Deck The Halls

“Yes, baby. I know you’re serious.”

  “And you’re not mad?”

  “No. Far from it. You’ve made me the happiest man alive. And once we tell Jake I’ll be one of the two happiest men alive.” The confused look on Gloria’s face showed she didn’t follow and luckily Jason took pity on her and continued. “We’ve known all along that you were hooking up with the both of us. We kind of planned it that way.”

  “Planned it?”

  “Yes. You see we’ve both wanted you for some time now, but every time we flirted, you brushed us off, not believing we were serious. So we came up with this whole elaborate plan to get you to spend the week of Christmas with us here at the ranch. Then seduce you into a threesome with the both of us. Afterwards we would explain to you that Jake and I wanted you to be our woman. Be with the both of us. Eventually marry one of us legally, but unofficially you’d be married to the both of us. You see, Jake and I knew we wouldn’t be happy in a relationship with a woman unless she was in love with us both. From the moment we both laid eyes on you, we knew you were the one. The only question was could you handle our lifestyle?”

  Gloria continued to look Jason in the face and saw he was 100% serious. She was dumbfounded and didn’t know what to say. Apparently she didn’t have to yet because Jason wasn’t done.

  “Of course when this whole Ortiz situation happened we wanted you to come home with us so we could protect you. We also realized we had to change our initial seduction plan. We wanted you to get to know and trust us individually before we broached the subject of sharing. Kind of a not too much too soon kind of deal. We were supposed to tell you together when the time was right, but I couldn’t let you continue beating yourself up with guilt when you didn’t do anything wrong.”

  “So you’re telling me all this time I’ve been feeling awful for keeping a secret from the both of you. While all along you two have been keeping your own secret from me?”

  “Yeah that about sums it up.”

  “Un-freakin-believable.”

  “You’re not mad right?”

  “No, I’m not mad. I’m relieved. And Jake is sooo going to get it when he gets home. All that talk about never keeping secrets from him and you again when he kept a doozy from me. The both of you did.”

  “So if he’s going to get it when he gets home, can I get it now? I think it only fair I don’t have to wait since Jake did get the pleasure of accompanying you to Sally’s today and I didn’t.” Gloria couldn’t help laughing at the teasing lecherous smile Jason flashed her. The two of them were insatiable and they appeared determined to make her ravenous too.

  “You can get it, but you have to catch me first,” Gloria teased back as she sprang up off the sofa and ran for the stairs. She and Jason laughed as he chased her up the stairs to the main floor. Gloria loved the way she felt around both Jake and Jason. The last time she’d felt this happy and carefree she was a young child. She managed to climb the stairs and round the corner with Jason in hot pursuit.

  Gloria was about to begin climbing the second set of stairs that led to the second floor when all of a sudden the sound of the front door bursting open caused her to stop in her tracks. Jason managed to catch up to her and shield her just in time to see her worst nightmare standing in the doorway aiming a gun at them both.

  “Well, Gladys, if I knew you were this big of a slut I would’ve passed you around to my friends. A few of them always had an eye for you, you know?” Manuel said as he took small measured steps further inside the house. “I wondered where you’d gone off to when you didn’t come back to your apartment to find my little note on Tuesday. So, this is where you’ve been hiding, huh?”

  Gloria tried to hide her nudity by huddling behind Jason and refused to engage Manuel in conversation. Which was alright as he seemed more interested in hearing himself speak then he was in her response. Other than his hair looking longer and disheveled, he was exactly as Gloria remembered. Dressed all in black, Manuel continued to hold the gun on them as he looked around the foyer to the different parts of the house that was visible.

  “Pretty nice spread you’ve got here. If you do as I say and let me have Gladys, you may live a while longer to enjoy it.”

  “That’s not happening,” Jason said in the coldest tone she’d ever heard him use.

  “So tell me pig. How does it feel to fuck another man’s fiancé?”

