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“I hate drugs,” Lillian said. “Too many lives are ruined by them.”
“Yes,” Cal said. “I hate them for what they did to my parents. How they made my father mean, and my mother just sat around in a daze.”
“What about you, Nathan,” Lillian asked.
“My parents are lawyers. Until recently, they’ve lived in Blessing all their lives, though they did not have a partner. It’s just the two of them.”
Lillian frowned at him. “Did they not believe in polyamory?”
“No, they just said they never found another person they wanted to be a part of their lives. They told me it was my choice and my decision on whether or not to live the Blessing way.”
They rode along in silence for a few more minutes until they came to the creek. Not far from the edge, a big oak tree grew, and they pulled their animals to a halt.
The sound of the water gurgling through the land was soothing. He loved this spot.
Nathan jumped off, but Cal was there before him to help Lillian disembark.
“I brought lunch,” Nathan said. “I thought we could have a picnic.”
Cal glanced at him and frowned.
“I also brought a blanket,” he said and then smiled in a way that Cal would know he’d brought the toys as well.
He pulled out the sandwiches and the blanket from his saddle bag.
Quickly, he checked the ground beneath the big oak tree for snakes and ants before he laid it down.
After Cal ground tethered the horses, they all sank onto the blanket in the shade of the tree.
“Tell us what your life was like in San Antonio,” Cal asked Lillian.
She shook her head.
“After living in Blessing, the big city took some getting used to. My mother, grandmother, and grandfather all had to get jobs. We lived in a small two-bedroom house. My grandparents had one room and my mother and I had the second bedroom. We were poor, but we managed to live within our means. My mother always pushed me to do well in school so I could get a scholarship. And I did. I attended the University of Texas in Austin, and then I got into Baylor Law School.”
She leaned back, and her breasts pushed against the blouse she wore. “Now I work with a law firm in San Antonio, but I need answers. We were so happy here. What happened?”
They all leaned back against the blanket, their bellies full from the sandwiches. For a moment, they were silent as they gazed out at the land and the beautiful blue skies.
“Listen to that. You can hear the water gurgling in the stream,” she said, her big sapphire eyes wide with amazement. “Let’s play a game.”
“What kind of game?” Cal asked.
“Truth or dare,” she said.
“How do you know the person is telling the truth?”
“I have nothing to hide,” she said, smiling. “Who wants to go first?”
“I will,” Nathan said.
A breeze blew, and Lillian licked moisture off her lips with her tongue.
Nathan went rigid. Dear God, did she not realize what she was doing to him?
“Truth or dare?” she asked.
“Truth,” Cal replied.
