Chapter 17

Posted: December 11, 2005 - 09:36:58 am


The alarm clock was making some horrible sounds. Damn, I didn't turn that on. Cautiously, I snaked my left arm from under the covers and felt around for the offending device. The weight on my right shoulder was moving around distracting me from the primary mission. Soft breasts and hard nipples brushed across the right side of my chest further disturbing the mental process of directing a searching hand to shut off the alarm. Just as my hand found the noisemaking, vibrating wake up tool, a small soft hand grasped my dick firmly and pulled. The hand pulled my dick and my hand pulled the clock till its umbilical cord to its power source pulled loose and the noises ceased. I rolled toward the pulling hand to come lip to lip with a sleepy eyed Mary. We kissed softly while she massaged my morning salute. Just when I thought we might separate to begin the day, Mary threw a leg over my hip then let her sex devour mine. Even in this almost awkward position she slid herself down to her maximum depth with our pubic bones rubbing together. With a hiss and a groan Mary wrapped her arms around me and rolled me atop her. Her legs separated and her knees drew up on each side of my hips to cradle me in our joining. I tentatively withdrew a few inches then slid back slowly savoring the luxurious feeling of Mary's clasping pussy. Mary's hips began rocking, making me slide in and out, urging me to get busy in the superior position.

"Harder Steve. Faster. Yeah that's what I need. Faster."

Any able guy feeling a pussy clutching his dick, feeling the soft breasts and hard nipples against his chest and hearing those begging sounds would do what I did. I slammed into Mary as firmly as I could and continued to pound until I felt the tingle of impending release surround my testicles. My dick swelled while my breath came in gasps. Just as I let loose, spraying the inside of Mary's pussy, she clamped down on me and loudly announced her release as well.

We stroked through the small squirts and her vibrations until she hugged me firmly and said. "Quick, get up, I got a pee."

How romantic. But this was a fuck, a sprint for release, nothing romantic about it.

I rolled off with my still semi-firm dick pulling free of Mary's sloppy pussy. Mary rolled out of bed and stood. She looked over her shoulder, stuck out her hand and said. "Come on lover, let's get a shower."

I followed thinking I would use the throne before I got in the shower. Mary however pulled me into the big shower, pulled the door closed then turned on the water.

"Brrr that's cold I thought while at the same instant I felt a warmth run down my leg. Mary was up to one of her favorite games. She continued letting herself go on my leg while holding my still semi-firm dick in her hand. As the water warmed, Mary pulled me down to the floor of the shower again spreading her legs and pulling my firming dick toward her center. As the head of my dick felt the soft moistness of her pussy it surged to hardness and began sliding home.

At that moment I had this strange thought. I had not fucked anyone in the male superior position for several days. Now twice in just a few minutes I was doing the deed in the macho man position. Ah that feels so good.

Mary was thrusting at me with her pussy already gripping me as if she were having an orgasm. Her breath exploded from her and she started grunting with every thrust. So taking her lead I started thumping her fast and deep. My insides were announcing that it would once again send forth some gooey stuff to saturate the female I was plowing.

We both began groaning and thrusting as hard and fast as we could. The dams burst. I blasted her and she shook and groaned. We again thrust through our orgasms till there was nothing left then we froze in locked pleasure.

My dick began wilting almost instantly but Mary wrapped her legs around my back holding me inside her. I whispered to Mary that I had to get off as I needed to pee. The only thing that Mary did was bring her hands down and ran her fingertips up my sides. I was already releasing small squirts of my morning release. Mary pulled me tight then told me to fill her up. I did. I let go and flooded her insides. Sort of a piss douche. As my stream slowed, and stopped, Mary relaxed and pulled her legs from across my butt. I pushed up on my hands and knees pulling my now wilted weasel from Mary's gushing pussy.

I stood on shaking legs then helped Mary to stand. She hugged me tightly whispering endearments while searching for my mouth with hers. We kissed softly and lovingly thanking each other for the very enjoyable loving.

"What's the alarm for?" I asked.

"There is a ton of stuff I have to get done for work. Most of it can be directed to be done but I have to start it and assign it or it will never get done. I also want to check with a realtor to see what we might get from the house. I'm kind of undecided on selling the house. It's always been in the family and I may want to keep it. I might rent it for a while too. That would give me opportunity to decide."

