Chapter 12
Lillian called her mother, and her grandmother picked up the phone.
“You need to come to Blessing,” she told her. “I found Grandpa, and he didn’t lose the ranch. It was stolen from him.”
There was a moment of silence on the phone.
“He didn’t cheat on you. In fact, did you know that Barbara died before she ever moved out to the ranch? We’re checking on that. But I saw the paperwork that Grandfather signed. It’s not legal. Especially since I think he was drugged. He said he only drank one beer, and it knocked him for a loop.”
“You just couldn’t leave things alone,” her grandmother said, the anger radiating through the phone. “He’s a drunk. He lies, and yes, he cheated on me. I found panties in his truck. Barbara’s panties.”
Lillian gasped. Had she been wrong about her grandfather? Had he lied to her?
Stunned, she sank into a chair. She’d stepped outside to talk to her grandmother, where Cal and Nathan could not hear her conversation.
“And you’re certain they were hers?”
“Well, who else would they belong to? Not unless he had another woman on the side.”
If her grandfather was lying, he deserved an Academy Award. As a lawyer, she was trained to recognize the tells when someone was lying. He’d shown nothing.
“Did you ever tell him you’d found Barbara’s panties in his truck?”
“No, why should I? I was so angry that I wasn’t speaking to him. I packed up the stuff I could, and Kenneth and I left.”
Why hadn’t these people talked? Why had it taken almost twenty years before the details were revealed? If only they had spoken, maybe they would have realized they were being set up.
“He’s dying, Grandmother. He has lung cancer and has months to live,” she said softly.
Her grandmother gasped.
“Don’t you think it’s time we all sat down and talked about what happened? Figure out who is lying and who is telling the truth, and forgive one another. We don’t have much time left as a family.”
She heard her grandmother crying over the phone.
“We suffered so much because of what he’d done,” her grandmother said. “It’s hard to forgive him. We were so happy there, and then suddenly everything was destroyed.”
“Yes, but was he truly a drunk? Or was his drink spiked with some drug?”
Her grandmother was silent. “Paul liked to drink every so often, but no, he’d never been a drunk. He’d never come home like he did that night. How he got home without killing himself or someone else, I don’t know. And then, Ron showed up with the sheriff to evict us, I was beside myself. Later that day, I went out to his truck, and the panties were sitting on the passenger seat.” She paused. “I just knew he’d cheated on me.”
And yet her grandfather kept saying how much he loved her grandmother.
“What did Kenneth say to all of this?”
“We were both sick. We didn’t have the money to fight Ron Thomas over the ranch. We were stuck. We couldn’t even afford a lawyer.”
“Grandfather Paul says he still loves you,” she said.
A sob came over the phone. “Why didn’t he fight for us? He should have fought Ron.”
“Because what money was left, he wanted to make certain that all of us had a place to live.”
Her grandmother sobbed, and it broke her heart not to be there to comfort her. She hated what had happened to all of them.
“He was a good man,” she said. “Until that night…”
Lillian could hear the desperation in her grandmother’s voice. She now understood more about why she never wanted to talk about it again.
“Tomorrow, I’m moving my grandfather out of his current home and getting him into a senior center. It would be great if you all could come and see him. We could sit down and talk.”
With a sigh, her grandmother didn’t say anything for several minutes. Finally, she responded. “I’ve hated that man for nearly twenty years. I’ve hated him for tearing our family apart. What if I’ve been wrong all these years? What if I’ve been hating the wrong people?”
Lillian’s chest squeezed with hurt. That was a great question.
“This is why I had to learn the truth,” Lillian said. “I don’t know all the answers yet. But from what I have been told and the paperwork I saw, it looks like he was conned. And the sad part is I’m falling in love with Ron Thomas’s grandson, Cal. So I’m in just as much of a tough spot as you are, Grandmother. I don’t know what to do.”
Again, there was silence on the phone.
“Lillian, you’re a smart woman. If Cal is the man for you, let him have the ranch.”
All day long, she’d been thinking maybe this was what she should do, but then her heart would say no. She needed to clear her grandfather’s name, and if the ranch rightfully belonged to her grandfather, she wanted to keep it.
Only problem, she feared, was that Cal would never speak to her again. And could she blame him? Wouldn’t she be doing to him what had been done to her family?
Nathan stepped outside.
“Grandmother, I’ve got to go,” she said. “At least think about coming back to Blessing and seeing Grandfather one last time.”
“I’ll talk to Kenneth and your mother,” she said.
Disconnecting the call, she glanced at Nathan.
“I’m so confused,” she said, gazing at him. “My grandmother admitted to me that she found a pair of ladies’ underwear in my grandfather’s truck. That’s why she believed he was cheating on her. What if he lied to me? What if everything that Ron and your father said is true about him? And yet, looking at that paper, I know he’s been wronged.”
Nathan nodded.
“I think it’s time for us all to put this behind us tonight,” he said. “I think the only comfort any of us will find is in each other’s arms.”
