by Jesse Jordan
I nod, laying my head back. “So the odds are better?”
“We’re still playing the Triad lottery here, Su Lin,” Freida says softly. “I’d like to pump you up babe, you know that… but the odds are slightly better.”
I close my eyes again, feeling sleep tug at me unexpectedly. “I know,” I murmur as I feel Alexander let go of my nipple and snuggle against me too. “But we have a chance. Stay with me?”
Freida leans over, giving me a kiss on the forehead. “You know it.”
Rick
The grass is warm, and as I cross the field, I know that I’m dreaming. Not that I really care right this moment.
It’s funny. I know what my condition is, it seems that being in a coma isn’t quite as senseless as I thought it’d be. I knew soon after Dr. Gordon hooked me up to the monitors what was going on. I even heard Freida and Su Lin come by to tearfully beg my forgiveness for what they did.
Not that I think I can blame them. Freida… for years, she’s stood by my side, and there’s no way that I could ever be upset with her. Pissed off? Sure. Before Su Lin entered my life, Freida was the only woman who could ever actually piss me off. But she’s my friend, and I trust her like she really is my sister.
And Su Lin… the woman who came into my life and somehow, without me even meaning to, captured my heart. I didn’t tell her, because I didn’t want to saddle her with a ghost. Yet it seems she saw through it, or maybe just her love was powerful enough that she didn’t care.
I let myself drift in my dream, something I’ve been doing more and more of. When you’re lying in a hospital bed, even one that’s moved back into your own house… there’s really a lot of down time. Su Lin and Freida can’t spend twenty four hours a day with me, and quite frankly, laying on my back with tubes all over me sucks. Also, being in my limited coma reality hurts like a motherfucker.
So I come here, back to the grass field. I formed it early on in this little unplanned vacation at the end of my life (I’m still not convinced that all of the treatments are going to do anything), and I guess it’s the place that I most want to be.
In the distance I can see a house, not one like I have now with a full estate, but a simpler home, almost a cabin. Well, except for the big honking satellite dish sticking out of the roof, but dammit, this is a dream and I’m allowed to mix things up.
Behind the house is a lake, a deep sapphire blue that is almost the perfect opposite of the sky. I know because I’ve spent hours swimming in that lake, which is so cold that sometimes it knocks the proverbial breath right out of me.
But right now what I see standing about halfway through the field is even more breathtaking. Su Lin’s here, wearing a simple outfit of jeans and t-shirt that still makes my heart speed up and the blood rush through my veins. She’s beautiful, and all I want to do is to hold her in my arms and to tell her how she makes me feel.
I start running, crossing the field as she stands and laughs, her lightly tanned skin glowing in the sunlight as she opens her arms. I sweep her off her feet, swinging her around again and again as we kiss, giggles and laughter and the sounds of joy filling the air as we share our hearts and souls with each other.
“Well, I guess I should come visit you here more often,” Su Lin says with a chuckle as I set her down. I give her another kiss on the lips, and she pulls me closer, our tongues caressing each other and her fingers running through my hair. “Mmm… for sure I have to visit more.”
“How are you… oh yeah, I’m in a dream,” I muse, wrapping my arms around her narrow waist. “There’s no way that you’re this small. Last time I saw you….”
“I got bigger,” Su Lin says with a laugh. “But I’ve been busting my ass the past three months, my love. You’ll be very happy with what you find.”
“What do you mean, three months?” I ask. “I haven’t been in a coma for three months, you’d still be pregnant!”
Su Lin chuckles, reaching up and stroking my cheek. “Time is funny here, Rick. You know that. What seems like a day for you in here is more like a week out in the real world. You’ve been under for almost nine months yourself. I kinda find that ironic, don’t you?”
Nine months? But if I’ve been in this state for nine months… “What about the babies?”
“You’ll just have to wake up and see, won’t you?” Su Lin teases me. “That’s why I’m here, Rick. It’s time to wake up, honey.”
