The Dark Lady Ch. 05

"They both came. Came big. When do I get to practice on you two?"

I had my hands down the top of their work dresses. "This is a casual clothes conference. I'll work on lunch and you go change. I want you to attack both of them with lotion in the right places."

They beat on me but raced off to do that.

I was sitting out back with lemonade and an egg salad sandwich when four flushed, delectable bodies came out and took places on the loungers. They were topless and had on tiny bikini bottoms.

"You have to bring us lunch. And put sunscreen on us. And apologize for being such an obnoxious alpha male."

I did all of the above, and took a lounger for myself in just my briefs. I closed my eyes. "Clara, give us the real diamond report."

"God, Theo, he was so excited but trying not to show it. He kept asking questions to see if I knew anything about rough diamonds. I finally said, 'Maybe you could give me a straight answer about the value of these. They aren't fakes, are they?' "

"He polished one face of one of them and spent some time shining light at it and through it. It sure looked good to me. Then he said that if they all checked out as good as that one, they were first grade white diamonds that would turn into beautiful polished stones in the range of one to three carats and the total value would be more than fifty thousand. But he said we should get a second appraisal.

"I tried to keep a straight face and asked if he would be interested in cutting and polishing them. He said he would very much like to do that, and asked if he would be able to sell any of them in his store. I told him we would be back."

The others were looking at me. "Where did those come from?"

"That's a state secret. If I tell you, I have to kill you."

"Theo, there are four of us. We will tie you to the arbor and slowly, very slowly, cut off your most important part. Now tell us the whole story."

I didn't like the imagery of that at all, and said, "I was uncovering one side of the boulder and DR was messing around on the other side, talking to himself. He told me to reach my hand around and he put them into it. Said to have a diamond guy look at them."

Clara said, "Holy shit, we've not only got gold for the gallery, now we've got diamonds!"

Clemmie draped herself over me and asked, in a sultry voice, "Theo, what does a girl have to do to get a Parsons diamond?"

"Yeah, what does a girl have to do..." chorused other voices.

Laura said, loudly, "Damn it, you are supposed to be able to trade sex for diamonds. He's been getting all the sex he needs without producing diamonds. What leverage do we have?"

I said, "We have no idea how many diamonds there are until DR gets further into his prospecting. Do not, repeat do not, count your diamonds yet. What if there are no more diamonds and you were counting on trading sex for them?"

I went around, feeling up the hot, oily luscious bodies and getting kisses full of tongue. "Do we know where Kim is?"

Sarah said, "She and Marty are in Phoenix for the day as guests of the history museum director."

"And the teachers are still teaching? Must be getting close to the end. Let's invite them over after school. Are you throwing a party at this house?"

"Theo, what about work?"

"I have to think deep thoughts about all this gold and diamond business and it helps me think to be surrounded by beautiful and aggressive women who threaten me with violence."

Laura said, "Clemmie, what did you do to him out there in the desert? He's totally out of it."

"All I know is he fixed my problem and gave me another new job. I'm his hostler."

"His hustler?" That produced giggles.

"His hostler. That means I get the equipment ready."

"His equipment? You've got to be kidding."

She lay on me. "Theo, tell them that your own equipment doesn't need me to get ready!"

Everyone was gathered around us, laughing like crazy. I pushed her into their hands. "She's the one who is losing it."

That got me a swift hard kick to the kidneys. Damn, this woman was tougher than she looked. I grabbed the leg and pulled her to me. "She is now an apprentice heavy machine operator. You need a few tons of gravel moved, call Clemmie."

We went inside to clean up and talked about how to keep the gold and diamond story from getting loose before we were ready and the site was protected.

I had a few ideas and asked Laura to see if the teachers could join us as soon as they were free. Also to tell Kim, Marty and Erica where we were.

We made a mess on the floor with pillows and blanket throws. The twins passed around mimosas with just a little tequila in them, they said. I was wrestling with Clemmie and telling her I didn't think she was going to last as my PA because I had more important things for her to do. I got an armlock on Clara, who was still in reaction from fucking me before lunch. She whispered in my ear. "Do that again, and I won't have a lesbian bone left in me." I gave her a wet kiss that others noticed. The twins jumped me as I worried that they were bothered by only doing the logistics for the crazy people. They beat on me and I pulled their hair and pinched their nipples. I said to the group. "These two do not get enough credit for the incredible job they do providing instant food and parties and orgies!" A pile resulted which almost smothered them with kisses and licking. We were still at it when the teachers walked in together with Erica.

