The next morning, we were all much quieter than usual, as if there was some magical spell we didn't want to break by uttering words.
Kelly and I exchanged glances, and at first, she seemed guarded, but then, after I'd swept her into my arms for a hug and kissed her, she was all smiles.
Billie noticed, too, and she seemed amused to watch the silent, playful banter between my daughter and me as we all worked toward getting out of the house to start our day.
"Bye, Daddy," Kelly said, her first words of the morning. "I love you. I love you, too, Momma."
"Bye, sweetie," Billie replied, craning her neck as Kelly bounded out the door. "I love you, too."
"Bye, baby girl. I love you, too."
Billie leaned against the kitchen counter and smiled at me.
"Well, there's no doubt about it now," she said. "At least this morning, anyway, she is most definitely 'daddy's girl.'"
I sighed. "Now, sweetheart..."
Billie shook her head. "I'm fine. Really. It's just... it's nice to see the two of you bonding so well... I just never dreamed... never in my wildest imaginings would I have ever dreamed I'd seduce my own daughter, and..." Billie sighed. "It never, ever occurred to me that we would be the serious instruments of her sexual awakening, and I'm just a little amazed at how things have developed between the two of you."
I nodded. "That makes two of us."
"The key now," Billie said, topping off her coffee mug, "is to find some sort of balance. I'm determined not to let this eat at me, but I know last night wasn't the end of it for the two of you; it was just the beginning. You're past the point of everything being new and adventurous, but she, on the other hand... she's going to want a little bit more each time until..."
I nodded.
"Promise me you won't let it consume you and become a wall between us."
I looked over at Billie and shook my head. "It won't."
I took a deep breath and looked up at her again.
"There was a moment last night," I said, "where I almost got up and walked away and came to get in bed with you."
"Before..."
I nodded again. "Before things spiraled away from me."
Billie reached over and grabbed my hand.
"She's as happy at the moment as I've seen her in I don't know how long."
I nodded. "I know. It's just... last night..."
I looked down, not sure what to say or how to say it, and as my eyes locked on Billie's breasts, soft, firm globes of flesh beneath her sweater, she laced her fingers with mine, and as my eyes traveled back up, I began to feel even more guilty.
I'm a sucker for a good looking woman in a turtleneck, and I really hoped none of the men my wife worked with felt the same way; Billie's sweater was bulky and clingy all at the same time, and combined with the slacks she was wearing, she was a dish.
I sighed and shook my head.
"Last night," I said, "it would have been so easy..." I looked into her eyes. "We... she and I... we were so close to..."
I couldn't tell my wife that I'd been so close to spearing my daughter with my penis that I could almost taste it; that I'd wanted to fuck her so bad it almost hurt.
Billie nodded and bit her lip.
"Do you remember... when we made Jessica?"
I looked up into Billie's eyes and nodded.
Our oldest daughter had been conceived during a period when we were both almost so busy we couldn't see straight. There had been a two month stretch where it seemed like we ran from one thing to another, and just about every night, by the time we crawled into bed, we were so dead tired it was all we could do to kiss and snuggle a little before we passed out.
We collapsed in each other's arms on a Friday night watching a movie on TV, taking a small measure of comfort in the fact that we didn't have anything pressing awaiting us the next morning.
The kisses had started softly enough, but over the course of a few minutes, the movie was forgotten as Billie and I shed clothing and became intimate. I rolled on top of her and after several minutes of us both panting and moaning, I filled her womb with my seed.
I smiled. I'd climaxed with a hand on her breast. And she'd been wearing a sweater like the one she had on now.
My cock jumped as I made the mental and emotional connection, and I looked up into Billie's eyes and nodded again.
That was the one and only time in two months when we had sex. Seven weeks later, Billie learned she was pregnant, and nine months later, we'd had our first daughter.
"I am sure," Billie said, raising my hand to her lips and kissing it, "that at some point, the two of you will be cuddling... or kissing... and it'll just... happen."
I nodded. It wouldn't happen that easily; of that I was pretty sure. But for the most part, Billie was probably right.
"We'll just hope and pray that the two of you don't have the same result from your union that you and I had from ours."
I nodded.
Fortunately, we knew, too, that hope isn't a method for the prevention of anything. Both our daughters had been on the pill for quite some time for medical reasons my wife had explained, but I had pushed to the back of my mind.
Billie leaned up and kissed me, and I swept my arms around her, hugging her tightly.
"I have an idea," I said.
"Mmmm." Billie kissed me and leaned back. "What's that?"
"Tonight. You. Me. On the couch. We can turn on a movie we've seen a dozen times. You can wear your sweater and we'll see what happens."
"Wear my sweater and..."
I smiled and then Billie smiled, too. "I like that idea, but you know our daughter may be home tonight."
I nodded. "She's seen us once."
Billie nodded. "And while I'm not so opposed to her seeing us have sex, I don't know how keen I am on the idea of her watching me fuck her father."
I raised my eyebrows. "You're going to fuck me?"
Billie smiled and nodded. "I need you inside me, and I want to ride you to make sure you hit all the right spots." Her words were hot against my ear as she breathed against me, and now my cock began to harden fast.
"I guess a quickie is out of the question," I said.
She smiled and nodded. "I have to get to work, and so do you."
I sighed with resignation, we kissed goodbye and headed out the door.
Kelly grabbed her books up and tucked them into the crook of her arm as she pulled them up against her chest.
Their coach hadn't forced them to dress out. That had been nice. Instead, she'd lined out the plan for the next few practices. Hoping to push the team over the top to the playoffs, there would be a practice tomorrow in the morning; that meant they couldn't cut loose and really enjoy their Friday night.
Everybody liked to cut loose on Friday nights; they knew better than to get crazy and party the night before a big practice, though and that had dampened their spirits a bit.
Kelly made her way to the door with the rest of the team, and one by one, they drifted out of the training room and into the hall, headed their individual ways to go home.
"I saw your dad last night," Pam said. "That's the first game he's been to all year, isn't it?"
Kelly nodded. "He promised me he'll be at the next one, too, and he said if we make the playoffs, he'll be at every game until we're done."
The girls pushed open the door and stepped out into the brisk afternoon marked by an overcast sky and a stiff breeze. Both of them reached up to brush their hair up and back out of their faces as they headed for the school parking lot.
"Wow. My dad came to the first couple of games back when school started and he hasn't been to one since. And I don't think he'll be coming to the next one, either. Or any of the playoffs."