A note to readers:
This is a long story that unfolds chapter by chapter through the eyes of two protagonists - Mark and Elsa, and as in many of my other stories involves a growing spate of horny characters. This story could appear in a number of genres (Loving Wives, Incest, Lesbian, Fetish, and more) depending on the chapter, but the overall theme is Group, so I have applied this moniker to all chapters. Enjoy.
Chapter 100 - The Prom And A Private After-Party For Two
Mark
One might think a forty-year old man would dread taking an eighteen-year old to a prom, even with the promise of other fathers or men of near similar age there. Their fears might be based on ridicule by the teens, boredom or ennui with the event, inability to carry conversations beyond small talk, inability to dance, and other unspecified causes. This was not my case at all.
I started to build businesses and amass wealth starting at age twelve. By the time I hit high school, I had multiple thriving businesses I ran, and I didn't have time to squander on going to proms, dances, or other school events. I did occasionally date, and I did go to one prom, but I missed all the others in the interest of business. Further, I didn't think I was very good date material because I was so focused on working.
Since college, I had gone to many charity events, often taking a date, and more recently one of my 'wives'. No one seemed to blink an eye that I seemed to show up with a different beautiful woman every time. After all, I was still rated as one of the area's most eligible bachelors. My dates prior to finding Elsa and Cindy had uniformly resulted in my discovery of applicants for a trophy wife position, bimbos, and/or gold diggers. Since then, my luck had changed completely the other way, encountering only loving women who obviously cared for me far beyond my networth.
I escorted Tori from the building into the stretch limousine. She'd been in the car many times, but this was the first time she was the premiere passenger. Even Marshall, my chauffeur, gave her a huge smile and complimented Tori on her beauty and the dress. He put Tori's bag in the front of the car with him so he'd have ready access.
The ride to the Marriott hotel hosting the dance was twenty minutes. I served Tori some crackers and caviar and some champagne. She'd had neither, and instantly fell in love with both, not to mention the luxury of riding to your destination in regal comfort.
There were only a few other limos at the hotel. Our entry was spectacular; almost like two movie stars arriving at the Oscars for the Red Carpet. Several of my security staff were already in place, as well as our photographer, Mr. Rice, who had raced ahead to capture our arrival. We were photographed disembarking from the limo, standing in front of the hotel on the Red Carpet, and then after we reached the ballroom and checked in with the two couples handing admissions. They all gawked at Tori and how beautiful she was and how decked out in diamonds.
Everywhere we went, men, women, boys, and girls gawked at Tori, and not in a bad way. They were suddenly discovering they had been going to school with a movie star. She was by far the most beautiful girl in the world, ably enhanced by the spectacular dress and many tens of thousands of dollars in diamonds. She had a high sparkle factor. To cap it all off, she had a smile that defied description as she held my hand or arm and led me around.
Two girls dressed to the nines in more traditional prom gowns rushed up to Tori and greeted her - Naomi and Alexis. She introduced me, and subsequently I met each girl's father - Bud and Gerald. There was a lot of shaking hands, but the two girls were blown away by Tori, and for that matter, so were their fathers who more or less remained mute. There was no comparison; Tori was in a class by herself.
Tori quickly mastered the virtue of understatements. I believe the initial interchange went something like, "Wow, your jewelry looks so beautiful, almost like real diamonds." Tori was signing us into the event.
Tori tersely replied, "Oh, they are real."
There was some stuttering and stammering, and then closer looks at the elaborate necklace. One girl said, "Oh, no. If they were real they'd have cost tens of thousands of dollars." Her tone was challenging and demeaning, even catty. I noted that both fathers were paying suddenly attention. I tried to act casual and aloof to the question.
As she picked up our programs for the evening, Tori said in a factual tone that didn't boast at all, "If I remember correctly, I think the tennis bracelet was five thousand, and the necklace was seventy or a hundred thou." She brushed the comment off and looked around to see whom else was at the function. She asked the two girls, "Have you seen Skye or Darby?" She wasn't going to take guff from anybody. I got the feeling from the exchange that the two girls were some of the high school 'bitches' that needled everybody.
I heard one of the fathers say to the other, "Seventy grand. I don't make that much in a year." Both men came closer to me. One asked, "Mark, what do you do, if I may ask."
I smiled, "I run a little company with several plants around town and elsewhere. My offices are in the Worthington building." I tried to stay in character and be low key, the way Tori had. I also didn't like to crow about my accomplishments.
The other man said in a puzzled tone, "I thought the only offices in that building belonged to Worthington Industries."
I smiled as Tori tugged me away to go meet some other friends. Over my shoulder I said, "You're right."
Apparently, Tori had done a good job of protecting her relationship with me and the family. None of her friends really knew who I was or my status. I expected the interchange we'd had at the door to propagate through the room, but fortunately it didn't. Consequently, I simply became Mark, Tori's close friend who was serving as a surrogate male family member since her father had vanished years earlier.
Tori explained when no one was around, "Because you are my 'friend' instead of a daddy or step-father, we can be a little romantic and it won't cause a scandal except that of a graduating senior obviously in love with an older man, which I am." She stood on tip toe and kissed me on the cheek.
I laughed, "Tori, anything I do causes a scandal, but I know what you're saying. We can dance a little closer and I can kiss you in public." On that note, I leaned in and kissed her lips. We hung onto the kiss for about ten extra seconds. Wow! I had been missing out on something by not starting my courtship with her weeks earlier.
Tori led us to a table with a large '#16" on it - our table number. Two other father-daughter couples were already there: Darby and Frank Winter, and Skye and Jack Brookes. Christy and Russ Glynn came up to take their seat at the same table a minute later. There was the flurry of introductions and handshaking all around the table.