A note to readers:
This is a long story that unfolds chapter by chapter through the eyes of two protagonists -- Mark and Elsa, and as in many of my other stories involves a growing spate of horny characters.
Every ten chapters or so I will provide a short summary at the start of that episode to bring new readers up to date (see start of Ch. 30).
This story could appear in a number of genres (Loving Wives, Incest, Lesbian, Fetish, and more) depending on the chapter, but the overall theme is Group, so I have applied this moniker to all chapters. The story is still being written, yet I intend to post a new chapter every couple of days. Enjoy.
Chapter 32 -- Breaking Out in Vegas
Mark
I traveled to the west coast for two nights, heading for Los Angeles area instead of San Jose where Tom was engrossed in the nanotechnology project. He was doing fine, I trusted my new friend, and there was no need to have him think I was checking up on him.
This trip I took Melanie with me for several reasons. The business reasons dealt with the fact that some of the ideas she'd come up with in Mexico had me rethinking how we'd organized and staffed the home goods manufacturing company near Orange County Airport. She'd thought of a way to triple profits from the unit without adding resources mainly through rethinking how they handled inbound and outbound logistics, including warehousing. She also had a list of other improvements she was sure would have significant bottomline impact. I wanted her to be part of launching the changes she'd conceived.
The non-business reason is that I felt I'd been neglecting my gorgeous young pixie. Yes, we'd made love a few times in Mexico, but I loved her and wanted to let her know that I valued her love and friendship, and that I knew she had a great intellect. The trip would give us some alone time in the evenings and overnight when I could express that love to her in a physical way as well as share myself with her in other dimensions.
When we got back, Elsa filled me in on her pending trip to Las Vegas with one of her business colleagues. I teased her about seducing Sean, and reminded her that she had my blessing if she decided to do something sexual with him. We both knew that our freedom to be with others was part of the expression of the love we had for each other, so she knew I wasn't trying to palm her off on somebody else.
Elsa told me that right at that moment, Sean was a little awed by her. She'd told Sean a little about our Mexico trip, and then revealed some about her urban survival and weapons training.
Elsa and Cindy both had busy weeks, but they arranged for their martial arts lessons to take place in my private gym on the lower floor of my penthouse condominium. Wan Suh, their instructor, came over and put them through their paces.
Elsa got Lucas to come and watch their first session after they returned so that he could make suggestions about their training from an urban survival point of view. He had some great recommendations about integrating parts of Krav Maga along with kickboxing into the lessons. Wan Suh liked Lucas' ideas and immediately started to include the new moves and ways of thinking into our training. Later, we learned that Lucas had hired Wan Suh to do some remedial training of the security staff at Worthington Industries, including himself.
Saturday, Cindy and Elsa went off to their weapons training for half of the day. When they returned home in the late afternoon, I noticed they were both sore and tired from having run various obstacle courses while using different kinds of weapons.
Deke had the girls starting to learn knife fighting as well as throwing. Elsa and Cindy both showed me the switchblade knives that Deke had them carrying. I thought they were redundant to some extent with the pistols, but they explained that there were special situations where one or the other approach would be favored.
I missed Brita. She'd flown back to Denmark on her private jet Tuesday evening after we had dinner. Dinner had also included an hour during which we had a passionate goodbye with no definite time for when we would see each other again. I made an offer to her that knocked her off her feet. I proposed that she move in with us and that I'd make her the head of the worldwide pharmacology and medical devices division -- a multi-billion dollar deal that was growing at better than fifty percent a year. I got that, 'I'll think about it,' look from her.
Tom had flown the other way on Tuesday morning, heading back to Silicon Valley. He'd also had a successful visit with us following our time in Mexico. He'd put together a great deal to do co-marketing with Nanotech, our laser and nanotech businesses, and the chip manufacturer his division owned half of in California.
Sheila went off on one of her hibernation weekends, assuring me that all was OK but that she just wanted some alone time to meditate and do some personal things. I praised her business efforts, and again pledged my love to her.
All that left me Saturday night to focus on Elsa, who was leaving the next afternoon for Vegas; Cindy; KC; and Melanie. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it. I was the luckiest man in the world to have my 'wives' and the love I felt from all of them. I just hoped that they all knew how I felt about each of them. I was such a transformed man from a year earlier.
Elsa
Jana and I met Sean at the gate for the commercial flight to Vegas. Mark had tried to get me to take the corporate jet, but I thought that would be a little over the top and would raise questions on the other end about just who we were and how we got there.
I did something I should have done earlier. I swore Sean to secrecy, and even had him sign one of Mark's non-disclosure agreements. I explained that he'd already heard details he wasn't supposed to know about Mark's business and private life, and we wanted to stop any further propagation of that information. Sean was compliant.
Jana sat a few seat behind us on the plane, and tried to look disconnected from us as well. I knew she'd had to dissemble her weapon and put it in checked luggage in order to transport. I assumed she'd worked out any permits somehow. I'd left my weapons at home rather than fight with TSA and the airlines about contraband in our luggage.
After we took-off Sean started to pepper me with questions based on our earlier discussion. I found out he'd also done his homework about my boyfriend, a.k.a. 'husband,' a.k.a. lover.
Sean started, "I'm trying to understand Mark Worthington. I'd love to accomplish a fraction of what he has, but the social side of his life fascinates me. You started to date him about a year ago, but with your sister?"
"Yes, we both fell for him at the same time. Since we were used to sharing, we decided to share Mark."
Sean's eyebrows rotated up his forehead, and I nodded to imply that his little fantasy was accurate. He went on, "But then I learned that after you'd moved in with him, some of his staff did too -- the woman who is his chief of staff, and his admin assistant or secretary. Is there something more than just business going on there?"
"Sean, you are very insightful. Yes, a helluva lot more than just business. Sheila and Melanie are like sisters to Cindy and me. We all share Mark."
Eyebrows up! Sean said, "Wow, one guy with four women. What a paradise."
I volunteered, "Actually, there are now six women. A pretty Danish businesswoman named Brita and a local artist named KC. They have recently become our sisters as well."
"Are you are like that TV show 'Sister Wives,' where Cody Brown has four wives and spends a different night with each one."
I laughed, "No kids, yet. We're like Sister Wives, except we all spend all our nights together -- five or six of us in one huge bed. We don't want to be separate from each other. In our case, we -- the sisters or wives if you want that term -- all love each other as well. We share ourselves not only with Mark but with our sisters."
"And that's not awkward?"
"Not a bit. Most of us didn't know we were bisexual when this all started, but it has worked to our advantage since. No, it's not awkward; it's arousing and a lot of fun."
Sean said, "So, there's Mark and the six of you."