She barely took a breath but grabbed a wash cloth and soap, began to soap me up then continued.

"You need to go buy a car or truck or something. You need your own transportation and you can't keep on renting. It's just too expensive. You might also check on your job to make sure everything is okay there. Maria and Julie are going to be consumed trying to move out to the new house while Lee is trying to move out. That should be a Chinese fire drill if ever there was one."

"Is there anything you want me to do in anticipation of moving?" I asked.

"Not really. You could go by a bed store and find the largest bed you can find, buy it and a bunch of bedroom furniture, get some sheets that fit along with a blanket, pillows and comforter and have it delivered. Lee said she was going to keep her bedroom stuff so that would be a start. Oh yeah, when you choose the furniture try to get it from open stock so I can add to it if we need too."

"I don't know about buying furniture for a woman." I stated. "My past shopping has been early American yard sale as well as Goodwill and hand me downs from anyone who had something to give away."

"You'll do fine, Stevie, just fine. Just get a manly set as you are going to be the king with the harem. Get what you like. Everyone else will like it too, trust me. Now, wash me so I can get going."

I washed Mary thoroughly paying particular attention to all the good parts. Each time I stayed in one place too long or a finger found an opening, Mary would giggle and swat my hand away saying we didn't have time and didn't I get enough already and what am I, some sort of pervert?

Mary and I dressed quickly and I made coffee while she had a bowl of cereal. She called Maria who said she already had her SUV stuffed to the brim and was going to check with Julie to see how she was doing. She said she was going to make at least three trips today and may be even sleep there tonight. Mary asked where she was going to sleep and she said one of the guest rooms or may be with the girls. She had already talked to Anita who wanted Maria and the kids as soon as possible.

I poured Mary and myself a cup of coffee while Mary dialed up Julie. She was grinning big time then pushed the button for the speakerphone. Julie was breathless. She was obviously telling people what to do and which pieces of furniture were going where. Finally she got on the phone and said that Nancy was there helping her and that she already had a moving company there with two trucks, a little one and a big one. The little one was taking what she wanted to the new house while the big one was going to take the rest to a storage facility. She said she already had a great offer on the condo from a client and had a cleaning crew scheduled to be at the condo by noon. She said that she was going to check with Maria and see if she needed one or both of the moving vans for her move. Mary told Julie what she knew and then said I was going shopping for the bedroom stuff.

Whew! She was one busy babe. The kitchen clock said it was just coming on eight AM.

Mary hung up, smiled at me then called Lee on the speakerphone. Anita answered the phone after multiple rings. She said Lee was with the movers at the new house setting up her bed. She also had a couple of decorators there making curtains and ordering stuff for the condo. Mary asked if it would be okay if I had furniture delivered today and was told to bring it on. She was done cleaning the room and Carlos was shampooing the carpet while she spoke. She said she would have the house ready for us. She said she might not be able to fix supper tonight as she may have to help Lee get settled. Mary told her not to worry as we could feed everyone including her girls and Carlos.

Okay, now it was 8:10 AM and I felt like the day had passed me by.

"Guess I best get it on." I said dizzily. "I'm not going to be able to keep up with you guys. You all are fast."

"Not to worry." Said Mary. "When we girls have a mission we are on it. If we have something to get done, we don't quit till it's done. Looks like we may have another Musketeer in Lee. She definitely is a lady after my heart."

We rinsed the cups and headed out. I took the rental to a street where I had seen several car dealers. I drove onto a Dodge lot and parked by the show room. No salesmen there so I went next door to a Chevy dealership. Same story. I drove down the street to a Ford store to find one older salesman with a smile and outstretched hand while a couple of younger sales types were hiding in the corner with coffee. I asked to see a pickup. Preferably a crew cab with a decent sized bed. The salesman smiled real big then headed toward the side of the building where there were rows of trucks. While walking he asked about color, about what kind of trade I had, what I was going to use the truck for, and a hundred other details. I said I wanted white, black or maroon. As we headed to a group of four door pick-ups he asked if I wanted a fancy insides or plain Jane for a work truck. When I said some nice upholstery would be nice, the salesman turned to a very nice metallic maroon pickup. The first thing you saw was there was some extra chrome on it and it had one of those bed liners already installed. The salesman opened the door and waved me to it. The new smell wafted out to singe the brain of a red blooded car buying aged male. It sure is easy to hook a guy with that new car smell. I looked at how nice the inside was. The seat could be bench or sort of individual as there was a pull down arm rest in the middle. The back could easily hold two adults and two rug rats. Hmmm, should probably buy an SUV with the four adults and three kids. But I had my mind set on a truck. The inside was nice. All the gauges, a fancy looking radio/CD player that had a Bose sticker glared out. Then I noticed cruise control and tilt wheel too.

