Making an effort

Jodie sat at the small table, legs crossed at the knee, bouncing her foot. Adam had decided to go for a swim this morning, she thought he was crazy till he told her the pool was heated. So she had made her way down to the large kitchen and met a nice man in a crisp white uniform. She spoke to him a little, finding out his name was Carlos and he was from El Savador. “I will have breakfast ready in say.” The large man looked back at some of the uncooked things he was prepping. “Twenty minutes, if you you wish to dine with Mr. and Mrs Wesker.” Jodie shook her head. She did want to eat with them, sitting as a family eating breakfast together sounded lovely, but Adam didn’t tend to eat breakfast and he was exercising. The idea of sitting at the table with his parents while he wasn’t there was frightening, like using a tightrope without a net. “Could I like, maybe just eat in here?” She said pointing to a small table in a nook next to a large window. “That company of someone so lovely, that I would never turn away. Please, have a seat. Could I get you something to drink? Coffee, orange juice, a soda?” Jodie bit her lip, coffee, the caffeine sounded divine. She could tell she was on edge, and at least one of her cravings needed to be fed. “Coffee would be wonderful Carlos, thank you.”

The kitchen itself looked like it was something out of an old movie, but had all modern equipment. Jodie noticed Carlos looking at her as she walked by and when she sat down crossing her leg. It brought a smile to her face, it was nice that her efforts were appreciated. Today she wore a black tight sweater blouse with long sleeves, but it hardly touched her shoulders. Her skirt was a long wool plaid skirt, grays, blacks and a little green that came down just below her knees. Below that she wore tights, doing the layers like before to stay warm when she went out shopping today for a dress. All she had to do was wear her coat to cover her mostly bare shoulders and she thought she would be fine going out to see the different shops nearby. On her feet were a pair of single sole glossy black peep toe slingbacks. She remembered when she went to the store with Adam and Tiffany to get them and a few others. She thought she was going to break an ankle or her neck back then trying to walk in them and most girls definitely considered them a sitting shoe. Of course back then she didn’t want to wear any heels, but now she loved how they made her legs and ass look and how it made people look at her. They weren’t what she would call comfortable, her most comfortable pair of shoes was a pair of four inch block heel booties. She didn’t know how it felt so uncomfortable to wear sneakers, but everytime she wore non-heeled shoes it was just uncomfortable, like some sort of reverse charley horse. She should mention it to a doctor, but they tended to only give bad news and she did not need bad news right now. Opening a copy of her InStyle magazine she started with the first article about Kate Middleton wearing a gray tweed dress with a bold black collar. “Oh, that does look cute.” She said as she dived into the article about the current gossip surrounding the royal family.

Jodie had stayed in the kitchen for almost two hours, reading her magazine, eating a light breakfast and talking with Carlos. Who seemed to enjoy the conversation, but had refused to sit down at the table with her, saying it was not proper. Him saying that reminded Jodie of the story Adam told about one of the maids the Wesker’s had when he was younger and the outcome of her spending time with him. Jodie gave Carlos a hug and kissed him on the cheek when she left, making sure to let him know he was appreciated. She was walking out of the room and could see him looking at her and touching his cheek in the reflection of the stainless steel fridge. It made her happy she could have an impact on his day like that, but as she got closer she saw herself and couldn’t help but to make sure her makeup was right. She had used green on her eyelids to match the color on her skirt, her eyelashes were long and curled thanks to a helpful application of mascara and her eyelash curler. The thing looked like it could be a **** device, but it did it’s job wonderfully. She needed to touch up her matte dark red lipstick and headed off to her room to do just that. Coming into the bedroom Jodie went to the mirror over the dresser and fixed herself up and saw Adam coming out of the bathroom fully naked, as he ran a fluffy purple towel through his blonde hair. “What would you have done if it was someone else who came in here?” Rubbing the back of his head with the towel, Adam gave her a smile. “I knew it was you, by the sound of your heels on the hardwood.” Jodie looked down at her feet, perched in her six inch heels. “It could have been your mother.” Shaking his head Adam turned his back on Jodie to hang up the towel in the bathroom. “She doesn’t wear shoes like that, but I guess if it was her she would see her baby boy isn’t much of a baby anymore.” Jodie’s eyes went down to her boyfriend's crotch, he definitely couldn’t be called small let alone a baby.

She had just eaten, but felt her stomach gurgle and her mouth salivate. “See something you like?” Adam asked, noticing the red haired beauty looking intently at his privates. “Something I don’t need.” She said turning back to the mirror to reapply her lipstick. “Speaking of need.” This time his eyes lingered on her applebottom, before forcing himself to tell her the bad news. “I need to look over some accounts, we are starting some preliminary discovery for another acquisition and while I am currently on vacation. Cindy the bi… she has always thought if she is working everyone else should to and I have a deadline of this afternoon to have some information for a meeting today.” Jodie frowned, she was going to be on her own again, but this time in an unknown city. “Should, like all meetings come through me, I’m your secretary and I would have totally declined it.” Walking up next to Jodie, Adam opened a drawer and pulled out a pair of boxers. “Ah, see you are an hourly employee, so when you are on vacation people will leave you alone. Not me of course, **** driver that I am, thikngs might change when you work directly for Cindy, but for now. Your vacation is still your own time. I know you wanted to go dress shopping today, wish I was able to take you.” Biting her lip Jodie thought about what she was going to do. She could go into town and take Adam’s car, driving that around would be fun, but she didn’t enjoy shopping by herself. “Do you, umm think your mom would want to go shopping with me?”

