Chapter 50

“Hey,” I said, answering the door.

“Morning,” Melissa sighed, trudging in out of the rain and letting me help her take her coat off.

“Jeez, want a towel?” I asked as I shook her coat.

“ ... Yeah,” she snorted. “It’s raining Cats and Dogs out there.”

I dipped into the game room and grabbed one of the towels out of the bottom drawer, bringing it back to her. She quickly started drying her hair and I glanced away. She was wearing a thin t-shirt and based on the jiggle of her breasts they weren’t currently burdened with a bra.

“Double?” I offered as I headed for the kitchen.

“Why, got a lot to talk about?” she asked as she followed me.

“No, because it’s a miserable day and the longer we drink coffee the longer we can both procrastinate getting back to real life.”

“Double me up then,” she chuckled. I poured our mugs and set the coffee maker up to spit out another couple of cups worth. I handed her one of the mugs after prepping it the way she liked and sat down across the table from her. “So,” she said after taking a big sniff of the coffee and her first satisfying sip. “Did you fuck my daughter last night?”

I coughed, managing not to splutter in my coffee as I was taking my first sip. That made her laugh, and I glared at her as I caught my breath. “Evil,” I accused. “Pure evil.”

“Oh, come on. How did you not see that coming?” she cackled.

“Fuck off,” I sighed, snorting softly and shaking my head.

“I know you didn’t,” Mel said. “Rhia told me everything that happened last night. Dan begged off wanting to hear - he’s come around to understanding that his daughter is going to know about what we’re doing in The Game but doesn’t want the graphic details of what’s happening in her Game. But you got to play with Tori and Elyse, you dog.”

I sighed heavily. “Rhia apparently hasn’t acted on the thing I mentioned about this whole thing where you and her share details,” I said.

Mel frowned. “What’s that? She didn’t say anything.”

“That she’s not just sharing her own secrets,” I said. “She’s also sharing Tori and Elyse’s secrets.”

Mel grimaced a little and I could tell she hadn’t put thought into that either. “You want her to tell the other two about The Game,” she guessed. “So that the communication is open to everyone that it’s happening.”

“Better they find out now than later,” I said.

“Rhia,” Mel scoffed softly, shaking her head. “No, she definitely hasn’t done that yet.”

“Well, she doesn’t have long until it comes back to bite her. Or us. If she doesn’t do it, I’ll have to,” I said.

“OK. I’ll put a bug in her ear from my side,” Mel said, then took a bigger sip of her coffee. “So how was fucking a couple of college coeds again?” she asked, pivoting back to the previous topic.

I rolled my eyes. “I only fucked one of them.”

“So far,” Mel smirked. “You’re not gonna get tired of us old maids now that you’ve got hot young things climbing all over you, are you?”

“You think a hot young thing can make up for two decades of sexual chemistry?” I asked.

“People cheat on their spouses for stupider reasons,” she pointed out.

“People who cheat don’t maintain a twenty-year exclusive group of sexual partners that have also saved the world and battled all manner of evils,” I counter-pointed.

“So you’re not replacing us old maids, then?” Mel asked with a twinkle in her eye.

“I couldn’t if I wanted to, and hell no I don’t want to,” I said.