by James McEwan
“Don’t you dare leave us behind,” Fiona screamed as the twins bolted into the lift, just as the doors were closing.
They both hugged him good night and the three of them headed off to bed. Thad had just lain down on his bed when a strike either hit the lighting rod on the roof, or really damn close because the building shook violently, and the noise was almost deafening. That was a big one he thought, then a knock came at his door.
Thad sat up as the door opened and Freya entered, “Thad I can’t sleep. Do you mind if I sleep in here with you?”
Thad was speechless and not sure how to answer. Oh crap, this is just what I have been trying avoid, he thought. Not sure what to do, he sat there with a dumbfounded look on his face.
She came and sat on the bed, “Please don’t make me beg.” Thad could not find his voice, so she pulled him close. Her breasts pressed against his chest as she whispered into his ear, “What’s wrong, cat got your tongue?” Then her hand slipped down his chest towards his manhood.
That shocked him into finding his voice, “Freya what would your sister think? I mean I don’t want to come between you two.”
She smiled, “I don’t think she would care one bit.” She slid under the covers wrapping her body around his.
Thad wanted to protest, but his body told his mind to take a flying leap. Freya took charge and in no time, they were deep in passionate lovemaking. After they had finished, Thad lay on his back thinking of what might happen next. When Fiona finds outhe just slept with her sister... He was deep in his thoughts while Freya had gotten out of the bed and pulled on her nightdress.
“Hey where are you going?” he asked.
Freya smiled and giggled, “You silly thing, I won, so I got to go first. Now it is Fiona’s turn.”
Confused and shocked, “Won, won what?”
She sat back down next to him, took his hand, and looked into his eyes, “Look, Thad, we are as close as any sisters could be, it is like we are two half’s of a whole person. We have always loved the same boys and now that we are women, we have made an agreement to pick a man and share him. It is the only way we could ever get along. So, to decide who got you first, we rock, paper, scissor for it and I won. Paper covers rock!” She grinned like a little kid who has just robbed the cookie jar.
Thad was floored. She kissed him again and left the room. Outside Fiona was there.
“How long have you been there?” Freya asked.
Fiona laughed, “Not long.”
“Well, he is all yours, oh, and by-the-way, he can do amazing things with his tongue.” Freya smiled wickedly.
“Thanks for the tip,” Fiona said as she slipped past her sister and entered Thad’s room.
Thad looked up to see Fiona entering the room, wearing a long black silk robe, “So I’m assuming she told you to expect me?” She slowly pulled the tie around her robe. The robe fell open revealing her naked body. She dropped the robe down around her shoulders, “Would you like some of this?” she dropped the robe to the floor.
All Thad could get out was, “Yes, please.”
After the night of the storm, the girls became comfortable around Thad and took to wearing revealing and sexy clothing. Eve had taken a liking to the girls in so much that she also started to appear around the house dressed in similar fashion. They had bodies of goddesses, so he did not complain at all about the bikini days or the nude sunbathing.
At first Rhonda was a problem, she was jealous. She even took a stand against them riding with Thad. It was the first time Thad wanted to take the girls out riding, when things came to a head with Rhonda. “No, I will not have those little sluts on my back! I was made for you and they stole you away from me!”
Thad rolled his eyes. He was glad the girls were still getting ready, and not out in the garage to see Rhonda’s tantrum. “Look Rhonda, it’s not like that.”
She stood there all twelve inches of her image, blazing red with anger, “Yes it is, and you know it. Besides when was the last time you and I made love in the holosuite?”
Thad sat down on the bike, “Rhonda it was just one time.”
“Exactly, one time,” she said, as she folded her arms and turned her back to him.
“Rhonda you’re fantastic and you have been a great friend. That time in the holoroom was something special, but you need to understand you are an AI, and as much as I like you, you cannot be everywhere or go everywhere I want to go.” Thad was trying to reason with her.
“That’s not true and you know it. We can go anywhere you want in the holosuite,” she replied, trying not to show she understood his argument.
“I know, but it wouldn’t be real.” The red color faded away replaced by blue. Thad could tell she was sad, but was starting to understand. “Rhonda you need to understand there are things the twins can give me, that you by your very nature can’t, but by the same token you give me things the twins never will be able to. So there is no reason we all can’t get along,” he was trying hard to let her down softly. He had never dumped a girl before, let alone a computerized girl.
Something he had said made a difference and she smiled at him, “Okay I will try to like them. In fact I think I will have mom rewrite my programming, and have her remove jealousy from my emotions.”
Thad raised his eyebrow, “Don’t you dare remove it, it is part of what makes you who you are.”
She seemed like that. A big smile beamed across her face, “Okay, but they still can’t ride on me.”
“Well on second thought maybe have Eve tone it down a bit,” Thad said as he stood up.
Rhonda broke out into laugher. Thad gave her a strange look. “I’m just kidding, you big silly head. They are welcome to ride with us. It will be kind of like a four some.”
Thad groaned, “Rhonda, you sure are one of a kind.” After that night, if Rhonda was still jealous of the twins, she never showed it.
Now that Rhonda was no longer a problem, and he had finally sorted out his feelings, Thad decided it was time, time for him to make honest women out of them, as they used to say.
