There was a knock and the door opened, revealing Lisa in a silky, satiny, lacy confection that plunged to reveal deep full cleavage. The sunshine of her smile was rapidly elided by embarrassment when she saw it wasn’t Alex.

“Hello darling” Stephanie said “is Alex home?’ NO obviously he isn’t or you wouldn’t have answered the door. Nor would you look so disappointed to see me, something that doesn’t happen all that often let me assure you, I expect…

“I remember you” said Lisa as the face recalled several recent and painful memories. “You’re the slut’s Mom. The older slut”

“Yes, I was rather afraid you’d take that pedestrian attitude. I’m sure I haven’t seen you at your best but you do seem to come across as close minded my dear.”

“Close minded!” For a moment Lisa’s mouth opened and closed but no sound came out, then she found her voice. “You fucking bitch! You cheap slut-ass whore! Your daughter hypnotizes my fiancée and has him dump me at her whim, you find out and take him for yourself… this is my actual life here. This plaything of yours is my life, mine and his, and then you have the nerve, the gall to come here and insult me?”

“Well I did say I haven’t seen you at your best. And I did give him back.” “Do you think that helps? Having him handed back like you might throw your dog a scrap from the table? We loved each other, and it was special. At least to us. And you and your daughter pissed in it. And it’s never going to be the same no matter how hard we try. And we’re trying. Trying so fucking hard. And you come around here, looking to borrow him again like a cup of sugar? Or what, that you fucked him at the parent teacher conference? “

Stephanie blanched just a bit at the unexpected guess.

“You fucking bitch!” shouted Lisa. She shoved Stephanie back against the wall and slapped her hard across the mouth. “You fucking bitch…” she muttered softly to herself.

“Yes I’m sure” said Stephanie “everything was fucking perfect for you until my progeny and I got involved. Bullocks! Nothing is ever perfect and it doesn’t take hypnosis to ruin a relationship. My husband left me for a tramp half my age and that had nothing to do with hypnosis let me assure you. Just her amazing ability to wear tight clothes and suck a golf ball through a hose as my husband so charmingly put it.”

“Of course we had problems. But they were normal problems. Life whose turn it was to do the dishes or that he was sleeping with my best friend. Not him suddenly becoming someone else’s love slave or any of this mind-fuckery bullshit! Your daughter took what we had, everything special between us and snapped it with a flick of her pretty little fingers. And that’s not fucking OK!”

She raised her hand to slap Stephanie again but Amanda’s mom grabbed her wrist. “I think I’ve taken all the slapping I’m prepared to do in a night.”

”You’ve got no idea of what you’re going to take tonight” Lisa said, her voice soft and menacing. Abruptly she turned her wrist against Stephanie’s thumb and broke her grip. Then she slapped her again full across the mouth and blood beaded from where her teeth cut her lip.

Stephanie rapidly backed away from the fury before her. “Look this was a bad idea” she said hastily “I didn’t realize you’d be so upset…”

“You didn’t realize…, you didn’t realize… you… fucking…bitch!” and she slapped her again, and then one more time. She felt herself teetering on the brink, a red tide was sweeping her along and she yearned to give in to it. She just wasn’t sure she’d ever make it back to shore.

“Get out” she said control slipping away in her voice. “Get the Fuck out of my house, right now, or I swear to God I’ll rip your fucking heart out. I’ll kill you, you fucking witch, I’ll kill you if you don’t leave right fucking now. Please.” Stephanie saw the anguish and frightening clarity in Lisa’s eyes and left. She walked/ran down the walk trying to leave behind the gasping, shuddering sobs coming from inside. Alex running towards the same crashed into her. She fell and he stopped briefly to pull her to her feet. “Steph” he asked “what are you doing here? What have you done to Lisa?”

“Done to her? Look what she’s done to me.” She pointed to her bruises and cut lip. “I’m sorry, I’ve got to go to her” he mumbled and avoider her eyes he hurried inside. “Hey baby” he said putting his arms around Lisa and squeezing her tight. Her sobbing slowed and eventually ceased.

She turned to him and her eyes were wide with hurt. “Why? Why did you let her?” “I didn’t mean to” he said. But inside he knew he had. He’d wanted to. Wanted that perfect lush body, her eyes, and her scent. He’d wanted to lose himself, to give himself to her. He wanted to go back out there right now.

But he didn’t. Didn’t go to her. It was okay to want things. But doing those things, giving in to desires that hurt people, people he cared about, that wasn’t okay. He wasn’t going to leave Lisa when she was hurting. He couldn’t and still be who he was. And killing that idea of himself was just a suicide that left a body moving around.

