All That Glitters Ch. 22

"Oh, I don't know about that," Karen replied with a quirky smile. "I think hiring your amazing chef, Ms. Riley, was probably the best decision you ever made."

Raymond laughed. "You don't know how many people have tried to hire her away from me once they taste her offerings," he told her.

"Don't think I haven't thought of doing that," Karen said, with a sinister smile, "but I'm sure she is devoted to this ship."

"Very true," Raymond admitted. "She will eventually decide to take up residence on a planet, probably running her own gourmet restaurant, but that will hopefully be sometime in the future. The crew likes her right where she is."

Karen smiled at the refreshing honest of the man. So many of her kind, the children of the ultra-rich, were anything but honest. Those hangers-on in her entourage were alike, clinging to her for her wealth and the notoriety that her shadow provided them. Take away that wealth, and they would slither back into the dark cupboards they slunk from. She was so tired of that kind of person. But so few of the other kind were around.

"How did you surround yourself with so many good people?" she asked Raymond.

"You will have to ask Liea that question," Raymond admitted. "She was the one who found them. I just came along for the ride. As to the crew, they were recommended to me by my contacts in the navy. A swift interview let me keep the best, those who would be loyal to the ship.

"I am not infallible though; I have made a couple of mistakes with my choices of crew. But overall, I have done well," Raymond told her.

"You have a compliment of almost 400? And you have only a couple of problem children? I am impressed. None of our companies has that kind of track record." Karen told him.

Once the meal was completed, the table was cleaned and broken down into smaller tables placed around the edges of the room, leaving a wide space for dancing. A popular band had been hired from Green's World and they provided the entertainment for the dance.

Being the hosts, Liea and Raymond had to stay until the end, but Martin and his girlfriend retired to the stateroom provided for them relatively early. Liea and Karen were taking turns dancing with Raymond, and he was having a good time.

At one point, near the end of the night, Liea took Karen into her arms and gave her a tight hug. "Should we share him tonight?" Liea asked her new friend.

"You would be willing to do that?" Karen asked in surprise.

"He is my business partner, not my husband," Liea giggled in reply. "But I have graced his bed and he mine on more than one occasion, sometimes sharing with other people. If you are not comfortable sharing, I will let you have him tonight."

"Is he capable?" Karen asked, intrigued.

"More than capable," Liea admitted, with a saucy smile.

"I think I would like to share," Karen smiled, taking a good look at Liea. "You feel good in my arms, and dancing with Raymond shows he is definitely fit. It could be interesting."

"This isn't your first time sharing, is it?" Liea asked, concern showing on her face.

Karen beamed. Here was a true friend, someone who thought of her, rather than of herself. But then Liea was as rich as anyone in the Green family, she didn't need to be a hanger-on and obviously didn't keep those types around her.

"Do you mean is it my first time with another woman?" Karen asked. "No, I have shared before, in both directions, and I liked it. How shall we tell him?"

"The direct approach is best with Raymond," Liea told her.

Arm in arm, they approached Raymond who had his back to them talking with the steward about the guest's accommodation. Liea dropped Karen's arm and latched on to Raymond's left arm, while Karen followed her lead and latched on to his right.

"The Steward is more than capable of dealing with the guest's accommodation on his own," Liea admonished. "You have a guest who needs your personal interaction."

They turned Raymond around, and as a group and left the VIP mess, heading to Raymond's stateroom. The guests were indeed in good hands with the steward and soon found their own accommodations for the night, many taking the direction of their hosts and sharing a stateroom.

The three friends entered Raymond's stateroom a few minutes later. They walked through the sitting room and into the bed chamber with its very large bed. Liea turned Raymond toward Karen who took the moment to kiss him. It started tentatively, but quickly became a somewhat hungry kiss. Mouths were open, but strangely, their tongues did not engage, this kiss initially being restrained.

After a few moments, Karen broke the kiss and turned Raymond to Liea. Liea's kiss was not tentative, she had been with Raymond many times, and knew how he liked to kiss. She was always thrilled by his lips on hers.

Her lips caressed his, and he returned that caress. The kiss was soft, but not tentative. Liea opened her lips and let her tongue reach out to run over his. Raymond allowed her tongue to reach within, caressing his own. Her tongue ran over his teeth, relearning the shape of them.

