32 HINANU

 Commotion brought him out of his thoughts. Simultaneously Leilani and Vai jumped from their seats and greeted the almost twin of Vai. Except for a white streak in her hair, and irises the color of green amber, she looked like a slightly more mature version of her sister and the connecting bridge between Vai and her mother.

Dressed in low-cut long, white pants that hugged her curvaceous hips perfectly, a dark-green blouse with the tails tucked into her pants, she looked fabulous. The bronze color of her skin in stark contrast with her white pants offset the dark-green material of her blouse. She could have been a beauty queen contestant, the same as any of her family.

Hinanu was older than Vai, a bit more mature perhaps, but one had to look more closely to see the difference between the two, but with the three women together they could easily pass for sisters. The women hugged, kissed, and brought the newcomer to the table. The men got up and hugged the young woman then the server came with their order, looked at Hinanu and asked if she would like to have something. She ordered a coffee.

"Isn't Hinanu beautiful?" gushed Vai. She was obviously happy to see her and Hinanu's bright smile looked as happy as that of her sister.

"Vai has a silver tongue and has youth on her side," declared Hinanu and hugged her sibling. Then she turned to her mother.

"How did you get here Ma and when did you come?" her voice sounded just like that of her mother and Ivan wouldn't have known who'd spoken if he would not have seen her mouth moving.

"This morning, twice, but that is between Ivan and me, you and the rest of the family," she laughed and all others joined in. Leilani had a good sense of humour and evidently she didn't have any problems or hang-ups talking frivolously and openly among friends and family.

"Ma, aren't you supposed to be a good role model for us, being good and such?" Hinanu asked.

"I was good, wasn't I?" Leilani turning towards Ivan she looked questioningly at him.

"Very good," Ivan said with a straight face.

After their laughter calmed down and all composed themselves again, Leilani made the introductions.

"Let me introduce you first before you open your floodgates. This man is Ivan from the former USSR, transplanted to Canada, but he is a good man and this is Gábor from Hungary and quite a worry, a heartbreaker."

"I bet," said Hinanu and a smile played on her lips. She looked at Gábor from top to bottom and then up again, held his eyes for a few seconds, and made him feel uncomfortable. The sisters were barely distinguishable. So much like Vai or her mother, he thought. She looked a bit more experienced, judging by her eyes and demeanour. Hugging and holding on to each other, both young women were about the same height, same build and perhaps the difference was the observant look in Vai's eyes. Hinanu's white streak in her hair, her eyes, and their clothing were the only clearly visible distinguishing marks. She addressed Gábor.

"Jó napot kivánok uram." Her pronunciation wasn't bad at all.

"You speak Hungarian too?" Gábor's chin dropped to the floor.

"Nagyon kicsit," and she looked again at his face and thought it was a good face. Gábor picked his chin up and sat down. Hinanu turned to Ivan.

"Kak tewey pojewaitye,  (how are you) Ivan?"

"Kharasho, wot tak, spaciba. Gawaritje pa Ruskii? (very good, thank you. You speak Russian?)"

"Ya nyie gavaritje pa Ruski. Skoshii. (I don't speak Russian. Just a little)" Ivan turned to Leilani.

"Lani, your daughters should be locked up. They are dangerous to humankind. In Russia, she would be considered a spy."

"Is Ivan your new man Ma?" Hinanu asked.

"Keep it quiet. There are other women who would like to get their hands on him," she laughed and whispered something to her and Hinanu incredulously looked Ivan up, down and up again and said to him: "That is very impressive. Makes me want to have his hands on me too. Ivan, you must tell Jacques how to do it." And all the women laughed in unison.

"How are things going with Jacques?" asked Leilani and for a second Hinanu looked down then at her mother.

"Not as good as things are going with you. Relationships are not easy when man is concerned. You know that Ma. Not bad, but it could be better. We are a bit stressed out with the renovations on the house and we need some impressive things to happen," and she laughed.

"How bit stressed out?"

"Well, just let's say some impressive things need to happen very soon." It was clear she didn't want to go into details and her mother didn't ask more. ‘I must find out what could be so damned impressive,' thought Gábor. After all sat down again and started eating, the conversation began to flow. Hinanu was a woman who could talk up a storm. She talked about the business, her partner's work, hers, of friends; her last holidays in Mexico, and then returned to the newest topic. That was the two men with Leilani and Vai.

