All Characters In This Story Are 18+ Years Old
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Wednesday, November 11, 1992
9:30 a.m., Palm Springs, CA
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Eduardo Guerrero was furious. Consequently, the principal morning crew at La Familia Authentic Mexican Restaurant, were unhappily trying to avoid any contact with him, or each other, beyond what was minimally necessary to get the breakfasts out to the customers. Manuel, used to handling the cooking alone, resented the boss's surly periodic interference. Gwen, already overworked since Luz had been pulled from table waiting to handling the front end when Mariana quit, was further miffed because today, like yesterday and Monday, Luz was absent entirely.
In his office, writing down last minute changes to his weekly produce order, Eduardo snapped the lead point from his pencil from pressing too hard, then cursed, "¿Qué mierde!" Continuing his dark thoughts, he wondered what had gone wrong after his wonderfully successful fuck session with Alice. Had her live-in boyfriend come home from work and figured out he had been cuckolded in his own bed? Surely the little puta would not have voluntarily told him anything!
Eduardo shook his head as he reached in his desk for a replacement pencil. He still could not get over his surprise, when he got home from work last night only to discover that Mari had cleaned out her closets and, somehow, spirited away her entire bedroom furniture set. Not only that, she took all her jewelry and three thousand dollars cash from the safe. Exasperated with himself for not changing the combination after she moved out last Thursday, he exclaimed, "¡Maldita perra! ¡Lo lamentarás!"
Struggling to concentrate on the business at hand, Eduardo found himself still questioning why Alice had not come in for her scheduled shift yesterday afternoon. Maybe Chet beat her up, or something. If she did not show today, he would telephone her and learn more. He rubbed his cock through his suit pants and thought, "Or, maybe I'll just pop in on her again tomorrow morning..."
Then, aloud to the empty room, Eduardo asked, "¿Y dónde está Luz?" It was true that he had pretty much worn her out Sunday night when he promoted her, but he had given her eighteen hundred dollars for her new job and two days off to spend it. Why had she not shown for work this morning? It was neither right nor fair. Picking up the phone, he called Luz' apartment for the third time in thirty minutes. It rang off the hook unanswered.
At the Desert Terrace Arms, Luz Guerrero ignored the insistent telephone while she shut and locked her apartment door. She well enough guessed who was trying to call and she did not care. Her feet seemed hardly to touch the ground as she raced excitedly to her car. Her grandfather, her secret lover, the almost certain reason for her almost certain pregnancy, was likely eastbound on The Ten at this very moment and she had things to do before he arrived.
Uncharacteristically grinding the gears, Luz backed from her parking slot, then raced from the lot with barely a glance for cross traffic. Luckily there was none, nor was any policeman nearby to waylay her. Ten minutes later she was parked again and hurrying back to the Copper Iguana boutique where she had spent so much time and money on Monday. Pleased to see her returning customer, the proprietor, a chic tall blonde woman in a flowing silver-and-turquoise geometrically-patterned caftan, called out, as the doorbell tinkled, "Hi! Nice to see you again!"
Luz smiled and replied breathily, "Hi, yourself, May! I forgot a couple things the other day..." As the two women met mid-store, she added, "I meant to look for sexy underwear. Do you have a selection, or do you only have street clothes and accessories?"
The storekeeper read a certain desperation in Luz' eyes, but discreetly did not react to it. Calmly, she answered, "I carry of full line of very nice, very sexy, very dainty things that I think you will like. Some are cut so as to hardly even be there, some are frilly and lacy, and some are so sheer they would make a spider blush! Come take a look."
At a display counter along the back wall, near the dressing rooms, the woman, pointing to various panty, bikini and thong styles, observed, "Of course, an important consideration is how much do you want to show off?" She openly admired Luz' opulent figure. "For instance, while your pedal-pushers really hug your curves, their bright tomato-red color works hard for you to hide any tell-tale lines. If they were white, like your T-shirt... well, you know what I'm saying."
Luz smiled and said, "Yes, I know. Panty lines are okay. I mean, it's silly to pretend about those things, isn't it?" She looked at the cleavage displayed in her deep V-neckline and added, "I haven't been able to hide these for a long time and I don't see anything wrong with styles that announce I'm a girl, do you?"
