I have written a couple of short stories for the online publisher, Literotica. Several months after I started posting my stuff I received an e-mail feedback from a female reader. I think we hit it off and started chatting along with e-mails back and forth. We have even collaborated on a few stories and I know her as Lily.
It was around this time that my Uncle George was going to retire from his company after 55 years of service. Now over the years, Uncle George has been very good to me. He lent me the down payment money so I could buy my house and later lent me money to start my own business. Uncle's wife died about 12 years ago and he had a son, James, about 20 years younger than me and a daughter Viktoria about 15 years younger than me. It was Viktoria that called me and told me that there was a huge banquet scheduled and Uncle George was receiving a special award for his 55 years. I asked her if there was any way I could attend and could she get back to me with any details.
The banquet was scheduled for a Friday night and as it turned out it would be somewhere in the vicinity of where Lily lived. I told my wife about Uncle George's retirement and that we would have to fly in on a Thursday, do the banquet on Friday and fly back out on Saturday. My wife wanted no parts of all the traveling for a rubber chicken dinner and opted not to go.
Although my plans were not set in stone I sent an e-mail to Lily telling her that I would be in town and asked if we could meet. She agreed and wanted to know where and when. I told her I would work out the details and get back to her. I told Viktoria that I had a friend living somewhere near the banquet was being held and that I would like some time to meet my friend. Viki got very curious and started asking a bunch of questions. Who is this friend, how did you meet, how long you have known each other and just all the details that a woman wants to know about. So basically all I told her was that we met on-line through a website known as Literotica and that we had collaborated on some stories. I could tell she had never heard of it so she stopped with all the questions.
The next day I got a call from Viki.
"You have been having virtual sex on line with that woman. Haven't you?" she asked.
"Well kind of," was my reply "but not really. It's not like we are using webcams. We talk and if sex comes up she is very open to discuss it.
"So what do you know about her," Viki pressed for an answer.
"Only what she tells me, actually. And she only knows about me what I tell her," I replied, "She tells me that she is married, a mother of two and grandmother of four so she is probably a little younger than me. She and her husband have an open marriage and she is free to do as she wishes and that does include having sex with other men and women."
Now I have known for quite some time that Viki is a lesbian. Not bi-sexual but a lesbian and she is not in a relationship. So when I told her Lily was bisexual I know that peaked Viki's curiosity.
"Look Viki, she sounds like a very nice person and this maybe the only time I get to meet her. Have you been able to find out if I can get into your father's banquet?" I asked.
"Yes you can but you are going to have to pay your own expenses, including the meal at the banquet," she told me.
"That's fine," I replied, "I will never be able to repay Uncle George for all he has done for me over the years."
"Well maybe you could find him a date for his big night," she shot back. "He is allowed to bring one guest and immediate family."
"I'll have to think about that," my words came out slowly as I was forming thoughts on that weekend.
The days of the banquet were drawing near and I was corresponding with Lily via e-mail to finalize the plans for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I asked Lily if she would be willing to accompany Uncle George to his retirement as his guest. I could tell she was a little reluctant, after all she never met me face to face and knew even less about Uncle George. A plan started to form in my head about those three days. I would get to the hotel around 3 pm on Thursday afternoon and check in. If Lily wrote back and said she was not interested in being Uncle George's date on Friday, I would ask her out to dinner to a restaurant of her choice. If she decided to go along with this I would invite her to brunch on Friday so she could me Uncle George and still back out if she wanted. I booked a suite with 2 bedrooms for Thursday, Friday and late departure on Saturday. I figured the other bedroom would be for Viki and Lily and I could split some of the cost but give us room to spread out for those few days. I sent off an e-mail to Lily with the details. This is what I got for a reply:
Robert,
You are over thinking this thing. I will come to the hotel Thursday afternoon but you have to take me out for a very nice dinner. On Friday I will go to brunch with you and meet Uncle George, Viktoria and James. If George is as much of a teddy bear as you say I will be honored to go to his banquet with him as his guest. Put me up for a second night and I will leave for home on Saturday.
Lily
It was so simple if Lily was willing to stay both nights. I told Viki that Lily was considering being Uncle George's guest but she would not decide until after meeting him at brunch. Here is what I wrote to Lily:
Hi,
I booked a suite with 2 adjoining bedrooms. You will have to double up with my cousin Viktoria and she says she would be happy to have a roommate. So I guess I will see you Thursday afternoon.
Robert
This was Lily's reply:
Are you nuts? I am planning on sleeping in your room and your bed. Make the
arrangements in that way and I will see you Thursday afternoon. You will be buying me a nice dinner and brunch and we will see if you have to pay for my rubber chicken.
Lily