"Geez, this is fancy. Has everything a car could have. Probably could order one of these with a sunroof too." I gushed.

The salesman smiled, put the key in the ignition, started the truck with a purr, pushed a button on the dash and a panel slid back to show a clear window in the ceiling, then the window itself began sliding back. Damn, even a sunroof.

"Holy smokes. Close that up then tell me how much something like this is. This will give a place to start with. Oh by the way, how come you showed my an F250?" I asked.

The salesman didn't shut the truck off but did shut the sunroof, returning the roof to a normal looking ceiling. "An F150 would be too light if you started hauling around enough adults to fill the back seats plus some cargo. An F150 is only rated at a half ton. If you had five good-sized men in the truck, you would have that maxed out without any cargo. You won't notice a difference in the ride though, come on, get in and drive it a little. You have to see how easily this thing handles."

I looked at him thinking of declining but the "I want to buy a car" syndrome pulled me into the truck. I climbed up into the cab noting that women and kids might have some trouble with the tall steps. The salesmen noting my look of disapproval over the step mentioned that they had some nice add on step bars and grab rails to help people get in. The truck had an automatic transmission so I put it drive and slowly eased out of the parking space and down the row of trucks toward the main building.

"Take it out on the street a little. There's plenty of gas in it." The salesman said.

I drove cautiously out to the street into traffic. The motor was strong enough to get quickly up to speed. Stopping for a light was smooth, not jerking. As we neared the interstate on-ramp the salesman looked at me and said "Try it on the highway." I pulled on the highway. Just love Texas law as you always have to yield to traffic getting onto the highway. When I gently punched it to get up to the 65 mile an hour speed, the truck took off like a rocket. Whoa! I could get in trouble with this much power. At the next exit, I took the ramp and did a 180, then headed back to the dealership. As we pulled into the dealership, the salesman said to park the pickup by the showroom door. When we got out he headed for the door waving for me to follow and said let's get some coffee. The guy sat me down at a desk in a quiet part of the show room, not one of those glassed in offices that are always scary. He came back with two black coffees, not even asking if I wanted anything in it. He dug in a drawer, came out with a form, pulled a pen and a business card from his shirt pocket.

"I'm Charlie Howard." Pointing to his business card with his pen then asked. "How do you spell your full name?"

"Stephen B. Johnson." I automatically stated.

"What's your address Steve?"

I gave Mary's address sort of automatically thinking I really didn't know the new house address.

Charlie looked up at me quizzically and asked, "You know Mary and Terry?"

That shocked me back into reality. "Yeah Mary and are living together right now."

Charlie looked at me closely and said, "You don't say."

He put his pen down on the form he had been working on, dug out a small cell phone and flicked it open.

"Oh yeah, Steve, what's your home phone number?" He asked.

I gave it to him and he nodded then pushed some buttons. In a couple of seconds he was saying "Hey, this is your Uncle Charlie, yep that Uncle Charlie you good looking thing. I have a friend of yours here, a Steve Johnson." There was a long pause. "Take it easy, I haven't sold him anything but he's trying to steal a real nice pickup. Yep a pickup. Want to talk to him? Nope? Well just thought I'd tell you I was going to take care of him. See you soon okay. You what? Out there? Well you're Aunt Rita would do that but I don't know about me. Wouldn't want to shock all the residents out there. Whose house? Really? You and that bunch of half baked babes are always into something aren't you. Yeah well we'll see. I'll talk to you later. Yeah, I'll tell him." He then hung.

"Congratulations Steve. That lady is gone on you it seems. Says you have bought in with her and her crazy cohorts on the singer's house out there in the nudie place. Better treat her right. Mary has some tough Texas kin."

Charlie picked up his pen, wrote some more on the form he was working on then looked up and stared at me. "You have any money? Enough for a down stroke on the pickup?"

