Author's note: This is Chapter 4 of "Fourth Year After", the last book in my series that began with "First Year After". Then Second, Third, you get the picture. If you have not read the earlier books in the series, I recommend you do, so you'll know who the characters are, how they relate to each other, and how they got to where they are now.

As always, all sexual acts described here involve fictional characters over the age of 18.

~~~~~

April 17, 2016

In the morning, we returned to West to prepare breakfast, and the downstairs was vacant, so we crept upstairs and got our answer - Toni and Eden were naked and snuggling in bed, and the bedroom definitely smelled of sex.

"Good morning, you two," Mom teased as we stepped into the room. "Did you have a good night? Get any sleep at all?"

Eden blushed, but didn't hide, as Toni quickly pulled the covers over them. Eden said, "Best night of my life, Tina. My imagination was nothing compared to reality, y'know?"

Mom answered, "I do, sweetie. Everyone goes through that discovery the first time they have sex, sometimes it's less than they expect, sometimes more, but it's never exactly what you imagined it to be. Of course, first sex with a man is different, too."

"I figured as much," Eden said. "I'm just not sure I'm ready for that, yet." She was looking my way, then Henry's, as she said it.

Mom said, "Well, we're going to get breakfast started. Join us when you're ready."

~~~~~

We loaded everyone into the big Sprinter van, and took Eden on a tour of Dallas and Fort Worth for most of the day. Eden bonded with all four of our kids, explaining that she was the oldest of three kids the McGuires had adopted, and they also took in foster kids, so she was used to babysitting kids of all ages.

After the tour, we ordered a ton of Chinese food and ate in east, then watched a bunch of movies off of Netflix. Eden cuddled with Toni on the couch, and they were so cute together.

Eventually, Mom, Amber and I took the kids over to East, while Toni and Eden retreated to the guest room in West and Henry and Patti went to the master.

~~~~~

April 18, 2016

Most of us had to work, and Eden's flight home was at 7 o'clock, so Mom agreed that she would come home early to watch the kids so Toni could drive her to the airport. There were lots of tears and hugs as we bid Eden farewell that morning, knowing we wouldn't see her until June.

~~~~~

When Toni got back after dropping Eden off at the airport, we were holding dinner for her. She came straight to me, climbed into my lap on the couch and forcefully said, "Knock me up, Drew. I want a baby, and I want it to be yours."

"What brought this on?" I asked. "Eden?"

"I've said many times before that I put off having kids all these years so that I'd be free to let my sister into my life, whenever we could reunite. We've done that, at long last. When I told Eden about it, she told me in no uncertain terms to stop waiting. So, I don't have a reason not to have a baby, any more. We both want to see our family expanding, again. And since she can't get me pregnant, even if that were prudent, I have to turn to the one man in my life who's fertile."

"Are you still on birth control?" I asked.

"I just stopped taking the birth control pills Henry put me on, as part of the induced lactation protocol. You might be able to get me pregnant in two weeks, definitely by six. If you say no, you'll need to wear condoms, as I would continue the protocol, at least until I could find someone else to impregnate me. If you agree, I'll abandon the program, and nurse our child when it's born, next year. Please, Drew? I'm the only one of your wives without a child by you, intentional or not."

I blew out a breath, then said, "Six babies with four mothers. God help me, but yes, Toni, I'd be honored. Is Henry going to be listed as the father on the birth certificate, like Gavin? Or do we have to come up with an explanation for why he isn't the dad and I am?"

"Making Henry the legal father makes the most sense, given the public triads," she answered. "We certainly can't claim that I needed you to knock me up because he didn't have his vasectomy reversed."

Henry had been listening and said, "I'll actually get it reversed, sweetie, if you'd rather have my baby."

"And how would you explain that now, Henry?" Mom asked. "You've already said you had the reversal done. How do you explain getting it done a second time? I think Toni's right. Our story for Gavin is flimsy, but mostly holding together, except for those who have realized where his eye color comes from, which has only been my parents and Ginger. Having another baby who is supposed to be Gavin's half-brother but actually wouldn't be related at all would just make Gavin stand out more. I think this needs to be Drew's baby, rather than yours."

~~~~~

April 20, 2016

At dinner, Mom said, "I got a call from Maria while Henry and I were driving home. Some anti-homosexual bigots in Ginger's condo complex are having a fit about there being a gay wedding held at their community center, and they've lost the venue. I wanted to take a family vote about hosting the wedding here, at Center."

I asked, "Were you expecting any noes?"

"Not really. I just didn't want to speak for everyone without checking."

