Chapter 3: A Man Comes Into Our Lives

I don’t take Jade to funerals. She starts crying and it is hard to get her to stop. She is more comfortable at home anyway. She had baked some chocolate chip cookies, so I had a couple with a glass of milk before we went to bed.

Ok, I ate six cookies! Shoot me.

The next morning, I picked Andy up and took him to my office. There we reviewed the loan that the O’Shea Family Trust had made to the company that was developing another tract of land in Florida. I showed him a couple of my concerns and he said he could straighten those out when he got home. He was the lawyer for the developments and was sure there would be no problem. I invited him to my home for lunch.

This was part of my plan. I wanted him to meet Jade. I had not talked to him about her except to say that I lived with my sister. But I had told her all about him while we ate those cookies last night.

When we pulled up in front of the house Andy was impressed. It is almost two hundred years old. A big Southern style home, with lots of porches, two stories and painted white. It was a gift to me from my grandmother. I want to raise my children in that house.

Jade has outdone herself. She has fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn on the cob with sweet tea. A fresh baked apple pie is for dessert. I introduced her as my sister. Andy hugs her! But what is more surprising is the way she hugs him back!

Andy bragged on her cooking and Jade was beaming. I helped clear the table and Jade served the pie with a cup of coffee. SHE asked him what he was doing in town and how long he was going to be here and how he likes Mississippi. Jade was talking more to Andy than I was! He excused himself to use the bathroom.

“How long have you known him and why haven’t you brought him over sooner? He is so handsome and smart! I think he is the one from my dreams! This is so exciting!”

“Jade slow down I just met him and he lives in Florida. What dreams?”

“What are you two beautiful girls talking about?”

“Well, you of course,” said Jade.

What the hell is going on here? Andy is a lawyer with a practice in Florida. We are not moving to Florida. Can you imagine Jade or me in a bikini? Not a pretty sight! So, all this, whatever it is, with Andy, is just a fantasy which is going to end tomorrow or the next day.

“Andy, if you can come back for supper tonight, I’ll grill some steaks with a baked sweet potato. Do you like sweet potatoes?”

“Boy do I! And if that invitation is okay with your sister I’ll accept.”

“Of course it is. But right now we have to get back to the office. I want to show you the latest projects the O’Sheas are working on.”

Jade did not miss her chance of hugging him and he kissed her on the cheek! In the car he asked what is her story and if she was really my sister. I told him the entire story while we sat in my car in front of the office. I did leave out the part of Jade and I being lovers. I did not want to scare him off.

In the office I explained the Rest and Rehabilitation center project the O’Sheas’ were involved in. He had a couple of good points about how to handle liability and even the stock ownership. Things I was aware of but had not decided exactly what to do. He told me he would check on some other things when he got back to his office.

The afternoon just flew by, my brothers were out of the office, who knows where, so we were alone except for the secretary. I learned some things about Andy.

Of course, I knew he was smart, but he smelled wonderful! I did not know what cologne he had on, but it was intoxicating. And his hands! They were so soft! When he touched me I felt ... I don’t know what. But something! When I went to the restroom, I found my panties were soaked!

At 5:30 pm we left for the house. Jade said supper would be another 30 minutes, so we had time to sit out on the back porch and enjoy a glass of tea. She again had kissed him when we arrived and had held his hand as she ushered us to the back porch. This is really strange for her, and I am getting a little worried. What is going to happen when he leaves tomorrow? He had made his plane reservations this afternoon and I knew he had to be at the airport in Memphis tomorrow at 10am. He is going to have to leave here around 8am in the morning. How is Jade going to handle him leaving? How am I?

Supper was delicious and again Andy praised Jade for her cooking. After the balance of the apple pie was served with coffee we sat and talked about the Rest Home project. He told us his mother may soon be bound for one of those. Her dementia was recently diagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease, and he was paying for 24-hour nursing care at home. It was not working out well.

At 8 pm he rose and said he needed to get back to T’s house. I asked where he was sleeping, and he said, “In the spare room.”

“Spare room? Where is that?” I handled the lease on that property, I know it has only two bedrooms.

“Well Lucy and T in the master bedroom and me in the other room. Why?”

“I thought Lucy was a lesbian, that’s why.”

“Maybe, but I know they are engaged to be married, along with Theresa O’Shea, all together in a trio of some kind.”

“What? I have to get out of the office more. I had no idea.”

“What do you think about that arrangement, Andy?”

Oh shit! Jade is talking and I am nervous about where this could go.

“I think he is the luckiest guy in the world. Two women who seem to love him with all their hearts. How lucky can one man get?”

With that said Jade gets up and walks over to me, bends down and kisses me on the mouth! She takes my hand and says, “Follow us and we’ll show you how lucky YOU can be.”

Andy stands and follows us into the bedroom. We both start to kiss him, me on his lips, and her on his neck. I put my hand on his crotch and feel him responding. When I have him hard, I say, “Maybe we should call you ‘Big A’!”