"Did you find a boyfriend yet or are you still waiting for the right man to conquer your wild heart?" she asked Vai and before her sister could reply, the waitress appeared with a tray loaded with pastries and assorted chocolate bonbons. Ivan had left while Hinanu talked, made an order at the hotel desk, and was back in his chair ten minutes later. Vai flashing a look at Gábor escaped everybody and Gábor let out his breath while everybody reached for the candy. Saved by chocolate. Hinanu didn't talk much about her partner and the impression Gábor had of her was the need to get something off her chest but didn't really know how to bring it up. She was very pleasant, outgoing, and smiled a lot and her eyes sparkled, and apparently she forgot her question whether Vai had a boyfriend. But then she brought it up again.

"So, you two, where did you pick these men up?" She indicated to Ivan and Gábor.

"Well, they came by boat looking for a man who fell overboard and happened to be washed ashore on Niau. The man had a close encounter with a coconut and a sea monster. Ivan and Gábor were looking for him, found him at the clinic, and we've brought him here. Ivan invited me for dinner in Canada and I accepted. The rest was fun."

"I bet. And what about this heartbreaker?" and she looked closer at Gábor and smiled a confidential smile, almost intimately and Gábor was amazed how similar the sisters were. On first glance, most people wouldn't be able to keep them apart. Vai answered before Leilani could.

"My victim. I caught him in a net he will never escape. He seems to enjoy being a prisoner, thinking he is free. If I torture him enough, he may long for real freedom. I'll teach him all I know about life and freedom."

"Aw, that will be an eternal lesson. You should share your charm and wisdom. That would keep him around, but he looks as if he has some of that himself to share. My advice, keep him interested," she whispered behind her hand but loud enough for all to hear and winked.

"I'm working on it. He has a wife and wants to keep her to himself. You could help me to teach him about women. Maybe the both of us could convince him to break out of his self-made jail and join the living," laughed Vai and Hinanu's eyes blitzed with fun, but Leilani looked a bit troubled. The girls seemed to be on the hunt.

"You girls slow down now. Show some respect for their culture. You are making Gábor uncomfortable. He is much more my age, a serious man and of western upbringing," cautioned Leilani.

"Vai and me, together we are close to your age Ma. That compensates for your expertise. It would be double the fun for a man as well. They always have that on their mind anyway. They only look bashful." The girls laughed as if it was a good joke. "We could all work together." Indeed, Gábor felt like the target of their hilarity.

"I have Ivan now to keep me happy," informed Leilani.

"Yes, and you both look as if you're enjoying each other's attention."

Ivan listened to the women and laughed with them. They seemed to like the lighter side of life and it pleased him. He had observed Gábor and the girls during this joking and noticed him a little off. The young women seemed to make him nervous and that was something new. He looked as if he was caught with his fingers in the cookie jar and he wondered why.

"Where will you stay, Ma?" Hinanu turned serious.

"I was going to ask you if you had finished your renovations and if we could stay with you for a few days, but if not, I'll take a hotel. I was hoping to stay with you and use your address and residence so the gendarmes have an address where they can contact Gábor with regards to the hospitalized man."

"Sorry Ma, we are still waiting for the plumbing to arrive from Germany and the house is a mess. I’ve been staying in a hotel myself for over a month now. I'm looking forward to moving to France. It will be much easier to get the things I need in a hurry and it's cheaper I might add, and hopefully something will happen there that will impress me, with or without Jacques."

Hinanu glanced at the clock on the wall, drank her coffee in one gulp, and rose. Standing, she seemed much taller and her slender figure made even Ivan look twice.

"Where is my head? I must run. I have a meeting at the school in 10 minutes; I'll contact you after school. Sorry, I've got to go."

She hugged them all in a hurry and rushed toward the exit of the hotel. Gábor followed her with his eyes for a few seconds and admired her gait. It was the same as Vai's, very feminine and their figures were identical. Hinanu turned once more at the exit and threw a kiss toward them all, stopped a taxi, got in and was gone.

"What do you think of my daughters Ivan?"

