Page 32 of Five Mountain Daddies

“Pam.” I gently move London off and place her down on the couch. “It’sokay.”

“I, uh, can come backlater.”

“What do you need?” I hesitate to stand up, because I’m so fuckinghard.

She holds up a stack of papers. “Just some things for youtomorrow.”

“Thanks, the usual spot, if you don’tmind.”

She nods, walks over, and puts the papers down. She hurries out of my office, shutting the door behindher.

I look over at London and grin, and we both start laughing. The intensity of the moment slowly drains away until we’re both cracking up on the couchtogether.

We don’t fuck. I want to, and she wants to, but we just don’t. Instead, we end up having another drink and talking for an hour before she heads home. A long time ago, I might have felt like Pam cockblocked me, and shedid.

Except that’s not a bad thing. I’ll have other chances to take what I need from London. But for now, I’m just happy to prove to myself that I wasn’t wrong about her, very far fromit.

11

London

It’s like a buzz in the back of my mind at all times, James and the twins and Henry and Ryan, all five of them floating in the periphery of myvision.

I go to work the day after my interrupted moment with James and I try not to obsess. It’s not going to help anything if I can’t stop thinking about them, but I can’t stop myself. It’s the strangest situation I’ve ever been in, and as normal as I’m trying to pretend it is, I know this is inherently weird ashell.

I want to be more open-minded. But all the next day I just keep thinking about what James said, about how he didn’t mind sharing me with them, how none of them seem to mind. And yeah, it feels good to be passed around these five handsome men, it feels incredible when they get me off and make me come, but I just can’t stop asking myself one question over and over andover.

Whyme?

Out of everyone in this town, heck, out of everyone in this state, why did they choose me? I’d say I’m slightly above average looking, but nothing special. I can be funny sometimes, and maybe I’m a little smart, but I can’t understand what they see in me. I don’t know why I’d be worthsharing.

I don’t want these doubts to bother me so much. I want to be the kind of girl that can let go and just enjoy her good fortune. I wish I were that liberated, but apparently I’m not. All I can wonder is why, and it’s starting to get tome.

The workday drags on. I chat with Maggie for most of it, and sometimes I deal with customers, but mostly it’s a slow day for the ATV tour industry. Which is bad for me, since there’s nothing to distract me from myproblems.

I keep checking my phone, waiting for a text from one of the guys. Then again, they typically just show up at my work and whisk me away somewhere, which is pretty fun. I do wish I could just come out and ask why they chose me, but I’m afraid that’ll take away from thecharm.

“You look distracted,” Maggie says about a half hour before my shiftends.

I shrug a little. “I’ve got some stuff on mymind.”

She leans in, a sly little smile on her lips. “Boystuff?”

I sigh. “Maybe.”

“I see you leaving here with those guys like everyday.”

“It’s not every day,” Isay.

She shrugs, still grinning. “So, what? Are you like, dating all five ofthem?”

I stare at her for a second, without saying anything, and her eyes slowly gowide.

“Holy shit, are you kidding?” She laughs a little bit. “You’re joking,right?”

I keep looking at her, frowning alittle.

“Oh my god. You’re not joking.” She leans toward me, laughter gone, staring at me. “Do theyknow?”

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