Chapter 116

I put the bedclothes in the laundry room then sat down and watched Nell make iced tea. She was using an instant mix and the simple act of her opening the jar and stirring some powder into a pitcher of water was sexy somehow. Her body reminds me of the Olympic swimmers on TV. She has wide shoulders like they do, and the rest of her is long and lean, but unlike most of the swimmers, she has nice-sized tits and a great ass. It’s not a bubble-butt, it’s just ... right.

She has muscles! She’s not buff like a bodybuilder, her muscles are smooth but well-defined. You can almost see them working under her skin when she moves. She glanced over at me a couple of times as she was making the tea then smiled and asked, “Like what you see?” when she finished filling a couple of glasses.

“I sure do. You are really striking.”

“Thank you, Dear, that’s very sweet of you.”

“You are, you know. I can’t believe how lucky I am to be with you. Why hasn’t someone come along and swept you off your feet?”

She laughed, “They have. A gorgeous blond stud came along and blew me away.”

“I’m not the kind of guy you should be with, you should be with some rich guy who...”

She interrupted with, “You’re exactly the person I should be with. You’re a great guy, you push my buttons in ways that I never imagined and most importantly, you have no hidden agenda.

“Yeah, but you...”

She put her finger on my lips to stop me, and said, “Shh, I’m exactly where I want to be, and as far as my needing to be with a rich guy, I don’t know if you’ve looked lately, but you’re well on the way to becoming a very wealthy young man.”

“I-I am?”

“Damn right, you are, and it’s only the beginning. Your mother tells me that you also have a bunch of other things going on along with Burgers. The name Peter Baker is going to be a household word Before long.”

“You’re responsible for that.”

“Partially yes, but you’re going much farther. Amy told me that...”

There was a gasp ust then, and Megan cried, “Y-You guys are naked!”

We both turned to see Megan leaving the room.

Nell grinned, then called out, “Come and sit with us, Megan.”

There was no answer, so we both laughed.

We were almost finished with our tea when a very naked Megan came into the room and sat down with us. She was blushing and she wouldn’t look directly at us.

Megan is very attractive naked. Her breasts are a nice size, and her nipples are set high which made them look even larger. That was a surprise because she doesn’t wear clothes that call attention to them.

She sat down so fast that I didn’t have a chance to really check the rest of her, but a quick glance showed that she had a nicely trimmed bush, and even though it was a quick look, her butt looked pretty nice as well.

Nell winked at me then turned to Megan, and asked, “Did you get everything ready for tomorrow?”

“Yes, I have the sketches and I also have a landscape that’s almost ready.”

“Good. You seem nervous, are you okay?”

“Uh-huh.”

“You can look at us if you want to. You’ve already seen us naked.”

Still staring at the ground, she said, “I know, b-but Pete’s never seen me, uhh, this way.”

Nell looked at me, and with another wink, asked, “Well, what do you think, Pete?”

“I took the hint and said, “I think that she looks terrific. She’s not only pretty, but she has a great body.”

I reached over, touched her hand, and said, “You should be proud of the way you look instead of trying to hide things. Take my word for it, my new sister is officially a hot chick.”

That got a big smile out of her, and she finally looked up at us, then shook her head and said, “You guys are too much.”

I was still touching Megan’s hand when Nell put her hand next to mine on Megan’s, and said, “Pete’s right, you know. You’re a beautiful girl and you have a wonderful body.”

Megan’s eyes narrowed, and she said, “I’ve been here for a long time and you never said anything like that to me before, why not?”

“You were pretty fragile at first, and I didn’t want to scare you.”

“You think that telling me I was pretty would have scared me?”

“I think that it would have when you first got here. I didn’t want you to think I invited you her for the wrong reasons.”

“What about lately?”

Nell sighed and looked away for a second, but she didn’t let go of Megan’s hand. She then turned back and said, “We’ve never talked about this, so I guess that it’s time we did. I was being careful in the beginning. Inviting you here happened quickly, as you know, and having a young girl living here wasn’t something that I was prepared for, so I really didn’t know how to behave. I have a reputation for having an, umm, unusual lifestyle as you also know. Well, I did, but I promised myself that I wouldn’t show you that side of me. We got along well and I grew to love having you here, but you’re so quiet that I wasn’t sure if you really wanted to be here. You then occasionally started going home. You would only stay for a little while at first, but then you started staying overnight. You said that it was only when your stepdad was out of town, but it seemed to be happening a lot. Well, I was disappointed and I missed having someone around. Brandy kept asking to come here and spend time with me in the mean time, so I finally said okay.”

