Dirtiest Desires (Steamiest Short Stories)
Her eyes flick to Daniel and it’s like they’re communicating telepathically.
“My idea,” Mom confesses, looking down at her hands. “I knew he wanted you,” she says quietly, still not meeting my eyes. “And I knew that if you’d known everything from the start, you would’ve panicked.” She swallows. “So we needed a way… a way for you not to be yourself for a while.”
Her eyes finally lift to mine.
“Seeing you on that table just now…”
I stare at her, my head spinning. My mother. My own mother has been sleeping with her stepson just to "manage" him. My mouth opens, but nothing comes out. The room feels smaller, like the walls leaned in while she was talking.