One for All and All for One
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Part Seven
By Chrissy and Peyton
Suddenly fear came to both Alexis and Kayla as they wondered if this was going to hurt Rose Marie or if she was mad for what they had done in her bed.
Rose Marie sensing their fear waited a few more seconds to toy with Alexis and Kayla's feelings. Then she lay on her side of the bed and held out her arm and hand, "Come here Alexis."
Alexis was hesitant but she got in bed moving up close to Rose Marie who had her arms out to wrap around Alexis back. Rose Marie pulled her in close her head slightly swimming from the wine she had consumed but more so because she wanted to kiss a sixteen-year-old and hold her tight to her body.
Rose Marie looked Alexis in her eyes while her arm and hand were around Alexis back her nails lightly running along Alexis back under her long hair. She watched those eyes to be sure she didn't see any resistance. Not seeing any she leaned in and kissed Alexis on the lips gently but with a great amount of feeling in the kiss.
Other than Kayla's kisses, Alexis never felt so much emotion in a gentle kiss and she didn't want it to end. She put her arm around Rose Marie and held on to her as she kissed her back, wanting more. Kayla was watching from the side of the bed and had yet to get in bed. In front of her were the two people she loved the most. And they were arm in arm having a very sensual romantic kiss. She was torn between breaking it up and letting it continue and she could feel she was getting excited as she instantly could feel the moisture between her legs.
Rose Marie and Alexis continued to kiss and now their tongues were involved as they became more aroused from kissing each other. If this was a preplanned show the two had cooked up to bother Kayla, at the moment she didn't care. What she was watching was the hottest thing she had ever seen. The two people she loved the most were kissing passionately, right in front of her as if she didn't exist. She didn't know whether to clear her throat to let them know she was there, or to touch her nipple and clit as she was getting massively turned on watching this before her. She basically was frozen in place not able to move or say anything. She felt as if she were a fly on the wall, only this fly was getting an eyeful from the two she loved the most. Not able to make any noise or to decide if she should let them continue, instinctively her hand found its way into her pajama bottoms and to her clit. She began a circular motion with her finger around her clit trying to avoid hitting any hot spots that would make her instantly cum. As she watched, both Alexis and Rose Marie's hand came up and squeezed the others breasts not breaking the kiss at all.
Rose Marie mind was in overdrive. She only intended to kiss Alexis passionately once to satisfy a need she had to kiss Alexis that way. The real reason was to elicit an emotion from Kayla to see how she could handle the two women she loved making love in bed next to her, yet ignoring her. She never intended it to go this far, but now she knew she had lost control as the urge to make love to a beautiful sixteen-year-old had blocked the reasoning power of her brain and her sexual urges had taken over. All she could think of was Alexis was only sixteen and in bed with her. She was more than thirteen years her senior and about to make love to her and she was too aroused to stop.
She rolled Alexis over onto her back and reached up taking both of Alexis's hands pushing them over her head. She continued to kiss Alexis, moving to her neck and to her shoulder. She released Alexis's hands but when Alexis began to move them down Rose Marie moved them back up and whispered to her to keep them there. Rose Marie then kissed her way down Alexis's arm even kissing her armpit. Sitting up on Alexis, she took her hands and lifted Alexis's top up and over her head. She left it there most as a symbolic restraint on Alexis's arms. She smiled at Alexis then went back to kissing her on the shoulder then working her way down to her breast and nipples.
The sight of Alexis's deep tanned skin and the white around her breast where her bikini bra had been was so erotic to Rose Marie. It was obvious that Alexis's bikini bra was not very wide as the white began just above her dark areola and ended just under it and not more off to the sides. It must have had spaghetti style straps because the lines were very faint moving away from her breast. Then there were her breasts, small, not more than a handful yet tight and round. With her very dark and small areolas and hard nipples, Rose Marie had a hard time not cumming just looking and being this close to them. She kissed first the right nipple around the areola bringing moans from Alexis. She then grabbed her nipple with her teeth, not enough to bite, but enough to have it in her grip and she lightly tugged at it causing Alexis to gasp and cry out, "Oh fuck," while arching her back up to Rose Marie. Rose Marie sucked her breast into her mouth, flicking her tongue around Alexis's nipple before releasing it and moving to the other breast, repeating what she had just done to the right one.
No one paid any attention to Kayla, who still seemed frozen in space as she watched what was taking place in front of her. Neither Rose Marie nor Alexis as much as glanced her way. It was though she didn't exist standing there. But she didn't have to be a part of it to not feel what was going on. She was so aroused and turned on she knew if she touched herself too much or in the right spot she would cum so she stayed content to make circle motions with her fingers around her clit and lips, not making direct contact with either.
Rose Marie had spent enough time kissing and sucking on Alexis's breasts. She moved lower on her body to where she most desired to go and it was obvious Alexis wanted her to go there. She kissed right above the waistband of the gym shorts Alexis was wearing for pajama bottoms. Hooking her fingers in the waistband, she slowly pulled them down past Alexis's knees allowing Alexis to lift her legs up together, she slipped the shorts completely off. Much like her breasts, Alexis's tan line didn't leave much to the imagination as to how skimpy her bathing suit bottoms must be. The tan line was just above Alexis's mons and went in an inverted triangle out not even making it to her mid thighs. Like her top it must have had spaghetti style ties as there were just hints of a tan line across Alexis's legs and hips. Alexis was shaved bald except for the small landing strip. Rose Marie could see her tight outer lips though wet they still remained tight. She ran her finger through Alexis slit, parting the lips and exposing her inner lips, which were soaked with juices.