  “I believe that engagement was off a long time ago.” Jason was sure as hell right. Gloria couldn’t believe Manuel called her his fiancé. She’d agreed to marry him two months before she found out who he really was only to make him happy. Even before then she’d realized it was a mistake. It was the reason she’d gone to find him and tell him they were through.

  “Tell me mujer. What’s the arrangement you have with these dudes? You screw one brother and then you screw the other? I always thought you were classier than that.”

  “You have the nerve to talk about class with all the tail you chased?” All of Manuel’s taunting had finally fed her up enough to say something back. Moreover she was tired of living in fear of him. Manuel may be a dangerous man, but he was still just a man. And despite what he may think, he didn’t own her. Her anger at him for breaking into the house and pointing a gun at Jason overrode the fear from three years of abuse that Manuel instilled into her. Though she still hadn’t come out from behind Jason. Partially to cover herself and partly because Jason kept her there. She didn’t like it because that meant if Manuel wanted to shoot her, he’d shoot Jason first.

  “Yeah, I had a few honeys on the side, but they knew who was wifey. They knew you were the one I’d chosen to shower with gifts and share my wealth with. I did that all for you and look how you repaid me. By running to the fucking dumb ass feds and snitching on me. Wearing a wire and tricking me into spilling my guts. After three years together, this is how you do me? Betray me as if I were nothing to you?” Manuel finally stopped walking but he still kept his gun aimed at them.

  “Betray you? Betray you? For three years you abused me! Both mentally and physically. You showered me with gifts because you thought they’d make up for all the shit you did to me. I was nothing to you other than something you dressed up and showed off to your friends,” Gloria yelled. Manuel scoffed at her words and rolled his eyes. His dismissive attitude inflamed her further. “You killed people Manuel! And we both know, sooner or later, you were going to kill me. I did what I had to do. You had to be stopped.”

  “It’s over man. Give yourself up quietly. Don’t make things worse for yourself then they already are,” Jason said.

  “Screw you man. You don’t know who the fuck you’re talking to. I’ll take care of the both of you and disappear into the night before anyone knows you’re dead.”

  “You’re going to be sorry you came here, Ortiz,” Jason added while he continued to stare down Manuel. Gloria couldn’t believe Jason was talking to Manuel like that. Jason may be a great deputy but he wasn’t superman. He was unarmed, and at a disadvantage because he was trying to keep Gloria out of the way. Gloria prayed the hardest she’d ever prayed to keep the both of them safe and stop what seemed like the inevitable. She also silently apologized to Jason and Jake for getting them mixed up in all this.

  “No pig. You’re the one going to be sorry. Say goodnight fucker,” Manuel yelled as he steadied his hand with the gun and aimed straight for Jason’s chest. He had the same maniacal smile on his face that she’d seen hundreds of times before. Almost like he enjoyed inflicting pain on others so much he could taste it. He was going to kill Jason. She knew it. Gloria tried to get out from behind him so she could shield Jason with her body from the bullet but Jason wouldn’t let her move. She closed her eyes and screamed when she heard the sound of a gun go off. She held tightly to Jason afraid to open her eyes and see where he was hit and how badly he was hurt.

  “Shh. Baby doll, it’s ok. We’re not hit.”

  It took her a minute for it to register that it was Jason’s voice talking t
o her. Gloria slowly opened her eyes and took in the new scene before her. Manuel was lying on the floor bleeding from a wound in his upper thigh. His gun had fallen to the floor and Jake was standing on the porch outside the house his gun still aimed at Manuel. The sheriff came around Jake into the house also with his gun drawn and he kicked Manuel’s gun further out of reach.

  “You’re lucky it was my son who shot you. I wouldn’t have been so nice as to aim for your leg,” the sheriff said as he stood over Manuel.

  Seconds later, Thomas and Mendoza rushed in, their guns drawn as well.

  Remembering once again that she was topless she tried to huddle behind Jason again out of everyone’s view. Jason took pity on her and took off his uniform shirt and gave her it to put on. Once she took his shirt in her hand, he covered her as she turned around to button it up.