As Liea's tongue withdrew, Raymond struck back. His tongue followed hers back into her mouth, tangling within. Liea moaned into his mouth. She always enjoyed the way he kissed her, and how he used his tongue.

She broke the kiss and, giving him a sweet smile, she turned him back to Karen.

This time Raymond took control. His tongue slid over her lips and sought to slide between her teeth. She opened her lips, but not her teeth, giggling as Raymond's tongue stabbed again and again at the barrier her teeth made.

Finally, Karen relented, and opened the gate. Raymond's tongue slithered into her mouth to caress, explore, and tease her own in a dance that began to heighten their pleasure.

Their hands were not idle. While the kiss, they explored the other's bodies. Karen was wearing a long, silky, shimmery green, backless, halter style ball gown that contoured to her shape. While not particularly athletic, she was fit, with only the small, soft bulge of a woman around her waist. She had the large breasts of the women of her family, their D cup size unhindered tonight by a bra, her dress strategically stitched to help support their size. Though she was still young enough not to need that much support.

One of Raymond's hands was gently roaming over her naked back, his fingers tracing up and down her spine. The other hand, had found the high slit in her gown and slid through it to cup her upper leg just below her ass. Karen moaned into his mouth at his knowing touch.

Liea was also wearing a halter style dress and reached up to open the clasp at the back of her neck. Her C cup breasts didn't need the support of a bra, the musculature of her athletic frame more than capable of keeping their form without the encumbrance.

She stepped forward and ran her naked breast over Karen's back, feeling the other woman shudder at the warm touch. Lea's hands slid through the sides of Karen's halter and cupped her larger breasts, gently kneading them and then pulling on the distended nipples. She felt the vibrations from Karen's moan as she kissed along her shoulder, her lips adding to the pleasure she was giving the other woman.

Raymond's trapped hand slid from between them and found the clasp at Karen's neck. With a practiced flick of his fingers, Karen's halter was open. He stepped back and watched as the patches of silk slid down to expose her breasts to him or exposed as they could be, while still covered by Liea's hands.

Raymond slipped his jacket off and placed it over a convenient chair, as the ladies watched him with the interest of two cats watching a small bird. Raymond went to open the buttons of his shirt, but Karen reached out to him, so he stepped into her hands. She quickly began to unbutton the shirt, her hands slipping inside to slide over the solid muscles within.

Not to be outdone, Liea reached down and opened his belt and pants, which swiftly slid to the floor. She gripped his briefs and tugged them down, freeing his big cock.

Karen gasped at the sight of his manhood. "Oh, my, that is impressive," she cooed, as her hands joined Liea's caressing his junk.

"And he does know how to use it," Liea breathed into the ear she was nibbling at, sending shivers up Karen's spine.

Raymond reached between the women and found the tab to Karen's silky gown. He slowly pulled it down until the dress split in two around her waist and, with a touch, fell to the floor, leaving Karen in a lacy green thong.

Raymond leaned a little more into Karen, who took the opportunity to kiss him again, as he reached around Liea to find the tab of her dress. A moment later, her gown too was puddled around her feet.

The two ladies stepped out of their gowns toward the bed, dragging Raymond with them. He sat them on the bed and knelt before them. Kneeling directly in front of Karen, he gently spread her legs open and kissed his way up from her knees to the juncture between her legs.

As he moved closer to his target, he started to employ his tongue, licking softly along her inner thigh. Karen sighed and opened her legs a little further, giving him access to her treasures. Raymond took advantage, and licked along the outer seams of her thong, sending shivers up Karen's body from her now twitching pussy.

Raymond's left hand was not idle, having slid over to Liea's leg, his fingers trailing along the silky smoothness of her inner thigh.

Karen heard Liea moan and smiled to herself. Yes, she thought, he is quite capable. A glance downward to her right showed Raymond's hand between Liea's leg and from the way she was squirming, he was doing alright there.

Raymond moved his chin into the center of her legs and pressed it along the seam of her thong-covered sex. A zing of pleasure ran up her spine from the pressure on her clit. Karen tilted her head back and moaned.

