Catering With Benefits (3) - An Appetite for More - 16. Brotherly Love

Only Jessica, Justin, Julia and Jared attended the service at the funeral home chapel, but they did not proceed to the crematorium. Craig had offered to cater for a small after service function, but Justin declined, preferring instead to have drinks with Jared as previously arranged.

Jared chose a bar in a pub on the edge of the city. They met there and got down to some serious drinking. “Well Bro.” said Jared, it’s over, he’s gone forever. Now all we have to do is flush him out of our systems with copious amounts of alcohol and assign any thoughts of him to history.”

“Thoughts, we can maybe get rid of, but his blood still flows through us both.” replied Justin.

“Ah I’ve been thinking about that also, but it’s not so.”

“How do you figure that?”

“They say that every part of your body is replaced every seven years. That means there’s none of him left in us. I’m the fourth generation of me and you’re at least 3G. How’s that make you feel.”

“Fuckin’ amazing, you’re a genius.”

“I’ll drink to that.” Jared concluded, raised his glass and drank till it was empty.”

When Justin returned with another round of drinks Jared said “I’ve been thinking about him and us. You may have bad memories of him, but at least you were conceived, in a consensual way, maybe even in love. But I am the result of a violent incestuous act. How would you feel about that?”

“Fuckin’ pissed off, to put it mildly. So how do we get rid of that feeling from you? He’s been cremated, there’s not much more we can do to revenge him.”

“Oh, I’ve taken care of that already.”

“How?”

“Oh, that’s not a discussion to be had in public, some other time.” Justin looked puzzled, but let it go.

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The two boys spent the next hour talking about their childhoods and reminiscences. Their busy lives since they met had not given them this opportunity before. When the conversation came around to more recent times Justin asked “Tell me exactly what you do for this Price family.”

“Well, now I’m Jonathan Prices bodyguard.”

“Is he that important, he needs a body guard?”

“He’s going to run for the next federal election and hopes to be a politician. He figures he’ll make enemies in that role so will need protection. In the meantime I help in other ways, but am always with him, especially when in public.”

“I’ve often wondered what army guys do when the step down from the services, if they don’t have a regular trade. Your training is pretty specific and it must be difficult trying to make those skills fit into civilian life. But it sounds like you’ve found a way to use your combat training.”

“Yes, I was lucky, not all guys manage the transition and some turn to strange ways of using their skills.”

“Like what?”

“Many become security guards, that’s obvious; but some find more inventive ways of making a living. But back to what I’m doing for Price now. By the time he gets elected, if he does, we’ll have established a rapport and I’ll be familiar with his movements and needs.”

“And do his needs run to personal services?”

“Not from me. He admits he’s tempted, but said from the outset that our relationship would be strictly business. So far he’s honoured that commitment and I don’t expect that will change.”

“But you’ve worked for them longer, what did you do before?”

“I used to fuck his wife.”

“Justin almost choked on his drink and then asked “What?”

“You heard me, I used to fuck his wife.”

“That’s pretty inventive, though I’m not sure what army skills would set you up for that. And did he know about this?”

“Of course, it’s been a long standing arrangement, there’s been many before me, including the household driver.”

“I did hear something about that, but didn’t realise it was a job. I thought they were just casual affairs.”

“No, it’s a fairly formal arrangement. You remember that musical society party when I helped with the waiting? That was how I was introduced to her and worked for her from then onwards, until recently when he poached me from his own wife.”

“How did she take that?”

“As it turned out, she was pretty much no longer in need of my services, because she has gone back to her old lover, Desmond the driver.”

“I thought my work was a bit out there, but it’s tame compared to being a professional fuck. I couldn’t do it; Not with a woman anyway.”

“Does that mean you could do it professionally, with a man?”

“I don’t know, it’s an interesting thought. But I’d probably have to be drunker than I am now, to give it a go.”

“Want to give it a try?”

“What do you mean?...wait... is old man Price on the lookout for a man?”

“Always and as I’m off limits, there’s a vacancy.”

“No fuckin’ way could I do it with a wrinkly.”

“The money’s good.”

“Still no.”

“Then what about someone younger and more attractive?”