Jumping up from the patio chair, she ran to him. “Thank goodness. I need to be held by both of you tonight. I’m so afraid that what we’re going to learn will tear us apart.”
“Me too,” Nathan said, pulling her in tightly and holding her against his chest.
Here, she found comfort, solace, safety, and security. Here, in his arms and Cal’s, she’d found everything she’d been looking for.
And now her heart was getting involved, and that scared her.
Terrified her.
Made her doubt all her reasons for learning the truth.
Lillian couldn’t wait to experience the joy she always found in Nathan and Cal’s arms. Quietly, she followed Nathan up the stairs to the main bedroom where Cal lay naked on the bed.
“Sorry, darling, I need this tonight,” he said. “I need to forget the ugliness of the human race and focus on the beauty of you in my arms.”
Warmth filled her. They were all trying so hard not to let this situation hurt them.
She removed her clothes slowly.
“I need you as well,” she said, sliding the zipper down her jeans. “In fact, how much I need you terrifies me.”
A grin spread across Cal’s face.
“Don’t leave me out,” Nathan said, removing his pants and shirt. He’d run around barefoot since she walked in the door.
Nathan walked over to the dresser, selecting a larger plug from the wooden box and a jar of ointment. “This is the last plug. I want to see you work it into your ass. Afterward, I’m going to spank you, and you are not allowed to come.”
She tilted her dark curls in one direction. “You’re punishing me because I went to my grandfather’s this afternoon without you.”
“Yes, darling. The thought of you being out there alone scares the hell out of me. Tomorrow, I’ll go with you.”
He sank down on the bed. “Across my lap when you’re ready.”
“Put the plug in first,” Cal said. “I want to watch.”
Pursing her lips, she glanced between them and then took the plug in her fingers. Nathan handed her the lube and watched as she greased up the end. She placed the object between her legs but paused.
“We’ve had a couple of trying days. But I want you to know I like the fact that you’re in control. I like what we do together. I like it when you spank me for pleasure. But I don’t like it when you punish me.”
“Don’t disobey, and I won’t spank you hard,” Nathan said. “But that place frightens me. That creepy woman next door might have a man around that would harm you. Don’t go out there alone again.”
Lillian smiled at Nathan as she reached up and stroked his face. “She frightens me as well.”
“Put the plug in,” Nathan told her, placing a hand on her knee; she dropped her legs open wide and rubbed the dowel through her wet, glistening pussy.
She wanted to experience both of them at the same time. She was almost ready. And she feared that whatever they learned tomorrow would keep them from doing the final act together.
Slowly, she inched the plug in, breathing deeply, pushing and pulling; she bit her lip as the fake cock popped into place. For a moment, she breathed as her body adjusted to the new, larger size. There were no other plugs; this was the end. Time would tell whether or not she ever experienced both of them at the same time.
“Good,” Cal said.
Cal swatted her ass, jolting the plug and sending tingles through her body. She gasped and turned her gaze on him.
“Over my knee,” Nathan demanded as he sat on the bed.
Lying back, Cal watched as Nathan helped her over his lap. Cal stroked his long, hard cock as she lay waiting for the feel of Nathan’s hand. A bead of cum spilled from the end. Lillian watched, mesmerized, dreading Nathan’s hand on her ass, realizing this was the first time he’d spanked her.
Nathan leaned down and kissed her on the ass, running his tongue along the seam of her cheeks.
“Spank me. You told me not to go alone, but I had to talk to my grandfather,” she said, wanting this to be over and for the pleasure to begin.
“Count,” Nathan commanded.
Nathan raised his hand and connected his palm with her rounded cheeks.
Smack!
“One,” she gasped. He hit her harder than Cal.
“Don’t go out there alone,” Nathan said.
Smack!
“Two,” she cried.
“It’s dangerous out there,” Nathan said.
Smack!
“Three,” she gasped, feeling the heat spreading over her cheeks.
Cal gripped her breasts in his hands, massaging and twisting her nipples. Explosions of desire came from so many places on her body that she moaned.
Smack!
“Nathan,” she cried, her hands searching for something to grip onto. She’d stopped counting, but he didn’t reprimand her.
The feeling of heat stopped, and she felt his hands rubbing her warmed cheeks.
This was the first time he’d spanked her. He would let his fingers linger near her clit or brush them against that little button.
Subtle differences that she realized were making her orgasm build within her.
A moan escaped deep from her throat.
“Nathan,” she moaned, feeling so close to coming. Though Cal had spanked her harder, Nathan’s touch was more sexual, sensuous, and left her breathing hard, lifting her ass to meet him. Almost eager for the next caress.
Rising from the bed, Cal slid his fingers over her folds before he plunged them inside her. When he pulled them out, they could see the wetness. “She’s dripping.”
She turned and gazed at Nathan.
“Please fuck me,” she cried.
Picking her up, Cal laid her on the bed on her back. Immediately, she spread her legs wide.
“Do you want to come?”
A smile spread across her face. “Yes. I want to feel both of you deep inside me.”