"Depends on how much I need. I don't even know how much a truck is yet." I said defensively.

"You like that truck, I can tell. That is an Eddie Bauer special. With a couple of add-ons, that truck could go for over forty five thousand."

My mouth dropped open and I was visibly shocked at the amount. "I though trucks were cheaper than cars."

"Some are. But if you mix all the toys a car has and put it into a truck, then you have something that is priced as a car plus a truck. Add in some guys name and you got yourself a pricey piece of truck."

Charlie sat back and smiled. He picked up the desk telephone dialed and waited. "What we have in stock number 15687. That everything? You're sure? Okay, now what kind of rebates can be get on one of those? How about ad allowance? How long has it been in stock? That long huh. He did, did he. Thanks, bye."

He pushed the hook-switch then dialed another number. Hey Doug, how come you didn't take that maroon Eddie Baurer you special ordered. Oh, I see. Well be glad you didn't give it to her before she took off. Bad enough she took a two-year-old t-bird. Yeah I got a friend who likes it, sort of a relative and thought I best ask you about the truck before I go to far. I can? Yeah. That's a deal, thanks. Glad to help you out." Charlie hung up, looked up at me then smiled.

"Steve, you're in luck. I have a real deal for you. Let's see. We have twenty-eight four seventy in it. Now let's see, there is a total of eighty two fifty in rebates that makes it down to twenty thousand two twenty. There isn't any unused ad allowance as it was a special order by the dealer. He received a five grand rebate directly that he said I can take off so that brings us down to fifteen two twenty. Add in the dealer charge of four ninety five and that makes it fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars plus tax, title and tags." Charlie finished his calculations, entered a bottom line number on his form and spun it around then laid his pen on it and looked up at me with questioning look.

Darn. How did this go from about forty-five grand to probably just over sixteen thousand complete. I just shook my head.

"You don't want it?" Charlie asked.

"No, no, I want it. I just don't believe it." I answered still shaking my head.

"Autograph this for me then." And he handed me the pen.

As I signed, Charlie asked "How you gonna pay for it. You want to call Mary for some money?"

Not thinking what he asked me, I answered "No I can pay for it. I'll just have to have some money transferred is all. Can you figure out what the exact amount is?"

Charlie took the form then went to an office area and stood next to a lady who ran a bunch of numbers on a calculator. She wrote the number on Charlie's form then took out another piece of paper and wrote some stuff down.

Charlie came back to me and handed me the paper pointing at the new number.

I asked. "You sure that's all?"

"That's all of it." Charlie said.

"Let me make a call." I said taking out my cell phone and punching the speed dial to the broker I had spoken to yesterday.

"Hey kid. This is Steve Johnson, the guy you did such a good job for, how's it going today. Oh yeah? You did what? So how did you do? Okay, okay, how did I do or we do as it were? Oh my, that is something. You lost some too? Yeah? How much. Man that's a lot to lose in a day. Yeah? Now that's a lot to make in a day. Yeah I do need some more money. Can you get seventeen thousand? If you could do it that would be great."

I turned to Charlie and asked if he could get me his banks electronic transfer number. Charlie pulled a printed form from his desk and pointed at boldly printed number.

I read the number off over the phone. The broker repeated it then said the transaction was complete and the receiving bank had given the acceptance authorization. I wrote down the number.

The broker had more. "Okay, you can continue. Good idea. Put thirty percent in a safe account and play with the rest. Be careful but have fun. Oh yeah, I have a lady you need to compare notes with. She said she did good with "Google" too. Yeah I'll get her to talk to you. Look I'm going to a bit busy for a few days so I'll call when I get a chance. Make us some money. Thanks."

Charlie's desk phone was ringing. He picked it up then picked up the piece of paper I had written the acceptance number on. He read it off then grinned saying he didn't know if I was a big shot or not. He said he would be back for the papers in a minute.

"Charlie?" I asked and he looked at me with a question. "Can you have those steps and grab rails installed real quick. I have to take a rental car back and that will take at least an hour and a half by the time they get around to driving me back here."