  While she made herself marginally decent, she heard the sheriff say to Manuel, “You maybe some big shot up in New York , but next time you come to Arizona remember you’re in my yard now, boy. And I don’t take kindly to strangers breaking into my son’s home and threatening him or my future daughter-in-law.”

  “There won’t be a next time for him.” Mendoza chimed in. “The only way he’s ever going to see light again will be from his cell window or the prison court yard. That is if they don’t decide to give him the death penalty.”

  Jake ignored all of them and finally walked into the house. Quickly he made his way past everyone else and rushed to Jason and Gloria’s side. With one arm, he pulled Gloria into him.

  “God, you two scared the hell out of me. Are you alright, sweetheart?” Jason asked as he peppered her face with kisses. She was so happy to see him and that both he and Jason were alright she returned each one not caring who was watching.

  “Yes, I’m fine.”

  “What about you, Jason? You alright?” He asked looking over his twin from head to toe. Making sure he wasn’t hurt.

  “Yeah, I’m fine. Thanks to you, bro. You really saved our asses.”

  “How did you know something was wrong?” Gloria asked as she lifted her head to look him in the face. He still hadn’t released her and she wasn’t in any hurry to be freed.

  “Actually, all of us were on our way here when the security system sent an alert to my cell that the silent alarm was tripped. I was in dad’s car and the marshals were following us in theirs. Once I got the alert, dad floored it while I made a quick phone call to let the marshals know what was going on,” Jake replied.

  “I barely had the car stopped before Jake jumped out the car and rushed towards the house. We could see the front door busted open from the car,” the sheriff said.

  “And I saw Jake creeping by the front window on the porch and knew he had my back,” Jason added.

  “I’m so happy it’s over with and neither one of you were hurt. But I need the both of you to promise me that neither of you will ever do anything that stupid—that dangerous—ever again. No more going off playing the hero and possibly getting yourself killed,” Gloria said as she looked back and forth between Jake and Jason. She held out her hand to pull Jason up behind her. She was still in shock about what happened and needed physical contact with both of them to assure herself that both were really alright.

  “As long as you don’t have any other psychotic ex-boyfriends coming after you, we should be alright,” Jason replied and all three of them burst into laughter.

  Epilogue

  It was finally Christmas Eve. After everything Gloria been through in the last two weeks, she honestly thought the holidays would never come. So much had happened since that fateful night when she once again came face to face with her worse nightmare. Mendoza and Thomas handcuffed Manuel before they wrapped up his leg and threw him in the back of their car. For the second time, Gloria had the pleasure of seeing Manuel handcuffed and cursing while being taken into custody. They made a quick stop at the local hospital to get the wound in his leg checked out. Lucky for Manuel, it was a clean shot. The bullet went straight through. So after cleaning the injured area and bandaging the leg properly, he was well enough to leave the ER and spend the night at the precinct. After spending the night in a cell, the marshals escorted him back to New York the next morning. Mendoza called Gloria to let her know he’d personally accompanied Manuel to the holding cell he’d stay in until the trial and that the trial date was set for December 28th.

  The marshals also had more good news to share. They’d finally managed to locate the leak. Apparently one of the clerks at the U.S. Marshal Service New York office had a nasty drug habit. He was being supplied by one of the people under investigation in exchange for information. The clerk’s supplier worked with Manuel and once he was arrested the supplier demanded the clerk find dirt on Gloria’s whereabouts. The clerk was now under arrest himself and was spilling his guts on just how much intelligence he’d leaked over the years to his supplier in exchange for a better deal as he was currently facing a number of federal charges that would keep him in prison for the rest of his life.

  After staying up for hours answering numerous questions for the marshals, Gloria, Jake, and Jason were finally allowed to return home to the ranch. It was funny how she’d only been there a week and it already felt more like home then her apartment had in six months. And that was saying a lot considering her apartment had felt more like home then her place in New York before joining witness protection.