~~~~~

April 23, 2016

An email came from Matt:

Drew,

Mom climbed into bed with Sophia and me last night and started making love to Sophia right in front of me. Neither one spoke a word, although there were plenty of moans. She didn't make any move towards me, but let me watch. God help me, I got hard as a rock and was afraid to even jerk off in front of her. I didn't touch her, but I wanted to do more than look.

After they both had an orgasm, Mom got up and went back to her bedroom, but the look she gave me as she left seemed to be a disappointed one, like she wanted me to do more than watch, too.

What should I do? How did you know? There's nobody else I can ask, for obvious reasons.

Matt

I thought for a few moments, and replied:

Matt,

Are you expecting me to talk you out of it? I don't know that making love to your mother is the right thing or not, for either of you. I only know that it was right for me and mine, and still is.

You're wrong that there's nobody else you can ask. Talk to Sophia, get her opinion and advice. Her acceptance would be critical, and she knows your Mom a lot better than I do, obviously. They might already have talked about this and you were getting set up.

Together with Sophia, go talk to your mom, be open and honest. About what you're thinking and feeling, find out what she's thinking and feeling. You can't make a decision about this if you aren't on the same page first.

Yes, there's risk here. The legality, obviously. But it's still putting your heart on the line, if it turns out you want different things. Only the three of you can know if the payoff is worth it.

Things with my mom developed gradually. When she didn't want to sleep in the bed Dad died in, we shared mine for a week, which got us used to being close, I think. After that, an extra long hug here, a longer kiss there, and we started reacting as man and woman, not just son and mother. But it was Mom seeing Patti and I making love one night, and then she and Patti making love a couple weeks later and my joining in with Patti at the end that really made the rest seem inevitable.

Your journey and your mom's aren't entirely the same as mine and my mom's, but the connection between your mom and Sophia does make me think there is a possibility that Sophia is being used as a substitute for you.

Let me repeat. A possibility, not a certainty. You won't actually know unless you have the conversation that you've been avoiding for months.

Courage,

Drew

~~~~~

April 24, 2016

Drew,

Well, you were partly right and partly wrong.

I talked with Sophia, and she's okay with whatever happens. So, we sat down with Mom and talked things through. Yes, my mom feels the same attraction to me that I feel for her. Yes, she's partly using Sophia as a substitute for me.

But she also thinks it's wrong to do anything with me, because it's against the law.

So, while the air is clearer now, nothing's really going to change. She wants to be Sophia's lover, but not mine.

I never thought I'd be asking this, but how do I get her to change her mind?

Matt

I showed Patti the email chain, and asked, "Should we even get involved?"

Patti grinned. "I'd say we are already are. Carla first came onto Sophia because she found out about our foursome. And I doubt Matt would have been thinking as much of getting involved with her if he hadn't found out your secret. We have some responsibility here."

"So, what advice should I give him?"

"That's easy, honey," she said. "I think they're past any baby steps of hugging her more or stuff like that. Carla's admitted her attraction and been naked and sexual in front of him. He needs to do the same, fuck Sophia in front of his mother. Make her watch, too. Or even fuck Sophia while Sophia's eating Carla out. If that doesn't get her turned on enough to change her mind, nothing will. But it would still be an improvement over making Matt be just a voyeur or even a cuckold. Think back to when I first made love to Tina. You didn't touch her sexually after finding us, except for a naked hug and kiss afterwards, but it was a turning point for the two of you."

I wrote Matt back:

Matt,

If changing your mom's mind is what you (and Sophia?) want, Patti suggested making love to Sophia in front of Carla, to make her watch, too. She'd have a hard time objecting to that, after making you watch the two of them. From there, suggest making love to Sophia while Sophia's making love to her, without direct contact between the two of you. That's basically what happened the time I walked in on Mom and Patti. I only touched Patti, but it pushed my relationship with Mom a lot further in the direction it went.

If you can progress to the point where the two of them are in a 69 and you're entering Sophia from behind, inches from Carla's face, and she still doesn't change her mind, you might just have to live with that.

In that case, consider that sharing Sophia with your mom would be comparable to sharing her with another man, where you wouldn't be directly intimate with him. If you think of your mom as your co-husband, you could still make it work as a triad relationship.

We love you,

Drew and Patti

~~~~~

April 27, 2017

My wives violated the rotation rules to allow Toni to be with me three straight nights during her first fertile cycle, first with Mom, then Patti and finally Amber.

