With Cherry on Top [Loving in Silver 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More) Read Online Free

with the realities of it, she finally admitted to herself she would have to see Mick, Cody, Collin, and Jake. There was no getting around it.
    Peaches believed that the men still wanted her. Cherry doubted it, but knew there was a chance they simply needed to get beyond the past as she had done. It would be ending a chapter. Once that was done they could all get back to their lives.
    Cherry leaned on the fence as JJ rode his new chestnut quarter horse around the corral. She thought he looked so darn adorable sitting on the miniature saddle. The horse was big, probably around sixteen hands, but seemed perfectly content to allow the small human to dictate his actions. The boy was being raised by one very confident mother and three equally confident fathers and it showed.
    When he was finished he shimmied over onto his belly then dropped down. Then he grabbed the reins and led the horse over to the fence. Merilee clapped excitedly, yelling for her turn. Peaches slid through the rails, her daughter crawling under the bottom one, as they went into the pen. Her nephew held the reins as Peaches lifted Merilee onto the horse’s back. The gelding didn’t even flinch when the baby girl squealed with unrestrained excitement. Cherry winced, but smiled as JJ led the horse slowly around and Merilee rode with her mother providing a protective hand on her leg.
    It was the way they had all learned to ride, though they hadn’t been as young as her niece and nephew. One good yank and you were safe. At least that’s what their father had always told them. She grinned at the memory.
    “Hey, sis, do you remember when Blackie bolted and you were left on the ground in your underwear and dad was holding your pants and a shoe?” Cherry called, still chuckling.
    “Yeah, yeah, it was one of my finest moments. And Mom just had to bring the video camera that day.”
    “We’ll have to see if she can get a copy made and send it. I’m sure the guys would enjoy seeing that.”
    Their mother was a madwoman when it came to a video camera. She had captured their entire youth with one. She had a library full of embarrassing moments caught on tape, though she recorded everything digitally these days, allowing her to save even more in far less space. And now there was a whole new generation to be digitally captured for posterity.
    “If you do, I’ll ask mom for the tape of your singing debut as a teenage female rocker.”
    Cherry groaned as her face heated. “Okay, you win! No tapes.” She shuddered. “I can’t believe I thought I could sing.”
    “Oh, it wasn’t your singing that was bad,” Peaches told her with a laugh, obviously lying. They both knew it. “It was the hair and makeup.”
    “You really are a cruel woman.” She refocused her attention. “Good job, Merilee!”
    Merilee let go of the saddle horn to wave at her aunt with both hands. She lost her balance and fell back and to the side. Peaches pulled on the ankle she was holding and reached over the horse’s back. A moment later the startled toddler reappeared. It took her a moment, but her bottom lip stopped quivering, her chest quit heaving, and the threatening tears were kept in check.
    “Good girl. Now hold on,” Peaches instructed gently. “We’ll go around a couple more times.”
    Both women knew it was important that Merilee not become afraid of riding the horse. If she went on, her fears would be calmed and she would be able to focus on learning the activity. Not that a toddler had that much focus, but it was a good life lesson at any age. If you fell off the horse, you got back on. If you did it right away, the fall wasn’t such a big deal. If you didn’t, well, the fall became greater, harder, and more painful, with every return of the memory.
    “You are such an idiot,” Cherry told herself, feeling ashamed. “The things you’ve done.”
    “What’s that?” Peaches asked as they returned to the fence. She looked at her closely. No one knew her like Peaches