Part 2
Sandy lay on the ground, motionless. Since she was not moving and
had her eyes closed Jackie and Susan thought she was unconscious, which
was exactly what she wanted them to think. In fact, although she was a
little groggy from being held underwater she was awake and listening intently
to every word they said.
At the moment there wasn't much to hear. Jackie was sitting alone
in the hot tub; her daughter Susan was inside the house making a phone call.
Susan finished the call and rejoined her mother out back. As Susan climbed
back into the hot tub her mother asked, "How did it go? Is she coming over?"
Jackie was referring to Sandy's daughter, Amy.
"Yeah, she'll be over in a little while," Amy answered.
"How did she sound? Did she seem very angry at what we did to her
mother?" Jackie asked.
"I didn't exactly tell her what we did," Amy replied.
"Well what did you tell her?"
"I just said we were having a lot of fun over hear and she should
come on over and join us."
Jackie and Susan both laughed.
"She'll be in for quite a surprise," Jackie said.
"You know, I've never liked Amy," Susan replied, "Maybe we should give her
the same treatment we gave her mother."
Sandy knew what they meant by this. When Jackie had invited her to
spend a relaxing afternoon in the hot tub in her backyard, Sandy had
eagerly accepted. She and Jackie had been the best of friends, until
Sandy had begun dating Nick, which made Jackie jealous. Sandy assumed that
the invitation meant that Jackie wanted to bury the hatchet and be friends
again. As it had turned out, this could not be further from the truth.
Sandy and Jackie had been spending a seemingly pleasant afternoon
soaking in the hot tub and sipping whine when suddenly Jackie had demanded
that Sandy break it off with Nick. Sandy had refused. Then, without warning,
Jackie's daughter had grabbed Sandy from behind and shoved her underwater.
Jackie and Susan had proceeded to double-team Sandy, alternately dunking
her and hitting her, and sometimes doing both at the same time. Sandy had
tried to defend herself, and for a brief time had actually had the upper
hand in her struggle with Jackie, but ultimately she had been defeated and
laid out on the ground near the hot tub, unmoving and apparently
unconscious. Now they planned to attack Amy in the same way and there was
nothing she could do, except wait and keep quiet.
"Good idea," Jackie told her daughter.
Jackie and Susan went back to relaxing in silence. A few minutes
later Susan said, "I just thought of something. How will we get her into
the hot tub after she sees what happened to her mother. I mean, she'll see
Sandy lying there as soon as she gets here."
"We'll just have to hide her," Jackie replied.
"Do you mean we should carry her body somewhere else, like inside?"
"No of course not. That fat cow is way too heavy for us to move,"
Jackie answered.
This remark infuriated Sandy, who was actually trim and in great
shape, but she was forced to bite her tongue. If Jackie and Susan knew she
was awake they would double team her again, and she would be unable to help
her daughter or herself.
"What did you have in mind then, Mom?"
"We'll just have to cover her up." Sandy heard Jackie and Susan get
out of the hot tub. A few moments later she felt something heavy being
draped over her. Right away she realized that she was being covered with
the vinyl sheet Jackie used to cover the hot tub when it was not in use.
Very soon Sandy began to feel quite hot and uncomfortable under the cover,
but at least now she her foes could not see her, so she did not have to make
such an effort to appear unconscious.
"How's that?" Sandy heard Susan ask.
"Perfect. Amy will never guess there's anyone under there until
we show her," Jackie replied.
"Amy should be getting her any time now. I think I'll go wait for her
out front."
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Amy was surprised when Susan called and invited her over. Even
though their mothers were friends, the daughters had never really gotten
along. Ordinarily the idea of spending the afternoon soaking in a hot tub
with Susan would not have appealed to her. However, she had nothing else
to do today, so she reluctantly accepted the invitation.
As Amy pulled up in front of the house Susan waved to her. By
the time Amy had parked the car and gotten out Susan was standing on
the sidewalk waiting for her. Any misgivings Amy felt disappeared when she
arrived at Jackie's house and was greeted warmly by Susan. Susan seemed
genuinely happy to see her.
Susan led Amy into the backyard. Amy barely noticed the lumpy
vinyl sheet lying on the ground. "Where's my mom?" she asked innocently,
still blissfully unaware that anything was wrong.
"She was out here a minute ago. She and my mom must have gone
inside for a minute," Susan replied. "Let's just get into the hot tub.
I'm sure they'll join us out here soon." Susan peeled off the t-shirt,
leaving her standing there dressed in only her skimpy bikini.
