he can do. He seems to be good at working in that way.'

That weekend we moved everyone, and they were actually some of the easiest moves I have ever been involved with. Jane left almost everything for Audrey except the rest of her clothes, her personal effects, and a few pieces of furniture with sentimental meaning.

Then it was off to Audrey's. When we pulled up, we found Jane had not oversold how bad the complex was. If anything, it was worse than the picture she had painted and it was in a terrible neighborhood and we would be glad to get her moved out of there. But when we went to her unit, we were greeted by and introduced to a cute young lady and her sweet young daughter, and they ushered us into the apartment.

That doorway was like a portal into a different world. From a rundown exterior, we were transported to a neat, tidy home, even with all the moving boxes scattered about. It was obvious that Audrey was indeed very handy. Everything was spotless and nothing in disrepair. All of the walls had fresh coats of paint. Many things had been replaced like light fixtures, outlets and covers, light switches, etc. Easy and relatively inexpensive fixes, but given what we had seen outside it was clear that Audrey had done all this herself, not the landlord. Even the shoddy carpet was as clean as it could get given how old it was.

We got her moved quickly as she was well prepared and really didn't own much. Many of the furnishings she opted to leave for the next tenant with the landlord's approval. So once again it was a few pieces of furniture, but mostly clothing, personal effects, baby furniture, toys, etc.

Throughout the move Maria and I got along with Audrey great. She was just as Jane had described -- sweet, smart, pretty, hard-working -- just a joy to be around despite having had a rough go of it lately. When we were done we invited her over for dinner, just a simple cook-out, and surprisingly she accepted without any coaxing.

We had a great time getting to know each other. Audrey had brought a playpen along so Hope could take her naps, and when she was awake it was a battle between Maria and Jane as to who got to hold her and play with her. She was not left wanting for attention. Audrey and I quickly found that left it us to prepare the meal and most likely to have to clean-up after the meal, but as we got started it was evident that we made a great team.

What was also evident was that she indeed was very comfortable with our uncommon life as a throuple. She didn't make a big deal of it, but she didn't ignore it either. In fact, as I gave her the tour of the house, while Maria and Jane tended to Hope, she asked about having three people's clothes in our modest sized closet. I explained that Jane kept her clothes in the guest room. That seemed to bother her, but I didn't have time to allay her concern as I needed to go check on the grill. She stayed back and continued to look around.

When I returned, she was still pondering things as she insisted that Jane's things belonged with ours if we were to be a true threesome. I agreed with her on that, but before I could say any more, she began to speak about a couple of options she had thought of. She got really excited. She told me about how she could expand the master bedroom closet into the room behind it, which was an oversized bedroom. That would just cut it down to a normal-sized spare bedroom. Or maybe she could add a large walk-in closet onto the house and then expanding the bathroom into the existing walk-in closet space making it roomier to function better for three people to use.

It wasn't lost on me that on both options she wanted to take the projects on herself. In fact, she already had put together rough guesstimates in her mind about material cost and time frame for her to do the work. It would be a little slow since she had a full-time job, but if we were willing to help watch Hope she was sure she could do it. This girl was amazing and a real go getter, and for some reason doing this seemed to mean something to her.

"What about labor cost?" I asked.

"Free."

"Then I won't even consider it," I said firmly.

"But I don't want to charge you guys, you are already doing so much for me and Jane is giving me a sweetheart of a deal on rent."

"Well maybe you and I can figure something out. Let's keep this between us for now, okay? If I decide to do anything about it, I want it to be a surprise."

"Okay."

"Okay. We better go check on dinner before it burns."

As we were putting the finishing touches on the food prep, it came to me. If I was to go through with this, I would do something about her transportation situation as payment for her work.

It was a great rest of the evening as we all got to know it other better. It was the start of a beautiful and what would grow into a great and strong relationship between all of us.

But I must admit, I was also a bit distracted because I was both excited about helping all of us in one deal but at the same time trying figure out just how to make it acceptable to Audrey.

Over the next few weeks, things settled into a routine only slightly different than before. Jane was there now fulltime, which made us all very happy. Most nights we all three slept in the master bedroom together, with no particular place or order as to who slept where and next to whom. Whenever two of us wanted some one-on-one time, that was accommodated, and the guest bed was utilized.

