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  A traffic accident on the major highway near town made a long day turn into a long night. Most of the deputies were called out to the scene to assist the state troopers, leaving Jake and Jason to hold down the station until they came back to relieve them. They ordered in a pizza for dinner and once again ate it together, but this time Gloria came out of the file room and ate it with them at their desks. Three hours after they ate diner, the other deputies they were waiting for finally returned to the station.

  Jake went to the file room and told Gloria it was time to go home. He and Jason had originally planned to stop by her apartment on the way home so she could pick up a few things, but it was almost midnight . They all had to be up early the next morning so it was decided they’d just go home to the ranch and pick up a few things from Gloria’s apartment tomorrow after work. Jake and Jason had ridden to work that morning in Jason’s sports car. Gloria opted to sit in the back seat while the boys took the front. Jake thought it be better if they took his truck tomorrow so they’d have space for Gloria’s things and she’d have space to sit in the front with them.

  It was late when they arrived home. So they only gave her a short tour of the inside of the house he and Jason built together when they first bought the ranch. It had a study that multi-tasked as their library and home office. A large gourmet kitchen that opened up into a large dining area. Through the kitchen window, they pointed to the nice size backyard pool. The living room was large but cozy and a half bath finished off the first floor. All the bedrooms and other bathrooms made up the second floor. Five bedrooms: one was Jason’s, one Jake’s, two for guests, and one that was built specifically for their woman. It was this room they led Gloria to.

  “This’ll be your room. I’m over there and Jake is over there. We’re both right next door if you need either of us. We have a highly sensitive alarm system so once I set it no opening any windows or doors unless you want to set it off. There shouldn’t be a need to as the whole house has central air. Anyway, feel free to explore the rest of the house. Think of it as your home and feel free to let us know if you need anything,” Jason said as they all stood in the room and watched as Gloria looked around.

  Jake was kind of anxious to know what she thought of the place. He was sure Jason was thinking the same thing. They made this room larger then the others purposely as they knew the room needed to be big enough to accommodate three people and their stuff. The huge California king size bed was definitely the focal point of the room. All the furniture in the room was wood tone. The room’s furnishings were minimalist as they figured once they found their woman she’d want to personalize the room. The master also had a huge oversized walk-in closet and its own large private bathroom.

  “This room is truly amazing guys. And you both built this place? You’ve certainly outdone yourselves with this one.” She said with awe in her voice as she checked out the oversized closet and the furniture. Knowing that she loved it made Jake feel ten feet tall and he wanted to laugh as he saw Jason sticking his chest out like a proud peacock.

  “We know it’s been a long day and you’re probably exhausted so we’ll leave you to your rest. We’ll wake you up in the morning for breakfast,” Jason said right before they both turned to exit the room.

  “There is one thing I need.” Gloria’s voice stopped them both in their tracks. “I could use a toothbrush, other toiletries, and something I can borrow to sleep in if you guys don’t mind.”

  “Sure. I’ll be back in a sec,” Jake replied before walking down the hall to where he and his brother kept their extra supplies. He grabbed a bar of soap, a washcloth, toothpaste, and an unopened toothbrush. Then stopped in his room where he pulled out one of his T-shirts. It was snug on him but on her it would definitely hang loose.

  “Here you go. There should be clean towels in the bathroom already,” Jake said as he returned with everything to Gloria’s room.

  Jake and Jason had freshened up the towels and linens in all the rooms with hopes she’d spend the week of Christmas at their house. Luckily they had done it when they did or they wouldn’t have been nearly as prepared for Gloria to come home with them today. It was important to both of them that their home made a good first impression on Gloria. Hopefully she’d like it so much it would be one more thing she wouldn’t want to leave.

  “Thanks Jake. Thanks again guys for everything.”

  “No problem, baby doll. You have a goodnight,” Jason said as he gave her a kiss on the forehead before he turned to leave the room.

