Harem House - Selene Pt. 23

Arthur made the call.

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Kat shook her head. "God, she's going to kill me."

"Your mom or Kelly?" Rani asked as she took the jack from Kat, returned it to the trunk, and closed it.

The car was still off the road. Its blinkers illuminated the night. Kat and Rani stood behind the trunk to assess the damage. Mud coated Kat's pink cowgirl boots.

The three girls were still dressed for their evening out. Kat wore a white and pink plaid button-up shirt tucked into white shorts. A pink leather collar clasped her throat with a stainless steel ring in the front and a closed padlock in the back.

Selene was less on theme with a midriff-baring black t-shirt that ended just below her breasts, black jeans with calf-high boots, and a narrow brown leather choker.

Rani wore boots, jeans, a checkered black and white flannel shirt open over a white halter crop top showing off her stomach and piercing, and a stainless steel O-ring collar with two black leather straps buckled in the back.

"Kelly will kill me first, followed by my mom if or when she ever finds out I blew a tire." Kat sighed.

"This is not your fault." Rani assured her. "If you'd hit the deer, you would have wrecked the whole car. Not hitting it was the best thing."

"Yeah." Kat said. She was unenthusiastic and unconvinced. "We still need to take Katelyn to Urgent Care."

Selene came out of the car's passenger side. Her phone was to her ear. "Yeah." She said. "No, she's okay. It's just dislocated." Selene said. "As far as we can tell. We're taking her to Urgent Care so they could pop her shoulder back in, but there was a deer on the road, and now we're stuck. No, we don't have a Triple A membership." Selene looked at Kat.

"Is he coming?" Kat asked.

Selene nodded but kept talking to Arthur on the phone. "No, we're not driving on it." She said. "It's... we ended up off the road, and there's a slope. Now, we can't get the car back onto the road."

She waited as Arthur said something. "Yeah, a few houses on the other side of the treeline. We can't see anything else from this spot." She explained. "Okay. Okay. See you soon, Master." Selene hung up the phone.

"Arthur's coming?" Rani asked.

"He and Kelly are on their way." Selene said. "He said Kelly's not mad. She's worried about Katelyn, though."

Kat sighed and glanced toward her backseat. "Is she doing okay?"

"She's lying on her side." Selene answered. "She hasn't gotten sick since the swerving, but she's still crying. I think she's in a lot of pain."

"God." Kat shook her head. "I feel so bad about all of this."

"It's not your fault." Rani assured her.

"I know. I still feel bad." Kat snapped, suggesting Katelyn's condition was Rani's fault. Rani noticed but didn't intend to accept the blame.

"It's a little our fault." Selene admitted. "We shouldn't have let her drink that much."

"She's a grown-ass woman. She knew what she was doing." Rani said. She sounded defensive and looked pissed as she crossed her arms. "It's not our fault she drank too much."

"I mean..." Selene hesitated. "We didn't need to encourage her to drink. She's in a bad place, emotionally. She didn't need to get that drunk."

"Disagree." Rani shook her head. "In a bad place emotionally is the perfect time to get wasted."

"Well, she's wasted." Selene sighed. "And I feel guilty about it."

"Me too." Kat admitted.

"Well, I don't." Rani shrugged.

"Well, maybe you should." Kat spat.

Rani turned to face her. "Excuse me?"

"Kat..." Selene started, reaching for her sister. She didn't want any arguments between the harem members, and she didn't want any resentments. Kat didn't like Rani when they first met, but after the week they'd had, they'd started to get along. Tonight had been fun until Katelyn's misadventure with the mechanical bull.

Kat ignored her sister's attempt to soothe her temper. "Well, we wouldn't be in this mess if you weren't so irresponsible! If you'd spent less time flirting and trying to get wasted yourself, you could have spent more time looking out for Katelyn, which was the entire point of tonight!"

"I was looking out for Katelyn!" Rani said. "She wasn't gonna get laid just sitting there! Terry needed the encouragement!"

"You could have been more responsible! Told her to stop drinking!" Kat argued.

"I thought she knew her limits!" Rani argued right back. "Who goes out drinking and doesn't know their tolerance? She wanted to get wasted, and she's a grown-ass consenting adult, so who am I to stop her? I'm not her mom!"

"Gah!" Kat yelled in frustration, which Selene recognized as her trademark ending to an argument she knew she couldn't win.

Selene stepped in. "Calm down." Selene said. Her voice was low, patient, and quiet. "Both of you. Fighting amongst ourselves doesn't solve anything."

