Love on the Lido Deck by Barbara Oliverio

Author:Barbara Oliverio
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbara Oliverio

It felt good to walk out of the elevator and into the bright sunshine and breeziness of the Sports Deck. I saw Anthony and Celia at the far end of the deck where the zip liners concluded their wild ride. I waved and walked over to join them.

“Have you guys had your rides?”

“Omigosh! It was so much fun!” Celia had the same glee in her voice that I’d heard so often in her daughter Elisabetta.

“You need to do this, Keir,” agreed Anthony.

I leaned on the railing.

“Is one of our crowd coming next? I didn’t miss everyone, did I?” I was sure that Alex would whoop and holler all the way across.

The next rider pushed off. It was definitely a female and she kicked with obvious glee as she careened toward us. No, not Alex. That wasn’t her bathing suit.

Wait. I knew that bathing suit.

Mother!!

My mouth must have been agape as my mother slid into the pile of cushions beside us.

“Did you get that, Russ?”

I realized that Russ had come behind us to capture a video of the spectacle of my mother—dignified Maeve Graham—zip-lining across the deck of a cruise ship as if she were a teenager!

“May-may, you were fantastic!” he embraced her and kissed her.

“Keira!” She turned and saw me there. “Did you see me?”

“I saw you, Mother.”

“Wasn’t that something?”

Oh, it was something all right.

“Mother. How? What?”

At that moment, Cam slammed into the cushions.

“Mama G., you were amazing!” He said after he was unhooked from his harness.

“I know!” Her eyes were still sparkling.

Damian was the next zip-liner to arrive.

“Mama G., you are my hero!”

Et tu, Damian?

“Well, you boys wore me down with your persuasion. And that little daredevil Alex, of course.”

Of course.

The daredevil herself screamed and screeched upon her arrival. After embracing my mother, she saw me.

“Keira! Did you see your mother?”

“How could I not?” I deadpanned.

“What? Are you mad that she did that?”

My silence spoke for me.

“Keira! You can’t tell me that you’re upset that we encouraged your mother to take a chance!”

“Why no, Alex. And where are your parents?” I peered across the way. “Are they next?”

“No. But what does that have to do with it?”

“So it’s okay for MY mother to act foolish then?” My voice must have been a little too loud because the others stopped laughing and comparing rides, and turned toward us.

“So you think what I did was foolish, Keira?” my mother asked in her normal patrician tones.

“No, Mother, I didn’t really mean that. That was an unfortunate choice of words.”

“Because, I might remind you—AGAIN—that I’m old enough to make my own decisions. I don’t need my adult daughter watching after me.”

“Mother!” I called after her as she walked away, and stopped before making a scene. A normally quiet Russ looked as if he was going to speak up, but just shook his head and strode off to follow her.

“Keira! That wasn’t nice at all!” Alex began.

“Really, Alex?” I just wasn’t in the mood. “Remind me, just where are your parents, again?”

“They’re playing bingo.

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