With special thanks to '
larryinseattle
' for his editing and suggestions.
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Gerry had always been smart. While most of his friends struggled with the fundamentals of math, he was already spending his time studying trigonometry, electronics, and computer programming. Many of his teachers even referred to him as 'gifted' and said there wasn't anything he couldn't accomplish in life once he put his mind to it. His friends jokingly agreed but said that his true gift was having the best looking step-mom in the neighborhood.
Laura and his dad were married when he was 14. She had been one of a long line of 'lady friends' his father dated after his mom was killed in a boating accident. Even then it had struck him as somewhat odd that at 20 years old, she was closer in age to him than to his dad. She was 5-foot, 4-inches tall in stocking feet. Her hair was a silky brown that flowed over her shoulders and down to the middle of her back. But it was her eyes that were the most striking; deep chocolate brown with flecks of blue-green that seemed to twinkle when she was happy or excited about something. Add to that a statuesque figure balanced on long, trimmed legs and she was every man and boy's 'wet dream'.
She had settled into the role of wife and step-mom without any problem and all seemed fantastic for the next several years. Then Gerry began to notice subtle changes. Laura seldom smiled at home any longer and the twinkle in her eyes slowly faded and disappeared while his dad spent less and less time around the house, instead saying he had things to do at work or at the family's cabin. Yet even with all of that, things 'seemed' more or less normal until the day of his 18th birthday.
The day of his birthday party started out like any other and he didn't think anything of the fact that his dad wasn't around even though it was Saturday. The surprise came when he entered the kitchen and found Laura standing at the kitchen counter dressed in a pair of 'daisy-dukes' and a bikini top rather the usual jeans and over-sized sweatshirt. The very sight of her brought him to a stop as if he'd walked into an invisible wall.
Glancing over her shoulder, she asked innocently, "What's the matter?"
"Nothing."
"You look like you've seen a ghost."
"Nah, just not ..." he stuttered as his eyes ran up and down her body.
Understanding what he was trying to say, she completed his sentence, "... used to seeing me dressed like this."
"Yeah."
Laughing, she continued, "It's okay. I've been known to have that effect on men in the past. In fact, this is what first attracted your dad to me," she continued as she flourished her hands in front of her body. "But enough of that, what does the birthday boy want for breakfast?"
Slightly annoyed at being called a 'boy' since he was now 18, he mumbled, "Eggs," and within minutes they seemed to materialize before him.
During the rest of the day, he caught sight of her dashing here and there, preparing the house and yard for the party that was planned for later that evening.
By seven o'clock, the guests started to arrive and he was again surprised by her appearance. Her shorts and bikini top had been replaced with a knee-length skirt and a peasant top that she wore off the shoulder. Throughout the evening, he also noticed her smiling at him and several times he thought he saw the twinkle reappear in her eyes.
It was at one of those moments that his best friend, Dale, jokingly said, "I'd love to be a fly on the wall in her bedroom. Mmmmmm, just the idea of what's hidden under her clothes is getting me turned on."
"You're talking about my step-mom, ya perv," he replied without taking his eyes off of her, the idea of actually seeing her nude suddenly intrigued him, too.
For the next three months, he almost lived in his room working on yet another one of his projects and now it was finally done. Sitting on his work table was a wireless micro-camera and receiver, which was no big deal, except they were tuned into his computer and his computer only. The possibilities were endless he mused but he had only one in mind.
The following day he snuck it into his dad and Laura's room while they were at work and hid the camera in a flowerpot on Laura's dresser, than he waited.
The first night absolutely nothing happened. Laura changed into her nightgown out of the sight of the camera and went to bed early. Frustrated, he sat and watched her get comfortable before turning his computer off as he made plans to change the location of the camera.
The following morning, he slipped into their room intent on moving the camera only to find that it had already been moved just the slightest bit. Going back to his room he was instantly pleased when he turned his computer on and found that he could now see where Laura had been standing the night before when she undressed while still capturing a full view of the bed.
That night he went to his room early. He heard his dad and Laura enter their room shortly afterward but what he saw when he turned on his computer surprised and angered him. They had barely entered the room when his father grabbed her and pushed her onto the bed.
"I've seen the way you've been looking at all of Gerry's friends lately and the way you've been revealing yourself to them. Maybe it's time I reminded you exactly who's in charge in this house," his father snarled before grabbing the material of her blouse and ripping it open. What followed was more a rape scene than of two people who were supposedly in love.
Some protective instinct seemed to awaken as he watched his usually mild-mannered father become a Mr. Hyde. For a second, he thought of actually rushing into their room to save her until he saw the way she looked directly at his camera. It was as if she was reading his mind when she shook her head and silently mouthed the word 'No' before turning away.
After that he turned the computer off and laid down in his own bed, stared at the ceiling, unable to sleep.
The following morning his dad left early, supposedly going to the cabin. As usual, he had asked Gerry if he wanted to go along and, as usual, Gerry declined but this time it wasn't so he could spend time with his friends or work on one of his own project. He had a different reason.
As soon as he got out of bed he began to straighten and clean his room. After he was finished with that, he headed into the kitchen and began cleaning it too. That was where Laura found him.
"What's gotten into you?"
"What do you mean?"
"I heard you actually cleaning your room when I walked by earlier and now this," she gestured.
"I just figured that it was about time I started helping around the house a little more."
A smile formed on her lips as she said, "Thank you," and lightly kissed him on the cheek.
"No problem," he stammered.
They spent the rest of the day together talking, cleaning, and flirting innocently with each other but nothing was said about the events that he had seen the previous night.
When his father finally came home, he was already in his room working on another one of his projects and avoided having to talk to the man he now viewed as a monster. About an hour later he heard the two of them enter their room but when he turned on his computer, the lights were already out and all he could see was their shapes under the blankets. The most intriguing thing was that Laura couldn't have been any farther away from his father without falling out of the bed.
It was the same thing night after night for the next two weeks until he began to think about removing the camera. Fortunately, he didn't have the chance since it seemed that his father or Laura were in and out of their bedroom almost constantly.
After dinner that evening, he was heading to his bedroom when he noticed his father sitting in front of the TV drinking a bottle of beer. His father had never been a 'drinker' so the sight surprised him yet even more surprising was the expression on Laura's face when she looked at him.
Her eyes seemed to draw him in deeper and deeper as their twinkling became more and more intense. He felt his body responding on an animalistic level as his heart rate increased and his cock began to harden. Somewhere in his subconscious he knew this was a test between the two of them and refused to look away. Seconds seemed to stretch into hours until she suddenly broke eye contact and looked down at the bulge in his pants. The corners of her mouth lifted in a small smile before she looked away and returned to watching TV with his father.