  “You're welcome, sweetheart. Have a good night,” Jake said as he placed his hand at the back of her head and pulled her lips to his for a goodnight kiss. “I’ll see you in the morning.” He said against her lips once they broke the kiss. Before the temptation to stay became too great he released her and turned to follow his brother out of the room. Jake grabbed the door handle and gave her one last smile before he closed the door all the way. Jake saw Jason go downstairs to check all the doors and set the alarm.

  Jake went to his room and changed out of his uniform. Wearing only his boxers he climbed into his king size bed and tried to fall asleep. He heard his brother come back upstairs, enter his own room, and close the door behind him.

  It took Jake longer than usual to finally fall asleep because all he kept thinking about was Gloria sleeping in that huge bed only a few steps away. Wearing nothing but his T-shirt. His cock had remained at semi-erect ever since he and Gloria messed around in the file room before lunch. Now the vision of her wearing nothing but his shirt was making him hard as a pipe. Knowing he wouldn’t find sleep until he’d found his release, he reached inside his boxers and began stroking himself to completion while replaying what happened earlier between him and Gloria in the file room.

  Deck The Halls

  Chapter Five

  It was the longest most emotionally exhausting day Gloria ever had in the six months she’d been living in Arizona . She thought once they'd left her in her room, she’d be out in no time. Yet here it was two in the morning and she still couldn’t seem to fall asleep. It could be that she was sleeping in a strange place, but she knew deep down that her unfamiliarity with the house had nothing to do with it.

  Mostly it was because of what happened in the file room with Jake. She swore the T-shirt Jake loaned her had his smell all over it. His scent made the memory of that afternoon more vivid. Just thinking about it had her hot and bothered and blushing in the dark. Gloria never was the exhibitionist type. Yet she couldn’t deny the fact that they could’ve been caught at any moment added to the excitement of the moment for her. The only thing that would’ve made what happened in the file room hotter was if Jason had come back earlier and walked in on them. Imagining Jason standing there watching them as Jake’s mouth ravished her breasts, and his hands played her pussy like a well tuned instrument had her getting hotter. If she didn’t stop this train of thought right now, she was going to leave a nice wet stain in the center of the crisp white sheets she was lying on.

  The only problem was when she wasn’t thinking about Jake and Jason and all the naughty things she wished they’d do to her that only left the ugly part of her emotionally charged day for her to dwell on. She couldn’t believe that Manuel not only escaped from custody, but he also managed to find out where Gloria had gone into hiding. How the hell had he found out? Gloria didn’t have any family back in New York . All her so-called friends were only superficial associates she was forced to hang out with and be cordial to because they were girlfriends and wives of Manuel’s business partners. She hadn’t cared much for them at the time as she had suspected Manuel was cheating on her with some of them. It was after she’d turned state's evidence that she found out that some of those women were not only his girlfriends but they were also Manuel’s drug mules.

  Even though Gloria was surprised to learn Manuel had escaped she kept telling herself she shouldn’t be surprised. He’d taught her long ago never to put anything past him. The searing pain in her scar on
the inside of her arm was back. “You’re going to learn to listen to me Bitch! One way or another.” Manuel’s angered voice rang in her ears. “You were nothing before you met me and you’ll be nothing without me. I made you. I OWN YOU! Remember that!” He kept repeating those words as he beat her when she didn’t want to cut her hair to the length he preferred. After betraying him to the feds, she could only imagine his mindset as he hunted her down. Gloria’s fingers stroked the scar as she fought the fear trying to overwhelm her.

  As the clock on the nightstand read 2:30am and sleepiness was still nowhere in sight, Gloria decided she couldn’t lie there wide awake in bed anymore. She needed to do something to quiet all the noisy thoughts floating around inside her head. It was way too late to wake one of the boys especially since they’d had just as long a day as she did. Figuring maybe what she needed was a nice warm glass of milk and a little late night snack she decided to raid their kitchen.

