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“ Everyone has to have one of those! Where did you get yours?” Kate joked.“ They threw it in with the house. It sealed the deal,” Tanya fired back and they shared a laugh at Eddie’ s expense. She was not sure how the kids had left their rooms. Kate remarked they were definitely teenager’ s rooms as she took a peek inside. Tanya opened the door to the master suite.“ This is beautiful. Did you do it yourself or pay an interior decorator?” Kate asked.“ Eddie and I picked out everything together. Just like the living room and the family room with the exception of the big television. Eddie surprised me with that,” Tanya said, giving Eddie a squeeze. It was an inside joke. From the beginning the rule was no big purchases without talking it over first. Eddie brought home the huge flat screen claiming they had been talking about it for a long time. Tanya’ s reply was they had not exactly decided, but after she saw the picture, she was the one who would not let him take it back. Kate saw the display of affection.“ If you two did all of this together...” she said with a wave of her arms,“... then he needs more than a hug,” Kate said. Tanya thought about all the time and effort they had put into this house and kissed Eddie. Kate wrapped her arms around both of them.“ Do it again. It was so beautiful. Please,” she whispered. Tanya kissed Eddie again and felt Kate tremble. She looked into Kate’ s blue eyes. Her features were feminine her size was masculine and she felt this young woman’ s pain.
Maybe it was the wine or the desire to take away some of the pain, or the fact that she had never met anyone like Kate. Strong on the outside and as fragile as eggs, like the ones Eddie’ s mother painted, on the inside that caused her to close her eyes, tilt her head and allow their lips to meet.“ I love both of you,” Kate whispered to Tanya. Kate turned toward Eddie. Tanya trembled and nodded as she watched Kate kiss Eddie.“ Kiss her again,” Kate said to Eddie, and placed her lips against Tanya’ s neck. A bolt of electricity passed through Tanya. Her knees went weak and if she had not been held, she would have crumbled to the floor. She was treading on shaky ground. She was passing through a door she had kept locked forever. Kate unlocked that door, it terrified and excited Tanya beyond her wildest dreams. She wanted to stop, but Kate’ s lips whispered against her ear and she could not say no to the question that was almost a whimper.“ Do you want me?” Tanya was looking into Eddie’ s eyes when she nodded. Eddie put on his poker face as Kate kissed Tanya again. Time slowed.“ Undress her,” Kate whispered, loud enough for Eddie to hear, against Tanya’ s neck. She kissed both of them again.“ I want to see you make love to Tanya,” she said to Eddie. Four hands removed Tanya’ s clothing.“ You are so beautiful. Eddie wants you,” she said, guiding Tanya’ s hand over the front of Eddie’ s pants.