Romancing the Librarian Pt. 03

Out of breath after three miles, my sweaty self stopped for a towel on the way to the indoor showers. Marian gave me a long look and said, "We need to talk."

I imagined the hot water washing the desert away, and leaving, what? Not a solitary writer anymore. How do you survive going from zero women in your life, and bed, to three?

The three bodies were working on dinner, and glanced at me with firm faces.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

They pointed to an opened beer on the table and said, "Sit."

I took a long drag and looked up. There were frowns that didn't quite make it.

"Can we go to the Grand Canyon on the way home?"

After thinking about that, I said, "I guess so, it is only an hour off the freeway."

"Can we go to Las Vegas and stay in that black pyramid thingie?"

"You mean the Luxor? You want to see a show too?"

Nods. I opened my eyes as wide as I could, "Anything else?"

"You sure you want to live with three women and a baby. Maybe more than one baby?"

I turned and dove for the bed, hiding my head and moaning.

They were so excited they couldn't stand it. As I knew it would, my body took a lot of punishment.

I sat up and gave each of them a calming kiss.

"I should be so lucky as to have you three around..."

In the morning, it was easy to go south to the Interstate and turn right.