Laurie and Frankie both gasped with awe as they sat between Howie and Harvey and stared out the window of the limousine and observed the beauty and magnitude of the estate they were entering. Laurie could not believe her eyes as she said, "This place is just too fucking huge. I don't believe this place."
"I know," Frankie agreed. "It looks like something the Queen would own."
Howie and Harvey both smiled at the teenage girls' amazement. Truth be told, they were both a little taken back by the size of Victor Ramirez's hacienda as well. Victor's driver pulled the limo to a stop in front of the entrance of the main house. As he opened the trunk to remove their bags, the Wolfensteins and their two companions piled out of the car. The driver took that moment to again admire the asses of the two girls. Victor will be pleased he thought. Both are blonde with blue eyes and athletic bodies, as well as being obviously very young. Just the way Victor liked his girls. Of course the driver had no way of knowing that the shorter of the two girls, the one that obviously spent a great deal of time working on her tan, had actually dyed her hair blonde just that afternoon and was wearing contacts that made her brown eyes appear to be blue.
As soon as they were inside, the driver sat down their bags and two men appeared to carry them off. It did not go unnoticed to anyone that both the men had AK-47s slung over their backs. Before they could comment to each other, a short, thin, man with neatly cut black hair wearing a black shirt unbuttoned in the front and tucked into black jeans with a pair of black, hand crafted, cowboy boots appeared and said, "That will be all, Adriel."
At that, the driver slipped away and Victor Ramirez said to his guests, "Welcome to my home."
He first shook hands with Howie and then Harvey. Both of whom greeted him respectfully by calling him Senor Ramirez. At which he replied, "Please. Call me Victor."
With that out of the way, Victor turned his attention to the girls. Both were dressed in white, skintight shorts and tennis shoes with Laurie wearing a yellow halter-top as opposed to the green one that Francine was wearing. Victor kissed each of their hands and made no effort to hide the way he was studying their appearance, and he openly admired the way they candidly revealed ample flesh with their chosen apparel. He especially loved the way they bared their midriffs for all to see. He spoke first to Laurie and said, "How old are you, my beautiful child?"
Laurie smiled and lied without blinking, "I'll be sixteen in July."
"Mmmmm," Victor said. "Really? I'd have sworn you weren't a day over fourteen."
Laurie smiled more broadly at how easily she'd deceived him into believing she was so much younger than her actually age of eighteen and said, "That's what everyone says to me."
"I'm sure," Victor said as he turned to Frankie and said, "What about you, mi guera?"
Just as they'd rehearsed, Frankie also lied and said, "I turned sixteen last month."
At the sound of her voice, Victor said, "You're not American."
Frankie returned his smile and said, "No. I'm British."
"And what are you doing so far from home?"
"I'm visiting my Uncle Howie for a few days while I'm on holiday from school."
Victor looked to Howie and said, "She's your niece?"
Howie smiled and lied just as easily as the girls had as he said, "Yes, my sister betrayed the family and married an Englishman."
"Perfect," Victor said. "They're both perfect."
Then he turned back to the girls and said, "I hope you don't mind, but I have a house rule."
"Usually," Laurie began. "When a person starts out with I hope you don't mind, it's because they are about to tell you something that they are sure you will very much mind hearing."
Victor looked at Laurie more closely before saying to Howie, "And where did you find this one? She is very clever for her years."
Howie shrugged and, as if he was uncertain which shamed him more, said, "My other sister married a Texan."
To both Howie and Harvey's relief, Victor laughed joyously at Howie's last remark. Then he continued, "Anyway. I have a house rule. One that I insist be obeyed without exception. All visitors must undress as soon as they enter the house."
"Excuse me," Laurie said.
"This is very unusual," Harvey said. "More than that. It's ridiculous."
"Harvey," Howie said sternly. Then he turned back to Victor. "What is going on here, Victor?"
"It is a professional caution of mine," Victor said. "There are any number of places for a clothed person to hide a wire. It isn't so easy for a naked person."
"Jesus Christ, Victor. We came down here to close out the deal on building a hotel. What the fuck would we be wearing a wire for?"
"I have enemies that would love to see me in jail. That is my rule. If you don't want to follow it, I'll have your bags brought back, and Adriel will drive you back to the airport in Reynosa."