A Better Day is Coming part 25
NC17 for language
This story take place in the mid 1950's
I own nothing and expect even less
Thank you Chely for all your help
It had been three weeks since they had all come back from the honeymoon. Phillip had been away and back on Spaulding business twice already. Tino was busy working with the contractor to get the townhouses ready for them to move in. He needed that to keep moving because he was going to be out of town for over a month working on a mural he had been commissioned to do before the wedding. Luckily it was in Manhattan's Grand Central Station and Phillip would be in New York on business at least twice while he was gone.
Natalia was sitting in a booth at Company waiting for Olivia, who was out parking the car. They had both decided that it was better if they didn't have lunch up in the suite. Lunch became a three hour break and the afternoon was lost. It was much better if they just went out for lunch. Completely out of the hotel seemed to work the best. Natalia was looking over the menu just to keep busy. She knew what was on it by heart.
Natalia looked up and smiled when she heard the front door open and Olivia walked in. Olivia was wearing a new navy blue suite, with the pale pink blouse that Natalia liked so much. Natalia didn't know how Olivia did it, but it was mid day and she still looked like she just gotten dressed. Natalia lowered her eyes so that no one would see the desire growing in them. Unfortunately she was too late.
Chief Cooper was sitting at a table eating his lunch when Natalia walked in. She was a conundrum for him. Why would a beautiful young woman marry a man that clearly was not a man. 'Tino is a faggot as sure as my name is Frank. Why is she giving up her chance to have a family to cover for that faggot?'
He watched her sit down and pick up the menu to read. He almost turned his head when she looked up, but she was looking at the door not him. He watched her face flush as she smiled. He turned his head to follow the gaze of her eyes. He smiled when he saw the same flush on the widow Lewis. They were all queer. All four of them. 'Now all I have to do is catch them in their own lies.'
The chief set his newspaper down and got up from his table and started over to Natalia's table. Olivia was just sitting down. Buzz was just coming out if the kitchen with a lunch order he thought was to heavy for a waitress to carry by themselves. He saw the look on his son's face and knew this wasn't going to go well. What ever Frank was up to was going to be a problem for Olivia. He dropped off the order and headed over to Frank.
"Well hello Mrs. Augustino and the widow Lewis, how nice to see you both." Olivia saw the shit eating grin on his face and knew they were going to need they're best to keep Frankie from getting what ever he was after.
"Chief Cooper it's so nice to see you. Please you know I've remarried. It's Mrs. Spaulding now. How are you and your lovely wife and daughter?" Buzz walked up at that point.
"Well look who's here! Only two of the prettiest girls in town! Frank what are you doing over here? These ladies are newlyweds now. You lost your chance with them and anyway they're only a few years older the Marina." Buzz started to laugh. Olivia realized what Buzz was up to and started to go along with the lovable old man.
"I'm only sorry you never gave me a second look Buzz or Frankie, you would have been my stepson in a New York minute." Buzz blushed like a school boy. Frank only raised an eyebrow.
"So Natalia is Tino going to get his wish?" Natalia wasn't sure what Frank was talking about, but it felt like he was trying to trap her in a lie.
"Tino has a lot of wishes. Which one are you talking about, because next month he leaves for New York to paint a mural on one of the walls in Manhattan's Grand Central Station. He's dreamed of something like that happening since we were in junior high school." She smiled sweetly at him. Showing just a hint of dimples. Frank smirked.
"No, not that. I was thinking about his wish for you to become with child. He seems to want a big family. You're not getting any younger are you?" Natalia was taken aback. How dare he speak to her like that.
"Mr. Cooper, I don't know how you were raised, but you will not speak to me about such a personal matter ever again. Whether I am with child or not is absolutely none of your business." She looked him right in the eye and did not back down.
Frank got a mean smile on his face. He leaned in with his back to Buzz, so only Olivia and Natalia could hear what he had to say.
"I know and you know there will be no babies. I also know and you know that not only are both your husbands faggots, but you two are dykes. Don't you dare try to deny it. I'll catch you in a mistake and then I'll get all of you perverts off my streets." Frank stood up. When Olivia started to protest, Frank just started to laugh and walk back to his table.
"Ladies, I'm so sorry! I didn't hear what he said but from the looks on your faces, it must have been awful. Please lunch is on me today." Buzz was very upset with his son. He knew Frank could be a jerk, but he never acted like this with women before.
Natalia didn't hear a word Buzz said. The only thing that kept running through her mind was 'I'll get all you perverts off my streets.' This was bad, this was very bad. She wanted out of Company as fast as she could.
Olivia needed to get control of her emotions. She didn't know if she wanted to scream at Frank, telling him how wrong he was or burst out in tears. Neither would help the situation. She could feel the fear rolling off of Natalia. Without much thought she said the first thing that popped into her head.
"Buzz your son is a vile man. I have never heard such nasty language in my life. Not only will I not be eating lunch here today, I may never eat here again. Come on Natalia let's get out of here. We'll spend our money in a place where they don't allow such behavior." Olivia took Natalia's hand and helped her get out of the booth. Olivia took Natalia's elbow and rushed her out the door.
Olivia held on to Natalia. She was walking them, as rapidly as she could, to the car. She knew Natalia was barely holding on. They made it to the car and Olivia opened the door and put Natalia into the passenger seat. She ran around and got in the driver's side.
"It's ok baby. It's ok. We're going to pick Tino up at the townhouses and get ahold of Phillip and have him meet us at the suite. We will figure this out. He will pay for talking to you like that. I will make sure of it. No one talks to you like that. No one!" Olivia almost pealed out of her parking spot and headed towards the townhouses.
TBC