It was not news that I particularly wanted to hear. I had just come home with the announcement that the firm I worked for was consolidating and my branch office would close in three weeks. So out of work in this environment did not place me in a sweet mood to hear the words from my wife.
Before I could even begin my saga to her, she poured me a cup of afternoon tea and sat me down in the kitchen. Trying to figure out in my head how to tell her, while pretending to listen to her, was going to be tough.
"You do remember Audrey, my cousin?" she started.
"Yeah, the redhead that got plastered at the wedding and flashed the groomsmen" I grudgingly answered.
"That was her, my wife Linda stated, but she did more than flash those guys and others."
"Ok, what about her?" I quipped.
"Well, Linda began with a deep breath; she's coming to stay with us for 3-4 months." As she got the last words out, she recoiled, expecting a blast from me. I guess I was still foggy from my work news to reel that information in, so my response was rather tepid at best.
Linda was startled to say the least. I think she expected more outward emotion since I really didn't like too many people around and if some relatives or friends stayed more than a long weekend, I got really cranky. I think Linda felt unsure if I really heard her and she repeated the news about Audrey.
This time it hit home and my own news took a back burner.
'Why the fuck is she coming here for that long?" I snapped.
Now my wife Linda knew that the news finally hit my brain cells and she prepared herself by taking an enormous deep breath of air in her lungs. Slowly she exhaled, and began.
'Well Aunt Natalie called and asked if we could help out Audrey. She evidently got herself pregnant and since both my aunt and uncle are big social icons in their city, they thought it best that she stay elsewhere till delivery."
"Why the hell doesn't she abort?" I snorted out in contempt.
My wife was not amused and continued her explanation.
"She's starting to show, it's been about 5-6 months and she did not tell them till last week. They are outraged about this and are hoping that after birth she will opt for adoption and then she can come home. They are willing to make it worth our while to put up with her for that period of time; like I said 3-4 months maybe."
This sparked my interest, considering my personal dilemma about work and money.
"What do you mean about making it worthwhile for us?" I questioned with a great deal of interest.
"Aunt Natalie offered to pay our mortgage or whatever we needed, in the area of 3,500 hundred a month."
Shit, since I was making 4 grand a month working, I thought what a relief. Add in unemployment if I didn't get anything right away and we would be ahead. The dollar signs were clouding my feelings; I really didn't care too much for Audrey. She was pretty and all, but certainly high maintenance and would be a pain to have around. However the thought of having income for possibly the next 6 months was just too appealing.
While Linda waited for a response from me, I sighed out, "It's ok by me, and we could use the money."
Linda looked relieved as if she had averted a major storm, knowing how I usually was. I thought it best to not bring up my employment status at this point, less she saw my glee in this "found" money. Anyway I had three weeks till the office closed and I could wait a week to inform her of my two week notice.
When I walked to my office on the other side of the house, I glanced at the framed photo in the hallway of our wedding six years ago. There in the picture of the wedding party was Cousin Audrey two down from my wife. She was all of 19 then and a total spitfire. She was flirting with all the men there, both young and old. Hell, she even grabbed my dad's ass when they were dancing. I still remember the look on his face as she clutched at his butt and wouldn't let go. Her parents were totally embarrassed by her behavior and were constantly trying to leave during the reception.
But the most vivid memory was when I went to a spare room to grab some coats for people leaving; I found my best man Eddie plowing into Audrey's bare pussy while both were still dressed. They were both on the threshold of their orgasms and I stood in shock as they slammed into each other with almost painful looking thrusts. Audrey was almost growling with her release and the way her fingernails were clawing on Eddie's back, she would have drawn blood if he wasn't still dressed.
With that thought in my head, I entered my office and began to realize what I had committed to. That nymphomaniac was going to live with us for months at least, and from what I had heard, had never slowed down in her ways. The times we have been together for family gatherings she always came on to me and even outright offered her pink pussy to me. I feel I am a faithful guy but she is cute and her ass is heart shaped. Her tits are not big, but shaped well and her skin a pale color to go along with her flowing red hair that cascades down her back. She has cute freckles on her cheeks which give her a more youthful and innocent look. Trust me; she is hard to say no too.