  Gloria slipped out of bed. Barefoot, she softly opened her bedroom door. Both Jake and Jason’s bedroom doors were closed. With no light or sound coming from either room, it was safe to assume they were both knocked out. Hoping not to wake either of them, she gently closed her bedroom door behind her and padded quietly down the hall to the stairs. Once she made it to the first level, she headed towards the huge kitchen they’d briefly shown her when they arrived.

  It was dark with all the lights off, but she opted not to turn on the lights. All the appliances were stainless steel and thus easy to spot in the dark. She headed straight for the huge refrigerator. Its height made it easy to identify. Walking over, she reached for the handle and pulled the door open. The dim light from inside lit up the immediate area while the cool air inside hit Gloria’s exposed skin on her legs. She saw a carton of milk but if she was hoping for chocolate chip cookies, she was out of luck. They had a few groceries but, in such a large refrigerator, it was looking kind of sparse. Gloria shook her head. They were stereotypical bachelors who probably ate out more than they ate at home. And yet she found it interesting that they obviously didn’t cook much but still chose to invest a nice chunk of change into designing this top of the line kitchen. Why put all that money into a room they don’t get much use out of? Wouldn’t that be a waste of money for them?

  Shrugging her shoulders, Gloria once again focused on trying to figure out what she could make as a snack. She was about to open one of the vegetable bins at the bottom when the pendant lights hanging over the huge oversized center island suddenly turned on.

  “Glad to see I’m not the only one with the middle of the night munchies,” Jason said standing in the walkway between the kitchen and the large dining room. His hand hovered over one of the light switches on the wall nearby.

  “Jesus, Jason, you scared the living daylights out of me,” Gloria said as she placed one of her hands over her heart and felt it still pounding away in her chest. “I thought you and Jake were already fast asleep.”

  “Nope. I couldn’t sleep. How about you? What are you still doing up?” Jason asked as he came around the center island to stand next to her and gaze into the fridge. Gloria had momentarily lost her train of thought as she finally got a good look at Jason. He wore nothing but sleeping bottoms that hung precariously loose on his hips. The moment struck her as being very intimate. She’d never seen him barefoot, his hair loose, and without a shirt before. Though she’d imagined all those tight muscles and rigid planes in all their naked glory plenty of times before. His lack of clothing reminded Gloria of what she was wearing, or more accurately wasn’t wearing. She suddenly felt extremely underdressed. Especially to be walking around their house with nothing but Jake’s t-shirt on. Realizing Jason had asked her a question and was standing there waiting for her to answer reminded her that she hadn’t yet.

  “Oh, I…I couldn’t sleep either. My mind kept replaying everything that happened today. Kind of had a lot thrown at me the first half hour of work. To say it wasn’t one of my best days would be an understatement. And the days to come aren’t looking much better. Not to mention scandalous.”

  “Yeah, I know today was rough for you and I’m genuinely sorry you’re going through this. It isn’t fair that once again your life is put in danger. The only thing I can say is that Jake and I will never let anything happen to you. And nothing in your past will change that. Got it?” Gloria smiled as she shook her head yes. She wondered how she’d managed to get so lucky to have two McCoy men determined to watch over her and protect her from harm. She couldn’t remember once in her past life when she felt this special. This adored. This important to someone. Anyone. And here she was to at least two.

  “Plus who said a scandalous life can’t be normal. The only thing it can’t be is boring.” Gloria erupted into giggles. It was the first natural laugh she felt all day. She had to admit that Jason was right. Life with him and Jake would be many things but never boring.

  “Now let’s see what we can scrounge up for a snack.” Jake turned his full attention to the fridge and scanned the mostly bare shelves. “It looks like we’re going to need to go food shopping tomorrow. We’ll be lucky if we can make something tasty for breakfast out of these slim pickings.” Then he leaned over and reached down to the vegetable bins and opened one. “Aha! Jackpot.” He proclaimed as he took out a box of chocolate-covered cherries. “I knew we had to have something to snack on in here.”

