Mothers and Daughters Ch. 07

Now had Vera known of Larry's success she would have viewed a possible marriage more favorably. It was not that she was a gold digger. The fact was that her driving force when growing up was to escape Crystal Springs. As she had succeeded in becoming now an independent adult very well established in Chicago to return to live in Crystal Springs would be humiliation and failure.

However, she knew that conventional wisdom was that a child growing up is much better off with a father and mother than growing up with a single mother. Vera loved Natasha unconditionally and put her daughter first. Thus she knew if Larry would be prepared to marry her, she would acquiesce notwithstanding his cavalier personality. She suspected that Larry probably wasn't her knight in shining armor but, she would be willing to marry him for the sake of the wellbeing of her child.

However before such gloomy thoughts of further sacrifices she might have to make for Natasha, Vera realized she was getting ahead of herself. First things first meant she had to find out how Larry felt upon learning of his paternity. Up to now all he knew was that Vera had apparently gotten an abortion. So on the trip she resolved to get a hold of Larry (or at least his father) to tell Larry of his child, and she would play it by ear subsequently depending upon how he reacted.

When Vera arrived at her parents' home she had a warm welcome. Leonid Starikovich had not talked with his daughter since that announcement of her pregnancy almost five years ago except for the recent brief conversation agreeing to Vera's visit. He had missed her. He was not a heartless man but he was stubborn and proud. By making it clear to her that he would not allow Vera to live at his home with a baby, he expected that she would come to her senses and get an abortion.

When she did not cave in he remained estranged from her because he could not admit to himself that Vera had possibly made the right decision. Although he had no contact with Vera, he knew Vera talked with her sisters. Thus by enquiring from his other daughters he was apprised of Vera's situation. He was impressed by Vera and by the fact she never asked for any money from him. Thus when Vera phoned he was happy to swallow his pride and looked forward to Vera's visit. He fell in love with his granddaughter on first glimpse. He thought what a fool he had been to distance himself from his remarkable daughter and her delightful child.

Natasha was a great hit with her family especially her aunts and uncles. Leonid and Grusha Starikovich had nine children with a remarkably straight forward birth order; six girls followed by three boys. When Irina, Vera's only younger sister was born, Leonid had resigned himself to be the father of only daughters.

However when the next three born were boys he had envisioned of perfect symmetry; i.e. six girls matched by six boys. However when Dmitri the third son was born Grusha put a kibosh on such hopes. Declaring that nine children were more than enough, she had her tubes tied. Valentina, now 26, the eldest daughter was married with a two year old son and lived in Jackson. The rest of Vera's siblings still lived at home.

The reunion with her family was as pleasurable and enjoyable as Vera could have wished. Everyone was impressed with the fact that Vera had raised Natasha on her own but still went and graduated from high school; and a prestigious private Roman Catholic high school to boot. Her parents were further impressed that she was accepted to the University of Chicago, and agreed that it was wise of her to sit out a year and relax before undertaking strenuous college studies.

None of her sisters were interested in going to college and her brothers, although still too young to tell for sure, showed no academic inclinations either. Thus Vera was likely to be the only one in the family to get a college education. Consequently her sibs and parents were in awe of her complete competence, self assuredness and leadership skills. Thus within a short time in the visit Vera changed from being the pariah in the family to the most respected member despite being a teen aged single mother.

Leonid definitely was taken by Natasha and he suspected she would remain his favorite grandchild no matter how many he would eventually end up with. Upon seeing and hearing Natasha play the child's size violin he recognized her talent and her potential. He had no doubt that Natalie would grow up to be a virtuoso and possessed the great Olga's musical genes. He suggested to Vera that once Natasha was grown enough to tackle the full size Olga's violin that she would undoubtedly have the talent to play it magnificently. Without saying so Leonid implied to Vera that the violin now honestly belonged to Natasha.