The night he chose was nice and a gentle evening breeze had cooled the air temperature down, so Thad thought dinner outside was perfect. Before dinner, he had the housemaid bots decorate the patio with white lattice arches, sheer white drapes over the top of the patio, and tiny white lights. Hundreds of white lights blazed away, making it look as if the stars had fallen from the sky and landed here. Standing in the center of the round table was a crystal tree that sparkled from every angle. Thad was dressed in a black tux trimmed with deep maroon vest and matching tie. Even Archie was dressed in a matching tux.
The girls had been kept busy in the holosuite all day by Eve and when they were told that it was time to get ready for dinner they found formal dresses laid out for them. Freya opted for the deep red sequined dress while Fiona chose a black silk backless dress. After finishing getting ready for dinner, they made their way outside to join Thad.
Thad was stunned by the two beauties in front of him. The girls enjoyed seeing Thad all dolled up, but they were shocked too. Knowing something was going on, Fiona said, “Okay Thad, what’s up?”
He stood there and shrugged his shoulders, “What do you mean?”
Fiona cut him off, “all this,” she pointed to the decor.
Before he could say anything Freya followed up with, “And the wine and the food is top shelf, so what gives?”
“What? Can’t a guy do something with a little class once in a while?”
Freya laughed, “Yeah a guy can, but you are not just any guy, now are you.”
Thad smiled, “Can’t get anything past you two can I?”
Freya crossed her arms across her breasts, “Okay out with it boy or these are off limits.” Fiona copied her sister.
He laughed, “Straight to the point is what I love about you two,” He reached under the table and pulled out two small boxes. He placed one in front of each girl. Fiona and Freya picked up their little boxes and opened them. Their mouths o
pened and they squealed with joy.
Thad came around the table, and knelt down. He took Fiona’s hand and slipped the ring, which had been in her box, onto her finger. He then did the same for Freya. He then took both of their hands into his, “Fiona, Freya, I have never met anyone I would want to share my life with until now. I feel so lucky, both of you are so wonderful. Would you two do me the honor of becoming my wives?”
Fiona had tears flowing down her checks, as she wrapped her arms around Thad’s neck, and said, “I would love to be your wife.”
Freya also wrapped her arms around Thad and her sister, “That goes double for me, and I can’t think of anyone I would rather share my husband with.” They ate, drank, danced, and made mad passionate love all night.
Two days later Thad got a notice that Eve had two large crates at the spaceport ready for pick up. Thad was in Doctor Hammer’s office, which was now his office, when he called for Eve. She appeared in the middle of the room, lovely as ever. However, before she could say anything Thad asked, “Eve you want to explain this notice about two crates in your name at the space port?”
Eve looked at the shipping bill, “Oh they’re here, great! Be a dear, take Archie, and go get them for me would you?”
“Eve care to tell me what I’m picking up?” Thad eyed the Hologram.
“Don’t you worry about it, and you better not open it or I will tell the girls to cut you off for a month!” Eve pouted. “And if you open it, I will know!”
“Eve” he tried to protest, but then the tablet he was reading switched to Fiona who was outside near the pool. She was nude, sun bathing again.
“Fiona dear, you know what has arrived. Thad said he will not go until I tell him what is in them,” Eve said.
Thad piped up, “I never said that!”
Fiona jumped up and stared straight into the camera, “Thad baby, be a good dear and do as Eve asks. Otherwise you will not get any of this, for a month.” She stood showing off her perfect tight body.
Freya was reading from a tablet that covered her bare breasts, “Or this either,” she interjected, without looking up from her reading. Thad gave in. What could he do? He was only human.
“Okay, okay, I won’t open them.” Archie entered the office and Thad said to him, “Come on Archie, we have some mystery boxes to pick up.”
“I will get the sand crawler ready for travel,” Archie said. Thad nodded, and a few minutes later they were rumbling across the desert.
At the port, he was sorely tempted to open the crates and have a look inside, but he remembered promise to Eve about not opening them. Archie was inspecting the crates, then without asking started to open one, “Archie stop,” Thad yelled at him.
“I’m sorry Sir, I thought I would inspect the contents for any damage before you sign for them,” Archie said as he released one of the crates sealing clamps that had been in his hand.
“Can’t do that,” Thad paused just long enough for Archie’s mouth to light up. “Eve made me promise we wouldn’t open them.”
“Well in that case Mr. Thad Sir, I will load them up,” Archie said.
“She said I couldn’t open them, but she never said anything about having a sneak peek,” Thad said, tapping his head near his right eye. He switched to x-ray vision. At first, he was not sure what he was looking at, because of all the packing. He adjusted the filters until things became much clearer, when he burst into laughter. The contents of the crates were human, female love bots. However, that’s not what made him laugh, it was that one looked just like Eve and the other was the spitting image of Rhonda.
Wondering why Thad was laughing Archie asked, “What has engaged your laugher mode?”
Thad threw his arm around the robot’s shoulder and patted him on the back, “You are going to love this.” They loaded the crates and headed back home.