"Will you look at this mess. What the hell is going on?"

Clara said, "You won't believe what he has done now. Change and get in here with us."

They came back with clothes in hand, still drying the bodies with towels and getting a lot of whistles. "Trying to get hit on, aren't you?"

I handed out chaste kisses and fixed their drinks myself.

It took about fifteen minutes to recapitulate the boulder and diamond stories again. At the end, they were lying in laps, mumbling about how could finding gold turn into finding diamonds.

I tried to be businesslike, but it was hard surrounded by so much alluring female flesh. I told myself it was time to emphasize fine minds, not fine bodies.

"I am not kidding around when I tell you that the Parsons team needs all the talent and energy it can muster to stay on top of these discoveries and our plan to turn them into gallery programs. Let's kick around a few things that we can propose to Kim when she gets back."

"Assume for the moment that there are valuable quantities of gold and diamonds at the mine site. To exploit the discoveries successfully means moving ahead fast on several fronts. I think we have captured DR's imagination, and if there is paydirt out there, he seems to be the right person to take charge of the field work, assisted by Clemmie. Selma and I are going to Nogales to see Eduardo in a week or so, and I'm going to ask his advice in finding some reliable and qualified Hispanic laborers to protect the site and do the material processing that DR will need. I have a feeling Selma and Marty are going to be giving some intensive Spanish lessons.

"Clara is used to the gallery audiences and the exhibits, but these two new dimensions are going to need a lot more professional help in developing written and visual materials, web development and on and on. If it is ok with them, Karen and Susan can team up with Clara and maybe some outside help to get one jump ahead on all that. Obviously, we are going to need Kim and Marty to run interference with the long time clients, who are not going to want to be the last to hear about this. The press will also be all over us.

"With new bodies and new jobs and new regulations about mining and things we don't know anything about, Erica is going to have her hands full. She should decide how much help she needs, but maybe in the short term, the twins can carve out time to help her with whatever needs doing."

I stopped and looked around the room. Lots of serious faces. Everyone there had been given a big new assignment and looked it.

"That leaves finance and administration on my plate for now. We're getting ready to recruit a CFO and that's not easy because that person will need to join this executive group and we are pretty close. If you have ideas about that, talk to Erica."

"Two last things. One is that each of you is very good at what you do. That is the spirit in which we want to move on the gold and diamonds. If it isn't first rate, we aren't interested.

"The second is that work isn't our whole life. I know I am crazy Theo to you, but I want to keep it that way. If we can't have fun along with the work, we aren't interested in that either."

A long silence and then some side conversations sprang up. In a minute, Karen stood up, looking incredible in sports bra and running shorts. "Theo, I can't speak for any of the others, but you have launched us in a direction I never remotely thought my life would go. All of a sudden, this old school teacher is messing around with gold and diamonds and a big art gallery and a lot of time pressure for results. I like the challenge, I'm scared to death, and I'm damned glad you are out in front leading us."

The blew the top off all the tension in the room and a great sigh of agreement went up.

Someone was pushing me over a big pillow and working on my tense back muscles. A soft voice at my ear said, "Crazy Theo, eh. Sounds cute, doesn't it. The next time you come after us, we all start shouting 'Crazy Theo,' and run for the hills."

Crazy Theo went around the room, gaining volume and then all eight voices were shouting it.

There had to be a run after that serious talk and we headed out in a motley collection of clothing and shoes. Clemmie was next to me. "If you make me DR's assistant, he's going to be after my body." I looked over and her eyes were challenging me. I said, "I'm not giving you up without a fight."

She butted into me. "You didn't have to say that. There's all these other women around you. You told me I was special, I guess you actually mean it." Her eyes were wide and soft. I reached out for her hand and we ran together. "You see, where I grew up, guys who said things like that never meant it."