Alexis brought her knees up placing her legs around Rose Marie's back so her pussy was now directly in front and up close to Rose Marie's face. The aroma coming from Alexis was too much for Rose Marie. With her fingers she opened up Alexis's lips inserting her tongue in as deep as she could get it into Alexis. She moved it in and around tasting all she could of Alexis and feeling the warmth and sweetness of this young girls pussy juices. Alexis gasped and moaned tightening her heels into Rose Marie's back as she arched her hips up to Rose Marie's eager tongue.
Rose Marie couldn't believe how wonderful Alexis felt and tasted and was so turned on by it. She licked and sucked like she was possessed. The moaning and licking sounds had Kayla so worked up she no longer cared if her fingers touched something that would send her over the edge. She couldn't stop watching but managed to pull her panties down and off and had her fingers inside of herself going fast and furious. She was leaning against the bed for partial support to help her stand up but she knew any second she would collapse on the bed.
Alexis moaned and cried out to Rose Marie, "Yes, oh god, yes! I'm going to cum, aghhhh!" Her head was turning side to side on the bed as her hands grabbed the sheets on the bed until her orgasm hit her. She exploded almost lifting her entire body up off the bed with her legs wrapped around Rose Marie back. With her heels digging into Rose Marie's back, Alexis arched up forcing her pussy into Rose Marie's mouth.
It was then that Rose Marie heard another gasp coming from beside her. She glanced over to see Kayla lying on the bed with her fingers inside of herself pumping them in and out and her head back on the pillow her eyes closed, yelling out, "Oh fuck!!!" She smiled inside knowing Kayla had just climaxed. Rose Marie got the effect she was after from Kayla though not the way she planned and certainly better as she had just made love to Alexis.
Rose Marie continued to lick and suck on Alexis savoring the juices that Alexis gave her when she came. Her finger pressed down on Alexis's clit and she rubbed it back and forth feeling Alexis try to relax but her breathing quickly picked up again with Rose Marie's tongue still working its magic on her pussy. She hadn't quite relaxed from the first orgasm when a second one even more powerful than the first overtook her and she again cried out "Oh god yes, I'm going to cum, aghh!" and she let loose more of her cum into Rose Marie's mouth.
After a minute of slow licking mostly to clean up juices that Alexis produced she felt Alexis go limp and she pulled back climbing up to find Alexis had apparently black out from the intensity of her orgasm. She kissed her lightly on the lips letting her lay there to recover on her own knowing she would come out of it any second.
Meantime the love she had for Kayla came to the forefront of her mind. She knew she wanted to make sure her lover was satisfied and okay with what happened. She moved over between Kayla's legs which were splayed out still with her own fingers inside. She moved up between them and took Kayla's fingers from her pussy licking them clean. She glanced up to see Kayla looking down at her. She smiled at Kayla, putting her head down, licked Kayla's pussy much like she had done to Alexis. In a matter of minutes Kayla was ready. She couldn't hold out cumming hard on Rose Marie's face. Rose Marie waited until she had calmed some before moving up and taking Kayla's head giving her a passionate and loving deep kiss. Rose Marie felt hands on her back and she knew that Alexis must have recovered from her orgasm. She rolled off of Kayla lying on her back now between the two.
Alexis leaned down and kissed Rose Marie, her tongue going deep into Rose Marie's mouth. Alexis broke the kiss and whispered to Rose Marie, "Thank you. That was the most powerful orgasm I have ever experienced. You are so beautiful and I want to do the same to you."
Rose Marie couldn't answer as she just realized she had made two girls the oldest still ten years her junior have massive orgasms and she had no regrets though she knew she should. She wanted Alexis to make her cum so all she could do was nod her head to Alexis pulling her back in for another passionate kiss.
"Take your nightie off," Rose Marie heard and she pushed her bottoms off then with help pulled her top over her head and off. She watched Alexis move down between her legs and push them out as she crouched down between them. Alexis pulled Rose Marie's pussy lips open with her fingers then licked at the inner part of her pussy causing Rose Marie to grunt and grab the sheets with her hands.
Her sight of Alexis went blank until she realized that Kayla was over top of her and leaning down for a kiss which she returned with passion. She felt Kayla's hand go to her breast, squeezing the right one, running her thumb over her nipple back and forth, making it harder if that was possible.
The sensation of having Alexis, a sixteen-year-old, eating her pussy and having Kayla kiss her and torment her nipples was overwhelming for Rose Marie. It only took Rose Marie less than five minutes before the first of three powerful orgasms overcame her. She tried to scream but Kayla still had her tongue in her mouth. From her body motions both Alexis and Kayla knew she was having a massive orgasm.
Rose Marie no sooner was coming back from her orgasm when Alexis and Kayla switched places. Now she was passionately kissing Alexis, and Kayla was eating her pussy. She moved her hand over between Alexis's legs and rubbed her fingers through Alexis's pussy as the two worked on her bringing her to a second and just as powerful orgasm. She momentarily stopped rubbing Alexis but when she felt Kayla start licking her again and now playing with her rosebud she started rubbing Alexis again. Just as she felt Kayla insert her finger into her ass she came and Alexis came too both moaning into the other's mouth as their orgasms overtook them.
Exhausted and completely satisfied from the marathon three-way, Kayla and Alexis moved up next to Rose Marie and cuddled up against her. Kayla and Alexis were holding hands laying them on Rose Marie's chest, who had her arms around both girls. Both Kayla and Alexis laid their heads on Rose Marie's shoulders and soon they were all asleep.