All my sperm had to go into Toni's womb, though, so she was the only one I got to fuck those three nights. My other wives were there for moral support, and to induce more orgasms.

~~~~~

May 1, 2016

I hadn't heard from Matt for a week, when another email arrived.

What you and Patti suggested, worked. Mom was a little surprised when I asked to make love with Sophia in front of her, but she couldn't object, like you said. She wound up masturbating next to us, and actually moaned my name as she came.

A couple of nights later, she came back into our bedroom, began making out with Sophia, and I asked her if it would be okay if we both made love to Sophia at the same time, but without contact with each other.

She asked me, "We're just going to get closer and closer to that line, aren't we? Some night, one of us isn't going to be able to resist, and it will happen."

I said, "Maybe so. Even if it doesn't, I want us both to be able to make love to Sophia at the same time, and to act like a polyamorous triad, even if you and I are more like co-husbands to Sophia who don't... fuck each other."

"But you want to, don't you?"

"Yes, Mom. Very much."

"Then I say yes. We just need to not get caught."

So, we fucked. And it was sweet, and hot, and dirty, and I asked her to be my polywife the very next day. She said yes.

Thank you both.

Matt

~~~~~

May 12, 2016

Sandy called to say that she'd aced all of her exams, but decided she wanted to head to Minneapolis for a few weeks after Aaron's graduation, to spend time with Amanda and Aaron, before coming home to Dallas. She still had not announced any decision about whether she was going to join them in a triad, and I did not want to pressure her.

~~~~~

May 20, 2016

Toni ecstatically announced that she's pregnant! Her first fertility cycle, and we succeeded. I wished I could brag about it to everyone we knew, but this has to be Henry's child, to the public at least. We're holding off on telling most people until the first trimester is over.

Eden was thrilled when we called her with the news. For the four years between finding out that her biological parents were dead and why, until finding Toni, she felt like she was the last of her line. Now, her family was growing again.

That night, I dreamt of Eden asking me to get her pregnant, too, to keep the Kannady line going. She looked older, maybe in her mid twenties. I woke up knowing that, if she ever did ask, I would say yes.

~~~~~

June 3, 2016

Eden graduated from High School today. Toni flew to San Jose, California on Thursday morning, and would return on Sunday. To watch the kids, Patti took Thursday off, and Amber took Friday.

It really felt weird not having her at the house when I got home from work. I realized that this was would the longest we'd been apart since Mom, Henry, Patti and I went to Maine two years earlier.

It also made me remember that none of us had taken any significant vacation time in the past two years, either. With the move coming up, we probably wouldn't have time this summer, either.

~~~~~

June 6, 2016

My boss called me into his office. "Hey, Jack, what's up?"

Jack handed me some manila folders and said, "Drew, you're on track to become a team lead, so I'd like you to handle the orientation of the new interns for this summer. You've been through the internship program, so should have a good idea of how to get them settled and productive pretty quickly. It's Susan, Daniel and John. They're arriving at 11:00. Cubes have been assigned and laptops requisitioned. All the details are in the folders."

After quickly reviewing the folders, I greeted the three of them at 11:00. Susan preferred to be called Suzy, Daniel liked Danny and John was known as J.D., after his initials for John David. Suzy looked familiar, but I couldn't figure out why. I got them set up in their cubicles, and went to check on their laptops, and brought the three boxes back with me. All three had already set out some personal effects in their cubes. I gave Danny and J.D. their laptops, and went to Suzy's cube last.

On her cubicle's shelf was a framed photograph, with her being held by an African-American man in his 20s, standing next to an older white man, who was holding an African-American woman in her early 30s in the same manner. My eyes kept being pulled to the older man's face, and it clicked where I knew him from.

"Suzy, Jensen, right? Are you by any chance Steve Jensen's daughter, of Caplex Industries?"

"Yes! How did you know that?" she answered, sounding very surprised.

I pointed to the picture, then leaned against her cubicle's counter. "Your Dad and my Mom dated, for about a month, I guess, back in the fall of 2013, when I was in college. He was the first guy Mom went out with after my Dad died, and she invited your dad to Thanksgiving dinner that year. He said you and your sister were at your Mom's, so he didn't have anyone to have turkey with. He briefly showed us pictures of you and your sister, which I guess is why you looked a little familiar to me, but I definitely recognized your Dad in that picture. That's the only time I met him, though. They broke up not long after that."

"Your Mom's name is Tina, right? I was 18 then and in college, but Mandy was still under our parents' custody agreement, and that was Dad's year for Christmas and Mom's for Thanksgiving. What a small world. How's your mom doing now, in case Dad asks?" she asked.

"Married again, to the next guy she dated after your Dad," I chuckled. "She and Henry have a baby together, my little brother Gavin. And your Dad? From the picture, he's with someone new, too?"

Suzy picked up the picture, and said, "Sandra is Dad's fiancee. She was my college roommate for two years, and just graduated. I introduced her and Dad last summer, and they hit it off immediately. She's actually closer to Dad's age than mine and started college after getting out of the Army. And my fiancé is Nick, who is her younger brother, but graduated college before she started. He works at Caplex, too."

I grinned. "So, brother and sister, engaged to father and daughter? That must get confusing. Once you marry Nick and Sandra marries your Dad, you'd be your Dad's sister-in-law, wouldn't you?"

"Worse, once Sandra becomes my step-mother, Nick would be my uncle and I'd technically be my own aunt!" she laughed. "We don't worry about that, much. We're just two couples who are in love, Drew. Nick and Dad proposed to us side by side at New Year's Eve, and we plan to get married in a double-ceremony next year, after I graduate."

"Well, tell your dad Drew Barnes says 'Hi', and see if he remembers me. And let me know if you have any trouble setting up your laptop, okay? I'll be back to check on you guys in half an hour, regardless."