As for Audrey, she was thriving as a big burden had been lifted off her shoulders now that she had a place suitable for Hope, and she was busy starting to knock off projects on Jane's home wish list.

We had Audrey and Hope over number of times to get together and visit, swim, and/or enjoy a meal together, and Audrey had returned the favor a couple of times. In the process, we found out on top of everything else, she was a great cook. But she was a better friend. The two of them brought a joy and happiness into our lives after a very difficult time as we moved forward from Max's tragic end. They were a breath of fresh air in our lives. They were also responsible for Maria, Jane, and I becoming one by us fully joining our three lives together.

Everything seemed to be working out as we hoped. This gave Jane a new sense of peace. She was extremely satisfied with her decision on her house. She felt like her and Max's life together and their home had led to this opportunity to help a single mom and her baby who really needed it. Somehow out of the tragedy of Max's too early demise came something really good.

Our belief that Max had orchestrated much of this above was further cemented when Audrey invited us of for Hope's first birthday party. Maria, Jane, and I were sitting on the couch after dinner one night when we all got a text simultaneously. As we each read the group message invitation on our phones, we all gasped together. Hope's date of birth was the day that Max had died. We knew it was coming up in a few weeks but never had bothered to ask the exact date. We looked up from our phones stunned before coming together for a long strong group hug and cry.

The birthday party was emotional for the three of us. We had not told Audrey anything as we did not want to put a damper on the party. It was a very nice party and we had a really good time celebrating Hope, but we each had our moments when we would get a bit melancholy.

We thought we had hidden any such moments from Audrey, but we had stayed to help her clean up and when she came out from Hope's bed after putting her down for a nap, she confronted us, "What's up with you three?"

We tried to play dumb, "What?"

"You can't fool me. Something is up. Each of you had times today when you would have weird looks or suddenly look sad or something, and don't try to deny it. Is there something I should know? Is it something with me or Hope? C'mon, spill it. We are like family, so please tell me."

Maria, Jane, and I looked at each in silence for a while, while Audrey stared at us with her hands on her hips. Jane ultimately shuffled around to sullenly face Audrey straight on and softly spoke, "We didn't, and still don't, want to ruin Hope's special day." She paused and Maria and I moved to her sides and put our arms around her. Meanwhile Audrey's stern look changed to one of concern. Jane wiped away and tear, "But you deserve to know that this is the one-year anniversary of Max's passing."

A stunned Audrey's jaw dropped. She didn't know what to say, she just ran up and pulled us all in a circle hug with Jane in the middle.

After a couple of minutes, the flow of tears slowed and Audrey whispered, "You should have told me. I would done the party on another day."

Maria spoke this time as we separated from one another, "No, we couldn't do that. This is a special day for Hope and it is an important day for us. Yes, it is difficult in some way, but it is also happy. We had never asked our little Hope's exact date of birth before, but when you texted that it was today we knew more than ever before that all of this was meant to be."

I chimed in, "As he went up from this earth, she was coming down and we believe their spirits must have met and planned a way to help us all out. They made sure our lives connected so we could help you, but also so you could help us."

"How have we helped you? You have done so much for me, and you won't let me even repay you, much less do anything extra for you," a baffled Audrey expressed.

An emotional Jane responded for us, "You can never imagine what the two of you have done for us. You have been a bright light at the end of a very dark time for us. Today and this celebration was the culmination and completion of our healing process. That is why we acted the way we did. We had to let the sorrow of death go and embrace the joy of new life. We know from the depths of our hearts that our lives intertwining was meant to be and it was because of the intervention of Max and Hope. You bring us such pleasure and have reinvigorated us. Plus, you made it possible for me to move on with my life and I couldn't seem to do that before the two of you came along. I now honor Max's memory in special way through you. All of us love the both of you beyond words."

Audrey's eyes were watery, but she was able to choke out, "We love you too. In just the short time we have known and been with the three of you, you have given us more unconditional love than either one of us have had in our whole lives. I am so glad Hope calls you Nana J, Nana M, and Pa, because you have been and will always be the best grandparents she could hope for." Now the tears were flowing again from all of us but she really made us bawl when she went on to say, "But I hate calling you Jane, Maria, and Andrew. It is impersonal to me. Would you hate it if I called you Mom J, Mom M, and Dad? You mean that much to me."

