Page 102 of Perfect Three

“I’m going out with them both, at the same time.”

“I know you are, but you have to...”There was a heavy silence as Allison finally realized what her mother said.

Lucy waited for the explosion.

“How could you?That’s sick!”

“I beg your pardon?Sorry, Allison, but there’s nothing wrong with our relationship.”

“Wrong?Hell, you’re going out with two men together.”

“Yes, I am.”

“Does that mean you’re sleeping with them both?”

“Yes.”

“Oh god!Please tell me not at the same time.”

“Not that it’s any business of yours, Allison, but we have a very satisfying sexual relationship together.”

“Eww!”

“If you’d rather not come, I understand, but realize both Seb and Jack will be here.”

“No, we’ll come.I want to meet them,” she snarled.Then, she added, “But I don’t have to like it.”

“I’m not asking you to like it, but I would expect you to be polite.But you have to understand, Allison, these men mean a lot to me.They are a huge part of my life.They both make me very happy.”

“Fine.”Lucy could hear the anger in Allison’s voice, but at least she knew now.Maybe given time she’d get over her hostility.

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The two men slept thenight before Geoffrey’s birthday at Lucy’s.

Jack helped her cook and Lucy discovered she was really enjoying it and wasn’t too bad a cook.Sebastian had been watching the pair of them as they prepared lunch—a leg of roast lamb with all the trimmings.

Lucy’s family would be arriving around eleven, and lunch was organized for one.

The week before, Lucy had ordered some more chickens.Now that the coop was repaired, she had decided she wanted more.

Sebastian was picking up the chickens and chicks at eleven.They’d left it until today so Lucy’s grandchildren could help put them in the chicken pen.Sebastian had suggested it, thinking it might be a way to break the ice.He picked up his keys and kissed Lucy, then Jack.

“See you soon.Try and behave, you two.”

“Us?You’re joking.”Jack laughed at their lover.

Sebastian shook his head as he left the room.It was ten to eleven, and he had said that it was best to get away before Lucy’s family arrived so they only met the men one at a time.

Lucy was nervous as hell.She jumped and gave a tiny scream as she heard the front door open and a stampede of tiny feet run through the house.

“Nanny!Nanny!”

Two little bodies flung themselves into her.They both held balloons.

She knelt down and hugged them both then gave them a kiss each.

They gave her the balloons after singing a rousing chorus of ‘happy birthday to Daddy’.Lizzie told Lucy she was to mind the balloons because they were special and Lizzie was worried they would burst.

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