she smiled at me.
During the lunch my husband’s friends were talkative and asked me and Slava a lot of questions about Russia and America.
When the men went to swim, Diane and Stacy at once paid attention at Dan’s new swimming shorts.
– Vika, was it your initiative?
– Yes, it was.
– Great! – The both women started to giggle like little girls.
– Dan, your new swimming shorts fit you so much, – Stacy shouted out.
– Thank you! – Dan cried out.
He climbed out from the pool and first he threw out his chest with pride; then he showed everyone his new shorts like the models do in shows.
– Free show for today. Especially for you, ladies! – Dan had real fun.
Stacy and Diane giggled again and we continued our girl’s conversation.
Suddenly the home phone rang, and Diane answered it. In a moment she gave the phone to Stacy and asked her daughter-in-law to speak with the caller.
– Please love, talk to them for me. How dare they call me back? Yesterday I definitely let her know that I have no intention at all to speak neither to her, nor him. Never!
Stacy answered the phone politely, and for several minutes she was listening to someone with all attention, not saying a word in reply. Then she gave the phone back to Diane.
– This is Edward’s Doctor. Please Diane, listen to him.
Diane refused to speak or listen to anyone. She started crying, apologized for her being so nervous and impolite and left the lunch table.
Stacy was confused. She didn’t expect such reaction from Diane. She took the phone back from Diane’s hands and didn’t know what to do.
Fortunately, Nick came up. He was wrapped in the big soft blue towel.
– Could you turn this fucking telephone off, darling? How many times should I ask you – Nick was very agitated.
– Diane doesn’t let me, Nick. It’s her house. – Stacy replied to her hubby.
– She is so unpredictable and stubborn… That is my mom, and I love her. – Nick drank a glass of white wine in one go and quickly answered the phone.
– Hello, Nick is speaking. Can I help you?
The towel fell down from his hip and he, absolutely naked, sat down in an armchair. He felt himself comfy and listened to someone on the phone with all his attention.
Stacy gave him her see-through shawl.
– Cover your beautiful dick, Nicky-dickey! We have children in the garden.
Nick stood up; slowly scratched his head, then scratched his balls, and leisurely wrapped his wife’s shawl round his beautiful tanned body.
Suddenly, smiling Diane came back. She suggested some coffee and ice-cream to everyone.
– And where are my little ones? – She addressed her granddaughters.
But they made it clear by gestures that they didn’t want anything.
Diane’s granddaughters were real nuts. They both were very haughty. They put on airs and graces. When they met us, they just pronounced “Hi! Nice to meet you,” and looked at us from head to foot. Then they refused to have lunch with adults and quietly disappeared. They spent half of the day in the same Diane’s garden, where we were, but separately from everyone. They ignored us, the whole company, and didn’t demonstrate any enthusiasm to communicate with Slava. But they openly showed everyone their naked breasts being topless and did it without any shyness every time when they went to spa. Their faces were so sincerely happy at the moment of our leaving their granny’s house. They both came up to us and, wearing a real American smile on their young faces, very courteously pronounced again: “Bye! See you”.
Later, at home Daniel asked me if I liked the twins.
I told him that I couldn’t judge, but my first impression was far away from positive.
– Vika, I have no idea why, but the girls always behaved themselves the same way. I’m sure they didn’t want to shock or offend you.
– It’s OK, dear. What do I care? – I answered.
– I knew them from the bottle up. A petite blonde beauty Mary is a precise copy of Stacy in her twenties. Mary works as a radiologist’s assistant in one of the hospitals in Las Vegas. Her income is around seventy thousand dollars per year. And a tall skinny brunette Emily looks like Diane in her youth. As I know, she changes job and places to live every six months. She has lived in Michigan and Utah for a while, in Colorado and Arizona. Now Emily lives in Oregon and works as a tour agent. She is still looking for herself. I think that they probably are lesbians. I have never heard about their boyfriends or if they ever had an interest in young men.
– I don’t know what to say, Dan.
– Diane planned shopping with them after lunch. But I’m afraid that she will have to postpone this. Nick said that yesterday Edward called her several times.
– Of all things! – I was surprised.
– Yes, dear. Edward’s wife, the former “young journalist,” also called and pleaded Diane to come to the hospital to say Edward goodbye. His days are numbered and Edward’s last wish is to see Diane and ask her to forgive him all his sins. Diane hasn’t seen him for more than twenty years and she is afraid to see an ugly sick old man instead of her young healthy and handsome ex. Nick doesn’t know if it is better or worse to persuade his mom to compromise with Edward.
– It’s not my business, but Diane should decide it herself. The situation is very delicate.
– I think so, too. – Daniel agreed with me. – Tomorrow Nick and Stacy are planning to go to Santa Barbara. Would you like to join them for this trip? – Dan asked me.
– We’ll see, darling.
Next morning Nick and Stacy changed their plans.
I had a chance to see this couple only one more time in my life.
9. Too Much Drama
Dan’s friends came to California for a week or so, but I didn’t know about that.
Dan invited them to have dinner with us and left me a short voicemail: “Vika, where are you? Jogging? We have some guests at home. Hurry up, sweetie! Love you”.
And really, Nick,