“And we can’t wait to fuck you,” Cal said.
Her ass was warm and ached, but beneath the pain was a pleasure that rode her hard. Lying on the bed, she was anxious, and her body ached for her men to fill her. Never in a million years had she dreamed that pleasure could come from pain, and she liked that her men took charge of her and were rough and domineering.
Never in a million years had she dreamed that two men would satisfy her in ways she never imagined. While her family had two men and one woman, she’d never understood the significance. The joy two men could bring.
And now she was falling in love with her two men, yet there was tension between them, this dark cloud hanging over them.
Quickly, she pushed the thoughts of the ranch and their dilemma out of her mind.
While she trembled with anticipation, she couldn’t wait to feel them deep inside her at the same time. And she hoped that would be soon.
Nathan lay beside her and then pulled her on top of him. His emerald eyes gazed into hers. “Are you ready?”
On the bed, he lay back, his head on the pillows, his cock standing at attention. All for her, and her pussy clenched as she stared at his massive cock. She could hardly wait to be filled by him.
“Climb on top and put my cock in your pussy,” Nathan said with a groan.
Gladly, she lifted a leg over him and moved into position, her hands resting on his chest. Leaning on him, she realized Nathan’s strength.
All man. Powerful and seductive. Her man. The bed shifted, and Cal climbed behind her. His tongue caressed her cheeks. Sliding down, he flicked her clit before he sucked it into his mouth. A groan escaped her, and she pushed back, needing more of his tongue, but he pushed her toward Nathan’s cock.
Rising above Nathan, she slid down over his hard cock. She leaned back as she went lower and lower until she hit his pelvis. The feel of his long, hard cock snug in her pussy was almost enough to send her over the edge. The plug in her ass was tight against him.
All the pleasure from before returned, swamping her with lust. She gasped. Filled with cock and the plug, she was complete, so tight, and yet she wanted more.
She began to move up and down on Nathan’s rigid member, rubbing her clit, needing to ride the pleasure building inside her.
Cal’s hand caressed her buttocks, his hand rubbing her ass, pressing her more toward Nathan.
As she hovered over Nathan’s chest, her nipples brushed against his hair, rubbing and abrading them. He gripped her face and kissed her. A moan escaped her as their tongues tangled, and still, she wanted more.
Cal pulled the plug from her ass with one hand while the other fondled her clit. When the plug came free, she felt like she was opened wide, empty, and bereft.
“Put it back in,” she cried.
“With pleasure,” Cal said as he shoved the butt plug into her ass.
A moan escaped from her as she rode Nathan’s cock, gripping him tightly with her muscles.
“Darling, you keep squeezing me like that, and I’m going to cum.”
“Only if you take me with you,” she gasped as she felt Cal’s fingers on her ass.
His fingers tweaked her clit, and her orgasm rushed toward her like a speeding train.
“Oh, Nathan, I’m going to cum,” she cried.
Cal slapped her on the ass, and it sent her over the edge, and she took Nathan with her. The two of them rocked back and forth, clinging to one another as he came deep inside her.
When she finally came falling back to earth, she slumped on top of him. “That was quick.”
“Oh, we’re not done yet,” Cal said. “I’m going to take you from behind, doggie style, up on your knees.”
A hot rush of desire raced through her. She whimpered at how they controlled her completely.
With a long desire-filled sigh, she felt Cal push inside her, spreading her ass cheeks as he gazed at the plug deep inside her.
Nathan layered his mouth over hers, his fingers searching for her nipples and twisting them.
“Oh,” she cried, breaking the kiss with Nathan. “Cal, you’re so thick, so long, and so deep inside me.”
His hands were on her hips as he moved her in time to his thrust. She couldn’t escape him, and she didn’t want to. It felt so good as he pounded inside her.
“Cal,” she cried.
“Darling, don’t you dare come without me, or I will paddle that pink ass of yours.”
First, Nathan, then Cal, pushed her closer and closer to the edge as he retreated and then filled her over and over. In and out, Cal maneuvered her body while Nathan sucked on her nipples, bringing her to the brink of pleasure again.
“Nathan,” she cried. “Cal.”
Cal pounded into her repeatedly. Between these two men was where she belonged. Here was her life. She needed the two of them to fuck her. To claim her. To make her theirs.
Yet, a black cloud hung over them—a black cloud she’d brought to them.
How could she live without these two strong men? They were her men, and she was fast falling in love with them.
“Please, can I come?” she cried, knowing she couldn’t hold out much longer.
“Oh, yes,” Cal gasped.
A scream tore through her throat as she squeezed and held Cal deep within her, working the seed from his body. Nothing mattered but her two men. They were hers, and she was theirs.
Her breathing was heavy as her heartbeat slowed, and she loved being sandwiched between their two rock-hard bodies.
If only she could give up her dream of discovering the truth, she could have them forever. But all her life, she’d been driven to find out what happened.
As much as she wanted, she couldn’t give up on learning the truth. No matter how much it hurt all of them.