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* * * *
She ll come round. She ll be back, Simeon said to Finn, his
wobbly voice belying his confident words.
I don t know. She took what we said as an insult to her honor
rather than as a plea for her personal safety.
She ll be back, Simeon repeated, trying to convince them both.
* * * *
The next week passed very slowly for Tia. She spent Saturday
morning with Keziah in the coffee shop on the first level. Afterward,
she felt she understood Finn s and Simeon s motivations much better,
but she was not prepared to change her decision, so that was really the
end of it as far as she was concerned.
She cleaned and polished her apartment, shopped, did her chores,
and spent several hours chatting to Gillian. Garry had reported back to
Tia that the police case against Shane Smith was moving very quickly
thanks to all the information Gillian had provided.
Gillian, who had made her face her asthma head-on from today s
perspective, not from her adolescent memories. Tia realized the only
time during those whirlwind few days with Finn and Simeon that
she d used her puffer was when the tiny blonde martinet had come to
ask for Wu Lee. Fern had been surrounded by a cloud of very
expensive, but strongly scented perfume, and as soon as she d turned
her back, Tia had taken a preventative puff. But she hadn t wheezed
nor had her chest tightened. Not even once. And she hadn t joined the
dots to truly assimilate these facts until days later, when focusing on
what Gillian had said made her think back to the event.
She really felt a connection with Gillian. They had understood
each other, related to each other, on a deep and meaningful level that
led to genuine friendship, a real relationship. Except that Gillian was a
ghost.
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Tia was determined to do her utmost to see that Gillian s brother
was caught so her new friend was free to go into the light.
During the evenings, she couldn t stop thinking about Phineas and
Simeon. Thinking about how their hands had touched and aroused
her, how hard she d climaxed, and how many orgasms she d had in
such a short time.
They were considerate yet passionate lovers, always ensuring her
pleasure. And they were so inventive! That upside-down fuck still
made her head whirl and her pussy drip cream when she remembered
it.
They were also both highly intelligent to talk to and good fun to
be with. Tia remembered some of their conversations and the jokes
they d shared, like Finn being sorry for the color brown, and she
couldn t stop smiling.
But there was a problem to solve. And it was an enormous
problem, higher and more unsurpassable than Mount Everest. She d
made a promise to Gillian and was not changing her mind, not even
for the two nicest, kindest, yummiest men she d ever met. So that was
the end of the story.
Tia threw herself face down on her bed, bunched up the bronze
dress in her hands, and cried for the loss of two men she was only just
coming to accept that she loved. But I cannot change my beliefs for
them. Even for them I can t do it, and I won t. She sobbed.
* * * *
Damn it, the apartment is so empty without her. We never even
got her to move in, yet I miss her like I ve lost an arm or a leg or
something.
Me, too. She really is precious to us both. I can t live without
you, Finn, but I find I can t live without her, either.
Yeah, she s so clever we forgot to allow for how caring she is.
All the building tenants rely on her advice and go to her first about
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things. It s like she s the building HR person as much as the
concourse receptionist. It s no wonder that damn ghost asked for her
help. She s the perfect amalgamation of beauty and brains.
I wouldn t care if she was as ugly as sin and as thick as a brick, I
just want her back. We have to get her back! Simeon threw himself
into Finn s arms and ground his cock against Finn s. The men s lips
met in a harsh, raw, passionate kiss that was all heat and teeth and
tongue, with no gentleness in it at all.
Finn pushed Simeon over the kitchen counter, unzipping his pants
and reaching for the bottle of virgin olive oil resting there almost in
the same movement. Simon dropped his pants, kicked them aside, and
spread his legs, resting his forearms on the counter.
Quickly and roughly, Finn drizzled some oil into Simeon s ass,
thrust two fingers in, and scissored them, then smeared oil over his
own cock. After this minimal amount of preparation, he slammed his
cock into Simeon, pressing it past the rim, then pushing it hard and
deep inside. Jerkily at first, then picking up a smooth rhythm, Finn
thrust into Simeon, his hips hard against the other man s butt, then
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