Chapter 7: An Unhappy Announcement

Weeks flew by with the Laura Sue doing the same thing almost every day. Her favorite thing to do was lay out by the pool during the day while the guests swam and tanned. Laura Sue hardly ever saw Randolph, except for at night when he would come into their suite and make love to her before leaving. Each time, Laura Sue would close her eyes and pretend that she was really making love to Bronson, but the harsh reality hit when she opened her eyes and saw Randolph. He spent most of the days in his office and following his mother around and that made her even more demanding for his attention. Every once in a while, Randolph would promise her a weekend away, but his promises were always hollow and never fulfilled. Something important would always come up and he would cancel.

Laura Sue began to feel more and more lonely with each passing day. Every time she tried to get some time alone with Randolph, his mother gave him some important task to perform. This made her resent her mother-in-law for it proved that she wasn't the most important thing in her husband's life. Her father-in-law, who insisted she call him Bill, had kept her company as often as he could, but he was usually away on business trips. One night, Laura Sue had decided to wait for Randolph to come back to their suite, but he hadn't shown up by one in the morning. She became very angry and stormed downstairs to his office. She burst into his office with her face crimson colored and her eyes ablaze. Randolph had fallen asleep at his desk and awoken in such a fright when Laura Sue had burst in.

"For god's sake, Laura Sue!" he cried out, "What is wrong with you?"

Laura Sue looked at him and then shut the doors behind her. She stepped closer to the desk and traced his face with her feminine fingers. Randolph looked at her in a startled manner and started to say something when she placed her forefinger over his lips to keep him quite.

"Don't say a word," she drawled and stepped back. She untied her robe and let it drop to the floor showing her naked body.

Laura Sue's lips curved into a seductive smile as Randolph's eyes got big and round. He took a deep breath and looked away completely embarrassed. Laura Sue sat down on his lap and pressed her naked breasts against his heaving chest. Oh, how she enjoyed teasing him and making him feel horribly uncomfortable. He was so different from Bronson and yet so handsome in a schoolboy way. She started to unbuckle his pants, but his own hands caught hers firmly.

"What are you doing?" he whispered in a disapproving voice that sounded so much like his mother's, "Not right now, Laura, not in here!"

Randolph pushed Laura Sue off of him and picked up her robe and shoved it towards her. She grabbed it reluctantly and placed it around her shoulders without tying it. When he had seen she had done as he said, Randolph sat back down at his desk and began looking over his papers as if she wasn't even there. Stunned and even angrier, Laura Sue grabbed his papers and, in doing so, crumbled them in her clenched fists. She threw them at a very astonished Randolph and stormed towards the doors of his office.

She turned around and glared at Randolph before saying, "If you don't come up to our suite in ten minutes and make love to me, Randolph Cutler, I will leave you!"

With that, she left his office and headed up to their suite. She had to wait only ten minutes before Randolph came rushing in. Laura Sue was already in bed and waited impatiently for him to join her. She whined and moaned and insisted he hurry before she fell asleep. Randolph practically dove into bed and began caressing and kissing her quickly. He made love to her like he had never before and, just before they peaked in ecstasy, Laura Sue cried out his name. After he had spent himself, Randolph rolled off and slept like a baby. Laura Sue sat up for half an hour contemplating on their moment of ecstasy.

A few months later, Laura Sue awoke with a startling feeling of nausea. She rushed to the bathroom and made it just in time before vomiting. When she was done, she took a cold shower and dressed in a silky pantsuit. Laura Sue put on some light make-up and headed down stairs on wobbly legs. She held onto the banister as she descended the steps and walked into the dining room. Randolph and his mother and father were already seated and eating when she entered the dining room. Randolph got up to meet his wife and helped her to the table.

"Are you all right, Laura?" he asked her worriedly. By now, most of the people in the room had noticed how pale and sickly she looked.

Laura Sue looked up into the concerned face of her father-in-law and, then, into the scrutinizing face of her mother-in-law. "I'm feeling terribly nauseas, this morning." She said softly.

Mr. and Mrs. Cutler exchanged worried looks. Everyone was quiet for a while and they all were watching Laura Sue. This made her so nervous and then it happened again. She dashed from the room and almost didn't make it in time into the nearest bathroom. Laura Sue was sitting on the floor in front of the commode when she heard a firm knock at the door.

"Laura Sue," she heard her mother-in-law's steely cold voice say, "I want you to go up to your rooms immediately and get into bed. I will be up shortly."

In less than an hour, the doctor had arrived and began to examine Laura Sue. By the time he was finished, a conclusion had been made that caused her to feel empty inside. "Mrs. Cutler," the doctor said to her mother-in-law, "Your daughter- in-law, here, is pregnant. I want you to make sure that she doesn't do anything to serious."

Laura Sue watched as the doctor left and positioned herself comfortably in her bed. She closed her eyes and silently cried out. How could she have gotten pregnant so quickly? She began to cry heart-wrenching sobs and her mother-in-law came in.

"You stop that, girl!" she bellowed out, "You're going to be a mother now and I'm going to have to make the best of this."

With that, Laura Sue stopped crying and glared at her mother-in-law. She watched as Lillian left the room and then closed her eyes and gave way to a sort of unconsciousness sleep. Lillian's sharp words kept ringing in her mind.