Chapter 16

Jane moved in with Estelle bringing her king sized bed with her. She slept against the wall, Estelle on the other end with Josh in the middle. Jane felt heartbroken for Josh's plight. She was willing to give him up to Victoria if she somehow returned. Nothing came out of his mouth. He never brought up the name of the girl he once loved. Many nights the girls chatted in the bed with a mute Josh between them.

In the mornings Jane got up for work while Estelle and Josh slept in. He didn't move at night. He never turned nor stretched. He lay in the same spot where he was placed by the pair of women. Jane showered, dressed, put on her makeup and left. Every morning she kissed him lightly on his lips but received no emotional reply.

Summer was coming to an end. Estelle would be going back to school for her teaching classes. This caused a quandry to Jane and Estelle. How could they both be gone for the day with Josh being left alone? Jane wasn't able to quit because her need for the money. Estelle could afford to, but she'd lose her tenure as a professor at a university which she liked and her students whom she loved.

"We have to try it," Jane insisted for the umpteenth time. She had been persistant in her badgering of Estelle to get her around to her thinking.

"I still don't know," Estelle replied reluctantly.

"He does nothing but sits here. Leave him with a sandwich and a cola or glass of milk. Make sure he has water. You know he won't piss until one of us gets home."

"I'm still not sure."

"We've gone out grocery shopping without him and he was right where he was when we got back," Jane argued.

"I suppose we could try it," Estelle wasn't convinced.

Jane was correct. Josh would sit in his chair until one of the girls came home. Usually it was Estelle. She had two classes four days a week. So she didn't go in on Mondays. She stayed in bed with Josh until about nine. Sometimes she tried seducing him. She sucked his cock, tried putting his morning hard on up her pussy. She did this to see if this therapy might work on him. She was very horny, too. But he lay there like a crash test dummy not responding to her at all. His bodily functions did work. When he had to piss, he'd go in and take that leak. If he had to take a shit, he did so. However, Estelle or Jane had to clean his ass. It was easier taking paper towels, soap them up in warm water, and clean his anus instead of wasting a third of a roll wiping him.

Josh had no interest in sports, the news, reading, or anything else. The girls even subscribed to the Playboy Channel but he showed no regard as to what was on the screen. From morning to night he just stared out the window as if that was his world.

It didn't take long before Jane and Estelle became lovers. They had rearranged the bed so Josh lay at the wall while the two nude women, out of desperation for human affection, began an affair. Josh just laid on his back sleeping while the women brought each other to an orgasmic release. As the fall progressed, they fell in love. Josh became secondary to their own needs. It wasn't as if they ignored him, they just felt more of a love for each other. They knew if he ever came out of his coma like trance, he would pine for Victoria.

It was Christmas now. Two and a half years since Victoria walked out of his life. It was then that they decided to call his parents. The decision that was so difficult to make in the summer, was easy to decide upon now.

"Hello Mrs. Howard?"

"Yes."

"I'm Jane Smith, I don't know if you remember me...

"Yes, yes, I remember you," the lifeless voice at the other end became alive. "Do you know where my son is?"

"That's what I am calling about. Josh is sitting right here, in this very room..."

"Oh please let me speak to him."

"He won't talk. In fact he doesn't talk. He is just sitting here from morning to night just staring out the window. He is onlt aware of things when we put food in front of him. When he finishes eating, he goes back into that shell again."

"Then can I see him?"

"Of course. I would love to bring him out to you along with my lov... ummm friend, Estelle."

"When?"

"Is tomorrow too soon?"

"This very minute wouldn't be too soon."

"We'll bring him in the morning."

"I'm so excited. I know that Clark and Brie will be too. Brie is arriving home later tomorrow from college. She'll be thrilled to see him."

"Is ten too early?"

"No it isn't. Should I expect you then?"

"We'll be there." They said their goodbyes and hung up.

With her being at their house only once, Jane got lost. She had to use her cellphone to get the right directions. It seemed as if she had overshot the Howard's place by several miles. Finally they pulled up. Sally was waiting at the door along with Clark.

She embraced Josh whispering in his ear as tears of happiness fell from her eyes. Even Clark was crying. He never expected to see his son again.

Josh didn't respond to them. They sat him in Clark's recliner. The Bears were having a terrible season but he turned on Fox just as the kickoff started. Josh sat there seeing nothing. Jane and Estelle sat at the dining room table sipping tea and eating miniture muffins telling all that went on for the past six months. Estelle claimed that Josh's family would be angry with her if she had called last summer. Estelle realized her fears were unfounded.

Brie came downstairs after being awakened by the noises they were making. She wore a red Chinese dress with a dragon imprinted on the front, her blond hair was neatly brushed, and face made up. The long silky dress had slits up both sides.

"JOSH!" she screamed in a joyous manner. She ran to him throwing herself into his lap and hugged him tightly. Something inside of him snapped. It could have been her long blond hair, her crystal blue eyes, the way she smelled, the expensive Chinese dress. Or it could have been a combination of all of the above.

"Brie?" he said quietly.

"How's it going big bro," she kissed him lovingly on his cheek.

Jane and Estelle looked at each other in awed shock. He responded to his sister. All four got up and ran into the living room where Brie was still in his lap.

"Brie, it's so nice to see you," Josh said, looking at his beautiful sister. She looked like Victoria though Josh could see the difference. He would not let go of her. He held her tight to him.

"He's talking," Jane whispered to Estelle.

Estelle nodded as tears ran down her face. She embraced Jane not caring what the others thought of them.

"It's been a while, bro," Brie said, not trying to release herself from his bearhug. "Where have you been?"

Josh shook his head, not recalling the past. "It's so good to see you."

"Same here," she held her cheek to his. She felt his arousal in his pants but didn't move. She felt that she liked it as his cock prodded against her ass.

Josh looked at his mother, father, Jane and Estelle. "Where am I?"

"You're home," Sally knelt before him. "Thank you, Brie, for waking him out of his stupor.