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. 80).
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 82 - The Core Family Grows Again
Mark
Ryan looked worried after we shook hands and sat down at the bar in the Club Infinity. He'd accepted my invitation for a 'confidential talk' for a half-hour or so at the club. I wanted to see how things were going there in any case, and I wasn't sure what Ryan felt.
I explained right away, "My reason for talking with you is nothing bad, especially from your point of view. You may even consider it very good. I have an idea about our family and I want to get your input on it - and your ideas."
Ryan's relief was palpable; his shoulders relaxed and his facial expression changed from the tense grimace he'd had to a friendlier smile - his normal faΓ§ade. I'd never singled out one of the guys to have a drink with before, so this was a unique situation.
After the bartender set down our drinks, I launched into my spiel about the family. "Ryan, you know I am married to ten women - Elsa, Cindy, Melanie, Sheila, Izzy, KC, Alice, Brita, Marcia, and Stacy. I love them and they love me, AND I have observed that they also love you, Deke, Mike, James, and Carter, AND it appears that you love them."
I paused and Ryan spoke after a few seconds, "I love every one of them, and can feel their affection back. My friends experience the same feelings. Not one of us is trying to displace the love they have for you in any way."
I nodded, "I know that. I did study each of you guys as you've interacted with the women in all sorts of different situations after I started to get this idea. What I'm about to propose may surprise you and we need to discuss it."
Ryan nodded and even gestured for me to continue.
"I have been wondering whether you would like to be annexed into the family the same way each of the women have been - some kind of simple ceremony and maybe a symbol like the rings the girls wear. You've been at some of our ring ceremonies, so I think you understand what I'm talking about."
Ryan would be a good poker player. He absorbed the thought and waited for further information from me.
I went on, "If you wanted, and I would encourage you to do so, we'd like to have you move into the condo and The Meadows, and enjoy ... well, everything and everybody the way we all do in the family. I'm thinking of extending this invitation to not only you, but also Deke, Carter, Mike, and James, but I wanted to hear your thoughts about it. I have only talked to Elsa about this, by the way."
Ryan took a sip of his wine and said in a low voice that sounded sincere and thoughtful, "I'm blown away."
He swiveled around on the bar chair and looked out over the restaurant that was starting to fill up with the Tuesday night diners. Other men and women came into the lounge and bar area as well, but no one paid us much attention. We were just two guys having a drink together.
Ryan said, "I assume you're serious with this, because I'm going to answer you on that basis. On one hand, you make me think of what I'd gain: continuous access to people I love - the girls and my friends - if they accept, two gorgeous places to live, and access to all the toys everywhere - pools, the river, and all. On the other hand, I worry about frictions developing between us that aren't there now, frictions that would destroy the friendships and love I feel for you and my friends. Further, in case you didn't know it, I am not into other guys. I don't mind being in the same room with them when we're doing something with the girls, we might occasionally touch, but other than that ... forget it."
I laughed and interjected, "I'm the same way, don't worry, that's not at all what I was thinking about when I thought about this."
Ryan went on, "Another large concern I have, and it is one that's been ongoing with you specifically, is that none of us want to sponge off of you ... and we have been. Almost every time the other guys and I get together we mention it, and we look for opportunities far and wide to carry our own weight in some way. We've all heard you light into one of the girls about this issue, and we've tended to avoid a confrontation, but I can assure you that if we move in or change status that we each will want to do something to contribute financially or some other meaningful way to the well being and activities of the group - the family.
"Another issue pops up, and Elsa kind of started it, but she's pregnant by you, yet each of the five of us wish we were the father. Some of the other women want children too, and all of the men want to be fathers, and not just in name only; we want to know or at least believe that the child we're helping to raise is ours."
I was almost taking notes and trying to memorize every word Ryan said. His points were valid and important, and most didn't overlap with my own thinking about what potential issues might be.
I asked him, "Ryan, what do you think of the open relationships we have with each other and with people outside the family, so to speak, when we have our parties?"
Ryan smiled, "I think they're marvelous - a teenage wet dream that matured and materialized right before my very eyes only a thousand times better than anything I could have conjured. I can't imagine a better life than this."
"What about in ten or twenty years; what do you think you'll want then?"