"Okay," Amy said. She stripped down to her own bikini. For a moment
both women just stood there looking each other over. Their mutual
antangonism was due in large part to their competitiveness. Amy was sure
that she looked better than Susan. Of course, she knew that Susan probably
felt the same way about her.
Amy climbed into the hot tub, barely noticing the lumpy sheet lying on the ground
a few feet away. Susan climbed in after her and seated herself across from Amy.
Jackie was standing between the hot tub and the sheet. "Where's my mother?"
she asked innocently, once she was seated comfortably in the hot tub.
Jackie and Susan exchanged a knowing grin. The fun was about to
begin. "I have a little confession to make, Amy," Susan said. "Remember when
I told you your mother was out back? I was lying."
"Now, Susan dear, to be fair you weren't really lying," Jackie
interposed.
"That's right. I wasn't actually lying, but I didn't tell the whole
truth either. I told you she was out back. What I left out was that she was
also... "
"Out cold!", Jackie exclaimed, bending down and removing the sheet to
reveal Sandy's prone figure.
Amy's face reflected the alarm she felt at seeing her mother in that
condition. "What happened?" she asked worriedly.
"Did you hear that, Mom. Amy wants to know what happened to her
mother. Will you tell her or shall I?"
"Let's not just tell her. Let's show her."
Jackie reached out to shove Amy's head under the water, the same
way Susan had done to Sandy earlier. However Amy, forewarned, was able to
elude her grasp. Susan grabbed Amy and tried to shove her head under water
but Amy was able to shove Susan under instead. The two wrestled around in the
water, hitting and dunking each other. Amy was actually winning the
struggle, but the whole time she was fighting Susan inside the hot tub Jackie
was watching from outside the tub, waiting for an opportunity to interfere on
her daughter's behalf.
Eventually the oppurtunity arose. Amy and Susan were both standing
in the middle of the tub grappling with each other. Amy momentarily lost
her balance and fell backward against the side of the hot tub. Jackie
immediately grabbed her from behind in a bear hug.
Amy tried to get away from Jackie but she was stuck. Jackie grabbed
Amy's arms and pulled them behind her back. Susan grinned and made a fist.
She pulled her arm back to take a swing aimed squarely at Amy's belly. Then
she paused, savoring the look of dread on Amy's face.
Amy thought she was done for. Susan's threw her punch. Amy watched
Susan's fist move toward her gut. Instinctively she tried to pull away
even though consciously she knew it was futile. To her surprise she felt
Jackie's grip on her arms release. At the last moment she ducked to the
side, avoiding Susan's fist.
Jackie and Susan had been so intent on what they were doing to Amy
that they had not noticed Sandy crawling silently on her hands and knees
toward Jackie. Suddenly Sandy had gotten to her knees and grabbed a very
surprised Jackie, pulling her down to the ground. This was of course what
had allowed Amy to escape from Jackie's grasp.
Amy did not have time to wonder what had happened, however. After
she moved out of Susan's way momentum had carried Susan forward, causing
her to momentarily lose her balance. Amy took advantage by grabbing Susan
and shoving her underwater.
Meanwhile Jackie and Susan continued their own battle. They rolled
around on the ground. Occasionally one of them would get into position to
land a punch to her rival's body. Finally Sandy rolled Jackie onto her back
and straddled her chest.
"Nice going, Mom!" shouted Amy, who at that moment was holding her
helpless opponent underwater. "Let me just finish Susan off and then I'll
go over there and help you."
"Never mind, dear," Sandy replied. "I don't need any help. I'm woman
enough that I don't need my daughter to help me fight my battles." As she
said this she looked down at Jackie. "You just have fun with Susan there."
Sandy continued straddling Jackie's chest and gloating over her while
Amy and Susan continued fighting. Amy finally prevailed. Sandy made Jackie
promise she would not get up. Then Sandy got up and helped Amy lift Susan
out of the hot tub. Sandy and Amy then laid Susan on the ground next to her
mother. Sandy placed her foot on Jackie's throat while Amy did the same to
Susan. Sandy took her daughter's left hand in her right and lifted both over
their heads in a victory gesture.
"I wish we had a camera to take a picture of this," Sandy said.
"Jackie must have one in her house. Do you want to make her tell us
where it is?" Amy replied.
"Never mind. I've got to get going anyway." Sandy leaned down over
Jackie and smiled. "I've got a date with Nick."