In Chapter 5 I jumped 18 years from the end of Chapter 4 to concentrate on Sarah's daughter Michelle. I am conscious there is a gap in the lives of Julie & Sarah and this chapter fills in some of the missing time. I have started from the end of chapter 5 and have used 'flashback.'
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Michelle woke in the guest bedroom and for a brief moment was disoriented from the unfamiliar surroundings. She opened and closed her eyes several times and tried to marshal her thoughts as she had a million questions running through her brain. Did she really witness her mother licking her friend Julie's pussy? Did her father know? Was her mother a lesbian? Is this what the pair did on holiday every year? Where was Julie? The last question rolled around in Michelle's mind as she remembered, after witnessing the lesbian tryst, hiding naked in the guest bedroom ready to throw herself at Julie in a desperate bid to lose her same same-sex virginity.
"What are you doing, young lady?" said Michelle's mother, Sarah, standing in the doorway looking at her daughter sprawled naked on the guest bed.
"Where's Julie?" Michelle blurted out without thinking. When she realized she was naked, she wriggled quickly under the covers.
Sarah connected some of the dots very quickly and laughed as she said, "Guess you came in here to throw yourself at her, well bad news young lady, she left before even coming to bed so you will need to look elsewhere."
"Perhaps the next time you lick her pussy I can have a taste?" Michelle said sharply.
Sarah's reaction was like she had been struck by a bolt of lightning and she stood very still as she hissed, "What did you say, young lady?"
As Michelle described in graphic detail what she had seen and heard the night before, Sarah's face turned beet red. Proud of sufficiently embarrassing her mother, she finished with a simple question, "Does dad know?"
Sarah sighed as she replied, "Yes your father knows, many years ago I told him about my relationship with Julie and our arrangement to holiday together once a year. To my surprise, he already knew, as Julie had told him. I have no idea what level of detail she shared with him, but they are firm friends and both seem content with the current state of things.
Her mother's words took the wind out of Michelle's sails as she just made a silent O with her mouth. Michelle found her voice an] said, "Please tell me how you two met."
Over the next hour Sarah told her daughter about how she met Julie in London, then lost her, [then found her again when they spent time together in Mexico for her hen party. Sarah described the time when Julie had collapsed and Sarah thought she had died, and then the joy of their reunion. She even told her about the time Julie had handcuffed her, and how she rubbed herself for Julie's entertainment. Sarah could see on Michelle's face how smitten she was with Julie and she tried to play up the sadness of being parted.
"But now you holiday once a year and get lots of pussy, she sounds like my dream woman," cooed Michelle.
Sarah was sure that her daughter was actually touching herself under the covers and she snapped, "Yes Julie is sexy as hell but she is also as dangerous as the devil. Let me tell you about when Julie and I went on holiday to Cuba, you would have been about three at the time..."
"But Mom," Michelle interrupted, "it's only recently we have been allowed into Cuba so no way did you go 15 years ago."
"That's why we started from Canada," Sarah laughed as she started to tell the tale.
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"Hey short stuff," Julie said over the phone, "how do you fancy a couple of weeks somewhere hot and exotic, all expenses paid? And I don't just mean my bed, although that will of course be part of the deal."
Sarah laughed with joy as she heard Julie's voice and quickly agreed, "Great, where and when?"
"Cuba. A car will collect you in an hour, don't worry about packing anything just grab your passport," Julie instructed, and then hung up before Sarah could reply.
One of the things Sarah had learnt about Julie over the years was when she said something it invariably happened. Instead of wasting the hour worrying, she arranged for the nanny to come stay with her daughter and left a rushed note for her husband. When Carla, their nanny, arrived 45 minutes later, Sarah kissed Mitchie goodbye and climbed into the car.
When she got to the airport the driver dropped her at the departures terminal and handed her an envelope. Sarah opened it and stared twice at the ticket which had the destination of Montreal, Canada. She thought there must be some mistake as she was sure Julie had said Cuba, not Canada. She read the accompanying note, which was written in Julie's flowing scrawl, "Just go with the flow, short stuff, and trust me, J." Sarah shrugged and went to the check in desk. She was pleasantly surprised when the woman took her ticket and gave her a business class boarding card.
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The flight was uneventful and after the plane touched down in Montreal, Sarah wandered to the arrivals lounge, where she spotted a man who held a sign which read "Miss Short Stuff." Sarah laughed as she introduced herself to the driver. He escorted her to a non-descript taxi and drove her to a mid-range hotel somewhere in the middle of the city.