Chapter 11

The two-family cook out in the Garson back yard was Elaine's idea, and apparently Elaine was the only one present who didn't feel the least bit uncomfortable. She had a constant smile on her face as she moved from one task to another in a whirlwind of activity.

The others were either subdued or forcing themselves to appear to be having fun. Sam Shae attempted to relieve some of his own personal tension through generous doses of rum and water. The dozen snapshots he carried in his back pocket were his insurance against any unpleasant showdown with Harvey Garson.

Freddy Shae was sitting on the grass under the pecan tree brooding about his fate. Less than an hour before the scheduled cook out, Sam had taken Freddy aside and told him he knew all about his son's games with the Garson girls. Freddy had expected to be punished, but instead his father had merely wanted to let his son know that he knew. Freddy was certain some kind of bomb was going to be dropped on him this afternoon, and he was trying to think of a way to escape severe punishment.

April and Dawn were in much the same position. The two pretty Garson girls had received a surprise talk from their mother just before the Shaes came over. In stunned silence they had listened to their mother tell them that she knew everything they had been doing in the secrecy of their clubhouse. Even more surprising was the fact that Elaine did not even threaten to punish them! As a result, the two girls had lost much of their enthusiasm about having the Shaes over and they had been dedicated to helping Elaine all afternoon.

Tina was quiet and reserved. She was careful not to pay too much attention to Harvey Garson. She joked with April some and asked how she could help Mrs. Garson. Tina's only reason for being nervous was that she had full knowledge of the tangled webs everybody present had woven in the past week. She was also tuned in to the undercurrent flowing in the Garson back yard and she was beginning to worry about everything blowing sky high.

Harvey Garson was on his second six-pack of beer as he turned the chickens on the charcoal brazier. Half a dozen times he caught himself glancing at Tina. She was wearing short shorts and a halter that emphasized rather than concealed her fantastic little body. Harvey had promised himself that he wouldn't pay any attention to her this afternoon. He didn't want to give Elaine even a small hint about what had happened.

He couldn't understand why Elaine had insisted on having the Garsons over. Even more mysterious was why she was so carefree and gay with her husband and secret lover together like this!

Once again Harvey caught himself staring at Tina! She was standing profile to him with her pointed tits and full blown tail sticking out! What a sexy creature! And it went deeper than looks, Harvey reminded himself. Tina was something else in bed!

Harvey had considered confronting Elaine with her affair, but now he couldn't. Not if he wanted to keep screwing Tina. And Harvey desperately wanted to keep screwing Tina!

"Hey kids!" Elaine called as she came out of the house with a large pitcher of deep red liquid in her hand. "Here's something to drink'"

"Hey, this is good!" Dawn said enthusiastically when she took a sip. "What is it?"

"A special punch," Elaine replied with a smile as she poured glasses for Tina, April and Freddy.

"That's Thunderbird!" Freddy remarked. "I tasted it at a guy's house once."

"Well, don't broadcast it all over the neighborhood," Elaine laughed. "Enjoy it."

She watched the children take seconds from the pitcher full of iced sweet wine and smiled to herself. Elaine wanted to be sure they were all relaxed at dinner and she knew the wine would do it.

"How long, Harvey?" she called.

"Any time you're ready," Harvey replied. "Just give everybody a plate and I'll fill them with broiled chicken."

In less than five minutes they were all seated around the big table on the patio. Elaine saw that the children had another glass of the sweet wine to go with their meal. The adults were drinking ice cold beer. The tantalizing aroma of the hot food revived spirits and the tension seemed to relax somewhat while they all attacked their plates with genuine enthusiasm.

After desert, Elaine stood at pne end of the table and raised her coffee cup in a toast.

"Well," she said slowly and deliberately clearly, "here's to sex!"

There was dead silence at the table as she raised the cup to her lips and took a long sip.

"Aren't you joining?" she taunted with a broad smile. "Why, I thought all of you were enjoying sex! How about you, Harvey darling? Won't you toast the great time you had in bed with Tina the other night?"