Raymond's right hand moved up to her left breast and gently squeezed it. His thumb and index finger closed on her nipple and pulled gently, eliciting another moan from Karen.

Karen heard a groan of frustration from Liea, then felt Raymond's other hand on her breast abruptly bringing understanding of the frustration she had heard. She smiled contentedly as Raymond used his hands to play with her breasts and his mouth and chin to play with her sex. She almost wanted to be selfish and just lay back and let him do what he wanted, but she knew that true pleasure in the act of sex meant the active participation of both, or in this case all three participants.

Raymond's hands slid down from her breasts to her hips. Karen lifted her ass and allowed him to remove her thong. This time, when she opened her legs wide, Raymond's tongue went directly to work on her nether lips. Karen jumped and then purred as Raymond's tongue slid up and down the outside then inside of her left and right lips. He would trail his teeth up on lip and down the other, then reverse it. He trapped each lip in his mouth and pulled it taut, sending shock waves of pleasure up her body.

His tongue dipped deep into her warm well, seeking and finding the fluids being released. The deeper he went, the wetter she got. Then his tongue flicked swiftly back and forth over her clit.

With a hungry growl, Karen grabbed the back of his head and pulled him tight to her nether lips. Raymond closed his lips around her clit and sucked hard. Pleasure coursed through her body and exploded in her mind, followed swiftly by an explosion in her sex. Her first orgasm of the night took her completely by surprise. Not that she minded.

The gentle kiss took her by surprise, as did the soft body crushed against her. Karen's right hand slipped out from under Liea and wrapped around her body to caress her beautiful, now naked, ass. Karen was surprised at just how solid Liea's ass was.

She must work out quite regularly, Karen thought, not that I mind...

Fingers trailed along that sculpted ass and dipped between the halves of the peach, stoking along crevasse, sending shivers up Liea's body. Karen smiled to herself at how responsive Liea was, only to have a shiver of her own as Raymond continued to work her sex.

Liea broke her kiss and moved down to suckle one of Karen's nipples, eliciting a contented sigh from her guest. She felt movement at the foot of the bed and felt the back of Karen's leg rub up against her. Liea knew that Raymond had moved to enter her, spreading her legs wider for his assault.

Karen looked over the head of Liea and saw Raymond looking back at her, a smile on his lips for her. He looked down between her legs and lifted her knees up slightly, raising her ass and she felt the back of her right leg press against Liea.

The head of his cock touched the seam of her sex and rubbed gently there for a few moments. He reached down and Karen tensed in anticipation, but all her did was to rub his crown more forcefully against her. She gurgled in pleasure at the touch of his manhood.

The rubbing gradually become more intense and Karen felt her pussy lips split around the crown. A moment later, the head of his formidable weapon was securely lodged inside her welcoming tunnel. Karen moaned in pleasure at the intrusion, a moan that elicited a giggle from Liea, still sucking on her teat.

Karen's pleasure swiftly grew as Raymond began to saw his member slowly back and forth inside her, but she still had the presence of mind to slip her hand back under Liea and use her fingers on her host's nether lips. The more Raymond did for her, the more she did for Liea. Soon, the trio was moving toward mutual bliss.

Liea came first, crying out in pleasure at Karen's touch. Karen quickly followed her, unashamedly shouting her joy. Raymond's body responded to the tightening of Karen's sheath around his shaft as the sudden grip pushed him over the edge, he grunted and pushed himself deep inside her one final time. Karen could feel his cock twitched deep in her body, the heat spreading quickly within her, it felt like he was ejaculating directly into her womb!

The trio held still for several long moments before suddenly relaxing, savouring the afterglow of their special moment.

Liea was first to move. She leaned up to kiss Karen, thanking her for the pleasures she had received. Raymond moved next, slowly withdrawing his softening muscle from Karen's body.

Liea turned and placed her face on Karen's stomach, reaching out to pull Raymond to her face. Gentle caresses of her tongue swiftly cleaned off most of their combined spend, before taking him into her mouth.

"Mmmm," she murmured around his thick pole. "The two of you taste so good together," the last coming out as a distorted mumble.

Karen smiled, then giggled.

"What?" Raymond asked.

