Chapter 11

While the morning spent at the Federal Building talking about the raid had been tough, the afternoon spent swimming, getting a massage, and napping had re-energized him significantly. The time for the guests to arrive had come so he went to the living room to welcome their guests. He knew it was a wasted effort because Ling would warn Bill before they ever made it to the door, but he felt like it was a nice touch for at least one of the family to be there to greet visitors.

Beth entered the room and grabbed him by the arm. She said, “You have to come with me for a minute.”

Concerned, he followed her to her room. Once there, Beth got down on her knees and unbuckled his pants. Very surprised, he watched as she lowered his zipper. She pulled his pants down around his knees. Predictably, his cock responded to the suggestion of what was to come next. It didn’t matter how many times he had sex with Beth or Kelly, just the merest hint was enough to get him excited.

As she slipped her mouth over his partially rigid cock, his erection swelled to its full size. Concentrating her oral administration on the sensitive head of his cock, her efforts were having immediate effect. When her hand started massaging his balls with a soft gentle touch, it became too much to resist. With a suddenness that surprised both of them, Ed came, his come bursting forth into her mouth. She struggled to keep up with the flow, but it was too much and spilled out her mouth. When he calmed down, she used a finger to wipe the come into her mouth.

Legs shaking, Ed said, “Wow.”

Smiling up at him with his slowly softening cock still in her mouth, Beth was pleased that after being married for so long, she could bring him off so quickly. It always amazed her at how much power she held over the men in the family. Letting his soft cock escape from her mouth, she said, “Now you are ready to entertain.”

He knelt down and lifted her to where he could kiss her. Holding her head between both hands, he kissed her with a tenderness and love that touched every part of her soul. He leaned back, traces of his come on his lips, and said, “I love you so much.”

His words brought tears of happiness to her eyes. If there was one thing of which she was sure, that was the love Ed, John, and Kelly had for her. It amazed her that while others might search in the hope of having a single person love them, she had been fortunate to find three. As a successful woman, she had been afraid that most people would have been more interested in her success than in her.

After Ed dressed and they washed themselves, the pair returned to the living room. Mike and Deana were already waiting for them with drinks in hand. Ed greeted both of them, shaking hands with Mike and hugging Deana. The hug surprised her, as she was used to most people shaking hands with her.

Mike asked, “Do you guys still have the swimming pool?”

Surprised at the question, Ed replied, “Sure.”

Shooting a look that could kill at Mike, Deana asked, “Is it true that you have to be naked to swim in it?”

The question caused Beth to burst out in laughter. Giggling, she said, “I don’t know if anyone has ever swum in it with a bathing suit.”

Blushing brightly, Deana said, “I guess that leaves me out.”

Surprised by her statement, Ed asked, “Why? I hope there’s not a problem.”

Chastising Ed, Beth said, “There are a lot of reasons. Being naked in front of other people could be against her religious beliefs or moral values. She doesn’t have to explain that to us.”

“Oh, I didn’t think of that,” replied Ed. After living for so long under the rule that if it harms none then do it, he had to remind himself that others lived by other sets of rules. He said, “I apologize, Deana. Beth is right, it isn’t my place to question your values.”

The reasons given were not the reasons why Deana had considered for not swimming. She was embarrassed to have her fat body on display. Taken aback by their concern for her, she said, “I just don’t feel comfortable naked in front of other people.”

John and Kelly entered the room in time to hear her statement. With a smile, John said, “It must be rough having a body that drives men wild.”

“It’s more like it disgusts men,” replied Deana with more than a little anger. Her whole life had been spent as the butt end of fat jokes. She wasn’t about to put herself in a situation where she would spend an evening getting stared at.

Sitting down on one of the chairs in the room, John said, “I’ll bet in terms of body ugliness, I have you beat hands down.”

Looking over at the attractive man sitting across from her, she was half tempted to take the bet. When Mike started chuckling, she looked at him curiously. He put up his hands in protest and said, “I wouldn’t take that bet.”

Pouting, Kelly said, “I like his body.”

