"I'm glad you understand," he smiled at her again. "I don't know what I'd do without you."

She got up and slipped on her robe while he woke the children, then she walked into the kitchen to start their breakfast. Tom walked into the kitchen and kissed her goodbye, then slipped out the door and went back to the plant.

"Children, I'd like to be alone this morning," Barbara suggested as they finished eating. "I wonder if there's any place you could go?"

"Sure, Mom," Mike answered. "I'd like to go to the library for awhile."

"And I need to do some research," Judy smiled. "I can go along with Mike."

"I don't have anything to do," Martha frowned. "I guess I play with Joe and Sally."

John didn't say anything. He figured his mother wanted to be alone because of what happened last night. However, he couldn't understand why.

"What about you, John," she asked sweetly. "Can you find anything to do?"

"He can go with me," Martha suggested. "Four can play better than three."

"Yeah!" John muttered, knowing he wouldn't stay at the neighbor's house very long. "I'll go along with Martha,"

In a few moments the children left, then Barbara felt nothing but loneliness in her heart. The house was quiet, almost too quiet. She walked back into the bedroom and slipped off her robe, then tossed it to the bed. She walked to the dresser and looked at herself in the mirror. She had a damned good figure but it was just a little too old for her son. What the goddamned hell was she thinking last night? What had she allowed herself to 'become? Why had she seduced her son? Had she really needed a cock so badly? Couldn't she have waited for her husband to come home?

She modeled her nude body before the mirror, turning from one side to the other, then she spotted the shadowy figure in the doorway. Her heart sank; someone was watching her,

"You're beautiful, Mama," he sighed, gazing wantingly at her lovely nakedness, "You're even prettier than you were last night,"