âHow about pizza?â
Susan was in the kitchen, looking through the cupboards. There was plenty of food there, just nothing she felt like cooking. It was always the same went Tom wasnât home. When he, Susan and their son, Roy, were all together, she didnât mind cooking; she loved it in fact. When one or the other of her men was gone, it wasnât the same. So she thought of pizza.
âSure, Mom. That sounds okay,â Roy answered from the living room.
Susan paused by the telephone and thought about her son. Though he was eighteen now, he was thin and wispy, looking years younger. He was sullen and quiet; not rude like many teenagers, just aloof and distant. His father thought him a wimp and was frustrated with him. But both parents loved their child and would do anything for him. People often commented on how close a family they were, and Sue was proud of that.
âDid you call the pizza place?â Roy asked as his mother came into the living room a few minutes later.
âUh-huh. The usual, right. Pepperoni, extra cheese?â Roy always wanted the same things, in every situation. Sue considered her precious boy, sitting slovenly on the couch, spread over every which way. She noticed, not for the first time, the little hill in his pants, representing his flaccid penis under the fabric. She sighed, knowing full well that that little organ had never seen the inside of a girlâs vagina or mouth. And the way Roy was so shy, it might never.
âI got time for a shower?â
âYeah, I think so, love,â Sue answered. Roy got up, slowly, as he did everything and went upstairs. A few minutes later, she heard the water running in the bathroom.
Roy took his time under the water and emerged feeling not much different than went he went in. Most people were either relaxed or invigorated by a shower. Not Roy. Nothing ever got his blood pumping. He wished something would.
He came down stairs again, thinking he had heard the delivery man arrive with their pizza. When he entered the living room, he saw his mother standing, unnaturally still and straight by the far wall.
âMom, what---?â
Roy felt a push from behind him and was propelled into the centre of the room. He turned, startled, and saw a tall, broad man before him, dressed in black clothes, even to the extent of having a black ski mask over his head. Roy felt his blood start pumping now. Sue moved up to her son and put her arms around him.
âPlease⌠If itâs me you want---â she started to say. But the man cut her off.
âI was gonna just have you, but you look like such a cute coupleâŚâ
Royâs legs started trembling but not at the implication of the strangerâs words, for he could not grasp them yet. Rather, he was suddenly scared by the manâs voice. It was not real, electronic, like the distorted sounds made by criminal witnesses when interviewed on television. Then he noticed a tiny box strapped to the strangerâs throat.
âYou ever fuck a woman, boy?â the man said, turning his maskâs eye-holes on Roy.
âWhatâŚ?â
âYouâre about too. The two of you, take each otherâs clothes off.â
âAre you mad? Are you---?â Sueâs question could not be finished. The man strode with surprising speed to the pair and, though they backed away, they were not fast enough. Sue caught the force of the intruderâs blow across her face, and Roy was hit by her body as it twisted with the effect. The man pulled a small revolver from his waistband and, cocking the hammer, pressed it against Royâs temple. Sue screamed and shook her head.
âAll right, all right, whatever you wantâŚâ The man backed away, and Sue turned to her son. âRoy, we have to do what weâre told. Do you understand?â
Roy considered his motherâs face. She was a pretty woman in her mid-forties, with high cheekbones and wavy blonde hair. She had always kept in shape and there were many times when the boy fantasized about seeing his parent naked, or doing things to her. He looked at her compact body now and was both frightened and excited. He nodded his head. The two approached each other.
Susan started unbuttoning her sonâs shirt, her hands remarkably calm, while Roy pulled down the zipper on the front of his motherâs ribbed sweater. The zipper flowed over the ridge caused by her full breasts and when it came undone, the sweater parted, revealing a lacy white bra beneath.
âGo onâŚâ The man moved back until he was in front of Tomâs favourite chair. He sat down to watch the fun.
Sue pulled off Royâs shirt, showing his bony shoulders and skinny arms. His chest was small and hairless. She breathed âItâs okay, baby,â and he nodded. She started to remove her own sweater, but the gunman scolded her like a teacher and reiterated his instructions that they take remove each otherâs clothes. Sue nodded to her son, who pushed her sweater off her shoulders.
Sue was more than pretty, Roy saw. Her figure from the waist up was beautiful and the breasts held in the filmy cups of the bra round and creamy. He could feel, to his embarrassment, his cock beginning to stir.
âNow, the rest, people,â said the unnatural voice of their captor. It revealed no identity, but its joy was plain to hear.
Sue stepped up to Roy again, whispering, âIâm sorry, baby,â and âDonât worryâŚâ She unsnapped his pants and drew the zipper of his fly downward. Her movements were slow, deliberate and the intruderâs cock grew as much as Royâs as the zipper finished its run. Sue pulled her sonâs pants down, though they fell from his spindly legs without assistance. Her green eyes were, however, focussed on the bulge in Royâs underwear. The little hill of half an hour before was nowhere in sight. Now a ridge, a formidable physical feature had grown in its place.