Mary approached her son with glazed eyes.
He sat back in the kitchen chair with a grin. He had planned to do this, but never knew when. However, she fell under his spell just as easily as his principal did. That was when he knew he didn't need a plan. He just needed her to be alone and unsuspecting.
As Mary approached him step by step, unbuttoning her blouse to let her breasts spill free from them, she mounted her son's lap with hot breath panting from her succulent lips. Once close, he had a lung's full of her feminine smell. It drew him closer, bringing his lips to her bare chest. Peppering her bosom with soft smooches, Mary's breath hitched with lust. Moans escaped her lips and echoed off of the nearby walls.
Driven by his own desire, he laid his hands on Mary's hips and pulled her closer. His fingers dug into her plump hind-quarters and pulled her festering loins into his growing bulge, tight in his pants and begging to be freed from captivity.
She leaned in for a kiss, her breath something her own son shouldn't be smelling. He yearned for this forbidden taste so he readied his wet tongue for the incoming action, tail having a hard time staying still behind him. Suddenly, Mary's hand gripped Jackson by the throat. Tightly. Abruptly.
He felt his airway get cut off as her nails turned into claws, digging into his flesh.
He gagged and coughed, trying to fight her power but he couldn't beat her strength.
She glared deeply into his young eyes and snarled,
"Who are you?" Her eyes were crimson red, "And where is my real son?!"
--Days earlier--
Mary had to keep her poise professional no matter how painful the thought of her husband crossed her mind. The beautiful golden retriever, Mary, brought out a cart dressed in a white cloth. She was a waitress, serving at one of the most famous restaurants in Sun City.
On top of the cart was a fancy dinner for two and a silver bowl of ice in the center. A bottle of wine laid in the ice like a bath. One plate each, she delivered the food for the newly-engaged couple sitting before her; two love-stricken otters, "Here you are. I hope our establishment is to your liking?" Her voice was pleasant to the ears of her customers. Her blue eyes complimented her soft smile, but thickened the mask she often wore.
After serving their food and glasses, Mary pulled the bottle from the ice and pours them each a serving of the burgundy colored liquid. Afterwards, she left the bottle and gave a light bow of her head, "Let me know if you need anything else."
"Thank you, ma'am." The male otter said. He and his fiance hadn't stopped beaming at one another since they sat down.
The fiance opened her smiling lips to Mary, "Yes, thank you! You're so nice. All the other waiters and waitresses just aren't you, Mrs. Mary."
Mary smiled, "Thank you." She couldn't say too much else. The sight of the glimmering silver ring on the otter's little brown finger made it hurt for Mary to breathe. "I'll be around if you need anything else." She said. Mary turned and rolled away with the cart. As she moved out of their sight, she let out a deep breath to calm her palpating heart. Her thumb touched the diamond ring on her finger for comfort.
* * *
Later, Mary tossed her apron off where the other employees tossed theirs. Afterwards, she grabbed her purse and keys from the employee lockers, "Boss, I'm leaving." She called out. She started her exit, but was halted before she could walk two feet from the kitchen doorway.
"Hold it." A voice called back out to her.
She wasn't looking forward to any conversation. She just wanted to go home and sleep off the strain on her mind. However, somehow, she knew someone was going to confront her tonight. There was a crack in her mask here and there and it gave just enough of a glimpse for the other employees to see that something was wrong.
She clutched her purse strap tighter as she heard her boss's heavy steps behind her, "I seriously think you need to take a week off, Mary." He spoke, voice as deep as the weight in his step.
She turned to face him. He was a taller equine with brown fur all around his masculine body. He wiped water from his hands with a towel that he threw over his shoulder. Mary could smell detergent wafting from the hot sink filled with steaming water. The used dishes soaked inside its bubbly broth of grease-fighting solution.
Afterwards, he crossed his brawny arms and leaned against the frame of the doorway into the kitchen. His black tattoos were clear on his neck. His white shirt hugged his body perfectly like a second layer of fur and showed off every crease of his muscles, "I know you don't seem bothered, but I'm worried about you, Mary."
"Bothered by what?" Mary replied, brushing a bit of her brown hair out of her face, "I'm fine, boss."
"It's after-hours, Mary. You've been working here for five years. You know my name by now." He was one of those men that smiled without smiling. Mary would just have to feel it in his tone.
She corrected herself, "I'm fine, Shane. I'm just tired."
"I know." He sighed, "That's my point, Mary. Are you sleeping? Eating? You still exercise, at least, but you do so without a single rest day."
"Shane--"
"All I'm saying is that you *just* lost your husband. You came straight to work without even asking for vacation to grieve."
Mary felt it in the back of her throat. She pushed it back down with a swallow, "It's been two years since he passed. I've grieved enough at the funeral. Now it's just me and my son. He's still in school and I want to promise him college before he graduates."
"That boy of yours is a bright one." Shane shakes his head. "Adam was a damn good man." Shane didn't like it one bit. But he knew Mary like the back of his scarred hand. She had a look in her eyes. That look was enough to know that this woman was not going to surrender to him, at least not tonight.
"Alright, Mary--Fine. Just don't be a stranger if you need time off. Trust me--I'd rather give you time off than Abigail. That lazy ass fox is working my last nerve."
Mary smirked but it died fast. She respectfully took her leave, turning away from him, "Goodnight, boss."
"Night, Mary." He watched her leave. The door closed behind her and left him alone in the restaurant. Shane went back to washing the last of the dirty plates, hoping in his mind that Mary would make it home safe and sound.
* * *
It was a ten-minute drive from her two-story modern home to the restaurant. It was usually five minutes back, since traffic was slower at night in Sun City. The moon never failed to paint the tall glass buildings of the inner parts of Sun City in brilliant white. It was something that Adam would enjoy, Mary thought.
Mary stepped into her house late under the cold blanket of night. Mary had one destination and that was her bedroom. She wanted so desperately to shower, but her energy had been sapped from her like a wet vac to a soaked carpet.
She stuck her head around the corner and peered into the spacious modern kitchen of her home. She had ordered pizza for her son, Jackson, in the event she worked late. The box was sitting on the polished marble surface of the center console. It was partially closed, cracked open enough to let in air. That warmed her worries about her son who hadn't been eating much.
He had ever rarely left his room when Mary was home. Mary's concern for her son brought them to a physician, who diagnosed him with severe depression following the death of his father. Mary still had his medications in her room since he had refused to take them. That being said, she kept it in case he changed his mind, a hopeful case that she wished would come to fruition.
The only thing he agreed to take from her was a box of his dad's belongings. Since then, it never left his room.