INTRODUCTION & DISCLAIMER - As his surname might suggest, grumpy middle-aged bank manager Henry Grim is not cheerful sort of man. He is married to his much younger second wife Tonya, an airheaded bimbo whose 18-year-old daughter Tiffany is even more dim-witted than her mother. Adding to Henry's stress are Cam and Chris, his identical twin 18-year-old sons from his first marriage, a pair of slow-witted slacker surfer dudes who would rather spend their time having fun in the California sun than getting jobs. Henry despairs at his sons, wife and stepdaughter, but what will happen when the long-suffering Henry has to go to New York for a week's conference? Read 'Tonya, Tiffany & the Twins' to find out!
If you like slacker comedies of the late 1980s and early 1990s, you will be sure to enjoy this funny sexy story set in summer 1989, an entry in the 2022 Summer Lovin contest. There's even an Easter Egg for you to find; if you've read my previous works and find it leave a comment. Please note that it does contain some fairly gross out humor which includes scenes with the mother and daughter using the toilet and references to menstruation, so if these themes offend you it might not be for you. Otherwise enjoy and rate and comment. All characters involved in sexual scenes are 18 and older and they and the story events are fictional, with any similarity to real persons living or dead coincidental and unintentional.
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, SUMMER 1989
As a boy growing up in the 1940s, Henry Grim always enjoyed geography at school. Learning about different landscapes, climates, cartography and studying different countries both in the Americas and far away on other continents. Now many years later as a 54-year-old bank manager, Henry was enjoying discussing geography far less this sunny Tuesday morning as he sat at the breakfast table in his San Diego home with the two women who also called this house home.
The two women in question were his second wife Tonya and Tonya's daughter Tiffany, Henry's stepdaughter. Pictures of Henry as a younger man showed a full head of dark brown hair, which had now all but gone leaving him with just a ring of grey hair around the side of his head, this and his glasses making Henry look much older than his actual age.
Another factor that made Henry look much older was when he and Tonya were out and about together. This was understandable as when Henry was busy graduating high school at age 18 in 1953, Tonya was busy reaching milestones of her own like sitting up, crawling, being weaned and learning to walk and talk.
Tonya's own senior year of high school at age 18 presented some logistical issues for her as graduation grew closer, people starting to wonder why the normally slim blonde was overeating and seeming to gain weight especially around her tummy, not to mention why she was spending so much time sitting down, making no end of excuses to get out of gym class such as having her period twice in three weeks and wearing big baggy sweaters in the warm California spring weather. The answer to these puzzling mysteries became clear when Tonya's former classmates met her a few months later pushing a baby stroller containing a miniature version of Tonya in the form of her infant daughter Tiffany.
Now 18 herself and having finished high school in June, Tiffany was like a younger version of her mother, both women having the same long blonde wavy hair, pretty faces with sapphire blue eyes and perfect white teeth. Their bodies were similar too, 5 feet 7 inches of perfection from the top of their heads down their slim figures and shapely legs to their bare feet, cute peach-shaped bottoms and nice D-cup boobs that filled out the front of their shirts, blouses and bikinis.
Henry could well believe that Tonya was close to first in line when looks were handed out to baby girls born in 1952, and her daughter Tiffany likewise close to the front of the queue when looks were handed out in 1970. Unfortunately, he could not deny that his second wife was probably closer to the back of the queue when brains were handed out. And while Henry had never met Tiffany's biological father -- he had long since vanished into the big wide world -- Henry could only speculate that he wasn't a very bright person either for the reason that his stepdaughter was probably even further back in the queue when intelligence was handed out the year she was born.
"It must be so cool working for your bank, Henry," Tiffany commented, in her high-pitched, girlish voice. "They actually pay you to go to New York to have a vacation for a week."
Henry as was often the case when talking with his stepdaughter had to stifle a sigh of exasperation. "No Tiffany, I'm not going on a vacation to New York. It's a training course for work."
"That would be like a school for grown-ups," Tiffany said. "I don't think I'd like that so much."
"Make sure you don't get vertigo, Henry," said Tonya, her voice high-pitched and girly just like that of her teenage daughter, despite the fact that she was 18-years-older. "Remember that time when we went to the Grand Canyon and you had that dizzy spell and we had to get a doctor for you? I wouldn't want that to happen to you in those tall buildings."
