James tried hard to keep a straight face but he knew Meeks well enough to know what last night did to him. She just didn’t understand the friendship yet nor did she understand that she was the first woman who simultaneously aroused all four of them just by existing. They could always find someone willing to play but they had never found someone they all wanted who didn’t want to play.
Garnett was about half way down the stairs when she said it. He thought about turning around then decided that would only prolong facing her. He walked in and fixed a cup of coffee and sat on the other end of the bar from her. She just looked at him. Dominic came in throwing his hat on the hook and kissed Mirisa on the back of the neck and told her she was better than any woman he had ever watched in his life. She instantly swung and hit him.
“Geez, Mirisa that hurt.”
“I have no sense of humor this morning.”
“We all know you had great sex last night.” He went in and fixed a cup of coffee. She picked up her spoon and threw it at him just missing both him and James and hitting the wall.
Meeks was standing at the top of the stairs and had to smile. “Well, I can see why Garnett is sitting at the other end of the bar this morning.” He then asked her if she had any other dangerous weapons on her before he went into the kitchen for coffee. James just couldn’t hold it in any longer.
“James you intentionally got me drunk and you know it.”
“Well, you have to admit that it was a totally unique experience.”
“Well, it’s nice to know that the four of you go out of your way to make sure I am happy all the time.”
“Are you implying that we do this for our own pleasure?”
She decided to find the children and leave them to their own amusement though she didn’t think there was much difference between grown men and small children. She was the last one to sit down for breakfast.
“Mirisa, I need to talk to you.” Meeks handed Maggie part of his biscuit. “Garnett just closed on the brownstones on either side of my mother’s and they are going to start demolishing the walls to make it one residence. I would like to spend part of the year there if you don’t mind.”
“Part of the year where?”
“New York City.”
“I’ve never been to New York City”
Garnett stood putting his dishes in the sink. "Are we playing cards tonight?"
"I’m decorating the tree upstairs tonight so I won’t be playing."
"Don’t you think it’s easier to decorate it during the day when you can see?"
"Do you need light to have sex?"
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Nothing."
James rolled his eyes. "Do you need help with the tree?"
"No, you can play cards and if I need help I’ll ask. But I do need someone to take all the boxes upstairs since they are in with the presents in the guest room."
"Boxes of what?"
"Decorations. Alexander ordered all new decorations for the tree but I haven’t seen them yet because they are still boxed up."
"You are spoiled."
“As I should be.”
After Mirisa put the children to bed, she went upstairs and found all the boxes lying on the floor next to the tree but no one was in the room. She tried to open one of them and cut her hand on the metal strap so she went looking for someone to help her. She walked into the library to find all four of them talking. They stopped as soon as she came through the door.
“What did you do to your hand?”
“I cut it trying to open the box. Can someone open them for me while I wrap my hand?”
James walked over, took her hand and unwrapped the towel she had around it. “Can you do anything without getting hurt?”
“Probably not but if you had thought about it you would have opened the boxes rather than just leaving them up there.”
“Can you say thank you for taking them all the way up and then have a little patience rather than getting angry with me?”
“Can you just stop yelling at me every time I hurt myself and pretend just for once that I really am a girl?”
Dominic just shook his head as James pulled her out of the room. He sat her on the counter and ran her hand under the water to make sure it was clean then he put a few strips of tape to hold it together then wrapped it to stop the bleeding. “You might need stitches in this one.”
“No I won’t. I’ve seen you stitch up the animals and I don’t think the four of you have enough strength to hold me down while you do that.” He looked up at her and she realized that they had been discussing her when she walked in. “Don’t you think if you are going to talk about me that you should at least do it in front of me?”
“No. Sometimes we just misread things and don’t really understand it until you say something. I’m sure you don’t particularly want your husband discussing what you tell him in confidence with the rest of us and especially in front of Dominic but we need to know when we do something really stupid.”
“It’s hard being the only woman in this house.”
“We know that and we know that we are frequently inappropriate, inconsiderate and demanding.”
“Do you want to ask me any questions?”
“Yes, how many stitches do you want?”
“I don’t want stitches.”
“Well, I hate to tell you but you are getting stitches because it won’t stop bleeding.”
“James, I am not getting stitches. I don’t care what you do but you are not putting in stitches.”
James looked at her then yelled for Meeks. They all came out and looked at her hand and agreed that she would need stitches. She immediately started crying and told them that they were not going to put stitches in her hand. Garnett held her arm out while Meeks held her. Dominic got out the kit and they put three stitches in the center to close it up. Mirisa cried but kept her head buried in her husband’s chest as he talked to her. James poured her a shot but she refused to even acknowledge any of them and was shaking visibly as Meeks held her.
