Sadie awoke to her Mom and Stepfather fighting. It was one in the morning for goodness sake. She really needed to get a place of her own, this shit was getting old. But she needed a job first and a fat chance of getting one of those anytime soon since the tourist season was over. And goodness knows the tiny town of Gull's Bluff was nothing without its tourists. And what jobs that were out, her graduating class soaked up within the week.
The fight carried into the living room now. It was just arguing, Harold would never raise a hand to her Mom. Then suddenly there was silence and footsteps heading back to the bedroom. Make up sex. Sadie rolled her blue eyes. They had the weirdest relationship sometimes they fought so they could fuck. Geez!
Sadie thought about her own boyfriend, Andy who'd graduated last year. He was in college now and he barely called her anymore. He was most likely banging another girl. He was such a horn dog but she missed him anyways, well his dick rather. Sadie put the thought out of her head. He was probably gonna forget all about her.
*Bang! Bam! Slam!*
The headboard was banging the wall. Yep they were having sex alright. And because the walls in their mobile home were thin she was hearing every sound. Her mother's moaning and gasping and Harold's grunting. For a guy pushing sixty two, it seemed he had the stamina of a bull. He could do her mom for an entire hour without even stopping!
"Fuck my life." she said to herself and pushed her hands over her ears.
Suddenly she heard her mother's cellphone start ringing.
"Fuck, Tina, I thought I told you to turn that fucking off when your at home!!"
"It's work, Harold. Now get off of me!"
"Ouch! For fuck sake!" Suddenly the bedroom door opens and Sadie, hears Harold stomping down the hall to the kitchen. The poor thing didn't get to finish. She stifled a laugh.
After a few minutes the bedroom door opens again and her mom walks down the hall.
"Where the fuck do you think your going?" Harold asked.
"Jimmy needs me, Harold."
"The fuck you say. He's needed you three fucking times this week, Tina. Tell the little geek to jerk off for fuck sake!"
Her mom giggles, "You know that's not how this works, Harold. He's willing to pay me double."
Sadie's mouth dropped. Was her mom talking about fucking someone for cash?! No way not her mother! She started feeling sick to her stomach.
"You know we need the extra money, Sweetie. Besides he's quick. I'll be back in no time."
"Do you need me to go with you?"
"No I do not. You know how he hates it when I bring you along."
"Whatever, just go!"
Her mother giggles and Sadie hears the front door open and close. Then she hears her mother's car crank up and pull away.
No way? Her Mom was a waitress at the truck stop. She wasn't a prostitute. But she needed to find out. She got out of bed and opened her bedroom door and stepped out into the hallway. Her Stepfather was standing at the kitchen sink filling up his coffee urn. And he was dressed in a pair of black bikini briefs. Yuck! He looked over his shoulder at her. "Damn girl, I thought you were asleep."
"Please tell me that my mother is not a prostitute, Harold."
His lips pulled into a smile, "You weren't supposed to hear any of that, Sadie."
"She's not...right?"
Harold seemed to be evading the question as he refocused his attention to filling up the coffee pot. His silence was her answer. Sadie sat down on the edge of the sofa and held her stomach.
"Tina's really going to be upset, when she learns that you know about this. Ah fuck it I need a beer." He opened the fridge and took out a bottle and walked into the living room and sat down in his beat up old recliner.
Sadie was speechless.
He cocked his left leg over the arm which spread his legs and then reached down and scratched his rather large package. Sadie quickly looked away.
"Don't you go being a bitch to your mother over this do you understand me, young lady?"
Sadie nodded, "Well what happened to her job at the diner?"
He rolled his eyes, "What? That shit job! Hah! She couldn't make the rent and keep food on the damn table working that gig. She's my wife and I'm not gonna see her busting her ass for nothing."
Sadie shook her head, "So you're okay with her selling her body?"
Harold laughed and raised his beer, "I'm cool with it. And trust me when I say your mom really enjoys her job. And the guys really enjoy her company too." he winked rubbing his index and thumb finger together. The universal sign of money.
Sadie placed a hand on her stomach. She started to feel even sicker.
"Ah get the fuck over yourself, girl! Welcome to the real fucking world." he scratched his balls again. "It's just sex for fuck sake!"
"Yeah...But?"
"But nothing!" he retorted.
"But she's a prostitute, Harold! How do you expect me to feel?"
"Give me a fucking break, girl. Your mom is doing what she can to provide for us."
"You mean provide for you. You're her pimp right?"
Harold raised his beer, "If you want to call it that."
"Asshole! Your her husband how can you do it!" Sadie snapped.
"Hey climbed down from your high horse, this was all your mom's idea."