Justice For Juniper novel Chapter 77

Dinner Conversation Part I

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Sitting on Phineas‘ lap while Beni and Adil sat on either side of them, Juniper felt more than a bit absurd.

A bottle of red wine corked, the lasagna steaming and still bubbling and warm after a quick reheat and a loaf of crusty bread and a salad, was all on display between them.

She looked back to where Phineas‘ hands held her possessively across his knee.

“You want me to sit right here while we eat?” She looked at the set table, which the three men quickly put together while she d been told to sit and wait.

“Yes. I want you to sit here. I’m going to feed you dinner.”

“This is a kink for you?”

He frowned at her question, “yes though I admit I’ve never gone to this extreme where I want my partner on my lap while I feed them, but I want and need this.”

“You need this?” she asked quietly.

His cheeks took on dull red as both of his friends watched curiously. They’d talked about many things over the years but their sexual likes and dislikes on a deeply personal level and the why’s behind them was always skimmed over.

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“I need the connection and to feel I’m taking care of my partner. Me taking care of you in every way, makes me feel strong and needed.”

Beni watched the exchange carefully and then offered a thought, “I wonder if,” he saw Phineas‘ eyes swivel to his with a flicker of irritation knowing his friend was going to psychoanalyze him, “hear me out, this has to do with your father.”

“Jesus Christ,” Phineas muttered as he reached for the wine bottle and poured a glass.

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“Seriously,” Beni went on as he cut the lasagna and placed a big square in the center of Phineas‘ plate for him and Juniper to share. He then served Adil and himself while talking, see, you were always a bossy, dominant fucker. You like to be the leader, and it was fine with me because I was happy to not need to make all the decisions. However, you got worse in terms of control,” he added salad to everyone’s plate, “when your father cheated, Phineas. Everyone was pissed off at him and you heard all their comments. Your grandfather, I still remember him loud and clear, yelling at your father how a real man takes care of his family, not fucks them over. I think, with my three psych classes I took in university,” he grinned at Juniper’s giggle, “your daddy issues make you crave being a better man, father, partner, than your father was.

He shrugged, “I don’t know.”

“You also are the kind of guy who expects love in exchange for service.” Adil said seriously as he cut into his food.

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“What?” Phineas stared incredulously at Adil. “I do not.”

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“Yes you do.” He nodded, “Look, Sandra is great. We love her to bits, and we will never talk bad about her.”

“That’s right you won’t,” Phineas warned his best friend.

“But growing up, you loved to things for her to get her to notice you.”

“What are you talking about?” Phineas seemed defensive.

Juniper felt the shift in his demeanor, and she let her hand tuck around his middle protectively and frowned, “why are you all picking on Phineas?”

“We’re not. We’re trying to figure out why he needs to hold our woman on his lap all the time. Hell, he slept so well last night from you laying on top of him, I was awake before him, and this never happens.” Beni countered. “I’m always last to wake up, no matter where we are. I like my sleep. He was crashed and content to be used as a mattress.”

“But to put this on him because of his parents.”

“Phin, his father, is a great guy for the most part but he spent so much time working or hanging with the boys, as in our fathers and Denise’s father, he rarely did things with his wife and son together. My mother set a hard and fast rule the four of us shared one meal a day together and one night a week was us only, me, Mom, Dad, and my sister Anya.” Beni explained. “She also insisted we both get one–on–one time with both her and my 3/5

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dad. She’s a psychologist and a good one. Phineas, your father spent time with you and your mother, but it was almost always in a crowd, when we were growing up.”

“This doesn’t explain Adil’s servitude comment.”

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