Somewhere amid all the crying and hugs we all nodded yes. And for three people who never really embraced being parents, we had on that very special day become both parents and grandparents.

I thought that called for a celebration and something special I had in mind, so early the next week, I asked Maria and Jane out to dinner for the upcoming Friday and told them to dress up a bit. Nothing too fancy but something nice. They pressed me all week for information on what was going on, but I wouldn't tell them anything more. One night they even tried to get me to cave by shutting me down when I tried to get amorous and sending me to the guest bed. Then they got busy and were extra vocal in their lovemaking. When I did not crack, they finally relented and invited me back into bed and began giving me a double blowjob, while still prying for information. Even that did not work, so they gave up and Jane climbed onto my pole and Maria said just before lowering her slit onto my face, "Okay, I guess you win. We will quit asking and it can be a surprise, let's just hope for your sake it is a good one." Then my mouth was full of her wet mound and I went to work pleasing her. I was a little worried as I laid with the two of them riding me that if they didn't like what I had planned as much as I thought they would I might truly get shut out for a while.

On Friday, we had a wonderful dinner at an upscale restaurant, then went on a moonlit stroll around a lily pond with Maria on my right arm and Jane on my left. It was lovely and things had gone just as I hoped so far, but I was nervous and the ladies were anxious. When we reached a stone bridge over the creek that fed into the pond, I stopped and removed the girls' arms from mine, standing them next to each other facing me in the process. Then I got down on one knee and pulled out a ring box from my coat jacket. Both of them gasped as they covered their mouths and I nervously began, "I love you both... Maria, when I first laid eyes in our college literature class I knew I wanted to get to know you. By the end of the class I got up the nerve to talk to you as we left the room and you enchanted me. I wasn't going to miss the opportunity and I took a chance and asked you out on a date that first day. When you said yes, my life truly began. I had been going through the motions but you brought meaning to my life. I have never wanted anything but to be with you and please you... Jane, you came into our lives like a whirlwind as a confidant, a trustworthy friend who was always there no matter what and always had a place in our hearts that only grew bigger with each passing day. We had to leave for a while. We hated it and had to come back as soon as we could. The three of us have been through some great times and some truly awful times, the worst actually. But through it all it was all for one and one for all. Now we have committed to be together to the end and we have become a family, complete with a child, her fiancé, and a grandchild. All of this made we want to get us these as a symbol of our love for and devotion to each other."

The girls eyes had welled up with water. But the waterworks really started when I opened the box and they saw that inside were three matching gold rings (except for the sizes, of course). Luckily the bridge had a lamps on it so they could see the design in the bands, that is if they could see through the tears. But they couldn't as Maria let me know when she asked, "What is that on the rings?"

"All around the band are equilateral triangles," I was somehow able to utter out as my emotions combined with their response to my gesture overcame me. I stood up and started to put Maria's ring on her right finger, but she stopped me and made me put in on her left hand next to our wedding ring. "We are three equals in one relationship." Then turned to Jane and she already had her left hand extended. "No one side of it is any greater or lesser than any other." I slid her ring on her finger next to her wedding ring.

Then Maria took the box from my hand and held it towards Jane, who took out my ring and I held out my left hand and she slid it next to my wedding band. "People may not understand or accept what we have, but our love for each other is what matters." We came together for a group hug and kisses all around.

When we began our walk back to the car, the girls were chatting wildly as they toyed with the rings on their fingers. They were giddy with excitement. My gesture had been worth the wait they agreed upon. And if Jane ever felt like a third wheel, that certainly seemed to end it.

As we piled into the car, the girls in the back together and I announced, "I have one more surprise."

"This wasn't enough?" Jane questioned.

"I don't think you can't top this," Maria proclaimed.

"Well, I know this won't top it, but hopefully it can add it to and further cement our oneness." I paused for dramatic effect as I started the car. "Tomorrow Audrey is starting on a master bedroom suite expansion and remodel. The bathroom will be expanding into the walk-in closet area and she is adding a new bigger walk-in closet to the back of the house, so all of our clothes will fit together with room to spare."