"I'll be fine Tonya, I'm inside, I only have those problems outside," said Henry.
"Unless you go out on the roof," said Tiffany.
"And why would I go onto the roof of one of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, Tiffany?" asked Henry.
"Maybe to get a better view of New York?" suggested Tiffany, as the young blonde checked her fingernails. She then paused, looking puzzled. "Henry, I thought you were going to your bank's head office?"
"That I am," said Henry.
Tiffany looked even more puzzled. "Then why are you going to the World Trade Center?"
"Because the bank's head office is in one of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers," said Henry, reminding himself to be patient with the teenager.
Tiffany seemed to accept this, but then again looked confused and looked at her mother and stepfather. "So, is the World Trade Center like a really big bank or something?"
"No, the World Trade Center isn't a bank," Henry explained. "The bank has its head office in the World Trade Center like lots of other companies. The Twin Towers and the other buildings at the site have lots of different offices for rent."
Again Tiffany seemed to understand, but as Henry was finishing his coffee his stepdaughter blurted out, "The Twin Towers aren't really twins, are they?"
"Whatever do you mean, Tiffany?" her stepfather asked.
"Well one of them has this funny pointy thing on the roof and the other one doesn't," Tiffany said.
"It's called an antenna," said Henry, again trying not to sound impatient.
"You know, like the antenna we have on our roof to watch television," said Tonya.
Tiffany looked even more puzzled. "Do the people in the World Trade Center watch TV at work all day?"
Tonya shook her head. "I wouldn't think so, I thought they would be too busy working. But maybe it's different in New York."
"It's not for watching TV, it's for communications," said Henry, knowing that when he arrived in New York tomorrow and the Twin Towers came into sight, he would thanks to his dim-witted stepdaughter see the antenna on the roof of the North Tower and think of it as a 'funny pointy thing' and imagine everyone working at the World Trade Center watching television all day.
"You've got an early flight tomorrow, Henry," said Tiffany. "And when you get there, you'll be so far behind us."
"Behind us?" Henry was disbelieving. "Tiffany, New York is three hours ahead of us over here in California."
Tiffany looked puzzled. "But the sun comes over this way, and then you have to fly the other way, so it must be behind."
"Sweetie, it's because of daylight savings," said Tonya.
"No, it doesn't have anything to do with daylight saving," said Henry firmly. "New York is to the East of California, the Earth spins east to west, and given the distance the time difference is always three hours with New York in front regardless of whether there is daylight savings or not."
"I don't like daylight savings, it's always so confusing," said Tiffany.
"Yeah, when we change the clocks I don't know whether I have to wake up an hour early, or an hour later, or at the same time," said Tonya.
Before marrying his second wife, Henry had no opinions positive or negative about daylight savings. Now years later he despised the whole thing, as it meant a wife and a teenage stepdaughter who woke up either early in the morning or slept in late whenever the clocks changed each spring and fall as they couldn't work out what they were supposed to do.
Henry noticed Tiffany staring vacantly at a large map of the world that was affixed to the adjacent wall of the dining room, still trying to figure out how time differences worked. She then said, "Well we must be much further ahead in time than other countries like Europe, Africa and Austria."
Always used to stifling a sigh, Henry did just this again. He thought maybe it would be better to simply agree with Tiffany -- it was very unlikely that Tonya would try and convince her teenage daughter that there was much wrong with her last statement -- but against his better judgement Henry began to correct Tiffany.
"Tiffany, Africa and Europe aren't countries, they're continents," said Henry, getting up and walking over to the map. "And it isn't Austria, its Australia. Austria is near West and East Germany in Europe."
"Australia, is that that really strange country where they have kangaroos and koala bears and they have Christmas when it's really hot in summer?" Tiffany asked.
"That's right," said Henry, pointing at the large Southern hemisphere country on the map. "But we're not in front of Australia, Africa or Europe, America is behind them because the International Date Line is right there." Henry indicated the line in the Oceania are of the Pacific Ocean.
"So near that weird looking country that looks like an upside down Italy?" Tonya asked.