Rani grumbled but made no more argument. She crossed her arms and leaned with her butt against the trunk.

Kat glared at her but turned away, returned to the diver's door, and leaned against it. They spent the next few minutes in silence until retching from the back seat broke the peace. Kat groaned. She would need to clean out the car. Selene did her best to silently console her.

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long until Kelly's SUV rolled up and found them. Arthur was in the passenger seat, dressed much as they left him, in a suit. Kelly wore a black dress instead of a red one, and the white fishnets beneath suggested she'd worn something for Arthur's sake. Arthur approached the girls first; Kelly went straight to the backseat where Katelyn was lying.

"Are you all okay?" Arthur asked, worry evident in his voice. He checked them all over, even as Selene embraced him and hid her face in his chest.

"We're fine." Selene assured him. "Sorry for interrupting your date, Master."

"It's okay." Arthur said. He stroked her back absent-mindedly. She moved from hugging him to stepping beside him. "Do you have a spare?" He asked Kat.

"For the last fucking time, we do not." Kat said. "We checked."

Arthur nodded. Kat seemed pissed off at something, but the circumstances warranted that, so he charged through it.

"Okay." Arthur pulled up his phone and took control of the situation. "There's a twenty-four-seven Wal-Mart not too far from here."

"Arthur?" Kelly called across the car.

"Yes?" He asked. Arthur looked past Selene, Kat, and Rani to see Kelly looking into the backseat from the passenger side and stroking Katelyn's chestnut hair.

"I need your help. Can you help me carry her into the backseat of my car?" Kelly asked.

"Of course." Arthur moved to her side. The backseat was a mess, and the stench of bile and the tangy mercury of regurgitated alcohol assaulted anyone who came near. Arthur breathed as little as possible and winced when he saw her arm.

"Be careful." Kelly said. "I'll take the dislocated side; between us, we should be able to leverage her into my backseat."

Arthur nodded. He and Kelly stood on either side of Katelyn. They carefully shuffled her out of Kat's back seat and then carried her, their arms forming a stretcher beneath her, to Kelly's car. Selene hustled over and opened Kelly's car door, and they slid Katelyn across her backseat.

"I'm sorry Momma." Katelyn murmured.

"Shh." Kelly insisted. "It's okay."

"Watch your head." Arthur instructed as he got ready to close the door. He wanted to make sure Katelyn was clear before he closed it.

"Thanks, Daddy." Katelyn mumbled as she turned from her back onto her good side.

Arthur closed the door without comment, and Kelly smirked at Arthur. She kissed his cheek. "You okay to help the girls? I'll take our daughter here to the hospital?"

Arthur smirked back and gave her a kiss on the lips. "Are you sure? I feel bad leaving you."

"I'm sure." Kelly said. "And I'm sorry about tonight. Maybe if I get her back home, in bed, and we're still awake, I can come over, and we can finish our date night?"

Arthur nodded. The multitude of "ifs" didn't give him much hope, but it was reassuring she shared his wish to reunite.

"I'll go with Kelly." Rani volunteered. "We were taking her to the Urgent Care instead of the hospital."

"Good idea." Kelly checked the time on her phone. "We need to hurry, then. Let's go. Tell me what happened on the way."

Rani frowned but waved goodbye to Selene and Kat as she hopped into the passenger seat of Kelly's SUV. Arthur and Kelly kissed farewell again, and Arthur headed back toward Kat and Selene. He pulled out his phone as he went over and then put it away. Kelly started her car and drove away, waving to them before she returned to the road.

Arthur double-checked them to ensure they were alright. Kat looked miserable and angry. Selene looked worried.

"Everything, besides the obvious, okay?" Arthur asked.

"Rani's a bitch." Kat spat.

Surprise overtook Arthur's features. He'd missed something. When the girls left his apartment, they were the best of friends. Now, Kat looked like she would tear Rani's throat out with her teeth if given the opportunity. Uncertain of the cause, Arthur knew something must have triggered the change, aside from the known drama. Still, as Master of the harem, he felt the responsibility to settle this before disagreements did any harm.

"Tell me what happened." Arthur said. "I called an Uber to the Wal-Mart to get a spare tire. Then we'll return here, fix your car, and be on our way."

They caught him up on what happened. Selene told the story as she clutched Arthur's arm, with Kat making interjections here and there before the Uber arrived. He took off his shirt while they told the story and stuck his white undershirt in their driver's side window. He put his button-up shirt back on.

When the Uber arrived, the three of them crammed into the backseat. Selene sat in the middle, cuddling into Arthur and closing her eyes.

