TW: mind control; brainwashing; questionable consent; milf; incest reference; forced orgasm
-- Part 4 - Holly --
I focused on mum and the
guy
- bringing their honesty up, and up, and up. No hiding
anything
from me. Fuck, I could feel anger eating at me, daring me to go further. Because I could go further. So much further.
But I held back - every problem I'd had so far was because I had gone too far with my gift, and I was about to start throwing shit at the wall when this could be nothing.
As I approached, my mum clocked me, pushing the man aside a little. Too little too late.
'What's going on?' I asked, knowing their
honesty
would pull out details.
'Jamie,' my mum started. I took after her - dark hair, dark eyes, all that. The face she wore, the expression she chose, it was almost pitiful. 'I'm so sorry, we should have told you sooner, but, me and your father, we didn't know how. We're separated.'
I let out a breath, my attention shifting to the man at her side. 'Who's he?'
'Dan,' she said. 'Your father and I, we've been...' she hesitated, but my gift was more powerful than her shame. 'Swinging. For years. And, we met a couple. Dan and Holly. We've fallen in love, as have your father and Holly.'
'So... what, you've fucking
swapped?
' I asked, incredulous.
Dan nodded. 'This shouldn't have been how we met, Jamie.'
'Shut up,' I said, using my gift to lock that order in. His mouth clapped shut, and I pushed my mum for details. 'What... how long has this been a
thing
?'
She thought about it. 'A few months, on or off, when you were still in school - Erin still is, of course. Your father, he and Holly started things off behind our backs, and then me and Dan found each other for comfort. It was... ignorable at first, but I couldn't put it aside any more. I love Dan, Jamie, and he cares for me in ways your father hasn't bothered with for years.'
I laughed, incapable of believing what I was hearing. 'Six months? Am I that
thick
that I didn't see this happening for
six months
?'
'Well, we've been discreet, darling. And you've been busy with Ali, and then organising school, and I know you and that girl Hannah from your work have started something up.'
How she knew that, I had no idea.
I staggered back, seeing Dan's hand in my mother's. 'I need space,' I said.
Mum nodded. 'We still love you, Jamie - this has nothing to do with how your father or I feel about
you
.'
But I wasn't listening. I just walked away, before the temptation to use my gift on anyone else took over.
With a final breath of clear-headedness, I removed the 'shut up' order on Dan, and walked away, through the village, away from that fucking mess.
I didn't care where.
Following my feet, I found myself wandering back towards Shona's house - interesting that my instinct wasn't to call it Ali's house anymore - but I knew she was out working. So, I sat on the wall of her front garden, and stared up at the cloudy sky, trying to process.
Separated.
Swingers.
Dan.
Holly.
I was irate. I could feel it, in my gut. Not just angry. Positively
fuming
. How could they keep this sort of thing from me?! How could I be so
dense
as to miss it? And who the
fuck
was Erin?!
My entire childhood, they'd seemed so happy. And, sure, they were working late or taking trips - but I thought they were just getting ready to no longer have me in the house. Parents to a single child, I figured it was going to be a big life change for all of us. I tried not to overthink it.
Clearly I wound up under-thinking it.
I scoured my memory for a 'Dan and Holly'. Whether their names had been mentioned for Christmas cards, or as part of a birthday party or something. Had they
ever
appeared in my life, even in passing?
I didn't know Dan's face, but that didn't mean I'd
never
met him.
My phone buzzed, pulling me out of my stupor. Hannah had messaged me again.
You coming?
I sighed. Might as well. It'll distract me at least. Allow me to process the new world. Everything was changing, and quickly. Soon enough I wouldn't even be here to watch my parents split. To watch
Dan
move in, or
Holly
. Whichever.
At that moment, I decided. I hated them.
I walked to work, my chest tight and my feet fast, barely looking up as I barrelled through the quiet country lanes, the grass and mountains in the distance sullied by the incoming rain. Nothing was beautiful today.
