Chapter 38

I woke up disoriented. My head was throbbing and there was intense pain in my shoulder for some reason. “Gheck.” My mouth and throat were bone dry. I felt as if I had been working in the cutting room and gotten a face full of sawdust. I managed to pry my eyes open, but it was too dark to see where I was. Did I have too many drinks at lunch and have an accident when I got back to work?

There was a straw against my lips, and I drank deep to clear the sandpaper feeling in my throat. The cold water cleared my head enough to recognize the feeling of a woman’s body against mine and straps of the shoulder-immobilizing sling my arm was in. I shook my head to clear the rest of the cobwebs as I remembered where I was.

The throbbing in my head made it easy to understand why I flipped back to my younger years. My first divorce had put me on a drinking binge that had gone on for almost three years, and that throbbing was what I woke up to every morning. My life now was so much richer, even if I was lying in the hospital after being shot.

“Good morning, little kitten, if it is morning. Did you sleep well?”

The dim light as she turned on the lamp beside the bed was still enough to make me wince. I really hoped the nurse had put in my request for a different painkiller. Morphine was fine for emergency use, but it gave me headaches that were almost as painful as the initial injury after a couple of doses.

“I think you need to get up and dressed, Kitten. This hospital is lax about their visitor policy because it’s private, but finding you naked in bed with me might be a little much and I need a nurse. Even if it’s not morning, my bladder says it is.”

She shook her head as she reached behind her. I saw the dim flashing light that indicated she hit the call nurse button right before her hand came back into sight holding a urinal. My good arm was around her, and she smirked at me as she pushed the sheet down and positioned me. I couldn’t help but grin at the unrestrained glee in her eyes.

“I think you’re enjoying this far too much, Kitten. You should still get up once you’re done though, we don’t want the nurse walking in on us in bed together.” She just grinned as I finished, and she put the urinal back on the table before pulling the sheet back over both of us. “All right, Kitten, but if you get us in trouble with the nurse, I’m going to have to spank you.”

“I don’t think you’ll have to worry about that. Your nurse is rather fond of your family.” I hadn’t even seen her come in until she was approaching the bed. “Good morning, Felicia, I see you got that sample I asked for. Good morning, Signor Frame, how are you feeling?”

“Like I got shot, and the morphine headache isn’t helping much. I’m a bit surprised to see you, Tina. It looked like you loved working in the maternity ward, and please, call me Alonso.”

“I’m just down here covering for a couple of weeks. I did ortho for five years before I moved to maternity, so they usually ask me if I can cover vacations down here.” She picked up the urinal and looked at it. “That’s one of two systems we need to verify work before we can discharge you, let me know when your bowels move. I don’t need a sample of that, but we need to make sure everything is working before we let you go home. We have a lovely cocktail of clindamycin, OxyContin, and ibuprofen for you this morning. The ibuprofen is supposed to be for swelling, but that and a cup of coffee will clear that headache right up as well. We can get you a cup unless you would prefer to wait for breakfast.”

“I usually wait until after I shower for my first cup, but I have a feeling you’re not going to let me do that, so I’ll take you up on that coffee. Are you sure her being in bed with me isn’t going to be a problem?”

Tina just smirked as she checked my vitals and changed the bandage on my chest. “I was expecting to find her that way since I gave her permission. You were pretty out of it when I came into check on you last night, but she jumped off the bed as soon as I opened the door. I told her she could get comfortable and sleep with you, as long as I didn’t walk in on anything. She was naked and curled up next to you before I left the room.”

She looked over at Kitten with a grin. “The day nurse will be here soon, so you will need to be up and dressed before she arrives. I let it slide because I remember how well he took care of Sonia, but the rest of the nurses would probably report it. You have time for a shower if you need it, but he has to wait. The day nurse will come in and teach you how to wash him. I hope you enjoy baths, Alonso, because showers are not an option for the next few weeks. Once your doctor gives you permission to just use the sling, you can take it off to shower, but you’ll still need someone to help you. Knowing your family, I doubt you’ll have a hard time finding volunteers.”