"Is your..." He hesitated and then pulled up his phone again. The three vibes were still active and cycling. The durations between vibrations were long but intense when they turned on. Soon, they would vibrate for longer periods with shorter rests but get less intense. "Let me turn that off for you."

"No!" Selene gasped as she squeezed his arm, causing the Uber driver to glance in his rearview mirror. "It's fine. We have a bet going."

"And I want Rani to lose." Kat crossed her arms and glared at Arthur.

"Okay..." Arthur said. "If you're sure."

Selene kissed his shoulder. "We're sure."

Otherwise, their ride to Walmart was quiet, and their shopping trip was quick. Arthur found the tire in the catalog based on the make and model of Kat's car. Luckily, they had the tire in stock.

"I've got this." Kat said, pulling her wallet out of her purse.

"Put that away." Arthur pulled out his wallet.

"No, I-" Kat started, but Arthur cut her off when he hooked his finger through the ring of her collar and pulled her close. His strength surprised her, and she stepped forward with the pull, pressing herself against him. With their height difference of more than a foot, he forced her to lift her chin toward the ceiling to glare at him. The heat in his eyes knocked her efforts aside when their gazes met, and Kat's lips parted in a silent gasp.

"I am covering this." Arthur told her in a deep and unyielding voice, expressing an immutable fact. "And we will discuss your punishment for arguing with me when we get home."

Standing behind them and watching the exchange, Selene whimpered. She had to support herself with one arm on the shelf beside her. She squeezed her thighs together and clamped them over her hand trapped between her legs.

"Are you okay?" Arthur turned his face away from Kat to look at Selene.

Selene bit her lip and whimpered again, flinching. "I just came." She admitted, the vibe between her legs still going, but the exchange between Arthur and Kat sent her over the top.

"Slut." Kat spat.

Selene shook her head. "Stop it!" She whispered, her tone harsh. "Or I'll cum again."

Kat stuck her tongue out at Selene, who returned the expression and did her best to stand up straight.

Arthur turned away. He paid for the tire and pump at the self-checkout, and then they took a quiet but heated Uber ride back to her car. Kat sat in the middle for the return trip, hugging Arthur's arm.

After the Uber dropped them off, Kat put her car in neutral. Arthur examined the position and realized the difficulty of pushing the vehicle back onto the road. Instead, he had Kat turn the wheel and pushed the car parallel to the road until they came to a flatter section.

Kat turned the wheel in the other direction. Arthur pushed the car onto the shoulder, jacked the car, and took off the wheel. Once the car was on the jack, he didn't take long to swap out the tire. Once done, he lowered the jack and used the pump to inflate the tire, checking the pressure as he went.

The girls stood behind him and watched the show. They held onto each other when the intensity of the vibrators kicked up a notch.

"Take it to a shop to secure the nuts." Arthur said. "But they'll hold for now."

Now calmer, Kat appreciated Arthur much more than before. "Thanks." She said and gave him a hug. The gesture was simple but meant a lot coming from Kat. Selene joined the hug, and Arthur kissed the top of Kat's and Selene's heads before they let him go.

"Can I ride in your lap?" Selene asked Arthur. "The back seat is kind of gross."

"Sure." Arthur nodded. "Should we drive to the Urgent Care? Meet up with the others?"

Selene held her phone up to show them her conversation with Kelly. "Kelly said they're still there, last I checked. So... sure. Unless you want to take us home, punish Kat like you promised, and fuck our brains out?" She put her cell away.

Arthur laughed and patted his insatiable slut on her head. Her suggestion was the hotter option, but he had more important concerns than getting off. "Are you calm enough to talk things out with Rani, or do you need more time?"

Kat looked sulkily at Arthur but sighed. "Fine, I'll apologize." She huffed. "But I still think I'm right."

"Right or wrong doesn't matter here." Arthur said. "It happened. Now, we have to move forward and deal with the future."

"Now we have to move forward and deal with the future." Kat mocked him in a silly voice. "Did you get that from a fortune cookie?"

Arthur shook his head at Kat. "Keep mocking me." He said, his voice stern, letting her know the command was a threat.

She almost rose to it.

"You already have one punishment coming." He reminded her. "But I'll gladly make it two."

Kat turned away with a blush. "Sorry, Sir."

Arthur smiled wide in victory. "To answer your question, it's just something I picked up." He shrugged. "Trust me, I know you're angry. And yeah. Tonight might have gone differently if everyone was willing to rein Katelyn in." He said as he opened the passenger door. "But no one did. Including Rani and including you." He pointed out. "And to Rani's point. Katelyn is an adult. She knew what she was doing and did it anyway. Lesson learned. Next time, we won't let her drink that much. Right?"