Megan tried to interrupt, but Nell shook her head and continued, “I probably shouldn’t have exposed you to Brandy and me, but I have to admit that I was disappointed. I thought that you were going to leave and go home.”

Megan interrupted with, “But this IS my home, Mom.”

Megan’s hand flew to her mouth and Nell’s jaw dropped when she said that.

They stared at each other for a second before Nell asked, “W-What did you call me?”

Megan burst from her chair and threw herself at Nell. They began hugging each other and Megan began crying a second later.

It was strange watching them. Two naked girls hugging each other is supposed to look sexy, but it was so touching in this case that I began to get a lump in my throat. I decided to leave and give them time together, but Nell stopped me with “Come back, Pete. We have things to talk about,” so I sat back down. They held each other for a while before Nell finally said, “Tell me what’s going on, Dear.”

Megan reached for a napkin to wipe her eyes, then she sat up and said, “I would go there to see if things had changed whenever my stepfather would leave. I loved it here, but I wasn’t sure how you really felt about my being here, and I didn’t want to be a burden. Things at the house hadn’t changed, they got worse if anything. My mother was angry at her husband all the time. He recently was gone more than ever, and she would ask me to stay overnight when I would go there. She would cry and complain the entire time I was there, and it was exhausting. I got scared when Brandy started coming around. It wasn’t because of what you were doing. You told me that you and she had been lovers, and you never tried to involve me, so I was okay with it, but I was scared that you brought her here to replace me.”

Nell broke in with, “I didn’t bring her here to replace you, I...”

Megan silenced her with, “I know. Brandy told me that you and she were just what she called ‘friends with benefits’, but I didn’t know that at the time and I was scared that you were going to kick me out. Things then got worse at my house. My stepfather came home early and found me there. We had a big fight and he told my mother it was either him or me.”

She started crying again, so Nell pulled her close and held her. She asked, “So what did your mother say?” after a minute.

Megan was sobbing now and so quietly that we could barely hear her, she said, “She told me that I had to go.”

Nell stiffened, pulled Megan even closer, and glanced over at me. Her expression went from one of wonder to a look that I hope I never see again. It was anger, but it was more. I would not have wanted to be around if Megan’s mother were here right now.

She held and petted Megan until she quieted down, then handed her another napkin. She asked, “So what did you do?” after Megan blew her nose.

“I loaded my stuff in my car and came home. I-I mean I came back here.”

“You never let me know, why didn’t you tell me what was happening?”

“That was the day you told me that you had asked Pete to stay here, and you seemed so happy that I didn’t want to spoil things.”

“When did all this come about?”

“Last week.”

“Where’s all your stuff?”

“It’s in the back of my car.”

“You mean that you’ve been driving around with your car full of clothes? Why didn’t you bring them in?”

Megan looked down and said, “I didn’t know if you would want me to stay once Pete came here.”

Nell held Megan at arm’s length and said, “Of course, I want you to stay. I’m sorry that I haven’t said this to you before, but you’ve become very dear to me and this is your home now. It’ll be your home for as long as you want it to be.”

Nell hugged her again, then she continued, “We’re a family now. You now have a brother, and as far as what you called me before, well, I’d be proud to be whatever you want me to be.”

There were more tears from Megan, then she did something nice. She took Nell’s hand and held it against her cheek. She kept it there for a while, then she stood up and with tears streaming down her face, she said, “I-I don’t know how to thank you.”

Nell answered, “You can thank me by going to bed. You have a big day tomorrow.”

Visibly shaking, Megan went to Nell and hugged her and kissed her on the cheek. She turned to leave, then she stopped and came to me. She bent and whispered “Brother,” kissed my cheek too, and dashed from the room.

Nell and I were both a little shocked at what had happened, so I followed her into our room when she said “Let’s go to bed.” It took us a few minutes to put fresh linen on the bed and I got behind her when we climbed in, wrapped my arms around her, and pulled her against me. She sighed and moved even closer when I did.

