Mafia Desire (Erotica)

Ben felt a hand settle on his hip. He looked down. Left hand, pale skin, slim fingers, gold rings, long nails with bright red polish, and well-manicured… then a second left hand stretched out over his side. Identical in every way to the first but with a club stamp smeared on the back.

DAMMIT!

Ben sat comfortably in his living room reviewing online engineering forums on his tablet while he waited for Catherine to pick him up for their date. He’d wrapped a tensor bandage around his calf and with it he found he didn’t need to use the cane. He’d take the bandage off as soon as they left the dinner but he didn’t want to be carrying the cane on the date. Catherine might want to dance and he didn’t want her to feel like she couldn’t ask.

He glanced across the room at Tina who was using a tablet as well as she curled up on the sofa. He wasn’t sure what she was doing on it but he felt her glancing over it at him from time to time. She put it on the surface of the couch while she spun around to adjust the pillows behind her. He looked over and saw a couple of chat windows open with names above them, LisaM & LoriM.

So Tina was in communication with her friends, likely trying to do damage control from their poor drunken decision making. He looked away before she turned back.

Ben shook his head and sighed to himself. He thought back on the near catastrophe the morning had almost turned into.

When he discovered the twins and Tina naked in his bed with Rochelle and himself, he’d been furious. He’d given Tina a heads up that Rochelle was staying the night and he’d closed his bedroom door. That should have been enough to give them privacy. Instead it was an invasion and Rochelle was going to be in for an unpleasant surprise.

He managed to slip out of the bed and pull the sheet up over Rochelle before he carefully woke her. She smiled and gave him a very nice kiss before he could let her know about their company who luckily remained asleep. He got Rochelle out of the bed and situated in the guest washroom in the hall so she could get dressed without waking the others. The woman was grateful to Ben for giving her the discrete escape. She gave him another kiss which tingled both of them to their toes then she slipped out the door for home.

Ben went back to his room and got his workout clothes and changed in the washroom. He did his routine in the gym then got cleaned up and dressed in the guest bathroom. Then he went to the kitchen to make himself breakfast. He made coffee for his guests.

He was just finishing up his morning meal when Tina stumbled into the kitchen with her dressing gown on. She had her head in her hands as she was obviously nursing a bad hangover. She tried to smile at him but her look was confused.

“Good morning Ben.” she whispered. “How did I end up in your bed?”

Ben held up his hand to stop her questions. “Let’s hold off on that until your guests are awake.”

Tina pulled her hands from her face and her eyes went fully open. She spun in place and ran for the bedroom. Her equilibrium wasn’t up to the demands of that action so she careened off the door jamb and bounced off the walls on the way. Ben knew when she got there as she began to yell in Korean in her dismay. The twins yelled back in pain because of her loud voice and the noise settled into mutual moans of pain from their hangovers.

Ben poured three cups of coffee and put three bottles of water next to them on the kitchen table. He heard the zombies shambling their way towards him so he waited. A very contrite Tina entered first. She made her way to Ben and knelt at his feet. She pressed her forehead to the floor in shame. Ben reached down and lifted her to her feet and sat her in front of a mug.

The twins watched and shuddered in relief when Ben picked Tina up. They assumed this indicated he wasn’t expecting the same from them. When they looked at him their smiles were met by an angry scowl. Nervously they made their way to the other mugs. The three drank their coffee and sipped at their water in silence. Tina finally felt human enough to begin to apologize but Ben immediately stopped her with a gesture. He hadn’t taken his eyes off of the twins who were becoming very nervous.

He waited for them to apologize but they showed no sign of remorse at all for their behavior. Tina was an innocent in this, he was sure. Certainly she had been in his bed and he would talk with her about this but the twins obviously had far more experience with clubbing than she did. Yet they appeared oblivious to the reason for his ire.

The two ladies were wearing their party clothes from the previous night so Ben was treated to expanses of glitter covered skin. He sighed as he realized he was going to have to throw out his sheets. There was no way he was going to infect his washing machine, and subsequently every piece of fabric he ran through them, with the Herpes of the Craft World. God, he hated glitter!

Their nervousness was reaching a critical point where they were trading glances with each other and Tina to determine what to do next. Ben had had enough.

“Lisa. Lori. It’s clear to me that you have no idea why I’m upset. The fact that you don’t understand is unsettling in itself. It’s time you headed home. You’re not welcome back until you fully grasp what you did wrong and what you should have done. Out. Now!”

