Ethan's Nieces
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Chapter 20: Cascade Sunset
Incest Sex Story: Chapter 20: Cascade Sunset - A young man comes home from his first year of college to find that his family's changed... a lot. As the summer progresses, he gets a strange summer job and faces some big fears with the support of his parents and siblings. Note: has quite a lot of partner-sharing (swinging). Not an exclusive harem story.
Caution: This Incest Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including Ma/Fa mt/ft Ma/ft mt/Fa Fa/Fa ft/ft Fa/ft Mult Teenagers Consensual BiSexual Heterosexual Fiction Workplace Sharing Wife Watching Incest Mother Son Brother Sister Father Daughter Cousins Uncle Niece Aunt Nephew Grand Parent InLaws Rough Gang Bang Group Sex Orgy Polygamy/Polyamory Swinging Anal Sex Cream Pie Double Penetration Exhibitionism Facial Oral Sex Voyeurism Public Sex Small Breasts Nudism AI Generated
Our cabins sat halfway up the hillside, our temporary home for the next four days. We hauled our luggage up the winding stone path, all six of us breathing hard by the time we reached the door — Mom, Dad, Emma, me, Lauren, and Becca.
The interior was stunning — open concept living area with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the retreat center, a small modern kitchen, comfortable furniture arranged for conversation. Dad found the bedroom hallway and started opening doors.
“Master bedroom with king bed,” he announced. “And two bunkrooms, each with four bunks.”
Awkward silence as we did the math.
“Lauren and Becca should take the master,” Mom said decisively. “You guys need the privacy, a place to come to if it’s all too much.”
“Are you sure?” Lauren asked. “We’re technically —”
“Don’t worry about it,” Emma interrupted. “Take the room.”
Becca looked relieved. “Thank you.”
“So we’re bunking,” Dad grumbled, eyeing the narrow beds. “Frank Walker, aged fifty-four, in a bunk bed.”
“Frank Walker about to spend four days at the most decadent retreat imaginable,” Mom countered. “You’re not even going to make it back to a bed. I think you’ll survive.”
We unpacked quickly, claimed bunks, took turns showering. By 6:45 we were dressed and heading down to the dining hall — a massive timber structure with soaring ceilings and wall-to-wall windows.
The buffet was extraordinary. Professional-level cooking — roasted meats, elaborate salads, pasta dishes, vegetarian options, desserts spread out like art. This wasn’t camp food; this was luxury catering displaying Blackwood’s considerable resources.
We loaded plates and found space at a long communal table. Within minutes, others joined: Maya, Derek and Simone, Jessica and Tom, Linda and Philip and Sarah, the Madison family with their five kids, and other acquaintances of my parents, introducing themselves warmly.
Conversation flowed easily. People shared their Blackwood origin stories — how they’d gotten involved with the community, what had drawn them. A couple in their sixties, the Thorntons, were easily the oldest, having known the Chens from way back. A single mom with two teenage daughters had joined last year after her divorce. A polyamorous triad had found Blackwood through a sex-positive conference.
The common thread was hunger for authentic connection and freedom from judgment.
Lauren listened intently, her journalist instincts engaged but not performing. Just absorbing. Becca stayed quiet, watching everything with wide eyes while Emma sat close and provided quiet reassurance.
Around us, varying levels of public intimacy played out — some tables chaste and conversational, others with couples kissing and playing between bites of food. One family had someone sitting on someone else’s lap, clearly grinding.
At 7:45, Patricia Chen’s voice echoed through the hall. “Welcome, everyone! Please finish your meals. In fifteen minutes, we gather in the central plaza. See you there!”
The energy shifted immediately — excitement building, conversations accelerating.
We finished quickly and headed outside with the crowd.
The central plaza had been transformed into an amphitheater. String lights created a canopy overhead, a temporary stage erected at one end with professional sound equipment. Hundreds of people gathered on blankets and cushions, all facing forward with palpable anticipation.
Our family found a spot near the middle. Lauren kept her phone low, respecting the “no recording” signs. Becca pressed close to her sister.
At exactly 8:00 PM, Patricia and Richard Chen took the stage.
He looked different from the corporate Richard I knew — more relaxed but somehow more powerful. Dark jeans, fitted black shirt, silver hair catching the lights. He radiated authority without trying.
“Welcome,” Richard said, his voice carrying effortlessly. “Welcome to the culmination of fifteen years of vision. Welcome to the Blackwood Mountain Retreat.”