“Pfft, I’ll probably have to set up a schedule, so they all get a turn.” I glanced down to see my kitten grinning up at me. “You have permission to wash yourself today, Kitten. I don’t know how long we’ll be here, and I don’t want you to have to wait until we get home.”

She stretched up to kiss me before hopping out of bed and heading to the bathroom. I caught Tina’s confused look as she handed me my medications and smiled. “You know about my relationship with the girls. Felicia was my first pet, and one of my rules for her was she couldn’t bathe herself. I enjoy giving the girls their showers in the morning, although Kitten and Kiera are the only two who aren’t allowed to bathe themselves. It’s a moot point most days, as none of the girls ever shower alone.”

“Ah, I knew they showered together, I just didn’t know Felicia wasn’t allowed to wash herself. I accidentally walked in on Felicia and Sonia in the shower together the day after Sonia gave birth and ended up have a long talk with them later. I actually tried a few of the things they talked about with my husband, and it’s made a huge difference in our relationship.”

She saw my grin and blushed. “We haven’t tried any of the kinky stuff, although I may experiment with him a bit at some point. It’s just been little things so far. Surprising him in the shower and washing each other, spending more time cuddled up together on the couch, and I started wearing sexy undergarments more often, so I could surprise him when I take my scrubs off. He’s been more attentive and romantic than he was even before we got married.”

“I’m glad the girls helped you, but I have a piece of advice for you as well. Before you try any of the kinky stuff, as you call it, talk to your husband about it. Find out what you both might like to try, and set up your ground rules before you start. After you try something, you need to talk to each other again and be completely honest about what you did or didn’t enjoy. You need to learn what works for both of you, and what each of you would be willing to do to meet the other’s needs.” I saw she looked confused again and smirked. “Trust me; it will make sense as you start experimenting. You may find one of you enjoys something the other doesn’t. You need to decide if you’re willing to do something just to keep your partner happy.”

“I’ll keep that in mind when we get to that point,” she replied. “For now, I do have other patients to check on. If you want to get up and walk around a bit you can, just keep Felicia with you to help you balance. The painkillers will make you a bit unsteady, and you don’t want to fall. I’ll have one of the aids bring that coffee in as soon as possible.”

I only had to wait a couple of minutes before my coffee arrived. “Two coffees, with cream and sugar on the cart if you need them, and I didn’t realize she would be coming out of the shower.”

I smirked as he blushed and looked away when my kitten walked out of the bathroom. She walked up and took her coffee with nothing more than a towel wrapped around her head. “I’m sure she heard you out here. She works hard to keep her figure and enjoys having people admire her, so there is no reason to be embarrassed. I would say she looks damn good for someone getting close to sixty.”

“She certainly does, but I’m also certain my girlfriend would be a bit annoyed if she found out I took the time to admire her. She gets jealous enough over all the girls I work with every day.” He looked over at Felicia. “You really should get dressed though, as Ronda will be in soon, and she’s the kind of person who would report you for being naked in a patient room. If you need anything, just hit the button, and I’ll be in as soon as I can.”

I looked over as he left and caught my kitten’s pout. “Get dressed, little kitten. When you’re done, I need you to call the house and remind whoever is coming in today to bring me a change of clothing. Also, remind Vivi that she has a nine o’clock appointment at Dr. Perelli’s office today. She may have forgotten with all the excitement last night.”

She just nodded as she started getting dressed. I enjoyed my coffee, letting the caffeine work to erase my headache, as she dressed and hooked her teletype device up to the phone. I listened to the constant clicks of her typing for a few minutes before she tapped my shoulder with a quiet ‘raow’ to get my attention.

Looking over, I saw what was on the screen and shook my head. “I don’t know, Kitten. The doctor said today if there were no issues during the night, and Tina didn’t say anything when she was checking me this morning. I’m going to need you to help me to the bathroom once you’re off the phone to take care of that second requirement she mentioned, and I know I have to see one of the therapists this morning. I would guess before lunch unless there is something we don’t know about.”