Laughing, John said, “You have to accept that some people that see this body of mine are pretty disgusted by it.”

Despite the teasing tone that Mike had taken earlier, the fact was that he had been looking forward to taking a swim all day. He said, “Well, I’ve wanted to take a swim all day. Is it possible to spend a little time in the pool before dinner?”

The entire group moved to the swimming pool. Deana followed with great hesitancy, afraid of becoming a public spectacle. Mike, on entering the pool room, immediately began to get out of his clothes. It was almost a race between him and Kelly as to who would get undressed first. Beth took her time as did John. Deana stared at John, unable to believe the number of scars all over his body. Ed went over to the mini-refrigerator and fixed himself an iced tea. He called over to Deana, “Would you like something to drink?”

Moving very slowly, she unbuttoned the blouse and let it fall to the ground. Her stomach was filled with butterflies. This was one of the hardest things she had ever done. She answered, “A good shot of scotch, please.”

Going over to the intercom, Ed pressed the button and said, “Marguerite. One of our guests would like some scotch. Can you have some delivered to the pool room?”

From the speaker, Marguerite’s voice replied, “Sure thing.”

Ed turned to Deana and said, “Marguerite is bringing a scotch.”

After having removed her pants, she looked at Ed in surprise and said, “I was joking.”

Winking at her, he said, “You were only half joking. I decided to follow the half that wasn’t joking.”

Standing in front of Ed wearing only her heavy duty bra and plain panties, she shook in fear. Despite her fears, Ed just smiled and took a sip of his iced tea. Setting the glass down, Ed started to undress. When Marguerite came in the room, Ed said, “Your drink is here.”

She turned and saw Marguerite with a tray containing a bottle of scotch, a bucket of ice, and a couple of glasses. It was nice to see that there was another full figured woman in the household. She examined Marguerite, acknowledging that the other woman was still skinnier than her, but at least she wasn’t fashion model thin. As Marguerite set the tray down on a little table, she said, “Don’t worry about them. They may talk like a bunch of sex maniacs, but they are very good at controlling themselves.”

With great puzzlement, Deana asked, “What do you mean?”

“I walked around here naked for more than a week and they kept their hands to themselves. So don’t worry about them. Get in that pool and have some fun,” replied the chef. She understood better than most the hesitancy that a large woman would have in getting undressed in front of others.

Deana finally removed her bra, releasing her overly large breasts. They responded to gravity with predictable consequences, sagging halfway to her belly button. She glanced around to see the reactions, but everyone was busy with other things. It shocked her that they could ignore her ugly body as she undressed. After drinking a glass of scotch, she removed her panties and went over to the pool.

Floating on his back and moving with a languid back stroke, Ed said, “Come on in, the water is great.”

Slowly moving into the water, Deana was surprised at the temperature. It wasn’t too cold or too warm, but very comfortable. She lowered herself by bending her knees until only her head was above water. It was much nicer knowing that the water distorted her body. She slowly moved around the pool and watched as Mike and Beth started a water fight. It took less than a minute for the splashing to spread across the entire pool. Even Deana was participating, forgetting her nudity as she was caught up in the fun.

After a while, the splashing calmed down. Moving over to Deana, Mike said, “They know how to play, don’t they?”

Still laughing from splashing and getting splashed, Deana said, “I haven’t felt this young in years.”

“I know what you mean. The first time I came here it was like a fifty years were stripped away,” replied Mike. He added, “I like coming out here and forgetting all about Washington and the politics out there. This whole group has changed my life in very positive ways. It will be good for you to get to know them better.”

A smile broke over Deana’s face as she watched Ed and John sneaking up behind Mike. It was easy to see that Mike was about to get dunked by the pair of them. She slowly backed away so that she wouldn’t get splashed too much. She was surprised to see him backing away from her with a similar grin. When the two men pounced, she started to burst out laughing only to find that Beth and Kelly had been sneaking up behind her. She sputtered as she surfaced from her dunking. The two victims of the prank simultaneously pointed fingers at each other accusing, “You knew they were going to do that!”

