At 23, Jason was in the final year of his university. That day, in the autumn of 89, he was heading for home for the term break. He did not inform his parents, wanting to surprise them. The taxicab dropped him off at the beachfront house where his mother, Marilyn and father Bill were staying.
Jason paid the cabby. The sea breeze was blowing gently as the walked up the pathway leading to the porch. As it was only 11am, he knew that his dad was away at the office and probably his mother was out too. As he approached the porch, he saw a Mercedes parked near the other side of the building. Dad bought a new car, he thought.
Bill Thompson had married Marilyn when he was 35 and she was a young and beautiful 20-year-old, working as a personal assistant to him at his company. He had fallen for her almost the first time he saw her. Marilyn was petite, with the body that men always gave an admiring look. Even now, when she was in her early forties, she looked more alluring matured and full bodied. Jason was their only child.
Jason opened the front door. As usual, it was not locked. Walking in, he headed straight for the kitchen, expecting to find his mother there. There were 2 glasses of half filled orange juice on the dining table. He walked to the window to look out the veranda but no one was sitting at the garden table outside. Thinking that his mother was in her room, he headed towards it.
As he neared her door, he heard muffled sounds from within.
Soft whimpering groans emitted from inside.
"Jeez," Jason said to himself, mom and dad must be inside. His face went scarlet thinking of what was going on and he turned to walk away, embarrassed at the very thought going through his mind. He quickly walked to his room.
After almost another twenty minutes, he heard the sound of a door closing. He looked out of his window and saw a man walking towards the parked Mercedes. There goes dad, he said to himself. As he kept looking, he saw that the man was much bigger and taller. Then he saw his mother walking up to the person and saw them embracing in a kiss. As they drew apart, he gave a gasp. It was not his father but his father's elder brother, Jack. Jason felt his knees giving way as he realized what he was witnessing. His mother was clad only in a bathrobe. He watched his uncle getting into the car and driving off and his mother heading back into the house. Jason walked to his bed and sat down, dumbfounded. He could not believe what he had just seen. He did know what to do. Then he heard his mother's door closed.
With unsteady legs, he silently walked out of his room and went to the front door. Pretending that he had just walked in, he called out, "anybody home?"
There was no answer. He headed for his parent's room and knocked on the door.
Marilyn was about to go into the shower when she heard the knock on her door. She only had a towel around her waist. Thinking that it was Jack, she opened the door. Mother and son looked at each other. Jason could not help himself from staring at her mother's naked breasts, at her puffy nipples, still standing out from the earlier mauling from Jack's lips and mouth. There was still evidence of drying semen between those full sloping mounds of flesh.
Jason had never seen her naked before and now he saw her as a woman who was just fucked. He could not help himself as he felt the stirring his loins, the hardening of his penis.
"Jason," she uttered his name in shock, suddenly realizing that it was his son and not Jack. Her hands quickly clasped across her chest, covering her breasts.
"Sorry, mom," Jason said, trying to tear his eyes away. "I called out, but you did not answer," he replied. He turned away and said, "just came back, see you later," and walked away.
Marilyn shut the door and leaned against it. God, did he know about Jack, she wondered to herself. He couldn't have, he just got back. She quickly walk back into the shower and let the warm spray splash onto her, washing away the tell-tale evidence of her illicit liaison with Jack, all the while dreading and wondering whether her son had caught them in the incestuous act.
Meanwhile, Jason had locked the door to his room and was lying on his bed. His mind was in turmoil. Never in his wildest imagination did he ever envisage what he had seen today. He had never though about his mother in a sexual sense, but the sight just now had made him yearn for her in a way only a man could yearn for a woman. And the forbidden image of his uncle having possessed his mother's lovely body made him take his engorged penis into his hand. Pre-cum had already seeped out of him. He quickly disrobed and went into his bathroom. The masturbation was quick and he came, spurting his sperm onto the shower floor.
When he walked into the kitchen, Marilyn was already there. Mother and son avoided looking at each other's eyes. They tried to make small talk but were really uncomfortable with each other. She made him a light lunch. As they sat across each other at the table, he apologized for the earlier incident. She smiled at him and told him to forget about it, relieved in the thought that Jason did not know what had transpired between her and Jack, as he did not bring up the matter.
The weekend passed without any incident. That Monday morning, Bill had to leave for Boston to attend a convention. Jason and Marilyn drove him to the airport. On the way back, Jason could feel his heart beating, with his mother sitting beside him and knowing that his father would not be home until late Friday evening. He knew it was wrong for him to feel this way. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could see the woman beside him, his mother, his flesh and blood, but he also saw her as he did that day when she stood bare breasted in front of him.
It was almost 9pm as Marilyn and Jason sat on the sofa, watching the television when the phone rang. They looked at each other and Jason picked up the phone.
"Yes, she's here," he said, looking at his mother. "For you mom," he turned to her, "it's Uncle Jack."
Marilyn took the phone from Jason's hand and he saw that her hand was trembling slightly. He kept his eyes glued to the television.
"He's in Boston until Friday," Jason heard her say. "No, Jason's home for two weeks," she said in a low voice. Then she put the phone down.
"What did Uncle Jack want?" Jason turned to Marilyn.
"Oh, he just wanted to know whether Bill was around, guess he wanted to talk to him," she replied, looking at the floor.
Jason knew that he could not keep it inside him anymore. He turned to look at his mother and he could feel his heart thumping.
Their eyes met and held for a long time. Jason got up and switched off the television, the other lights and left only the table light on. In the soft dim light, he sat down on the single sofa across Marilyn. He looked at her longingly, in her white satin blouse and knee long soft skirt.
"What is it?" she asked as she looked at him.