I was pretty sure the nurse wouldn’t have mentioned my discharge if there had been a problem. My shoulder still hurt, but I had a feeling I would have to deal with it over the next few weeks. No painkiller was completely effective, and I could deal with some pain as I healed. I was more worried about developing arthritis because I knew it was more common after a joint injury.

“Okay, Kitten, the nurse says I’m not allowed out of bed without assistance, and I need to get to the bathroom.”

She just shook her head at me as she got up to help. It was a good thing she did because even standing was hard. Walking to the bathroom was like another flashback to my heavy drinking days. I really didn’t enjoy the feeling anymore. I knew most of the feeling was due to the morphine they had given me before bed and would pass in a few hours. Thankfully, I knew the OxyContin wouldn’t affect me the same way.

I swear, nurses have a sixth sense that tells them to show up when you’re in the bathroom. I had only been in there a couple of minutes when she knocked on the door to my room. “Signor Frame, I’m Ronda, and I’ll be your day nurse. Were you ready to get cleaned up?”

“I just helped him into the bathroom, so he will be a few minutes. Would you like me to call for you when he’s finished?”

“That would be perfect. Just have him stay in the bathroom, and we can help him straight into the shower enclosure.”

There was a quiet knock on the bathroom door. “Did you need anything to help you get moving? Painkillers can cause some problems in that department.”

“I’m doing fine, thanks for asking though. Will I actually be taking a shower?”

“Not exactly, but it’s easier to show you. Just call me when you’re finished.”

Damn, I was hoping Tina had been yanking my chain about the no shower thing. I didn’t mind baths, but most of my baths of late had been picking one of the girls for a sensual soak. This would be a bit different.

I finished up in the bathroom and had Kitten call the nurse, who wandered in a minute later with a grin. “I see you’re all ready for me. Let’s get you into the shower and cleaned up for breakfast. We’re going to have you stand up and move to the seat in the shower. Was your wife going to be assisting you with bathing when you get home?”

“We’re not married, but Felicia will be one of the people assisting me. You could say she’s one of my girlfriends. She will be showing the other girls what’s needed after she learns.”

“I’m not sure I want to know how many girlfriends you have,” Ronda replied as she helped me into the shower. “Now, do you have a removable shower head at home?”

“No, the master bath has both rainfall showers and a standard showerhead, and the rest of the rooms just have standard showers. I can have Marcello pick one up if we need it.” I saw her confused look and shook my head. “Sorry, Marcello is my grounds’ keeper and maintenance man. If I tell him we need to modify one of the showers, he’ll have it finished long before we need it.”

“You don’t need it, but it will make it far easier to keep your hair clean. Your biggest problem over the next few weeks will be the shoulder immobilizer. It needs to remain on at all times until your doctor decides it’s safe to remove it, and you can’t get it wet. You also need to be careful cleaning around the bandages on your chest,” she explained as she held up a sponge. “You’re going to become very familiar with one of these over the next few weeks because this is your shower until that immobilizer comes off. I know you won’t feel very clean, but if you pop that shoulder back out and have to come back in, you get to start all over from the beginning.”

“I don’t think that will be an issue. If I do get tempted, I have several people who will remind me.” I glanced over at Felicia and grinned. “They can be very persuasive. No, I think I’ll follow my treatment plan and get back to normal as soon as possible.”

“Good, because I know you’ll be tempted to take it off. Most of our repeat visitors come back because they thought they could take it off for a quick shower and ended up popping the joint back out of its socket. The most common time to dislocate your shoulder again is right after a repair.” I watched as she got the sponge wet and squeezed most of the water out of it. “Remember how I said you won’t feel very clean? That only applies to your chest and back. Everything below the sling and your free arm can be washed normally as long as you don’t get the sling wet. For your chest and back, you need to work around the straps without getting them wet, so light rubbing with a damp sponge is the best you can do.”