“Wake up?” I ask, suddenly for the first time in my life truly afraid. “But I don’t want to wake up. Waking up is pain… and dying. I want to stay here with you.”
“And I with you,” Su Lin says. “But I want to be with you in the real world. You trust me, don’t you?”
“I do,” I whisper, taking her hands. “I trust you with my very life.”
“Then come back to me. Wake up, Rick… wake up….”
“… Rick, open your eyes honey.”
I blink, my dream field dissolving into the cruder, artificial light of fluorescent lamps. I’m dazzled at first, but I know that I’m in a hospital room. I feel a familiar hand in mine, and look over to see Su Lin, dressed almost exactly as I envisioned her. She’s more gorgeous than ever, and I feel tears come to my eyes as I give her fingers a squeeze. “Hey.”
“Hey,” she whispers. There’s a flurry of motion on the other side of me, but right now I’m only able to focus on one thing. “How was your nap?”
“Good,” I whisper, my throat feeling a little dry. Without even a second thought, I know what I need to say next, the words that I should have said months ago. “I love you.”
Su Lin blinks, then smiles softly. “I knew there was a reason I insisted on you getting treatment. I love you too.”
I continue to look in Su Lin’s eyes as the nurses and doctors finish checking on me before I lay back. I notice Gordon is there, looking a few pounds lighter but happier still. “Guess I worried it off you Doc?”
“Something like that. And your wife got me a Versa-Climber for my birthday, told me that if I didn’t beat her in a ten minute challenge by the time you woke up, she was going to make sure… what was it you said, Su Lin?”
“I threatened to make sure your genetic line ended with you,” Su Lin said, snipping her fingers like scissors. “I asked all about how to do vasectomies with a sword.”
Gordon grins, and I lean back, relieved they’re getting along. “Anyway, I think she spotted me a few meters, so I’m safe for now. Now Rick, I don’t want to rain on your parade, but it’s going to be a long way back. You halfway wasted to a skeleton before your coma, and then spent nine months in bed.”
“So no Mr. Olympia for a while? What about the babies?” I ask. “I want to see my children.”
Su Lin glances at Gordon, who nods. She grins and gets up, patting my shoulder and giving my cheek a kiss. “They’re hanging out with Freida. I’ll go get them.”
Su Lin leaves, Gordon turning to me as soon as the door’s closed. “Rick… I know this might be her place to tell you, but your wife… she was so brave. Even after what happened.”
“What happened?” I ask. Gordon starts, and is only able to cover the basics before the door opens again, this time with Su Lin carrying a squirming little child in her arms, Freida behind her with another. “Su Lin….”
Su Lin looks at my face before giving Gordon another raised eyebrow. “I was going to tell him. Prepare thyself for pain,” she says half crossly before shrugging. “Rick, I’m fine. Harvey’s out on bail of course, but even his team of lawyers is telling him to plead out, according to the DA. And of course I’m going after him on the civil side too… his lawyers have already said they want to settle.”
“Trying to take all of K-S for me?” I ask. “Later… let me meet my children.”
Su Lin smiles and comes forward, setting a little bundle in a pink shirt and gray shorts in my arms. “Meet Roxanna Meixiu Kelley. Roxy, say hello to Daddy.”
“And before you get too comfortable…” Freida says, “meet Ale
xander Jahlong Kelley. Alex, Daddy.”
The twins look at me with big eyes, both of them staring at me with rapturous fascination as I look at them the same way. They’re so beautiful, both of them with the rich dark hair of their mother, but I can see slight differences. Alex has my chin while Roxy has eyes more like Su Lin’s than mine. Alex reaches up with a tiny, chubby little fist and grabs a hold of my beard, apparently they’ve let it grow some. “Ow!”
Alex laughs, and Roxy joins in. I smile through the pain and hold them close, kissing them both on top of the head. “Thank you,” I whisper, looking at Su Lin. “Thank you, my love. I promise you, I’m going to be a good husband and father for the three of you.”