“Who?”

“You’ll have to wait to find out.”

“When will that be?”

“Soon.”

“You’re not thinking about Thomas are you?”

“You’ve already been there, remember?”

“Oh yes, then you found out and threw out Thomas. I should apologise about that, but we didn’t know about you. We assumed Thomas was single and he didn’t offer any further information. I didn’t even know who you were when you rang; you said he was a flatmate, then I gave it all away.”

“Don’t worry about it. All water under the bridge now.”

“Thanks, we should have discussed this before, but I’m glad it’s sorted now. This is turning out to be a very good evening.”

“And it’s going to get better. Do you think you are capable of driving?”

“I’m tempted to say yes, but I’m not quite drunk enough to lose all sense of my capabilities. So in short no!”

“I don’t think I should either, so why don’t we get a couple of six packs, have the valet parking attendant put our cars in the guest parking area and take a room to continue drinking?”

“Very well thought out brother, but I already have a six pack.” Justin answered as he pulled up his shirt.

“Me too.” replied Jared and displayed the said body part. They both started to laugh, but the alcohol made it come out more as a girly giggle.

This drew the attention of a young man who was passing by. He stopped looked at the pair displaying their abs and said “Very impressive boys, matching abs. You could be twins.”

“Close” replied Justin “We are brothers.”

“Then I must compliment your father on having such good genes.”

The mention of the word father to Jared was like pulling the pin on a hand grenade. All that potential energy was ready for release and the poor innocent passerby felt the full force of the explosion. Jared stood up slowly and deliberately, reached out with an open hand, wrapped it around the stranger’s neck and squeezed so tightly the victim could not speak and was barely able to breathe with Jared’s thumb pressed against his epiglottis and fingers restricting the carotid artery. He waved his hands frantically requesting release.

Jared released his grip, the man coughed and spluttered then managed to spit out a few words. “Fuck, what kind of maniac are you. I was just trying to give you a compliment.”

“Don’t mention our sire, we have just cremated him.”

“Sorry guys, I didn’t realise you were grieving. Now I feel like a right arsehole.”

“We’re not grieving, were celebrating.”

“O..k.” he said hesitantly “Whatever turns you on.”

“Glad you mentioned that. I’m a bit turned on by you at present. Come and sit between us.”

“No, don’t think I will, I’m not at all into erotic asphyxiation guys.”

“What?” asked Justin.

“He means choking during sex, right?”

“Is that a thing?” Justin further asked.

“Yes, but it’s not my thing either.” replied Jared “Sorry about before, just an over reaction to a very stressful day. Let me buy you a drink to apologise.”

“I’m not sure I’ve got time for that, got to get working.”

“Oh, just one won’t take long and after that maybe I could thank you properly.”

He agreed, albeit somewhat reluctantly but read something into Jared’s last sentence that interested him.

“Good, I’ll get a round. What’s yours...um...?” asked Justin as he stood up.

“Beer’s fine and my names Nathan.”

“Well, sit down next to me Nathan and we’ll get to know each other.” Jared said leeringly, and Nathan noticed.

“You seem a fit guy, maybe we could workout together later.” Jared said with a wink.

“That’s a distinct possibility. What about your brother?”

“So you fancy a threesome?”

“No, I meant will he be leaving soon. I didn’t think brothers did it together?”

“Anything’s possible in this crazy world.”

Justin returned with the drinks and as he sat on the other side of Nathan Jared said “Nathan here’s a pretty cool dude, he’s interested in a threesome.”

“With us?”

“Of course, why are you doubtful?”

“We’re brothers, is it right?”

“Dare I say it, but it wouldn’t be the first time in our family.”

“I’d rather you didn’t mention that, and surprised that you did, especially today.”

“Sorry, I’m just feeling a bit naughty, must be the alcohol. No, I think it’s the vibes I’m getting from you Nathan.”

“Do you have a place we can go to?” asked Nathan.

“As it happens we do, or soon will. Just before you arrived we were discussing getting a room here for the night.”

“That’s great, that’ll save time.”

“Now tell us about yourself Nathan. Any partner, regularly into threesomes?”