Rose Marie woke up in the morning not long before her alarm was set to go off. Both Kayla and Alexis had moved off of her and were still sound asleep. Rose Marie gently reached over Alexis to turn off her alarm so as not to waken either girl. She laid back down thinking about what had happened last night. She knew it was wrong and she should have never let it happened, but she felt no guilt. In fact, it was making her a horny. She had just experienced her first three-way and thoroughly loved it. What made it so much more erotic was it was with her girlfriend who was still only a teenager and her girlfriend's girlfriend who was only sixteen. While she still thought it shouldn't have happened, she also thought, "Damn, I made love to two teenage girls, and it was the hottest most erotic sex I have ever had!"
She realized she needed to get up or she might regret waking both girls up and starting it all over again. She slowly and gently eased her way out of bed and headed for the shower. Once she was finished and dressed she went to get Jake up and get him dressed for day care. When she came back into the bedroom, Kayla and Alexis had moved over next to each other and were engaged in a passionate kiss.
"I guess you two didn't get enough last night," she giggled.
They broke the kiss and Kayla turned to her, "We had enough. Kissing is all we can do. We already found out we are both a little sore down there so we were only kissing before we get up."
"Yeah, I know the feeling. I have to admit, I am too. Jake and I are leaving. I'll be in the office if you need me though I think you might not this time," Rose Marie said and crawled onto the bed to give both of them a kiss before she left.
After Rose Marie left, Kayla looked over at Alexis. "I can't believe what got into Rose Marie last night. She was...."
Alexis put her fingers up to Kayla's lips to prevent her from talking. "Don't. Don't analyze what happened last night. Accept it for what it was. As far as I'm concerned, it was the most erotic sensual lovemaking I have been a part of. The three of us together was pure magic and not a one of us felt any regret last night as we were doing it. We were all left completely satisfied and there was no jealousy or ulterior motives behind it."
"There you go again with your infinite wisdom on relationships. I guess you are right. Sleeping together and having all that wine, something was bound to happen. It was erotic and I think it was the best I ever felt too."
"Without the wine it was going to happen. The wine just helped us lose our inhibitions sooner. Let's get up, shower and get something to eat. I'm starved plus there still is a lot to do with the paperwork at the office," Alexis told Kayla.
They did take a shower but together. They washed each other and kissed some more with their hands touching places longer than needed to be washed but they didn't go any farther than teasing each other and enjoying the time they had together.
On the way to the office Alexis said they needed to go over and check on Ella tonight. It had been a few days since they had been over there.
The day at the office was spent finalizing the paperwork from the apartments to download into the computer program Kayla was making, then file in the file cabinets the hard copies of everything. From this Kayla would be able to analyze the flow of money and length of lease expectancy so they could make plans for the future on remodeling.
Rose Marie and Marta were set up and completely open for business. They worked on their cases they had brought with them. The four of them, plus Julie their receptionist, went to lunch together. They talked about the possibility of hiring a paralegal that would be able to assist both attorneys. Some of the work was getting too much for Julie to do and keep up her with her other duties too.
Rose Marie and Marta were discussing the case Marta had briefly talked with Rose Marie about the other day. It involved things that Kayla might help with. They decided the best way to handle this knowing the confidentiality of everything they came up with a plan.
Rose Marie walked over to the leasing office to get Kayla. "Kayla, I need to discuss some business with you on a case. Alexis, no offense sweetie, but because it is a case matter and confidential it's best if you not be in on the conversation. It's nothing personal. As attorney we are sworn to confidentiality and if we disclose information outside our duties we could be held liable."
"No problem, I understand. If you need Kayla's help I'm sure I wouldn't understand any of it anyway. I've got work to do here to give me busy," Alexis said.
"Thanks sweetheart. I knew you would understand."
Rose Marie took Kayla into her office where Marta was sitting in one of the chairs. "Kayla, Marta and I will from time to time need the assistance of someone who is astute in finances, investments, and the protection of property as you are. Now is one of those times on a case Marta has. She needs your help. Before that can happen we need to have a consultation contract with you for that will bar you from disclosing any information you learn from these cases to anyone other than us or the client directly. It's a legal document, especially because of your age, to protect the law firm but also to protect you."
She handed the document to Kayla, telling her to read it and sign it on the second page at the bottom. Kayla read the document not fully understanding because of the legal language, but she generally got the drift of the contract. She signed it and returned it to Rose Marie who laid it on her desk for the time being.
"The contract reads, as you know, that for a fee of one dollar per case you consult on you will keep any information confidential and not disclose as it now is attorney-client privileged information. Here's your one dollar for the case Marta needs to discuss with you," Rose Marie told her handing her a dollar bill and asking for her to sign a receipt for the dollar.
"Why the dollar? I don't need any money?" Kayla asked.
"See Marta, I told you she would not want anything. Kayla, in order for a contract to be legal there has to be consideration. You would be giving us advice but we have nothing to give you except money which then meets the requirement of consideration. We knew you would not accept the going rate for consulting but just a dollar will meet the requirement."
"Oh, okay now I understand. So what is it you want me to look at Marta?" Kayla asked.
"Let's go to my office so Rose Marie can work. It will take some time for me to go over everything with you." Marta got up to leave with Kayla standing up too.
"After work, Alexis and I are going over to Ella's to check up on her and visit for a while. We will pick up Jake from day care. We'll take him too since he hasn't been over there in a while either. We'll probably eat there if you want to come by too."
"Thanks but I'll just catch something on the way home. That'll give me more time to stay here," Rose Marie said.
Marta and Kayla proceeded to go into Marta's office to see what it was that Kayla could help her with. After Marta pulled out the papers, she told Kayla about the case. Kayla sat down and began to go over everything asking questions about the joint accounts, signature accounts, liens, etc. She told Marta she would need several hours to thoroughly review everything and come to a conclusion. They took everything into the conference room so Kayla would have a table to work on. Marta told Kayla she would be in her office if Kayla needed her leaving Kayla alone to do her magic with the finances.
