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Once they’re satisfied that I’m clean and taken care of, they hoist me up onto Evan’s massive California king.
In the middle of the bed, I snuggle up with the blanket and think of my descent. With the guys around me, expectant looks on their faces, I know it’s time to reveal all.
It’s now or never.
Paul brings over a bottle of scotch. I need a drink like never before.
He pours me some, and I take it down in one gulp. Then I offer the glass back to him in a gesture for more.
He pours me another drink, and I sip on it.
“Take it from the top,” Evan says.
This is it. This is my moment of reckoning.
There’s no more running. There’s no more hiding. It’s time to face the truth that I’ve been trying to hide for so very long.
I look into each of their handsome faces one final time, savoring the moment of these men adoring me. I know it’s the last moment they will.
With a deep breath, I say, “It all started like this. Simon was my boyfriend. I’ve been in a relationship with him since college. He’s the only guy I’ve ever been with...before you guys came along. And he’s also Joan’s son. As I understand it, she was your father’s girlfriend or mistress or whatever you want to call it.”
I can hardly meet their eyes as I continue. There’s a hushed silence in the room as they take in what I’m saying.
“Simon has been furious with your family for leaving him out of the will. He and Joan are all about the money. They’ve been vying for your father’s fortune ever since the day she met him. The thing is...he never married her. And thank god for it. She would’ve taken everything. But as it is, Simon sent me here on a mission. I came undercover as a maid, and I was supposed to dig up dirt on your father or to somehow get my hands on the will.”
Now I stop, not for dramatic effect but because I’m starting to feel choked up. I can barely go on.
This is the last thing I want to do. Describing my betrayal is more painful than I could’ve imagined.
Ian looks at me sternly and says, “Go on.”
Fuck. It doesn’t look good for me.
I take a sip of scotch and say, “Okay, well, I came here under false pretenses. But then I met you guys, and you all were so great to me. I swear I haven’t been faking anything. What I feel for each of you is so intense that it’s been consuming me from day one. The thing is, I had Simon on my back. I found the will and I took a picture of it, but I promise you that I destroyed it and never sent it to him. Simon recently cut off contact with me, and I figured that was the end of it. I thought maybe at last I was free. That is, until tonight.”
My hands are trembling around the glass of scotch. I take another sip, hoping it can do something for my nerves.
“Anyway, I refused to do his dirty work any longer. He came to the party, pulled me aside, and threatened to rape and kill me. I really thought that was it,” I say, my eyes brimming with tears.
To my total shock, the guys embrace me. They hold me tightly and whisper soothing words into my ear.
“It’s okay, baby,” Ian says.
“We don’t think less of you,” Matt says, rubbing my back.
I look up at Paul, and he pours me some more scotch. “The thing is, Meg, you didn’t betray us in the end. You did the right thing.”
What? Are they seriously forgiving me right now when I can’t even forgive myself?
Their reactions catch me off guard, and I suddenly feel shy, undeserving of their praise.
“How can you forgive me just like that?” I say, feeling bewildered.
Evan holds me tight. “Because, Meg, you’re ours. We never doubted you for a second. You don’t have a harmful bone in your body. That’s been obvious to us since the beginning.”
With that, I’m swept off my feet both emotionally and literally. They take me in their arms and start to consume me.
The shock I’ve just been through melts into happiness as my deepest and darkest desires are coming true. All the guys began to take me at once, and I realize for the first time that it’s okay for me to love them all.
And that’s the truth. Idolove each one of them equally, but in vastly different ways.
I sink back down onto the soft pillows and let them devour me.
