Robert walked into his mother's room and stood in front of her bathroom door.
"I am so sorry for what just happened. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me."
Rob listened at the door. Hoping.
There was no answer, just the sounds of tears and sadness.
He turned and quietly left the room.
What had he done to his mother. He kept reliving that moment. It seemed like instinct, made him reach out and suck her breast into his mouth. It felt so good, so right to suck on it, to feel her nipple respond.
When she pulled her breast from him and just walked away, he was forced to realize that she did not want him as much as he wanted her.
Rob was feeling shame for what he had just done to his mother, the woman he professed to love. Now he wanted solitude and he felt a need to put distance between them.
He called the two friends that he was going to take up to his cabin and apologized for not being able to go this weekend.
With that done he headed North, on the hundred mile trip, over US Highway 169 to the town of Malmo, Minnesota and his cabin on the northern shore of Mille Lacs.
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The day had turned cloudy and threatened rain, as Rob turned on to the gravel road that led to the lake and his cabin. He began to feel his mind relaxing, he knew he could not forget what he had done, but this was where he could come to terms with it.
As he made the last turn, he saw his fathers Mercedes, parked directly in front of the door, the trunk of the car was open. He parked his eight-year-old Continental, got out and headed for the open door of the cabin. He noticed the painting, that had hung above the fireplace was in the back seat of the car and there were two trash bags, in the trunk.
As he stepped onto the porch, he pulled out his cell phone and began to dial 911. A large black trash bag almost knocked him off his feet. The woman caring it, fell backwards, landing hard on her ass before falling back and banging her head on the floor.
Rob recognized his stepmother. It was easy for him to see how his father had been attracted to this woman. He guessed, from the way her halter-top bulged that she had double D teats or better.
She lay there stunned, as Rob assessed her. He knew she was twenty-six and her name was Judy Olsen, or now, Judy Long. She stood about five foot eight, judging from her prone position. She was not a beanpole nor was she pudgy, she had a womanly figure, with flesh in all the right places. Her hair was auburn and shoulder length. Her eyes were closed and he couldn't recall what color they were.
Hazel! Her eyes were hazel and she was sitting up, rubbing the back of her head.
"What in the hell are you doing here," Rob demanded!
She held out a hand. "Well, aren't you going to help me up," she asked?
Rob reached out and pulled her up. He then opened his phone and began to push the talk button.
In a panicked voice she asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'm calling the police. You're trespassing and steeling."
"I am not steeling! Everything I have in these bags is mine. Look in them if you want, it's mostly cloths and a bunch of throw pillows that we used in front of the fireplace, when we'd come up here to fuc... Sorry. I didn't mean to say that."
"Oh, and that painting; the one that has been hanging over the fireplace for three years. I suppose it's yours too."
She lowered her eyes. "I gave that to your father after the first time he took me up here. I fell in love with this place and I felt it needed something above the fireplace. That's why I gave him that picture. If you tell me you want it, I'll give it to you. After all, you're his son, and as much as I wish he'd left me this place, I know he did the right thing, giving it to you."
Rob put his phone away, but her last words made him angry. "Oh, so you wanted this place so you could have everything.
"He left me and my mother with nothing, not a fucking nickel. You may have fucked him for three years, but you were only married eighteen days and you got everything. I hope he rots in hell."
Fire came into Judies eyes. "You ungrateful little prick. Your father gave you everything that he had to give. You think I got everything? Well, listen up! For a CPA, your father couldn't handle his own money. He'd piss it away even before he made it. The house he bought when we got married; he bought it with zero down. The bank has it now and I go to work every day so I can afford the two-bedroom apartment that I live in. His life insurance, didn't cover the cost of the EMS services and the burial expenses. Don't give me that crap about I got everything. After eighteen days of marriage, all I got were unpaid bills. I'll have you know that I truly loved your father. What did I get in return? He fucked around on me and died with his tongue up the cunt of his new secretary."
For the second time today, Rob felt sick over what he had done. He dropped his ass on the sofa, as if the weight of the world was on him, shoulders slumped and head bent, looking at the floor. "I'm sorry Judy. I honestly didn't know and I'm so sorry if I hurt you with what I said. I just can't seem to do anything right."
Judies tirade had allowed her to rid herself of her pent up anger and now she was emotionally drained, but she couldn't ignore this young man. It was easy to see that he was in pain.
She sat down on the sofa beside him. Her instincts made her want to comfort him and she found herself reaching out, taking his hand in hers and began to stroke the back of it as she spoke. "Tell me Robert, are you angry with me for your father's death? Is that what this is about?"
He looked up at her, unsure why she would say such a thing. "Judy, I'm sorry, but this has nothing to do with you. If you're asking about my father, if I'm angry with him, well the answer is yes, that's a small part of it. You don't know the anguish, tears and pain that he caused my mother. And, and..."
He stopped talking for a moment, looked down at the floor again and began shaking his head, as he picked up his thoughts. "Now, I've hurt her, I've caused her to cry and turn away from me. I don't know if she still loves me."
Those sorrowful words, spoken with pain, broke Judies heart. She let go of his hand, grabbed his shoulders and made him turn to her. She then pulled him into her arms, hugging him to her as she pushed his head into her neck and shoulder.
The warmth from her body seemed to rap around him, comforting him, easing his troubled mind and making him want more.
He brought his arms up and returned her embrace, pushing his face deeper into her neck, letting his lips feel the smoothness of her flesh as her body's scent filled him, and began to arouse him. He now, parted his lips and let his tongue taste her flesh.
As she felt the sensation on her neck, an unspoken moan filled her mind. She was reminded of her needs and pulled Rob tighter against her, causing warmth to flow in her deepest regions.
A close flash of light and a clap of thunder, made Judy pull herself from their embrace. She wanted more, but the worm of unfounded fear and guilt had now entrenched itself in her brain. Standing quickly, she adjusted herself, giving her, the seconds that she needed to get her composure.
She said, "I had better leave before the rain starts."
Rob now stood, unsure of what had just happened, but longing for the feel of warmth that was his only seconds ago.
Judy picked up her trash bag of cloths and briskly walked out the door, closely followed by Rob. She put the bag in the trunk and closed it as the first large drops of rain began to fall. Judy opened the car door, then turned to face Rob, as he stood on the porch, his eyes locked on her every movement.
"I'm sorry, it was wrong of me to encourage you like that, it just felt so... Well; I'm sorry."
She stood there, looking at him, as the rain fell on her. With a sudden turn, she moved into the car and closed the door. Rob stood on the porch, once again slipping into misery as he watched the tail lights vanish into the rain. His mind was filled with self-inflicted torment as he blamed himself for his Mother walking away from him and now Judy.
The wind had picked up, driving the cold rain, blowing leaves off trees and making the lake, dark and choppy. Even though he stood under the porch with his hands on the rail, a cold wind driven mist enveloped him. Not caring and not finding the peace that he wanted, Rob continued to stand there, as the storm raged and lightning flashed.
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Something caught Rob's eye. A gray human outline was struggling to move in the wind blown rain. As it approached, it stumbled and fell, just as he was able to make out Judies form.
He dashed off the porch and ran the fifty yards to her. She was trying to right herself, but she seemed disoriented. As he got closer, he noticed the left side of her face was bloody and her feet, legs, and the rest of her left side was covered in mud.