I was hoping that the pregnancy would stop her shenanigans or at least slow her down. The problem was that I would be home more often than not in the next few weeks and having her underfoot was not going to make life simple. Once before she stayed with us over a holiday weekend and paraded around with the smallest tank tops and shorts. As she left the bathroom one day after a shower she flashed her tantalizing ass at me on the way to her room.
I sat at my computer and crunched the numbers. Based on her family paying us for some months and the severance I was expecting (I had talked to a buddy in HR earlier) I figured we had enough to cover us for the next 10 months or year if we really cut. This relieved me to no end, as it would take the pressure of finding or settling for something lower, off.
I went back out to rejoin Linda in the kitchen and see what the schedule was for Audrey's stay.
"Hey Hon, when is all this supposed to start with your cousin?"
"She'll be here by the end of the week. We need to get some stuff out of the spare room so she can have some space" Linda remarked.
"Oh, Derek, one other thing, my wife added. Aunt Natalie took her car away, since she was the co-signer and Audrey was not making payments. So it looks like we will have to drive her around to some extent, since we both need our cars for work."
Shit I thought, that's going to suck when I'm laid off and home. The bitch will probably hound me to take her around. God why didn't she have the sense to keep her car?
I muttered some curse words under my breath so Linda got the idea that I was not happy about the car status. I would have to figure something out over this week to keep my inconvenience to a minimum.
Going back into the office I spruced up my resume and made it complete so I could begin sending them out. Even though we were going to be fine financially for a while, I still wanted to land a new position asap so I don't get in a rut like I have seen from others.
Working the next week was stressful for everybody. Knowing that the bomb was in the building and the doors would shut soon, made it feel like a morgue. Those that knew walked around in shock; those that didn't were oblivious to the gut kick they were fixing to get.
Finally Friday hit and the notices went out, some were to leave that day, others like me, received two week notices. I also did get the expected severance package, which was a little more than I hoped when I factored in the unused vacation days. All in all I got about 6 months pay. So with Audrey's cash, we were going to be in even better shape.
So when I got home that night I sat Linda down and told her of the closing. She was supportive and said she could ask for more hours at her position, but I told her we were fine. She did remark that the money from Audrey's stay would come in handy, I nodded knowing full well how much of a cushion that would be. Linda reminded me that Audrey's plane would be landing within the next two hours so we better head out.
Having not seen Audrey in about 2 years, I was taken aback when she came out of baggage claim. Her long flowing hair was trimmed in a nice shorter style. The makeup she was using gave her a darker skin tone than her usual redhead paleness. Her tits were bigger and more pronounced, probably due to the pregnancy, her frame was somewhat larger due to a few extra pounds, all in the right places. She definitely did not hurt the eyes to look at.
Upon spotting us she ran forward and gave Linda a big hug and check kisses, turning to me she circled my neck with her arms and planted a fairly wet kiss between my cheek and lip. She also ran her hand down my backside and cupped my left butt cheek and gave it a squeeze and lift. New look, same old Audrey.
She left me with the bags and grabbed Linda's arm and walked with her outside to the car. I received a superb look at her backside, still heart shaped and tight as ever, nor did I see any panty lines in her tight slacks. Other than very slight love handles, I could not tell you with total assurance that she was pregnant, she just did not show.
They chatted in the back on the way home, I thought to myself some of the ground rules we needed to set up to handle this period of time. Once she settled in and unpacked and had something to drink, we would discuss our expectations of her visit and what she could expect from us.
Once we settled in and relaxed and got generalities done about home, Linda and I had decided that she should take the lead in stating the guidelines of Audrey stay. This was of course after Audrey filled us in on her status. In short, no she did not know exactly who the father was; she was not 100% behind the idea of adoption; she would return home about a month after birth. She said her Mom had told friends and family that she was on an international tour, visiting far away lands with a world cruise. I chuckled knowing that the world cruise was one state over and a 10 hour car ride.
