My name is Nick and my parents have had a rough marriage as long as I can remember. I am the youngest of four and the only one still living at home. Their place was a nice four bedroom brick house and I liked the suburban location in the outskirts of St. Louis. I had my own bedroom, my own bathroom, a newer Volkswagen Jetta, all my freedom...what more could I want? What I really wanted was my freedom, even more than the luxuries I had living at home. I was tired of hearing my parents fighting. I don't think they really liked each other – I doubt they even had a sex life, but I'd rather not think about it.
My dad, George, was pushing 60 and my mom, Karen, was 53 so I was born relatively late in their lives. Dad spent most of his time at the office as a geo engineer. He did like to go party or "out with the guys" as he would say, and mom pretty much ignored that behavior. Mom had been working part time as a receptionist but was recently laid off. I think she took the layoff hard and I noticed she seemed to be slipping into a depression in the last month or so.
I was the first one to learn of the affair. I was at home on a Monday evening and the phone rang.
"Hello?" I got to the receiver after the third ring and answered.
"Hi sexy, aren't you coming back to the office tonight to finish up a little work?" a pouty, sugary, young female voice was on the other end.
"Um, this is...this isn't..." the realization that she thought I was my father washed over me like a wave. This had to be the new office assistant the firm had hired this year.
"I'm gonna crawl under the desk, unzip, and lick you up and down, and up and down...," she whimpered.
"Uh, I gotta go...," I cut her off in a raspier voice than normal trying not to betray my identity. Just as I was putting down the receiver the door from the garage opened and my mother walked in carrying two bags of groceries.
"Hi dear, who was that?" she quizzed.
"Just a telemarketer," I lied.
"Hmm, we are on the national 'do not call' list, that's funny."
"Yeah," I agreed and watched her put the groceries on the counter. I couldn't believe my dad was fucking someone. I felt guilty myself and wondered if I should tell my mother. Why do people have affairs when they are married and could get laid anytime? I suppose the grass is always greener... I eyed my mother from head to toe. She was an attractive woman with a certain sort of sex appeal I must say even as her son. Mother wasn't overweight but she also wasn't as thin as she probably was 20 years ago. Her generous breasts looked firm and still defied gravity. She wore a low cut, tight, sleeveless, black top that revealed a healthy portion of cleavage. She wore dark blue jeans that also fit tight over her ample hips. Her blond, shoulder-length hair was pulled back tight to her head and her lips were red and makeup perfect as usual.
"Well, I'm going to go change clothes," mother shut the cupboard, turned, and the light sparkled off her gold earrings.
I plopped down on the couch and flipped on the TV with the remote. I channel surfed about three times through the list of programs by the time she came out of her bedroom.
"Did you eat yet, Nick?" She picked up the phone and it beeped each time she pressed a button.
"Not yet," I glanced over. Her makeup, hair, and jewelry hadn't changed but now she wore a long, silky, purple robe and her feet were bare on the cool hardwood floor. Mother stood holding the phone and staring at it with a furrowed brow for several seconds.
"Who called from the office?" she waved the phone in my direction.
"What do you mean?"
"The caller ID, the call was from George's office."
"I don't know," I lied.
"That wasn't a telemarketer and nobody works that late in the office, why are you lying to me?" She quizzed angrily.
My face must have turned 100 shades of red. I hadn't done anything wrong except mind my own business, and it's like I'm the one having the affair!
"What's going on, Nick?!" her face was flushed even through the makeup. She leaned in and shook the phone in my face. When she bent forward the front of her robe spilled open. She was braless and exposing the valley of soft flesh between her breasts from her neck to her belly button. My heart was racing and my gaze froze on the curvaceous view of her right breast barely contained enough by the robe to cover her nipple. The fleshy breast joggled when she moved as if it were happy to be free from the tight shirt she was wearing. She turned and stomped off to her bedroom and slammed the door. My penis twitched at the vision frozen in my mind of her breast and I rubbed myself through my pants. I went to my room to retire for the night.
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I was startled awake by the sound of shattering glass followed by the screech of tires peeling out in the driveway. I looked at the digital numbers on my bedside clock and it said 3:07 a.m. I jumped out of bed and peeked out the blind to see the tail lights of my dad's pickup disappearing down the street into the night. I heard another whump followed by a couple of crashing noises coming from towards the family room. I tucked the erection I woke up with into the waistband of my boxer shorts and ran out to see what was going on. I followed the noises to the door of my father's den. My mother stood there in her robe, golf club in hand, and looked up as I entered the room. Without hesitating she smashed the club though the 19" flat screen monitor on my father's desk.
"Mom!" I shouted forcefully.
"You knew!" She screeched shaking her head. Strands of her hair that had been neatly pulled back waved wildly.
"Mom!" I echoed myself and she lifted the club again to strike the computer. I leaped over the desk and grabbed her arm.
"You can't destroy things, mother," I growled with clenched teeth.
She twisted away from my grip and pulled back. She raised the club again but this time looking like she would swing it at me. I quickly spun around behind her, overpowered her with a bear hug and she dropped the golf nearly on my toe. I was holding tight around her waist and her left arm was secure but her right arm and legs were flailing wildly. My lips rested against the soft line of her neck and I waited for her to calm down but she was showing no signs. Her body had a faint sweaty smell mixed with a touch of sweet perfume. She swung her free arm back and caught me right in the kidney and I coughed. I let go of her for an instant and re-secured my grip pulling both of her arms behind her back.
I tried to reason with her, "Mom, you can't destroy things. Do you want to go to jail?"