"Really!" they both exclaimed.

"Yep," I said as we started to drive home.

Always concerned about Audrey, Jane asked, "Audrey is letting you pay her, isn't she?" knowing how Audrey can be.

"Let's just say we worked out a deal. This is the last time you will ride in this car unless Audrey gives you a ride. She has agreed to trade cars with me."

"How did you get her to agree to that?" Maria queried.

"She really wants to do this project. From the day Jane moved in, she felt it was wrong for Jane to have to keep her clothes in the guest bedroom and I couldn't agree with her more. So, I told her I would agree to her idea for an expansion but only if she agreed to get paid. She did not want to get paid, but then the car swap idea hit me. So I proposed it as a form of payment but she wasn't having it. I told her that Maria and I commute together so I really don't use my car that much anyway. Then I made my move to close the deal with my ace in the hole. I mentioned that her car really wasn't safe enough anymore for Hope. My newer car had more safety features and she needed to accept my offer. That was all it took to win her over. The deal was sealed because of Hope."

"Yep, if you can make it for Hope, then she will cave every time. She will do anything for that little girl," Jane pronounced.

"I know, but then again any of us would do anything for either one or both of them."

The girls nodded in agreement and that was the last of my conversation with them, as they whispered to each other the rest of the way home only taking a break to kiss each other whenever I stopped at a light or stop sign and would look at them in the mirror. They made a show of it trying to get me turned on and it was working as evidenced by the ever-growing bulge in my trousers. This was a night that I will never forget and I soon found out it had only just begun.

As we walked into the house, they each grabbed a hand of mine and pulled me straight to the bedroom and pushed me into a sitting position on the side of the bed. They turned on the bedside lamps bringing a warm glow to the room before their lips locked as they proceeded to continue what they had started in the back seat of the car. As they played with each other's tongues and tonsils, their hands began to roam. Butts and chests were touched, then massaged, then mauled. I reached to unzip my pants but my movement caught Maria's eye somehow. "No sir! You need to just sit there. Now, sit on your hands and enjoy the show... like you always do."

She had paused dramatically before that last part and then emphasized it, as we all knew she was right.

They both knew all too well that I loved watching them together immensely. It didn't matter whether is was tender kissing, heavy petting, humping and grinding, or eating each other out, I enjoyed it all. When we were all in bed together and they got started with each other, they would get lost in each other so much that sometimes they would forget I was even there with them. And I was okay with that. It usually led me to touch myself and gently, slowly jack my meat. When they got back to including me or I joined them on my own, it seemed to be some of our most intense sessions. They knew how to get each other (and in turn me) going, so that when I joined in, the three of us took it to the highest level.

So, I obeyed my wife and sat on my hands as directed, because I knew that in the long run, I would be the beneficiary of doing as I was told. The girls turned back to each other and resumed their make-out session, but this time their hands got busy removing each other clothes. Both dresses dropped to the floor revealing two sets of delicate, lacy, and very sexy undergarments. Jane's were deep red, complementing her hair and complexion perfectly, while Maria's were a soft white, offsetting her dark skin and her panties were a thong displaying her full ass cheeks. Both of their crotches appeared to already be damp as a musky fragrance of their aroused sexes wafted my direction.

My own crotch was fully aroused as well and was becoming uncomfortable being trapped in my pants. Luckily, the ladies gave me relief as the broke their lip lock and went down to the floor, one on each side of me. They were in tandem to unbutton and unzip my trousers before lowering them and removing them along with my shoes and socks. They returned to my crotch and began kissing and licking my thighs and my cock through my boxers, even getting a taste of my pre-cum that was leaking through the fabric.

Again, as if they had orchestrated and practiced this whole encounter, they worked as one to free my steel pole and remove my underwear. Jane then licked from the base of my cock slowly up to the pre-cum coated tip and repeated, while Maria gently sucked and nibbled on my balls and sack. After a bit they traded with Maria engulfing my prick deep into her mouth and sucking, while Jane sucked both balls into her mouth at the same time before taking them out and licking them and any of my cock that she could get to below Maria's mouth. Then they got into a synchronized oral ministration of my nether region, sucking and licking.