~~~~~

I got home, just in time for dinner, and everyone was around the table. Sandy had just gotten back from Minneapolis, and I gave her a big kiss and hug. Her belly looked huge on her, since I'd last seen her.

I said, "Hey, Mom? You remember Steve Jensen? Well, guess what? His daughter Suzy is one of our interns this year. I recognized Steve in a picture she had on her desk."

"Really?" Mom responded. "How's he's doing these days?"

"Engaged, to a woman in her 30s who was Suzy's roommate in college, and Suzy is engaged to the roommate's brother."

Sandy gasped, then asked, "Suzy Jensen, and the roommate's name is Sandra Adams and the brother is Nick?"

I looked at her in shock. "She didn't tell me Sandra and Nick's last name, but yeah. How the hell did you know that?"

"My roommate Amanda is Suzy's sister and Aaron is Sandra and Nick's youngest brother! We're coincidence magnets, I tell you!"

"What?" I sputtered.

She paused, before continuing. "There's more, but you might not be happy with me. When I got to Minneapolis after finals, to try and decide whether to move there with Aaron and Amanda, she revealed to me that the real reason she wanted us to live in Minneapolis is because she began an incestuous relationship with her mom Paula and aunt Nancy last summer, and now Aaron makes them four, and I would make them five, not three. Not only that, but her Dad Steve and sister Suzy, and Aaron's brother Nick and sister Sandra are actually a foursome living here in Dallas, with the engagements to the non-related partners as cover for the incestuous part of their relationships, a lot like you guys do with the two public triads."

"Did you reveal us to her?" I asked. I was feeling echoes of how Amber had told me about her Dad two years earlier, and could see Amber was reacting the same way.

"Yes. I know we're supposed to keep it a secret, but once she admitted her incest, I felt I could trust her with ours. Nick and Sandra, Steve and Suzy, Amanda and her mom Paula and aunt Nancy, have all been lovers over the past year, but are remaining two separate groups, one here, the other in Minneapolis. The only woman I just named that Aaron hasn't been intimate with yet is his own sister Sandra, but I think that's only been a question of opportunity, rather than a lack of interest. His brother and sister confessed their relationship to him right before he returned to school for his senior year. Last Thanksgiving at the house here in Dallas was apparently a near-orgy, with both groups there. He just didn't happen to make love to his sister."
"No, he made love to you instead the next day," I quipped. "Is it another coincidence that he and Amanda hooked up, then?"