"I agree a hundred percent," replied May with a wink. "While you browse here, I want to get something else that I'm sure you will love. Be right back!"
Luz was a little overwhelmed by the selection until she remembered these were not really for her. They would be worn for her abuelo, Señor Bill. She closed her eyes and imagined Yayo looking at her barely covered coño; rubbing it through its veil; whisking away the barrier; triumphantly ravishing her. Swallowing hard, she cleared her throat and opened her eyes.
Viewing the array again through her new prism, Luz quickly picked three panties she was sure Carter would love. One pair were onyx-black and so delicate that they virtually disappeared against her olive-toned skin when she put her hand behind their thin sheer spun-rayon material. Another pair were all buttercream lace and netting with a solid silk pouch crotch. The third were scarlet satin with a full seat, but high cut to the waistband at the hips.
When the proprietor returned, Luz held out the lingerie and said, "These are pretty. I'm going to put on the black ones right now. I'll bring their tags up to you in a minute, if that's alright?"
"Yes, of course," came the immediate reply. "But, here, take this with you too. See if it doesn't look smart with that outfit!" May promptly exchanged a golden pink gauzy folded square for the cream and crimson underwears then left to begin ringing up the purchases.
Moments later, as Luz walked to the counter, the shopkeeper dramatically dropped her jaw and stared. The teen's long dark locks, with their beautician-added sun-streaked curls, were perfectly wrapped in the flowing chiffon gossamer scarf the woman had handed her. Its multivarious sunrise-and-saffron threads glittered with small sewn-in gold and silver metal chips.
"My goodness! Don't you look like you belong in Hollywood!" Though the taller older woman's flattery was obvious, her sincere tone removed all offense.
Luz blushed, then grinned broadly and said, "Thank you, May! You might not believe this, but only a couple of months ago, I was actually thinking about taking lessons and trying to be an actress." She laughed. "That won't happen now, but at least I can look the part! I'll take the scarf, too."
While she rang in the scarf and the onyx panties to complete the transaction, May laughed lightly and answered, "I believe it. And who can say what will happen in the future, anyway? Go get 'em, honey! Take no prisoners!"
Buoyed further by the boutique owner's enthusiastic support, and filled with renewed confidence, Luz bounced along the sidewalk. Behind the Yugo's wheel, she extracted from her purse the worn cotton panties she had worn into the store and tucked them in a small empty paper sack May had thoughtfully included with the new purchases. Fresh this morning, the old underwear's gusset was damp to the touch. She squeezed her excited moist cunt tight against itself, then moved the yellow hatchback away from the curb and headed for the Casa Cody Hotel.
Forty miles west, Dr. William Carter was glad to put the Inland Empire behind him. Traffic on The Ten had thinned considerably at San Bernardino and was now reduced to a smooth moderate flow. As he accelerated past a Winnebago, which, like Sisyphus in ancient days, was laboring with its tow-barred late-model Toyota Corolla up the grade out from Redlands, he flipped up his sun visor and noticeably relaxed. Beside him, and in the backseat, his youthful harem beat their boredom by dozing.
Carter glanced at Periwinkle Halstead, peacefully lounged against the passenger door. Her taut safety harness divided and accentuated her thirty-seven-inch C-cup bust. Then, looking through the rear view mirror at Patricia Dempsey, he saw she was slouched similarly, but with her knees spread and her left leg extended into the footwell behind the driver's seat. Their quietude was a stark contrast to their animated antics fourteen hours earlier.
Carter recalled how he had been sitting in his home office, working on a monograph he hoped to present at a future American Psychological Association conference, when the co-eds snuck up on him. Eighteen-year-old Peri opened their attack with hot breath and five soft words in his left ear. His neck prickled again as he remembered her insistently whispering, "Uncle Bill, we need you."
On his right side, nineteen-year-old Trish pulled his pen from his hand and echoed, "Yeah, Dr. C., we need you. Right NOW!" Then, together, the girls stood him from his desk and marched him up the short hallway past the second bedroom. Surrendering to superior forces, he did not fight, but he was surprised at the corridor's end to be propelled toward the main house rather than the master bedroom. When they reached the breakfast nook, he saw on the cleared pecan table three thick fluffy folded beach towels.
"We've been talking, Uncle Bill," began Peri.
"...and thinking about how this Mariana person," continued Trish.