Mothers and Daughters Ch. 33

Spears allowed that if Vera had an office in Atlanta he would then have no problem in switching to her firm. Vickie thus determined that she would do everything necessary to convince Vera to open an office in Atlanta.

As it turned out Vera and Walter had been actually contemplating opening an office in Atlanta for the past few months. Jed Baxter had advised them that Baxter and Sons would open a regional office in Atlanta, this coming September to better service their business holdings in the south. Now Jed did not blatantly suggest that Starikovich, Snyder ought to follow suit, but he did advise that he would need a local accountant for his Atlanta enterprise. Thus their business relations would be greatly enhanced if Vera and Walter would at least have a field office in the Georgia capital.

Walter and Vera were not averse to expanding. After all they had already established offices in New York, LA and Dallas beyond their home office in Chicago. However when they opened those offices, particularly the Dallas one, they had already lined up several clients to ensure viability of the branch office. Having Baxter & Sons as the only sure client, made the Georgia venture a little dicey. For that reason they had been hesitant in pulling the trigger, but considering the importance of Jed as a client, they realized they had to go to Georgia so as not to jeopardize losing him as a client. Thus when Vickie contacted Vera within a week after the orgy, to suggest a move to Atlanta, guaranteeing the clientele of Queen and Fish, opening an office in Atlanta became a no brainer.

Vera was pleased with the secret benefits incidental to the establishment of this new office. She went to Atlanta for the month of June to establish the opening of the brand new office of Starikovich, Snyder and Company. Naturally she stayed at Vickie's new home, and the women discovered that the experience of the magic sex between them in Dallas had survived. Their attraction to each other was authentic and enduring.

Vickie kept her explicit promise to Johnny to share Vera. During that month they were able to experience three nights of FFM group sex at Vickie's home. As Vickie predicted, Johnny was delighted and enchanted with Vera. Vera like Vickie had no problem in accommodating fully his cock when giving him head or submitting to sodomy. Vera's pregnant form made the sex truly tantalizing for him as he had never up to now fucked a pregnant woman. Johnny came to the conclusion that having both Vickie and Vera at once was akin to having died and gone to heaven.

As for Vera, she was bemused at speculating that she had completed a racial cycle of FFM sex. With Ebony and Michael, she had been the only white participant. Jed, Pamela and her as well as her more recent affair with her daughter and Lajos made them all white FFM groupings. Now Johnny Whitaker was the only black person in this present group sex.

Natasha Starikovich was buoyed by the events of her first TLR orgy. Winning the Mothers and Daughters contest certainly was thrilling. Afterwards she was invited by two gentlemen to a MMF threesome in an available bedroom. She accepted with alacrity and had a blast. So when she returned to Chicago she was in good humor. She had been approved as a member of the TLR by Kristina Vargas without the necessity of submitting a formal application, and like her mother had the privilege of attending any orgy at will.

Her good humor was short lived, though. The next day, Monday, she received a letter from a New York City attorney. The attorney had written a similar letter addressed to her mother. The letter contained:

"I represent Lajos Kiraly pertaining to any legal issues that may arise as a result of his personal association with you and your mother.

My client advises me that you and your mother have recently informed him that the two of you are simultaneously pregnant, and that you allege that he is the biological sire to both pregnancies. My client does not deny such possibility, but by the same token he is well aware that both you and your mother have had other lovers throughout the entire period of time he has known each of you intimately. Thus, he insists that appropriate paternity tests be conducted before he irrevocably commits to any financial arrangement.

Should such tests prove to validate your contention, then my client is prepared to provide reasonable child support for each child. My client advises that he believes that both you and your mother have sufficient financial means to adequately provide the necessaries of life for your expected children. Therefore, he proposes to establish a trust fund for each child to mature when the child reaches the age of eighteen; at which time the fund can be utilized for education purposes. Details of such can be negotiated in due time.

