It is the power upon which I feed. As a statuesque American, I am accustomed to heads turning in my direction wherever I am. My milky skin is complemented by the inky, black curls that tumble just below my waist. People are always doing a double take when they see my eyes. They're slate gray, giving my heart-shaped face an other-worldly appearance.
My mother, Rachel, is the Queen of the Dykes. However, being raised by one of the strictest FWB families in Eastern North Carolina, there was no way she was going to be allowed to live the life of a lesbian...openly. Enter my poppa. Jeremiah is the son of a tobacco baron and was disciplined early and often β which may explain why, though a gentle and tender man, my poppa, as starting center for UA three years running, assisted his team to the Sugar Bowl each of those years. Jeremiah was voted MVP numerous times. However, instead of playing professional ball, Jeremiah went into a much more deadly sport. Politics.
One would think Mother would cut Poppa a tiny bit of slack. After all, they were THE Senatorial couple. Generations of breeding and money assured them a place at the table. Instead of entering an open partnership with her husband, she treated their union as a war, refusing the surrender of divorce. It never ceases to amaze me how we can be our own worst enemies.
Thanks in small part to my undergraduate degrees in Chemical Science and in International Trade, and in large part to nepotism; I had been working for Jeremiah, as I refer to him around the office, in the capacity of Chief of Staff. It was heady. I lived in Georgetown with my parents, together again after my four year break for college. After a particularly brutal cocktail party, with my mother ending the evening my throwing the contents of her glass in my father's face, I realized I was going to have to do something about the Queen of the Dykes. Poppa was not only one of the most respected and sought after personages on the Hill. He was also the very firm and stabilizing hand that continued to bring jobs, bring tourism, and keep the military presence in North Carolina.
As most statuesque women with substantial cleavage, I rarely went without a foundation. This evening, however, I allowed the thin, pale material of the silk shirt caress my bare breasts, the blood red of my nipples making colorful points through my shirt. "Poppa," I said, nodding my head toward my father while I poured a martini from the pitcher. Walking to my place on the settee, I stopped briefly at my mother's wingback, allowing one breast to slide down her check and the other to slide up when I bent to kiss her cheek.
Both Poppa and Mother were very still. I was behaving out of character. Hiding a little smile I continued to let the games unfold. "Poppa, I need you to go to Ronald Reagan this evening and pick up my guest, Sabra Watson."
"Ridiculous, Eve," my mother spat. "Harlan can go. It's his job."
Ignoring her, I gave Poppa one of my big smiles and said, "Take the Bentley, Poppa. We do want to make an impression."
"As for Harlan, Mother," I explained, doing my Sharon Stone imitation with utter perfection. With a cross of my legs, the smooth folds of my pussy now had my mother's attention. "He, the Joyner's, and Carstens have all been sent New Bern for the next two weeks. Poppa hugged me from behind, his hands, as always, skimming my breasts. He left the room whistling, something I had never heard him do.
Power. Poppa knew there was a new sheriff in town.
With the echo of the door closing, I turned to look at Mother. She was a writhing mass of desire, shame, and rage. Picking up the remote, I exchanged the seventeenth century for the twenty-first. I had compiled a blend of throbbing back beats to get Mother in the mood. Tonight, I was claiming my man. But first, I had to get his woman out of the way.
Bringing mother another cocktail, I then proceeded to dance for her. With small bumps, grinds, and twirls, I spent fifteen minutes captivating her attention, refilling her glass twice, while my calf length skirt was pulled higher and higher and higher up the length of my legs. I smiled when disappointed flashed on her face as I lowered my skirt back to my original position.
Backing up to my mother, I said, quietly and simply, "Unzip my skirt, Mother."
The music continued to throb but I stood perfectly still. "No..." my mother whispered, her voice strangled.
"Unzip my skirt, Mother." I demanded my voice calming and gentle.
I looked over my shoulder and smiled. Mother was shuddering, the drink in her hand dropped harmlessly to the floor. With a shaking hand, she reached out and unzipped my skirt.