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We laughed together, and it felt so good. When it got serious, however, was when Damon came into the dining room and announced dinner was almost ready. Then… added to that. “Listen, man, Eli, that is a good dude. And I don’t say that often.”
Spitting a laugh, Burke agreed. “That’s the fucking truth.”
“Hush up, Burke,” he said, then turned back to me. “No, seriously, I had just met you and I didn’t want to leave you in that last place. Then that fucker said what he said, and I just about ran back in, ready to drag you out of that place.”
“Damon, Jesus, fuck! You and your big mouth.”
“What? It’s the truth! That piece of living shit was no good, and if I’d have had a brain cell in my head…”
I looked from Burke, who was ready to punch his partner, then back to Damon, whose eyes were dark with hatred. “What are you talking about?”
Burke went to Damon and asked, gently, “Please, go help Noah, babe. Let me… try to tell him.”
“What’s he care now? He’s got a new man.”
“Go! Please?”
Damon went off while mumbling curse words and Burke grabbed my arm. “Listen, Eli, I was never going to tell you. It fucks with a person’s head. Harvey… when we were leaving, he said that you and he, you both didn’t want us around. That you were his, and he didn’t allow you to talk to other… Doms. I guess you told him we were in the lifestyle.”
I couldn’t believe my ears, but there was more.
“He offered us money to never talk to you again. You’ve met Damon, and he had a… lot of very choice words for him, telling him exactly where he could put his money. He told me and Damon… you weren’t allowed to see us again or he’d make our lives hell. I mean, we didn’t know how much you knew about his… ways. You seemed happy enough, I mean, not like now, but we didn’t know if you were that deep into being his sub or slave or whatever, so I didn’t want to say anything. We were keeping tabs on you, with a text now and then, making sure you were okay, and we would have visited again soon. That’s why we had to come here so fast, to make sure you weren’t with another one like him.”
I sat on one of the dining room chairs, all the air pushed out of my chest.
He kneeled in front of me. “Eli, it’s okay, man. We like Noah so far!”
Noah and Damon came in then, rushing, so Damon must have told Noah what he’d confessed to me. Noah grabbed me out of the chair, making Burke scramble out of the way. “What? Eli, what? Talk to me.”
Noah helped me into the living room, the others leaving us alone. I was placed on the couch, and Noah sat next to me. “Eli!”
His threat to them was real. I knew he’d meant it, because he tried to do that to me, make my life hell. He was after me; I felt it, and maybe he wouldn’t give up after he couldn’t get money from me. I knew Noah would protect me, and I wasn’t some wuss that couldn’t protect myself, either. I had to calm, at least to keep Noah calm. “I’m okay, Noah. I just… I never knew. I mean… he was really… bad.”
Noah forced me to look at him. “That’s over now. Baby, listen to me, I’m not him, and I’ll never be him.”
“I know. I… I really know that.”
“Then forget it. It’s over, and you learned a lesson. But now, we have a life together, you, me, Tawny, Lover Boy, Spirit, all of us. Even Bossie.”
I smiled because Noah could always make me smile. “Let’s go eat, Noah. I’m starving, and I don’t want them to think…”
“I know. Come on.”
We had a great meal and even better conversation. The topics, of course, wound their way to the lifestyle, with Damon smiling wickedly at his partner as Burke answered some of Noah’s questions. “It’s unconventional. I know. We met at a club, sure, but we were both eyeing the same little subbie, and he was a sweet thing. I saw Damon approaching the guy, he saw me, and we postured for a minute or two, then I suggested we both take him on.”
“I suggested it,” Damon argued.
“No, I did,” Burke said, standing his ground. As Damon rolled his eyes, Burke went on, “And, anyway, we figured out that we liked the same things, so we made plans to do another three-way the next weekend. We did, three or four times, but after, we’d go get a drink, then food, and finally we ended up in bed. It’s… difficult, being we’re both not only Doms but Tops, too. But we had our fun that night, and the next time, and before you knew it, we were moving in together.”
“That’s a hell of a story,” Noah gave, but added, “So, do you take turns… subbing as well as bottoming?”
“No. We tried, believe me, but this asshole hates pain, and I don’t like to be told what to do,” Burke told him, laughing. “And god forbid if I call him names.”
I laughed. “That presents problems, and Burke, you spent too many years being a fucking drill sergeant.”
“I know. Don’t I know?”
Damon laughed and kissed the air toward his partner. “He’s a real prick sometimes with that. Wants everything just so! Like, who gives a fuck how I fold the shirts?”
