Prologue
If youâre reading this, you already know Iâm not normal. You probably think Iâm worse than thatâsome kind of pervert, a creep, maybe even a criminal. Youâd be wrong about that last part. I keep every receipt, and the only thing Iâve ever stolen is a secret, the kind that most people are too scared to admit even to themselves.
The letter came on my first night in the new back when I moved home. Momâs handwriting is unmistakableâloopy, slanted, a little too neat for someone whoâs always a mess. Sheâd left it in my sock drawer, of all places. The last place anyone looks unless theyâre desperate or just moved in.
To Tom,
Enjoy your stay, itâs good to have you back, Iâve missed you and been lonely since your Dad left. If you need anything please help yourself and donât feel the need to wake me up
Mom x
I mustâve read it a hundred times before I let myself believe it was real. It had to be a joke, some kind of trap, what does it mean?
But Momâmy Mom, my secret obsession, the woman Iâd been jerking off over since she first padded barefoot down the hall in nothing but a t-shirt and pantiesâshe doesnât do jokes like this. Not unless she means them.
I spent that whole first night lying in bed, staring at the letter on my chest, heart hammering, cock like a fucking stone under my sheets. My mind ran wildâscenarios, ideas, a thousand filthy âwhat ifsâ swirling in the dark.
I could touch her. I could do anything. Sheâd let meâŠ.or does she mean the fridge? Hmmmm..
And thatâs when it started. Not the filthânot yet. That would come later, like rot working its way up from the roots. No, what started that night was the freedom. The sweet, dangerous freedom of knowing that for the first time, my dirtiest thought were fair game and if it was a misunderstanding itâd be too late â win win for me
I fell asleep with the letter pressed to my heart, drifting slowly to sleep and wondering what could be.
By dawn, I already knew what Iâd do.