After Bolivia
by Atonia
Part 4
Toni wasn’t in bed she was dressed for it but she couldn’t settle, she was so worried about Terry, thinking all kinds of things when the bedroom door opened and Max and Terry came in. Max seeing the bed plopped down on it, Terry limped around not wanting to face it, not wanting to be there at all.
Toni stared at them a minute, “What’s this…two of you at once?”
Max tilted his head, “Maybe…no, Terry has something to tell you, love; you’d better come and sit.”
She looked pale, eyes wide, she sat in a chair.
“I’m not sure I can…”Terry looked at Max.
“Want me to?” He made it quick.
Toni, head in hands was crying. Terry, with a pained look, bit his lip, his own eyes wet. “Toni…I can understand if you…”
She looked up at him, “Then you don’t know me at all.” She stood up and went to him.
Max watched their embrace, he probably wasn’t out of the woods yet, but Toni needed to know so she could help him. Boring, that’s what he was, he thought, boring. He swung his legs over the side of the bed. ‘Two of you at once?’ he smiled a little…ah she’d never go for it. Still…
“Um, I could stay here,” He smiled
“For what?” Terry asked.
“Well…threesome.”
“Get the fuck out of here.”
Max laughed and slid off the bed, “Ah, Terry, you’re okay man; put it all behind you and move on.” He slapped him on the back not seeing him wince and left their bedroom.
“Are you still sore all over, honey?” Toni asked.
“Yeah a little, it was a long drop.”
“Come to bed and let me hold you, my battered up love. I was thinking tomorrow instead of going to see the doctor, we could fly up to Boston. I know a house up there on a bluff where you can sit and see the ocean all the way to the horizon and there’s a pond and trails to walk or run on, I hear there’s even a touch of magic about the place.”
“Toni…”
“And we can send Jacky home with his uncle Max, he loves his uncle Max. Then…when we’re ready we can go get Jacky and go back to London…home.”
“You thought all that did you?”
“And more…so much more.”
“I love you Toni.”