Shifters with Secrets (An MMF Bisexual Threesome)(30)

She smiled as a chipmunk darted in front of her in a zig zag and scurried up a tree. It was nice to be out here in the fresh air. It would be nice to share it with somebody. No. She pushed that thought right out of her head as quickly as it popped in. Men are shit. They’ll just hurt you.

Barbara’s son, Ellis, flashed in her head again. She bit her lip and shook her head trying to erase the image. I don’t need anyone. I’m better off alone.

But she had to admit that it was pretty cute the way he had absolutely no idea how to talk to a woman. She stifled a laugh as she remembered him in complete shock when she had turned him down. These guys out here, raised in the backwoods, were definitely not as slick as the city boys that she was used to. It was a refreshing change though. At least they told you exactly what was on their mind, even if it was a little too blunt.

He was so hot too. All of them were but there was something about him that she really found appealing. He was her height, but thick. Big broad shoulders, powerful legs and nice hard arms. He had a hard look to him that melted away when he flashed his warm smile. She could tell that he was a good guy, the way his friends teased him. Guys didn’t tease guys that they didn’t like. And Barbara was gushing about him all afternoon.

She picked up a dry stick off the path and cracked it in her hands. She wasn’t here for that. She was here to get away from men. Not to run into the arms of another man who would treat her like a punching bag.

She heard the gurgling of a river up ahead. It was the end of the trail. She walked towards the sound trying to focus on the beauty of the forest around her and not of the painful memories that she was trying to leave behind.

The river appeared before her, fast and powerful, flowing over and around rocks, shaping them and rounding them with its current. She sat down on a boulder on the river’s edge, took off her shoes and socks and dunked her feet into the cold water.

She got startled and then squealed in delight when a fish jumped out of the water in front of her. It disappeared under the river and was carried down stream by the fast current. She leaned back and closed her eyes, letting the afternoon sun warm her face. She breathed in long and slow.

This was just what she needed to help her move on. No more days surrounded by her shallow ‘friends’ talking about the latest, boring fashions and spiteful gossip. No more spending all her time at the mall buying things that she didn’t need, all just to try and make herself feel better. And no more being abused. No more taking shit. No more men.

This was where she belonged. Surrounded by nature. She always felt like a fish out of water in the city. She finally felt at home here.

Alone.

She found it ironic that she felt more at home here by herself than she did surrounded by her family. Yeah well none of these trees called me a liar when I came to them for help.

She studied a large rock jutting out of the middle of the river. It was round and smooth, with not a single edge on it. How many droplets of water did it take over millions of years to take a sharp, jagged rock and mold it into a polished and flawless stone?

How many years will it take until my sharp, jagged scars are healed?

She sighed. Probably longer than I’ll be alive.

Alexi took her numb feet out of the cold water and slipped her socks back on. She tied up her shoes and returned back down the path.

She walked for a while, approaching her place. She thought of work tomorrow and wondered if Ellis would be there. She hoped that she didn’t scare him off for good. Although she absolutely didn’t want a boyfriend or any kind of love interest, it would still be nice to have some friends, and they seemed like a good group of guys. They certainly made her laugh.

She arrived at the end of the path and headed back up the road. She could see Barbara’s house up ahead. There was a shinny black car in the driveway that wasn’t Barbara’s and seemed really out of place compared to all of the rusty pickup trucks and large SUVs around here.

She jumped off the road and dropped to her hands and knees, hiding in the thick bushes on her neighbor’s property. She slowly crawled forward trying to get a better view.

Two men in suits that she recognized kicked open the screen door of her rental and walked inside. She didn’t know their names but she knew that they worked for her fiancee.

How did he find me?

Barbara came flying out of her place. “Who the hell are you?” she yelled, sprinting across the driveway. Alexi’s mouth dropped seeing how fast she moved. She bounded into the rental and the two men flew out in the air in a flash of gray and black and landed with a thud on the driveway.


The big man wearing the gray suit, with the shaved head, pulled a handgun out of his jacket and pointed it at Barbara as she stormed out of the house.

Alexi’s view of Barbara was blocked by a large bush. She watched the men on the ground, petrified that they were going to shoot the only person in the world that was nice to her. She tried to get up to surrender herself but she wasn’t as brave as she had hoped. Her fight or flight reflex had kicked in and unfortunately for Barbara it chose the latter.

There was a loud ripping sound that sent shivers down Alexi’s back, followed by a loud roar. The men’s faces turned ashen white. What is going on?

The two men sprinted to their car, jumped inside and sped off, out of the driveway, before they had time to close their doors.

Alexi jumped up and ran down the path to see if Barbara was okay. “Thank God,” she whispered to herself when she saw Barbara standing in front of her rental unhurt.