After leaving Kayla, Marta walked over to talk to Rose Marie. "Since you don't have Jake tonight and are free for dinner how about you and I go out for dinner?"
"It might be nice to go out for a change. I won't have much time though since I need to get home to Jake and Kayla. Where would you like to go?"
"I have a few places I wouldn't mind trying but I haven't really decided yet until my stomach tells me what it wants?"
Rose Marie laughed telling Marta, "Once your stomach decides, let me know and you have a deal."
"Great, I'll come get you when I'm done for the day and we have a date," Marta said and walked back to her office.
Kayla worked the rest of the afternoon on Marta's case putting everything in a certain order before taking it back into Marta's office to be locked up as she was leaving for the day. She told Marta she would finish tomorrow morning and she had several questions and possibly more documents she might need to see. Before she left she dropped in on Rose Marie to tell her she and Alexis were leaving, blowing her a kiss and telling her she loved her before departing.
Kayla and Alexis picked up Jake from the day care and drove over to Ella's. They walked in the front though Ella was already up and coming to the door as she saw them walking up the sidewalk.
"Hi Ella," Kayla said coming in the door followed by Jake who upon seeing Ella ran to her calling out, "Mamaw!"
Ella picked up Jake grunting as she did telling him he was getting too big for her to pick up. She hugged Kayla and Alexis giving both a kiss on the cheek.
"What brings you all over here?" Ella asked.
"You, why else would we come over? We haven't been here in several days and wanted to come over and see how you were doing?" Kayla told her.
"You know a man named Alexander Graham Bell, many years ago invented this item called a telephone. It's an amazing devise that you can use to talk to someone without having to drive over to see them?" Ella told them.
"Yes, but Mr. Bell's invention can't feed us," Alexis piped in leaning in to kiss Ella on the cheek.
"Oh, so you came over here so I can feed you? I see. Well let's go into the kitchen and see what we can rustle up. Are you hungry too little man?" she said to Jake and tickled his sides making him laugh and squirm in her arms.
They followed Ella into the kitchen. Kayla and Alexis offered to fix whatever Ella had available so she didn't have to do the work, allowing her to entertain Jake. Ella thought that was a good idea and sat at the kitchen table playing cards with Jake that only amounted to turning them over and slapping them making Jake giggle.
After dinner they sat and talked, catching up on what had been going on since they were there last. Kayla and Alexis filled her in on the office space, the apartment building, and Alexis being enrolled in school. They both noticed when Ella would get up and walk she would hold onto something for support and then gingerly walk to where she was going. They sat out in the living room after cleaning up from dinner, still talking away. They noticed Ella's eyes getting heavy so they used the excuse they needed to get Jake home, bathed and in bed to leave. After saying goodbyes they were out the door and in the car heading home.
"Did you notice how she seemed to be having trouble walking?" Kayla asked Alexis.
"Yes, she had to hold on to something for support. And she got pretty sleepy there, yet it is still early," Alexis noted.
"We need to spend more time going over there to make sure there isn't any problem," Kayla said.
After they arrived at home, they gave Jake his bath. They played with him before it was time to put him to bed. "Wonder where Rose Marie is? Not like her to work this late and not say anything," Kayla said.
"Text her to make sure she is okay," Alexis told Kayla.
Kayla sent a text to Rose Marie. "We are home, Jake bathed and in bed. You okay? You're working late?"
It was about fifteen minutes before Rose Marie texted back. "Thanks, sorry. Marta and I went to dinner and have been talking. Be home soon. Love you two."
Kayla showed Alexis the text. They decided to go ahead and take their showers, getting ready for bed. Since Rose Marie wasn't home, they stayed up and watched some TV, not wanting to go to bed until Rose Marie was home and they knew she was safe.
After everyone but Rose Marie had gone for the day Marta went in to ask Rose Marie if she was ready to go. "My stomach has decided. There is a nice restaurant I have wanted to try, but I hate going into nice places by myself. With you with me, I won't feel awkward and stand out. It will be a good opportunity to try the place out.
"Well that sounds like your stomach has decided. And good timing too because mine is beginning to tell me it's going to revolt soon if I don't put something in it," Rose Marie responded and they began to walk out and down to their cars.
Once they were in the parking lot Marta stated, "No sense taking two cars. We'll leave yours here and I'll drive."
"No, then you have to bring me back here and it will probably be out of your way."
"Nonsense, you're my date and I won't have you driving yourself," Marta said.
"Date? Who said anything about a date? We were just going out to eat together."
"For an attorney you need to listen more carefully what you are being told. I specifically asked you to go out to eat. When you said yes, I told you great, we have a date. So you are my date so get in my car because time is being wasted and I'm starving," Marta told her.
Rose Marie stared at Marta trying to figure her out. Was she really seeing this as a date or just loosely using the terminology to get her way? She couldn't tell but got in Marta's car anyway.
They drove to a newer restaurant that was not too far, but took them almost a half hour because of traffic at that time of the day to get there. They were seated and Marta ordered a bottle of wine for them to drink. The waiter brought the wine and after pouring each a glass set it in a bucket next to the table. He then took their order and left.
"You shouldn't have ordered a whole bottle. After last night I think I've had my quota of wine for a while," Rose Marie said.
"Don't drink more than you want. If we don't finish it someone else here will," Marta told her.
Before their meal arrived they talked business and how well things were going. They knew, or so they were hoping that business would pick up with their sign up on the outside, and with all the construction done on the building. Their meal arrived and they both realized how hungry they were devouring everything.
"Good choice, Marta. I'm not sure the food was that good or I was just that hungry, but either way we need to follow your stomach's desires more often," Rose Marie told Marta smiling at her.