Watching and being on the receiving end of their teamwork was moving me along to a conclusion that I was afraid might come to soon, but I worked to hold off. I reached down and unhooked each of their bras setting their puppies free.

Maria disengaged herself from my knob and sat back displaying her always beautiful and encaptivating breasts, "I thought I told you to sit on your hands!"

I responded by grabbing one of her tits, massaging it. Meanwhile Jane took me in her mouth and began a slow bob and twist action up and down. My eyes were drawn to her. Luckily the brief break that my cock had gotten allowed me to set back my inevitable release. I looked back at Maria. She had closed her eyes as my hand played with her tit meat and now her nipple.

Jane was picking up the pace and I decided I needed to change things up lest I came prematurely. I pinched Maria's nipple eliciting a yelp and two wide open eyes, but also a smile. My hand left her tit and went to her upper arm and pulled her up. I gave her a deep kiss before guiding her to sit beside me. I began stroking her thigh with one hand before my other reached for Jane's chin and raised it up causing my dick to be released from her sucking oral cavity with a pop.

I continued to direct her up to me with my hand under her chin, as my other hand rubbed Maria's crotch and my fingers began to work their way into her folds as her legs spread apart. After kissing Jane passionately, I moved both of my hands to her shoulders and turned us both around and had her sit where I just left. I then spread her legs like Maria's were, putting one on top of Maria's, then took their hands and guided them to each other's snatches.

They began to toy with one another and stretched to kiss as I slunk down between Jane's open thighs and went in for a taste of her now very moist womanhood. Maria's fingers felt my tongue at Jane's opening, so she tried to move her hand away but I grabbed her wrist and guided her fingers to Jane's prominent, aroused clit and I resumed my tasting of her sweet and abundant flow.

After a bit it was time to turn my attention to Maria. As I withdrew from between Jane's obscenely spread thighs, I guided Maria's fingers from Jane's clit down to her now available, open, and slobbery crevasse. She began stroking in and out, making sure to play with her g-spot when inside her and with her lips and clit when outside her.

As I moved between the two, I looked up to see that they no longer were kissing. Sometime when I was buried in Jane's crotch, Maria had bent over to take Jane's tit into her mouth. Despite being attacked both the both of us high and low, Jane had somehow been able to maintain her toying with Maria's puffy vulva. It was now dripping and waiting for me to taste her sweetness. I repeated my procedure, guiding Jane's hand to Maria's clit before sucking and licking my wife's familiar yet ever exciting private area.

After a bit, Jane removed her hand and I felt movement around me, but I was trapped by Maria's thighs which had clenched around my head. All I could do at this point was continue my tonguing.

Curiosity got the best of me when I heard Jane's loud, "Oh... Fuck... Yeah!" despite my ears being muffled by Maria's legs. I forcefully spread open Maria and looked up. Evidentially, Jane had pushed Maria onto her back and climbed on top of her face as I was greeted with the sight of Maria's chin and moving rapidly under Jane's beautiful bent over ass.

My eyes traveled up to see's Jane's puckered, pink, and pulsating rosebud winking at me. I reached up and ran my finger along it, provoking a yelp from Jane. I withdrew my finger from between her crack and put it in Maria's slot, getting it well lubricated before returning it to Jane's asshole. I encircled the hole with the natural emollient causing Jane to squirm all over Maria's face. I pulled my hand back one more time and dipped my finger into Maria to get another helping of fluid before returning it to Jane's butthole. I slid it in slowly and then began finger fucking her ass. Jane's head shot up, "Fuck... Fuck... Fuck... So Good... So Fucking Good."

Maria had grown tired of my absence between her legs and removed one of her hands that had been holding Jane's waist down to her face and pushed me back into position at her twat. I resumed and sped up my licking and sucking and added the fingers of my free hand to the mix. Both girl's noise levels grew, although Maria's were muffled by Jane's gyrating hips on her mouth.

Suddenly, I felt Maria tense as she began to climax. She shrieked into Jane's snatch. Maria's thrashings and the vibrations from her scream in turn set Jane off in an equally powerful explosion of her own. Jane rolled off Maria and my finger popped out. She closed her eyes and curled up in a fetal position as she convulsed through her orgasm. For Maria's sake, Jane's departure was a good thing, because the combination of Maria's climax and Jane smothering her face, left her she gasping for air.