During that tense telephone conversation five years previous where Vera advised of her pregnancy, Leonid did not have the chance to ask for the identity of Vera's lover. As Vera demonstrated full command of her life and as she made no mention of past or present male friends, he now respected her enough that he felt he had no business to pry. It was up to her if she wanted to reveal the name of Natasha's father. Her mother and sisters likewise, although curious did not make any demand to know of Natasha's sire. Ruth Williams only knew that Natasha's father's first name was Larry but of course she asked for no more since the name would mean nothing to her. Likewise the rest of the Williams sisters never asked since the true identity would still be unknown to them. Consequently no one and particularly Larry Grant knew the identity of Natasha's paternity.

Vera had resolved to confront Larry, but she was reluctant to take such initiative. On the fourth day of her visit, Vera left Natasha with Grusha so she could freely tour around Crystal Springs to visit her old childhood haunts. She especially wanted to go to the café where she had met Larry those five years before. As soon as she entered she swore in her mind that there must be some sort of karma in play as there was Larry Grant, in person, sitting at a table with some male companions. Deciding there was no point in procrastinating any further, and that she might as well take the opportunity afforded her, she approached Larry and greeted him:

"Hi Larry! Remember me? It's Vera Starikovich."

In truth Larry did not recognize Vera. He had met and fucked quite a lot of girls in high school and countless more when at Southern Mississippi. Thus all the girls he had had were just a blur as his mind was now full of his impending marriage with Pamela and the start of his first NFL training camp. He was staying at his father's home while preparing to commence these major changes in his life and so he happened to be in the café just relaxing with some of his old high school buddies. Looking at her and considering the way Vera had greeted him, he assumed that she was one of the bimbos he had fucked in the distant past. Accordingly Larry replied:

"Oh yes, eh Vera. Nice to see you. How've you been?"

Vera could tell by the way Larry had replied and by his body language that he had not recognized her and her pride was a little hurt. She was not terribly surprised considering Larry was undeniably a STUD and would constantly be chased by women. Still Vera thought that as he had impregnated her surely she should have been on his radar screen. Well no matter, she thought, as the deed must be done, and so she continued:

"I am fine thank you. Listen Larry, I would like to talk to you in private. Could you leave your companions for a few moments?"

Given the attending publicity of his lucrative contract signing with the Atlanta Falcons, Larry believed that Vera was just the type of bimbo that he would invariably attract from now on while in public. Larry surmised in his mind that Vera must be a girl he had previously fucked, and his brain was starting to register that she was indeed familiar looking but he still could not place her. So he was convinced that Vera was a groupie who wanted to reprise their previous sexual encounter especially now that he had become nationally famous.

Upon examining Vera closer he noted her stunning beauty. Larry considered she was even prettier than Pamela. Seeing that she was 5'11'' tall, with luxuriant long golden blonde hair, huge boobs and a body that did not seem to quit he had to admit that she was a pretty good looker and easy on the eyes. As Vera had grown four inches since she was thirteen that probably was a huge factor why Larry did not recognize her.

Her golden blonde curly hair made her appearance absolutely gorgeous and he wondered that if indeed he had fucked her before why he could not remember her. In any case he knew he had no objection to fucking her now and was actually eager to satisfy her presumed as yet unstated wish. He had no scruples with regards to Pamela since after all she had made it abundantly clear that fidelity was not going to be a factor in their marriage. So with the intent to accept Vera's perceived sexual invitation, he replied:

"Not only can I leave my companions, but I can even do one better than that. How would you like a spin in my Jaguar? I have it parked nearby?"

Vera gasped:

"You have a Jaguar?"

Larry got up and took Vera's hand to lead her out of the café and continued:

"Yes it was a perk; a sweetener my agent negotiated for my first NFL contract. It was viewed as an extra signing bonus. Ah here we are. What do you think?"

"Oh wow it's gorgeous!"

Vera was astonished indeed. During the time she had met and knew Larry she had paid little attention to his dreams of succeeding in football and becoming a professional NFL player. She considered it was just a pipe dream. Vera was distracted by learning of Larry's success that she momentarily forgot why she had sought him out. As she got into his Jaguar she just listened fascinated as he spouted off on his accomplishments.

