I knew he would be surprised.I knew he would be surprised. At 32, Amanda had never looked better. Blonde, blue-eyed, with fantastic skin and a drop-dead body, she was a knock-out, in that clean, All-American way. Greg gave her a long, tight hug and ended the embrace with a loud, wet kiss on her lips. "Mandy, you are one prime piece of woman. The last time I saw you, you were a little scrawny thing, riding by the house on your bike. You sure have developed! Now, just what the hell are you doing, hitched up to a little geek like Jim?" Amanda blushed and giggled when Greg patted her rear, but I saw the little look she shot me. I had warned her that I remembered Greg as being rude and crude, and hadn't expected the army to improve on that attitude very much. After showing Greg his room, we all moved out to the patio, by the pool, and had a few drinks. By his second beer, Greg was acting so at home, you would have thought it was his house. A little later, Cindy got home from school. My pride and joy, I thanked the stars, every day, that Cindy got her Mom's genes in the looks department. Also blonde and blue-eyed, she was just beautiful, my sweet and innocent little girl. It was her last day of school for the summer, and when she joined us, I introduced her to Greg. He was crumbling his empty beer cans the way I'd crumble a sheet of writing paper and telling us all the places he had been in the last 20 years. I got some steaks out for the grill, and we all changed into swimsuits. I noticed Amanda wore her most modest one-piece, but unfortunately, my daughter, at 14, didn't have a bathing suit her Father considered modest. We all went into the pool and Greg showed off his hard body and began horsing around with everyone, pulling us under, splashing, throwing the girls up into the air, and doing cannonballs from the side. One time, he wrestled me to the bottom, and I came up blubbering and gasping for air. I used that opportunity to get out of the pool and check on the food. Greg got out of the pool, popped open another beer, and sat down beside me. |