Thunderous applause.
Richard smiled, waiting for silence. “I see familiar faces — the original ten families who trusted me when Blackwood was just parties in my living room. And I see new faces — people still deciding if we’re brilliant or insane.”
Laughter rippled through the crowd.
“Let me start with gratitude. Thank you for being here. Thank you for trusting me with your secrets, your families, your most vulnerable selves.” He paused. “That trust is not something I take lightly.”
His expression grew serious. “We live in troubling times. The world outside these mountains is fracturing — we all see it: politically, economically, technologically. Authoritarians trying to bolster badly failing traditional systems. Communities are collapsing to social and political pressure. Ethnic bigotry and cruelty are on the rise, and people are increasingly isolated, angry, and afraid. The social contracts we relied on for stability are dissolving.”
Some heads nodded. I couldn’t disagree.
“We are entering a new age where a lot of the old rules and norms are being thrown out.” Richard’s voice strengthened. “You can see the writing on the wall: we’re told to repress, to conform, to pretend. And that repression is killing us — creating a society of scammers, grifters and hypocrites who perform morality publicly while drowning in private shame.”
“Fuck the man!” someone called. I couldn’t help but snicker.
“Blackwood offers an alternative. A philosophy built on three pillars: emotional clarity, tribal bonding, and chosen family.” Richard let that land. “We believe desire — including taboo desire — isn’t shameful. We believe consenting people should determine their own relationships. We believe family is anyone you choose. And like a family, we believe in sharing everything.”
The mood brightened.
“This retreat exists for two reasons. First, to celebrate what we’ve built. To give you space to explore without fear, to connect without shame. You’ve earned this. Enjoy it.”
People smiled, squeezed hands.
“But second — this retreat is also an evaluation.”
The energy shifted.
“This compound isn’t just a weekend playground,” Richard said carefully. “It’s a prototype for sustainable community living. Everything you see — the infrastructure, resources, systems — has been designed for long-term habitation.”
Murmurs spread. I glanced at my family. Mom and Dad looked surprised but intrigued. Emma leaned forward, fully engaged. Lauren had gone very still.
“I’m not predicting when, but I am preparing for if. If the economy collapses. If supply chains fail. If political situations deteriorate. If climate disasters continue to wreak havoc in city after city.” He gestured around. “This place can sustain five hundred people indefinitely. Solar power, well water, extensive gardens, medical facilities, workshops. Most of the things needed for a functioning community. And we are fixated on permaculture solutions for the rest.”
The implications sank in.
“This weekend, I’m watching,” Richard said bluntly. “Watching how you interact, respect boundaries, handle conflict, and contribute to our community. Because some of you will be invited to join permanently. To make this your home when the outside world becomes untenable.”
Holy shit. Emma’s hand found mine, squeezing.
“I’m not asking for commitments tonight,” Richard assured. “I’m asking you to be authentic. Show me your generosity, integrity, capacity for joy and connection. Show me you understand consent. Show me you can be trusting and trusted, and truly open to your needs and your generosity.”
He smiled slightly. “And if you’re just here for wild weekend sex? Fine. Enjoy yourselves. Not everyone is meant for this life. But for those who are...” His expression became tender. “I’m building something that can outlast whatever’s coming. And I want you part of it.”
Complete silence as everyone processed.
“Some practical matters. Rules: Consent is absolute. No means no, hesitation means check in, enthusiastic yes means proceed. Anyone violating consent is removed immediately and permanently, a one-way trip out the mountain tunnel. And like the tribes of old, exile is permanent.”
“Your greeters and representatives,” that was me, I realized, “have activity schedules and can answer questions or point you towards more information. The central lodge is open 24 hours a day.”
“Tonight, however, is pure celebration,” Richard said, smile returning. “The festival begins in fifteen minutes. Music, dancing, hot springs, orgy pavilion, performance spaces — everything is open. Explore. Connect. Be free.”
He paused, gaze sweeping the crowd.
“Tonight, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we explore ourselves. Welcome home, everyone. Welcome to Blackwood Cascade.”
The crowd erupted — cheering, applauding. Music started immediately, upbeat and infectious.
The festival had begun.
I moved through the compound as the celebration unfolded, taking in everything.
