CHAPTER 3: The Arrival of Kat
Mia paced around the living room. The house, after nearly 4 hours of complaining, was completely spotless. She had made sure everything was neat and perfect. Even the boys had passed her test. Except for Rowen.
He had emerged from the room he shared with Cye a half hour earlier, wearing his boxers, a Jurassic Park sweatshirt and nothing else. Seeing how Rowen was totally unprepared for the expected guest, Mia attacked him with her granny's antique candlestick and threatened to make him "push up daisies".
She had chased him all over the house until Ryo and Cye stepped in and restrained Mia. Rowen huffed up stairs to quickly put some clothes on. In fact, Rowen had just appeared at the top of the stairs when the door bell rang.
DING-DONG!
Mia jumped a mile into the air, for the bell had frightened her. "Oh! It's her! Out of my way. Sit on the sofas, you! Look as pleasant as you can!" Mia threw open the door, "Ka . . .t?" Mia had not expected this. Oh, no, not at all . . .
"Mia, amour! Hee hee!" a tall, infectionous, bleached blonde woman smiled at Mia and giggled. She had obvious silicone breasts and a fake, orangy tan. Her glassy cerulean eyes were framed with big dark lashes, drenched in sticky mascara. Her salmon pink lips were surgically bee stung. She wore a pastel pink cowboy hat with matching mini skirt, tube top, and go-go boots. A fake mink was draped elegantly around her shoulders. The woman dropped her bags and hugged Mia.
"Kat?! . . . Oh-"
Kat smiled, "I know, I look a lot different from high school, thank God! Well, Vanessa, Sugar Baby and I are here!"
Mia stared in wonder. No way. Not even a slight resemblance to the Kat Sakai she knew. It took her a moment to recompose herself. "Pardon me for asking, but what are Vanessa and Sugar Baby?"
Kat, who was still standing in the doorway stepped aside. A small brunette little girl was standing behind her, holding an extremely ugly little dog. "Hee hee, why, since you mentioned the boys, I figured they and Vanessa, that's my daughter, could play together. And Sugar is my puppy baby! Yes you are!" she paused to tickle the puppy. "Now, how old are the boys? Whose their father? Do I know him?"
Mia gasped, "You have a child?! Kat! You never mentioned that! Or a dog!! Wha . . . what made you bring them?"
"You mentioned the boys, so I figured . . . you had kids . . ."
"WHAT!!!!???? No, no, no, Katrina, darling, the boys are my room mates. We can't possibly . . . oh lord! Just, please, come in, won't you."
Kat flashed a winning grin, "Thanks! Vanessa, come here, sweets!"
Vanessa dumped the dog on the floor and buried her face in her mother. Kat scrambled after Mia into the living room, where five miserable looking boys sat. She shoved Vanessa from her legs and smiled again.
"Mom?" Rowen said in disbelief. His dear mother, Ms. Hashiba was going through another "hair-bleach-and-plastic-surgery" stage.
Kat's face went blank, "Escuse` moi? Mamon? No, I am not your mother. I am Katrina Sakai. Daughter of the French cosmetics executive Belle Marie la Moire and Japanese business man Takeshi Sakai. I have but one child, Vanessa Midori Sakai. And who might you fine young men be?"
Each of the terribly annoyed boys introduced themselves. After they did, Kat burst into giggles, "Enchante! Ha ha ha ha!! Gomen, everyone."
The very uncomfortable Mia then showed Kat, Vanessa and Sugar Baby to Sage's nearly empty bed room. Vanessa and Sugar fell asleep on the tiny futon in the middle of the room. Mia and Kat exited the room and returned down stairs.
As they did, the phone rang.
Mia paced around the living room. The house, after nearly 4 hours of complaining, was completely spotless. She had made sure everything was neat and perfect. Even the boys had passed her test. Except for Rowen.
He had emerged from the room he shared with Cye a half hour earlier, wearing his boxers, a Jurassic Park sweatshirt and nothing else. Seeing how Rowen was totally unprepared for the expected guest, Mia attacked him with her granny's antique candlestick and threatened to make him "push up daisies".
She had chased him all over the house until Ryo and Cye stepped in and restrained Mia. Rowen huffed up stairs to quickly put some clothes on. In fact, Rowen had just appeared at the top of the stairs when the door bell rang.
DING-DONG!
Mia jumped a mile into the air, for the bell had frightened her. "Oh! It's her! Out of my way. Sit on the sofas, you! Look as pleasant as you can!" Mia threw open the door, "Ka . . .t?" Mia had not expected this. Oh, no, not at all . . .
"Mia, amour! Hee hee!" a tall, infectionous, bleached blonde woman smiled at Mia and giggled. She had obvious silicone breasts and a fake, orangy tan. Her glassy cerulean eyes were framed with big dark lashes, drenched in sticky mascara. Her salmon pink lips were surgically bee stung. She wore a pastel pink cowboy hat with matching mini skirt, tube top, and go-go boots. A fake mink was draped elegantly around her shoulders. The woman dropped her bags and hugged Mia.
"Kat?! . . . Oh-"
Kat smiled, "I know, I look a lot different from high school, thank God! Well, Vanessa, Sugar Baby and I are here!"
Mia stared in wonder. No way. Not even a slight resemblance to the Kat Sakai she knew. It took her a moment to recompose herself. "Pardon me for asking, but what are Vanessa and Sugar Baby?"
Kat, who was still standing in the doorway stepped aside. A small brunette little girl was standing behind her, holding an extremely ugly little dog. "Hee hee, why, since you mentioned the boys, I figured they and Vanessa, that's my daughter, could play together. And Sugar is my puppy baby! Yes you are!" she paused to tickle the puppy. "Now, how old are the boys? Whose their father? Do I know him?"
Mia gasped, "You have a child?! Kat! You never mentioned that! Or a dog!! Wha . . . what made you bring them?"
"You mentioned the boys, so I figured . . . you had kids . . ."
"WHAT!!!!???? No, no, no, Katrina, darling, the boys are my room mates. We can't possibly . . . oh lord! Just, please, come in, won't you."
Kat flashed a winning grin, "Thanks! Vanessa, come here, sweets!"
Vanessa dumped the dog on the floor and buried her face in her mother. Kat scrambled after Mia into the living room, where five miserable looking boys sat. She shoved Vanessa from her legs and smiled again.
"Mom?" Rowen said in disbelief. His dear mother, Ms. Hashiba was going through another "hair-bleach-and-plastic-surgery" stage.
Kat's face went blank, "Escuse` moi? Mamon? No, I am not your mother. I am Katrina Sakai. Daughter of the French cosmetics executive Belle Marie la Moire and Japanese business man Takeshi Sakai. I have but one child, Vanessa Midori Sakai. And who might you fine young men be?"
Each of the terribly annoyed boys introduced themselves. After they did, Kat burst into giggles, "Enchante! Ha ha ha ha!! Gomen, everyone."
The very uncomfortable Mia then showed Kat, Vanessa and Sugar Baby to Sage's nearly empty bed room. Vanessa and Sugar fell asleep on the tiny futon in the middle of the room. Mia and Kat exited the room and returned down stairs.
As they did, the phone rang.