Seth thought ‘Oh, Shit.’ He smiled and held his hand out for his women. He looked at his parents and said, “Yes I did. I rescued both of them from a problem and we fell in love. Of course with the laws as they are I couldn’t and didn’t legally marry them. We have had a Navajo ceremony and we are married in the old way, the Indian way. These are my wives. We love each other deeply and are building a life here with each other.”
“Oh, my,” Seth’s mother whispered. She and his father were looking around the small homestead. Their eyes slid off the women and took in the outbuildings and the house. Finally Seth’s mother sank into a chair on the porch. His father walked up and slowly sat beside her. Seth’s mother finally said, “I don’t know what to say son. We had hoped and prayed you would find someone out here after the way Patrice treated you but… How could you marry two women? Oh, my.”
After the shock wore off Seth, Tasha and Charity herded his parents into their home. They prepared a nice meal and slowly began visiting. Both his parents were impressed with what he and the women had done to the old settlement. They complimented them on the rustic old house and on their use of the small valley for growing their own food.
Seth and the women had purchased a used sleeper sofa for their living room. At bedtime they made it up for his parents to sleep on. At breakfast after the second night sleeping on it Seth’s mother looked at him in embarrassment. She said, “Seth didn’t you tell me you had lived in the old office the first winter you were here?”
When Seth said he had his mother continued, “Would it be ok if your father and I slept out there from now on? I, uh, WE think maybe it would be better if we were out of the house at night so you could uh be more comfortable when you go to bed…”
Seth looked at his mother in confusion for a moment then the light bulb lit. He felt himself blush and saw Tasha and Charity blush also. Both his women were very vocal when they made love. They had held off the first night but last night he had taken them both and they had screamed out their appreciation.
He guiltily looked at his parents. His father was smirking and winked at him when Seth looked his way. Seth said, “Uh, no, there’s no problem if that’s what you want to do but you don’t have to do that on our account. Is there a problem? Do you want to sleep late or something?”