However, I was not about to give Maria a break. She was on a high and I thought I could take her to an even higher peak. Her clit and pussy were always extremely sensitive immediately after an orgasm, so I practically jumped up to a standing position between her legs, grabbed my erection, and rubbed it up and down her crack causing her to writhe as her orgasm resumed.

I then slapped her clit with the head of my cock a few times before guiding myself to her opening and slamming it home. She screamed as loud and as long as I had ever heard her as her pussy walls convulsed around my prick. I began stroking in and out of her at a steady pace and looked over at Jane to make sure she was doing okay.

She was still curled up in a fetal position, but her eyes were on Maria and me. When we made eye contact, a contented smile came across her face. 'I love you,' I mouthed to her and see returned the sentiment before uncurling and crawling over to us. She knelt up and gave me a teeth rattling kiss, then bent down and kissed Maria who had returned to earth as her pussy contractions had eased. She had fallen into a strong and steady fucking motion with me.

As the two kissed in front of me, I reached between Jane's legs and stroked her in sync with my strokes in and out of Maria. In time, Jane began to rock in rhythm with us and raised up from the kiss to close her eyes and moan. I had been watching them kiss, so as Jane rose up, Maria and I looked lovingly at each other. Again, I mouthed 'I love you," but this time to my other life partner, who returned it to me. Then she nodded in Jane's direction and I knew exactly what she was telling me.

I withdrew myself and moved behind Jane who was now on all fours, with her eyes closed, and her ass in the air as I continued to finger her labia. I moved behind her as Maria moved her head beneath Jane. As Maria reached up to pull Jane's chest down to her mouth, I lined myself up. When Jane's nipple reached Maria's extended tongue, I shoved myself into Jane's pussy from behind. The perfectly timed dual attack yielded a loud yelp from Jane.

I began pounding into Jane as Maria moved back and forth from descended tit to descended tit sucking, licking, and lightly biting. I thought it might take a while to build Jane back up given the veracity of her previous orgasm, but it appeared she had not fully come down and was climbing up again quickly. Maria sped up the process by moving her head down to the area of Jane and my coupling and began licking. First she tongued Jane's clit, then her pussy lips, and then the underside of my cock and balls as I slid in and out.

Her continued lapping at both of our sex organs got us moving towards the inevitable, but Jane wanted Maria fully involved, so she maneuvered Maria's body around underneath her into a 69 position, spread Maria's legs wide open, and lowered her head to attend to Maria's now gaping open pussy.

The sounds of our loving-making and pleasure grew into a symphony before concluding in a glorious finale. Jane came first. I held off my own release as a pump a few more times and then withdrew leaving Maria to finish her off with her mouth. I squeezed myself tightly to hold off my release.

As Jane worked through her peak, she never relented on Maria but rather increased her efforts and Maria joined her quickly. I watched them bring each other, when finally Maria relinquished Jane's snatch and her mouth flew open in a silent scream. This was what I had waited for. I slid my missile into her wide open mouth. Her eyes flew open, but once she got over the surprise she began suck and lick. I opened my clenched fist and started to pump in and out of her active mouth.

Jane had raised her head when she heard Maria's gagging and slurping and sucking. I slapped her ass firmly, but not painfully, and she looked back at me and my eyes dropped towards my crotch and she scrambled around and hovered over Maria watching my engorged member slide in and out before it was time. I shot a wad into Maria's mouth, grabbed myself withdrew and shoved myself into Jane's awaiting mouth that she had opened widely. My hand let go, as Jane sucked me in, and I shot my second wad into her mouth.

I repeated this back and forth until I was spent and both of their mouths were full. I stepped back and Maria pulled Jane down and they kissed fervently. My load was swapped back and forth several times before Jane raised her head and they both showed me their cum-covered tongues before swallowing.

They resumed kissing but now tenderly and lovingly. I climbed into bed beside them, propped myself up on my hand, and watched. They could feel my eyes on them and Jane raised up and then rolled to the other side of Maria, propping her head in her hand, "You really do like watching us, don't you?"

"Yes, I do very much. You are two very sexy ladies and when you are passionate with each other it is difficult not to get enthralled."