"It was good but I think we were both that hungry too. I'm glad you enjoyed it," Marta smiled back at Rose Marie.
They sat after dinner drinking a little more wine before the bill came. Rose Marie took out her purse to pay her share but Marta told her put it away.
"I told you you are my date. Now put your money away," she told Rose Marie.
"There you go with your date thing again. Are you really looking at this as a date?"
Marta smiled at her giving her a wink, "Yes I am. Do you have a problem with that?"
"Well not to get too personal here but are you into women? I thought you dated men and just got out of a long-term relationship with one?"
"I don't know who told you I only dated men. It didn't come from me. And the long-term relationship I had and the reason my parents and I don't get along is the other person was a she not a he."
"You're kidding me, right? I could have sworn you told me?"
"Again how did you ever become an attorney, and a good one at that? You really need to listen and not make assumptions hon," Marta said.
"So you are a lesbian and have been the whole time I've known you?" Rose Marie leaned over and whispered so no one else could hear.
Marta just nodded her head. She paid the waiter and got up to leave. She had to wait for Rose Marie to get up because she was still trying to digest what she just heard.
Marta hooked her arm in Rose Marie's and began to walk towards the exit. Before she got there, she whispered to the maitre d something, before she continued to walk with Rose Marie. Just before they got to the door that led to outside, she pulled Rose Marie down a hallway that went off to the right. They came to a lounge that had a bar and many tables around the room. It had a big dance floor in the middle of the room.
"What are we doing here?" Rose Marie asked.
"We're going to relax, maybe dance a little and finish our date," Marta told her. They were seated at a table and before they were situated their half full bottle of wine in the wine bucket was brought over by a waiter and put down next to their table. She then returned with two clean glasses and poured them each a drink of the wine.
"You had this planned all along didn't you, when you asked me out for dinner?" Rose Marie asked Marta.
"Not entirely. I asked you out for dinner thinking it would be just a dinner, then home. However, later that afternoon I thought it was time I came out to you so you know who you have partnered up with at work. This was the best place to come because unless you haven't noticed most of the dinner guest here were same sex couples and of the only six couples in this lounge only one is not same sex."
"You know I am involved with someone right now, don't you?"
"Yes and this wasn't a date to try and seduce you or attempt to get in the middle of your relationship. I would never do that to you or to Kayla, or to Alexis for that fact. I respect what you have and will never go to any extent that you begin to think you are cheating on her. If at any time you feel it is wrong then we leave and there are no hard feelings. We have to work together and I don't want infidelity to come between us. I've experienced that enough to know how much it hurts and how it can ruin lives. Work comes first."
"Thank you. I know you find it hard to believe about me and Kayla but I do love her and would never do anything to hurt her or damage our relationship."
"Rose Marie, I'm not in love with you though it would be easy to fall in love with you. I consider you my best friend right now, and I don't want to do anything to harm our friendship. I also think the world of Kayla, and can thoroughly see why you love her. I'm not trying to come on to you. I just want my best friend and partner from work to go out, have a nice time and enjoy each other's company. I just needed to come out to you first so you know about me."
"I appreciate everything you have said and you mean the world to me too," Rose Marie said and reached over taking Marta's hand in hers and holding it for a minute.
"Would you care to dance with me?" Marta then asked her.
"It would be my honor to dance with such a beautiful woman as you," Rose Marie responded.
"Remember now, you are involved with someone. Don't be putting thoughts in my head girl. I've had just enough wine to get bold and cross the line," Marta said and laughed as she took Rose Marie's hand in hers and on to the dance floor.
They danced a few dances that were slow enough they were up close to each other. Rose Marie had a completely different perspective of Marta now. Instead of looking at her as a partner at work and a smart attorney, she now was looking at her as a beautiful woman who smelled wonderful and felt good in her arms. After they had danced several songs, they went back to their seats. Marta noticed the light on Rose Marie's phone sitting on the table and she mentioned it to her.
Rose Marie picked up her phone and read the text from Kayla. "It's from Kayla. They were worried I was so late and asking if everything is okay."
"We'll leave in a few minutes. You can tell them you'll be home soon," Marta said.
"Dance with me one more dance and then we can go," Marta told Rose Marie as she took her hand again pulling her onto the dance floor.
They danced another slow song before they got their things and left. When Marta dropped Rose Marie off at the office she got out of her car walking over to Rose Marie.
"Thank you for a lovely dinner and evening. I really did have a good time on our first date" Rose Marie said.
"You really need to be more careful with your words hon," Marta told her. "But I like the sound of that just the same. First date! I think it went quite well myself. Thank you for going out with me," she told Rose Marie.
Not wanting to scare Rose Marie she took her hand in hers and kissed her hand. Rose Marie reacting on instinct pulled Marta close to her, kissing her on the cheek. "Thank you, see you tomorrow." She got in her car as did Marta waiting to be sure Rose Marie's car started before she began to drive away.
Rose Marie left to go home. On the way she thought back over the date she just had thinking it was nice and she really did have a good time. Then she thought of Kayla and she had to remind herself of how much she loved Kayla and had better be careful because there was no way she was going to hurt Kayla.
Once she was home, she found Kayla and Alexis lying on the sofa one behind the other with their arms intermingled, watching a show on the television. She came over sitting by them, lifting both of their feet up and putting them back in her lap. She lightly massaged their feet as she told them Marta had taken her to dinner and afterwards they walked next door to a lounge to talk. They ended up dancing a few dances before coming home. She left out the part of Marta coming out and their discussion of infidelity. She didn't see the need to worry Kayla about that since she had no intentions of cheating on her anyway.
