Chapter 16: The Love of a Sub

“Well now that we are here I am going to have some dinner. Will you guys join me?” I asked them all.

Once again, Terry, Cindy and Miriam had other plans, while Mia had to go back to the site and check on everything before locking up. She turned to Emily and told her, “Babe, why don’t you have an early dinner with your great Aunt?”

I stood up to say my goodbyes, hugging all and sundry. Places little kisses on their cheeks as they left. I grabbed Emily’s hand and walked her through to the riverfront dining room and my table.

“Why do you want me all dressed up when you meet this Jean-Paul person tomorrow.” She asked.

“He will see the resemblance between you and the painting. You and Mia might get a free trip to Paris possibly. The romantic city on the Seine, you’d enjoy that wouldn’t you?” I asked her.

“Too right we would.” She said smiling. “Are you happy with the way the building is turning out?” I asked.

“So far I am yes, I still have a few ideas I need to run past Erica about the dining area on the top floor.”

“You can run them past me if you want?” I told her.

She smiled at me and looked down at the table and then looked at me with a straight face and said, “No, Aunt Kathy, I can’t, that wouldn’t be very professional of me. I am being paid by Erica to do some interior design work on the building. So if I say no to Mia then I have to say no to you too. You understand don’t you?” She had such a look on her face. A combination of a little fear and resolve.

I looked at her, smiled and told her as a matter of fact. “You are 100% right. I am so proud of you Emily.” Then I looked at her again and asked. “Did you really say no to Mia?”

She didn’t answer me, just smiled.

“Where is Michelle tonight?” She asked looking around the room.

“She is home I am guessing, she has a little something she wants to get done and now is the perfect time to do it, apparenty,” I replied.

Menus were delivered by our waitress Kym, who lent down and whispered to me, that a young lady in the main bar was asking after me. “Show her to my table” I instructed her.

Kym went and brought the said young lady to me, it was Michelle. I smiled, stood and hugged her deeply, kissed her and sat her down. The discreet nature of all my previous rendezvous were now thrown out the door. There was no mistaking my greeting, we were lovers, and no one could mistake what they saw.

Emily smiled warmly at us. And Michelle said, “Oh wow Madame, je pense que je viendrai dîner avec vous plus souvent si vous me saluez comme ça.” [Oh wow Madam, I think I will come and eat dinner with you more often if you greet me like that.]

“No need to speak in French in front of Emily, or Mia either. They know you understand everything I say.” I explained.

“But why are you here? Did you not go home and fulfil your fantasy?” I asked.

“We did not my Mistress, when I explained to Louie what I wanted, she laughed at me and said that I am a lucky girl to have you as my girlfriend. And that I should wait until our agreed time.” She said then put on a sad face.

Emily looked at us and smiled broadly then asked. “Are you two planning a naughty weekend with Louie from work?” her eyes were wide open now and she was almost gushing about a liaison with her.

“She is so hot, and sexy, I think both Mia and I are drooling over her most days.” She let on.

“Don’t you go and spoil such a wonderful thing you have with Mia over a little bit on the side,” I said sharply.

Michelle gave me such a look, but Emily told me right up front. “Hang on, you were just saying that you and Michelle are going to meet up with Louie and that’s OK, but Mia and I can’t? You hypocrite.” She told me and laughed.

And then Michelle moved her seat around to sit closer with Emily and said the same thing. I looked at them pleading for forgiveness.

As I looked at them together, I couldn’t help but smile and I took a deep breath as Mia joined us.

“What’s going on?” She asked as she leaned in and kissed Emily and Michelle moved her seat around the table to make room for her.

“I made an error and your girlfriend there put me in my place,” I told her.

She looked over at her undid another button on her shirt and said “Good for her. She needs to stand up for herself more often.” Then kissed her again.

Michelle looked at them and then at me. She reached out her hand and I took it, she squeezed it and looked so lovingly into my eyes. I smiled and cocked my head as only we Ambrose’s do.

We sat there for hours, the four of us chatting, laughing, sharing naughty little tidbits of information. Enjoying our meals and the wine of course. Even Michelle had begrudgingly come around and admitted that some Australian wines were not too bad. After our meals and two bottles of Penfolds, we said our good nights to them and told them to be at our place around 9 so we can be ready for Jean-Paul from the gallery.

And right on time at 9 am and they were there, Michelle was finishing her shower, but I was dressed and ready for the day, well the morning part of the day.

I sent Emily into Michelle’s room as she had some plans to make Emily look a little more like one of the paintings, none of the naked parts. Mia and I went into the family room and caught up with the plans for the two cellars and the tunnel.

“We still don’t know where it leads to. What with all the commotion the other day, it got forgotten about.” Mia stated.