"I don't believe they are your daughters. You're all sisters."

"Aw, you are such a sweet-talker. But now we need to book some rooms and I need my wardrobe from the hospital." Leilani sighed and told them she would need to take care of Lundy, and then she'd return later to check in and have a shower. Ivan got up, walked to the reception, and came back with three keys three minutes later.

"All taken care of."

"We can't accept that Ivan," protested Leilani, but with a gesture, Ivan cut off her protest.

"You can always reimburse me later, but this young lady needs to clean up as well as you do, and us too. We spent a whole night on the ocean without the possibility of fresh water. You need to go to the hospital and I think you want to have a change of clothes before you go there and Vai too.

"I have no change with me. All our clothes are at the hospital."

"It's taken care off," he repeated. "You took care of us on Niau, we do it here. Dawai."

Their rooms were single occupancy and one double for Ivan and Leilani. One single was for Gábor and the other for Vai. Leilani and Ivan went to the double occupancy to have a shower and Gábor went to his place and had his. Vai took a shower in her cabin. Ten minutes later, a young receptionist knocked on Gábor’s door and told him some packages had arrived and was waiting for him at the desk. Cleaned and shaven, he walked into the reception and it was the outfits for the women that had arrived. Taking them to his bungalow and sitting in front of the entrance, waiting for his friends' appearance, while listening to the sound of running water and some humming of an unfamiliar melody coming from Vai's cabin. A minute later Ivan emerged from his cabin fully dressed. Gábor handed the packages to him. His friend took one and handed back the other.

"What's up with this one?" he asked Gábor.

"It's for Vai," Ivan informed him. "You can give that to her," he then returned to his fare and disappeared inside.

Vai's bungalow was about five meters from his and he heard the water still running. Amused he thought to see a very clean girl when she was done or she loved long showers.

Ivan had returned with the package to his and Leilani's cabin and sat on the bed admiring her figure shamelessly as she combed her hair.

"You have the looks of a teenager," he said to her and she answered with a pirouette and a smile. Her youthful body, a bit wider hips than her daughters', was outstanding. Slender with pert breasts, full and firm, no sagging by any means, flat belly and softly curving abdomen, her legs long and tight buttocks, were those of a young woman. Some silvery stretch marks around her hips and belly showed that she had given birth to at least one child. Her Venus mound with her triangular trimmed short, dark pubic hair accentuated her very feminine look and sexy shape. Nobody would believe that she would turn forty in December. Leilani was the older version of Vai and when they were at the beach on Niau, Ivan had seen both naked and they had just about the same built. Leilani was sexy and fit and there was the element of maturity that Ivan saw. Ivan was of the old school. If he were to make a choice between an older and a younger woman, he would choose the older. He preferred women that had experience and were mature. He had observed that almost all the beautiful young women lost their shape when they got older, but in a mature woman, one already knew how they looked and there were no surprises later. Leilani had a fully developed body that would not change much with the years. She looked at him with a twinkling in her eyes and stepped closer.

"Do you like my body?" she asked knowing well he did. He had caressed her body while she showered rather lavishly and she almost dropped the idea of going to the hospital.

"You have the body of a goddess," he replied.

"Just give me a kiss for now. I'm in a terrible rush. We will be back in a few hours and have all day and night to play." Ivan pulled her closer and kissed a breast. Her body reacted instantly, her nipples hardened and Leilani gasped. A heat wave shot to her vagina and she almost sat down on his lap, wishing his rod would impale her and doing its magic, but she caught herself.

 "I must go. See you later, Mr. Miyagi." She put on the clothes Ivan gave her. She looked breathtaking. Ivan had guessed her size perfectly and the two-piece outfit was professional and elegant. Where did he get the time to do these things?

"Vai. Vai. Are you ready? We need to go. What takes you so long? Come on," she called toward Vai's bungalow from the door.

"Ten minutes," Vai sounded as if she was chewing on something.

"I have no ten minutes Vai. We must go now before the shift changes." Ivan got up and came to the door.

"I'll drive you there and pick you up when you're ready."

"Maybe that will be better. These young women take forever."

"Ivan will take me there. Relax. I will be back in a few hours," she called to Vai. "Let's go Rasputin." taking Ivan by the hand they left.