The Beginning
Family Acres started out as one of those middle class suburbs for young families on their way up the ladder of success. They typically had young children or were planning to have them. Over the years the community remained very stable with few families moving away. Now, almost two decades later, most of the original kids are in high school, and a few are just starting college. Neighbors had known each other for a long time, giving the community the feel of a separate village.
When Family Acres was created, a handsome stone gateway was erected at the entrance proclaiming
"Welcome to Family Acres – A Place for Families and Friends to Grow Closer!"
They had no way of foretelling how very close those families would become...
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Gilda Warden, known to her friends as "Gilly", is one of the very first homeowners in Family Acres. She is in her early forties, divorced for several years, and has a son, Jason, who just finished his first year of college and had spent the summer as a transfer student in Germany. Jason had returned home only a few days earlier, preparing to return to the local college for the upcoming school year.
Gilly was thinking about what had happened the previous evening. She had taken a bath and, when she reached for her towel, realized that it was not on the towel rack where it normally was. Without thinking, she called out, "Jason, honey, would you please toss me a towel?"
"Sure, Mom," he replied as he opened the bathroom door. She had expected him to simply open the door slightly, stick his arm inside the door and toss the towel toward the bathtub. Instead, he boldly walked into the bathroom and stood by the tub, holding the towel out for his mother.
Gilly is an ordinary looking lady, not tall and somewhat stout, with a full bosom and wide hips. She was surprised when her son walked in one her like that and stood by the tub brazenly looking at her naked body.
"Uh, thanks, Jason," she mumbled.
"Anytime, Mom, anytime," he said and looked at her for several more seconds before turning to leave.
"
My God
," she thought,
"he just stared at me. He didn't even try to look away. What was that all about? Why didn't I say anything?"
She didn't admit to herself that she had felt a quiet thrill as he looked at her. Nothing more was said about the incident that night at supper or the next day.
The following evening, Gilly was again surprised when she noticed there was no towel as she finished her bath.
"I could have sworn my towel was hanging there this afternoon. I'm sure it was,"
she thought.
"I don't understand this."
"Jason," she called, "Please bring me a towel, honey."
She was again surprised when he walked into the bathroom and carried the towel to her. She laid still in the tub, watching his eyes slowing move over her body, not knowing what to say except, "Thanks, son."
"Sure, Mom, my pleasure," he said as he turned and left.
As she dried herself off, Gilly was beginning to wonder.
"I'm sure that towel was there earlier. Where could it have gone? Good heavens, did Jason take it? Did he deliberately take it so I would have to call him again to bring a towel, just to to see me naked again? That's crazy! Why would a good looking young man like him want to see his dumpy old mother naked?"
But for the first time she realized she got a thrill while he was looking down at her.
"It's been a long time since a man looked at me naked, years in fact. Not only looked at me naked, but looked like he was enjoying it. It felt kinda' nice."
The next morning Gilly went next door for coffee with her neighbor and close friend, Jane Ellison. They had been neighbors almost from the beginning and were close friends. Jane was married and had a son, Pete, who was a senior at the high school and a daughter, June, a freshman at the local junior college. Gilly and Jane had confided in each other for years. It was Jane who had told Gilly that Gilly's husband was screwing one of the other neighbor ladies, which caused Gilly to get a divorce.
"Hi, Gilly," Jane cheerfully greeted her. "How's it goin'?"
"Fine, I guess," Gilly answered.
"Uh oh, sounds like something's on your mind. Tell me about it."
Gilly told Jane about the towel incidents. "I just don't know what to do. If Jason is taking the towels on purpose, I don't know how to get him to stop."
Jane looked at her for several long moments and than quietly asked, "Do you really want him to stop?"
"Well, I mean, why of course I do," she replied hesitantly.
"C'mon, Gilly, we've known each other too long and shared too many secrets. Don't bullshit me. Aren't you enjoying him looking at you just a little bit? Are you really all that upset about it? It feels good to have a good looking young guy like Jason looking at you, doesn't it? I'd sure like it if he was looking at me. C'mon, be truthful."
"Well," she hesitated and looked down at her coffee cup, "I guess I did like it some. I mean, the way he looked at me, stared at my breasts and belly. God, I felt like his eyes were looking right between my legs like they were spread wide open. I haven't had feelings like that in a very long time."
Jane smiled, "Sounds to me like you liked it more than just a little. Sounds like you were getting turned on. What's wrong with that?"
"Maybe you're right," Gilly agreed, "but it can't go on. Look what it could lead to."
"What's the problem? Do you have something against having sex with a guy that much younger than you?"
"Well, no, although I've never had the chance. But he's my son! That would be incest!"
"Let me ask you this," Jane said, "would you have sex with my son, Pete, if you knew I wouldn't be mad about it? He's a good looking kid, an athlete, and I know he's screwing his girlfriend, so he's not a virgin. He'd give you a good ride and a hard fuck. What do you think?"
Surprised, Gilly said, "Well, yeah, I guess I would."
"That's okay," Jane chuckled, "because he fucks me almost every day, and I love it."
Gilly almost dropped her coffee cup. She stared at Jane open mouthed for several seconds before speaking. "You're having sex with your son? I don't believe it! My God, Jane that's incest! I mean....well....isn't that wrong?"
"There isn't much you don't know about me," Jane began, "but this is one of the few things I never told you. Is it wrong? Some people say so. Not me. The love between me and Pete is deeper and more beautiful than anything I've ever known. You think you can't love anyone more than you love your own child until you complete that love with intimacy. You know what I think? I think you should let Jason become as close to you as he wants. Relax and see how far he wants to really go. Don't let some arbitrary rules come between you. Follow your heart."
Gilly stood slowly. "I...I guess so. I just don't know." She repeated as she went through the door, "I just don't know."
Gilly decided that that night would be the final test if Jason was really taking the towels. She put her towel on the tub towel bar.
"There," she thought, "now I
know
the towel is there. If it's gone again tonight, there's only one way for that to happen. It must be Jason."
She was nervous all day, wondering what would happen. After supper she told Jason she was going upstairs for her bath.
When she entered the bathroom her breath caught as she saw the empty towel bar. "
Oh God, it's true! Jason is doing it!"