“I know,” Su Lin says, kissing my forehead. “For now though, rest. We’ll get you home soon, and then the hard work starts.”
“What hard work?” I ask, my arms both relieved and missing my children as soon as they’re lifted from me.
“Simple,” Freida says as Su Lin gives Alex a kiss on the cheek. “She and I have a bet to see who walks first, you or them. My money’s on Roxy. She’s a spunky little one.”
Epilogue
Su Lin
The bar trembles and slows, but doesn’t stop as Rick presses with all of his might. My hands are waiting just in case, but he’s told me he wants to prove something to himself. I understand, so I let him. “Come on Rick, you can do it.”
Rick grunts, the rock music throbbing through the room as he pushes harder, and with a final heave he gets the bar up and to lockout before he lets me help him rack the bar. Sure, two hundred and twenty five pounds doesn’t seem like much, especially to a man who used to do things that would make athletes on Ninja Warrior look on with respect… but for a man who weighed only a hundred and sixteen pounds and was given up for dead by almost the entire world, it’s a hell of a hurdle.
“I did it,” he gasps, lying still for a moment before rolling to his feet and jumping in excitement. “Two plates!”
“You did. Happy almost birthday,” I congratulate him, passing him a bottle of intra-workout supplement drink. “Now drink up.”
It’s been amazing watching Rick over the past six months. Dedicated to rebuilding himself and making up for lost time, he’s managed the two with the same devotion and focus that I know will eventually lead him back to the boardroom and the lab. For now though, I’m just enjoying life. Tomorrow is the twins’ first birthday, and we plan on celebrating it fully even if they won’t remember it.
Rick swallows his drink, wincing at the flavor before handing it back to me. “I think I can do with just the post-workout from now on. God those are horrible. Six months of it is enough.”
“Nope,” I tease, taking the bottle and putting it down while Rick strips the bar for me. “Not until you do a full salmon ladder again.”
Rick growls and glances over at the apparatus on the wall, where the bar’s still stuck on the lowest notch. He can do pullups again, but the strength for the salmon ladder? That’s a ways off. “You know, someday I’m going to have Alex and Roxy in here with us.”
“I look forward to it,” I reply, laying down on the bench. “We’ll make it a family fun thing. Besides, I’d like to see Alex and Roxy learn some wushu.”
Rick comes over, looking down on me. “Jiu-jitsu.”
“Wushu,” I reply, grinning up at him.
“Jiu-jitsu!” Rick mock growls, straddling the bench. “Or else.”
“Or else what?” I ask, reaching down and running my hands over his hips. “You’re going to tie me up and punish me?”
“There’s a use for the equipment that I hadn’t thought of,” Rick says. He leans down, grabbing the bar for balance as I bring my hand between his legs, cupping and fondling his balls. Rick moans lightly, and I grin as his legs tremble while I massage him through his shorts. “You torture me.”
“You know you like it,” I joke as I slide a hand up the leg of his shorts and caress his cock. “Now… what are your intentions with this steely bar?”
“Mmmm…” Rick moans as I stroke him, “since I missed so much of the last pregnancy, I was kinda thinking….”
“Oh, you want me pregnant again?” I tease, sliding down the bench. “You just think you can fill me with this thick, delicious cock of yours and get me barefoot and with child again like that, huh?”
“Well, it’s not like we can’t afford it,” Rick reminds me. “I know the cost of raising children is going up but….”
“But you’ve already got me pregnant again,” I finish for him. Rick pushes up, staring at me in wonder and I nod, smiling. “I was going to tell you tomorrow, but I took the test yesterday. This time, you get to be with us through the whole thing.”
I reach out with a slow hand and cup Rick’s cock through his shorts again. Reaching up, I find the waistband and tug his shorts down until he pops free, and I grin. “This is something I did miss the first time.”
Rick grins and reaches down, taking a fistful of my hair as he guides my mouth towards his cock. I let my lips stretch around the velvety pink head before running my tongue along the shaft, kissing and licking him as I look up into my husband’s eyes. The feeling of intense power, his hand tugging on my hair while I have his balls in the palm of my hand, sends shivers down my spine. I open my mouth more, sucking him slowly into my hungry, eager mouth.