“No, I’m single and rarely get asked to do a threesome, but I can get into that no problem.”

“Good man, now drink up and we’ll get that room organised.”

“Before that we need to discuss terms.”

“Sure, we wouldn’t expect anything too kinky, just sucking and fucking, all right with you?”

“I didn’t mean those sort of terms, but what you suggest is fine. And since you’re brothers celebrating or grieving, whatever it is, I can give you a discount instead of charging for two.”

Justin was the first to react to this “Brother what have you arranged with Nathan?”

“We haven’t arranged anything yet.” Then turning to Nathan “What do you mean charging; I thought this was just a casual hookup. Look at us, do you think we need to pay for sex. Most healthy men in this bar would be grateful to be fucked by either of us.”

“Sorry mate, I thought you knew, I always cruise this bar for trade. But that’s no problem, I’ll finish my beer and move along, the night’s getting on.”

As Jared put his hand forward, Nathan reacted swiftly by moving away from Jared and putting his hand in a stop position. “I just wanted to shake your hand.” said a surprised Jared.

“My mistake, I thought you were reaching for my throat again.”

“No, relax, don’t want you going off to work in a stressed state. I know from experience that wouldn’t be good for business.”

“You’re right, but what do you mean by experience.”

Justin entered the conversation “My brother’s a professional fucker as well.”

“Are you trying to work on my patch? ...I get it now, you’ve got this brothers thing going as your hook. Does it work?”

“It almost did with you.”

“Yeah sounds interesting, so do you charge double for the both of you?”

“For you it would have been free, but that moment’s passed now. You better get to work. Just looking around the room there’s a few targets you could try, we’re having the night off.”

“Understandable, under the circumstances, so thanks for the drink and the chat.” Nathan stood, gave the boys a thumbs up, set his card on the table and left.

They started to giggle again, then Justin asked “What was that all about. He really thought we were a double act, dumb bastard.”

“It’s not a bad idea though, when we’re sober we should discuss it, little brother.”

“That’s funny now, but I probably won’t think so in the morning.”

“I’ll organise that room and you get some more beers.”

“Now, so we don’t get into trouble with our respective partners, we should let them know what we’re doing.”

“Good thinking. Don’t want them thinking we’re playing up with other men.”

“That would never do.”

When they settled into their room, they both rang their partners and explained their condition and why they were staying out. Craig and Thomas were understanding and both agreed it was safer to sleep it off before attempting to drive home.

While Jared was in the bathroom, taking a piss, Justin opened another two bottles and relaxed while waiting for his turn. When he was finished, the two brothers sat on the lounge and Jared said “I don’t think I want another drink for a while. I just want us to keep talking, it’s so much fun just being boys together. Something we both missed out on when growing up.”

“You’re right, I used to wonder what it would be like to have a brother to share with and confide in.”

“I wonder what we would have done, if we did live together?” asked Jared.

“Would we have squabbled over clothes and stuff?”

“No, that’s a girl thing. We’d probably have squabbled over boys and who saw him first.”

“Yeah, that would have been fabulous having a gay brother and seeing who could pull the hottest men.”

“Do you think we would have been competitive?”

“Definitely, I can just see us trying to compete to see who could come first, or who could hold back the longest.”

“Yeah and who could shoot the furthest. It would have been so much fun.” lamented Jared.

“We would have been so close as brothers. Even if competitive, we would have loved each other and wanted the best for each other.” As Justin finished his sentence, he began to weep when he realised how empty his childhood had been.

“Hey Brother, don’t be like that, what’s bothering you?”

“I just remembered how sad I used to get when I was young and had no one to confide in or comfort me. It would have been so good to have a big brother to reassure me all would be right.”

“You mean like this?” Jared said has he took Justin’s head in his hands and kissed him on the lips.

“Yes, like that, don’t stop?” he replied as he pulled Jared’s head closer and returned the kiss. They continued to kiss passionately and luxuriate in their newly discovered brotherly love. When they paused for breath Justin said “I thought you were going to have someone else come in, when you asked if I could have sex professionally.”

“Am I not man enough for you?” asked Jared.