Sandy shook her head no. "Both families realized Amanda was going to the same school, so had them look each other up, and to say they clicked is like calling a stick of TNT a firecracker. Since falling for Amanda, he's been more focused on being with Amanda, Paula and Nancy in Minneapolis on his breaks, in between being with Amanda and me on campus. The only time he's been to Dallas was last Thanksgiving. Now that he has graduated, he's moved into Paula's house officially. During my visit, I made love with all four of them. Amanda's Mom and Aunt have offered to help Aaron take care of Jeremy while Amanda and I are still in school, and I've finally accepted. I actually wasn't sure I knew how to explain that decision without revealing their secret, so I'm glad that Suzy being at your job kind of gave me the opening."

Henry coughed, then said, "Well, since this seems to be the night for coincidences that totally aren't, would you believe that I knew Steve Jensen pretty well, back in college? We were in the same dorms our first two years, before I got an apartment with Tonya, and as a matter of fact, I introduced him to his wife Paula, ex-wife now, I guess."

Sandy said, "Really? Paula didn't act like she recognized my last name or ask if you were my dad. Maybe she thought it was just a coincidence."

Henry shrugged. "I didn't know her nearly as well as Steve, so she might not remember me, or might only remember my first name. I lost touch with Steve after graduation, though, but when he saw that Mandy's roommate assignment was Sandra Kilson, he called me just to see if Sandy was who he thought and to catch up. But that was last summer, and we decided not to tell you girls, so your relationship could develop on its own. He must not have told Paula about it, either. I totally didn't put together that he was the same Steve that you dated before meeting me, Tina. I don't think you ever mentioned his last name."

Mom piped in with, "Well, Sandy is going to the same school you did, and Amanda, who Steve calls Mandy, is doing the same, so it's not that big a coincidence that they'd meet, although being assigned as roommates is a much bigger coincidence. Or fate meant for them to all meet."

Sandy responded to Mom's implied question, "Her family calls her Mandy, and it's really what she prefers, but we knew that being Sandy and Mandy as roommates was only asking for teasing from folks who haven't even outgrown middle school yet, so she's gone by Amanda on campus, rather than my trying to change to Sandra, after being Sandy all freshman year, besides the fact that Aaron's sister is Sandra, too. I had to train myself not to call her Mandy, and I guess I've been thinking of her as Amanda."

I said, "So, we now know of another set of incestuous families, with four different connections to us, Henry to Steve and Paula, Mom to Steve, Sandy to Aaron and Mandy, Paula and Nancy, and now me and Suzy at work. The question is, what do we want to do about it?"

Henry suggested, "Let's at least get the families to meet. We can use more friends who we can trust with the truth about us, right? They can probably use the same."

~~~~~

June 7, 2016

The next day, I handed Suzy a short note:

Our connections go deeper than my mom dating your dad, it seems.

My step-dad is Henry Kilson, who was friends with your Dad in college, and introduced your parents. Also, my step-sister Sandy Kilson was your sister Mandy's roommate at the same college this past year. She is pregnant with Aaron Adams' son, due in July, who will be our mutual nephew once you marry Nick.

More importantly, Sandy and Mandy have revealed our mutual family secrets to each other, and now Sandy has revealed yours to the rest of my family, when she realized who you were as I updated my Mom on meeting you and how your Dad was. We would like to get our families together, just for friendly talk, no other expectations. Let me know.

Drew

Her eyes bugged out when she got to the last paragraph, and she looked up at me, and said, "I'll talk to my family," then put the note into her backpack, and turned back to her work.

