that breakfast? I’m suddenly famished.”
“I’ll meet you on the deck,” Mavis replied, gathering plates and flatware.
Ida hurried back to her room and took one of the fastest showers she’d ever taken in her life. God forbid if any of the girls caught the slightest scent of sex emanating from her body. When it came to sex, their olfactory senses were equal to that of a record-holding bloodhound, and she was sure that only the aroma of fresh coffee had kept Mavis from catching the lingering scent.
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Cigarette smoke spewed forth from Toots’s and Sophie’s mouths like steam from a matched pair of locomotives as they reclined on the deck. Whirls of the exhaust fumes from inhaled nicotine rose above their heads like evanescent halos.
“God, if I didn’t know better, I’d think this place was on fire. You two need to give up that nasty habit,” Ida said as she pulled up a weathered deck chair beside Sophie.
“I tell you what. When you give up men, I’ll give up smoking. Deal?” Sophie said as she took another drag from her cigarette.
“Kiss my ass,” Ida offered.
In her usual stinging tone, Sophie replied, “I doubt there’s a spot that hasn’t been kissed already. No thanks, I don’t want the germs.”
Mavis stepped onto the deck and placed the platter of fruit on the ledge of the deck with the plates and flatware by its side. “Now, girls, let’s not start this gorgeous day by bickering with one another. Let’s all have a healthy breakfast and catch up on what’s been going on in our lives.”
Coco chose that moment to appear on the deck. “Ruff, ruff.”
“I see the Queen minus her royal court has arrived,” Ida noted sarcastically.
Coco, four pounds of dynamite, growled at her, revealing tiny sharp white teeth.
“Don’t tease her, Ida. It scares her,” Mavis said.
“Bullshit; that dog isn’t afraid of anything except missing her next meal,” Toots said, laughing between puffs on her cigarette. “She is a cutie, though I have to agree with Ida. She really is a bit on the spoiled side.”
Ida and Sophie looked at one another and grinned.
“That’s much better,” Mavis remarked as she dished up plates of fruit, passing them to the three women gathered around the small glass table. “So what’s on the agenda for today, ladies?” Mavis asked between bites of luscious fruit. She’d lost so much weight and so quickly that she barely recognized herself these days. She’d gone from a size twenty-two to a size fourteen in a matter of months.
Toots caught Sophie’s eye. “Sophie is going to help me with a few projects around here. Right, Soph?”
“Yes, I most certainly am. Projects I’ve never attempted before.”
Ida offered, “Please tell me one of them is removing that dreadful mirror from the ceiling in my room. It scares me every morning when I wake up and see myself.”
Sophie cackled like a chicken. “It would me, too, if I looked like you did first thing in the morning!”
“You old bitch! You ought to be ashamed. I’ve seen what you look like in the morning, and it’s not pretty. In fact, if I didn’t know you, I’d be frightened to death confronting such…ugliness,” Ida replied, a big grin spreading over her face.
They all burst out laughing. Yes, Ida was definitely back to her I-am-queen-of-the-world self once again.
And that was a good thing.
“I’m sick of your whining, but I have to agree with you on the mirror. It needs to go. The construction crew won’t begin demolishing the inside of this place until next week, but I think that between the four of us, we should be able to manage to remove that god-awful thing without too much effort. We’ll do it right after we finish this lovely breakfast Mavis has served us. What in the hell happened to my Froot Loops?” Toots asked. “You know I am not particularly fond of eating
“I’ll meet you on the deck,” Mavis replied, gathering plates and flatware.
Ida hurried back to her room and took one of the fastest showers she’d ever taken in her life. God forbid if any of the girls caught the slightest scent of sex emanating from her body. When it came to sex, their olfactory senses were equal to that of a record-holding bloodhound, and she was sure that only the aroma of fresh coffee had kept Mavis from catching the lingering scent.
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Cigarette smoke spewed forth from Toots’s and Sophie’s mouths like steam from a matched pair of locomotives as they reclined on the deck. Whirls of the exhaust fumes from inhaled nicotine rose above their heads like evanescent halos.
“God, if I didn’t know better, I’d think this place was on fire. You two need to give up that nasty habit,” Ida said as she pulled up a weathered deck chair beside Sophie.
“I tell you what. When you give up men, I’ll give up smoking. Deal?” Sophie said as she took another drag from her cigarette.
“Kiss my ass,” Ida offered.
In her usual stinging tone, Sophie replied, “I doubt there’s a spot that hasn’t been kissed already. No thanks, I don’t want the germs.”
Mavis stepped onto the deck and placed the platter of fruit on the ledge of the deck with the plates and flatware by its side. “Now, girls, let’s not start this gorgeous day by bickering with one another. Let’s all have a healthy breakfast and catch up on what’s been going on in our lives.”
Coco chose that moment to appear on the deck. “Ruff, ruff.”
“I see the Queen minus her royal court has arrived,” Ida noted sarcastically.
Coco, four pounds of dynamite, growled at her, revealing tiny sharp white teeth.
“Don’t tease her, Ida. It scares her,” Mavis said.
“Bullshit; that dog isn’t afraid of anything except missing her next meal,” Toots said, laughing between puffs on her cigarette. “She is a cutie, though I have to agree with Ida. She really is a bit on the spoiled side.”
Ida and Sophie looked at one another and grinned.
“That’s much better,” Mavis remarked as she dished up plates of fruit, passing them to the three women gathered around the small glass table. “So what’s on the agenda for today, ladies?” Mavis asked between bites of luscious fruit. She’d lost so much weight and so quickly that she barely recognized herself these days. She’d gone from a size twenty-two to a size fourteen in a matter of months.
Toots caught Sophie’s eye. “Sophie is going to help me with a few projects around here. Right, Soph?”
“Yes, I most certainly am. Projects I’ve never attempted before.”
Ida offered, “Please tell me one of them is removing that dreadful mirror from the ceiling in my room. It scares me every morning when I wake up and see myself.”
Sophie cackled like a chicken. “It would me, too, if I looked like you did first thing in the morning!”
“You old bitch! You ought to be ashamed. I’ve seen what you look like in the morning, and it’s not pretty. In fact, if I didn’t know you, I’d be frightened to death confronting such…ugliness,” Ida replied, a big grin spreading over her face.
They all burst out laughing. Yes, Ida was definitely back to her I-am-queen-of-the-world self once again.
And that was a good thing.
“I’m sick of your whining, but I have to agree with you on the mirror. It needs to go. The construction crew won’t begin demolishing the inside of this place until next week, but I think that between the four of us, we should be able to manage to remove that god-awful thing without too much effort. We’ll do it right after we finish this lovely breakfast Mavis has served us. What in the hell happened to my Froot Loops?” Toots asked. “You know I am not particularly fond of eating
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