"Mom, what the fuck!" is what I said to Summer Hernanda, as she stood on the doorstep with her luggage in tow. Wearing my work clothes, I had planned on making breakfast before heading off to the clinic, but that idea was on the backburner as I blocked the doorway with my body.
"That is no way to speak to your mother!" she exclaimed. Her thick accent making her sound tougher than she really was.
"Well, I'm not a scared little kid! I should call the fucking police on your stalker ass!" I knew my mother ran her own design firm and as such she had time to fly out at a moment's notice. Still, I had no idea she would be as petty as she was. It had been only three days since we'd last spoken. Apparently, in that time, she had hopped a plane to Sioux Falls. From there she accessed my bank account, learning about my Airbnb reservation. And now she planned on dragging me back to Nevada (I assumed.)
My mother pursed her lips, forcing a smile, like that of an enraged high school principal. "I just want to see him."
"You want to see Dad?"
"Si," she paused, catching herself before continuing. "I've come all this way. Please, Jeffery, let me see your father."
At that moment I started to do the math in my head; how much did she know? Clearly my mother had been in contact with Richard Blake long enough to go through with a divorce, custody and various spousal support hearings. (I knew for a fact she had been bleeding him dry well into my teenage years.) "He's very sick."
"Is he in pain?" she asked with a neutral face. "If so, I would like to see."
I didn't know what to make of her statement. (Was she really that cruel?) Richard Blake had been doing significantly better. He was walking around on his own; regaining strength, he even started to develop an appetite. However, he was still struggling with mental and physical pain. My father deserved the right to enjoy his final days with dignity.
Thankfully, Leo, who had been standing behind me finally stepped forward. "Hi, I'm Leo Riveria, this is actually my house." With his usual charm and poise, he held out his hand for a handshake. "You must be Jeff's mother, Summer. I've heard so much about you." Leo flashed his sweet professional smile. "Please come in. We have some lovely wine, soda, perhaps sparkling water?" he already started to bring in her three suitcases. "Even if you're not thirsty, please enjoy the air conditioning."
I waited for her to pass by, taking a seat in the comfortable coldness of the living room, before confronting Leo in the kitchen. "Dude, you can't be serious."
"Your mother came all this way. We might as well give her a show."
"A show?" From what I could see through the large sliding glass door, my father was sitting in the garden, resting comfortably on a lawn chair.
He had a cup of tea in one hand and a cannabis cigarette in the other. As usual, he was naked, taking in the warmth of the afternoon sun. His eyes blinked betraying their milky hue.
My mother, who was already standing by the backyard entrance, took notice. "Is he blind?" she asked with a sick sense of glee. "That is just too perfect."
I turned to her thankful that we were behind a locked glass door (although there was still a possibility, he heard her.) "What is wrong with you?"
She muttered something in Spanish, "Su ojo errante lo guiarΓ‘ a la tumba."
Leo handed my mother a glass of white wine before turning to me. With a heavy sigh, he whispered the translation in my ear. "She said his wandering eye will guide him to his grave."
My mother reached for the door, but Leo stopped her.
He gripped her hand in a way that was both classy and forceful. "You best wait here." Leo then turned to me. "Jeff, please go check on your father, see if he needs anything; water, sunblock, anything of the sort."
"Sure." I went outside, making sure to close the door behind me. "Hey, Dad."
"Hey." Richard turned to me; eyes closed, and spoke in a voice that seemed tired, yet dreamy and hopeful. "Beautiful day, right?"
"Yeah," I said, taking a seat by his side. "Just like Vegas." My first instinct was to give my best impression of a Mexican accent, hopeful that my mother would be watching as Richard called me by his deceased lover's name. But that seemed a tad bit disrespectful (to Carlos.) Instead, I spoke in my normal voice. "Do you remember when we first fell in love?"
My father blinked his eyes, as his mind was transported to a different place. "After a ten-hour shift, we drove out into the desert, with a bottle of vodka and a bag of pills." He smiled, letting the teacup fall from his hand. "Oh, to be young, wild and free." The mug hit the ground and rolled under the chair. My father looked up at the sky, smiling at something unseen. He was back in the mind of a young chef, flirting with a sexy immigrant busboy. "I asked if you were straight, if you had a woman waiting for you back in your home country."
"No, I think you asked if I was a virgin." I was joking but my father nodded in agreement.
"You told me you had a secret. Your mother was a prostitute who turned you out in exchange for drugs," my father chuckled as he took a long drag off the cigarette. "You told me that was how you discovered your passion for sucking cock." My father stretched his back, drawing attention to his uncovered member which now stood at a hefty, strong ninety-degree angle.
I resisted the urge to look towards the glass door, assuming that Leo would keep my mother restrained as necessary. "And then what happened? Did I volunteer to give you a test drive?"
"Yeah, Carlos," my father said with a seductive smirk. "You knew I was straight, but you were persistent."
"I bet I said something like, 'How do you know if you never tried?' Right?" I looked up to see my mother was watching, glaring with a visible sense of rage. If this was a cartoon, steam would've been shooting out of her ears. Part of me felt guilty for causing her such pain. Perhaps it was even a little rude of me to act out in such a manner. Then I looked at my father's body; his skin was a roadmap of self-harm scars, starting with the obliterated Vegas tattoo.
"Talk to me about your wife," I said, right before taking my father's cock in my mouth.
Richard moaned softly, stroking his fingers through my hair. "Summer was my best friend, my..." His stomach tightened as I leaned in closer.
I briefly came up for air. "Your high school sweetheart?" I asked, as I sucked my fingers, lubing them up for what was to come.
"More like my partner in crime."
I forcibly gripped my daddy's thighs, spreading his legs. "Did you let her finger-fuck your ass?"
"Nah," Richard said, as he put his hands comfortably behind his head. "Wasn't my style back then." He chuckled to himself, leaning back with the cigarette held in his teeth. "Although there was that one time, I had her suck my cock behind the wheel of her daddy's truck. The same one we stole the night after prom."
"You went to prom?" I asked. I gripped his shaft rubbing my palm from his balls to his moist tip, making sure to lick the pre-cum.
"Me and your mama had some wild times."
Apparently, his mind was back to the present. I wasn't sure how I felt about that. I wanted to be Carlos; the beautiful person who allowed my father to find his true self. I had one last question before I began the process of deep throating my father's stunning erection. "Did you love her?"