Meeks finally got her to stop crying. When they finished wrapping her hand, Meeks asked her if she wanted to go to bed and she told him that she was going to decorate the tree if someone would open the damn boxes. He laughed and told her he would open them for her. He pulled her off the counter and when he set her down she immediately fainted. Garnett just barely grabbed her before she hit the floor. They brought her back around and Meeks smiled and told her she really needed to work on her tolerance for pain.
Garnett went up with her and opened the boxes as she sat on the couch. Meeks watched her for a moment before picking her up. He undressed her and rechecked her hand before he pulled the covers over her. She thanked him and fell asleep. After a few hours of cards, they decided to decorate the Christmas tree. It was amazing what four grown men would do for a woman. The ornaments were silver and gold balls and little wooden musical instruments.
“You know Meeks you really do spoil her.”
“I don’t feel like I do enough. I don’t think I could ever do enough considering what she’s done.” They all knew he was talking about Maggie.
When they were finished the tree was beautiful. They cleaned up the cards and Dominic and Garnett headed south while Meeks locked up. Meeks made sure her hand wasn’t bleeding before he crawled into bed and pulled her close to him. He watched her for a while and finally kissed her cheek and went to sleep. He woke up to her crying but realized that she wasn’t awake. He looked at her fingers and they weren’t swollen so he assumed the stitches themselves were hurting. Meeks talked to her and she stopped crying but never woke up.
IT STARTED to snow mid-morning so Dominic and Garnett headed back for the house. The pies were finished and on the counter but they couldn’t find anyone. Meeks came out of the library heading into the nursery and the boys were playing on the floor. Jasmine said she thought Mirisa and Maggie were upstairs. Meeks stood in the doorway and watched them for a few minutes
. They were sitting down next to the tree and Maggie was sitting in her lap holding a book but playing with the ornaments on the tree. He squatted down next to them and Mirisa reached up and kissed him and Maggie immediately dropped the book and went into his arms.
“Mirisa, I want another child."
She looked at him with Maggie. "Well then I suggest you keep working on it because I’m not taking anything."
They stayed up late Christmas Eve wrapping the children’s presents and Mirisa told them that they bought too much. They all just looked at her because she had probably out bought everyone else. She sat on the floor drinking wine and putting her finger on the ribbon as James tied the bows. Her hand still hurt but it was more a dull ache then the constant pain. She was sitting spread eagle and Meeks came up behind her and pulled her back to kiss her. Garnett had already gone upstairs so it was just the three of them wrapping the last few presents.
“I think I feel more comfortable when I’m alone with the two of you or at least I did before James plied me with great wine.”
James tied off the bow and moved the package. She lay back in her husband’s lap and he slid the bottom of his glass across her collar bone.
“If you two are going to have sex under the Christmas tree then I’m going to stay and watch.”
“You can’t watch!”
“Why?”
“James, you are so perverted that you make the rest of them look normal.”
“Mirisa, you have no earthly idea of the true definition of perversion.”
James kissed her cheek wishing her a Merry Christmas before turning down all the lanterns and heading up the stairs. Mirisa stood and slowly rolled her jeans off before dropping her blouse and camisole at Meeks’ feet. Mirisa stood over him in only stockings and white lace silk panties as she brought her hands up her thighs to around her breasts while Meeks watched her. She bent over at the waist and put both hands on his shoulders as she bit his ear then moved down his neck until her fingers found the buttons on his shirt. Mirisa loved the softness of his chest hair and she loved that he made her work for pleasure. Her hand slipped down the hollow of his stomach until he smiled.
“Mirisa?”
“No…I don’t want to talk.” She pressed up against him as his fingers slipped under the band of her panties and her breathing quickened. He rolled her over as she wrapped her legs around him locking her ankles until he finally collapsed and rolled to the side. Mirisa rolled on her side and ran her fingers along his arm and before he could respond she pinned his arms down and slowly with unbelievable muscle control enticed him until she released every ounce of desire in her body.
Garnett stood at the railing of the landing next to James watching and sipping whisky. Some Christmas presents you just couldn’t wrap.
NEW YEARS came in with a frigid wind without snow. Garnett and James changed clothes telling Meeks and Mirisa to enjoy the New Year then they headed south to Dominic’s house. Garnett walked over to the bar and opened a new bottle of whisky pouring three shots. He sat down on the couch as James picked up a glass and sat down.
“Why did you decide to bring girls to the house?”
Dominic came down dressed in jeans throwing his shirt over the chair before taking the shot and pouring a second one. “They aren’t local nor will they be staying in the area so there’s relatively little risk.”
They talked until there was a knock on the door. Dominic opened and Mr. Hahn bowed then stepped in followed by two small women. Mr. Hahn introduced them and said he would be back in the morning. Dominic handed him an envelope then closed the door. The two women were standing quietly between the door and the great room. They both had straight black hair and wore Chinese silk gowns that were split up the sides.
Garnett put down his glass and walked up to one of them. He had been with a lot of women over the years but never a Chinese woman though he had heard stories. They were both small in stature unlike their normal taste in women. The woman bowed respectfully as Garnett lifted her chin looking into her large brown eyes. They were both the same height and build.