In any case my client wishes to advise, that no matter the paternity, he wishes to have no further personal contact with either you or your mother. He believes it is in the best interest of your expected children that he not be actively involved in their lives, and he would not, therefore, seek any visitation rights. However, considering the successful music collaboration you and he have enjoyed in concerts and in recording sessions, he would have no objection to continued professional contact with you as negotiated from time to time by the respective agents.

I urge you to engage the services of an attorney to contact me so that these issues can be properly resolved."

As Natasha was reading this, she sensed a feeling of déjà vu, as she recalled Bolek Ostrowski's dismissive email, ending their affair. From her perspective both men were cowards. They were quite happy to receive her sexual favors but were found wanting in dealing with the consequences. She was totally furious as she apparently had grossly underestimated the character of each man, especially Lajos. Up to this point she was under the belief that Lajos and she were soul-mates destined for each other. She had deliberately set herself to bear a child by him on that premise alone. And now all was for naught, apparently only an illusion, and she couldn't be any more bitter.

Natasha got a hold of Vera who had elected to remain in Dallas after the orgy to work on St Clair's estate. She read Vera's letter to her mother, which letter was somewhat similar but with the appropriate changes. Vera was not so shocked since in her view Lajos' prolonged silence signaled such a response would be forthcoming. With her work load, it was impractical for Vera to return to Chicago immediately; so she asked Natasha to forward the letter so she could better deal with the matter. Natasha was happy to comply as she wanted time to analyze her own feelings before coming to a decision.

Vera did not return to Chicago until July as work in Dallas proved to be more exacting then she had expected. Plus she had to squeeze in a visit to Los Angeles to formalize her business with Chloe. And of course she dallied in Atlanta during the month of June supervising the opening of the firm's new office amongst other activities.

Natasha was grateful for the solitude as she contemplated her life forwards and backwards; sideways, and up and down. By the time Vera returned in time for the 4th of July Independence Day holiday, Natasha had come to a decision.

Almost as soon as Vera entered their Morton Grove home, and after suitable salutations were exchanged, Natasha told Vera:

"Mom I have given this matter serious thought for some time now. After carefully considering all the various alternatives, I've come to a decision. I want you to be the mother of my child in conjunction with being mother to your new child."

Vera protested:

"What? Natasha oh no! Don't be foolish. You're overwrought. You're not thinking sensibly."

Natasha replied:

"Hear me out please Mom. I have given the situation careful consideration. In fact I've done nothing else but think about it for the past two months ever since we received the letter from that lawyer. That's why I haven't rushed to see a lawyer until I ascertained my feelings."

Vera interjected:

"Yes I expect we ought to probably consult a lawyer together, once we resolve what to do. But anyway, why do you want to shirk your duty as a mother-to-be."

Natasha protested the implied abrogation of responsibility:

"You're mistaken mother, if you think I'm afraid of the responsibilities of motherhood. After all I deliberately avoided birth control so as to become pregnant. And I did this; mind you, completely unaware of your personal ambitions and intentions. So I definitely want my child and become a mother."

Hearing these words, shrugging her shoulders and splaying her hands, Vera uttered:

"So duh? What's the problem?"

"The problem is that I believed Lajos and I were soul-mates and meant for each other. True we weren't an orthodox couple with you in the picture, but still I had the notion that our child would be the natural product of our mystical union. Obviously I was naïve considering Lajos' shitty reaction to the news of our pregnancies."

Vera answered:

"Natasha I understand your feelings completely, I truly do, and I don't belittle them one bit. Still that has nothing to do with the question of you actually becoming a mother and your responsibility."

Natasha answered:

"I was looking forward to motherhood and I had great plans. But I want to do what's best for my baby. As a result of Lajos' abandonment, I know I've lost the ability to give the emotional love he/she is entitled to."

Vera scoffed:

"Oh come on Natasha, a child has no input on the circumstances of its conception. All it asks is to be loved. When I was pregnant with you I knew I could not give all the emotional love you deserved but still I was cognizant of my responsibility."