  They entered through the back door as the front door was boarded up by the sheriff earlier while they answered the marshal’s questions. They all were beat and completely worn out so they immediately headed for the stairs that lead to the second floor. Once they reached the doors to their bedrooms Gloria asked them both to spend the night in her room. She still wasn’t ready for either brother to leave her sight. That night she slept comfortably and peacefully between the two men she’d fallen in love with. They shared that huge platform bed every night since. Although the other nights they definitely did more than just sleep.

  The sheriff was extremely generous in giving all three of them time off from work. They weren’t expected back at work until after New Year's which meant the boys could accompany her to New York for the trial.

  Gloria had even been in touch with the prosecuting attorney for the trial. She told Gloria that the two guards that got killed during Manuel’s escape had families and young children. The whole incident had become very public and the public was crying out for someone to pay. As Manuel refused to give up the names of his accomplices he was being charged with their deaths in addition to the others he was originally arrested for. His escape and second attempt on her life added up to a whole new list of charges that pretty much ensured he’d spend the rest of his life rotting away in prison. The prosecutor didn’t even know the meaning of the word “deal” when it came to Manuel, which Gloria was more than happy to hear.

  Jake, Jason, and Gloria spent their time off decorating the entire house for Christmas. The tree Jason picked out was huge and they had tons of fun hanging the ornaments and lights. As this was her first Christmas with them, they allowed Gloria to hang the star on top of the tree. When it came to decking the halls with Christmas cheer, the boys really went all out. Every room had lights in the windows, stockings hung above the fireplace, garland hung from the walls and banisters, Christmas music played on the stereo, and mistletoes hung in doorways that the boys loved to take advantage of. The whole house smelled of pine and the holiday cookies Gloria made.

  With the whole Manuel drama over and done with, Gloria was more than ready to completely commit to the twins. And what better way to let them know than by wearing one of Sally’s creations Christmas Eve and let them unwrap her under the tree?

  Jake and Jason were placing the last of the wrapped gifts under the tree while trying to scope out what gifts Gloria had already placed under there for them. She stood in the doorway wearing the red ensemble she’d bought, matching heels, her long hair left loose to fall down her back, and a devilish smile on
her face as she coughed loudly to get their attention. Both brothers stopped in the middle of what they were doing and slowly stood up. As Gloria slowly walked into the living room she heard Jason tell Jake to remind him to send Sally something expensive for Christmas. All it took was to tell the guys they were over dressed for them to begin ripping at their clothes. Soon they both stood before her completely naked.

  “So come unwrap your first Christmas gift,” she said in a sexy voice as she ran her hands down their chests. Not needing to be told twice, four eager hands began to undress her, leaving her in nothing but the matching red pumps she wore.

  All the kissing, petting, and touching had her hotter then she’d ever been before. And with Jake and Jason, she hadn’t thought that was possible. First Jason did her doggy style while she sucked on Jake’s cock. After they all came and rested, they went right back at it. She found herself sandwiched between them with Jake on the bottom. His cock buried deep in her pussy and Jason on the top in her ass. In perfect unison they alternated strokes so when one pushed in the other pulled out. It felt incredible to have them both buried deep inside. Each stroke bringing every inch inside her alive with sensation. And when they all came together she felt them both release deep inside. She swore she felt it in her soul and added to her own orgasm. By the time Christmas morning came, they'd had sex on almost every surface in the living room. And in every position. The smell of sex permeated the room and blended with the other Christmas scents. It smelled like home.

  “Boys, I think we’ve just started a new tradition to bring in Christmas day,” Gloria said still out of breath. She lay on the floor between Jake and Jason. Every inch of their skin was soaked in perspiration and none of them had enough energy to move a muscle. Her entire body was pleasantly sore. “What do you two think?”

  “It sounds like a plan to me. And do you want to know what else we want next Christmas?” Jake said.

  “For me to buy more outfits from Sally?”