Page 72 of Double Daddies (Dirty Daddies Anthologies #8)

Chapter Seven

Nora

My mouth opens and closes several times. What am I supposed to say to that? I didn’t think Mateo and Lainey were actually going to tell everyone that I was with two people, that I wanted to be with two people, and that they’re my Daddies.

“Nora?” Mr. Gonzalez says. “Are you there?”

“She’s here,” Elijah’s voice rumbles.

Silence.

“Nora, what’s going on?” Mr. Gonzalez asks. “Is what I’m hearing true? Are you with two men?”

My mind is whirling at one hundred miles per hour, trying to figure out what to say. I’m not with them, but I want to be. If I say yes, is he going to fire me? If I say no, will I ruin my chance?

Not that I really have a chance with how I’ve been acting. It’s shameful, just like Mateo and Lainey said. But I so badly want to be with them, and I’ve only known them for a couple of days.

Is it really wrong to be with two men?

Before I can say anything, Brix pulls the phone from my hand. “Wait!” I call out.

“Sit,” Brix demands. “You aren’t allowed to get up.”

My mouth drops open as I stare at him. He’s holding the phone close to his face.

“My name is Brix, and I’m one of Nora’s men. Elijah is sitting with us,” he says.

Tears pool in my eyes. They are claiming me when I haven’t agreed. They are taking responsibility for me when they don’t have to. Do they really care about me this much?

“Please,” I whisper. “I love my job.”

I don’t know what I’m going to do if I don’t have my job. How am I going to pay for things? How am I going to survive? I love my job and what I get to do. Will I be able to find another job like this? Will I even be able to go back to the town?

“Let us handle this, little bit,” Elijah softly speaks.

“I would like to speak to Nora,” Mr. Gonzalez says.

“I’m here.” My voice is louder than before.

“So, is it true that you have two men in your life that you are with?” he repeats.

“Yes,” I reply, tears falling down my face. I’m fully prepared to lose my job, but I can’t lie and say I don’t have feelings for Elijah and Brix, even though I’ve only known them for a couple of days.

Am I insane?

Maybe I am, but I can’t do anything about it. They are the people I want to be with. Mateo and Lainey already ruined my chance of returning to the town by telling everyone. What else can I lose?

“Good.”

My mouth falls open at Mr. Gonzalez’s words. Did I just hear him right?

“Wh-what?” I ask, looking at Brix and Elijah.

Elijah said they were going to take care of it, but I’m the only one talking. Am I going to get in trouble for that? They can’t punish me since I haven’t fully consented to being with them.

“Good. It’s time people accepted this. I’m glad you didn’t let that weasel stop you from what you truly want,” Mr. Gonzalez explains. “I never liked Mateo but didn’t want to tell you that.”

I blink several times, not understanding. Am I really hearing everything right, or am I in a dream, wanting to hear what I want and not what is actually being said?

“I’m glad to hear that,” Brix rumbles.

“Maybe once things settle, Bri, Miguel, and I will be able to walk around in public together,” Mr. Gonzalez adds. “It might take a lot longer. Things aren’t going very smoothly right now with Mateo and Lainey spreading these awful rumors.”

I knew Mr. Gonzalez was married to Bri, but I didn’t know they had another partner.

“How bad?” Elijah asks.

“I wouldn’t come back for some time. Some people are okay with polyamory, but a lot of people are speaking out against it.

I don’t want you hurt, so you stay where you are,” Mr. Gonzalez says.

“You still have a job here. If it needs to be moved to remote, that is perfectly fine with me. You’ll still have to travel, but you don’t need to come into the office.

If you need me to grab your things from your office and your apartment, let me know.

I can get my wife to help pack your things up. ”

Tears are still streaming down my face. I can’t believe this is happening. Getting run out of my town, and now I can’t go back unless I want things thrown at me or to get beat up. I don’t know if that will actually happen, but I’m not taking any chances.

“We’ll let you know in the next couple of days. Nora is in shock, and we’re going to be taking care of her,” Elijah says. “Thank you for calling.”

“If you need anything, you can call me. And Nora?”

“Yes?” I whisper.

“If you want to talk to my wife or Miguel, let me know. We’ve been together for over twenty years. They will be happy to talk to you and answer any questions,” he offers.

“Thank you,” I reply, not fully comprehending what he just said.

Brix hangs up the phone and wraps his arms around me. “You’re okay,” he whispers. “Everything is going to be okay. We’re going to get through this together.”

Are we?

“Who are Mateo and Lainey, little bit?” Elijah asks.

“Y-you heard Lainey on the phone,” I whisper, looking at him.

I’m looking at him, but I also am not at the same time. I’m here with them, but at the same time, I feel numb and like I’m a thousand miles away. Am I okay? What’s wrong with me?

“And Mateo?” Brix asks, his warm hand running up and down my back.

I lean to my left, my head resting on his chest. His warmth makes me feel something. It makes me feel like I am actually here and not in some dream. Before I know what’s happening, Brix picks me up and places me on his lap, his arms going around my body.

“Little bit, who’s Mateo?” Elijah asks.

“My ex-boyfriend.” Finally, I make eye contact with him. “I broke up with him before I got in the truck with you guys. I should have done it a while ago, but I didn’t.”

“And why should you have done it a while ago?” Brix asks, keeping his voice even and gentle.

“He wasn’t very nice to me sometimes,” I whisper. “Nothing physical, but his words were sharp. Like Lainey.”

Elijah grabs my hands, giving them a squeeze. “And they knew you wanted to be with two people?”

Tears form in my eyes again, and I blink several times, trying to get rid of them.