"Better idea." Charlie said. He used his phone and called someone and asked them to come up to the desk. Charlie asked for the rental company name, which I gave him. He checked his list of numbers then dialed. He said he had a return from Steve Johnson and could they come pick it up. He thanked them then hung up. The guy he had called showed up. Charlie handed him the keys to the truck and asked him to install the steps and grab rails right away. He told the guy to get that done then give the truck to a porter for a quick cleaning. The mechanic nearly saluted and jogged off to the truck. Charlie sat back then said. "Now let's get some coffee and go back to my office. I've given away enough for one day."

I followed Charlie down a short hallway then through an office with two desks then into a very large, plush office.

"Nice office Charlie." I said.

"Not to shabby but a far cry from the dealer's. You should see his. Oh yeah, by the way, that truck was to be the dealer's wife's truck. She probably wanted it for her boyfriend. Anyway he found them out and she took off with only a T-bird. Since the bird was still owned by the dealership we kept waiting for it to be sold. Seems it was found burned out in Dallas. Hope she wasn't in it."

Charlie pushed a button on his phone and asked for two coffees... In seconds a very hot blonde came wiggling into the room with coffee. Charlie thanked her and leered at her backside as she left. "Damn that sex discrimination stuff. Sure wish I could have some of that. I guess I could but it would cost me my job and probably the hottest ole' lady known to man. Not worth it."

We chatted for about twenty minutes when a guy came to the door and asked if I was the person with the rental car. When I nodded, he said there was someone there to get the car. Charlie came with me as I went to the car and took out the rental agreement. I handed the keys and agreement to the rental car agent who wrote down the miles and looked over the car. He signed off on the form then handed me a copy with a thank you for using his agency.

Charlie and I were watching the rental leave his lot when the maroon pickup stopped next to us. Charlie slowly walked around the truck looking at it closely. He took the keys from the ignition and turned back to the showroom waving at me to come along. We went into the office with the woman who had the calculator. This same woman, handed Charlie a packet of stuff. She then asked me if I would sign the title application as all the truck had was a certificate of origin. Charlie stepped out the door and whistled at the guy who had brought the truck back. He gave him the tags and he left to put them on. Charlie looked at me smiled and said, "You bought yourself a truck. Thanks for doing business with us."

"Charlie, thank you. That was the weirdest car deal I've ever done. I'll be back. I'm going to need a car too one of these days. Oh yeah, and I have an employee that is going to need a new truck. Thanks again Charlie."

We shook again and went to the truck. I had to ask. "Charlie, what were you doing selling this morning instead of one of your sales people?"

"Whenever I come in, in the morning I watch to see who is aggressive and who isn't. A new guy who goes to every one who comes in, makes sales manager quickly and that is some big bucks. The guys that hang back and hide like those yokels were doing, get to go on straight commission unless they are disruptive. If someone comes on my lot and isn't helped by one of my people, then I do it. I'll be damned if I'll miss a deal because of lazy salesmen."

As I walked to the door of the truck Charlie hollered: "Say hi to Mary. And be good to her, she's a great gal." Charlie waved then went back inside the dealership.

I climbed back into the truck using the new steps. They did make it easier to get. There was a new set of floor mats on the floors helping the new smell energize the new owner in me. Awesome.

I checked the clock on the dash to discover more toys. Smack in the center of the dash was one of those neat GPS units that displays and may and talks. Noting the time on the dash clock, I checked my watch, shocked. It was ten thirty AM. That was fast. Had time slowed down or something? I had bought a car in less that two hours. Truck that is. What a day.

Wanting to show off the truck, I headed for the preserve where Julie and Maria should be. At the gate, I gave the guard my name. He nodded walked around the truck taking down the license number. He reached into the guard shack then came to the truck with a sticker.

"Put this on your bottom left windshield or on one of the side windows. That way we can just wave you on. Welcome to the community. Glad you bought a place with us."

I peeled off the back then stuck the sticker on the windshield. I drove to the estate road then turned into the drive. The gate was open and further up I could see a moving van on the side of the building and a moving van at the door. I parked way back from the activity. I walked into the house listening for a noise to let me know where someone was. Anita came bounding down the hall from the kitchen to slide to a halt seeing me.

"Steve, you're here. Everyone is up stairs settling on rooms. Come on up." Anita went up the stairway two at a time. I followed as quickly but could hardly keep up. There was furniture in the large sitting room and down a hall I didn't remember there was more furniture in two door ways. My black babe walked out of a door so deep in thought almost bumping me.