She proceeded to wash my top half before handing me the sponge. “I’ll let you finish the rest, although I imagine you’ll have help with that once you get home. I’ll get you a clean gown for breakfast, and my notes say the physical therapists want to see you around ten to go over your treatment. If you can call someone to bring you in some clothing, we should have you out of here by noon.”

“I’m sure my family will be here within the hour. They were already up and showering when we called, so I imagine they convinced Zara to start breakfast early. I’m not sure who all is coming, but we’ll have a few visitors before I meet with the therapists.”

As she left me to my washing, saying to buzz her when I finished, Felicia rushed out of the bathroom. She reappeared a moment later with her teletype device. “I think it’s just going to be Marian, Ari, and Mandy. Rebeca had a really hard time with you being gone last night, so everyone is going to stay as close to a normal day as they can. They’re hoping it will help her stay calm until you get home.”

I nodded as I finished washing. “Poor puppy, I’m not even sure she understands what’s going on. She just knows I’m not there. I think they’re right, everyone staying home will help her feel safe until I get back.”

She smiled at me before going to put her teletype device away. Rebeca’s dependence on me was a bit worrying, but it fit the part of her personality she had shown so far. I just hoped that the devotion she showed to me would spread out to the girls as time went on. Yesterday’s incident was a sharp reminder that I wouldn’t be around forever, and I didn’t want her feeling abandoned when I died.

Kitten popped back in as I finished washing and nodded to the rail on the wall as she picked up a towel. I needed it for balance as she dried me off, but she seemed to be taking extra time on my legs. I glanced down to see her looking up at me. She winked up at me then leaned in and ran her tongue up my cock before pulling back and wrapping the towel around my waist.

It was more a reminder of the position she was in and that she would be happy to take care of me once we had privacy than a tease. She had been quite insistent on taking care of me last night. I was a bit worried I wouldn’t even be able to get aroused at first, with all the morphine I was on, but her hungry little mouth had kept at it until she got the cream she wanted. Any further play would have to wait until after we got home though, as our nurse could pop in at any time.

She reached over and hit the call button before helping me get back to the bed, and our nurse showed up a minute after I sat down. “You’re probably not going to like the next part much, but with the shoulder immobilizer, it’s the only option. Any shirts you wear have to go over the top of the sling. Shirts that fasten in the front are usually easier to deal with, but anything loose enough to go over the sling is fine.”

She helped me into the gown and smirked. “I admit it’s not the most flattering look, but it’s better than the alternative. People thinking they can take the immobilizer off to put a shirt on are my second most common cause of repeat visitors. Now, what would you like for breakfast? We have pastries, fruit salad or yogurt on hand, with coffee of course, but if you want something heavier I can call down to the kitchen and have them bring it up.”

“Café latte and fruit salad would be perfect. I usually have a pastry, but I’m a bit jaded when it comes to that. Our chef pulls them out of the oven minutes before serving breakfast, and I don’t think it would taste quite the same.”

Ronda just shook her head. “I have to agree with you on that. I stop by a coffee shop on the way to work every day and always get one fresh from the oven. The ones here aren’t bad, but nothing is as good as one piping hot from the oven. I’ll let Stephen know what you want, and he’ll have it in shortly.”

We only had to wait a few minutes for our breakfast to arrive and had barely started when our first unexpected but very welcome guests showed up. I looked up as Marta and the twins barreled into the room but stopped short of pouncing on me.

“Good morning, Master, how are you feeling?”

I smiled at Faith as she gingerly sat down beside me. “I’m doing well enough, all things considered, but aren’t the three of you supposed to be on your way to school? I’m going to be fine, and I don’t want you missing classes.”

“We’re on our way to class, Master,” Marta replied. “We finished breakfast early, so Jaden said I could take the car. He’s riding in with Marian as his first class today doesn’t start for another hour. We only have a few minutes, but we wanted to stop in and see you.”

“That’s fine, as you didn’t get to come down last night, but I don’t want you being late. Come here and give me a proper greeting then get to class. I’ll be home by the time you get out tonight, and we can all spend more time together.”

