Drew Sanders lay sprawled out on his bed in Aunt Wanda's house. Formerly the guest room, it was now - at least temporarily - his room. He slammed his fist down on the bed as he rolled to his feet.
"It's not fair," the just turned 20-year-old muttered to himself.
One lousy joint! Not even real drugs -- just a little harmless pot. He still couldn't believe they'd kicked him out of the dorm for one lousy joint. But that was exactly what they'd done. He was lucky they hadn't kicked him out of school entirely.
His father was furious. He'd sent him to live with his sister, Wanda - who lived roughly 15 miles from campus - while he figured out what to do next.
Aunt Wanda was the youngest of four children, 10 years younger than Drew's 45-year-old father. She'd assured her older brother that she would keep a tight reign on his son.
Now truthfully, it wasn't that Drew disliked his Aunt Wanda -- truth was she was okay, for an aunt. It was just that during the last year and a half he'd gotten used to the freedom of college life. Being accountable to his aunt wasn't something he was enjoying.
* * *
Drew looked around his Aunt's bedroom. He knew he shouldn't be in there, but his curiosity had finally gotten the better of him. He snooped through her dresser first, being careful to leave things just how he found them. Nothing. Not even any sexy lingerie.
He looked through the nightstand with similar results.
Next, he crossed the room to the walk-in closet. He turned on the light and looked through the hanging garments. Like her dresser and nightstand, he found nothing special, just "normal" clothes. In the back corner of the closet were some built-in drawers, rising from the floor to just about chest height. He opened the top drawer and looked inside, finding nothing special. He repeated the process for the next three drawers, each with similar results.
Bending over, he slid the bottom drawer out. There, sitting right on top was a vibrator. As vibrators went, it was kind of disappointing -- not too long and not too thick. But it was his Aunt's! That alone made it a discovery of enormous proportions. Curious what else might be in the drawer, he pulled it all the way out until it plopped onto the floor.
He knelt down and rummaged through the drawer. To his great disappointment, he found nothing further of interest. Sighing, he took a final look at the vibrator, put it back in the drawer and set the drawer back on its slot. But when he went to close it, it only went in part way. He jiggled the drawer a bit and tried again, but it still wouldn't close.
"Shit!" Drew swore out loud. He removed the drawer and shoved it aside, before bending over to see what the problem was.
"Well, well, well. What could this be?" he said as he reached inside the cubbyhole and pulled out the hidden contents.
* * *
Wanda Sanders was a sales representative for a local company. She'd explained to Drew when he moved in that she was always in her office on Fridays, but was likely to be on the road any other time. So it was that on Friday morning, one week after his discovery, Drew walked into his aunt's office at work.
"What are you doing here?" Wanda asked when her nephew entered the office. She rose from her chair and walked around her desk.
Drew smiled but said nothing, allowing an eerie silence to fill the room. At last he spoke. "I was snooping around in your room last week, auntie dear, and you'll never guess what I found."
For a brief moment, there was a look of shock on Wanda's face, but she recovered quickly. "And just what the hell were you doing snooping around my room in the first place?" she challenged. But there was a hint of nervousness in her voice as she wondered if Drew had really discovered her secret.
Drew turned slowly back to the door. With his back to his aunt, he closed and locked the door. The "click" of the lock reverberated throughout the small office and sent shivers up Wanda's spine. 'He knows,' she thought desperately. 'He knows.'
Drew turned and walked over to his aunt. He reached out slowly and ran his fingers through Wanda's wavy brown hair. "There's going to be some changes at home," he said, his hand sliding over his aunt's shoulder, coming to rest on the side of her breast.
"How dare you!" Wanda exploded, pushing the hand away. But before she could say or do anything else, Drew slapped her with a stinging blow. She gasped and staggered backwards, bumping into her desk.
"I don't think you understand, Auntie dear," Drew smiled sarcastically. "Unless you want Grandpa to hear about your little sojourn into the world of adult films, you'll do exactly as I say."
Wanda looked at her nephew as the impact of what he'd just said hit home. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out, and her body began to shake.
"Does that clarify things for you?" Drew asked again.
For Drew, the look of shock on his aunt's face was priceless - a fitting payback for the grief she'd been dishing out lately.
For Wanda, on the other hand, it was like her whole world had just exploded. Whatever happened, her father -- Drew's Grandpa -- must never find out that his baby girl had been in adult films. It would rip his ultra conservative heart out, not to mention getting Wanda cut-off from the family fortune. And it was indeed a sizable fortune; one which Wanda had every intention of sharing.
Finally, Wanda nodded her head in resignation. "I can't hear you!" Drew said.
"Yes," Wanda whispered. "It's clear."
Drew stepped closer to his aunt, forcing her to lean back over the desk, supporting herself with her arms. "From now on, whenever we're alone, you are to address me as Sir. And since you've already shown the world what a slut you truly are, that's what I'll call you -- Slut!" He reached out his hand to stroke the side of her face, but she turned her head away. He smiled, lowered his hand to her breast instead, and squeezed. "Do you understand me, slut?" he asked as he continued to squeeze her breast.
The tears were beginning to form in Wanda's eyes as she looked at her nephew. "But we're family," she whispered. "That's incest!"
Drew continued, smiling. "I've watched all the movies. After everything else you've done, I'm sure you'll find a way to cope with that little detail. If not, there's always Grandpa."
There were several moments of silence as the two stared at each other, Wanda's eyes still glassy from the tears.
"Do you understand, slut?"
There was a brief pause. "Yes, sir," she replied at last.
"Good," Drew said. "I'll expect you home by 5:30. I wouldn't advise being late."
"Yes, sir," came the meek response.
* * *
Wanda quickly brushed herself off as Drew left her office. All totaled, he'd been there maybe 3 minutes. But in those 3 minutes, her safe, comfortable little world had been ripped apart, replaced by something she could not yet fully come to grips with.
She moved to her chair, sat down, and tried to control her shaking. She thought about her past, the past she'd worked so hard to put behind her. Sure she'd been in some minor, low budget adult films. In seven to be precise. But that was nearly 14 years ago, during her rebellious period. She'd done it for the thrill, not the money. Back then she'd had a very strong sex drive -- which was a polite way of saying she'd fuck anything on two legs. She'd found that doing it in front of people -- and on film -- was a real turn on.
Eventually, she'd walked away from the whole scene, moving back to the mainstream of society. And yes, the family fortune had played a major role in that decision.
She knew she should have destroyed the tapes years ago, but destroying them would have been like denying that those days ever existed. Somehow, she hadn't been able to do that. Besides, she rationalized, even if she had destroyed them, there was still the chance -- albeit a slim chance -- that someone would have found out about her some other way.
So she'd hidden the tapes in a safe, secure spot -- or so she thought.
* * *
The rest of the day had been a blur, with her emotions running the entire gambit - from confusion, to fear, to anger. Not willing to gamble her future inheritance on the possibility that her nephew was bluffing, she made certain to leave the office a little early that day. So it was that she pulled into her garage at exactly twenty minutes past five.
She turned off the car, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Somehow she was able to calm herself, gather her purse and get out of the car. When she reached the door to the kitchen, she took another deep breath and entered her house.
She found Drew sitting at the kitchen table, waiting.
For several moments that seemed to stretch to eternity, they stared at each other -- a wry smile on Drew's face, a look of dread on Wanda's. Finally Drew spoke up. "There's some wine on the counter. Pour us each a glass."
Wanda looked to the counter, and then back at Drew. For a brief moment there was a defiant look, one that seemed to say "get it yourself!" But it disappeared almost as soon as it appeared. Obediently, Wanda moved towards the kitchen counter.