It is Thursday afternoon. All the local high schools, middle schools and elementary schools are closed for Spring Break. Veronica Rose, her sister Victoria Alisa -- who teaches math at a local high school -- and Vickie's sex slave, Tanya Marie, are all waiting at Tanya's house for David to pick them up for a nude photo shoot.
He is late. He was supposed to pick them up at 1:00 but it is now almost 2:00 and he still has not shown up. Veronica tried calling him on his cell phone but he does not answer it.
Veronica is angry. She cut a computer class for this shoot. Not that she needed the lecture. Her professor was going to discuss some picture enhancement information; something she already knows how to do. But she could have used the lecture to refresh her knowledge. Her college does not start Spring Break until tomorrow.
They are all in the den. Vickie is coddling the infant Erica in her lap; she loves Tanya's baby and frequently plays with her. Tanya is at the computer doing some research on the origins of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, her favorite city. One of her customers, a New Orleans carnival club, wants to include the information on their invitations to their next year's Mardi Gras party.
Veronica is playing a video game with Carolyn; she is losing. Tanya's husband, Eric -- who is the computer lab instructor at the same local high school -- and Vickie's son, Robbie are in the garage. He is helping the boy fix a flat tire on his bicycle.
The three women are in their bathing suits. Vickie has on her bright yellow string bikini with matching beach coat. Tanya has on her baby blue string bikini. She also has on a T-shirt and a large towel wrapped around her waist. Veronica has on her a gold thong bathing suit with a white beach coat. The coat does not cover her exposed cheeks, coming down to barely past her waist.
Veronica changed into her suit when she arrived at Tanya's just before 1:00. Tanya and Vickie also put on their bathing suits at that time. Since then the three of them have been waiting patiently for David to arrive.
Carolyn suddenly brightens the afternoon.
"I like your bathing suit Aunt Veronica. I'll bet my daddy likes it too. It shows more of your butt and he likes to spank my mommy's butt and Mommy Vickie's butt."
"Carolyn!" Tanya yells at her daughter. "That's not a very nice thing to say about your Aunt Veronica."
Vickie laughs at the child's brashness but Veronica tries to calm the situation. "That's OK Tanya. Carolyn, the only reason why your mommy or Vickie don't have a bathing suit like mine is because the store did not have their size when they bought their suits."
"My mommy bought hers last year. I don't know when Mommy Vickie bought her bathing suit."
"Bathing suits are expensive. But I'm sure the next time Tanya or Vickie needs to buy a new bathing suit it will be just like the one I've got."
"They better not because it will make my daddy spank them more."
Tanya again starts to scold Carolyn but Veronica stops her and again makes an attempt at calming the situation and helping the child understand.
"Do you know why your daddy smacks their butts?"
Carolyn just shrugs her shoulders.
"Well, your daddy is not really spanking Tanya or Vickie. It's his way of telling them that he loves them. It's called a love tap. Do you know what a love tap is?"
Carolyn shakes her head no.
"It's kind of like a high five. When two ball players smack each other's hands they are not trying to hurt each other. They are actually congratulating each other. The same is true when your daddy smacks Tanya or Vickie. He's really telling them that he loves them."
"Then why doesn't he smack me or Robbie?"
"Because you're not supposed to hit children."
"Does your boyfriend spank you?"
"Sometimes." She pauses. Then, "You may not understand it now but when you get a little older I'm sure it will all make sense to you."
"That's what my mommy said."
Suddenly the front door bell rings.
"That's probably David," Vickie says. "At least it better be." She goes to the front door to let him in taking baby Erica with her.
"I hope it is," Tanya adds. "We need something to change the subject matter away from Eyes-and-Ears and all her questions. Carolyn, you ask too many questions."
"Why can't I come with you mommy? I want Mr. David to take my picture too."
"David will not have the time to photograph us and you. I'll get him to photograph you with Robbie and your sister some other time. Now give me a kiss and go tell your father that we are leaving so he can watch Erica."
"Ok." She gives her mother a hug and a kiss then starts to run toward the kitchen and the door leading into the garage.
"Aren't you going to kiss Mommy Vickie good-bye?" Tanya asks her.
"Oh! I'm sorry," she answers her mother. Then she kisses Vickie and Veronica good-bye and goes to the attached garage to get her father.
While Veronica and Tanya get into David's van Vickie waits for Eric to come out of the garage. When he comes into the den she joins the others in David's van.
David apologizes for being late. He explains that he was on a photo shoot with a bride and her mother in the city park. There is a spot in the park with a fountain, a small pond and several shade trees. The scene makes a perfect backdrop for photographs.
He would love to do some nude shots there but it offers no privacy; it's only a few feet from the street.
The girl tore her bridal gown and it took thirty-five minutes to repair it. He would have called but he forgot his cell phone in his apartment. Nor did the bride to be have her cell phone with her and the mother, being old fashion, does not own a cell phone.
As they are riding in the van to the location of the shoot, Tanya comments to Veronica that she gave an excellent explanation to Carolyn about why Eric is always smacking her and Vickie on their asses. She is grateful to Veronica and wishes she could have thought of that way of explaining his smacking them to Carolyn long ago. She hopes that Veronica's explanation will stop Eyes-and-Ears from worrying about Eric's spanking of her and Vickie.
Veronica just shrugs her shoulders and says that she was only trying to be helpful. She too hopes her explanation defuses Carolyn's questions.
It takes them only about fifteen minutes to reach David's friend's house. Much to David's surprise -- and delight -- the house is at the end of the block. Its backyard borders the lake and there is only a tall wrought iron fence separating the pool and the yard from the lake.
Beyond the gate there is just a wide expanse of levee and grass. But with the pool and lake for a background he knows he will get some excellent photographs of the women.
He also realizes why his friend was so adamant that he not turn the photo shoot into a sex orgy. The backyard shrubbery offers enough privacy for a nude photo session but not for a sex orgy. Anyone who might happen to walk by on the levee can see right into the backyard.
David reluctantly agrees to sign a paper for Vickie and Tanya promising not to publish their photos on the Internet or to sell them to any magazine. They explain to him that such could harm both Vickie's and Eric's teaching careers.
They further remind him that they are not professional models and are not getting paid for posing for him, that the only reason why they are posing for him is so that they will have some nude pictures of themselves, and that the only reason why he's shooting them is so that he can get some experience photographing naked women and to have sex with them.
David acquiesces to their request because he knows that they are telling the truth.
But Veronica is of a different opinion and does not join in their demand. In fact, she hopes he does publish the photos of her on his web site. She thus reveals another side of herself that Vickie didn't know about.
David is able to get all the poses he was expecting, some shots with just one girl, some with two girls and some with all three women. He is even able to take the girls to the shore of the lake among the bric-a-brac breakwaters to get some great nude shots of them there.
While he photographs one girl the other two girls stand as lookouts. A young couple comes by on their bicycles; they stop and watch for a few minutes. But by this time he is finished with the nude shots and he is taking some shots of them in their bathing suits.
After photographing them David asks them if they want to go to his apartment for some more shots. But his question is really a hint at a sex orgy back in his apartment. All three decline. He then asks them if they want to do a photo session with him, Lori Brandi, Yvette Yolanda and Amy Michelle in two weeks.