"Mom, I'm home. There should be a package for me?" Carter called out as he stepped in from the garage. He tossed his keys into the bowl by the door, shedding his shoes and bookbag on his way down the hall to the main room. "Ame? You here? I thought I saw the mail truck head out our street when I came in. Did you get my package?"
"Oh, yes. It's by the door, Carter." He heard his stepmother's voice float around from the kitchen. It sounded a little rougher than usual but he didn't pay much attention; he was probably imagining it. Besides, he was excited to get his package; he had been waiting for it for a couple weeks now.
"Hell, Ame. Did you throw it?" He called out, picking up the banged up package from where she had dropped it earlier. Carter frowned as he examined the package, and opened the outer shipping box, relieved that the seller had properly cushioned the equipment inside.
"I'm sorry, Carter. It slipped when I was signing for it. Is it damaged?" Amaryllis stepped around the corner from the kitchen, still garbed in her robe, and cradling a cup of coffee between her hands from which she took a sip. She had tried to clean up her hair and face as best as she could but reckoned she would need another shower as the residual cum and saliva dried in her hair in clumps which she tried to hide by sweeping her near waist-length dark hair up in a messy bun. She hoped the coffee would cover the musky odour and taste of cum. It worked, but just barely. Unconsciously, she tugged the top of her robe closer together to cover up as her eyes darted from the package to the front door.
"It's probably okay." Carter shrugged but narrowed his eyes as he examined his stepmom's appearance. She looked... disheveled and it wasn't his imagination that her voice sounded different. "You okay, mom?" He used her name and 'mom' interchangeably as she had helped raise him the past ten years, especially when his dad had more and more business trips out of town. He thought of her more as his mother than his own who had cut contact as soon as she got married to her current husband more than 12 years ago.
"Oh, my throat's just a little sore. Maybe I'm coming down with a cold." Amaryllis smiled at the concern her stepson was showing her, always touched that he cared and noticed. She made an excuse, of course not wanting her perfect family to realize what had happened to her just moments before her stepson walked in the house. "I'm just going to finish my coffee and take a soak in the bath. Maybe the steam and heat will help."
"Sure, I'm just going to set this up." Carter had turned from his stepmom already and was occupied with his new toy: he had got a fancy camera setup in an effort to expand and improve his YouTube channel. By the time Amaryllis had cleaned up again and was downstairs to make dinner, Carter had the camera set up on a tripod in the corner of the main room to test the video quality and function. He also had it linked to an app on his phone that allowed him to view it in real time.
The rest of the afternoon and evening progressed uneventfully with Carter adjusting and playing with the settings on his camera and Amaryllis preparing dinner and cleaning up afterwards. They spent a quiet evening doing their own thing before going to bed.
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The next morning, Carter had already left for his university classes and Amaryllis awoke with a degree of fear and trepidation. She fought with herself on whether she wanted to get dressed or wear the robe as the mailman had demanded she do. Ultimately, she decided that she wasn't going to let him get away with raping her again and donned--along with her bra and panties--her usual attire for a day of housework: a loose tshirt and a pair of shorts.
She also had a part-time work-from-home job that allowed her flexible hours, as long as she got the tasks done by the deadline so she spent the morning working before making herself lunch and cleaning the kitchen afterwards. She was halfway through clearing the clutter in the main room when the doorbell rang, sending a sliver of fear piercing through her. She momentarily considered pretending no-one was home and ignoring anyone who came to the door, but she was also afraid that the mailman would tell her family. She also wanted to definitively tell him that it was over, that what he did was wrong and that she'd get the authorities involved if he'd try that again.
The doorbell rang again and again, insistently, and she squared her shoulders before opening the door.
"Tsk tsk. Took you long enough, ma'am. And you're not wearing what I asked you. Tsk tsk tsk." His lips pulled up in a menacing and creepy grin as he shook his head. He stepped inside, his height towering over her.
"S- Stop! Don't take another step in. This stops now." Amaryllis tried to inject some steel into her voice, to give it authority but her diminutive size and naturally soft voice projected little threat, especially in the face of this situation. It only caused the grin on Tony's face to widen in amusement like a fox staring down at a bunny daring to challenge the predator.