There was nothing better that Larry loved to do than talk about himself and so he was in his element as he took Vera for a ride in his brand new expensive sports car. As he was intending to fuck Vera he knew enough not to jeopardize that possibility by mentioning his impending marriage to Pamela, but he sure as hell wanted to point out that feather in his cap as well.

Larry drove down a country road to the same spot where he had seduced Vera those five years previously. Vera instantly recognized the spot and wondered at his lack of imagination or whether he just did not know of any other appropriate scene for outdoor copulation. She sighed as she recalled the French maxim: "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" or "the more things change the more they stay the same."

Obviously Larry was intending to fuck her but she was somewhat annoyed that he did not appear to realize that he had previously fucked her at this very same location. Vera was not averse to fucking Larry, since she had not had a sex life to speak of and a fuck was a fuck. At least she would be able to chime in with her experience the next time the Williams sisters gathered to recount their sexual adventures. When Larry stopped his car at a clearing and under a tree, he motioned Vera to step out. Then he directed Vera to position herself in the front of the car and Vera sardonically thought: 'Oh yippee! I am going to be fucked draped on a Jaguar. That should top anything the Williams sisters can come up with.'

Larry hiked up Vera's skirt and tugged her panties down to her ankles. For convenience Vera stepped out of her panties and thus was bare-assed. Then Larry did indeed direct Vera to drape herself on the hood of the Jaguar. With her ass bare and cunt exposed Larry freed his cock from his briefs and pants. While remaining fully clothed he thus penetrated her.

This position was awkward and very uncomfortable for Vera. To make matters worse as there had been no foreplay she was as dry as she could possibly be. This was so despite her brain having registered the fact that this was the second sexual intercourse of her life; a factoid that by itself ought to have prompted some moistness. The friction of his cock in her vagina only produced pain and did not promote any pleasure she had been lead to believe she was entitled to.

Mercifully her ordeal was soon over as he was ejaculating after just a few strokes of his cock.

For Vera the final agony of this copulation occurred as he was withdrawing his wilting cock from her. Her body had started to successfully dispel the pain sensations and was churning out the pleasure endorphins to pave the way for an orgasm. When her brain registered the knowledge that he was spent and there would be no further activity in her love canal, the disappointment was overwhelming causing an agonizing pain more terrible than the previous pain she had felt. She had to bite her lips from letting out agonizing sobs. Larry interpreted Vera's obviously visible distress as evidence of a rather intense orgasm and was pleased with himself.

As the new pain started to subside all Vera could think was that this was not the sex that the poets raved about. She was thinking that if she experienced any more sex like this, she would apply for admittance to the nearest convent of nuns. However she knew from seeing Ruth Williams in action and the stories she heard from the Williams sisters sex can certainly be a whole lot better than what Larry Grant provided.

Well at least she wasn't going to be pregnant this time. Aside from the IUD in her she had noticed that Larry utilized a condom. She wondered if this was as a result of their sexual intercourse of five years ago? No matter, it was time to discuss with Larry what was actually her purpose of accosting him in the first place. So after putting her panties back on, she diplomatically started:

"Well that was nice Larry. But I get the impression that you still have not recognized me."

Larry sheepishly replied:

"I do admit you look familiar but I cannot recall the circumstances of our previous meeting."

"We fucked at this very same place a little over five years ago. I am starting to think this is your private lover's lane. Now today there will be no consequences as a result of our fun as I have protection and I noticed you prudently used a condom. That was not the case five years ago."

Now full recognition hit Larry as he replied:

"Of course! Yes Vera. I should have recognized you by name alone as no other female before or since has claimed to be impregnated by me."

"Claimed? You honestly think I bamboozled you in getting $5,000 from you upon a false claim of pregnancy."

"As I remember it you were pretty convincing and persuasive so I did give you the money to get an abortion. But whether you really were pregnant or not it's all water under the bridge now. If you fooled me well then I congratulate you. I certainly don't begrudge the money now. Considering my circumstances now five grand is just chump change."

"Well I did fool you Larry, but not the way you are thinking. You see I did not get an abortion but I had the baby so you are a father of a very pretty girl whom I've named Natasha."