~~~~~

Later in the day, she stopped by my cubicle, and handed me a slip of paper with her number, and 'Call me after work.' written on it. I nodded and she left. I put her number into my phone's contacts.

~~~~~

I called the number from my car's hands-free setup, on the way home.

"Hi, Suzy, it's Drew." I began.

"Are you someplace private?" she asked.

"In my car, by myself. Driving home." I answered.

"Before we go any further, I want to know exactly what Sandy told you."

"Well, I guess it's pretty much everything Mandy told her. That you discovered Sandra and Nick together, became intimate with them both and Sandra coached you to seduce your Dad. Sandra came to Dallas to meet him after that, then Nick came to visit you, and your foursome formed. Mandy arrived for her summer visit and figured out what was going on between you and your Dad right after 18th birthday. She revealed that your Mom and Aunt were also lovers and Mandy wanted to join them. You, Mandy and Steve surprised your Paula and Nancy, they agreed to let Mandy join them, and a reconciliation with your dad happened. You moved to Dallas followed by Nick and Sandra, with Mandy staying in Minneapolis. When you and Sandra suggested Mandy meet Aaron at school, they fell in love, eventually adding in my step-sister Sandy to their relationship. At Thanksgiving, Mandy and Aaron revealed themselves as a couple to your family and Aaron asked for your Dad's blessing to marry Mandy. The next day, Mandy and Aaron came by our houses to visit Sandy, where Aaron told Sandy about getting engaged to Amanda, and they had sex which is when Sandy became pregnant. Am I missing anything important?"

Suzy paused, before saying, "No, that pretty much covers it. So what about your family? Mandy hasn't revealed your secret to us, probably because she doesn't know the families know each other. How did things develop with you?"

I took a deep breath and said, "Well, my Dad died in December of 2012, and my Mom Tina and I got closer as a result, and through a series of circumstances, she had sex with my girlfriend Patti, right before Patti went back to school, while I studied remotely for the semester, and Mom and I became intimate in February. The three of us formed a triad marriage the next month, and I got publicly engaged to Patti at the same time. We were discovered a couple months later by my uncle's girlfriend Toni, who I think of as my aunt, and after she broke up with my uncle, she moved in with us and became our lover, but originally didn't want to marry us, although she is now. With me so far?"

"Yes," Suzy replied. "Triad, plus an extra lover."

I continued, "Right. When Patti and I went back to school in the fall, Mom and Toni both started dating new boyfriends. My mom as cover for her relationship with me, Toni because she wasn't looking to marry us. Your Dad was the first man Mom dated, and I met him at Thanksgiving, but Mom broke up with him between then and Christmas. Henry moved in next door after Christmas break. He's a doctor and Mom's a nurse, so they knew each other from the hospital, and started dating. I didn't get to meet him until Spring Break. That's when we discovered that Patti already knew Henry too, because his older daughter Amber had been Patti's lover in high school. Amber revealed to Patti and then to me that she had broken up with Patti back then because she had begun a sexual relationship with Henry, who was also dating Mom as a public cover. I revealed my own incest to Amber, then we mutually sprang it all on her Dad and my Mom, which caused Sandy to accidentally reveal that she was involved with Henry, too. I wound up being intimate with both Amber and Sandy over the break."

"So, no wonder Sandy had no problem with Mandy's revelation," Suzy said. "I know my mom and aunt have met her, but Mandy and Aaron haven't brought her to meet Dad and I yet, and she lives right here in Dallas. How long has Sandy known about us?"

I answered, "She said she just found out, while visiting Minneapolis. She was still undecided whether to formally join in a group marriage with Aaron and Mandy in Minneapolis, so Mandy confessed that her relationship with your mom and aunt was the reason she didn't want to move to Dallas."

"Anyway, continue your story," she prompted.

"In between the revelations about Henry, Amber and Sandy and the wedding between Patti and I a week later, my aunt Toni broke up with her boyfriend, and asked to join our group marriage, making us four at the time. Two months later, when we graduated, Patti, Mom and Amber each revealed they were pregnant. Henry claimed in public that Mom's baby was his, and married Mom over the summer. Ultimately, Amber had twins, a daughter by me and a son by a friend of mine."

"How did you two guys handle that?" Suzy asked.

"Kenny didn't know, because Amber never told him about her and I being intimate right before him, on the same day, in fact. I had to stand by while they got engaged. In mid-December, the babies were born and it came out that Amber's daughter couldn't be Kenny's because of her Rh factor, and I had to admit she was mine. After Kenny blew up over that, Amber broke off their engagement, and Henry and Amber joined us in our marriage. Kenny moved to LA and hasn't contested custody. Patti, Amber and I then declared ourselves as a polyamorous triad, and Henry, Mom and Toni did the same, hoping the division would hide the incest, similar to what you're doing with separate engagements."

"Has it worked?" Suzy asked.

"Not completely. My son with Mom resembles my dad and me enough to either make people suspicious, or confirm suspicions they already had. It hasn't been anyone who would report us to the police, thankfully."