The outdoor dance area pulsed with bodies — a jam band was trading turns with a professional DJ spinning tracks that made movement irresistible. Emma was already there, dancing wildly, her body fluid and uninhibited. Other young adults surrounded her, and I recognized Lily, Mia, Sarah, and several of the Madison kids all moving together.
The Orgy Pavilion drew me like a beacon — an open-air structure with elegant columns supporting a peaked roof, the interior filled with large cushioned platforms at varying heights. Dim amber lighting created an atmosphere of intimacy despite the public nature of the space, and sheer curtains hung between some platforms, offering the illusion of privacy while remaining translucent enough to see shadows moving within.
Liam was on one of the central platforms with two women I didn’t recognize, one in her thirties, the other probably barely twenty. He was on his back, one of them riding his cock while he made out with the other one, groping her breasts. The sounds they made were uninhibited and loud.
“Fuck, your cock feels so good,” the woman riding him moaned. “Fuck me harder, stud.”
“Hurry up, I want my turn,” the other one gasped as his hands roamed between her legs. “God, Liam, right there —”
Liam was clearly having a ball, stroking and exploring, while the woman straddling his lap rolled her hips and stretched in pleasure, stroking her own breasts. All three of them were edging, their synchronized moaning building up in pleasure only to pull back, teasingly, and they would occasionally groan in fits of barely-restrained passion.
On a platform to the left, I recognized Rachel from marketing — the woman who’d enthusiastically participated in the office gangbang during the last Casual Sex Friday. She was in the center of five men once again, all of them taking turns with her where-ever she was willing to take them. Her face was flushed with pleasure, makeup smeared, body glistening with sweat and other fluids.
“More,” Rachel demanded between gasps. “I want more, don’t stop —”
One man was fucking her pussy from below while another took her ass from behind. A third was in her mouth, two others kneeling on either side, stroking themselves or occasionally getting an errant touch or grasp from her hands. The coordination was impressive, all five men working together to maximize her pleasure.
“Such a good little slut,” one of them said. “What was her name again?”
“I didn’t catch it, but she’s lovin’ it,” another confirmed. “Look how wet she is.”
Rachel moaned agreement around the cock in her mouth, her body writhing between them.
Near the back, the Thorntons — the older couple I’d met at dinner — were engaged with a much younger family. Mr. Thornton, who had to be at least sixty-five, was being ridden by a woman in her twenties while Mrs. Thornton, regally attractive despite her older years, had her face between the younger woman’s legs from behind, clearly eating her ass while her husband fucked her pussy.
A young man — presumably the woman’s companion — was kneeling down to fuck Mrs. Thornton from behind, his hands on her aged hips, his cock just starting to disappear into her with steady rhythm.
“You feel amazing, ma’am,” the young man groaned. “And your husband’s stamina —”
“That’s it, dear,” Mrs. Thornton said, pulling back briefly from her rimming. “Use me. We love teaching you young ones how it’s done.”
“My wife’s pussy is tighter than it’s been in forty years,” Mr. Thornton added proudly. “Age is just a number when you’re getting regular exercise.”
I nodded, impressed. I wasn’t usually attracted to such older bodies, but I found myself really admiring their lack of shame, something about their enthusiasm and warmth felt timeless, and I felt myself stirring.
The platform that really caught my attention was the one directly in front of me. Josie and James Madison were there with two of their kids. Just seeing the family fully diving in to the most debauched, public spectacle right off the bat. I recognized Sasha, the bold sixteen-year-old who’d been staring at me on the bus, and her brother Caleb, maybe eighteen.
Josie was on her back, her son Caleb between her legs, clearly fucking his mother with deep, measured strokes. Beside them, Sasha rode James’s cock cowgirl-style, her young body bouncing with enthusiasm.
“Uncle James,” she called out between moans, “Who do you like better, me or mommy? It’s me right?” She was teasing him.
“Greedy girl,” James gasped, gripping her slim thighs as he slapped up into her. “You know I don’t like to pick favorites.”
“Mom looks so hot getting fucked, doesn’t she,” Caleb observed, his hands on his mom’s hips as he thrust away. “You think we’ll look that good together when we’re their age?”
“God, I hope so,” Sasha replied, grinding down on her uncle’s cock. “This feels so fucking good, I love it up here.”
Caleb increased his pace, and Josie’s moans grew louder. “That’s it, baby. Make mommy cum. Fill me up and then you can fuck your sister again.”
