[Β©2010 BY CLINTON09; ALL CHARACTERS OVER THE AGE OF 18; NO EVENTS DESCRIBED ARE TRUE; STORIES HAVE A 'HARDER EDGE' THAN MOST; BE WARNED; HERE BE DRAGONS; FOR AGES 21 OR ABOVE]
[Warning: In this triangle, father and son tussle after father and mother have falling out; bad feelings ensue, son and mother justly united.]
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It wasn't my fault; I mean, you don't choose where you live before you're 18. For my part, I had to co-exist with my parents, which blessedly included my delightful mom but cursedly included her 'old man', my father.
My mother was everything a boy could ask for in a mom, being helpful, loving, and supportive. She saved 'my bacon' as you will soon see. We had the most innocent of relationships.
Even though I had started noticing women years ago, it never occurred to me that my own mom was also a woman. As I turned 18, mom was 40, a five foot two, hundred pound, vivacious (dyed) blond, with sparking blue eyes, sharp little nose, Hollywood dazzling smile, and a slim, well proportioned body, with plump breasts and shapely legs. Her slender ankles and smooth, sexy feet completed the picture. It was just as well I didn't notice her, or I might well have become obsessed with her.
Her 'old man' was already bald and graying at 50. He had had a variety of jobs he had bounced around, but at 50, general employment jobs start getting rarer. He pretty much depended upon my gorgeous mother and her success at real estate sales. More and more, he would spend time either moping at home or going to the local 'watering hole' to get plastered. Funny thing, though. He became more and more obsessed about keeping mom tied down (to him), fearful that he might have to get out there and fend for himself.
One night he was drinking up a storm with his drinking buddy, Arnie. He told my dad (Mal) that I was probably 'doing' my mom when he wasn't around! (Untrue, we never even kissed once). He based this strictly on what Mal told him during one of their drinking bingesβthat my high school weightlifting class had quietly transformed me from young wimp to young stud, bristling with broad shoulders and bulging biceps. Arnie pushed his finger into my old man's flabby gut, joking that he couldn't cut it in bed with mom anymore, now could he?? That was true, as he had become totally impotent as his job fortunes declined, his alcohol consumption rose, and his hair seemed to desert him. After hearing all of this, Mal decided that he had to eliminate my gorgeous loving mom...that if he was losing her (to me especially), he would rather no one else have her.
That night he had to pick up mom at a model home she was working out of. Her car was in the repair shop. He was already tanked up on four Heineken's and two Bud's. My beautiful mom had to open the creaky door of the Ford Galaxy (it looked like a police car because that was what it had been) and wiggle her fine behind in.
He drunkenly muttered that she didn't have to belt herself in; it was a short trip home. Thank God she ignored him. When he went off the road, hitting the hedge near the roadside (short of the huge oak he was aiming at that would definitely have ruined mom's day), the air bag prevented mom from having the slightest of injuries except for a bit of whiplash and a few cuts from the airbag. She got out safely, only to see that he had not escaped. As smoke gathered under the hood, she saw the flames jump. For some years he had been a real problem to deal with. Nonetheless, this was an emergency. The OnStar monitor in the car had already called for help, but she had to do something now! She fumbled with the door and got it open just as a tongue of flame scorched her delicate hands. With injured hands, she still pulled him out to safety.
Mom months later figured out that the accident was no mistake. At the time, she blamed it on gross negligence on his part, exacerbated by driving while drunk. He was cited for the offense, not his first. He would have to serve six months in jail, but his attorney got that suspended somehow.
Meanwhile Mom had to work. Her hands were worked on; they would recover 100% of their functions with only the slightest of discoloration. However, in the interim, she could not cook, clean, or even dress herself. She, quite correctly, blamed her old man for her injuries. He also did not valiantly step forward, effusive in his remorse, offering to help out now. No, he said that he would be too busy looking for a job to 'help out' in that way, and couldn't be bothered to assist. So, I was drafted.
That first morning I would never forget. I had been told to be in mom's room at 8am sharp. She had to be at work at 9am sharp, which had to allow for 30 minutes commuting. So, there I was at 8am sharp. He was right there too, on the other side of the king-sized bed.
Just then, my mom's nose twitched like in Bewitched as the alarm sounded. She rose up to stretch, the covers fell back, and I had my first glimpse of mom in a nightgown. I had never so much as looked at a Playboy in my time. Today, though, 14 days past my 18th birthday, I saw my mom's boobs and they could've been in a Playboy centerfold! She bent down to grab the covers to get out, which briefly gave me a view inside mom's nightie. We're talking nipples and all. As he looked me over suspiciously, I could barely conceal under my cotton gym shorts my growing 'interest in mom'. The prospect of helping her out now kind of appealed to me.
Mom opened the bed covers and her nightgown only went down to her perfect behind. Her bikini wax smooth thighs and showgirl legs were revealed as she swung herself out of bed. Her hands were swathed in white gauze and I had to help her up. Her perfect little smooth feet with fire engine red painted toes hit the cool terrazzo tile. Meanwhile, her 'old man' was still there...glaring.
I ran to the bathroom and started drawing her tub. Our water pressure was ungodly and the tub filled in five minutes. Meanwhile, she showed me the lacy underthings I had to select from her lingerie drawer, plus the revealing dress. It was all laid out on her dresser, from the sexy slide shoes to her big cupped Maidenform bra, the label showing 36D.