I finally said, “Wow! That was pretty intense.”

“Yes, it was. I guess that she hasn’t felt like she ‘belonged’ for a long time. We should have had that conversation a long time ago, and what you said to her was perfect, by the way.”

“You mean, the sister thing?”

“Yes.”

“I was trying to put her at ease.”

“But you meant it, didn’t you.”

“Yes, I did. She needs a guy in her life, and I’ll be glad to be her brother.”

Nell yawned then asked, “Why is it that you always know exactly what to say when people need something.”

I lay there for a while thinking about what she said. Finally, in a small voice I said, “I don’t always know what to say.”

I was waiting for her to say something back, but I could tell from her regular breathing that she was asleep.

It took a while for me to doze off. It had been intense for me as well.

I was dreaming about driving around in my new convertible when I was rudely awakened with, “Wake up, wake up, wake up, the day is half over.”

Nell was standing next to me wearing sweats and looking far too good for this time in the morning, especially when I glanced at the window and it seemed to be dark outside, so I asked, “W-What time is it?”

“It’s almost six. We have to get up and run.”

I rolled on my back and said, “Run, but the Sun’s not even up yet!”

“It will be soon, and get used to it. We’re going to do this every morning!”

She pulled the covers off me with that, freeing my morning hardon. It was standing at attention when there was a gasp behind us and we both looked over and saw Megan staring at me.

Nell laughed, “Get used to it; he’s like that most of the time,” and she went to Megan and put her arm around her. She looked over her shoulder as they walked away, and said, “Hurry up! Don’t shower or anything, put sweats on if you have them. Put shorts or something on if not, and meet us in the kitchen.”

I went to the bathroom and took care of business, then I brushed my teeth and headed to the kitchen. I heard something noisy running when I got close, and I got there in time to see Nell with a blender in her hand, pouring some brown-looking stuff into three glasses. Megan was standing there watching, and she didn’t look pleased.

Nell handed me a glass and said, “Drink up, it’s a protein drink.”

Megan made a face and added, “And it tastes like fish.”

Nell frowned, “It does not. The cod liver oil gives it a little flavor, but look how good it is for your skin,” then she turned to me and asked, “Doesn’t she have beautiful skin?”

“Uhh yeah.”

“Damn right she does, but it wasn’t that way when she first came here.”

Nell’s back was to her, so Megan put a finger in her mouth and made a gagging motion, then she winked at me and said, “It tastes like shit but it keeps you fit.”

I took a taste after we all laughed. It was pretty awful, so I asked, “What the heck is in this?”

Nell answered, “A bunch of stuff, and it’s all good for you. I know that it doesn’t taste great, but get used to it. It’s time that you got in shape.”

“I thought I WAS in shape!”

“One of the problems I had when I recommended you for the ‘Ask Pete’ job was the fact that you’re too big. You have a lot of muscle, but you’re getting too bulky. I bet that you weigh over two fifty, right?”

“I guess so.”

“Well, we’re gonna have to get you trimmed down a bit.”

“Is that what the gym equipment you’re putting in today is all about?”

“Yes, and there’s been a slight change. Some people will be here to install an entry door to the room this morning.”

“Isn’t that a big job?”

“No, the contractor says he can install the door itself in about an hour. There’ll be additional work later, but the gym people can bring the equipment through there once the door is installed and not have to go through the house.”

“You’re putting a doorway there just so that the delivery people don’t have to go through the house?”

She chuckled, “No, the gym equipment is special. It also has things that someone in a wheelchair can use. Sarah, the girl you met at work, is training for a marathon. The gym she uses now is on the other side of town and this will be a lot closer.”

“So you’re putting the entry in for her?”

“Sure, she can park outside and come right into the room. There’s no way that she can get down the steps to get there unless someone carries her right now, so I’m putting the door there for her and it’s also for you.”

“For me? Why do I need an outside entry?”

“You don’t, but look at it this way. This gym machine is big. Several people can use it at the same time. I’m sure that Sarah’s going to want to use the hot tub once she works out. Wouldn’t you like to see that gorgeous creature in the hot tub?”

I smiled and said, “So we’re all going to use it, eh?

