Susie and her mother Felicia had been a team since her fathers death when she seven. His death out of the blue had hit them both hard. Although her husband did a great job of securing their future and an education for Susie there was still a hole left. With that said, Felicia after mourning only a little, threw herself into the parenting duties and took on the challenge of being both parents and the only bread winner.
Susie for her part had understood things had changed when her dad passed and felt the need to help her mother by good grades and staying out of trouble. Things had functioned well until Susie's sophomore year. Susie discovered her body and what males could do to it. She had developed early and had filled out a curvy figure with larger than normal breasts and a bubble butt below a tight waist.
There had been a string of boyfriends and hook ups for the teenager, but nothing serious. What seemed to go hand and hand with Susie's discovery was a slipping in grades from near honor roll to a B average and neglecting of responsibilities around the house and all the while Felicia observed and began to disapprove. She had let Susie know her concerns about 'giving it away' and a waning commitment to school and chores. The conversations always ended in an argument with Susie saying that everything was fine and school was going to be okay.
Inside Susie was biding her time until she graduated and go off to college. She had been Pre-accepted to a State college and tuition would not be a problem as her father had provided for her.
Things finally came to a head a couple weeks after Susie's eighteenth birthday when Felicia got a call in the afternoon. It was the mother of Susie's Boyfriend of the Month.
"Hello is this Susie Markinson's Mother?" The woman said.
"Yes? Is Susie okay?" Felicia said beginning to panic.
"Well, I just walked into my house and your daughter and my son were fucking and my whole house smells like pot!" the woman said.
"What?"
"He's only sixteen and I know Susie is eighteen..."
Felicia thought for a moment, wondering what the age of consent was in the state. After an instant she said, "I'll take care of it. If she hasn't left already send her home."
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Susie walked into their modest well kept house thirty minutes after the call from her boyfriends mom. Felicia looked at her daughter's eyes they were watery, she was still feeling the marijuana.
"Hi mom," Susie said meekly as she tried to make a beeline for her room.
"Don't even try it!" Felicia said. "We need to talk."
"About what?" Susie said trying to play dumb.
"I just got a call from Brad's mother. That's his name by the way, Brad. The guy you were fucking and getting high with is named Brad."
"I know what his name-" Susie cringed knowing she had walked right into confession.
"Did you also know he's sixteen?" Felicia snapped back.
"He turns seventeen in two weeks it's not that big a deal."
"Yes it is and we're going to fix it!" The last few years of frustration coming out.
"Mom relax! In five months I'll be out of high school and on my way to college so you won't have to worry about me. Just stay out of my life until then!" Susie's attitude coming out.
"Excuse me? If you think I'm going to spend one dime on you going to college with your attitude and behavior like this, you're crazy."
"Honestly mom," Susie said with a smile, "You don't have no say in the matter. Dad laid my college money aside for me. Also, I'm eighteen I'm going to college wether you're going to spend a "dime" or not."
Felicia looked at her daughter bewildered shaking her head, "Do you know how marriages and finances work?" She faked waiting for a reply before continuing, "I was his wife, his money was my money. Him 'setting aside' money for you would have been him stealing money from me."
"What?"
"Trust me there is not a single financial document with your name on it. You have nothing unless I say you do." Felicia stopped letting her words sink in.
Susie was in shock, her mom made perfect sense. She could be stopped from going to college and there was nothing she could do about it.
Her mother's words brought her back to reality. "Right now we have two options," Felicia said, "One you can continue your behavior and once you graduate High School I will through your butt out of my house."
Susie swallowed hard. What had she walked into?
"Option number two," Felicia began. She had started planning this out when she had gotten off the phone with Brad's mother so far it was falling into place perfectly. "You start listening to me, you start following my directions, and we do something about your... habits..."
Felicia waited for a response.
Susie was still stunned not understanding line about 'habits' but her mother was offering her a way out.
"What's it going to be?" Felicia prompted.
"Shit, I guess the second."
"Great. Take your clothes off," Felicia said subconsciously straightening her posture. Power was coming to her.
"What the fuck?" Susie asked bewildered.
"You heard me." Felicia said, thinking her language would need to be dealt with also.
"Why?"
"'Why' is not part of your vocabulary anymore. As a matter of fact I'd say questions aren't going to help you with me either." Felicia could see the fear and bewilderment in her daughter's eyes. She fought the urge to comfort her.