When I arrived, Hannah spotted me through the glass doors, and rushed out to me. I was a little confused - the place looked dead, but she was flustered.
'Hey,' she said, pulling me in by the hand. Usually I would be taken aback by such a casual thing - we weren't
together
, so for her to hold my hand was a bit... familiar. At least in public. Not that anyone was here, I supposed.
'Hi,' I said as she took me to the counter. 'What's going on, then?'
She nodded towards Cooke's office door - closed. 'He's been in there all morning.'
'That's not unusual, to be fair.'
But Hannah shook her head. 'You should have seen how he looked at me, Jamie. And, you know, I've seen him look at me before. Creep. But this was different.'
'Different how?' I asked, feeling my anger - which, on the walk had just started to abate - fire up again.
She sighed. 'I don't even know. But... it was more than just a leer. He was drinking me in, Jamie. And, then, he locked himself in the back office and hasn't come out. And I've heard...' She stopped, hesitating.
'What?'
'Grunting. I'm serious, I think he's getting himself off in there and I can't... I can't work for that fucking guy if he's gonna lock himself in the office and snap one off over me, Jamie I just can't.'
She was clearly very upset, and I could feel her emotions swelling up even without my gift. I tuned in, using it to level her a smidge - though she was entitled to feel invaded, and angry. She was justified in that, so I didn't bother to temper it.
Instead, I shifted my tuning to Cooke, and what I felt made my stomach turn over. Lust, Power, Dominance, Smugness - all wrapped up into a grotesque little man. He was wanking, alright. Almost finished, too.
I stopped him, psychically, and gave Hannah's hand a squeeze. 'Let me talk to him. Take five.'
She nodded, and went out the back for some air.
Still tuned in to Cooke's frustrated self-rutting, I hammered on the office door. 'Having fun in there?'
A rustle. A hint of panic from him, but there was still that underlying
Smugness
.
'Cooke?' I called out, thumping again on the wood of the door. I heard a click, and stepped back, and waited as Cooke unlocked and opened the door.
He stood before me, sweating, his shirt a little unravelled and his breath not-yet caught, with the smallest smile on his face.
'Yeah?' he croaked.
'I don't think it's... appropriate, what you're doing,' I said, trying not to go head-first with the 'sick fuck' stuff. I'll save that.
'Aye,' he said. 'And you'd know all about
appropriate
, wouldn't you.' He glanced over my shoulder, checking the shop, but it was empty. 'You and that
slut
have been making merry in my shop, and you want to hammer on my office?'
I scoffed, but he didn't flinch. 'What?' I upped his honesty, pushing him to speak his mind.
'You scrubbed the cameras after your little... rendezvous. But that girl's been a slut for years, Jaime-boy. I've had my own cams up for a while now. Caught her, more than once, filming herself in the storage, or the toilets, fucking herself. And who wouldn't fuck her - I mean, you know. First chance you got, you had her there-'
He nodded to the bench where, only recently, Hannah had been on her knees, sucking my cock, basking as I sprayed all over her.
'-well done you. But I have footage of that, too. So, if you and the slut want to keep your jobs-'
'Cooke,' I said, pulling his confidence down to 20, his smugness down to 10. Then, his obedience up from 35 to 75. Heh. 'You're going to delete every single video, photo - whatever - of Hannah you have. You're going to give her a raise, and give her whatever time off she asks for -
paid
. And the rest of the weekend, to start. Understand?'
He nodded, and the sudden turn-around made me calmer. In control.
'Now, listen close,' I said, programming him. 'You will not be able to cum, or even get hard, to the thought of Hannah. Unless you are having sex
with another person
, you won't be able to achieve orgasm. Do you hear me?'
He nodded, chin wobbling.
'I'm going to take Hannah home, and fuck her the way you
wish
you could
.
I'll make her moan, and cum, and beg for more, and you... you'll be manning the shop.'
He nodded.
'Great. Bye.'
Without another word, I span on my heel and left.
Hannah spotted me on my way out, and I took her hand. 'What happened?'