A MMF ROMANCE ABOUT LOVE
EXCERPT
“Kode, Tally, and I
are together now.”
“Like, together-together?” Jazz demanded
confirmation, “As in, sexually?”
“Yes, Jazz,
yes. That is what I said, isn’t it? Tally wants to have a child, so she asked us
–”
“And, you said
yes,” she interjected, posing a statement rather than a question. She abruptly released him and began actively
pacing the length of her office. “I
mean, of course, you would. You’d do
anything for Tally – Kode, too.”
I’m not sure if she means I’d do anything for Tally and
Kode, or that Kode and I would do anything for Tally. He shook his head to clear his thoughts. Not that
it matters, he decided, watching Jazz intently. Honestly,
both are true statements.
The large woman
squealed with delight. “I knew it!” She punched her fists in the air, and then
danced a little jig, as though she were jogging in place. “When?”
“What?”
Diving forward, she
latched onto him again and asked, “When did she ask you?” Before he could
reply, Jazz chuckled and slugged him in the arm. “It was during lunch, wasn’t it – the other
day when I went home for a nooner, right?
Tell me I’m right!”
Rubbing his arm and
grimacing, he nodded. “Geez, Jazz. Did you have to hit me?”
“I knew it!” she
proclaimed confidently. “No wonder she
asked so many questions about my custody case.”
“What custody
case?” Lex wondered. Now,
what’s she talking about? For such an
accomplished lawyer, she has the attention span of a gnat.
Waving her hands
between them, she ignored his question.
“So, that’s why you came to me for advice. You want to know if it’s legal for the three
of you to live together in the State of Minnesota because you want to be one
big happy family. Am I right?”
Lex just
nodded. Why does she seem so happy about this?
I mean, she’s acting like she just won the lottery. I don’t understand. After all, this doesn’t have anything to do
with her, so why does she seem so invested?
“Well, I can answer
that with a definite maybe!” She stared
at him with wild eyes, looking as though she expected him to jump for joy at
her less than satisfying response.
“Maybe?” Lex’s mouth gapped open. Maybe;
what the hell kind of answer is that?
He unconsciously shook his head.
“What does that even mean?”
Jazz dropped into
her desk chair with an audible thump.
She vigorously rubbed her hands together and grabbed a pen. Then, the woman began to scratch notes on her
legal pad as she answered, “Well, it depends on how you want to handle things.”
“Jazz, I swear –”
She interrupted
before he could finish his threat. “Lexi
Love, cohabitation is tricky. See,
according to statue 609.34, it’s still against the law in Minnesota for any man
to have sex with an unmarried – or single, as the law states it – woman,
because it’s considered fornication.”
He could feel
himself deflate. “Oh.”
“Now, hold on,” the
red-haired giant ordered, dramatically reaching in his direction. “There’s more.”
“Great,” he
replied, though his voice sounded defeated even to him. If we
can’t cohabitate with an unmarried woman, then that rules out Tally moving in
with us, which sucks. None of us want to
raise our child in a split household. “So,
are you saying Tally needs to be married to live with us?”
“Well, yes and
no. I mean, if she were married, the
rules would change. It would no longer
be an issue of fornication. Instead, it
would fall under the 609.36 statue of adultery.”
“Adultery? You’re saying adultery is against the
law?” Lex felt stunned. “Like, we could be prosecuted even if it’s
consensual?”
“Yep,” Jazz
confirmed. “That’s what I’m saying. Dude, if you were prosecuted under the
current law, you could get nailed with one year in prison, fined up to three
thousand dollars, or both.” The large
woman turned her gaze to the side, and rambled, “Actually, the law still
considers anal and oral sex to be illegal, regardless of gender or marital
status. That falls under Statute 609.293
and –”
“Jazz, focus!” He rubbed his forehead in frustration. “Why are you telling me this? It doesn’t help our situation.”
“Ah, but it sort of
does, my friend.”
When he looked up,
meeting her blue gaze with his steely stare, he could feel the excitement
emanating from her.
“See, the law
doesn’t account for every situation, so there are ways around it.”
“Wait,” Lex shifted
in his seat. “What are you saying?”
The corners of her
mouth pulled slightly upward. “The law
only stipulates that fornication is when a man
has sex with an unmarried or single woman. It doesn’t account for a man’s marital status
or incidents involving same-gender relations.
Do you understand what I’m saying?”
Jazz didn’t wait
for a response before she continued.
“Furthermore, limitations on the adultery law clearly state that
prosecution cannot commence unless – and this an important part – a complaint
is filed by the husband or wife involved.”
The light suddenly
turned on. Genius! I could just kiss my
brilliant Amazon! His smile broke
into the largest grin his facial muscles could produce. “Let me get this straight. If Tally were married, it would be legal for
us to cohabitate together as one family because we’d no longer meet the law’s
definition for fornication. And since
none of us would press charges against the others, we wouldn’t have to worry
about adultery laws either. Am I
correct?”
“Yes,” Jazz nodded,
“You got it exactly right.”
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