Chapter 7: No Turning Back

As Vanessa slowly crossed that ten yards of no-man’s land she found her mind racing back over all the events of the last two years of her life that had brought her to this. She could see herself and her mother still cowering under that little hedge in the pouring rain as they fled for their lives from her rampaging father. She could also once again smell the acrid fumes of her home burning down at the hands of that same man. She could also see the kindly faces of Jared Reznik and his elderly neighbor, Mrs Clusky, as they took her and her mother in and gave them both safe haven. Vanessa was also recalling the days, weeks and months that followed as Jared welcomed them both into his home and that wonderful moment a year later when Jared finally married her mother - Gloria Benson. Vanessa could remember just feeling so proud when her mother became Gloria Reznik and Jared Reznik became her step-father.

After the marriage of her mother Vanessa had still kept her original surname but that did not stop Jared becoming more of a father to her than her own father, Blake Benson, had ever been. That man was now serving a healthy stint in prison for setting fire to their home and also for embezzling thousands of dollars from his employer to fuel his alcohol and gambling addictions. The man’s seeming total lack of remorse and sorrow for his actions had placed an immeasurable gulf between Vanessa and her father. She was very saddened by that fact but also knew that she no longer wished to see him ever again. Jared Reznik had come into her life and had filled that void beautifully and Vanessa had no intention of ever spoiling that. Vanessa also knew just how happy her own mother was now with her ‘new’ man. Jared was just so kind and considerate to Gloria and this was something that Vanessa just appreciated so very much. There was, however, just one more wonderful thing that was coupled to this whole new family arrangement and that was the sex!

Vanessa Benson’s right foot was by now planting itself on that first step of five that led to the eight foot by eight foot square surface of the Matterhorn. As she took that step, followed by the next and the next, she found herself also quickly recounting the amazing sex life she had enjoyed over the last two years. For some reason the advent of Jared Reznik coming into hers and her mother’s lives had opened up a whole world of sexual freedom that both her and her mother had enjoyed to the full. This happened because within days of Jared taking them both in they had found out that he was working at Blanke Schande College as a substitute math teacher. That revelation had persuaded both Gloria Benson and her daughter to both wander around completely naked in the house whenever Jared got home. The reasoning was that if Jared was going to be surrounded by naked girls at work all day then he could handle two more naked girls at home. Jared couldn’t fault this line of reasoning and even joined in himself. Thus the three of them from that moment on always enjoyed their evenings together completely naked.