"Steve, you're here. Good help me decide how to put my room." Then Julie pulled me into her room. I had not really paid a lot of attention to how big the room was. Julie's big bed didn't take up much room. Her desk with her pc were in an alcove with a window. Out from there, Julie had placed a couch with two end tables and a coffee table and a matching chair. The couch had it's back to the bed so it was sort of like a sitting area. On the wall the couch faced, was a gigantic tv.

"Where did you get that monstrosity Julie?" I asked pointing at the TV.

"I bought it last night Steve. I've always wanted one and now I have the room for it. Isn't it great?" Julie gushed.

The tv was on with a stream of stock ticker signs and numbers scrolling across. The sound was turned down but I thought it funny to have a multi-thousand dollar tv turned on with no sound and dreary stock price numbers going by.

"Looks great Julie. There is a ton of room. I don't remember this room being this big." I said.

"Well it seems that there are a total of six of these big rooms. The two rooms in this area are even larger. Come here, I'll show you."

We walked back toward the large sitting room. Off to the side I saw Lee who was directing the last of her stuff to be moved from her room. Julie turned around and pointed to the wall. Where the hallway started, there was a pocket door. Julie pulled the door closed then put a chair in front of it. Standing back looking at it, you would have though that was part of the wall. Julie moved the chair then opened the door again. We walked down the hall again and then she pointed to a room and said that one is Maria's. She turned and retraced her steps into the lounge to the smaller rooms that shared a bath. She pointed to one set and said Carlos and Anita's kids would have those and then to the other set and said the Nitas and Sonny would use those. The house really was huge.

"Well, I guess that's going to help too have a guest room. Man, Anita really earns her keep, cleaning all of this. She could use some help."

"Well," said Julie. "She now has three new helpers plus Carlos has you as a helper too. It'll work."

"What brings you out here anyway. I thought you were going to get a car and buy some bedroom furniture?" Julie asked.

"I bought a pickup truck that will haul all of us plus can haul some other stuff as we need it." I said proudly.

Picking up on my puffed up chest, Julie asked, "Where is the new truck, do you have it here?"

"Right out side."

"Come on show it to us." Julie said then went to the hall way and hollered "Maria come and look at Steve's new truck. Hey Lee stop for a second and come check out Steve's new truck. Come Anita, you have to see it too. Where's Carlos, he'll be jealous."

We traipsed out to the truck. I proudly opened all the doors and even lowered the tailgate. Julie climbed up into the driver's seat and waved her feet at the pedals that were at least six inches away. To show off, I put the key in then activated the sunroof to the oohs and ahs of the ladies. Carlos came shuffling up with his hands in his pockets looking at the truck. He kept nodding and smiling as he looked at all the gadgets and toys. Lee said some of her friends had the Cadillac pickup that was kind of a cross between an SUV and a pickup. She also said this was bigger and could obviously haul move people and more cargo.

I thanked the ladies for looking at my toy then said I guess I best go get some furniture. Lee told me of a store to go to that had an excellent selection at really good prices. When they all left, I asked Carlos if he would want to start looking for a new truck for him to use. He said he already had a pickup and that he really was saving all his money for something special. I told him that the new truck was for us to buy and him to drive. He smiled and said that that would work.

I took off for the store that Lee had told me of. It wasn't far at all. When you looked at the store from the street, it didn't look that big, but when you parked in their lot, you could see how deep the building was.

When I walked in the front door, a lady in a nice dress greeted me asking what I was looking for. I said bedroom furniture and she waved me to follow her. Following her was fun. She had a great twitch to her backside. She walked fairly fast in heels, which made her display even more fun. She abruptly stopped and turned catching me staring in the direction of her butt. She smiled knowingly then asked if I had an idea of what kind of architecture I wanted.

"Architecture? Of furniture? How about something of good wood for a guy." I said.

She smiled again and turned to walk to a group of wood bedroom settings. This time she walked slower, exaggerating her already naughty sway. I was ready this time and was looking at her face when she stopped and turned.

I immediately saw a very large bed that she called a sleigh bed. Don't know about a sleigh but it was good looking. It had an unusual headboard. It looked like the footboard but was taller. It had a shelf between the end of the bed and the headboard. The depth of the shelf also made the night stands set a little back as well. There were two type of dressers a couple armoires some chests and even a matching couch, chair, and end tables.