The ladies jerked to their feet like he’d hit them with a cattle prod and scurried to the front door, Ben at their heels. They yanked on their jackets, slipped on their shoes and were out the door in seconds. Ben turned back to the kitchen and saw Tina standing in the doorway with a sad look on her face.

“I’m so sorry, Ben.” she cried.

Ben opened his arms and she was against his chest in a blink. She cried and he stroked her hair until he smelled the scent of smoke coming from her. He held her back and she blinked up at him in alarm.

“Sorry, you need a shower. You smell of cigarettes. Do the twins smoke?”

“No, but we stood close to the smoking deck at the club as there were some young men Lisa and Lori were dancing with who smoked.”

“Another strike against their good judgement.” Ben grumbled and considered what to do next. He was very concerned about the twin’s inability to grasp personal responsibility. They’d be taking care of children for Pete’s sake! He got a grim look on his face.

“Please go wash that stink out of your hair.” he said gently to Tina and she scurried away.

Ben picked up the phone in the kitchen and called Daphne.Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.

“Hello Daphne? It’s Ben.”

“Hi Ben!” she said with a smile in her voice.

“I just sent your daughters home.”

“They are just coming in… oh, they look very unhappy. What did they do this time?” she said with genuine concern.

“They’re there? Good. Listen, I’m having concerns about their watching over Christopher.”

“What?!? Oh my god! What did they do?” she shrieked.

“No, it wasn’t what they did. That was just something stupid and potentially very embarrassing which I was luckily able to avoid. The problem is they don’t seem to be able to understand they need to take ownership of their mistakes. Twice they’ve done something irresponsible and afterwards they had no clue that they did anything wrong so they made no efforts at all to apologize. Their actions have consequences. They have to understand that. I get that they’re young but they’re going to be watching over children, Christopher included. I’m not comfortable knowing they have trouble accepting personal responsibility.” There was silence at the other end of the phone so Ben continued. “I’m sorry if I’ve offended you. I just have to put Christopher’s safety first.”

“Thank you for expressing your concerns Ben. I’ll keep the position for Christopher open in case you change your mind. I’ll also have a talk with the girls this morning and get to the bottom of this.” Daphne made an uncomfortable sound in her throat. “I’m so sorry, Ben.”

“Me too, Daphne. Me too. Good bye.” He hung up.

He turned and saw Tina standing in the doorway with a nervous look in her eye. Her hair was still damp from the shower. He gestured her to come in and she immediately rushed in to sit on his knee. He’d intended for her to sit on the chair next to him so they could talk but she looked like she needed the physical contact. She looked in his eyes for confirmation that they were still good. He took her beautiful face between his hands and tenderly kissed her. He felt her tension melt away as she leaned into his kiss. He pulled back and she swayed a little until her eyes reopened. They smiled at one another.

“What will we do for daycare for Christopher?” she asked.

“If Daphne can’t work out a way to get her daughters to understand then we find another daycare. This will not affect your going to University. I promise you that.” Ben said firmly.

They’d spent the rest of the day mostly in silence. Ben didn’t need Tina to explain herself and her actions from the previous night. She knew what she did was wrong and she owned up to it. It was done. They moved on. He let her know that his decision to bar the twins from his home shouldn’t impact her remaining friends with them. She was certainly free to have any friends that she wanted. He just hoped she would be a better influence on them and keep them from influencing her like they had. He expected better judgement from her in the future. She agreed.

So now he sat waiting for Catherine while Tina worked on her friends. Ben hoped Daphne was getting serious about them as well.

There was a honk from the driveway so Ben got up and walked to the front door. Tina followed and gave him a kiss as he stepped outside.

Catherine popped the trunk and he put his overnight bag inside then got into the passenger side. She leaned over and he gave her a kiss. “Ready for some fun?” she said with a twinkle in her eye.

“Ready and raring to go!” he smiled back.

It didn’t take long to drive downtown to the hotel. They parked and checked in. After dropping the bags off in the room, they resisted the urge to ‘try out the bed’ and made their way down to the banquet room. The charity dinner was to begin at 8PM and Catherine’s assistants had done most of the preparation work. She just needed to check in with them by 7:30 to ensure there weren’t any surprises. They poked their heads in the banquet hall and were stunned to see how beautifully decorated it was. Elegant, opulent, and classic, the décor spoke of wealth and success.