“Sure we are. We need to get you sporting a real six-pack, and Megan has to get rid of some baby fat.”

Megan exploded with, “I don’t have any baby fat, you skinny drink of water!”

Nell downed her protein drink after a bunch of ‘do toos, do nots’ and a lot of laughing, then she stood there glaring at us until we finished ours.

We helped Megan unload her car next. There wasn’t much. A couple of suitcases, three boxes of clothes, and a large box topped with a ragged looking teddy bear. I was staring at it and Megan grabbed it when she saw me, and said, “Don’t you say a word.”

We put everything in Megan’s room.

It was almost six thirty by the time the girls made their final trip to the bathroom, and the sun was up for what promised to be another beautiful California day.

Our run started at the house. We ran to the beach and out onto the sand. I was thinking that the girls weren’t going as fast as the time I went running with Jay and Lane on the way to the beach, but they kept up the same pace when we got to the sand even though running in sand is more difficult. We ran until just after seven o’clock, then headed back to the house. Nell said that both she and Megan had to get going on the way back, but reminded me that I should call Tom at Burgers around nine o’clock to see if I was needed for re-takes.

I asked, “Don’t you want me to stick around to let the contractor and the fitness people in?”

“Yes, please. All you have to do is let the contractor in. He’ll coordinate with the gym equipment people when he finishes. I trust this guy, he’s done work for me before. Just lock the door at the top of the stairs if you have to leave, and don’t set the alarm for today.”

Nell headed for the shower when we got home. I joined her but she made me get out after some groping and giggling, saying that she had a meeting this morning and it was getting late.

I did my three ‘Ss’ (Shit, shower, and shave) when she and Megan left and my cell phone rang as I was drying off. It was Jasmine from the Stone Agency asking what time I was coming by. I remembered that I was supposed to pick up some papers and a credit card, so I told her that I would let her know as soon as I knew if I was needed at Burgers. She said okay then she asked, “Are you excited?”

I assumed she meant if I was excited about being at Nell’s place. I was a little surprised that she knew about it, so I answered, “Uhh, yeah, it’s fine.”

She squawked, “Fine! Are you kidding, It’s the sexiest thing I ever saw. We watched it like a dozen times yesterday. Everyone here is really excited about it. Oops, I have another call. Let me know when you’re coming in.”

I tried to ask her what she meant but she was gone before I had a chance. I was going to wait for a minute and call her back when the doorbell rang. It was the contractor.

I asked, “Mrs. Burger says you can do this in about an hour, how can you do it so fast?”

“It was framed for a side entrance when the addition was built, but the owner was worried about security so he never installed it. All we have to do is open things up and install a door assembly. My guys are cutting the opening now. It’s a pre-made unit, complete with interior and exterior trim. The gym guys can set up their stuff as soon as we finish. I’ll even leave the door off to make it easier for them. They’ll call me when they finish. I’ll come back, install the door, and set the forms for the threshold. We’ll mix and pour the concrete this afternoon.”

“That’ll be the entire thing?

“Pretty much. I’ll come back tomorrow to strip the forms, there’ll be some minor paint work and she might want to put a light outside the door or an awning or even a cover of some sort, but you can start using the room right away.”

“Wow, I’m impressed! Have you done a lot of work for Mrs. Burger?”

“We built Burgers’ headquarters.”

Shocked, I said, “You built that huge building and you’re doing little stuff like this?”

“I’ll do whatever she wants. Hell, I’d wash her car if she wanted me to. Ask her what she did for me sometime.”

I watched the guys work for a while then I went upstairs at nine o’clock and called Tom at Burgers. He said that everything was fine so I called Stone. I was expecting Jasmine, but a voice that I didn’t recognize answered, so I said, “Hi, this is Pete Baker, may I speak to Jasmine?”

It sounded like she said, “Oh God,” then she said, “She’s on a long distance call, w-would you like to speak to Mrs. Devon?”

“That’ll be fine.”

Mrs. Devon answered a second later. She was laughing when she said, “Hi, Pete, it’s Myrna. Are you on the way in?”

“Yeah, what’s going on, who answered the phone?”

“That’s Shelly, Jasmine’s assistant. She started yesterday.”

“What’s with her, she sounds like she’s out of breath?”