IN THIS CHAPTER: Several months have passed and over spring break, Cassy shares some unsettling news with Lilly. Distraught, Lilly exacts revenge on Cassy in a shocking way. Momma and Daddy comfort Lilly. Lilly turns herself over to Cassy. With summer comes many revelations for Lilly about the Vatspalt family. With not much happening, Lilly finds joy in the kitchen and lands her first job. Lilly receives a letter from Momma and discovers the Vatspalt family has found a new muse to cultivate.
The Swedish words for cock (kuk), pussy and cunt (fitta, slidan, snippa), cork (korka) and completely (igen; pronounced eye-yen) are used intentionally. They are not misspellings.
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It was over spring break that Cassy broke the terrible news to Lilly. They had the house to themselves and were poolside, sunbathing nude and enjoying a warm Saturday afternoon. Cassy had been a little quieter than usual. Lilly thought that maybe she didn't feel well or was just tired from a sex-filled Friday night. She had nearly dozed off when her best friend said, "Lilly, I have to tell you something."
Lilly heard the worry in Cassy's voice. Propping herself on an elbow, she asked, "What's the matter?"
Cassy broke eye contact and stared at the glimmering pool. The giant inflatable Swan floated lazily atop the blue water. "Daddy accepted a new assignment."
"What does that mean?" Lilly looked to her friend, a sinking, helpless feeling settling over her heart. She absentlly fiddled with the Vatspalt family charm that hung on a black velvet choker around her neck.
Cassy took her hand. "It's a much bigger museum than San Francisco. Far more prestigious."
Lilly knew a few things about museums now. "Like, what, LACMA?" Los Angeles was a one-hour plane ride. It wasn't perfect, but Lilly was sure she'd still find time to spend with her other family.
Cassy looked at the ground and shook her head. "The Rijksmeseum."
Lilly blinked. "In Amsterdam?" She felt a weight slam down in the pit of her stomach when Cassy nodded. She shook her head. "No," came out in a choked whisper. "You can't leave!" The tears came quickly and Cassy slid over to Lilly's lounge chair to hug her. "Fuck."
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Cassy hugged her tightly. "At least it's not until the end of the school year."
Lilly was heartbroken. But her sadness quickly turned to anger. "So what? That's only a couple months from now."
"I know." And then Cassy started to cry as well. There was more to the story, but this was all Lilly was permitted to know. She stuck to the script. "Sometimes I hate that we move so much."
They kissed and then Lilly nuzzled into Cassy's neck. It was warm and smelled of coconut sunscreen. Her anger grew as she cried on Cassy's shoulder. The Vatspalt's were everything to her. She felt complete whenever she was around them. They had opened her mind to entirely new ways of thinking and opened her body to unquenchable pleasure. Her confidence and emotional well-being had grown into something so robust that even her parents had noticed. She carried herself differently and she interacted with people now in subtle ways that were undefinable but also undeniable. For some unknown reason, a vision of Shelly popped into her mind's eye at that instant and she knew what she was going to do to her best friend. Sliding her hand between Cassy's thighs, she said, "Spread your legs." Then she bit Cassy on the shoulder.
Her friend whimpered. "Okay, but don't bite me so hard." Cassy obediently opened her thighs and Lilly's fingers were on the girl's sex, manipulating the fluffed lower lips.
Lilly said, "Sorry." But she wasn't. She was mad at Daddy for taking the job. How could he do such a thing? It was like she was being surgically removed from the family. Didn't they love her as much as she loved them? Didn't she belong to them? Hadn't she shown them that love in return? She had given herself over completely to them. Her anger turned on Cassy at that moment.
Lilly moved down her friend's body, pushing her back on the lounge chair as she kissed the low valley of Cassy's modest cleavage. Why hadn't Cassy told her this was coming? Landing such a huge job would have taken months. She could have mounted a defense or - at a minimum - been emotionally preparing for their departure. Lilly decided that Cassy had to have known this was coming. Making such a big move would have involved the entire family. They would have discussed it at the dinner table or around the pool or sitting around the ottoman. Lilly seethed. She had been left out of the discussions intentionally.
Her anger bubbled and she stopped kissing Cassy. Her voice was tight and seething when she commanded, "Cassy, I told you to spread your fucking legs." Lilly pinched and twisted Cassy's feminine petals.
Cassy whimpered. "Okay. Be gentle." There was concern in her eyes.
"Just be quiet." And then she kissed Cassy hard, ramming her tongue down her friend's throat; their teeth mashed together. Lilly didn't intend for it to be gentle.
Sliding lower, she suckled Cassy's conical breasts and roughly pushed two fingers inside her friend's lower mouth. She was pleased to discover it was bone dry. Cassy yelped, "Ow, that hurts!"
"So what." Her teeth nashed into Cassy's flesh.
"Lilly, stop!"
"No." It came out as a clenched whisper. Lilly's pace quickened. She was shoving hard, deeply penetrating her friend's desiccated estuary, enjoying the sight of her fingers discovering no moisture, no matter how far she surveyed. That Cassy's special place remained arid, despite the attention it was receiving, only fed into Lilly's vengeful enjoyment of the punishment she dispatched.
Cassy grunted and cried out again when Lilly rammed a third finger inside her parched girl-part. She yelped again and again, with each forceful plunge. Writhing atop the lounge chair, small beads of sweat formed across her creased brow and her tiny body shuddered against the onslaught, her breasts vibrating tightly.