Chapter 2: Mother and Sister

Before I paint too bad of a picture of her, Steve’s mom really shouldn’t be blamed completely for being the way she was. Marlene’s no-good cheating husband had dumped her for his young secretary which would sour just about any middle-aged woman on men and sex. The shame is Marlene still worked really hard to keep herself in great shape and looked at least ten years younger than her drivers license stated. No wonder that she was so embittered about men, especially when it came to sexy young girls even if they were just fourteen. Was she thinking I was going to “steal” her son away from her like her husband’s secretary had done with him? I’ll let the psych majors answer that one but you never know what people might be thinking. In my humble opinion there’s a huge difference between your teenage son having sex with his freshman girlfriend and your husband committing adultery with some 20 year-old bimbo at the office but when it comes to a mother’s heart all bets are off and logic doesn’t always apply.

After a bitter divorce Marlene got full custody of Sharon and Steve along with their younger brother Jim. Their selfish father didn’t even contest custody as apparently he didn’t want any kids hanging around to interfere with him and his new harlot. Steve’s mother would sometimes go off on a rant about men and how they want nothing but sex. Just to be safe, as a general rule we never did anything at his house unless his mom was gone. Sharon would be home sometimes but that’s OK with me as she swore to be discreet and always left us alone - or so Steve thought.