"When we were over at Ella's we noticed she was having trouble walking and staying awake," Kayla began to tell Rose Marie. "Initially we didn't think much of it, but when we got there and she tried to pick Jake up, she grunted and made the comment he was getting too big for her to pick up. At the time we didn't think anything of it because he is getting bigger. But later we noticed she had difficulty walking without holding on to something."
"Maybe she has just strained her back doing some lifting or sleeping wrong," Rose Marie told both Kayla and Alexis as she continued to rub their feet.
"Later we were sitting in her living room and she kept nodding off so we told her we needed to get Jake home to get a bath and in bed. It's not like her to be that sleepy that early in the night. She was always a go to bed after the late news was on person," Kayla then explained to Rose Marie.
"I would keep an eye on her but don't worry too much yet. She easily could have hurt her back or her hip, and the aggravation could be interrupting her sleep. That could be why she is tired," Rose Marie reasoned.
"We will make a point of going over there two or three times a week to make sure she is doing okay," Kayla said for both Rose Marie and Alexis.
"I need to get in the shower and check on Jake," Rose Marie said and got up from the sofa.
"Awww," Alexis said as Rose Marie got up.
"What?" Rose Marie asked confused why Alexis had said what she said.
"I was enjoying you rubbing my feet. It was very relaxing and I liked having your hands on me touching me that way," Alexis said with a pouty look.
Rose Marie laughed before telling Alexis, "Maybe later sweetheart I will rub them some more. I was enjoying it too." Then she blew them a kiss and went to take her shower.
She jumped in the shower, reliving the events of the evening, and trying to sort her mind out. This isn't what she needed right now with the issues with Alexis, now having to keep a closer watch over Ella, and then work with it still being new. They needed to concentrate on making it work with all of them in the same location all day. The last thing that needs to happen is hurt feelings, when there is no getting away from each other night and day.
She finished her shower and was ready for bed. She was going to tell the girls she was going to bed when the lights in the living room went out and she could hear some kissing noises followed by soft moaning then she heard one of them say, "shhhh." She knew they wanted and probably needed privacy, so she left them alone and went to bed. Rose Marie lay in bed thinking about what was going on in the living room. No matter how quite they were trying to be, she could still hear the moaning and kissing. To her it was erotic, yet satisfying. She loved them both very much, especially Kayla, and she knew no matter what happened, the love between them would always be there. Her mind drifted to earlier that night and her time with Marta. After knowing her for so long, why hadn't she figured out that Marta was a lesbian? Was Marta really making a play for her, knowing her love was with Kayla right now? How would that go over if she got involved with Marta, knowing Kayla would be there every day at the office and held the purse strings to their getting the law firm operational. At some point in her thoughts sleep overcame her and the next she knew, her alarm was going off.
Rose Marie turned the alarm off and looked back over her shoulder to see Kayla and Alexis in bed still asleep. Kayla had her arm around Alexis as they slept cuddled up next to each other. She got out of bed to begin the day which would be very busy as they had two interviews to conduct for a paralegal they needed to hire.
Kayla and Alexis arrived at the office about an hour after Rose Marie and Marta. Kayla took the papers she was working on from Marta and went back into the conference room. After going over the paperwork a few hours, she went back into Marta's office to discuss what she was seeing.
"Is this a good time to talk about the case you wanted me to review?" she asked Marta.
"Sure hon, Come on in," Marta told her.
"I'd rather you come into the conference room so I can show you what I've done," Kayla said.
"No problem," Marta said getting up to follow Kayla back into the conference room.
Kayla had everything laid out in rows. She first showed her all of her client's assets, showing properties and estimated values Kayla had gotten from internet sites. Then she showed her their investments and how they were set up. From this Kayla was able to show the approximate net worth of this couple which ninety percent came from Marta's client as the husband had married her and the money she had inherited.
Kayla then proceeded to show Marta the best way to maximize earnings from what they had. Not knowing how this was going to end up, she was not sure how to divide the property up in case of a divorce. She said until that was decided, she couldn't advise what the best division of the property would be to benefit her client. But she did offer a way to assure that property couldn't be liquidated, or investments and cash couldn't be diverted or taken without the wife's specific authorization and signature. Marta was busy writing all of this down as she would need to explain this to her client. She was also trying to understand what Kayla was saying, realizing now what Rose Marie had said about her, and her ability to understand and interpret data better than most highly educated financial experts.
The last thing that Kayla talked to her about was a piece of property that was sold several months ago that had piqued her interest. It seems that when Kayla began looking for property for Rose Marie to set up her law practice, the real estate agent Kayla used tried to show her this building. When they looked at it something was off. The price it was listed for was well below market value, but when they inquired the listing agent told them it was off the market as it had a contract already. The reason Kayla's interest peaked was the sales price that showed in this woman's records was far short of the listed price that Kayla was shown, and yet still well below market value.
"What does all this mean?" asked Marta.
"I'm not sure yet. What I would like to do, but I will need you to get the information for me. I want to first trace the current ownership back to your client then work our way forward on each sale. I will need information on the corporation that it shows purchased the property such as their corporate structure, officers, dates of incorporation, bills of sale on the property, and tax rolls showing the property changing hands. And if you can get a copy of the state tax return for the corporations that purchased the property."
"Wow, that's asking a lot but I'm sure it can all be obtained through the county tax assessor and the secretary of state where everyone has to file incorporation papers and state tax returns. Now I wish we had a new paralegal. This will take some leg work," Marta said.
"I'm sorry to cause trouble, but something is not right and I don't know what it is as of yet. For all I know it is all legit and there is no problem at all," Kayla apologetically said to Marta.