"Is this line in open stock?" I asked.

"Yes it is. We have several pieces as you see, but it is available in some other pieces as well." She said.

"Good, after I get this home I may want more."

"You're getting this?" She asked surprised.

"Yes. Can you deliver it today?" I asked hopefully.

"I'll have to check with the drivers before I can say but it may be possible." She said. "What pieces do you wish?"

"Let's see, I want the bed in its largest form. I want one of those memory mattress things for it, four down pillows. least four sets of sheets that will fit and not come loose and pick be out a comforter, a solid color. I'll need the night stands, the big armoire, the six drawer tall chest and the whole couch and chair set. Do you have any of the other pieces available or do you have a catalog?"

The sales lady stood there shocked. In five minutes her gross sales for the day would equal her better weeks.

"Let's go to the office to write this up real quick and I will check on the truck." She said, spinning around and taking off for the office. This time she hustled and didn't exaggerate her walk. You could tell her sexy walk was natural as at this moment all she wanted to do was to get some place, sit down and write the order.

She quickly got her numbers together and presented them to me. I looked them over knowing I was going to be shocked. It wasn't too bad but I had to try any way. I asked her if I could get the same discount that Lee said I could. The lady grinned at me and asked how I knew Lee. I told her I had just bought one of her homes. She said she could give me twenty five percent as a special customer. It was so easy I was thinking of going for more. But I didn't. She totaled up everything and I wrote a check that didn't wipe out my account. Nice.

The truck was there but was about to load another order. I asked to talk to the delivery dispatcher. Lee had said this guy had the hots for her. I asked him if he could do Lee a favor and deliver my furniture right away. You would have thought I had bribed him with a couple of hundreds. He turned to his driver and told him to go with the sales lady, get some help and start loading. He began checking items from warehouse stock to load. Within thirty minutes the truck was loaded. The dispatcher told one the warehouse manager that he had to accompany this order as it was for a special customer. Off they went.

I thanked the sales lady who wanted me to hang out with her, but I had to get back to the preserve to direct the setting up of the furniture.

I checked my watch. One PM sharp. Not bad a guy doing the shopping.

By driving fast, I beat the delivery truck to the house. The moving vans were both gone, so I directed the delivery guy to the front of the house. I went in to meet Anita coming toward the door. I told her I had a bunch of stuff for the bedroom. She went to get Carlos as she said he would direct the deliverymen as to how to get up the stairs without tearing up the house.

Magically, all the furniture made it up to the room. I asked Anita to arrange it for me, as I was not good at that. She had the men put the armoire and chest in the dressing room area. For some reason it didn't seem as if I dented the space. Even with the couch, chair, and tables, the bedroom still looked empty. I was going to need help.

"Anita? Is Lee here?" I asked out of earshot of the dispatcher.

"She's in the kitchen snacking, why?" Anita asked.

"The dispatcher has a crush on Lee and would love to see her again."

"Bring him to the kitchen in a couple of minutes for some water. I'll go warn Lee. She will enjoy teasing him." Anita said smilingly.

The dispatcher and I walked into the kitchen to find Anita and Lee at the sink. Lee has a soft chocolate complexion and Anita is a few shades lighter. Seeing them together like that was sweet. Sweet but hot! Both of them had three or four buttons undone on their shirts giving a glimpse of soft swells beneath. Each movement caught your eye. To enhance the effect, they must have been pretty sloppy washing vegetables, as both their shirts were wet, clinging to their aroused nipples. Even knowing they were putting on for this guy, I was rising to occasion.

Lee looked and smiled. "James, so good to see you again."

Now this is how women can treat you. Lee backed away from the sink, shaking the extra water from her hands. She then pulled her loose shirttails down to dry her hands on like a smock or apron. These actions pulled the vee of shirt down showing more breast and almost exposing her nipples. The nipples however were even more highlighted with the snug fit from pulling. Damn that was sexy. As Lee went to give James her hand, I stayed behind the counter to hide my arousal. I slid around till I was standing next to Anita. She smiled at me, glanced at my bulge then giggled. She leaned forward to get some vegetables to wash but I think she was just shaking her shirt loose so I could see down to her navel. It sure is hard to be around these women.