Amid general and widespread laughter, they made their way out of the pool. As they lounged around the pool in the chairs, Ed asked, “So was this your first experience skinny dipping?”

Recognizing that the question was targeted at her, Deana replied, “I thought in my case it was called fatty dipping.”

While others laughed at the joke, Deana could hardly keep herself from falling out of her chair. She was doubled over laughing at herself. For the first time in a long time she had made a joke about herself. It was as if an emotional damn had burst inside her. It wasn’t long before the laughter turned to tears. Concerned, Beth and Kelly went over to her to make sure that she was okay.

Deana cried for at least ten minutes before she calmed down sufficiently to talk. Apologetically, she looked up at all of the concerned faces. She whispered, “I’m so sorry.”

Very worried about his guest, Ed said, “There’s nothing to be sorry about. Is there anything that I can do?”

Looking over at Ed, she could see nothing but concern on his face. It was amazing to her that there wasn’t the least hint of disgust in her appearance exhibited by any of the people around her. Even Mike was watching her with concern. She whispered to Beth, “I’m sorry. It’s just that no one has ever been this accepting of my appearance, not even my ex-husband when our marriage was good.”

Beth hugged her gently and replied, “You have nothing to be ashamed about. Anyone that thinks you are anything less than pretty has a problem, not you.”

Kelly said, “Oh no! Our third guest should be here about now. We should get dressed and go out to greet our last guest.”

“Too late,” said Bill as he entered the pool room followed by a young woman. He had explained what she was likely to see, but she had insisted on going in anyway.

Ed stared in shock at her and glanced over at Kelly and Beth. Both women were giggling at the success of their surprise. Kim looked around the room at all of the naked people and giggled. She hadn’t believed the man who answered the door as to what she would see. She watched Ed with amusement while he quickly dressed himself. Others were getting dressed at a more natural speed.

Ed said, “Oh, Kim I’m sorry. What you doing here?”

Beth slapped Ed on the back and said, “Silly, this is our guest.”

Blushing furiously, Ed mumbled, “I’m sorry I didn’t realize.”

The group moved from the pool room to the dining room. Beth and Kelly walked with Kim chatting about what she had witnessed in the pool room. Kim was very curious why these two women had come to her shop this afternoon and invited her to dinner. It wasn’t until they mentioned that Ed Biggers was going to be there that she accepted their invitation.

Kim asked, “So how do you know Ed?”

Beth answered, “He’s our husband.”

“Oh,” replied Kim unsure what to make of that information. She asked, “So who are the other people?”

Kelly answered, “The one with the white beard is John. He’s our other husband.”

Beth said, “The older gentleman is Mike Holden, he’s the director of the FBI. The other woman is Deana Ahlberg. She’s head of the criminal investigations branch of the IRS. They are staying the night here.”

Stopping in total surprise, Kim asked, “What are they doing here?”

Making light of the situation, Kelly said, “Oh, John and Ed broke some huge case this week. I’m sure you’ve seen it on the television.”

Kim had seen the news and heard Ed’s name, but had decided that it was a different Ed Biggers. Although it wasn’t a common name, surely there had to be more than one in this country. From what she knew of Ed, he was a student at the University and highly regarded within rock collecting circles.

She was still very curious why she had been invited to this dinner. From the way she had been invited, she thought it was a party for Ed and that two of his friends were trying to set him up with someone they knew he was interested in. She had spent the whole afternoon trying to look her best for this evening. Now she found out that he had two wives. She looked at them wondering if they expected her to join in their marriage.

Following them to the dining room, Kelly steered her to a chair next to Ed. Beth and Kelly sat across from Ed and Kim, smiling at the pair. John was seated at the head of the table with Mike and Deana flanking him. Deana was seated next to Ed and turned to him while looking at the young lady next to him. She asked, “Who’s your friend?”

Ed apologized, “Please excuse my rudeness. Everyone, this is Kim. She owns the lapidary shop that I frequent. Kim, this Mike Holden, Deana Ahlberg, and John Carter. I assume that you already know Beth and Kelly.”