"I'll slap her drink out of her hand if I have to." Selene piped up as she wrinkled her nose at the pungent car interior. "Can we ride with the windows down?"

They did. The breeze was chilly, given their speed and the early October night, but the temperature wasn't freezing. Selene sat on Arthur's lap in the passenger seat with the seatbelt over them. Selene wiggled against him, her intention mischievous. Arthur returned her torture by wrapping his arms around her, putting his hands between her legs, and pressing his fingertips against the vibrator he could feel beneath her jeans. Kat played music while she drove, going stiff for the brief interlude when her vibrator kicked on. By the time they arrived, Rani was waiting for them outside.

"They gave her an I-V and some fluids because she was dehydrated, and they popped her arm back into place." Rani announced. "In reverse order." She said. "But they couldn't give her meds for the pain because of the alcohol, so... she's cranky."

"How's Kelly?" Selene asked as she, Arthur, and Kat approached.

"Mad at me." Rani looked annoyed. "You were right, okay?" She snapped at Kat. "I should have cut her off. I'm sorry."

Kat looked as if she were about to ask Rani to repeat herself. She changed her mind when she looked up to see Arthur's expression. She took a deep breath and nodded. "I'm sorry, too." She said. "I should have cut her off myself, and I shouldn't have taken my frustrations of the night out on you."

Selene smiled. "I think if anything, we should blame Master."

Arthur looked confused. "What?" He asked. "What did I do?"

"You tortured us the entire time we were at that bar with these damn vibrators." Selene pointed out. "All three of us were on edge the entire time. You're lucky none of us killed each other on that car ride." She raised three fingers in exasperation as she spoke.

Arthur laughed, which the look from Kat told him was the wrong response, but he couldn't help it.

"I'm sorry." Arthur said after a minute. His continued chuckling made them think his apology wasn't genuine.

"Oh, you will be." Rani said. "Let's see how you like it if we drag you around the corner and edge you for a few hours, never letting you finish."

Arthur shrugged. "Well, if it helps you feel any better, I didn't get to finish either. My date tonight got interrupted."

The girls' expressions changed as realization dawned. The knowledge didn't help them feel any better. Selene was the first to break. "Sorry, Master."

"Call it even?" Rani suggested.

"We'll call it even." Arthur agreed.

Kat sighed. "We'll take Katelyn home." She said. "You and Kelly can go finish your date."

"In the vomit-mobile?" Rani scrunched up her nose.

Kat rolled her eyes. "Fine. I'll take Katelyn home." She said. "You and Selene can get a lift back with Arthur and Kelly."

"We'll take an Uber." Selene piped up. "Let Master and Mistress finish their date."

Rani raised an eyebrow at Selene, who nodded, and the two shrugged.

It was a brief wait for Kelly and Katelyn to exit the Urgent Care. When they did, Katelyn was much more sober than going in. Sobriety was a welcome side effect of relentless vomiting and the hydrating powers of intravenous fluids. She was walking under her own power without swaying or staggering, though her arm was in a sling.

Selene put her phone away when she saw them coming up after calling an Uber.

"I'm gonna take her home." Kat announced to Kelly. "So you and Ma-Arthur can get back to your date."

Kelly smirked. "I appreciate that but-"

"No, Kelly. It's okay." Katelyn interjected. "I'm fine. Kat and I could use some catch-up time."

"I have that guy's number if you want it." Rani volunteered her phone.

"Oh god no." Katelyn shook her head. "I could never face that guy again. All that vomiting? I'm so embarrassed."

"Hey, he still gave me his number to give you, so... clearly he likes you. Maybe he's into vomit." Rani shrugged. She was making a joke, but the idea made everyone there cringe. Even those who had sworn against kink shaming.

"There's a kink for everything nowadays." Selene tried to make a joke out of Rani's joke and received the same response.

"Gross." Katelyn made a face that matched Kelly's, Kat's, and Arthur's.

"Speaking of..." Kat stepped toward Selene and gestured to her collar. "Can you uh..."

"Here." Selene said. She passed Kat the key to her collar's tiny padlock. Kat pocketed the key.

"Alright, come on. Let's get you home." Kat said to Katelyn and gestured toward her car.

"I'm sorry about the backseat." Katelyn grimaced as she followed Kat away from the doors.

"You will be when you smell it." Kat nodded and led the way through the crosswalk.