“She’s just as tight as you are,” James groaned. “But you’re still my favorite pussy in the world, sis.”
“Awww, you DID pick a favorite! You want to swap already?” Sasha teased.
“Soon, baby,” James clarified. “But first see if you can change my mind. Give it to me good, girl.”
Josie came with a scream, her body arching off the platform, and her son thrust deep and held, clearly filling her with his release. Beside them, Sasha was close too, her rhythm becoming erratic.
“Cum in me,” she demanded. “I want my uncle’s cum inside me.”
James groaned and obeyed, and Sasha threw her head back in her own orgasm, the family climaxing together right in front of all of us.
I stood there absorbing it all, my cock hard in my pants but making no move to join. Sometimes watching was enough, processing what it meant that this could exist, that hundreds of people had found this freedom.
“Hey, Ethan!”
I turned to find Leah approaching, topless with tight little shorts, her thong straps peaking out of the top. She looked flushed and exuberant, grinning widely at the rest of her family.
“Taking a break from dancing,” Leah explained, gesturing back toward the music. “Saw you watching. Pretty sexy, huh?”
“Yeah. I thought you said you wanted some pointers, but you guys could teach me a thing or two.”
“It’s a lot, right? Even for people used to Blackwood parties.”
“You seem pretty comfortable with it all,” I observed.
“Oh yeah, with the way our family rolls? Pretty used to it,” Leah said, crossing her arms under her pretty young breasts. “We’re not totally sure who’s dad is whose, frankly.”
Caleb and Josie had noticed us and got up and approached, Josie toweling herself off a bit. She smiled at me with a flirty look, while Caleb leaned down and gave Leah an affectionate kiss.
“Hell of a kick-off, Josie,” I smiled. “Do you think you guys’ll stay? Long-term, if Richard offers?”
They exchanged glances with each other. “Probably,” Caleb said. “I’m starting college next year, but if this place becomes permanent? Yeah, I’d rather be here with people who accept me than out there pretending to be normal.”
“Same,” Leah agreed. “I’ve got two more years of high school, but after that? I can’t imagine going back to regular life. This is who we are now.”
Their certainty was striking. These teenagers had found something most adults spent lifetimes searching for — acceptance, community, freedom to be fully themselves.
Leah stood, stretching. “Don’t forget that you owe me a dance, big boy,” she bit her lower lip and clutched her high breasts at me, practically fluttering her eyelashes.
“I’m still taking it all in, Leah,” I answered. “But for now, looks like Caleb might be up for another round.”
“I’m going to make him ACTUALLY dance,” she laughed, pulling at him, and they headed back toward the music, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I gave Josie a cheerful wave and started moving on from the ongoing orgy that she was returning to.
I glanced back one more time — Rachel was cumming loudly between her five partners, Liam and his women had shifted configurations, the Thorntons were cuddling tenderly with their younger partners, and Josie was now holding hands with Sasha and kissing her brother James with obvious love.
This was the world that Blackwood had built. A world where teenagers could casually proposition adults, where brothers fucked sisters publicly, where seventy-year-olds enjoyed twenty-year-olds without judgment.
And somehow, despite everything society had taught me, it felt just fine.
That’s when I saw Richard Chen himself, leaning against a tree by the lantern-lit path to the Bathhouse, watching the orgy and dancing. He stood apart in the shadows, observing everything with the focused attention of an artist admiring their painting. When he noticed me, he smiled and nodded. I took it as an invitation and approached.
“Ethan Walker. How are you finding the retreat so far?”
“Overwhelming. Incredible. This is a real labor of love you’ve built here, Richard.”
“Walk with me,” Richard said, turning toward the onsen path. “Let’s talk.”
We walked in comfortable silence for a moment before I asked: “Do you truly seek to reject society? The way your speech sounded?”
Richard chuckled. “Moot question, my boy. By our behavior, by the incest, we’ve already rejected society. Or rather, society has rejected us. We’re just acknowledging reality.”
“But building this compound, your talk of collapse — that’s more than acknowledgement. That’s action.”
“Indeed.” Richard’s expression turned thoughtful. “Do I know what’s coming? Mostly no. But I see the patterns. Any of a dozen threats could materialize. Or none. But preparation isn’t paranoia — it’s prudence.”
“Can you change the world? Do you hope to?”
