Editor's note: this story contains scenes of incest or incest content.
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Getting Through to Mommy
Storm clouds rolled in overhead. The sky was a darker shade of gray than it had been when she left the house a couple hours ago. Rain would surely fall soon. How absurd that the weather outside would so perfectly reflect the present climate inside her heart. Jenni stared through the windshield, her hands gripping the wheel tightly, and thought back to the moment she opened the closet door to find her daughter hiding, naked from the waist down, and watching her mother and her aunt have sex.
Nothing has been the same since. She and Chelsea always enjoyed a very open and honest relationship; almost more of a friendship. Their favorite activity was going to the mall together, but it wasn't for the shopping. The mother-daughter duo would enjoy walking together and talking about the latest gossip, current events, or life in general. The food court for lunch was the anchor of the day. Afterward they would resume walking and talking on their way back to the car; which Jenni always parked, purposely, a fair distance away on the opposite end of the food court. Nothing could get between them. Until now.
Rent-A-Truck, read big white letters on the front of the building. Jenni's heart sank, but she knew it was the right thing to do. How did it work again, she asked herself, to bring her car and a truck...right, park the car and after the move bring the truck back and retrieve the car. Jenni felt so mixed up, she didn't know if she was coming or going at times. Last night, she slapped her daughter across the face. A mother didn't get worse than that, did she?
After having witnessed Jenni and Mandy's sexual activities, it seemed to change her daughter. Chelsea had been having sex for a year or two, Jenni knew that because she put her daughter on birth control around that time, but never had she expressed interest in women. Worst of all, Chelsea's interests were the women in her family; no one could resist Mandy, that was understandable, but her own mother, too.
"Howdy, Ma'am," a salesman said. "You lookin' to rent a truck?"
Jenni opened her car door and stepped out. She hadn't noticed the portly old man approach. Her thoughts went no further than Chelsea. Had she changed her daughter's perception of 'Mom' forever? Surely, Chelsea could never forgive her.
"Yeah," Jenni replied, "I was here about a week ago, but the place I moved to isn't working out. We rented a fifteen-foot truck, and I was wondering if the sale price was still the same."
"Thirty-nine ninety-five for the truck," the salesman said while looking at his clipboard.
"Not twenty-nine?"
"No, Ma'am. That sale ended couple days ago."
Moving again. Jenni knew her sister's place wasn't going to be a permanent residence, but she never thought she'd move out so soon. It was for the best, she told herself. Spending nights staying up late and watching TV with her sister, much like they had done when they were teenagers, was nice. It was also nice watching Amanda spend some quality time with Chelsea, too. Jenni smiled, but a storm clouded her heart and her eyes threatened to rain.
"How about I go inside, grab an agreement for the fifteen-foot truck, and I'll be back."
"Thanks," Jenni agreed.
The salesman walked away and Jenni leaned against her car with her eyes in the clouds. When would it rain, she wondered. At any moment the clouds would burst and rain would pour down in torrents. The skies didn't break, and the rain didn't fall; but it would, eventually. Dark clouds don't give way to sunny days so easily. And when it rains, it pours.
She looked over at the tinted window panes lining the otherwise gray concrete building. The salesman sat behind a desk, mulling over paperwork no doubt. Seemed like a nice guy, a simple man. Probably a wife, two kids; a boy and a girl, Jenni imagined, teens or pre-teens. She laid her head back and her eyes to the sky again as Jenni thought about Caralyn.
Jenni had a few dates with the beautiful blond and she felt serious enough to have her meet Chelsea. Caralyn has a daughter, too. Lucy is her name. As quickly as it came to mind, Jenni decided it would be a bad idea to have Chelsea meet either Caralyn or Lucy right now. If she learned from Mandy, her daughter may be well on her way to becoming an equally efficient nymphomaniac.
Chelsea. Jenni let a single laugh through. Her daughter, that morning she climbed into bed with her. The way she touched her body, almost with a religious reverence. Chelsea was soft, gentle, and sensual. When was the last time someone touched Jenni in such a way? She couldn't remember. It was loving. It was pure. And Jenni told herself every day since, that it was wrong.
In the shower, lathered with soap, drenched in water. The same gentle loving touch. Love. All of this time, while Jenni focused on the shame of sexual interaction with her daughter, she never questioned her own perception. From Chelsea's point of view, perhaps it was love.
Jenni pushed herself off of the car and stood up straight as her brain comprehended this epiphany. Her daughter was trying to show her love. It was physical, sexual, and socially unacceptable, but it had to be how Chelsea hoped to express her love for her mother.
"Shit," Jenni chastised herself. "I can't do this. I need to go back."
After what felt like an hour had passed, the salesman emerged from the building with his clipboard and a set of keys. He thought he made a sale, but Jenni wasn't so sure. She needed to go home...home. Was it home? Yes, Jenni decided, it was her and Chelsea's home.
"Got the agreement rightβ"
"I'm sorry," Jenni said.
"What's that now?"
"I won't be renting the truck," Jenni explained. "Not right now. If I need to, I'll be back."
The man smiled pleasantly, "Not a problem, Ma'am. Sorry it took so long. I had this client with one of my trucks on fifth street andβ"
Jenni shut the car door, not minding the fact that the salesman continued his story. A sense of urgency overtook her and the most important thing became clear. First, she hadn't found a place to move to, yet; why she hadn't thought of that beforehand confounded her. Second, she needed to go home and ask Chelsea, and Amanda, to forgive her for overreacting; it was a shocking sight to walk in on, seeing her sister with a strap on fucking her daughter. Lastly, she wanted Chelsea to display her love; Jenni would like to show her daughter how much she loves her, too. Jenni pressed the gas petal so hard, she pealed out fast enough to spew dirt from under the tires all over the salesman. The sun peaked out from behind the clouds.
β β β
"How you holding up, sweetheart?"
Chelsea feigned a smile, one that spoke of deeper sorrow, to reassure her aunt that she was fine. "I was about to ask you the same thing. Auntie, I'm sorry aboutβ"
"No, don't apologize," Mandy said with an unusually somber tone. "It was my fault for getting you into this mess. I should not have seduced you."