I slowed down with her and let the others get ahead so I could give her a kiss of reassurance. "Damn Clemmie, you've sure got your hooks into my emotions. We better run." I got a quick elbow as we caught up. "I'm gonna hold you to that promise, buster."

When we got back to the house, the twins announced that the party had gotten too big for their place and we were moving to Keeler. We had pretty much trashed the place, but they said to leave it and we straggled off to different cars. Erica body blocked me and said I was taking her in my car. After we got in, she yanked my hair viciously and said, "What gives you the right to have so much trust and confidence in an old therapist that she can run a big time HR operation?"

Instead of heading to Keeler, I drove to her house. "Let's go in for a minute."

She knew what I had in mind and was dropping clothes as soon as we got in the door. We were on her bed and I was buried in her before we said anything. She wanted me and I wanted her. We were loving the wild sex. "So you are fucking me into submission? Not giving me a chance to argue?"

I cut her off with a kiss and rolled us around. She was an experienced lover and gave me back as much as she got. We grunted our climaxes and fell back.

"I needed that, didn't I?"

"I thought you were in charge of analysis?"

"Fuck you, Theo. I'm just as much under your spell as these others. I don't know what's happened with us. Six months ago, you were Kim's teenager and mostly a problem in her analysis, through no fault of your own."

"Now look at us. I get all wound up being around you, and pounding from your big cock gives me orgasms like I've never imagined."

I pulled us to our feet and dodged into her shower. Very quickly we were back in the car headed to dinner. "You're ok with being big time HR?"

"Yes, but it wouldn't matter if I wasn't. Every woman in there this afternoon is walking around knowing the others are depending on her to pick up the ball and run with it. And you let us know that anything less than our best performance isn't acceptable."

She twined my fingers with hers. "I've haven't been talked to like that since high school soccer."

"In your professional opinion, am I in trouble or not?"

"Buddy, you are in lots of trouble, but it isn't because your women don't love you and want to work for you."

She punched my arm and I kissed her hand.

By the time we got to Keeler, Kim and Marty had arrived. The excitement in the air was tangible. They were teasing mom, not telling her what was going on. I dodged into the kitchen, trying to prolong the suspense. Marty came out of nowhere, sibilantly hissing Spanish in my ear, and then telling me in English that she knew I was causing trouble and she would deal with me. I pushed us into the pantry and twisted her arm, trying out some threatening Spanish. She laughed and put a hard knee in my crotch. I grabbed her tight ass and pulled her to me. "I just love fucking these Mexican women when they get out of line," I whispered to her. She tried to jerk away and I tightened my grip. Her breath was coming in short gasps as I leaned down and took her clothed breast in my mouth. Suddenly Kim was there, pulling my hair and kissing me. "You can have us, but not standing up in the kitchen! Understand?"

I let go and they leaned against me. I stuck my tongue against Marty's lips, working back and forth.

"Oh Kim, he is soooo bad."

"Yes, he is. What have you been up to, miserable offspring? These women are jumping around they are so excited."

"Clara hasn't told you about the diamonds?"

"Oh Theo, you can't be serious!"

I walked us into the front room and said, "I don't understand, but Kim thinks something is going on behind her back. Does anyone know about that?"

I nodded at Clara and she smiled. "I think Kim and Marty better sit on the sofa. Someone bring them a glass of wine."

She drew the silence out and said, "Theo gave me some little crystal rocks from DR, and asked that I take them to a gemologist in town while he and Clemmie and DR were moving the boulder. The guy in the store and I were trying to fake each other out, but he polished the side of one of the stones and finally told me they were first grade diamonds and worth more than fifty thousand dollars."

Kim sagged against the sofa. "Theo, I can't believe it. My little poker winnings? Diamonds too?"

Erica went over and mussed her hair. "He's already figured out what we have to do. Everyone in the room has a new assignment to help with the gold and diamond project."

Karen said, "He's taking the graduation exam tomorrow, so he can get free of school."

Selma said, "He's taking me to see Eduardo to get help finding laborers we can trust."

Clemmie said, "He's sending me to be DR's assistant and keep him in line. I may need help." She giggled and Susan laughed.

Susan said, "He's co-opted the art and music program to help with written and visual materials for the gallery."

Clara said, "He wants you and Marty to handle the major clients and the media."

