BETH'S SUMMER BREAK Part One - THE DETECTIVE
Beth turns detective to discover what her father's girlfriend is up to.
Part one of a series exploring the adventures of the lovely Bethany and her father's new girlfriend Gina as they negotiate a long, hot incident packed summer together.
PROLOGUE -- BETH
I am just about ready. The overnight bag is packed full of goodies.
Oh and what goodies there are!
Gina is putting her own finishing touches in her bedroom along the corridor. Putting just the right amount of spray onto that platinum blonde hair to keep it looking natural. Ensuring her make-up is immaculate, applying just the right amount of Chanel.
Everything has to be perfect with Gina. Everything has to be expensive and carefully considered. Only designer labels and haute couture are allowed.
Not like me, where everything gets thrown on at the last minute.
Gina wears clothes by Gaultier and Dolce and Gabbana. I wear t-shirts from Megadeth and Doc Martens from charity shops.
And that was a small part of why I hated her. The real reason came later.
At least, I hated her until last Friday. Amazing how quickly things can change.
Since then we have planned this afternoon down to the last detail and we are both trembling with excitement at what is to come.
Mike is going to get the shock of his life in an hour or so, and that gives me a bit of time to tell you just exactly how we got to where we are today.
It may take a while, so before you read on, get yourself a nice long drink and make yourself comfortable. Loosen off any tight fitting garments and make sure you have easy access to those parts of the body that may become long stiff and hard, or damp sticky and soft depending upon which half of the species you call home.
I'm wet already just thinking about it. But as will become apparent, my default state down below the waterline is comfortably moist, so it is no real surprise.
First let me introduce myself.
Bethany Alexandra Allegra Hamilton at your service.
But that is a bit of a mouthful, and whilst I am always quite partial to a good mouthful, let's just keep it simple.
You can call me Beth.
So how are you?
Good, glad to hear it.
Oh, myself?
Well all in all I am in pretty good spirits at the moment thanks, but from the start of the summer break until a few days ago? Well I'll just paraphrase the old Smith's song.
Heaven Knows I Was Miserable Then.
PART ONE -- BETH
The great summer break had started and my flat in Durham was being refurbished, so my student pals and I were homeless for a few months.
I had little choice in where to stay.
It was looking for all the world like a summer with Mum in the middle of nowhere in rural Somerset. Quite a nice place, but the trouble is she is all loved up with her new husband, and whilst he is a nice guy I don't want to play gooseberry to two 45 year olds trying to get their lives back on track.
Dad was also with his new girlfriend, Gina, living in a pretty market town about an hour out of London. They had been together a few months now, and I had met her a few times, but unfortunately even at this early stage the omens were not so good.
Which is why I was gobsmacked when she suggested I stay with them, or more accurately
her
, for the duration. Not quite the place for a horny little 21 year old, but as I had no other choice...
They were staying in the North East as Dad was at a conference, so we met for lunch. We were in the pub garden after what turned out to be a fairly decent lunch and Dad mentioned my upcoming plight to Gina. To my abject horror, and totally unexpectedly, she offered to let me stay at her place.
"Oh, Andrew, we can't have the poor girl homeless. There's plenty of room. I'm sure she'll be no bother."
Dad looked at me. He knows my 'please, no, anything but' look from long experience. "Well it sounds fine, Gina, but don't forget I've got my lecture tour coming up. Chances are I'll be away in Dubai and the Far East for a lot of the summer."
Gina smiled her winning smile. "Well that's ok then Andrew, it will be a nice little bit of company for me, and Bethany and I can get to know each other properly at last." She nodded decisively at me putting a huge full stop on the brief argument. "It's settled -- I won't take no for an answer."
She can be very persuasive, can Gina. We both gave in and I was crestfallen.
I moved my stuff in at the start of the summer vac, just as Dad set of for his big tour, so from more or less the start, it was just me and Gina rattling round in her big, and admitted lovely old house, and it didn't take long for things to start going wrong.
She is everything I am not -- at 41 she is still incredibly well maintained, even without her expensive and extensive makeup. She is the sort of woman that has men running around after her with their tongues hanging out and loves every minute of it. That shoulder length platinum hair, immaculately styled and no doubt costing a fortune every two weeks, a pair of 34D boobs that I can only dream about.
She was welcoming at first, and we made small talk around the house as we occasionally bumped into each other and I got settled in. On the second or third night, as I was going to bed, she stopped me on the upstairs landing and gave me the
house rules
.
"Now you've settled in, just a few things to mention, Bethany love. You know, while you're