Faith’s kiss made it perfectly clear she was willing to take care of me right there in the hospital and damn the consequences. Marta and Hope were just as passionate when they kissed me. The attention of my three teenage pets had me hard and ready for more by the time Hope finished. She pulled back and ran her fingers over my cock with a slight grin on her face.

“I see something is still working perfectly. It’s a shame we have to go to school, but I’m sure Kitten will be more than willing to take care of you if you can find some privacy. I know you won’t be up to one of your regular Friday games, Master, but maybe we can repeat Monday’s game tomorrow? All of us want a chance to love you a little as soon as we can.” She leaned in a bit closer and whispered in my ear. “Sonia told us you would be a bit limited for a few weeks. I hate that you got hurt, but I really hope you go along with letting us give you blow jobs more often to make up for it. You know that you and Master Julien are the only men I let cum in my mouth, and the thought I might get to experience that more often has me a bit excited.”

“I’ll see what I feel up to tomorrow, but I’m sure I can find time to play with all of my pets. Now off to school with all of you, I don’t want to think about having to punish you for being late.”

“We won’t be late, Master, but we do have to run to make sure of that. We’ll see you at home tonight.”

I watched them rush out and shook my head. They had twenty minutes until class started. Without accounting for traffic, it was a ten-minute drive to the twin’s campus. Marta’s campus was only a kilometer away from theirs, but she would have to park in the staff area at the twins’ school and walk. If they hit any traffic, she would have to run to make it on time.

“I would offer to take care of you, Master, but I think it’s best if we wait until the other’s show up. The girls left the door open, and our nurse walked by when Faith was kissing you. She watched until the girls switched, but if we closed the door now she might decide to come to check on us after that show. I’m sure she’ll be less suspicious if we have more people in the room.”

I looked up as she turned back to her breakfast and shook my head. “I can wait until we get home. My nurse seems a bit over-attentive, and it’s far more enjoyable if you’re properly attired. You and your sisters will just have to put in some extra work to get me back on schedule tonight.”

She sighed and nodded, but she knew I was right. We had gotten away with playing in the maternity ward because the patient wasn’t in the room at the time. With me being the patient, the nurse could pop in at any time to check on me. While it wasn’t actually against a policy, offending your nurse was a good way to get lousy care.

Despite my reaction to Marta and the twins, because I would probably be dead before I didn’t react to them, I really wasn’t feeling all that aroused. I knew it would pass in a couple of hours when the morphine finally wore off all the way, but for now, I just felt sick to my stomach and lightheaded. The OxyContin wasn’t much weaker, but the synthesized versions didn’t hit me as hard.

I made it through breakfast and another trip to the bathroom before Marian and Ari showed up with a very nervous looking Mandy. After they kissed me hello, although not quite as enthusiastically as Marta and the twins had, I was going to ask what was wrong, but my nurse wandered in.

“Goodness, after the three earlier I thought your family was here finally, but it looks like it’s more of your girlfriends. Exactly how many girlfriends do you have?”

“Locally, or should I count the ones on the other side of the world,” Marian asked with a smirk. “We are his family though; we’re just a different kind of family.”

“The other side of the world,” Ronda murmured, shaking her head. “I really didn’t need to know that. Just try to hold off on the special TLC until after you leave, as the physical therapist will be in shortly to go over his treatment plan. The doctor just sent up the discharge paperwork, so just hit the call button when the therapist leaves and we can get you taken care of.”

“We can do that. Can I get dressed now, or should I wait until after I see the therapist?”

“You can go ahead and get dressed. Your first visit with them is mostly the giant list of things not to do and scheduling your follow up appointments. They will start on your range of motion exercises on your first follow up.” Ronda looked over at the girls. “Did you bring something big enough to go over the sling?”

Marian smirked as she opened the bag and pulled out the huge Hawaiian shirt. I had to laugh when I remembered how it ended up in my closet. During our extended vacation, my girls had begged for a chance to see some of the waterfalls in Tahiti, so Julien had arranged a trip for us. The girls decided we didn’t look touristy enough, so we stopped to get re-outfitted at one of the tourist shops. My girls found a pattern they loved, but the only shirt they had in it was two sizes too big for me. I had only worn it the one time, but it had still come home with us.