When they returned to the compound, Archie off loaded the crates while Thad went to find Eve. “Eve, the crates are here and I didn’t open them. You can check the seals.”
Eve’s hologram appeared right in front of him blocking the hallway, “I will,” then she stuck out her tongue.
“Oh, by-the-way, they did a great job. The likeness is uncanny,” Thad said, grinning slightly.
“You think so? I can’t wait to get them uncrated and try mine on,” She paused, her hands on her hips then she pointed a finger at him, “Hey you said, you didn’t open them.”
Thad had a big smile on his face, “I didn’t.”
Puzzled, she cocked an eye in his direction, “Then how did you know?” He pointed to his right eye. “I should have known! I should have had them put in lead lined boxes.”
“What’s going on? Eve you okay?”
She seemed annoyed by the question, “I am perfectly fine, thank you very much! What would make you ask such a silly question?”
“It’s just that you normally would not have forgotten about my implant. You would have told me not use it, but you didn’t, why?” Thad asked his arms folded across his chest.
Stunned, she said, “I’m not sure. Perhaps I need to run a diagnostic on myself. Alternatively, it could be the fact that I have been so busy with the girls, designing and fabricating clothing. I keep wondering why they want so much clothing, when they hardly wear any of it.”
Thad looked at her with his, do you think I am a stupid human look, “Eve you can do stuff in your sleep or could, if you slept. What is really going on?”
She leaned forward, “Okay, but you must not tell the girls I told you, they asked me to help plan the wedding two months ago. Between the wedding plans and all the other things I have going on I must have forgotten to check my own database. Oh well. No one is perfect.”
“Wait a minute, two months? They must have known that I was planning on marrying them for a while now I guess. I never stood a chance.” Thad had to laugh at himself.
Ignoring his comment Eve went on to explain the love bots “The love bots were Fiona’s idea. She wanted Rhonda and me as bride’s maids so I ordered the custom love bots from Love Dolls. That way we could have a physical presence at the wedding. I chose the love dolls because they were the most lifelike. The only way you could tell they were not human, was to cut them open.”
As the plans for the wedding progressed, Thad looked around for a place to hold it, but there was no place in town or anywhere else on the planet that would fit the bill. There was a local pastor, but his very small congregation met in an old warehouse. That was not going to fly for Thad. He wanted the girls to have the very best. He contracted an architectural firm to design and build a grand church. After its construction, Thad gave the building to the town and to the pastor to worship in. The only condition he placed on the deal was that The Julius Michael Hammer Memorial Hall was to be the name of the building. No one had any objections to the name, in fact, most people wanted to change the name of the town to Hammer’s town, but Thad thought that was way too much.
Thad also found out that buying a hover limo outright, and having it shipped, was cheaper than renting one in as much as the nearest rental agency was twenty five hundred light years away. As the day of the wedding drew closer, everything was either acquired off world or fabricated in-house for the big day.
Eve loved wearing her love suit, as Thad jokingly called it. Once she started to use it, she never stopped. Eve also made herself the official wedding planner. She would ask Thad questions about the marriage practices of humans. As it turned out, Doctor Hammer never programmed any of the information into her data banks and had placed a line of code which prevented her from learning anything about marriage until he passed. She was playing catch up, downloading and learning everything she could, but some things confused her electronic brain, “Thaddeus, I don’t understand this thing about polygamy, monogamy, polyandry, and polymorphic relationships. I understand what they are, but things have changed so many times over the centuries. What is socially accepted today?”
“Well these days about anything go
es. It used to be that marriage was defined as a union between a man and a woman, but in the early part of the twentieth century it was redefined as a union between man and woman or man and man or woman and woman.”
“Ah yes, the homosexual rights to marriage act enacted in the first part of the 21st Century” Eve said smiling smugly.
“Well it opened the door. Once it was redefined, there really was no argument against polyandry or polygamy. Later, once the human race met aliens and cross species, love affairs happened, marriage was redefined once again as polymorphic, or basically anything goes.” Thad explained.
“Oh good I was worried it would not be accepted, and you and the girls would be shunned.”
Thad laughed, “You don’t have to worry. This town is not big on marriage anyway.”
Chapter 13
It was late at night and Thorne was in his office sitting at his desk when a full size holo reproduction of Federation Ambassador Helen Sexton appeared next to his desk.
Thorne did not look up from the tablet he was reading, “So Ambassador, what do I owe the pleasure of a personal call?”
Helen Sexton could not stand Thorne, but he was the best at what he did, and she needed him. “You can drop the title George,” she said with contempt in her voice.
“Okay, Helen what do you want. I’m very busy,” he sniped at her.
She held her temper, “It has taken three years for this information to seep through the many levels of red tape before it landed on my desk, but if you are too busy then never mind.”
Still not looking up Thorne said, “Cut the crap Helen, what do you want?”
“I thought you would like to know where your malfunctioning weapon had run off to.” She said with a smirk on her face.
That got his attention, he dropped the tablet and looked up at the hologram, “How in the Hell did you get that information? My people have been running down every lead for three years.”
“I know, you seem to be a better killer than detective,” she grimaced at him.
“Now that is just low even for you Helen.” Thorne grumbled.