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through his panic. The cushion between him and Blake sank with her weight. Her
heat wafted over the right side of his body; her breast brushed his upper arm.
They have me, she said. Mac and Blake aren t gay. Definitely not gay. The
three of us have been together for the last fourteen years. I don t see that
changing& ever.
God, she did love them! Mac slid his hand to her thigh. Electricity sizzled up
his arm, connecting them.
Gwen s gaze darted to his hand. A frown pulled her eyebrows closer. You re
a& a
A trio. A ménage. Lori rubbed her hand over Blake s back. Need the
Heimlich? I d suggest Mac help you out, but I suspect at this point, you d rather
choke to death than have him butt up behind you.
Blake waved off the suggestion and reached for Lori s wineglass. It might have
been funny in other circumstances. It would be funny down the line.
Lori relinquished her glass without a word, then leaned back and placed her
other hand high on Mac s thigh. Her arm was under his, her breast pressed into it.
His erection swelled in the opposite direction, weeping with regret it wasn t under
her touch.
Gwen eased back into her seat. Oh, I see.
Lori chuckled. I doubt it. It s a harder concept to grasp than if they were gay.
Add to it my tie to Becky and the fact you ve never met me& I imagine it even hurts
a little that so important a relationship was never shared with you. As I ve
discovered in the last twenty-four hours, it s often very hard to share everything,
even with those we love more than life itself.
Blake pulled in a deep breath. We do love each other more than life itself. I
can t begin to tell you the host of reasons why we chose to keep it a secret. Some of
them I m sure you can guess; others are best left unspoken. But
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They did it for me, Lori said.
Her fingers drifted idly over Mac s thigh, burning his skin beneath the denim,
tripling the predicament he knew everyone could see. Her other hand did the same,
nails raking over Blake s back.
It s all been for me from the moment we met, at the risk to their careers and
reputations and at the expense of their own feelings.
Which is our own fault for not speaking up. Blake refilled her glass and set it
on the table before her. But as with all relationships, when you re committed, you
have to work together to overcome the rough spots. No walking away.
Lori s grip tightened on Mac s thigh. He dropped his hand over hers and
squeezed. No walking away, she replied, then alternately kissed Blake and him.
So Becky leaned forward how does that work? What if you get pregnant?
That s not possible, Lori quietly replied. My injuries were so severe, the only
choice was a hysterectomy that night.
Becky s hand covered her gasp, but the horror blazed from her eyes. How
could she have ever been with that man?
Lori wrapped Becky s hand in both of hers. People make mistakes. You have
to understand that my mother wasn t the greatest. She had plenty of faults and
made very bad decisions. But when she found out that Webster had raped me and I
was pregnant, she did her best to get her act together and get us the hell away from
him. Getting us away was all she managed. She continued to be a wreck. We did the
best we could. Then he spied me at the grocery store, followed me home, and& I m
grateful you don t remember the terror from that night. My mother tried to buy me
time to get away with you, but it all happened so fast. The details are something I
don t want to share with you, but I will if you insist on knowing.
Becky shook her head.
Lori took a deep breath. I would have died if it weren t for Mac and Blake.
Lori lifted her hands to their faces. They are my men, my loves. I told them to
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protect you at all costs. I told them the truth, begged them to make you safe. They
were barely older than me, their first night on the job. They d only met each other
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