Chapter 20

What the hell is she thinking?! She's crazy! I just don't understand her motivation!

I came up with an idea. I can't ban Michelle from her own house, but I can tell Ruby to go home. (Ruby lived with her beautiful mother Cindy McGrath just a short distance down the street, so she could walk home in about one minute.) That'll help a lot. Furthermore, I should have one or more of Shelle's other friends come over. They've been teasing me some, but NOTHING compared to what Michelle and Ruby do when they're together or alone with me. So another person's presence will kind of protect me until Min comes home and we can talk and sort this out once and for all.

I went to the bottom of the stairs and shouted at Michelle and Ruby, who it turns out were still in the dining room. I didn't want to get too close to them or even see them, because I simply couldn't resist them anymore! I shouted, "Girls, I have news! You're grounded! Ruby, that means you have to go home. Now! And Michelle, that means you have to stay at home."

The two of them came rushing through the living room towards me. I stopped them once they got within sight. "STOP! I said, STOP!"

That stopped them.

I couldn't help but notice they were wearing bikinis, incredibly revealing bikinis. At least it beat total nudity.

They protested, saying things like, "NO!" "Don't say that!" and "Don't be mean!"

I said, "Sorry, that's how it goes. We need to cool things down after what you did to me." Ruby asked with a desperate sadness, "How long am I banned?!"

"I don't know. I'll talk it over with Mindy tonight. But Shelle, you can invite other friends over. In fact, I insist. I don't want to deal with you alone. You're just going to try to hug and kiss me some more, and who knows what else. So call up your friends and have fun with them the rest of the afternoon, okay?"

Her eyes flashed with fire. It looked like she was going to mount a vigorous protest, but then changed her mind. She said meekly, "Okay, Daddy."

I nodded. "Until you have at least one friend here, keep your distance from me. I know that sounds crazy, but we need to let passions cool."

They nodded back, even though they were extremely sad.

Ruby looked particularly devastated. So I said, "Ruby, you know I love you like family. This is just a temporary thing, I'm sure. The faster you two can behave yourselves, the faster things will be back to normal."

I went back upstairs. I was proud of controlling my libido and taking the first steps to recover from the earlier sexual disaster.

Michelle shouted up the stairs to me a short time later that her friend Lisa was coming over.

Lisa was a close friend of both Michelle and Ruby. She also was a stunner, but in a different way than Michelle and Ruby were. While those two were tall, curvy, and sultry, Lisa was shorter, not as buxom or hourglass shaped, and didn't have that "high-class call girl" wanton gaze that unfortunately my daughter had. Instead, Lisa was the epitome of cute. She had short bobbed brown hair, full rosy cheeks, brown eyes, and a big toothy smile that was unstoppable.

When I say "unstoppable," I mean her smile was like an invincible weapon. If she wanted to do something, all she had to do was flash that smile and traffic would come to a stop, and every man from miles around would come running to her feet. Well, it just about seemed that way most of the time. Her smile was like a drug. It made you feel so good to see it, and made you feel that all was well in the world. You'd do most anything to keep seeing it.

Since she pretty much smiled all the time, that meant that she had guys eating out of her hand wherever she went, including me. Ruby and Michelle were so imposingly beautiful that most people shied away from them. Imagine if Elizabeth Hurley, complete with her mature, adult body, went to high school.

Who would dare approach her? The Gruesome Twosome were treated like unreachable objects of art, high up on pedestals. But Lisa was always the center of attention, very approachable, constantly surrounded by people, and being asked out by guys left and right.

Not only did her cute face and winning smile melt their hearts, but she had a firm, toned body that roused their libidos. I consider myself an athletic guy and still go running every day. I still have my six- pack stomach muscles, but if it came to a fight Lisa could probably kick my ass. She excelled in many sports, and she also practiced martial arts.

I was lost in lustful thoughts of Lisa, Ruby, and Michelle when I heard the doorbell ring. She'd arrived. I could just imagine Lisa and Michelle cavorting around the swimming pool, and from my view in the

Den on the second floor I'd be able to see and even hear them quite clearly.

I didn't want that. It wasn't like me to be passive, so I decided to take action to at least keep myself out of harm's way. I unplugged the laptop I usually kept on my desk in the den and moved to my bedroom. That was on the second floor and near the front of the house, far from the backyard pool area.

For the next hour or two, I worked there. Or at least I tried to. I couldn't get the morning's tickle attack or the "yummy goo" out of my mind, not to mention the way Michelle and Ruby took turns "hugging" me, if one could even call it that. Thoughts of my discussion with my wife the night before were equally distracting.

Around two o'clock I went downstairs to eat lunch. I couldn't hide in my room forever, especially since I'd never eaten the barbecued tofu sandwich I'd made for myself, since I'd fled to get away from the nude girls before I had a chance.

I figured I'd run into Michelle and Lisa and maybe we could eat together. Even if they weren't hungry, they'd want to hang out and talk with me, I was sure.

Had it been Ruby instead of Lisa, I would have gone out to eat instead, because I wasn't ready for another tease attack and I didn't trust them to behave. But Lisa was different. She was shy and demure, despite being so popular. She teased me a little too, but it was on a completely different level, and Michelle kept herself to the same restraints when she was around. For instance, Lisa had never been topless at our house (much less bottomless) and Michelle kept her clothes on around Lisa as well.

Lisa and I got along quite well, in fact. She was a pure pleasure to be around, with her positive attitude and never-ending smile.

But when I came downstairs, they were nowhere to be seen. The pool area was empty and there were no signs of them anywhere. I shrugged and started making myself another sandwich, since there was no sign of my tofu sandwich. I suspected one of the Hellions had eaten it. Even though they were slim (not counting their breasts!), they put away food like it was going out of style. That probably had to do with their intense exercise regimen.

I felt like having a peanut butter sandwich, so I was bending down below the kitchen counter and peering into a low cabinet looking for the peanut butter when I heard some voices. The peanut butter wasn't in its usual place, so I was moving jars around, digging deeper into the cabinet to find it.

I heard Michelle's voice say quite clearly, "Lisa, tell me about your feelings for my dad. Do you think of him in, you know, THAT way?"

"You know the answer," Lisa replied.

"Let me hear you say it," Michelle said in her most commanding voice.

"Yeah." Lisa giggled. She had the cutest, most magical giggle. She'd mastered the art of cuteness in every way (or maybe it just came naturally).

Their voices came closer. Clearly they had walked into the dining room and hadn't seen me, because the kitchen counter separated that room from the kitchen and I was just below the counter.

Michelle asked, "So what do you like about him?"

"What DON'T I like about him? We've talked about this so many times before, but I don't mind telling you again. He's a dream boat. So rugged and masculine, and yet so kind and lovable. But you know what's really naughty? I love how whenever he's at home, he dresses so casually. Either he wears jogging shorts or sweat pants. And either way, you can see his stiffy practically all the time!" She giggled some more.

"I can't believe you just said that!" Michelle exclaimed with a happy giggle.

I had to second that comment, but I certainly wasn't giggling. Did Lisa really just say that?! She was like me and didn't say any vulgar words in public. She even went to the same Catholic church as my family. Of all of Michelle's friends, I considered Lisa to have the most moral and positive influence on my spoiled and naughty daughter.

Lisa had a good point, now that I thought about it. I was walking around with a "stiffy" most of the time she was at our house, thanks to the way she and the Hellions were always arousing me by just being themselves. I thought I'd hidden my arousal well, but it seems I hadn't. The reason I wore loose clothing is because it's bad enough to have a boner all the time, but twice as bad to have it tightly constrained. But a "boxers vs. briefs" debate was a minor concern at the moment.