"No, don't be sorry. This is what we hired you to do. This is your expertise and not mine or Rose Marie's. Be proud of what you are doing. Don't ever be sorry for following your instincts. Instincts many times prove to be more valuable than any rational thoughts," Marta told Kayla. "Let me write out what you just told me on maximizing earnings and protecting my client's interest. Then I want you to look it over before I present it to her. Is that okay with you?"
"Sure, I have no problem with that," Kayla said.
Later that afternoon Rose Marie and Marta were discussing the two people they interviewed for the paralegal position. Neither person stood out as a great fit for their firm but they kept one of the girls in mind if they couldn't find anyone else. They had several more applications come in so they set up appointments with each of them to come in for an interview.
Kayla and Alexis were almost finished logging in all the information from the apartments and Kayla was setting up programs so she could analyze the data they would need before making decisions on renovations. She also had discussed renovations with the contactor she used to renovate the office space, and he was busy making estimates on what needed to be done and how best to accomplish it. This required him to go inside each apartment which proved to be harder than anticipated as they had to make arrangements with the tenants to allow them access to each apartment.
One particular lease agreement had Kayla bothered. She took it into Rose Marie's office to discuss it with her. "Look at this lease," she told Rose Marie.
"Okay," Rose Marie said taking it from Kayla and looking it over. She was satisfied she didn't see anything out of the standard lease agreement language in it. "What am I looking for?"
"You see the lease amount?" Kayla asked her.
"Yes, what about it? Don't make me guess. Tell me what's bothering you," Rose Marie said almost irritated at how Kayla would assume she would see what she was seeing.
"The lease amount has been the same for almost ten years. No increase over that time and three to four hundred dollars a month less than the other leases. I'm not sure leasing an apartment at that rate is even break even for that apartment."
"There's nothing in the files to say why this apartment is leased at this rate with no increase?" Rose Marie asked.
"Zero back up. Just the leases and renewals, which are done yearly." I guess I need to talk to this lady to see what's up. If we remodel, we can't lease to her at this rate, and if I'm not mistaken, we can't increase the lease amount more than ten percent per year. It would take us almost ten years to get her up to other lease amounts."
"Have a talk with her and see if she can tell us why her rate is so low. Explain to her we can't continue to lease at that rate. Her lease expires in three months and there is nothing in these lease agreements do they have an automatic right of renewal. It is at our discretion and we can refuse to renew without cause," Rose Marie advised Kayla.
As Kayla walked out of the office Rose Marie stopped her. "Kayla, I'm sorry I snapped at you. I have a lot on my mind right now and I wanted you to get to the point. I'm sorry."
"No offense was taken. I know you are under a lot of stress. I still love you, babe," Kayla said smiling at Rose Marie.
"I so love you too sweetheart," Rose Marie said smiling back at Kayla.
The next week Kayla was able to get the lady with the low lease to come into the office to discuss her lease agreement. June Taylor was an older lady, maybe in her early sixties as best as Kayla could tell. She was well dressed and very pleasant upon greeting the receptionist who escorted her to the conference room. Kayla and Rose Marie then came into the room and introduced themselves.
"Hi, Ms. Taylor, I'm Kayla Manning, partner in the apartment building next door. This is one of my partners, Rose Marie Jenkins.
"It's very nice to meet you both of you. I must say you have done wonders with this building. I don't think it has ever looked this good before."
"Thank you. We take great pride in how it came out," Kayla said. "Now we are looking at plans to do the same with the apartment building and bring it into the twentieth century," Kayla said and half laughed.
"Wonderful. That building hasn't been updated for too many years. I don't know where the previous owners ever found replacements for refrigerators and ovens that still looked like they were twenty to thirty years old," Ms. Taylor said and laughed back.
"The remodeling is what we wanted to discuss with you. You see we were going over the lease agreements and noticed your lease was very much lower than everyone else in the building and if we renovate we can't allow you to continue to lease at that rate. We would need to raise your rate considerably over the next few years unless you choose not to renew," Kayla explained to her.
"Oh my, that's not good at all. I had an agreement with the last two owners on my rent staying the same for the rest of my life as part of the compensation for the accident that occurred," she told them.
"There is nothing in your file to indicate any agreement other than the leases which are only yearly and have to be renewed at our discretion each year. What accident are you referring?" Kayla went on.
"You see many years ago this building was a warehouse, and my husband was the night manager of the warehouse. The owners neglected to fix some electrical problems and my husband, while using a forklift, hit a live wire and was electrocuted. The fire department found the owner's neglect as the reason for the accident, but I was left without a husband and no income. They offered me a settlement that would cover rent and utilities until I died and I could stay in the apartment we shared and be close to where he died. My social security pays for my other bills, but to be honest I don't have enough money to pay rent any higher than I am now."
"Do you have any of this in writing somewhere that we could see?" Rose Marie asked.
"I don't think so. We came to an agreement before I ever filed a lawsuit, so no attorneys were involved. It was more of a handshake, and they lived up to their end of the deal so I never thought I would need proof of what they agreed to. I have the paper clippings on the accident, as it was in the local paper but nothing more."
Kayla and Rose Marie looked at each other. Neither knew what to say or do. Rose Marie could already see in Kayla's eyes, she was trying to think of a way to help this lady but was somewhat lost. They decided it was best if they thought it over before making any decisions. They told Ms. Taylor they would get back to her in the next few days after they had time to look things over.
After Ms. Taylor left, they discussed the possibilities and consequences of each. Neither thought this lady was lying to them, but they had no proof of what she said either. When it came to business, they didn't have to honor any contractual agreements between the previous owners and Ms. Taylor since it was not mentioned in the lease agreements or in the sales contacts for the building.
