The Legacy, Chapter 3: Echoes - Sex Stories

The Legacy, Chapter 3: Echoes

... up form she held to her breast. He looked back at Robert, who put his hand on Henry’s shoulder and guided him to the bed where Beth lay. “Come meet your son, Henry; our son, perhaps I should say.” Shock, confusion, puzzlement, any number of things went across Henry’s features until he looked down at the baby boy in her arms, and then he understood. When it dawned, his expression changed to one of surprise, awe, shame…joy, certainly, but also sorrow for what he knew the young couple must be going through. That his weakness and lack of honor and self-control had brought them to this point, and had put them in the position of dealing with something such as this caused him great pain, and he was deeply ashamed. “Mr. Robert, I’m so sorry. This should never have happened…it’s all my fault, you can’t blame this on Beth!” Robert laughed. “You know, maybe I should have realized when you suddenly started calling her ‘Beth’. That was about when all this began, wasn’t it?” Henry nodded. “Yes. But place the blame on me, where it belongs; I’m old enough to have known better. My fault, Mr. Robert, all of this.” “We’re all adults, Henry; we all bear some of the blame, but we’re not discussing that right now. So, tell us; what do you think of Henry Pettigrew Bishop? Handsome boy, isn’t he?” Henry’s eyes welled with tears, which quickly overflowed and ran down his cheeks unchecked. Robert clapped him on the shoulder. “I’ll give the three of you a few minutes alone, so you can get to know ...

... your son…our son, Henry. He’s also our son.” He chuckled, shaking his head. “You know, we’ve always been a family, I think, in many ways. Maybe now we’re just a little more of a family than we were before. This is going to require some getting used to! Oh, and Henry? We’ll talk later; there are some things that need to be said.” He turned and left, closing the door behind himself. Henry turned back to Beth and his son…his newest son. “Beth, I’m so sorry…” “Ssshhh, Henry, it’s all right. We talked…It’s going to be okay, I think. Robert is an incredible man. So, what do you think?” She held the infant out to him, and he took the baby from her cradling him gently in his big arms. “My god, Beth…he’s so beautiful. So beautiful. Like his momma.” She smiled. “I think he favors his daddy, myself! Henry, I’m sorry. Somewhere I fucked up in keeping track, I guess. But now, seeing Hank…I just can’t be too upset about that!” He laughed. “Hank? Nobody ever called me Hank!” “And that’s why it’s perfect for him! Henry, Robert was so amazing…so incredible. He was so calm, the way he handled it; he was hurt, but…god! I don’t deserve a man that loves me that way!” “Two men, Beth. You have two men that love you, but you’ve known that for a long time.” He bent and kissed her, passing the baby back into her arms. “A woman like you, that can find it in her heart to love two such very different men…” “You’re not that different, Henry, you and Robert. You’re both very fine, gracious, loving, wonderful ...