I woke up around noon that Tuesday. The long holiday weekend was over and I had three days to regroup and recharge. I had on my standard pajamas - a long T-shirt which came down to mid-thigh and short cotton shorts.
I lumbered down the stairs and into the kitchen to grab a coffee; however, the pot was empty.
"Good morning Misses Kelly," came a voice from behind me.
It was Courtney's mother, June.
"Go sit down honey. I'll brew you a fresh pot."
"Thanks," I replied and I went and flung myself down on the sofa.
"Where's Courtney?" I asked.
"Her and Jason went to grab lunch and then head to the pool."
Courtney's mother was short and an old looking forty-nine years old. Her hair was blond and thin. Her skin was tan but starting to wrinkle, especially around her chest and arms. Her skin screamed of over-tanning and lack of maintenance. From what I could tell she had big breasts but they had begun to sag. I dreaded the day mine would start doing the same.
She walked over and handed me a coffee before joining me on the sofa.
"So, do you have a boyfriend?"
Wow, she really had no filter. She went right to the gossip.
"No."
"So who was the guy you had sex with Sunday?"
"Umm, I didn't have sex Sunday." Technically it had been Monday morning so I wasn't lying.
"Honey, your tit was hanging out and I could smell the sex on you when you walked by me. I'm not June Cleaver. I've been around the block a few times myself."
"June who?"
"Nevermind. So what was it, a one night stand?"
"No. It was just a friend."
"A friend with benefits. Lovely. Does he treat you well?"
"Yes," I lied.
"Good. Too many men down here take advantage of the women down here. I know, I lived here twenty years ago. Is he boyfriend material?"
"No. Definitely not."
"Then he must be a good fuck if you're giving him the key to your castle anyway."
I struggled to respond to that but fortunately I didn't have to.
"Does Courtney have a boyfriend?"
"No."
"Who is the Mike guy?"
My mind drifted to the quasi-threesome Courtney and I had just experienced with Mike in this very room. Obviously a more appropriate answer than "he brings her blow and fucks her" was required.
"He's a friend of Courtney's. He's a nice guy. They're just friends."
"Are they having sex?"
I froze and thought how to answer.
"Nevermind. I got my answer," June quipped.
"And what about Shawn? He still following her around like a puppy dog?"
"Yes," I laughed.
"That poor boy. There's a fine balance a man must strike when pursuing a woman. You can't be available all the time. You can't be accommodating all the time. You need some excitement attached to you and that boy does NOT have it."
"And there's a fine balance with women too. West Palm is a very intense atmosphere. There's all the drugs, booze, and boys you could want. It's very easy to get caught up in all three. You have to find a balance. You can't slip down the slope of alcoholism or drug use. If you hand out blow jobs and sex as often as Courtney tells me you do, men are going to see you as nothing but that and you're going to crash and burn."