“You are perfectly the man for me.”

“Even though I’m your half-brother and we both have partners?”

“That’s different, they are our chosen partners, but we were born for each other.”

“I’m glad you see it that way as well. Do you want to go further?”

“Just strip down and I’ll show you.”

“Then here’s a hundred dollars to make this your first professional gig.”

They laughed.

***

That evening, Thomas called Craig to ensure he knew about their partners staying out overnight. “Yes Thomas, I had a call from Justin, but thanks for calling anyway, very thoughtful of you.”

“No problem, it’s been a while since we’ve had a chat. I don’t have any business to offer you at present. Things with Mrs P have changed and her interests lie elsewhere these days.”

“That’s ok, we’re not taking too many outside catering bookings while we settle into the restaurant and then we hope to have most of our catering work in our on-site function room.”

“That sounds exciting, you guys seem to be always on your way up.”

“It’s partly thanks to you giving us some early bookings and the recommendations we got from them.”

“At your celebration dinner I heard your friend Edward, or should I say Ed Weiner say that you want to do weddings on a regular basis.”

“Yes, he’s so interested in that side of the business, he’s even started training to become a marriage celebrant and Justin fancies himself as a wedding planner.”

“Good, keep it all in-house; the complete package.”

“I didn’t ever get to ask how you feel about Justin and Jared being half brothers. It must have come as much a surprise to you as it did me.”

“Well, part was a pleasant surprise to have Jared in the family....”

“I know what you’re going to say, that news was truly awful. Jared was pissed off big time when he came home from meeting his mother. He was threatening all sorts of retribution. Luckily the old bastard was in prison, otherwise I’m not sure I could have stopped him doing something stupid. With his training and background he could kill a man before the victim even sensed a threat.”

“Do you really think he could do that?”

“He’s certainly physically capable of it, but hopefully he would consider the consequences before actually doing it.”

“Anyway, it’s all taken out of his hands now. It might sound a bit callous to say this, but Haynes did the right thing in the end.”

“Yeah, maybe for the first time in his miserable life.”

“You know it really has changed Justin’s life to have found a brother. And I might add I couldn’t think of a better man than Jared.”

“Thank you...I mean on Jared’s behalf. They really do seem to have bonded quickly.”

“Yes, and tonight must be really important to them. Sure it’s just a drunken revel, but important they work through their troubles together.”

“I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for them, but after tonight, hopefully they can forget all about it and enjoy their new found brotherly relationship.”

“I couldn’t agree more. Now tell me about this new job of yours with the Prices. It sounds very different from what you usually do.”

“Fuck yeah, I think Price has more confidence in me than I do myself. I know bugger all about running an election campaign, so it’s a very steep learning curve. However, I’d never admit it to him.”

“Don’t think I could do it, but you have all that experience at organising meetings and functions and mixing with the well-healed. That’ll translate directly, won’t it?”

“I bloody well hope so, or I’m in deep shit.” concluded Thomas and Craig laughed. Then Thomas continued “We’ll have to get together soon, because I think we may have a few functions to arrange, and I couldn’t think of anyone better to cater for them.”

“Thanks, any idea what sort of functions?”

“Basically schmoozing and getting Price’s name known in the right circles. He’s running as an independent, so he doesn’t have a party machine behind him. It’s just me, so I’ll need all the help I can get.”

“We’re always her to help, you know that. I think it will be exciting to cater for a political party.”

“Yeah, a party of one.”

“I meant party in the other sense.”

“Since he’s standing in the electorate of East Sydney, it’s going to be important to appeal to the gay community, who make up a good slice of the voters in that area.”

“When you organise these functions, will it be a serious black-tie affair with dinner and boring speeches?”

“I don’t know if Price sees it this way but I’m thinking no. That’s definitely a major party approach to such occasions, but I want to go down another track, make it fun and something people will remember and talk about. I want voters to think of Price as a fun guy, with serious policies of course, but a gentle way of delivering them. As an independent, he’s not going to set the world on fire in his first term. All I have to do is convince voters he’s worth voting for and he’s in with a chance.”

“Well he’s got my vote already.”

“Good, now only 49,999 to go.