The Golf Club Freebie Ch. 03

Please read chapters one and two first.

Chapter 3 [The final chapter}

Lucy was adamant she was not ringing her dad ever again, but would text her mum from my phone and ask to meet her next time she was in the UK, other than that she did not want to speak to her. What she had to say needed to be said face to face.

"Now Robert Andrew Dawson are we going to christen that bed or what."

2 hours later, we woke up to my phone pinging, it was her mum.

She didn't have long to wait, the reply read, I am in London tomorrow, tell me when and where.

Lucy arranged to meet her in the station, I would wait till she rang me on my works phone. There was two things we had to get done as soon as possible, she needed a new phone and an engagement ring. But it would have to wait till we had seen her mum.

Lucy met her at the station and they went for a coffee in the Station Hotel, I was sat in the Costa Coffee on my second cup when I got the message. They had been talking for over half an hour, I had my hopes up that she had sorted it out.

I saw Lucy sat in the far corner with a woman who had her back to me, her hair was tied back in a pony tail. "Rob meet my mum Jennifer," mum this is Rob."

I managed to say "hello pleased to meet you" as I shook the hand she had offered. In my mind I was now in full panic mode, this woman was Margo Drake or her doppelganger, then I calmed down, if she had recognised me, she would have been panicking, not sat there as cool as a cucumber.

If I was reading this correctly her mum had made some pact with Lucy and we talked a bit about, what my intentions were, she didn't get her heckles up when I said "I fully intended to marry her."

"Would I be able to keep her in a manner she had become accustomed or did I expect her to get a job."

Lucy's face was a picture when she heard all that, she looked a bit gobsmacked.

"I told her I earned enough to keep both of us and free of debt, I owned by own motorhome which could be sold to put a deposit on a house."

Lucy guffawed at that.

Then she dropped a bombshell, "Lucy my dear I would like to have a word with Robert alone if you don't mind that is, I promise to be quick."

Lucy just said "mother no fucking way I have told you what is happening just accept it."

"Lucy it's fine let me hear what your mum has to say, just give her 5 minutes I will be fine."

Lucy said "I'm going to the loo and when I get back we are going, "

I had seen that face before and knew she meant it.

"Small world Mr Robert Dawson, I know who you are and now you know my real name. I checked you out after our encounter at the golf club, I always like to see who has entertained me, so I am prepared if they come looking for a payoff. Which I don't somehow think that will be happening, do you. So does Lucy know who you really are, she hasn't said as much, but I suspect she does know."

In my head, my mind was screaming Margo holy shit, no this can't be happening, Oh god no. I'm fucked her mother I've lost her.

"Yes, Lucy does know I told her last Thursday and asked her not to say anything to her family. How the hell did you sit there so cool and not panic."

"No point in having panic attack my dear, we met, we fucked, we parted and now we have a little secret to keep."

Lucy came back and stood next to me and grabbed my arm to pull me up. Her mum stopped her in her tracks.

"He is a nice choice my dear," she announced, "you are a very lucky young lady."

Lucy was taken aback, "mum you have checked him out haven't you. When and why."

"You told me you was getting engaged, I have a right to see who is marrying my daughter. I did it this morning on the train from London if you must know, I was coming to forbid it, after hearing from your father. You weren't that forthcoming, good god I had to ask you for a photo of him for heavens sake."

She turned to me and said "I hope you two are not considering living in that thing in the background, I presume that is what you drive around in."

I answered that one, "not that particular one but another a bit better and only for the time being, it is how I can do my job at present, but that might have to change."

"Lucy, I feel quite peckish, could you get me a cookie or something."

"No mother if you are trying to harass Rob I need to be here."

"Now then Rob, I know you will keep her in a custom she is used to and please can I be the one to tell her father who you really are. He will have a heart attack, hopefully."

"Mother," said Lucy, "honestly you can be such a bitch."

I said "fine by me I nearly handed him my business card yesterday and was going to tell him to check me out, but I thought better of it."

Lucy looked at me, the pair of you are awful, but go ahead mum, I just wish I could see Gloria's face when you tell him."

The time had flown by and she had to go, she kissed Lucy and gave me a lengthy hug and a peck on both cheeks and then came to me hugged me and whispered in my ear, "it's our little secret don't forget we will never tell her."

Lucy was beaming, she was so happy and that was before we went to the jewellery shop and bought a ring, then to the Apple shop for a new phone.

"I think its time to get back in the car and go home, so I can give you your reward Mr Dawson."

the end..