"That's not fair Mom. I'm not talking about abortion. I would never contemplate it. I'm evaluating what is best for my child. The point is you got pregnant this time because you always wanted a second child, and Lajos provided the right circumstances to accomplish this desire. Your love for your new child is not diminished by Lajos' indifference.

Thus raising my child will make no real difference to you as you will love them equally. You would not differentiate between child and grandchild; they would be both equally loveable to you. The lack of interest in them by their father would be no never mind to you. While instead each time I deal with my child I will only think of what a bastard his/her father is, and that cannot be good for a child to have a mother so bitter."

Vera was totally flabbergasted and replied:

"But Natasha that's not at all reasonable. You won't hold such a grudge forever. You'll get over your anger with Lajos and you will then love your child properly."

Natasha answered:

"Mebbe so. Who can foretell the future? You're probably right. I'll probably get over my anger with Lajos eventually and I may change my mind about taking care of my child later. But for now I definitely don't want to. You will make a wonderful mother for my child. After all you are its grandmother and grandchildren are just as precious as children. Besides in today's society lots of children are raised by their grandparents for one reason or another; so my child won't be unique in that regard. I also believe that even if I eventually do take over the care of my child he/she won't be harmed having been cared for initially by you exclusively."

Vera with regret accepted Natasha's decision. She knew it would be fruitless to try to change Natasha's mind given her present frame of mind especially as it seemed like she would remain adamant for the present. Besides it was not like Natasha would be totally absent unlike the father. And Vera had to concede that if Natasha subsequently wanted to finally take responsibility of her child such change of upbringing should not be traumatic for the child.

Curiously enough although Natasha was totally disgusted with Lajos, and now truly hated him, she was willing to continue to perform alongside him in chamber music recitals and to record music with him. Whatever the defects in his character, Natasha had to admit that he had to be the finest pianist accompanist that would be available for her in her career. And she wasn't worried about passion. Hatred is just as strong a passion as love. She sensed that there would be no reduction in the strong emotions emoted during their playing classical music together, and thus the performances would be as compelling as ever.

Once Natasha gave birth and quickly recovered from same, she embarked on an extensive concert tour. She had her mother, as her agent, book her solidly for the ensuing six months. Vera also squeezed Natasha to perform an occasional cross genre music concert with Pamela Rose as the mutual schedules would permit.

Natasha's revulsion to Lajos caused by his reaction to her pregnancy also had the effect of removing desire for having sex with her mother. The memories of the three of them having sex together had become too painful to contemplate continuing having sex with Vera. She had made the exception by participating in the Mothers and Daughters contest at the Mother's Day TLR orgy. However she viewed the sex at orgy simply as her indulging in carnal lust that she was normally prone to and especially in her pregnant state. She was otherwise not as emotionally invested like she had been with her relationship to Lajos.

Natasha thus became content to engaging in periodic sex with various admirers amongst her fans. Her intensive schedule did allow for a couple of weekends off, whereby she would fly to Dallas to indulge in a TLR orgy.

Just before the end of that initial concert tour, the National Philharmonic of Russia offered Natasha a contract initially for at least two years in duration for her to act as the Concertmaster of their orchestra. No doubt the fact that Natasha was fluent in Russian heightened their desire to engage her.

Since Natasha never had a permanent contract with the Chicago Symphony she was free to accept this offer. She did so with alacrity, as it would enhance her career substantially. The position provided valuable experience to develop the skills required for conducting and composing music: which were Natasha's ultimate career desires.

Not wishing to lose the availability of Natasha completely, considering what an audience draw she was, the Chicago Symphony offered a guaranteed fixed performance contract to fill in the time she was not required by the Russian contract. Thus her time between September and May was predominantly taken up performing either in Moscow or in Chicago. During the other months she occasionally recorded music usually accompanied by Lajos Kiraly. She was able to ignore her personal revulsion of Lajos to produce superb recordings which were received with great enthusiasm by classical music lovers and were the best selling classical music recordings of all time.