"Well to be truthful, we kind of like being watched," she giggled.

Maria joined her in declaring, "Actually we like it a lot as long as it you who is watching." She reached around both of us and pulled us to her, our heads on her chest.

This was just the first of several intense rounds. We all watched as we paired off one-by-one before we capped our night off with another round of threesome action.

We had truly consummated the relationship that we had formalized with our matching rings. What a honeymoon night of sorts it was.

Epilogue

Audrey

Audrey did an amazing job on the addition. It turned out that because it needed to be a permitted job, she had to do it under the umbrella of a licensed contractor. She had called the handyman she used to work for, and he had just the contractor for her. It was his son, Bill, who had moved to the city and started his own business. Bill was glad to do it as he knew Audrey a little bit from her time working with his dad. He checked on all her work regularly and didn't have to make any corrections, although he did make a few suggestions that she really appreciated. She wanted to learn more, and he was giving her useful tips and techniques.

He was so impressed with her original plan, her execution of her plan, and her work ethic, that after our job was done, he fed her some small projects that he did not have time for. He supervised her work, but let her keep all the profits, as he said he would have had to turn the jobs down if he didn't give them to her instead. He just had no time to do them himself. Audrey, being Audrey, would not let that fly, so she provided free labor on his other jobs when she was not working on the ones that he referred to her.

With the time they spent together, well as they say, one thing led to another and they began dating. We couldn't be more for happy for them. Bill is a great guy. He has joined us for meals on a regular basis. Just like Audrey he is kind, smart, and hard-working. He accepted us and our relationship without blinking an eye, but more importantly he accepted Hope whole heartedly.

Eventually Audrey reduced her hours to part-time at the company Jane works at because of her growing contracting work. The company was glad to keep her in any capacity. As one of Jane's bosses said, having Audrey at part-time is more than most employees at full-time because she is so smart and works so hard. She was able to keep all of her benefits too and now she works the rest of her time with Bill at his growing and very successful construction business.

Hope

Hope grew quickly. She walked and talked early. She began calling me Pa. Maria is Nana M and Jane is Nana J. She takes after her mom and is bright and inquisitive always wanting to learn more and more. Also, like her mom, she is cute and sweet. But maybe we are just a little biased.

Us

As for us, we have never been happier. The only thing that could make our lives better right now is if Max were still with us and we were a quadrouple instead of a throuple. But we have made the best of what life has thrown at us and built a life we never dreamt we would have but are so grateful for.

We have some more house projects planned for Bill and Audrey, including expanding the pool to accommodate more people as it gets a little crowded when they join us. Plus we can imagine Hope and her friends using the pool as she grows up. We also want to add a hot tub for us to enjoy and relax. Of course, with spending more time outside we will want a nice shaded pergalo and outdoor kitchen. But with three incomes under one roof, we figure we can afford to upgrade.

Our family continues to grow. Of course, Audrey considers us her adoptive parents, roles we gladly accept, and Hope considers us her grandparents, but now Bill has asked us for permission to marry Audrey. I guess he too considers her our daughter. We of course were honored to be asked and readily agreed when he promised to take care of her and to raise Hope as his own. After we gave him our blessing, he choked us up when he said without prompting that he will soon be our son-in-law. Quite the instant family we now had.

A surprise for Audrey and Bill

We have a special wedding present for Audrey and Bill when they get married. Jane had snuck a provision in her lease with Audrey. A lease that Audrey didn't think was necessary in the first place and therefore never bothered to read. It made the lease into a lease to own contract upon Jane's determination. The house price was set at the value at the time Audrey moved in less 7% to reflect the saved selling commission. Also, all rents that Audrey has made is applied against the purchase price including the cost of all labor Audrey provided.

Given all the improvements that Audrey has made to the house, it has increased significantly in worth. With the higher value along with the rent she paid or worked off, she and Bill will be able to get a great, updated, and valuable home at a bargain price.

Now we just have one hurdle, getting Audrey to accept the deal. But we always have an ace up our sleeve -- Hope!

Ellie and Sonya

Maria and Jane have kept in touch with them and the resort encounter was not our only meeting with them. But that is a whole other story for another time.