“Change the world?” Richard shook his head. “No. Too much bigotry and hate and grudge-holding out there. People are too invested in their moral certainties to question them.” He smiled. “But I can build something better for those willing to question. Those willing to embrace radical honesty.”
“And all the fucking? Even ... uh, the incest? That’s a big part of your vision?”
“It precludes certain behaviors,” Richard said thoughtfully. “You can’t hold grudges when you’re that intimate with family. You can’t maintain false morality when you’re honest about taboo desires. It’s a filtering mechanism. Once you filter out for abuse — which is not too hard to spot — only people capable of deep authenticity can participate.”
We emerged into a clearing where the Family Onsen spread before us — multiple pools of varying temperatures fed by natural hot springs, surrounded by smooth rocks and carefully placed lanterns. Steam rose into the cooling evening air, creating an almost ethereal atmosphere. Remarkably, there were only a few people here, enjoying quiet contemplation away from the noise and celebration.
Two figures stood near the largest pool — elegant Asian women in traditional shrine maiden attire, white kimonos with red hakama, their features somehow familiar to me. They bowed in perfect unison as we approached.
“Ethan, meet my daughters,” Richard said warmly. “This is Sakura and Hana.”
The women smiled, and I realized they were stunning — mid-twenties, delicate features, long black hair. They moved with grace as they untied their kimonos and let them fall, revealing lovely naked bodies underneath.
Sakura was slightly taller, with pert breasts and curvaceous thighs. Hana was similarly svelte, but with fuller breasts and a graceful posture. Both were deliciously hairless below, their labia and lips deliciously apparent between perfect thigh-gaps.
“Father,” Sakura said in lightly accented English, “shall we attend to your companion?”
“Please,” Richard confirmed, already stripping his own clothes off unselfconsciously.
I hesitated only a moment before following suit. This was the retreat — time to embrace it fully.
The water was perfectly hot, relaxing immediately. Sakura and Hana guided us to submerged benches, positioning themselves between us with practiced grace. Beneath some trees near a warm brazier, I noticed two more women — Yuki and Amanda, Richard’s personal assistants — also dressed in traditional wardrobe, one with a string instrument in her lap while the other provided rhythmic accompaniment, moving about, lightly shaking a ribboned tambourine.
Their performance was simultaneously musical and erotic — as Yuki played, Amanda moved sensually, her kimono gradually loosening, revealing glimpses of skin. I had to imagine that this was Richard’s reward to himself, he was sharing his personal celebration with me of the accomplishment of all of his preparations.
Sakura knelt beside me in the water, her hands beginning to rinse my body with skilled, methodical attention. “You are a handsome young man,” she observed. “Let me help you relax.”
Her hands were firm but gentle, working a bath oil across my shoulders, down my chest, her touch professional yet intimate. Beside me, Hana attended to her father with similar care.
“You see,” Richard continued our conversation as if being bathed by his naked daughter was completely normal, “the power of sexual bonding within families. It creates intimacy that transcends normal boundaries. Like me, my daughters here choose to serve this community, while recognizing that that community includes me, includes you, and includes them as well. Service is shared and rewarded, with the self involved.”
From a nearby shelf, Sakura retrieved ornate glass bottles filled with amber liquid. “Scented oils,” she explained, pouring some into her palms. “For relaxation and ... stimulation.”
The scent was intoxicating — jasmine mixed with something darker, muskier. Sakura’s oil-slicked hands began working my shoulders, her touch firm but sensual, fingers digging into tense muscles while simultaneously awakening nerve endings I didn’t know existed.
Beside me, Hana attended to Richard with identical care, her hands gliding across his chest, down his arms, the oil making her touch impossibly smooth.
In the alcove to the side, Yuki had begun playing her koto — traditional Japanese strings creating haunting, beautiful melodies. Amanda stood beside her with a tambourine, but this wasn’t ordinary musical accompaniment.
Amanda moved like a temple dancer, her kimono loose and flowing, the tambourine punctuating each hip sway, each graceful turn. As she moved, the kimono slipped further, revealing her breasts, then her stomach, the fabric clinging to her curves with deliberate sensuality.
Sakura’s hands dipped lower on my body, her oil-slicked fingers tracing my chest, my abs, approaching but not yet touching my hardening cock. “Many who discuss philosophy with our father bring with them some tension,” she observed, her hands on my hips. “Let me release it.”
