It was two days after the funeral that Mom had her worst breakdown. Nobody expected Dad to die, though many of us had long wished he would. He was a mean drunkard who had regularly beat us as kids, although Mom worshiped him. So when he died, she was the only one who took it hard.
"She's not going to make it," Carla was saying to me in the kitchen when Mom walked in, shuffling in her stocking feet, hair a mess, still in her black dress. We fell silent and watched her wander to the fridge, to the sink, then back out the door.
"Yeah," I agreed. "What are we going to do about it?"
"Not we. You."
I stared at my younger sister, she stared back. I sighed. We both knew it had to be this way. Mom and Carla hadn't gotten along since we were kids. Now, in this weird state, Mom would doubly not listen to what her twenty-year-old daughter had to say. It had to be me.
So I found myself following Mom through the house until we reached the parlor. The room she never wanted anyone to enter. The carpet was soft, the lighting dim. I almost didn't see Mom standing by the window looking out at the lawn. She twitched when I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Oh, Peter," she said, turning to me with a smile. "I didn't hear you. You gave me quite a fright."
"No, Mom, not Peter," I said. Peter was my Dad's name. "It's me. Mark. Your son."
"Mark?" she said, voice wavering. The look of confusion in her eyes almost made me want to weep. Mom was once a good looking woman, back in her youth. Before Dad. Now she looked tired. Not old, not really. Not like she was actually pushing fifty. She'd stopped dying her hair, and it was white now, and she'd gained weight, but she kept out of the sun and her olive colored skin was almost wrinkle free. It was her eyes that always got me, though. Still bright blue and beautiful. It was her eyes that had my attention when she reached up to caress my face, smiling serenely. "You look so like your father. So handsome. My lovely boy."
She moved closer. I opened my arms to accept her and embraced her snugly, pressing her face into my neck with a sigh. "I love you," she murmured.
"I love you too," I replied, a little lost. I wondered what Carla was doing, if she was making some more coffee. If...
Mom turned her face up toward mine and sighed. "Peter," she murmured. Then she kissed me. Not a motherly kiss, but one that lingered and became heated, with soft tender lips and the heady smell of perfume and thick makeup. God help me, for some reason I responded, tightening my hold on her, my cock swelling in my pants. Her hold on me drew tighter and her mouth opened. I'd never even guessed Mom would be a tongue kisser, but she was very good at it. She moaned into my mouth as our tongues danced together.