Chapter 9 - Resistance is futile
"Surprise!" Erin laughed.
Stephanie was both happy to see her son, and mortified at how she was dressed. I could see her yank her top down as far as she could, and hold onto it as she gave him a hug.
"Why didn't you tell us you were seeing Erin?" she demanded.
"We just started going out," Charlie replied meekly. "And besides which, she didn't tell me you guys were here. I thought we were just here to break the news to these two," pointing to Lisa and Tyler.
"Oops. My bad!" Erin said. "I knew you guys would make a big deal if I'd shared
all
the details about my new boyfriend. At least I told you we were coming so that you would all be decent when we arrived."
If Charlie knew what she was talking about, he didn't let on.
"Well you should have told us," Lisa said, "so we could have planned a proper reunion of our two families."
"Uhhh, I'm starting to think I should have gone home with Aaron," Gigi said.
"No way," replied Erin. "I gotta know why you're here. But first, I need to introduce you to my new boyfriend. Gigi, this is Charlie. Charlie, meet Gigi, one of my best friends from my college days. Oh, and if you hadn't figured it out Gigi, Charlie is Stephanie's son. We used to play together when we were kids."
And you're playing different games together now, I thought.
"It's a total fluke that I'm here, I guess," said Gigi. "I came up the other night with my boyfriend, who owns a bunch of restaurants in the city. I tend bar at Asiago. I met Charlie's mom and stepfather a couple of weekends ago when they came in for dinner, and then I met your mom and dad last weekend at the engagement party. Speaking of which, why weren't you there that night?"
"I was really sorry to miss it, but I couldn't get out of work."
Working on getting naked with strangers, I imagined.
"But the wedding was great. Too bad I re-connected with Charlie too late to bring him as my plus-one. I knew Aunt Sarah would freak if I just showed up with him."
"Well, I think it's great that the two of you are here, and you're together," Tyler said. "Charlie's a definite improvement over the other guys you've dated recently."
I hadn't confirmed that Tyler knew the extent of my recent interactions with his daughter, so I wasn't sure if that remark was aimed at me.
"Honey, it's been way too long since I've seen you," Stephanie said to her son. "I know you've just had a long drive and need some fresh air. How about going for a walk in the woods with your mother so we can catch up?
Charlie looked at Erin, as if to confirm she was okay with it.
"Sure, go ahead," she said. "Don't be long. I didn't get up at the crack of dawn to spend the day alone. I want to hang out with my boyfriend down by the lake. But this will give me a chance to spend some girl time with Gigi."
"Well, if I'm going for a walk, I need to get changed," Stephanie said. "I'm too much of a target for the bugs dressed like this."
"So how's work going, Charlie?" I asked my stepson as his mother left the room. We always had a good relationship, but we weren't all that close, and it had been months since I'd last seen him.
"Work's good, but boring. In fact my whole life was boring until I got a message from Erin a couple of weeks ago. We hadn't crossed paths in years, so I was bit surprised when she invited me out for a drink. Pleasantly surprised, because I always had a thing for her," he added, giving her a hug.
Erin, as always, looked incredibly hot in a pair of faded denim shorts and a tight Spandex top.
"I'm going to get changed into my bikini," Erin announced. "Why don't you do the same, Gigi, and we can head down to the dock and have a few drinks while we catch up....and catch some rays."
"Honey," Lisa said to Tyler. "I feel like getting some exercise. Why don't we go for a ride in the canoe. We can stop at the island and I can show you around."
Tyler didn't look enthused at first, but when she licked her lips seductively, he realized that his slutty wife would be showing him more than flowers and trees.
"Don't worry about me!" I whined, not very convincingly. "Actually, I'm going to to relax in the hot tub. I haven't had a chance to enjoy it this weekend."
Stephanie re-appeared wearing the most conservative attire she had with her — the hoodie from the other night, and a pair of black workout pants.
"Steph, you're going to roast in that hoodie," Lisa laughed. "It's getting really warm out there."
"I'd rather be hot than covered with bug bites," she responded. "Michael, can we have a quick word?"
I followed her into the living room and we sat down on the same love seat where she'd been riding my dick about 12 hours earlier.
"What the hell are we going to do about this?" she whispered to me. "Don't get me wrong. I'm thrilled our son has found somebody, but her? As far as we know, he's never had a serious girlfriend before. She'll eat him up and spit him out in no time. Not to mention the fact that you're fucking her too."
"That's a non-issue," I replied. "I'm keeping my distance from now on. Don't worry, I'll talk to her and I'm sure we'll come to a mutual understanding to keep things quiet."
I didn't want things to get ugly, but I figured all I had to do was threaten Erin that I'd tell her parents that she was fucking strangers for money at a massage parlour, or that her recent boyfriends were paying for access to her pussy, to get her to leave me alone. Not that I wanted to give her up either. What a mess.
"What do I say to Charlie?" Stephanie looked truly worried.
"No need to get into any details. I'm guessing anything negative you say about Erin will just backfire, and bring them even closer. I wouldn't even make her the first thing you talk about. But eventually, some motherly advice about not plunging in too quickly would be appropriate. All he has to do is look at the two of us to know that committing to your first true love isn't such a great idea."
"Thanks honey," she said, giving me a hug. "I better get back in there or he'll start to get suspicious. I guess our canoe trip is going to have to wait until later."