The twins said, "Dinner is ready. He wants us to keep all of you well fed and happy!"

Everyone wanted to eat on the floor again. It looked silly but felt good. Laura took my empty plate and said she would bring coffee. I had an arm around Selma, who whispered, "I need my Eduardo. Thank you for taking me to him. When can we go? I need to call."

Before I could answer, Kim was pushing me down and sitting on my chest. "I go on a field trip for one day and all this happens!"

I ran my hand up under her dress and rubbed her thigh. I wondered what I would find if I went higher. She was shivering.

"Mom, isn't there a saying, 'Diamonds are a girl's best friend?' "

She swatted at me under her skirt. "Selma, look at that impudent hand. What am I to do?"

To me, she said, "What about the diamonds? Where did they come from?"

"DR found them in the boulder. Doesn't understand the geology yet. Might not be any more. My plans could go bust tomorrow, but I figured we better get ready in case there are more." My middle finger was in the crease of her briefs, which were wet.

She leaned down and kissed me and whispered, "Stop pestering me, I'm right on the edge."

Her eyes held a lot of promise, so I took my hand away.

She looked around the room. "Well, he's done it again, hasn't he. If he isn't giving us great sex, he is drafting us into wild schemes. Wild, moneymaking schemes."

Her words echoed around the room, "Moneymaking schemes."

I stood with her. "Let's not forget who put Parsons Gallery on the map and got us all here." I started clapping and everyone took it up. Mom hugged me and the others gathered in a giant hugging circle.

I was in the kitchen with the twins. "Can I come home with you tonight?"

Their eyes widened. "God yes, Theo, but the place is a mess."

Clemmie rubbed against my backside and said, "You go with them, Theo. I'm going home with Clara and we are having some fun."

The twins sucked in their breath and looked at me. I brought Clemmie around to the front and gave her a wet kiss as I bothered her boobs. "So, you like my cock, but you won't give up girl sex? I may have to put you over my knee. Or use the flogger. Talk to these two about that."

Laura and Sarah colored and choked out, "Clemmie, he might do it!"

I got another one of those hard punches that hurt. "Ha! I'll take him on anytime. He just nailed me at noon today and he is weak from what I did to him."

She was gone and the twins were all over me. "Theo! Are you letting your women get violent?"

I wandered off to find Kim. She was changing out of her travel clothes. The fortyish body looked great. I got her best 'come hither' look. She didn't want a hug. "I'm sweaty and sticky. Are you staying here tonight?"

"I need to go with the twins and help clean up their place and give them some loving."

Her eyes were hard. "Fucking the help? You can't stay away from that young stuff, can you?"

I tried to look apologetic. "You know it isn't like that. They work so hard, and don't get a lot of appreciation."

I got a hug anyway and a whispered, "Go to them. You can do your useless mom later."

I pinched her ass. "Useless, is it? I'll beat you for talking like that."

Her hand was on my trousers, squeezing. "I adore you, Theo. You have all the right instincts about women. I don't know how you got that way, but you do something special for all of us."

The kiss was very tender, somewhere between lover and mother, which is a secret, forbidden place that she and I occupied with delight.

The twins' house really was trashed. The mess triggered a general cleaning. They took their clothes off and said they always did major cleaning naked. Would I please take my clothes off too?

I was actually on my knees scrubbing the kitchen floor when there was a giant crash and two black bodies burst into the front room. The twins screamed, "Theo! Robbers!"

My clothes were far away. I lurched to my feet and headed to the doorway. They had black masks on and full length black raincoats. But the sneakers gave them away. The ex-lesbians were here, looking for excitement. I ducked back into the kitchen and found the ball of twine. The two raincoats did not expect football tackles and sprawled on the floor with my hands around their knees. There was no clothing under the raincoats. A commando attack! The twins were still up against the opposite wall, clutching each other. In a flash, I had the raincoats off and the hands twisted behind and tied. Then the ankles.

I stood and looked at the fine bodies writhing on the floor. The twins came over and smiled silently at me. The robbers had made a mistake with their black woolen hats, which I had pulled down over their eyes. They struggled against the knots but said nothing. I said loudly to the room. "Get the flogger. No one robs this house."