When I get in one of those feeling-sorry-for-myself moods, I remember what my late husband, Tom used to say. "Count your blessings, Gina."
So it was very early in the morning when I sat at the kitchen table with coffee and cigarettes for breakfast, counting my blessings. Tom getting killed two years ago by a drunk driver was hardly a blessing.
I could no longer remember what Tom looked like, but I missed him. Not really true, I missed having a man. I was horny for a man. Tom had been a good provider, but now he was dead. Tom had a very big life insurance policy, so money was never going to be a worry. But I would never again feel Tom's arms around me. Never.
I went through the list of blessings. Our house was paid for. I ran a property management company that brought in a nice income. My health was good. I was active in politics and church and had a good many friends at my political club and church meetings. And of course, I had a beautiful son, Tom Jr., known by everyone as TJ.
TJ was nineteen. He was going to college next year. For now, he wanted to work a full time job before starting college. He was a good kid, the kind who always did his share and more. He was tall and slim and intelligent. He was shy around girls; the few dates he went on usually ended with TJ returning home early in the evening. A lot of boys were shy around girls; he would grow out of it.
But TJ wasn't shy around me, his mom. Shortly after Tom died, TJ began flirting with me. Just little things, said jokingly. I really didn't give it much thought. He was just a normal boy, feeling his oats.
He was a handsome young devil; what made him more attractive was that he didn't seem to know it. Some girl would snatch him up in due time.
I knew he had a normal sex drive. When I did laundry, the stains on his sheets and underwear were obviously semen stains. And there was always a faint smell of semen in his room. That was to be expected. All boys masturbated. Hell, everybody did. Me, too.
I wondered what he thought of when he masturbated; probably some girl he was too shy to ask out.
One day--I thought he was at work--I walked into his room, intending to put fresh towels in his bathroom. I found TJ in the throes of orgasm.
He was flat on his back in bed, his pants were down to his ankles, a long white stream of semen was arcing in the air. His eyes were squeezed closed. He was making huffing sounds as I watched two more streaks fly from the tip of his penis. Horrified and embarrassed with myself, I backed out of his room, closing the door as quietly as I could manage.
Knowing your son masturbates is not the same thing as watching him do it. What I witnessed upset me. I went downstairs and found the bottle of whiskey Tom had kept in the kitchen "for a special occasion."
It had not been touched since Tom put it there and was half forgotten.
I took it down and drank deeply from the neck of the bottle. If this wasn't a special occasion, I didn't know what was.
I sat at the kitchen table for a long time. My thoughts were spinning in my head. I poured a second stiff drink into a glass and then put the bottle away. The whiskey helped calm me and I was able to think clearly.
TJ came downstairs into the kitchen. "Hi mom," he said, looking into the refrigerator.
"Why aren't you at work, TJ?"
"Aw, some machine broke down and they sent us all home until they can fix it."
"So now what?"
"I thought I'd stay here and maybe you and I could, you know, fool around. Just kidding mom. It's a nice day and I'm gonna go to the river and do a little fishing."
"You catch 'em, you clean 'em. Hear?"
"Don't I always?" he said on his way out the door.
He wasn't kidding about fooling around. Or was I hoping he wasn't kidding? I realized that I was suddenly very, very horny.
I went to my room, took my little vibrator from its drawer, lay in bed and vibrated to orgasm. Twice. The picture in my mind was TJ's copious and forceful ejaculation I had just witnessed. That changed to TJ ejaculating in my mouth. God save me, I just couldn't help myself.
The two orgasms took my mind off TJ. I was able to finish the chores around the house, put supper on, shower, and then curl up on the sofa with a nice cold martini. I was on my second martini when TJ came clumping into the house.
"Catch anything?" I asked.
"Naw. There was a bunch of guys racing around with jet skis. I'm gonna have to find another place to fish if they keep that up."