Post by mac on Jul 14, 2022 1:05:41 GMT
”Oh, she’s so lucky, isn’t she!” Susan laughed. ”I don’t think anyone in our family was blessed with a truly curvy figure! The women have always been quite petite. Although I must say, my thighs are certainly my selling feature – “
”Ugh mom, gross – “
”Not that I’m a piece of cattle or meat for sale or purchase!” Susan winked at Olivia, ignoring Adelaide’s obvious disdain. Clearly grossed out, Adelaide stood up and went out towards the living area, leaving the grown women to themselves. That was fine with Susan! Adelaide loved photography, so she knew that Adelaide would take her sweet time looking at the view of the yard and taking as many aesthetic pictures as she could fit on her camera roll. She apologized to Olivia for her teenager’s attitude, but she was sure Olivia understood just how teenage girls could get.
”Of course! I totally understand. To be honest with you, I wanted to get to know Chardonnay better even before I knew she and Arthur were a thing – back when she was a student, I remember admiring how strong a person she was! She may have been one of the most gorgeous girls at Metric Academy, but she was always excelling in class, and always pushing herself to do better, even though she didn’t like my class, particularly,” Susan laughs, stretching her arms over her head. ”When I was her age, I had, well, not given up, but I had lost a lot of my ambition. It was around that time when I started to raise Arthur. And I wouldn’t change it for anything, but I had to put a lot of my own ambitions and dreams on hold! I saw this strong, confident girl and I wanted to be a shoulder for her to lean on! Oh, it didn’t go over that well, but I tried my best! And now that she and Arthur are dating, well, that only gives me more reason to try!”
Susan laughs a bit. ”Oh, being pregnant in Florida wasn’t fun! Arthur and I were born in Brooklyn, you know, so when we moved, it was quite the change! And being pregnant without the coolness of an East coast winter was brutal! But I can’t even imagine being pregnant in Vegas!”
Arthur’s lip twitched up into a half grin when Thomas mentioned how ambitious Chardonnay was at such a young age. Being here, in her childhood home, he could picture a little Chardonnay running around, barking out orders to staff and even her parents, determined to make sure everything went her way. She certainly wouldn’t have outgrown that habit.
”Oh, yeah. That’s er, pretty young.” Arthur said. He had first met Thomas when he was younger, though, not as Chardonnay’s boyfriend. As the farthest thing from it. Back then he and Chardonnay had despised each other, and he’d had a whole conversation with Thomas at their assigned table before Chardonnay had walked over with her mother and he’d had to stomach the fact that the business-savvy, intelligent, mind-minded man he’d been talking to had been Chardonnay’s father.
He had gotten lost in his thoughts, but snapped back to reality when Thomas mentioned impressing Olivia’s parents with his cooking. That got a laugh from him. He liked to think he could get Chardonnay to see the less flashy things in life, but thus far, he wasn’t sure if it had worked. ”Well, yeah, most people are pretty impressed when you present them with good food. I’m a mediocre chef at best, and Chardonnay literally banned me from my own kitchen when she stayed with me after the flood in her condo.”
Wait. Did Thomas and Olivia know that was his place she’d been staying at? It had slipped out before he thought about it. He scratched the back of his neck. Arthur blinked at the idea of plans – he knew that the girls were going to the spa, but he had no idea what he was going to be doing with Thomas. He felt nervous all of a sudden. ”Oh, uh, really? Like er, like what?”