.. Tess, I have to get to work." He felt like he had said those words a hundred times in the last two days."Oh, all right," Tess said begrudgingly.Mac...shook his head and went upstairs to the equipment room again. It was now filled with wires and computer terminals. He checked all the equipment to make sure it was working properly and then went to his room. He put on his jogging shorts, sleeveless shirt, running shoes, his holster and pistol and went out for an afternoon jog. It gave him a. If we'd ever been honest about it with our families - which we weren't! - things could have turned out differently, but all we ever had was our duty to the families, driven down our throats.During our formative years, I'd be Nora's escort whenever the occasion demanded. She'd hold my arm and we'd dance together at balls and things. God, at our official engagement party we even kissed in public. But in private we hardly had a word to say to each other, unless we were talking business or about. Oh, screw work, I told myself ... I’m the fucking honcho in this town and it’s my fortieth birthday! How often did that happen, anyway?I then headed to the john for a shower, only to have Ana and Teresa join me under the jets.“Master, we just had to join you, of course! Happy Birthday!” Ana assured me as she soaped ... and felt ... me up.“What she said, Master! Happy 40th Birthday!” Teresa told me with kisses to my skin.“Oh, you girls certainly know how to spoil a guy!” I chuckled as we washed. Although incest is illegal, so it's not like we could go down to the courthouse and get them married, so we had a great ceremony in our backyard. By time we had the wedding, Amanda was showing a bit, but not a lot. Anyway, our tradition of family poker every Saturday had gone away for a little while. I think I missed it more than anyone honestly, I missed those connections to them that we always had when we all had sex. So after a long hiatus, we finally decided to revive that tradition. Plus.