Rick feeds me his cock, pumping in and out as my tongue caresses and my lips worship his immense manhood, fondling his balls and letting him know how much he means to me. I swallow every inch, my heart hammering in my chest as he pulls out, reaching down and pulling me to my feet.
“I’m not going to be greedy,” Rick says, his hands powerful on my arms. It’s amazing, how such a little thing can make me give into him, but no man has ever had the strength in their hands that Rick does. “Instead, I’m going to make sure you have plenty to enjoy.”
“Is that so?” I tease, reaching down and stroking his cock. “Such as what?”
“Such as…” Rick says before suddenly falling backwards onto the exercise mat, grinning. “You get to choose.”
“Is that so?” I ask, getting down on the mat next to him. “Well then… open your mouth. I had a cocksucking to finish.”
Rick grins as I swing my left leg over his head, positioning my pussy above his eager lips and bend forward. It’s a stretch, we are different heights, but as Rick bends his head forwards I can tilt his cock towards my mouth. His tongue touches the tip of my clit just as I lick the head of his cock, both of us moaning at the sensation.
“Excu- sorry!” I hear from the door, making us both pause. I start to laugh, until my laugh turns into a moan as Rick strokes his tongue down my pussy lips.
“I’ll apologize later,” Rick says, wrapping his arms around my ass and pulling his mouth to me. He slips his tongue inside, stroking and triggering every nerve inside me, daring me to lose control first, but I won’t let him.
Instead, I open my mouth and swallow his cock, bobbing my head up and down while my tongue swirls around the tip of his cock, stroking and teasing the spots I know he likes best. Rick growls into my pussy, and the two of us challenge each other.
Sweat pours down my forehead as I grapple with him, seeing who is going to give in to the other first. I fondle his balls, even teasing his asshole with my fingertips as he gives it back to me just as good, his tongue dancing over my clit before driving deep into my pussy.
It’s beautiful torture, and it continues, my mouth aching even as I grind my pussy uncontrollably on Rick’s tongue and fingers. He pulls my cheeks apart and I freeze for an instant, knowing what’s coming. I pour myself into what I’m doing even as I feel his thumb brush against my asshole, and with a slight pressure he pops inside me.
It triggers me, and I lose it, coming all over his face and moaning deeply around his thick cock. Thankfully, he’s not far behind me, and as my moan becomes a cry of delight he fills my mouth with his thick, delicious cum. I swallow each and every drop, rel
ishing in the release as he drinks my own juices.
Rolling off of him, I lay on the mat, sweat drying on my skin and a smile teasing around my lips. “So… that was a good workout.”
Rick chuckles and turns around on the mat next to me, holding his head up with a cocked arm as he trails his fingertips down my spine. “Yep. Hey, what did you get the kids for their birthday?”
I roll to my side, caressing Rick’s face. “Not much. I know Freida’s planning a cake, things like that. But let’s face it, the twins don’t exactly need presents. What were you thinking?”
Rick smiles and kisses the tip of my nose. “I was thinking two things. One, I want to get back in the lab. My brain’s been buzzing with that solar energy idea still.”
“Okay,” I agree. I can’t stop Rick from being inventive any more than he could stop me from being Chinese. “And two?”
“That before I do, I want to celebrate a birthday, and celebrate time with my family.”
I grin, and reach over, pulling him on top of me. “Well then, think you can celebrate with me a second time?”
Rick grins, and kisses my lips. “I’m sure I can figure out a way.”
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Jessica
Where am I?
For that matter..... who am I?
My body feels cold, and I open my eyes to find myself naked, shivering, and lying on a filthy scrap of cardboard in what can only be described as a cage. I can't call it a cell, it's too fucking tiny to be a cell. In fact, as I start to look around, it looks like someone locked me in a dog pound from hell.