Larry burst out in rage and angrily retorted:

"What the fuck are you talking about? What bullshit are you trying to hand me? I paid you to get an abortion. I even remember now putting you on a bus to go to Chicago to get an abortion. So if you got pregnant again you can't pin it on me. I know this much that I've never fucked you again until today."

"The same arguments convincing you that I was pregnant still holds true for the fact that I have a child sired by you. When I got the $5,000 from you to get an abortion I stayed in Chicago and have lived there ever since. This week has been my first trip back to Crystal Springs to visit my family. I brought with me Natasha who is now four years old and I have a birth certificate for her that lists me as her mother. I live with four sisters who have seen me raise this child for the past four years. Actually the oldest sister was at the birth and can attest to seeing Natasha born from my body. But if absolute proof is required a blood test would be mere formality to confirm that I am the mother of Natasha.

As to the identity of the father of Natasha, I am fairly certain I was not visited by the Holy Ghost and so Natasha was not born of Immaculate Conception. As of this moment I can say I have had sex on only two occasions and both were with you. For that reason I can confidently say that you are the father of Natasha and naturally I would co-operate in facilitating a blood test to confirm the paternity."

Larry replied rather disconcertedly: "You sure are lippy. There is no need to be so sarcastic."

"I do indeed wish for a civilized discussion. But it is hard for me to be civil when I'm not believed and I'm only insulted."

Larry then observed: "You said five years ago, you would have an abortion and I paid you $5,000 to make it happen. Now you tell me that you did not get an abortion but instead had 'our' child. How do I know you did not get pregnant again or for that matter were never pregnant by me and now you are trying to palm this child off as mine? I am especially suspicious of you so belatedly claiming my fatherhood at this time just when I have become rich and famous; I just find this timing too convenient for you."

Vera patiently replied: "You are not seeing the forest for the trees Larry. I admit I may have led you to believe I had acquiesced to your demand that I get an abortion. However I believe I never specifically stated that I would get an abortion. But that is neither here nor there. The main point as I've stated is that if you doubt my child is yours then a blood test will easily confirm one way or another. Look Larry in seeking you out now, my intention is not to ruin your life. It's not like I am demanding you marry me."

"Marriage? Fat chance! If you don't know it already, you should be interested to know that I am to marry Pamela Rose on July 4th."

Vera gasped in yet further astonishment as she certainly was aware of who Pamela Rose was:

"Pamela Rose? The singer? 'The' Pamela Rose?"

"Yes indeed 'The' Pamela Rose. So you can see a nobody like you is of no consequence to me."

Vera snorted:

"Ha! So if you are truly going to marry Pamela Rose then why the hell are you fucking me now? Yes I did not resist your advances but you cannot deny that you made those advances. You wanted to fuck me despite your supposed pending nuptials."

"Pamela and I have a special understanding. Ours is an open modern commitment."

"Oh wow! A marriage made in heaven for sure. Look Larry I am not intending to ruin your rich and famous life. When I approached you today I did not even know you were rich and famous. I am not a sports fan so I was unaware of your successful college career."

"So what did you have in my mind when you approached me?"

"Well after telling you about Natasha, yes I was going to ask you for some child support if you could spare it as I sure could use some. Although since I have managed to look after Natasha for all four years of her life I am cool with a refusal should you not wish to provide any child support. My main reason for meeting you is to ask if you would like to be part of Natasha's life; you know like visits, lengthier visits even a vacation or two. You would be proud of Natasha and be delighted with her. She is a very pretty girl and sharp as a whip. She looks a lot like me but she does have some features of you. Do you think you would want to see her now while I'm in Crystal Springs?" Larry did not answer Vera directly but instead asked:

"Have you told anyone that I am the father of your child?"

Vera was surprised by the apparent non sequitur question, but she answered:

"No Larry I've not told anyone. In a pique I did not even name you in Natasha's birth records which shows father as unknown. I h've not even told my family who Natasha's father is. Actually since I had never had a date, as I was too young to date, my parents and siblings have no idea to even guess or suspect who might be my 'lover'."