A Delicious Taboo Plus Two by Jennifer Cole

Author:Jennifer Cole [Cole, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Seated at a table in a quiet corner of the restaurant, Melanie sighed and began to fill them in on her appointment.

“All right, so the three of us sit down, and the first question Dr. Bishop asked was ‘where’s the father, why isn’t he here?’ So, I tell her, ‘they’re in the waiting room.’ The doctor cocks her head and says, ‘they?’ And then we proceed to inform her about the four of you.” Melanie stopped to take a sip of her water. Placing the glass back on the table, she looked around. “Clearly, the doctor didn’t understand and started to lecture me about promiscuity, diseases, etc., so I tried to fill her in a little on our commitment to each other and our family…” The four men stiffened before her and she could almost smell the smoke shooting out their ears. “Don’t get all worked up, barbarians. You’ve got to admit our relationship isn’t conventional,” she reminded them and plucked a carrot stick off the plate of veggies the waitress had set in the middle of their table. “Two bi couples in committed relationships sharing their beds with a female third…”

“We aren’t just sharing a bed with you,” Philip reminded her. “We’re sharing a life.”

“I know, I know,” she offered, shaking her head. “I’m sorry, that came out wrong. But you know what I mean.”

“What else did she say?” Van spoke through gritted teeth.

“Does it really matter? I’m not going back there.”

“Yes, it matters. You shouldn’t have to defend yourself or our relationship to anyone,” Jake said.

“Oh, I know, guys. And, believe me, I don’t give a shit what anyone thinks about me, or us, or our relationship, because it’s just about us.” Taking another sip of her drink, she sighed and looked around the sparsely occupied restaurant.

She felt the weight of their eyes watching her every move and met their heated stare. “How will we be able to protect our baby from people like that? The world is full of intolerance and bigotry. I don’t want our baby being told that the family he’s from is, well, fucked up, wrong, dysfunctional. We’re not dysfunctional, just unconventional.”

A couple of waitresses arrived at their table, distributing burgers and fries all the way around.

“I don’t know, baby,” Philip admitted shaking his head, reaching for the ketchup. “I suppose all we can do is instill our morals and goals into our children and protect them as best we can.”

“Yeah,” Jake agreed, passing the malt vinegar to Van. “We’ll just have to face those issues as they arise.”

“All we can do is keep our kids safe, and be open and honest with them about our love,” Van said.

“We have a great support system in our extended family. We’ll just be sure to surround our children with positive influences. Don’t sweat it, honey, we can handle this,” Calen assured her.

“You guys make everything sound so easy,” she smiled and took a bite of her burger.

“Life is full of enough challenges,” Van said. “Why look

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