“It’s okay to cry.” Elijah wipes some away. “We’re here to catch you.”

“Both of them knew. I said something to Lainey about a book I was reading, two Daddies, and how I always wanted that,” I explain.

“She made fun of me and told me it wasn’t natural and was shameful.

It’s been a while since I told her. She told her brother soon after.

They’ve been giving me a hard time about it.

That it’s wrong and I shouldn’t want any part of it.

That I should go to a camp to correct my behavior or something. ”

I squeeze Daddy’s hand as I say those words. I was worried they were going to call a place like that, if one existed, and force me to go to it. I had been on my best behavior, agreeing with them when they said it was shameful and not good.

I started to believe it, even if I still had the desires. But, deep down, I knew I needed to get away from them, needed to clear my head of what they were saying.

“Oh baby,” Brix gently says.

“They were giving me a hard time when you called. They had been the last day or two. I knew I needed to get away, so I applied to come stay here.” I play with Daddy’s hands. “I didn’t think I was going to get in. I definitely didn’t think I was going to get placed with two Daddies.”

I wanted to push them away and keep my distance, but they weren’t having that. I can’t make myself do it. I feel a pull toward them, a strong one. One I can’t explain.

“I don’t know if I can do this,” I whisper, doubt evident in my voice. “I don’t know if I can do this. I am so lost. I can’t go back to my town, to my apartment, I can’t. What if I get mugged? Beaten up? Killed?”

Daddy cups my face as Papa holds me tighter.

“I need to stop.” I wince.

“Stop what?” Da—Elijah asks.

I shake my head, his warm hands still cupping my face. I need to stop calling them Daddy and Papa in my head. It comes so naturally, but they aren’t mine. I can’t have two Daddies even if I want it.

“Nora,” Brix growls. “What’s wrong? Why do you need to stop?”

“I can’t,” I close my eyes so I don’t have to look at Elijah.

“Look at me, little bit,” he commands.

My eyes open, making direct eye contact with him.

“Such a good girl. You’re okay. You can tell us anything and we won’t judge,” he soothingly says.

“I can’t keep calling you guys Daddy and Papa in my head,” I whisper before I can stop myself. “I can’t. Not with everything going on. So many people are going to be mean to us. I don’t want one of you to be a secret, and I don’t want to be a secret. We can’t do this.”

I pull my face out of his hands and try to push against Brix’s hands. Try . He doesn’t let go as I push to get out.

“You aren’t going anywhere,” he growls into my ear. “You are staying right where I put you.”

“I need to leave.” I struggle against his arms.

“You don’t need to leave. You are where you belong,” Elijah says.

“I need to leave this town. This state. I can’t show my face here anymore. Maybe I can find a remote place in the mountains of North Carolina. Then I can live alone, away from everyone,” I stress.

Elijah holds my face again, and we make eye contact. “No.”

“No?”

“No. You are not leaving. You are staying here with us. We’re going to live our lives happily together.

I know you want this. Brix knows you want this.

You know you want this, but you’re letting people dictate your life and what you do,” Elijah gently says.

“Your boss is in a relationship with a man and woman. Yes, they’ve hidden it, but we aren’t.

Not everyone will understand. Just like not everyone will understand you needing to be Little and us needing to be Daddies.

We don’t pay attention to them. We live our lives how we want to. We are going to do this.”

Tears pool in my eyes once again. I’m going to run out of tears if we keep this up.

“I don’t know,” I whisper. “People will shout awful things at us. Mateo and Lainey will humiliate us.”

“We don’t care what Mateo and Lainey say. They don’t mean shit to you anymore. You know this. They were never your friends,” Brix says. “I’m sorry if that’s harsh, but you know it’s true. They aren’t, and they never were.”

The tears race down my face as I suck in a breath. Deep down, I do know they aren’t my friends but I don’t want to believe it.

“I—” I stop talking.

“You’re okay,” Elijah gently says. “We know it’s going to take some time for you to fully believe that you can be in a relationship with us. We’re patient. We’re going to show you how much we care for you.”

“Whiskey River Mountain Lodge is kink friendly. They aren’t going to bat an eyelid when they see you with us.

They’ll accept us with open arms. We never have to leave the lodge if you don’t want to.

This is our world and we will be happy in it,” Brix adds.

“Some people haven’t left the lodge since they came here.

It’s not unusual. This will be our world, a happy one. ”

My mind is whirling with so much information, not fully taking in everything. Today has been hard, overwhelming.

“Just think about it.” Elijah kisses my forehead. “You’ve got all the time in the world to think about it. But in the meantime, let us take care of you, spoil you, discipline you, Daddy you.”

I lean my head back on Brix’s chest, his arms tightening around me, making me feel secure and safe.

“O-okay,” I whisper. “I don’t know if I’ll be able to call you guys…”

“It’s okay if you can’t call us Daddy and Papa yet. Don’t do something you are uncomfortable with.” Brix rubs his thumb on my thigh. “When you’re ready, you’ll call us that. And if you never are, then we’ll find something else.”

I nod, closing my eyes and relaxing into Brix’s body. Or attempting to. It’s hard when his body is against mine, his hard body. His thumb drawing circles against my thigh, lighting up my body.

Wiggling, Brix hisses and holds my body still. “You’ve got to stop moving,” he rumbles.

Something hard pokes me, and I know what it is. I wiggle again, a smile appearing on my face as I look at Elijah. He gives me a knowing look, leaning forward, and kisses my lips.

“More,” I mumble.

“No,” Elijah says.

“Please, more,” I beg. “My whole body is on fire. I need you two. Please.”