"Elaine!" Harvey snapped, starting to rise at the other end of the table.

"Sit down, Harvey!" Elaine laughed. "We have photos of your not-so-innocent games. Pass them around, Sam. The kids will enjoy them. We certainly won't offend anyone. How about you, Freddy Shae? Aren't you going to toast the fun you've had with April and Dawn in the clubhouse!"

"Holy shit!" April said half under her breath.

"And, April, you really should clean up your language," Elaine laughed.

"Are you crazy, Elaine!" Harvey snapped.

"No, darling, I'm not crazy," Elaine said with a smile.

"Are you trying to say that Freddy has been ... well. ."

"Balling is the work I think you're looking for, Harvey," Elaine offered.

"You mean he's been balling our daughters!" Harvey said, his face flushing a dangerous red.

"Yes, dear. Freddy has been balling our daughters. And our daughters have been balling Freddy. I'm afraid that even I'm not innocent, darling. Sam and I have been ... balling. Yes, that's a good word for it-balling!"

"But ... but ... but...." Harvey stuttered.

"Dear, you sound like an outboard motor," Elaine offered with a bright laugh. The children broke their individual tension to join in her laughter. "We've all been having a grand time sucking fucking and I think it's time we brought it out in the open, that's all."

"My God, Elaine! Watch what you say!" Harvey snapped.

"Well, let's take a poll on my language," Elaine replied. "April, what do you call taking a man's organ in your mouth?"

"Sucking cock," April returned with a laugh. She had just enough wine in her blood to feel completely uninhibited.

"Dawn, what do you call it when a boy inserts his organ in your vagina?"

"Fucking!" Dawn replied with a giggle.

"For Christ's sake, Elaine! Keep it down! We don't want all of our neighbors to hear this," Harvey said.

"I agree, darling," Elaine replied. "Why don't we go inside where we can talk it out? No, girls, leave the dishes. We'll worry about them later."

The children were animated as they followed Elaine into the living room. They were obviously glad to have it all out in the open so that they didn't have to live in the fear of being discovered.

Sam experienced much the same reaction, but he had no idea why Elaine had chosen this moment for the revelation. Nor did he have any idea what she intended to suggest.

Harvey was beside himself. He had known about Elaine and Sam, so that didn't surprise him. But April and Dawn with Freddy! That blew his mind! He tried to catch Elaine's eye to have a word with her in private, but she ignored him. He was the last to enter the living room and the only empty seat was next to Tina on the couch. Harvey hesitated for a moment, then reminded himself that it was all out in the open anyway and took the seat.

"Look," Elaine began, "I haven't done this to embarrass anyone. Let's understand that from the beginning. It's just that we're all going to be nervous wrecks if we go on like this. And I think you'll all agree that we're really being very silly. What we've done is already done and can't be erased. We must have enjoyed, it, or we certainly wouldn't have done it and gone back for more. Now that we have it out in the open, we can relax and stop worrying ourselves to death about being caught."

"You don't mean that you condone April and Dawn having sex with Freddy!" Harvey said.

"Why not?" Elaine demanded. "What's different about April balling Freddy and you're balling Tina? April is older than Tina, Harvey. Are you saying it's all right for you to climb into bed with Tina but April can't do the same thing?"

"Well...." Harvey replied in a somewhat subdued tone. "I think I need a stiff drink. Anyone else?"

"I'll join you," Sam sighed.

"Fix me one, too," Elaine said.

"Mom," April said slowly, "my head's all fuzzy and maybe I don't understand. None of you are mad because Dawn and I have been having sex with Freddy?"

"Why should I be mad, April?" Elaine replied with a smile.

"Well, I mean...." April fumbled.

"Seriously, April," Elaine pressed, "do you think I should be mad? Do you feel you've done something wrong?"

"Not really, I guess."

"How about you, Dawn?" Elaine asked.

"Gee, no! It was fun," the eleven-year-old girl responded quickly.

"How about you, Freddy?"

"Gosh, I guess not," Freddy said with a light blush crossing his cheeks. "If it was wrong, why would we want it so much and why would it be such fun?"