So held her, kissed her neck and murmured the things you say to a loved one who’s hurting. Eventually she turned her face to him and they kissed. Gently and eventually tenderly they held each other and their tears melted together. “Lovely, truly lovely” a cultured voice mocked them with accompanying slow claps of her hands.

“You bitch” growled Alex, and though he’d never raised his hand to a woman before, he raised his right hand to slap Steph.

“Oh Alex” she sighted and placed a finger against his lips “why did you have to choose her over me. You were doing so well…”

He slapped her hand away from his mouth. “Because I love her. Now get…”

“Ssssh” she said and covered his mouth with her hand. He tried to ignore the balm of her touch and the way her scent teased his senses, tried to hold on to his anger and not lose himself in her eyes. And he realized he wasn’t speaking or moving anymore, just looking into her eyes and trying not to fall.

“Kiss me” she said and walked into his arms. She raised her mouth to his and kissed him, lips soft and tasting of honey, intoxicating as wine. Her scent, touch and taste swamped his senses and he lost himself in her.

Lisa looked on stunned. She had no voice to scream, one shock to the system too may. Alex loved her, she knew it deep in her bones from the way he’d just held her and kissed her. But in one moment it was like she’d never existed. “Sit down” Steph told Alex. “No, kneel.” He fell to his knees, wrapping his arms around her legs and pressing his face to the outside of her thigh.

“You poor dear” she said to Lisa “you’ve just had quite a shock. Don’t worry; everything’s going to be just fine.” She leaned down and looked deep into Lisa’s eyes. “It’s okay dear. I’ll take care of you. You can just let go. That’s it, I’m here. And I’m going to make everything ok. Just let me take care of you hon. Look into my eyes; you can see it’s true. You just have to let o and I’ll make all the pain go away. That’s my brave, sweet girl.”

Steph held Lisa’s eyes the way a snake holds a mouse, half in fascination and half in terror. Seeing Lisa’s expression, knowing this women was opening herself to her words made her ache with pleasure. She wanted to be fucked, to have the yearning flesh touched and filled. She pulled Alex to his feet and guided him behind her.

“Fuck me my pet” she told him and he unzipped his fly and freed his member. He lifted her skirt and slipped his cock deep inside her, so slowly at first, and then harder as she moistened and wiggled back against him.

While he thrust inside her again and again his girlfriend was guided down deeper and deeper by Stephanie. Amanda’s mom rewarded Lisa for opening herself up with suggestions of languorous pleasure. Soon her mind and body were responding helplessly to Stephanie’s words and voice.

“Do you love the sound of my voice dear?”

“ye-es” she said, shuddering as warmth flooded between her legs.

“Good girl. You’re so glad you let me take the pain away. You feel so relaxed now, so far away from everything.”

“But now you feel so turned on, so terribly aroused. But there’s only one way to satisfy yourself, one way to find release. You need me to touch you. And you need to touch me. The bend your mouth to my nipples. To shudder as my fingers explore you and bring you to climax.”

“You know that don’t you?”

“O h yes” said Lisa breathlessly.

“Then come to me my dear, sweet little girl.”

Lisa crawled towards Stephanie, and moving brought some of who she was back to her. ‘Why was she crawling towards the woman… the bitch…this fucking bitch who Alex was fucking right before her eyes. The woman had removed her top and her fiancée behind her thrusting away, eyes closed, his face lambent with happiness. She felt warm anger flow through her. This goddam bitch, why was she crawling towards her, crawling towards those magnificent fucking breasts. Those rosy nipples atop marvelous creamy breasts…

‘What am I thinking’ she asked herself. ‘I have to stop, can’t let her do this to me.’ “You bitch” she shouted at Stephanie. “What have you done to me?”

“Well really young lady, such language!’

“I'm sorry” she said and nearly bit her tongue in surprise. ‘Why did I apologize? What’s happening to me?’

“That’s better. Now come here sweet girl.”

Lisa fought the urge to resume her crawl towards that snowy bosom. Involuntarily she twitched at the stab f pleasure she felt at Stephanie’s coaxing. Deep inside she wanted to surrender, to lose herself in that voice. She shouted that part of herself down inside her mind.

This woman has taken my life, my love but she will not take me. She will not take away who I am. Slowly she rose to her feet.

“I’m leaving now” she said aloud. ‘I wish I could rescue Alex’ she thought to herself ‘but right now I just have to get away.’

“Stop right there missy” Stephanie said. “That’s no way to act.”

Lisa fought the urge to turn around. To let herself be told what to do, let herself look in those crystal blue eyes and let her head be pulled to those soft breasts. Instead she lifted one foot and placed it down a little in front of her. Then she did the same with the other. And then she was at the door.

“Goodbye Alex” she said softly though she knew he wouldn’t hear. “Good bye.” She opened the door, and then she left.