Lee made small talk with James then said she had to be getting off to her other house. She told James she would be in soon to get some new furniture and she would be sure to look him up. James left beaming. It is nice to be noticed by such a lovely lady.

As soon as the delivery van left Lee and Anita were laughing loudly. I asked what was so funny. Lee said she had to dress for James. I said she sure did some nasty dressing with the unbuttoned buttons and arranged wet spots on her shirt. Lee said that's not what she meant. She had been nude when Anita had come to tell her. She had to borrow some of Anita's clothes.

"I guess you would have killed the guy if you had greeted him that way. You sure got me going with the display you two were putting on. It was nice. If you guys do that to Carlos often he's probably wearing out his hand." I said.

"He better not be wearing anything out but me." Protested Anita. "I like to get him excited then I get to settle him down at night."

"Let's see it's now 3:45 and I'm starved. Anita, what do we need from the grocery as I need to get some sandwich stuff for a snack."

"Mr. Steve? I have everything you need. What kind of sandwich do you want? I have ham, roast beef, tuna, and lots more. So what do you want."

"How about the roast beef with mayonnaise and lettuce and I'm not Mr. Steve. Steve is just fine.

I ate then went to check upstairs. Maria had gone home as her Mom was watching her kids. Julie had gone to get the last of her papers. The kids rooms Maria's and Julie's rooms looked like they were ready for people to live in. I knew that moving Mary was going to be a lot more difficult. I looked at the Master bedroom again and saw it still looked pretty empty. Hard to believe it looked so empty after splurging on so much furniture.

I told Anita I was going back to town to meet Mary and that we would talk to her later. Anita came to me with two keys and a note. The note contained the gate security code and the keys were masters for the house. She told me she would have Carlos order some garage door openers so everyone could park inside. Pretty swanky.

I drove back to Mary's and parked in the driveway as usual. Mary's car wasn't there. I went inside to the kitchen and popped a beer to wait for Mary. A busy day.

Mary pulled in about five thirty looking bushed. I made a gin and tonic for her then sat we her on the back patio with me telling her what I had done today and what the girls had been up to. Mary slowly came back to life. The torment of a killer day at the office then the struggle of rush hour going home is enough to put anyone in a fog.

"Nice truck, cowboy. When you gonna get some boots to go with those jeans. Next thing you know, you'll want a gun rack." She said smilingly.

"You know," Mary began, "It's going to be more difficult for me to move out there don't you?"

"Yes." I said nodding.

"Part of the problem is what to do with all of Terry's ah, or Sherry's stuff. If I just clear out the place and store everything, I don't know whether to rent the place or sell it. With Terry gone, it is difficult to decide. I know he, ah she hurt you, but she, he, it is my brother or at least was. We grew up close to each other, depending on each other and right now I know she isn't as happy as she thought she would be. I worry about him. I worry about her. And with all this, I worry about you. What are you thinking with all this going on."

"Look," I said. "So far you and I have clicked perfectly. You brought me in with your girlfriends to be more than just close friends. It's a great deal for a guy but then it is strange for me to first have such a close relationship again at all and then to have had a relationship with someone like Sherry. Then for you to be so willing to share me with your girl friends still makes my mind whirl. All in all, I'm handling it, but you have agree, this is all really strange."

"Oh honey, you don't know strange." Mary continued. "The more you know Julie, Maria, and Nancy the more you're going to lose your mind. We are closer than sisters. We have shared everything and now even you. But those three can make chaos out of anything. To date, I've been the most stable of us. But then, you already know how crazy I get when I get worked up when I'm around them. When Terry was around, he would be a tempering individual, holding all of us down a bit. But knowing his quirks and cross-dressing made him a bit of an oddity, even to us. Now you have to hold us down. At least help us stay a little sane. We just get into too much mischief when we are together. With all of us living together, you're going to have a full time job."

"Hey," I said, "Let's eat. Want to go out or make something."

"Let's get some Italian and relax. We'll take your new truck cowboy."

We went to a neighborhood Italian restaurant that had some great food. Mary enjoyed the climb up into the trucks seat and loved the new smell of the inside. I showed her the sunroof and then the fancy g.p.s. system. W hen we left the restaurant, Mary put her address in and we followed the directions to get home. Exactly the way we would have gone.

We went into the house, talking about getting a good night's sleep. Mary flipped the light switch on the stopped, gasping.

"Terry?"