"Tina?" Elaine said, turning to the pretty honey blonde.

"I don't think it's wrong," Tina responded. "As long as it doesn't get somebody in trouble, I mean."

"Exactly!" Elaine exclaimed. "And that's why I say it's time to get it out in the open! If we keep sneaking around, somebody's bound to get hurt."

"Can I see the photos of me and Mr. Garson?" Tina asked.

"Sure," Sam said, walking back into the room with a tall drink in his hand. He took the packet of snapshots from his pocket and handed them to his daughter. He'd had them developed by a close friend whose hobby was photography, and Tina hadn't seen them yet. Freddy, April, and Dawn quickly drew around Tina as she began looking at the pictures.

"What do you feel about all of this, Sam?" Elaine asked, taking a long swallow of her drink when Harvey handed it to her. "You've been terribly quiet."

"I thought you two cooked this up together," Harvey remarked with a drop of acid in his voice.

"No, Harvey," Sam said quietly. "Elaine gave me no warning that she was going to spring this. I'm not sure how I react. I know I'm glad it's out in the open. And I suppose I'm glad it's out in the open now."

"Look, I'm not trying to shock anybody," Elaine said. "It just seemed to me that we were walking a dangerous tight rope emotionally. Let's face it. As much fun as you are in bed, Sam, I'm not about to leave Harvey to marry you. Harvey and I have a good marriage, a nice family and a long-term commitment to each other."

"I'm glad to hear that!" Harvey said with a sigh.

"And it would be ridiculous to think Harvey would leave me to live with a girl younger than his own daughter," Elaine continued.

"What you're saying is that this should be contained in a physical relationship?" Sam asked.

"Right!" Elaine agreed. "And isn't that what we want the children to learn-the physical side of sex?"

Giggles, then hearty laughter came across the room from where the children were gathered around Tina looking at the pictures.

"Look!" Elaine said quietly, pointing at the children. "They're laughing at those photos. Isn't that better than snickering and thinking they're dirty?"

"Hey," Harvey called out, "I'm one of the stars of those photos and I haven't seen them!"

"Wait'll you see this one, Dad!" Dawn exclaimed, trotting across the room and handing a picture to her father. "Look at the expression on Tina's face!"

"She forgot to say 'cheese,' " April laughed, joining the others as Tina carried the photos to Harvey.

Elaine smiled when she saw the bulge in Freddy's crotch when he walked across the room. Even though the children laughed at the photos, there was no doubt in Elaine's mind that they also found them stimulating to see!

Tina sat beside Harvey and handed him the photographs one by one. She had to admit that they were funny, but she also found them very exciting. The warm glow in her loins threatened to become a fire as she looked at the photos with Harvey. One glance at his lap told her that he was experiencing the same thing. Boldly, Tina reached over and placed her hand on top of the protrusion at this crotch and began rubbing gently.

"I haven't seen them, either," Elaine announced. "Freddy, why don't you bring me the ones they've already looked at?"

"Sure!" Freddy replied, picking up the photos Harvey had placed on the cushion of the couch beside him. He crossed the room and sat down on the love seat beside Elaine.

"Looks like they've turned you on," Elaine laughed, looking pointedly at the fourteen-year-old boy's bulging groin. Elaine casually placed her hand in the boy's lap and began fondling his rigid sex. "Let's look at them together."

April and Dawn surveyed the room and then glanced at each other. Tina was brazenly playing with Harvey's prick as they laughed about their facial expressions in the photos. Elaine's hand was equally busy in Freddy's lap while they studied some of the snapshots.

"We don't need any pictures, do we?" April said with a naughty smile crossing her lips.

"Heck, no!" Dawn agreed, following her sister over to where Sam was seated on the sofa.

April sat on one side of Sam and Dawn cuddled up on the other.

"Do you like us?" April asked coyly.

"Of course I like you!" Sam replied with a chuckle.

"Then how come your prick is soft?" Dawn demanded.

"Hey!" Tina exclaimed excitedly. "Why don't we have a party?"