**All sexually active characters are 18+ at the time**
I seldom discuss my past exploits with my second wife. We share all things except the truth in this marriage it seems. There are certain layers I'll never quite peel back, for legal reasons and otherwise.
I guess it all started back in the summer of 2008. If things had gone according to plan, I would have gone to school and started my junior year like the rest of my friends. Three weeks of my summers since the 6th grade were spent at Vacation Bible Camp. Each year held a new theme and each theme latched onto whatever was trending. The year prior, 'Crank Dat Soulja Boy' was the hottest song with suburban white youth. So the camp theme was absurdly titled: Crank Dat - Souljas for Jesus.
Bible Camp, the year it all fell apart was titled: Iron Man - Iron Sharpens Iron, Steel Sharpens Steel. A lot of these themes are long since forgotten, but I'll always remember Iron Man because of the camp shirts. Each year we were assigned a stack of custom camp shirts in our size. Our mother sent in the information long before we arrived. The Iron Man themed shirt had the Iron Man mask(altered enough to bypass copyright) on the chest.
I remember these shirts so vividly because it was all me and my sister wore for the years to come. A day in a half into camp my mother drove onto the field, collected me and Susie, and left. She already had our bags in the trunk. Our last bit of youthful freedom was charring hotdogs over an open fire the night of arrival and playing dodgeball before lunch.
Susie, or as she prefers to be referred to now, Susanne, is two years older than me. This would have been her last year of camp, she was 18. I suppose she could have returned as a counselor but that is only for the truly dedicated Christians. Camp was fun regardless of how much you bought the whole Jesus thing. Sure, we sang songs in the woods and read from the bible. But we went rafting, shot paintball guns, and climbed through obstacle courses. Counselors watch and manage the fun, the kids partook.
I remember Susie's dirty blonde hair in the sun. She sat on the right side and her skin and hair caught direct sunbeams. My mother drove frantically and never told us anything until we reached the destination. My sister's anxious eyes opened and closed like portals to an understanding I didn't have at the time. She knew something I didn't. I was nervous but she was shaking in a way that only someone who knew the danger would shake.
"Mom," I asked. "Are we going home?" I was given no answer. She just turned the music high and floored it down the backroads. "What's going on, Susie?" I whispered to my sister. The only comfort she could offer me was the promise of everything being okay, and in a way, she was right.
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Two years had passed and we were still hiding from our deranged biological father in the basement. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap allowed us to inhabit the basement of their winter cabin for as long as we needed. They were my mother's neighbors when she grew up and developed a paternal care for her. I had my suspicions that Mr. Dunlap had venereal desires for my mother. None the less, he was nothing but kind to us. I couldn't blame him for how he felt about my mother, she was quite the beauty. Her bouncy black hair was that of a Golden Age Hollywood starlet. Her smooth pale complexation, full lips, and sultry gaze had all beholders wrapped around her finger.
I take after my mother in more ways than my sister. I inherited the dark hair, pale skin, and dark brown eyes while my sister had straight blonde hair, light freckled skin, and blue eyes. As she got older peeks of red started to show in her hair. My mother was slender and gracious while my sister developed large breasts and a plump behind. At this point I was eighteen and Susie was twenty. I'd noticed Mr. Dunlap lingered around Susie during his biweekly supply drop offs. My mother wasn't the only one receiving a "special" attention.
As one can imagine, in scenarios such as these, nudity becomes and afterthought. This had nothing to do with sex, incest, or love. I'll spoil the ending here and now, we spent five years confined to a basement. The only privacy was the small bathroom with a shower that trickles down lukewarm water. The Dunlaps, God rest their souls, were survivalists. What was previously a storage area dug under the Cabin was finished into a place to hold up in times of danger. The three of us shared a rather small 13 X 14 foot room(not counting the tiny bathroom) and made the best of it.
Two twin sized mattresses were pressed together in the left corner and naturally, that is where we slept. Near infinite variations of canned food were stored in the walls of that self imposed prison. Canned goods I never thought existed: canned cheese, canned canned bread, canned eggs, and canned whole chicken, to name a few. The Dunlaps dropped off fresh food when they could but canned goods was our bread and butter, literally. The preservation process made everything salty so for the sake of our blood pressure, we'd rinse most food under water before eating. We spent five years without sun. The sunbeams that made contact with my sister's skin on the way to the cabin were the last ones she'd feel for a while.
I only learned about the deranged nature of my biological father in bits and pieces when my mother drank or felt generous. I'll never know the full story but the gist I received was, he was abusive to my mother and held us captive. One day she escaped with us and later he was arrested. That was the short version. Over time I learned about the emotional scars he left behind. I was too young to remember being strapped in a car seat driving state to state in terror of my father. One night my mother described it as, "Every shadow I ever saw... I thought it was him and I thought he'd devour me."
We were safe from harm in the confines of the Dunlaps cabin basement. We had to stay in the basement because my father was crafty, resourceful, and ex military. He escaped from federal lockup so we had reason to fear him. The Dunlaps said he'd already questioned them about our whereabouts but they responded with, "we've not heard from Delores in years." The cabin basement was hidden and you'd never find it unless you knew what you were looking for. It wasn't as simple as sliding a rug out of the way. Some nights we heard slow foot steps above. The Dunlaps walked with no caution so only someone with nefarious intent would attempt to shroud their walk. Our mother would pull us close into her shaking arms and place her hands over our mouths.
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"You making ramen, Susie?" I asked, seeing my sister fill a pot with water from the bathroom sink. "Make some for me."
"You know it."
Susie placed the pot of water on the portable plugin hotplate and waited for the water the boil. Our mother was still asleep on the mattress, the hiding seemed to drain all her energy. She slept more than both of us combined some days. "Make some for Mom," I added. Susie wore red panties and an Iron Man camp shirt that her breast had nearly outgrown. Mom slept naked most nights. She held onto modesty for as long as she could be once I was of age and she could no longer take it, the clothes came off. I can close my eyes and still picture her on her side, her breasts peeking out from the blanket and her visible pale calves. I will admit that at this time, I'd not seen another women in two years. That may not seem a long time but as a young man just entering adulthood, it was eternity. I'd missed prom along with seven other school dances. I never snuck out at night to get drunk with Timmy like we promised we would that year. "This year we aren't going to be losers anymore," he promised.
The water in the pot began to boil and Susie ripped open three chicken ramen packs and set them in the water. When we first arrived in this dungeon there was a small table but we had it removed for more living space. Susie was crouched in front of the boiling pot that rested on the floor. She divided the noodles equally into three bowls and mixed the flavor packs inside. The way her thigh pressed into her calf was quite alluring to my horny eighteen year old brain. We kept in surprisingly good shape, given the circumstance. I did pushups, pullups, situps, and all the "up" exercises possible. Susie would jump rope, do squats, mountain climbers, and burpees.