I ran my hands through my hair, feeling like I couldn’t control the emotions pouring out of me.

“So, that’s it. That’s all I have to say. I’d like to be able to say goodbye to Bobby. But if you guys want me out of here as quickly as possible, I’ll understand. Just tell me what you want me to do.”

The three of them shared a look. It was a sight I was already used to, the brothers regarding one another in silence, as if speaking to each other telepathically. Then they turned their eyes back to me.

“It’s not like that at all, Gen,” Seth said.

“Right,” Sean added. “You’re wrong.”

“Huh?” I couldn’t summon the brainpower to think of anything else to say.

Seth smiled—something I didn’t see the otherwise serious brother do all that often.

“We all want you too.”

I said nothing, my eyes going wide. I blinked hard, unable to process what I’d heard.

“You…what?”

Sam gestured to the open seat where I’d been before I’d stood up and started speaking.

“Care to sit down? If you want your space, that’s fine. But we’d like to explain to you what kind of relationships we like.”

I was confused. They almost seemed relieved. I sipped my wine again, slowly going over to join them. Once I was back in my seat, I no longer felt tense, or like I needed space.

“I’ll get right to the point,” Sam began. “My brothers and I… this isn’t the first time we’ve done something like this.”

“What do you mean?” I leaned forward as I asked the question.

“We’ve shared women,” Seth said. “Quite a few times, actually.”

“Shared?”

Sean smiled. “Yep. We’ve always been close, even when we were kids. And as we grew up, our lives becoming more and more intermingled with us going into business together, we eventually found that our love lives did the same thing.”

“We’re three different men,” Sam said. “But as it turns out, we all have the same taste in women—smart, beautiful, fiercely independent, like you. One of us would start dating a woman with those traits, and it wouldn’t be long before the others took notice of her.”

I was taken aback by what I was hearing. “And… they just go along with it?”

Sean laughed. “Not all of them. And it’s taken a long time for us to figure out the best way to make such a situation work.”

“What about jealousy?” I asked. “Isn’t that a problem with you guys?”

“Not at all,” Sam said. “Never once have we had a fight about possessions, achievements, or women. We share.”

It was so much to take in. I didn’t know what to say.

I took another long sip of my wine, the booze finally doing some work and calming me down a little.

“OK. Maybe there’s no drama between the three of you, but what about with the women?”

“The women we choose, choose us too. It’s got to be totally mutual, or it doesn’t work.”

“And it doesn’t get messy when it ends?” I asked.

Seth shook his head. “Not that we’ve had happen. Usually, the relationship runs its course because the women we’re attracted to are as busy and ambitious as us. It comes to a natural end.”

“Like with you,” Sean said. “You’re here for the summer and that’s it. The four of us could have our fun, then when it’s time for you to go back, we part on good terms.”