For an intelligent man my father can manage to screw-up where-ever it's possible to screw-up, and even in situations where it's not possible. I think that the only thing he ever did right was to marry my mother. She's now amongst the deceased and probably relieved that she doesn't have to watch him screw-up any more.
Last year dad got married again and that's another screw-up as far as I can see. Damned if I know what she can see in him, feckless screw-up that he is, but he is loaded with charisma and charm. He's always been able to pull the ladies, which is why I was surprised that he actually bothered to get married. Of course, I know what he saw in her. Twenty, blonde, and a very nice figure that included enormous boobs. The only thing she wasn't over-endowed with was intelligence and morals. (Okay, that last is a bit catty as I had no proof that she was lacking in morals. Suspicion doesn't count.)
I was eighteen and did not require a mother who was only two years older than me. I made it clear that we could be friends, but only friends. A mother/daughter relationship was just not on. She was fine with that as she didn't really want the responsibility of having a daughter.
I had a job that was reasonably well paid and it came with prospects of advancement. Knowing how my father operated I made damn sure to keep my finances totally separate from his, bluntly refusing to lend him money. Where money was concerned I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. One armed. With a broken arm, at that. I was saving hard, always willing to work overtime, and I was accumulating a nice little nest-egg. Soon I'd be able to get a place of my own and leave dear old dad and sweet young Fiona to their domestic bliss.
One evening the doorbell rang and I answered. There were three men standing there when I opened the door. They were all rather large men, especially the man at the front. They were quite well dressed and looked respectable. (Not all dad's visitors did.) Still I was wondering about their respectability when I noticed how tough the three of them looked.
The man in front was obviously in charge and he gave a very solid appearance. Tall and wide and muscular, with a charming smile. I'd had experience with dad's charming smile and didn't trust them one little bit. The other two men were also muscular and if they hadn't been dressed so nicely I'd have marked them down as hired thugs, especially as they were looking a little grim faced.
"Good evening," said the lead man. "I'm Thomas. Your father does some work for me occasionally. Is he home right now?"
"Sorry," I said, shaking my head. "He called earlier saying he had to make a sudden trip. It may be a day or two before he gets back."
"I see. Would you be Fiona, his wife?"
"Spare me," I muttered. "No, I'm Chris, his daughter. Would you like to talk to Fiona? She's in the kitchen." (Trying to cook, but I didn't mention that.)
"That's an excellent idea," he said, and I turned my head to call for Fiona.
An error on my part, it turned out, as he marched straight past me while my head was turned, his two men following him in.
"Hey, you can't just barge in," I protested.
He turned to look at me, still smiling.
"My bad," he said. "I thought that you invited us in. Now that we are here we might as well continue and speak to Fiona."
He and his men marched down the hall, probably identifying the kitchen as the only room that had lights on. I trailed along behind, feeling a little irritable.
"Mrs Hopkins?" Thomas said as soon as he entered the kitchen. "I'm Thomas. Your husband does odd jobs for me."
"Oh, hullo. Call me Fiona. I never stand on formalities."
"Thank you, Fiona. Now there was an unfortunate little incident at work and I wanted to discuss it with your husband."
"Oh, dear. No-one hurt, I hope."
"No, Fiona. No-one hurt. Some damage to a car, that's all. Ah, Chris says that Mike is away for a couple of days?"
"Oh, yes, that's right. He rang up and left a message saying he had to attend to something out of town and that it was rather urgent. Two or three days, he said."
"Yes, I can understand that you have to leave urgently sometimes. Let me explain what happened. You know that Mike does detailing work sometimes?"
Fiona nodded and Thomas continued.
"He's very good at it and today he was working on my Lamborghini. Unfortunately he thought that he should take it on a test run after he'd finished working on it."
"Oh, yes," said Fiona. "He's very thorough when he does something."
Detailing a car does not require a test run afterwards. Dear old dad just couldn't resist driving the Lambo. Another screw-up that ten seconds of thought would have prevented.
"Unfortunately, he had a minor accident while he was driving. No-one was hurt but there was some damage that we'd like to discuss with him."
"Oh, insurance will cover that," Fiona said.
"Except for the excess," I chimed in. "How much is the excess and who's fault was the accident."
"On that car? Ten thousand. We have to assume that Mike was at fault. We're pretty sure that the tree he hit wasn't speeding. The insurance people may want to talk to him as well."
Dad was so screwed.
"Um, how much damage was there?" I asked.
Thomas looked at me, pulled a wry face, and gave me a thumbs-down sign. In other words it was a write-off.
"Ah what model was it?" I asked, dreading the answer.
"An Aventador," said Thomas, still smiling.
I didn't feel like smiling. Even with my scanty knowledge of cars I just knew that an Aventador was one of the more expensive models. Up near the million dollar mark probably. Yes. Dear old dad was so totally screwed.
"You can understand why I came around to discuss the matter with him and explain why his borrowing the car was a bad idea."
Looking at the two thugs with him and, nice clothes or not, that's what they were, I knew what that discussion would have involved. I didn't blame dad for running. I felt like running myself.
"Since Mike is not here I'll have my compatriots explain thing to you, Fiona. You can pass the message on to Mike."
Oh, no. That wasn't happening. I wouldn't let it.
"Excuse me, sir, but what about the daughter? Two of them, two of us."
"You obviously can't count. Two of them, three of us. You two explain to the lovely Fiona. I'll explain to the charming Chris."
The two brutes laughed and moved over to stand either side of Fiona.
"Don't you dare," I snapped at them. I'd have charged over to give her a hand but Thomas had a hold of my arm.
"Don't worry. They're not going to beat her up. Neither am I going to beat you up. That's not my way."
I gave him a suspicious look waiting for the sucker punch. It came.
"They're just going to strip her and make love to her. She'll probably enjoy it."
Fiona finally caught on to the fact that she had a problem.
"You can't strip me," she gasped. "I'm married."
"Fiona," said Thomas, "they don't care. Consider it this way. Would you rather get undressed yourself or have them tear your clothes taking them off, because they are coming off."
Fiona looked at each of us. I just gave a helpless little shrug when she looked at me. The two brutes had their backs to me so I couldn't see what Fiona saw, but when she looked at them I saw her eyes drop and she blushed rather fiercely. Did they already have their cocks on display? From the look on Fiona's face I'd go with a yes.
"Um, I'll do it myself," she grumbled, and started undoing her blouse.
I'd expected at least some argument but no, she just surrendered and started stripping. She'd just taken off her blouse when I found my voice again.
"Hey! That's my bra. Why are you wearing my bra?"
"You never wear this one, that's why. It suits me."
"Well I can't wear it now, can I? You'll have stretched it all out of shape."