  Gloria watched as he took the box to the kitchen island. Then she turned around and picked up the ½ gallon carton of milk and checked to see how much milk was inside. It felt about half. More than enough for the two of them to have a glass along with the chocolate-covered cherries. “Do you want milk with that?”

  “Yeah that sounds good. I’ll get the glasses.” Jason went over to the upper cabinets near the sink and pulled out two glasses. He placed them on the island’s countertop and Gloria poured them each a glass. Jason pulled the plastic tray out of its cardboard box to find ten cherries left inside.

  “Enjoy,” he said as he picked one up for himself.

  “Mmmm…these are so good,” Gloria said as she savored the first bite. The juices inside exploded onto her tongue and mixed with the flavor of the milk chocolate. Jason smiled and nodded as he finished off his first one and reached for another. “So who is the cook between you and Jake?”

  Jason chuckled at her question.

  “I’m tempted to say neither. When it comes to the kitchen both of us know enough to get by and to make sure we don’t starve or inadvertently poison ourselves. But neither of us are really good cooks. Our father taught us many things growing up, but cooking was never his forte. Now grilling outside on our huge outdoor gas grill? That we’re good at.” Gloria giggled again as she took a sip of her milk. She could easily see both Jake and Jason wearing matching chef aprons with ‘Kiss the Cooks’ written on the front.

  “So tell me why you guys opted for this huge magnificent kitchen if neither of you use it often?”

  “Because we didn’t build this kitchen for us.”

  “Huh?”

  “You probably haven’t noticed exactly how big the ranch and this house are because you haven’t seen it during the day. We kind of gave you the abridged version of the tour. We purposely built this house huge in certain areas because my brother and I plan to live here for the rest of our lives. Eventually marry and raise our family here. My brother and I have already discussed where on the house we’d build extensions if we needed to add on extra bedrooms and bathrooms. The reason we made the dining room large is because Jake and I envision it one day surrounded by our children. The majority of this house was built with not just us in mind.”

  “So you built this kitchen for the woman you marry?”

  “Yep.”

  “Lucky girl. I love to cook, but the kitchen in my apartment has nothing on this place.”

  “Well feel free to cook here in our kitchen whenever you like.” Just as Jason finished his sentence Gloria bit into another chocolate covered cherry, but t
his time some of the juices leaked out the side of her mouth. She tried to lift her hand to quickly catch the juice before it spilled on her t-shirt, but Jason’s hand got there first. As he slowly ran his thumb across her chin to catch the juice, Gloria felt the sensual caress all the way down to her toes.

  Gloria couldn’t believe this was happening. The last person she’d been with sexually before today was Manuel and that was a month before she helped the U.S. Marshals arrest him. Since then every orgasm she’d had was either by hand or her trusty purple vibrator. For the most part, her sex life was nonexistent. Which wasn’t a big deal since most of her sexual urges seemed to have died away with her last relationship. Or so she thought. That is until she came here to Arizona . Until she met Jake and Jason. Those feelings she thought were long dead seemed to come back to life with a vengeance whenever they were around. Logically it made perfect sense to want relief after a dry spell. But to go from a sexual drought to wanting an orgasm twice in one day? With two different guys? And not just any two guys but the McCoy twins?

  It was rumored that they dated on and off here and there, but neither had a steady girlfriend in years. The word around town was they weren’t even hooking up casually. Supposedly they were waiting for the right women to come along and hopefully share their lives with them. That rumor she was more inclined to believe as she was always around them at work and never once had she heard either of them talk about other women. And hadn’t Jason just said something along those lines? How he and his brother had bought the ranch and built this house with their wives and kids in mind. They’d always been flirtatious with her, but Gloria always assumed they meant nothing by it. But what if it did mean something? After all the shit she went through with Manuel was her luck with men finally changing? Could it really be possible that both brothers wanted her for themselves? Gloria’s eyes lifted from his hand to his face and she almost lost her breath at the intense heat radiating from his eyes as he stared back at her. There was no mistaking that look nor how badly she wanted what they promised.