"I was wondering what you and Liea taste like?" she told them.

"Well, there is only one way to find out, isn't there," Raymond told her, a sexy grin on his face. She reached up and pulled him down for a kiss.

"I guess that means I have to get you ready for her," Karen said.

The night would be a long one, but none of the three would mind.

Anur Say, Capital City of Planet Anuura, Caiden System, Fifty-Six Light Years from Terra

C. Supt. Faarooq Burhan watched in amazement as the computer specialist from VSC went through the Dark Web far more swiftly than any person he had ever seen. Even though he did not speak the local language, he still managed to slide through the Dark Web with the ease of a Khaliji dancer gliding through the hearts of her mesmerized audience. His skill was truly something to behold.

The man had already managed to find and confirm links between several criminal organizations that the local police and the IPPF had not known about. He had also provided links to certain criminal families or persons involved with active cases that they were now looking at. Those links would make taking the perpetrators to court much easier.

Sitting beside the man was Gaeti Hatim, Burhan's own computer specialist, acting as interpreter for the local languages. She was barely keeping up with him as he worked through the process. She would have him tag things she noted, and he would send those tags to the other members of the local IPPF computer team to dig through for active or potential future cases.

One of the items they found was a 'hit' list of people that the criminal families and even individual criminals wanted eliminated. None of the IPPF names were on the list. Burhan wasn't sure if he was relieved or insulted by that fact.

Many of the names were of well known criminal figures or police officers from other worlds, the hit list going to all the planets in the hopes that someone somewhere could complete the contract.

Two names came up to the top of that list: Fiona Marsh, and Henadi Noor. Each had a contract of one million credits dead or alive. What was unusual about those names was that the demand did not originate from off world.

That got Hatim's attention and she asked for the specialist to dig around to find out where the contract originated. No absolute determination on that could be made, however, there seemed to be a link between the contracts and the Church of Andanii in Aereet City, Andanii District. That caught Burhan's notice.

"This man is beyond priceless," S.A. Gaeti Hatim said later to her boss. "C. Supt. Sanger of Liramor Prime was correct when she told us the man was a savant with computers. He did in the space of a day what our entire computer team would have taken more than a month to complete, and he did it without tripping any of the traps that the Dark Web is known for. I would give anything to have a person like him on our team."

"When do they return to Liramor Prime?" Burhan asked.

"In three days time," Hatim informed him.

"I am temporarily transferring you to Liramor Prime," Burhan stated. "I will arrange a contract to train you and one other member of your team specifically in the methods this man uses to conduct his computer research. You may chose who goes with you. Learn well."

Burhan rarely saw Hatim flustered. He was amused to see that now.

Malihan Regional Hospital, Green's World

The graduation ceremony that was about to happen was unusual in many ways. First, there was only one graduate. Second, the number of very high profile guests in attendance for this graduation. Third, because of the very high profile guests, half of this world's media outlets had asked for permission to be there. Fourth, half of the hospital staff that was not on duty was here for the ceremony.

They all knew Ayesha Seito, the graduand, and all liked the diminutive lady. Ayesha had worked at the hospital for three years and had met and worked with many of the hospital's staff.

Up on the stage, all of the staff who had worked to certify the graduand sat in chairs in their doctorate's robes, chatting to the person on either side of them. They were waiting only on Dr. Aurelie Pendame the administrator for the hospital.

Aurelie came out on the floor and moved to the front row where her graduand sat with her fiancé, Sean Murphy. On either side of her were the luminaries that Aurelie was coming to greet personally. She went directly to Ayesha and shook her hand, telling her how proud she was of her today.

"Your dissertation was brilliant, Ayesha! I've rarely seen such insight in a thesis. We will likely be adding points from it to future Nurse Practitioner courses and it will become required reading. I am so proud of you!"

She then took the hand of her fiancé and gave him a surprise hug. The man was so big, he was as tall as she was while still sitting in his chair!

On Ayesha's immediate left was Liea Samson, who Aurelie greeted with open arms. The woman had been very generous to the medical program allowing more doctors to be sponsored and even allowing Aurelie to expand the Nurse Practitioners program. She would be forever grateful to the woman, and her partner, Raymond Clark, who she greeted next.