Dominic walked across the room and picked up the bottle of whisky before he opened a door that led to the lower room of the house. They followed him as James stood up and watched them walk away. The room had a large fireplace but in the center of the room was a large bed covered in red silk. James wondered exactly how he would have explained this room to Mirisa had she chosen to stay with him but it was obvious that Dominic never expected her to agree to save the relationship. Against the far wall were several very comfortable chairs with a table between them. Dominic set the bottle of whisky on the table then lit his cigar. He approached sex the way he approached an assignment, cold and calculated. It was obvious that the girls spoke no English. Garnett sat down as James stood near the hearth sipping on his whisky as they slowly undressed each other. Their skin was like fine porcelain which made the makeup on their eyes even more vibrant. Each had a snake tattooed around their body so when they embraced you couldn’t tell where one started and the other began.
Slowly without a sound the girls climbed up on the bed as they caressed themselves and each other as though performing an erotic dance. James put his glass on the mantel and walked over to the bed touching one as the other wrapped her fingers around his wrist bringing him down onto the bed. The night was filled with opium, whisky and the most erotically filled sex that any of them had ever experienced.
James woke up on the floor trying to get his bearings. The room was spinning as he sat up and then pulled himself up on the bed. The room was so quiet you could hear yourself breath. As he started to stand, one of the girls ran her hands along his shoulder as the other ran her hands up his stomach and before his brain could comprehend he was lost again to their movements. The night seemed to become clear and whenever he would touch someone or someone would touch him it would be heightened. James lost track of time and when he finally stumbled up the stairs it seemed like days had passed. He took down the pot and made a fresh pot of coffee then looked for something to eat. James was leaning across the counter when Dominic came downstairs.
“You look like death warmed over.”
“I feel like it. Why do you look well rested?”
“I didn’t do the opium.”
“What opium?”
Garnett came in looking as bad as James. He searched the cupboard until he found a cup and drank a cup of black coffee before taking the piece of chicken away from James.
“Damn if that wasn’t the best night I have ever experienced. Anyway we can buy them?”
Dominic started laughing. “They’re headed to New York as a ‘coming attraction’.”
“Really.”
“Where are they?”
“Mr. Hahn picked them up an hour ago.” Dominic poured a shot holding it up. “Here’s to a great year.”
They headed to the lodge hoping that Mirisa was up and cooking but since it was the crack of dawn they weren’t holding out a lot of hope. James opened the door to a very quiet house and an empty kitchen. He took the pot and cleaned it out before filling it with water. He was in the middle of adding the coffee grounds when the library door opened. All three of them turned watching Mirisa quietly pull it closed. She turned and the sight of them scared her half to death as she almost fell against the wall before she caught herself. None of them said a thing and she just looked at them as though she had been caught doing something very, very bad.
Mirisa was wearing a white tuxedo shirt with only the button over her naval buttoned. She had on emerald green and gold stockings with lace garters holding them up. Her hair was out of control and framed her face beautifully. She had trouble negotiating from the door to the couch where she leaned against the back as though she couldn’t take another step. Garnett didn’t think anything could arouse him after the night they had but she was doing it without trying. He slid off the stool and walked up to her as she meekly smiled while trying not to fall over. He leaned up against the c
ouch next to her and waited.
“Good morning Mirisa.”
She looked at him as he ran his hand to the inside of the shirt until he had her nipple between his thumb and finger. She looked up into his eyes and he knew without asking that she was working very hard not to react to him. James walked around the bar and stood in front of her. He took her face in his hands and kissed her deeply as Garnett continued to roll her nipple before sliding his hand down her stomach then between her legs which caused an eruption of a warm sensation to spread from his fingers up through her body. She put her head on James’ shoulder and said something before negotiating her way to the stairs. Meeks came out of the library as she disappeared down the hallway. The sight of her walking up the stairs in the white shirt made all of them smile.
James pushed away and went back to the kitchen. “I just had the best sex of my life and all I can think of is your wife. I just don’t get it?”
Meeks took down the coffee cups. “It’s because Dominic never showed her where the off button is located.”
“That is the only reason we didn’t take advantage of her.”
“She’ll appreciate your control.”
Garnett smiled. “I believe she already has.”
1871
“On May, 1871, a party of more than one hundred Kiowas, Comanches, and others left Fort Sill and crossed into Texas. Led by Satank, Satanta, and Big Tree, they took up positions on the Salt Creek Prairie. A group of heavily armed white soldiers was allowed to pass unmolested; unknown to the Indians, the military escort was for General Sherman, who was conducting an inspection tour of Texas. The next group of whites to pass was a wagon train belonging to a freighting company. The Indians swept down upon the wagons and attacked. They killed the wagon master and seven teamsters and looted the wagons, then returned immediately to the reservation.”
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