But Pete’s father Fred had been part of the threesome, too! She knew that Pete wasn’t gay, but he certainly didn’t seem to mind having his balls and his asshole played with by another man! Joanna had never consciously looked at her own mother Ruth that way, even though Joanna could easily see how sexually attractive her mother was to her father. Ruth was pretty in a quiet, girl-next-door sort of way, attractively proportioned, and sweet in a way that seemed almost old-fashioned these days but was still very endearing and motherly.
Joanna loved both of her parents dearly. But sex with either of them was quite unthinkable. And sex with both of them was just too weird to even think about. Pete must be out of his Dorisfucking mind, she thought.
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2nd MOVEMENT – seductivo
(softly, on vintage instruments)
Evan and Ruth were happy to see Joanna, although they sensed immediately that the reason for her unexpected arrival was not a happy one for her. They didn’t press Joanna for details. They were able to learn that Pete had somehow messed up bigtime, and that Joanna needed to be apart from him. Possibly forever. They doubted that this would prove to be the case, but they knew better than to try to convince their daughter right now that things couldn’t be as bad as they seemed. Persuading her of that would take time.
Joanna retired to her former bedroom, closed the door, and asked to be left alone.
The next morning, after Joanna was sure that Pete had left for work, she called the apartment and got the answering machine, confirming that Pete and his parents were not there. She hung up the phone without leaving any message. She didn’t even like listening to Pete’s voice on the damned machine.
She drove to the apartment and took away several armfuls of her personal belongings, things that she would need at her folks’ place. She left a note for Pete telling him that he should be ashamed of himself, that he didn’t deserve her – or any other decent woman for that matter – and that he could just fuck off. Permanently.
Pete guessed correctly where she had gone. He called her parents’ home several times every day, asking to speak with her. Her parents had to tell him, every time he called, that Joanna had said that she did not want to come to the phone and did not want to talk to him. Pete said how sorry he was for what he had done, without being specific about what that might be, although in one call he mentioned something about how fond his parents were of Joanna and how sorry they were for everything that had happened. Joanna hadn’t said anything about a part that Pete’s parents may have played in this matter, but perhaps they were involved in some way.
Joanna’s parents had met Pete’s parents only a few times, but Evan and Ruth agreed that Fred and Doris seemed like very nice people. Pete seemed to be part of a very warm and loving family. Joanna’s parents tried to understand what could possibly have gone so terribly awry in their daughter’s relationship with Pete – and perhaps with Pete’s family as well. They had to find out, somehow. If Pete wasn’t willing to tell them what was going on, maybe his parents would.