"You have got to be kidding me!!!"
Those were the first words Sameer heard as he entered the house. Recognized his mother's voice and tone, after all he had been on the receiving end enough times in his life. His mother was angry.
Really angry.
But thankfully not at him.
"Try to understand, this is a very delicate..." he heard a man try to speak. His father.
"It's always a delicate time. I have been planning this for over 3 months and you knew all about it. It's not acceptable for you to try to cancel at the last minute." replied his mother.
"Look this deal is really important. It would be really good for the business." his father tried to explain.
"I am well aware of this deal, don't forget that it was partly my idea and nothing pending right now needs your personal presence, you can easily handle it remotely."
"It's not that easy, I can't just up and leave. I am needed here incase anything goes wrong, or if there are any last-minute problems." his father continued to defend himself.
Standing in the lobby, Sameer tried to figure out what to do. His parents had obviously not heard him come in, but they may hear him trying to sneak out. Going back to the main door he made a show of opening it loudly and slamming it shut, pretending to just enter the house.
Hearing the door his parents stopped their argument as he entered the sitting room. His father was sitting on his favorite sofa was while his mother was standing, clearly agitated but holding back, not wanting to argue in front of him.
"Hi, I am back." said Sameer.
"Hello, son. Why don't you get washed up and changed? I will have the maid prepare breakfast for us." said his mother, smiling.
Nodding in agreement, Sameer headed upstairs to his room, leaving his parents to continue the argument. Having heard part of it, he already knew what it was about. With him turning eighteen recently and his older sister off to college, his mother had planned a road trip from Karachi to Kashmir with his father, sort of a second honeymoon. But it would appear as always, his father was trying to wiggle out of it.
His mother did not seem to be in the mood to accept his usual excuses, which was refreshing. His mother had planned the vacation with a lot of detail, she had even agreed to attend the wedding of one of his father's business partners daughter in Lahore.
Sameer took of his sweaty work-out clothes, he had been working out diligently the last six months, and the effort had paid off. He took after his mother side of the family, standing six-foot 2 inches, the workout plan he had been following had put on muscles on his broad build and added definition to them. He flexed his muscles in front of the mirror.
Heading into the attached bath he showered and opting to skip the shave he put on a pair of comfortable jeans and a t-shirt. Heading down he made sure to make lot of noise to warn his parents in case they were still arguing.
Coming down he saw that the sitting room was empty, heading into the dining room he found the table set for three, taking his customary seat he waited. Soon the maid brought in his post work out meal. Laying it out before him she went back to the kitchen.
Sameer waited for his parents to join; the family breakfast was a big deal for his mom. With the erratic time his father kept along with his own study and extra-curricular activities, breakfast was the only time they were all guaranteed to have a meal together. It had been that way ever since he and his sister started growing up.
Thinking of his sister he reminded himself to call her, she was studying in Lahore at one of the top universities in the country and his mother was looking forward to spending time with her on this trip, he better inform her of the current status, perhaps she could guilt their father into sticking with the original plan.
As he thought about what to do about his parent's plan, his mother joined him. Taking her seat, she started to serve herself, looking around for his father, he waited a few seconds.
"Isn't dad joining us?" he asked.
"No, he has already left for the office." replied his mother.
Wow, the argument must have been serious, thought Sameer. He couldn't recall the last time his father had not joined them for breakfast. Not intending to become the target of his mother's wrath he ate his breakfast in silence. Once they were done his mother stood up and went to her room, while he took his cup of tea and headed to the home office, taking seat in his favorite sofa he opened a book.
"Reading already."
Looking over Sameer saw his mother, Veena, standing by the door, dressed in her workout clothes. At thirty-eight years of age, Veena was still in incredible shape, easily able to put women ten years younger to shame. Retaining her youthful curves and perky breasts. Her daily fitness and diet regime ensured that she could still pass for twenty-five if she so chose. Her youthful skin was not out of place in any advertising by top brands.
Sameer knew his mother was a MILF, he would have to be dead to miss her attraction. Friendships had ended because a friend had passed a less than respectful comment about his mother. Which was one of the reasons he had few male friends and those that he did have, he did not invite home often. His female friends were in awe of his mother and a little jealous, except for his best friend Mina.
She and Sameer had been in the same class since kindergarten, while a lot of people assumed that they were dating, neither one of them had a romantic interest in the other. Sameer suspected that Mina was gay, bi-sexual at the least, and her tomboy demeanor did not help. Not to mention the way he had caught her eyeing other girls, even his mother.
Not that he could blame her or anyone else, a disturbingly large number of his own sexual fantasies involved his mother, but still it was not right for his friends to pass any comments about her.
"Yeah, I just want to finish this off, Mina will be here in a little while and we are going to play games or watch TV." replied Sameer.