Suzy asked, "So, that brings you up to December of 2014, right? Any developments since then?"

"Yeah. Sandy opted not to marry us, and wound up involved with your sister and Aaron at college, instead. Toni chose to leave her retail job, for a combination of remote study towards a marketing degree and being our nanny. My wife Patti is pregnant again with a son, due the same time as Sandy's, and Toni is also pregnant by me, due next January, with Henry claiming he's the father again, because it's easier than explaining why his poly wife is carrying my baby. That will bring us to six kids. Is that clear enough?"

"I might have some other questions later, but that's good enough for now. You tell that pretty well, and thank you for your honesty. So, where do you see things going with my family? More sex?" Suzy asked.

"We're actually just looking for us to be friends, who we can trust with our secret. No other expectations, okay? People we can talk to about the challenges we face, not only about the incestuous parts of our family dynamic but the polyamorous part of it, too. Our families are going to be linked by Sandy and Aaron's son Jeremy anyway, and now I find out that Sandy has accepted Mandy and Aaron's proposal to join your Minneapolis family as a fourth wife."

"What? Why am I just hearing about this now?" Suzy said.

"As I understand it, the revelation of your family's incest swayed Sandy's decision just recently, as it would mean that Paula and Nancy would be her co-wives in helping raise Jeremy, not just Mandy's family. I expect Mandy is hesitant to reveal that she exposed the secret."

"Does my Mom realize that Sandy is Henry's daughter?" she asked.

"Doesn't seem like either Paula or Mandy is aware of the connection. Henry thinks she might have forgotten him, after 25 years. Anyway, we all thought we might as well get to know each other better openly, rather than trying to continue protecting secrets our sisters have already revealed. If more than that ever develops between us down the line, I don't think anyone would object, but it's difficult enough keeping lovemaking equitable with six of us, while pretending to be two triads. It would be so much more complicated with ten or even fifteen participants, if the five in Minneapolis get involved, too."

"I can see that," Suzy said. "Combinations and permutations go nuts the bigger the numbers get."

I added, "There's another incestuous family we know in the area, so I might invite them, too. We considered them as prospects to join our group discretely, but they've decided to stay separate. The mother of that family is actually marrying my aunt Maria on the 18th."

Suzy chuckled, the first sign that she was relaxing about all of this. "Our own little incest and polyamory support group? Dallas Incest Club. When do you want to hold its first meeting?"

"How about this Saturday? We've got the wedding to go to the following weekend. We've got a nice pool and hot tub, and enough privacy to be clothing optional, if we get that comfortable. We'll farm the kids out to one of our grandparents. We usually do that on Saturday nights, anyway."

"That sounds great. I'll confirm that with the others. I'm almost home, but before I go, you mentioned that Henry moved in next door and I thought I heard you say houses plural at one point. Are you in one house, or two?"

"Three, actually. The summer after my dad died, the houses to either side of Mom's went on the market. Patti and I snapped up one, after Henry bought the other, to try and flip it, but moved into it instead months later, and after they married, both Toni and Mom joined him in his house that we call West, while Amber and Sandy joined Patti and I in East. Center doesn't go completely unused, as it's the one with the pool and an office, plus an extra large bed in the master bedroom when we all want to play together. It's good from a public image standpoint to pretend to be two triads in separate houses, but a pain in practical terms, with three nurseries, three kitchens, and sometimes having to cross between them in the rain or cold weather. We are actually in the process of having a bigger house built for all of us to live in together, with two residence wings, but it won't be ready for a couple more months."

"Well, I'm just pulling into my driveway. Have a good night, Drew."

"You too, Suzy. Good night, and I'll see you at work."

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June 11, 2016

In addition to the Jensen and Adams families, I invited Ginger, Maria, Duke and Jean, letting them know that we had discovered another incestuous family and this was a get-to-know-you meeting.

They arrived shortly before the Jensen/Adams group, and we spent a little time on introductions, particularly for Sandy as these were her future in-laws, who she hadn't met after eight months of being involved with Mandy and Aaron.

Steve Jensen was a little older than I remembered him, but a lot happier and relaxed. Apparently, having two lovers agreed with him.

Suzy mercilessly teased him any chance she could get, while Sandra looked on with amusement, half mom, half big sister.

Nick was in between Sandra and Suzy in age and was clearly infatuated with them both, once he figured out that he could let his guard down around us.

The weather turned into an issue soon after they arrived, with thunderstorms in the forecast for the afternoon, so we moved everything inside Center and wound up not getting to swim. I managed to get the meats grilled without getting too wet, and we ate around the dining room and kitchen tables.

