"It's not unusual for a husband and wife to be arguing." She felt her pulse quickening.

"Does Dad have a mistress?"

Gloria blushed. "Mathew, where did you hear that?"

"I heard you and Dad… talking about it… the other night."

"We thought you were asleep."

"You were talking kind of loud. You woke me up."

"Oh."

"Why would Dad want another woman? You're so much younger than he is. I mean, you're more like my sister than my mother."

Gloria was glad he hadn't said step-mother. She and Bill hadn't been married very long, but it was true what Mathew had said. He did have a mistress. A nineteen-year-old girl. Gloria had found out quite by accident. She couldn't believe it.

"You and Dad aren't going to get a divorce, are you?" There were tears in his eyes.

"Oh, no, Mat. It's not as serious as that. We'll have to work it out. I knew before I mated your father that women were attracted to him. I'm surprised he waited so long after… after your mother's death before remarrying."

"I'm glad he did. Otherwise you wouldn't have been my mother now."

"Mat, you're such a sweet teen." He pressed his cheek against her tits and Gloria suddenly felt a funny feeling rushing through her. A tingling between her thighs.

There was something else Mathew didn't know about. It had, been a while since Gloria and his father had had sex together. Gloria kept telling herself it's just a phase he's going through, but now, what with this girl, she wasn't so sure. She wasn't so sure of anything anymore. She felt like crying herself, but held back her tears.

If it wasn't for Mat, whom she loved dearly, she would have considered a divorce, but she knew how close they were to one another and because of that – because she wouldn't want to hurt the teen in any way – divorce was out of the question.

She had told this to Bill and he had reluctantly agreed. He had never been particularly close to Mat. His work had always come first. But he knew Gloria was right. The teen might never recover from such a blow.