Considering her intensive career schedule, and coupled with the time she had to reside in Moscow, Natasha gave up any intention to raise her daughter. Her music career became her main driving force in her life. As a result of her talent coupled with her all consuming dedication, she became arguably the world's current greatest virtuoso violinist.

To solidify her musical career she teamed up with Boris Varennikov the premier viola musician of the Russian orchestra to promote an annual chamber music festival. The event was held outdoors near Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia during August. The festival consisted of various competitions to showcase the world's greatest chamber music musicians. Entry lists were limited to accomplished musicians with acknowledged international reputations; like for example Olivia Hartley who consistently performed in the festival.

With Natasha's popularity and highly acclaimed reputation established in the classical music world, she and Boris had no trouble in securing only the very best musicians; and the festival soon became recognized as the most important chamber music event in the international classical music calendar. Each festival opened with Natasha and Boris leading the Estonian Chamber Orchestra in a spectacular performance of Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in E-flat major, K 364. In addition she and Boris with that local orchestra performed a newly composed chamber music symphony by her for the festival. Each such opening night concert was so well received that the success of the entire festival was assured.

As a matter of course, Boris and Natasha became lovers, and consequently her bitter disappointment with Lajos dissipated. Although she continued to periodically perform in recitals and record with him, she was never stressed over it. Despite the mutual indifference in their interactions, they were professional enough to still produce the finest music they were each capable of. Since her pregnancy from Lajos did not result in the happy serendipity she had envisioned, Natasha was not so anxious to get pregnant again. This was a good thing since Boris Varennikov was married and had four children; and was not eager to become a father for the fifth time.

Vera Starikovich had a very busy schedule after the orgy. Settling St Clair's estate proved to be a very intricate assignment. St Clair's material assets were spread as varied as possible to attract the least tax liability. As Vera had been St Clair's last accountant while he was alive she naturally was privy to the full scope of St Clair's wealth. Nevertheless assembling these assets for the purpose of orderly transfer to the beneficiaries, with the minimum tax liability was an arduous task. Naturally Vera, delegated a lot of the grunt work, but still her job as the executrix was time consuming.

While in Dallas in addition to the estate work, Vera also devoted some time to helping Isabel Diaz. Vera was determined to transform Isabel's dance studio into a successful operation. It was an unexplainable whim that prompted Vera to form the idea to assist the Argentine, but with the ensuing sex with Vickie that day, the whim became an imperative.

She formulated a solid business plan backed by a strong financial package which included investment capital from both Vickie and Kristina; the latter insisted in joining the venture as soon as she learned what Vera and Vickie were up to. Kristina's influence with her new high social contacts became a source of business for Isabel. Soon she had acquired more customers than she could have ever hoped for. By the end of the year, her dance studio was the most successful one of its kind in Dallas, and Isabel was thinking of expanding.

Also during May, Vera spent time in Los Angeles to help Chloe Hamilton start her own firm. With Chloe's almost immediate success, her firm became a most important client for Starikovich, Snyder and Company. Together with their show business clients, Vera's firm soon became one of the top five accounting firms in southern California. During June Vera was in Atlanta, establishing the new office in that city, and of course Vera had a very personal interest in supervising this office.

As a result Vera did not return home until the beginning of July; some two months after being hastily summoned temporarily to Dallas for that special final meeting with John St Clair. Within minutes of Vera entering the front door, Natasha confronted her, informing her of her decision to surrender her motherly duties to Vera.

As a result Vera was looking at the prospect of raising two children instead of one, but she was not apprehensive on that score. Her real concern was for Natasha's mental state and likely depression as a result of Lajos' decision as explained by his lawyer. However Natasha assured Vera she was OK and her decision was the best for her child even if only for a temporary basis.