After, we sat around the living room, and the serious discussion started.

Steve asked, "So, I'm confused where Maria, Ginger, Jean and Duke fit in here. I got a rundown from Suzy of your family's development, Tina, but I don't think he mentioned them."

Mom answered, "Maria's my sister, and she's been intimate with both me and Drew."

Maria added, "Ginger's my fiancee, we're getting married next week. We met here at one of this family's parties last Labor Day."

Ginger said, "I used to date Henry, then stumbled on their secret the same day I met Maria. That led to my becoming intimate with my own kids, who live and go to school in Denver, and with Jean, who is my niece."

Finally, Jean said, "Duke is my husband, and I also met him here, over Skype, while I was involved in a threesome with Drew and Patti, and I also found out about their secret while I was involved with them. Imagine my surprise when I show up for a New Years' party here and run into Aunt Ginger and my cousins. Intimacy with them started the same night, then Ginger brought Maria into it, too."

Duke finished off with, "I'm Drew's best friend going back to grade school, and not sexually involved with his wives at all."

"So," Nick asked, "What's been the hardest part of being in this kind of relationship?"

I answered, "Having to keep it a secret, then having the secret leak out anyway. We've been lucky, but we always worry about that luck running out."

"How many people have found out?" Sandra asked.

I replied, "Toni was the first to discover us. Then Jean overheard Toni talking to us about it. After that summer, Patti and I got sexually involved with our college roommates, and we intentionally shared the secret with her roommate, and mine found out from her unintentionally. A week before I married Patti, she reunited with Amber and Amber shared her incest and I revealed mine in return and that certainly turned out well. At our wedding, Maria revealed that she had guessed it from observation of us and things started to develop between her and Mom first, then she and I. After the babies were born, I wound up letting it slip to KJ's dad, and Duke learned about it from him, rather than Jean. Shortly after that, Mom and Maria's parents said they had suspicions that were confirmed by Gavin's eye color not being a trait from their side of the family. Nine months after that, Ginger saw the same thing in Gavin's eyes, got involved with us all sexually and eventually her kids found out, too."

Steve said, "Most of those people are actually in this room, right? So that leaves, what, five who aren't involved with you or their own families who know, your grandparents, your roommates and KJ's dad?"

"Well, my roommate and his wife wound up involved with his mother, after his dad died last year," I said. "They're in Kansas City, or I would have invited them here for this, although I don't know how much his mom knows about us."

Toni said, "You left out Eden, Drew. She's my sister and father's daughter, who wound up taken away by CPS after her parentage was revealed. Ginger was actually the doctor who delivered her. She tracked me down in April, and will be back at the end of the month."

Steve said, "Sounds like a major combination of good luck and coincidences. I've got some of that, myself. If my wife Paula and her sister had not gotten involved, I wouldn't have been divorced. Then if Sandra weren't involved with Nick and they both get involved with Suzy, I doubt Suzy would have tried to seduce me. Incest led to more incest."

Mom said, "Then consider that if I hadn't been involved with Drew when we met, I either wouldn't have been dating so soon after Tom's death, or might not have broken up with you so quickly to then get involved with Henry, and Patti and Amber don't reunite. So many ways that this meeting today is tied to those kinds of coincidences, that I wonder if it was all fated. Then you have the coincidence that Sandy and Mandy wound up as roommates."

Toni said, "And that's not counting how my own past with my Dad and sister affected how I reacted when I discovered you, Patti and Drew. Now, my sister's daughter has come back into my life, because you gave me a place to live. Who knows if she would have found me otherwise. I don't believe in coincidences. This was all fate."
The conversation moved on to discussion of polyamory and how we could balance openness vs secrecy, then petered out after that. We wound down the meeting atmosphere, and everyone went home from there.

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Author's note: Yes, the characters from my 3-part series "Dad, Do I Turn You On?" are back, joining the extended cast of this series, just in case you hadn't guessed correctly who Amanda and Aaron were several chapters ago. So many thought Amanda was going to be Toni's niece. Haven't read "Dad"? You don't really need to, since I summarize the plot here, but I really wish you would. I always like seeing my view counts go up. 8)

Before any of the commenters go crazy thinking they know my intentions and complaining about what I was never going to do, these marriages are not merging. The end-state I've been working towards has always been to have several poly/incestuous marriages, interacting with each other, somewhat aware of each other's secrets, but not one humongous super-marriage. In the end, we're going to wind up with Drew's 6-person group, a five, two quads, two triads and a duo, in four different cities. One of those hasn't made it official yet.

And the last one meets for the first time next chapter, and doesn't come together until Chapter 6...

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