I sighed, letting my muscles relax to her ministrations, and wondered at the decadence of the situation. “How do you resist all this,” I waved around, “the power you’ve acquired, the corrosive competitiveness around your success?”
He chuckled ruefully. “I don’t know if I have,” he admitted, clearly enjoying himself as Hana’s hands rippled the water with her handjob. “Let’s say that ... sexual indulgence can be either transactional, or it can be bonding, and I highly prefer the latter.”
“This seems like a pretty hierarchical thing you got going,” I said to Richard, my voice slightly strained as Sakura’s hands moved to my inner thighs. “Your daughters serving us like ... concubines or something.” She let out a giggle at that and squeezed me.
Richard smiled, his own body responding to Hana’s ministrations. “Watch,” he said simply.
Hana’s hands were on his cock now, stroking with oil-slicked expertise, but Richard reached out and found her breast, his thumb circling her nipple. “My beautiful daughter. Tell me what you need.”
“I need you to touch me, Father,” Hana said immediately. “I need to feel your hands on me while I pleasure you.”
“Always,” Richard murmured, and his hand slid down to her pussy beneath the water, fingers finding her clit.
Hana gasped and moaned, her stroking of Richard’s cock becoming less coordinated as her own pleasure built. “Yes, Father. Like that.”
“You see?” Richard said to me. “The attention flows both directions. I pleasure them as they pleasure me. Incestuous intimacy mitigates corrupting power because you genuinely care about your family’s satisfaction. My daughters aren’t servants — they’re lovers who choose this dynamic.”
Sakura had taken my cock in her hand now, stroking slowly while her other hand massaged my balls. “Do you wish to touch me, Ethan?”
“Yes.”
“Then do so. My pleasure matters as much as yours.”
I reached for her, finding her breast first, feeling its weight, her nipple hardening under my palm. My other hand slid down her stomach to her pussy, and she was already wet, ready.
“I have been fortunate to build an empire of sexual indulgence,” Richard sighed, his head thrown back and his eyes closed. “Many powerful men have done so using fear and leverage. But I find such methods breed jealousies and far too much drama and conflict. So I prefer a more zen-based approach around mutuality. Aaahh-h yesss, that is quite nice, my sweet.”
I nodded, enjoying my own exploration of Sakura’s lithe and oily body, as she gently but steadily masturbated me in the water.
“I think of it as nurturing that part of my nature that desires to be generous. And the rewards,” he gestured loosely at the distant sounds of the orgy commune and the indulgent baths we were in, “well, let’s just say they keep me motivated.”
Behind us, Amanda’s dance had evolved into explicit masturbation. Her kimono was fully open now, revealing her naked body, and while still playing the tambourine with one hand, her other hand was starting to push and pull at her mound, rubbing the fleshy lips of her engorged pussy. She danced and touched herself simultaneously, her movements becoming only a touch more frantic, less coordinated, yet still musical for all the focus on creating an ambience of pleasure.
Yuki continued playing koto, but her eyes were locked on Amanda, her own thighs pressing together, clearly aroused by watching her partner.
“Tell me about Lauren,” Richard said, his voice still conversational despite Hana actively stroking his cock. “How is she acclimating?”
I tried to focus on the question rather than Sakura’s hands. “I, uh ... I believe she’s largely won over, I guess? My family seems to have accepted her, and there’s been some, let’s say, reconciliatory fucking. On the bus up.”
“I had faith in your family,” Richard said. “That you could win her over. You and Emma especially — your authenticity is powerful.”
“Well you’re right about the whole ‘let’s all fuck our feelings out’ thing kind of bringing its own motivation. What would you have done if she’d stayed hostile?”
Richard’s expression, briefly, showed a touch of sadness. “We were prepared for various scenarios. Legal threats, exposure campaigns, discreditation. But I believed — correctly, it seems — that Lauren wasn’t hostile at her core. She was curious and afraid.”
“The beach house,” I said suddenly, realization dawning. “That was deliberate. You sent us there knowing she’d follow.”
“A honeytrap, yes,” Richard admitted without shame. “Tom had asked around the office, and you all needed to feel sheltered and safe. If Lauren tracked you there — which we expected — it would force a confrontation on your terms, not hers. In a setting where she was forced to confront her situation against your family’s authentic dynamic.”
“That’s manipulative.”
“It was strategic,” Richard corrected. “And it worked. She’s here now, participating, transforming. Sometimes people need to be maneuvered into their own breakthrough.”
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