If his mom actually liked Jodie, yeah she might, but considering how distant she had been it was unlikely. Though considering Adam wasn’t going to be around she might take it as a chance to rub it in his face that if he couldn’t make time for her at least someone would. Watching Jodie try on different outfits could be fun, but it always took up more time than he wanted. So if she wanted to do him the favor and think it was to slight him, that would be fine. “It wouldn’t hurt to ask, just make sure you tell her why I’m not able to go with you.” Wrapping her arms around Adam she gave him a hug, but ended it quickly. Little Adam, well not so little Adam was pressing into her and she did not want to think about his cock right now. “Let me ask you something, I understand wanting to make a good impression on my folks, but you seem to be working hard on this. Why?” Tucking some of her hair behind her left ear, Jodie looked away from Adam. She didn’t really like talking about her family, she did do it, but she wasn’t a fan of dwelling on mad thoughts, it was always better to just move on. “Umm, like” She shrugged her shoulders like what she was about to say didn’t really matter, even if it very much did. “I told you my parents didn’t much approve of me and saying it like that doesn’t give it like enough empsis.”

“Emphasis.” Adam corrected her and received a light smack to his bare shoulder for it. “I like know the word and would have like corrected myself. Well, so like your the first person to ever bring me home to meet their parents and it is like a really big deal and I really want them to like me.” It felt like his heart was weeping for Jodie, he loved this girl and while they had vastly different upbringings neither got what they really wanted from their parents and she was looking for that acceptance with his parents now. She was looking for something she wasn’t going to find, and he needed to at least try to see if he could help her find it. He wanted it too, he wanted them to accept her and him. After their first encounter with his parents and then at dinner he had felt foolish for bringing her here, but he shouldn’t be giving up. “Give me a few minutes to get dressed and I will go see if mother has the time. While I do that, could you go through the pdf for the Harris account that was sent and just highlight any dollar figures you see. Green for anything over a hundred thousand, orange for anything negative and hmm yellow for any figures below a hundred thousand. Don’t bother with anything less than ten grand though.” It was a simple task that he knew he could leave to her and the highlighted figures would help him go back to reference quicker when he was working on the report. “**** driver.” He kissed her, hoping he could convince his mother to act like a decent person. “We will save the whips and chains for later ****.” He was still mostly naked and as Adam kissed her she put her palms on his smooth chest. The comment of whips and chains excited her, but right now it seemed like every third thought had something to do with sex.

“I’m sorry son, I just do not have an opening in my schedule to babysit.” She waved her hand in the general direction of Adam’s room. “Jodie, her name is Jodie and you know that. She doesn’t need babysitting and heavens knows why, but she really wants to spend time with you.” Adam’s mother gave him a sour look. “It is clear why she wants to spend time with me as it is clear what she wants to get out of you and what you like about her and I want no part of it.” Taking a deep breath Adam put one hand in his pocket and the other tugged on his left ear. “She isn’t looking for money, she just wants to get to know you. Mother could you please, do this as a favor to me, go shopping with her, give her a chance to show you who she is.” He watched as she pursed her lips, thinking. The fact she wasn’t just dismissing him out of hand like the start of the conversation was a good sign. “If she wants to spend time with me I could take her with me when I go to the caterer. As a favor to you, I would go shopping with her, but as I said before, I do not have an opening on my schedule.” She had conceded, that she would do it, that was more than he really expected of her, but Jodie really did need to get her dress before tomorrow night and if alterations had to be done tomorrow would be too late. “If your fling needs to go buy a dress I can take her and have her back before you leave for the caterer.” Adam did not want his brother taking her anywhere, he didn’t trust him at all and the point was for Jodie to spend time with his mother not his oaf of a brother. “That is kind of you Brandon, I’m glad we could work all this out.”

“Thank you for taking her with you, but that will not be necessary Brandon. She can shop on her own, just wanted to spend time with Mother. I would also imagine she would give better feedback for a dress than would be able to provide.” Brandon was looking his brother in the eye, while Adam was trying to stare him down, Brandon just looked up to his brother with pure amusement. “Adam, that is no way to thank your brother for taking the time out of his day to help you. Now thank him and go see to your business.” Forcing a smile to his face Adam did just that, but he didn’t stop glaring. “Thank you for assisting Jodie and I today, it means a lot.” Barndon stood up and clapped his brother on the shoulder. “That is what family is for. I’m glad I could help.” Help himself, Adam added mentally before turning his gaze to his mother. “I would also like to request a few minutes of your and fathers time to speak privately. Just the three of us.” He glanced at his brother when he said that last part. “Very well, I will speak to him and see if he is available before supper. What is the topic of our discussion?” This was one of the other reasons he wanted to come here for the holiday and for them to meet Jodie. “The future.”