Kayla having the big heart ran a possibility past Rose Marie. "What if we convince her to be our cleaning service? After each tenant moves out she can go in and thoroughly clean the apartment and for that we can give her credit towards her rent?"
"I know you have a big heart but even if we give her two-hundred per apartment and they change over once a year that still only fourteen hundred dollars. That's forty-six hundred dollars we lose on her apartment each year!" Rose Marie said. "We can't be running a charity for apartments and expect to make any money let alone break even."
"We have to come up with something to help her out. I would feel horrible because of the attachment she has to the apartment, and location to where her husband died if we told her she had to move."
"Go to the realtor and get a hold of the former owner. See if they have any hard copy backup to this agreement that they just neglected to provide us. Maybe if they have something we can go back to them for compensation, since it was not disclosed to us at the time of sale," Rose Marie told her.
Four weeks went by and Alexis had begun attending school again. Kayla would drop her off and pick her up after school each day as Alexis was not old enough to drive alone. Though she did have her learners permit, Kayla let her drive the way to and from school so she received experience driving. Once she turned seventeen she would be able to drive herself, but restricted until she turned eighteen from driving at night.
The contractor and Kayla were discussing the pluses and minuses of renovating the whole apartment building at once, or each apartment individually as it became available. There were also modifications to the building in general that could be done, though they would be a hassle for the tenants. But they could be accomplished while it was still occupied.
Marta and Rose Marie's law firm was doing great. They hired two paralegals, Beverly Stevens and Candice Franks from the second set of applicants. They were very pleased with both of their work to date. They had more business as tenants in the building were taking advantage of the arrangements Kayla had put in the lease agreements. That proved to be a great idea. They not only received business from the arrangement, but it gave them exposure, which in their business was everything. Their reputation as fair but firm law firm was getting around.
Kayla, Alexis and Rose Marie's dilemma was still present, though they seemed to be handling it very well. Sometimes the three of them made love, and sometimes it would be two of them, mostly Kayla and Alexis or Kayla and Rose Marie. Seldom did Rose Marie and Alexis make love without Kayla present.
What added a new wrinkle to the equation was Marta. Occasionally she would ask Rose Marie to have dinner with her without the others along. She used work as an excuse to have time alone with Rose Marie. Sometimes the topic at dinner would stray into relationships, but Marta was being very careful not to pressure or make things uncomfortable between her and Rose Marie. It was obvious at least from Marta's viewpoint she cared very much for Rose Marie. The other person who picked up on it was Alexis. A few times the four of them had gone out on the weekends shopping or to a craft fair. Sometimes Jake was with them and sometimes Jake would be at Ella's. Alexis noticed how Marta would pair off with Rose Marie, leaving her and Kayla to trail behind or look at something different. She noticed how Marta would look at Rose Marie, and how Rose Marie would look at Marta. She didn't think Rose Marie was cheating with Marta, but she could tell that Rose Marie was beginning to have feeling for her.
Kayla had completed analyzing the real estate transactions on one of Marta's cases and presented her findings to her.
"Oh my fucking God! Oops, sorry Kayla. I didn't mean to burst out like that. But you have got to be kidding me? That's like five-million dollars he has scammed off of her and she knows nothing about it," Marta said.
"Yeah, but what do you do with it? We can't prove he really has the money because it's in a bank in the Cayman Islands. Unless he admits to it, we can only show he knew of it going there. Oh, and that's not all of it either. Once I had the routing numbers of the bank where this money was going I found other deposits going there too. I know he has been depositing hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last couple of years, but I don't have any idea where it's coming from. He must have something on the side, not related to her, to have that money coming in."
"Let me call my client and tell her what we found. This might change her mind on whether to seek a divorce or not." Marta then leaned over and hugged Kayla tight kissing her on the forehead and both cheeks, stopping when she went for the lips, realizing what she was doing. "Oops, sorry again. I got carried away. But you can tell I'm really excited over this and so thankful for what you have found!"
"You're welcome. And I was glad I could help. Guess I earned my dollar on this case," she said with a smile.
"More than that my dear girl. There's a clause in our contracts with clients if we uncover evidence of fraud, in addition to our fee for representing her, there is a finder's fee on any money we can recover from the evidence of fraud. On five-million dollars, that would be two-hundred-fifty- thousand dollars on the finder's fee alone," Marta said while jumping up and down.
Hearing all of this Rose Marie came into the conference room to see what all the commotion was.
"You'll never guess what this beautiful girl just found on my case with the rich lady," Marta excitedly told Rose Marie. "She has uncovered evidence of fraud on the husband for at least five- million dollars. Our finder's fee clause means we could be looking at two-hundred-fifty-thousand in finder's fee alone."
"Really? That is tremendous!" Rose Marie said and like Marta, Rose Marie jumped up and down running over to Kayla and giving her a big hug, kissing her but not missing her lips like Marta had. She then she went over to Marta and they hugged too and kissed but just a peck.
Kayla was standing there half laughing and half wondering what the big deal was. Since it was only two-hundred-fifty-thousand they would be getting, plus their normal fee. They then explained to her that amount of money would first pay for the law firm's expenses for a year allowing them to build up clients in the meantime. Second, the word would get out about them recovering that amount of money, which in turn would most likely be the best publicity they could get attracting new clients. It meant they would be well on their way to success as a new law firm.
Kayla then realized that others still worried about money, and when put in that prospective, she understood their happiness. It also made her proud. She had a big hand in getting them this far and could still be useful using her skills at finances.
Marta later that day discussed what they had found with her client. Her client decided it was time for her to break all relations with this man, as she could no longer trust him. She asked for Marta to file the divorce papers and basically ask for everything.
To be continued..................
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