Chapter 605 - Moms advice about pesky women (1/2)
After dinner, Jeff, JoAnna, Aiden and Sarah went to a building which reminded Sarah and JoAnna of a clothing studio in New York that is owned by Patty. Almost empty space filled up within seconds with people who were taking care of their clothes, hair and makeup (for ladies).
JoAnna was done before Sarah and when she saw that it's nine thirty in the evening, she decided to step to the side and call Elanor. ”Hi, mom…”
”Nice of you to call, my dear…”, Elanor responded in a singing voice. ”But since you are calling at this hour, I can assume it's nothing pleasant.”
JoAnna smiled. ”You are right.”
JoAnna thought that she got everything figured out, but now that she was actually on the phone with her future mother-in-law, she found it difficult to talk about the issue. She stumbled few times over her own words and Elanor waited for JoAnna to compose herself patiently. Finally, JoAnna calmed down and told Elanor what is troubling her:
”Mom, there are women after Jeff. Many of them. And they are coming faster than I can chase them away…”, JoAnna sounded pathetic even to herself.
Elanor sighed. ”I see. How are you chasing them away?”
”I find their weakness and use it against them, so that they don't come back.”, JoAnna vaguely responded.
”Hmm… and you think that works? They will not come back?”
”They shouldn't, right? If I have something that can damage them, why would they come back?”
Elanor laughed. ”You are silly. Adorable, but silly... Anna, dear, if a woman is after a man who is taken, she does not act rationally. If you tell her to go away, and she listens, be certain that she didn't give up. She is only plotting her next move. And they don't give up. You say that they are coming faster than you can chase them away? That is because you are playing nice, and they are not. Unless you clip their wings and establish your dominance, they will not go away.”
”Clip their wings? Establish my dominance?” JoAnna was confused. ”How do I do that?”
Elanor paused for few seconds before speaking. ”Fear. Make them fear you. You might need to get creative, but the word will spread that they should not provoke you.”
”I see… thank you, mom.”, JoAnna hanged up.
”You spoke with Stella?”, Sarah's voice came from behind before JoAnna had time to think about her chat with Elanor.
”No. It was Elanor. I needed an advice about pesky women.” JoAnna admitted.
”Oh? How come you called her and not Stella?”
”I think that our mom will just tell me to beat them up.”
Sarah had to agree with that. ”And what did Elanor say?”
”It was not far from that.”, JoAnna laughed.
”You look good.” Sarah observed JoAnna in a dark red sleeveless tight-fitting cocktail dress with a mock-wrap skirt which reached half of her thighs.