The following stories are from my novel The House Of Robles 2 - Further Seductions. About this novel: The erotic saga of the House Of Robles continues. In this worthy sequel, the various troubled and excitable characters must analyze who they are, what they've been doing, and the deeper, passionate meanings to their frequent sensual encounters. Meanwhile, everything they know is coming crashing down around them. Their uncensored, sexual adventures are far from over.
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Chapter 17
New Beginnings
In the encompassing darkness of the early night, Pablo Robles took in the magnificence of the Hotel Del Coronado. The renowned structure loomed before him like a white palace topped with red spires, with bright lights and lavish accents that were as showy as the make-up of a queen. The large pool sparkled in aqua from submerged illumination, serving as the queen's centerpiece of jewelry, while the many winding and ornate walkways and footpaths represented showy necklaces and bracelets.
People frequently strolled by Pablo's side. Of these, only a very few were casually dressed. The majority of the men wore sporty coats over expensive button-down shirts and fancy slacks. The women wore stylish evening gowns, carried tiny purses and wore resplendent gold or silver ornaments. Additionally, the women had put on colorful shawls or light jackets around their shoulders.
The forty-four year old Pablo understood that the steady ocean breeze could be construed as being a tad chilly to some, but it didn't bother him too much. The oblivious man found himself completely at ease in a short-sleeve button shirt, hued in blue and white plaid, over loosely cut denim shorts and sneakers.
A pair of affluent old hens paused to ogle his robust frame. One wore a fuzzy form-fitting beige dress, while the second was more conservatively attired.
"You're not the pool boy, are you?" The more brazen of the two asked him.
Pablo couldn't resist a smile, his handsome Hispanic features charming the women even further.
"Shirley, he's wearing a wedding band." The second elder gal mentioned to her girlfriend, before she addressed him directly. "I'm sorry, but she might have had one glass of champagne too many."
"Yes, I'm tipsy!" Her partner declared, before she covered her mouth and snickered.
"I'm really sorry." The quieter woman repeated, before she shuffled away with the other woman in tow.
"You ladies have a good night." Pablo waved them off.
Perhaps this wasn't such a good meeting place after all, Pablo considered, as he strode away from the pleasant ambiance of the famous hotel.
He noticed he was fidgeting with his wedding ring. For a moment, he wondered what it would be like to be married to a woman such as the two he'd just come across. Big social gatherings, live theater, tennis matches and wine tasting, he assumed. How often did rich people argue? How much money did they spend when they went on vacation?
Pablo contrasted this with his own life. He hadn't gone on vacation in years. When he had taken one, all he'd really done was loaf around the house, unless his wife prodded him into painting a room or fixing up the yard. Lorena was nothing like those soft, purring felines he'd just left behind. She was a bad-tempered hellcat who couldn't wait to sink her claws into him whenever the mood struck her, and who watched him like a warden so that she could reprimand his slightest misstep.
It hadn't always been this way, Pablo recalled, as he remembered having plenty of good times with his wife in the past. Those were all back when his offspring had been younger, when he'd taken his children out to all the amusement parks, museums and zoos in southern California. Was Lorena subconsciously blaming him because his children had all grown up, and all those fun times were now over?
Pablo walked across a very dark street. He ended up on a long sidewalk that showed off a row of two-story, ridiculously overpriced homes with either extravagant shrubbery adorning their lawns, or posh and unique walls lining their edges. These people could see the inspiring ocean from the comfort of their front windows, he noted. From his own house, Pablo could only see his dilapidated wooden fence, and past that, the neighbor's brick wall that always seemed to have new graffiti stained on it.
Before he got any more peeved, Pablo trotted across the black street and onto the opposite sidewalk. Here, a great wall of giant, jagged rocks had been strewn along the edge of the walk. Every so often, a small outcrop of cement broke up this long stretch of monotony. Perched on these little artificial islands were cement benches staring out at the water. Past the large, broken rocks and darkened sand lay the great expanse of Coronado Beach. A solitary jogger passed him, only a minute or two later. The man was bare-chested and well built, prompting Pablo to suspect that he was a Navy Seal out for a night run, from the nearby military base.
Pablo's phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and flipped it open. A new text message waited for him, reading, Where are you?
In irritation, Pablo wondered why people couldn't just call and ask such a simple question. He was not about to waste the next five minutes of his life typing in a reply. Instead, he simply pushed send. It took nearly five rings before he got an answer.
"Hi, dad." The cheery voice of his oldest daughter Victoria came though from the other end. "I just got on the bridge right now. Tell me where you are so I can come and find you."
She'd been taking a very friendly tone with him in public, Pablo had noticed, ever since... Ever since they'd started being intimate. Everyone living in his house, which his family had termed The House Of Robles a long time ago, was starting to notice this as well. That was one of the main reasons why he'd asked his daughter to meet him in such an out of the way place.
Pablo scanned the landscape. "I'm about a block north of the Hotel Del, on the beach side. I'm just past the big letters."