“Sorry, but I wasn’t sure if any of your other shirts were big enough to fit over a sling.” I highly doubted that, but I could see the twinkle in her eye as she said it. My girls had been trying to get me to wear it again because they claimed I looked adorable in it. I thought it looked a bit ridiculous, but I could live with it.

“Well, it will certainly be big enough,” Ronda chuckled. “Did you need any help to get dressed?”

“Between the four of them, I think they can keep me from falling over as I get dressed,” I replied. As she left and closed the door behind her, I glanced over at Marian. “Remind me to consider spanking you when we get home.”

She caught my teasing tone and smiled. “I’ll try to remember, but you have to admit it will still look better than that hospital gown. I don’t think anyone could look good in one of those.”

I just shook my head as they helped me dress. It was nice to be in my own clothes again at least. When we finished, I sat down and patted the bed next to me. “Mandy, would you like to tell me what’s bothering you?”

She shook her head as she knelt in front of me. “You might be upset with me, Master. I should have asked first, but I knew my sisters would want to know what happened, so they could pray for you. I called Master Julien last night after we saw you and told him so he could let your other pets know. He asked that we call when you get home and let him know you’re okay.”

I patted the bed again, and she reluctantly climbed up next to me so I could put my arm around her. “I’m not upset. I was planning on calling him when I got home anyway because I know your sisters would call and let you know if something happened to him.”

She snuggled into my good side and laid her head on my shoulder. “Thank you, Master. I know I would want to know if you got hurt if I were back on the island. We all love you and want you to visit more often. I almost wish we could move everyone here back to Fakahina, but I don’t think they would go for that idea.”

Mandy stopped when she noticed the worried looks the other three were giving us. “Master, did Kitten not get to take care of you this morning? I know that look, and now you have me worried as well.”

I had to chuckle at my pets’ one-track minds. “No, my pet, she didn’t get to take care of me, and no, you can’t do it now. We’ve had people in and out of the room all morning, and our nurse is a bit nosy. I told Kitten I would let all of you make it up after we leave. The therapist should be here soon, and we should be out of here shortly after.”

She sighed and nodded, “If you insist, Master. I suppose that would be a good way for all of us to get some time with you. We could all take turns the way we did on Monday. We should do that more often; now that our Friday games are going to be postponed until you heal.”

“Only for a couple of weeks, my dear. They will have to be a bit more sedate until I heal, but I think I can come up with ideas to make it through.” My hand slipped down to pat her ass as I kissed the top of her head. “I do need you to shift into your business mode for a bit.”

Mandy chuckled and tilted her head up to kiss me. “I could go over your accounts during sex if you really wanted me to, Master. I don’t think cuddling is going to affect me much. What did you want to change around?”

“We’re not changing anything around my dear, just setting up some new accounts. Yesterday’s incident reminded me that I won’t live forever, and I need you to set up the same fall back accounts for my other pets that we did for Felicia, Sonia, and Kiera.”

Marian came over and put her hand on my knee as she sat down with us. “Master, I know you’re thinking about Gianna and Vivi being left with nothing, but you do understand we would take care of them, don’t you?”

“I know you would all take care of each other, but you may still need the fallback accounts,” I explained. “Sonia is listed as my heir and inheritor, but I still have one for her. Mandy is the only one who realizes how expensive our household is, and any challenge to my will could tie up my accounts for a couple of years with as slow as the Italian legal system is. Just think of it as another insurance policy in case something goes wrong.”

“Master, there is probably an easier way to ensure they don’t have any problems if something were to happen to you,” Mandy told me. “You currently have your bills coming out of your private account, because your business dividends are paid into that account, and you don’t really need to track it because your dividends more than cover the monthly expenses. If you moved the monthly payments to your numbered Swiss account, the interest alone would still cover the expenses, and because it’s a numbered account, the Italian courts can’t tie it to your estate. It would continue to pay out those expenses even if you were gone.”