Chapter 1

John raced up to his room and tossed his book bag carelessly onto his bed. Looking at the clock, he noticed he still had a good two hours before his mom got home from work. 'More than enough time' he thought as he booted up his computer and logged on to check his e-mail. He stiffened slightly at the "New Mail" message.

It had started as a joke about a month earlier. He had found the singles ad that his mother had placed while searching in her room for the stack of playboys she had confiscated from him. It surprised him. He had never thought of his mother as needing companionship. It had been over 5 years since his dad left, and in all that time she had not once even mentioned dating. Still, John thought, he could get back at her for taking away his stash of magazines by playing a little joke on her. He had put everything back the way he had found it and took the ad back with him to his room. It read:

Seeking Someone Special, SWF, 37, 5'7",
traditional mother of 1 looking for adventurous,
outgoing male for companionship and correspondance.
If interested please e-mail

That had been a month ago, and things had taken an unexpected turn.

Evidently, he had been the only one to respond to the ad and his mother had been so thrilled at any response that she was doing her best to keep the e-mail correspondence going. Even agreeing to things she would never have even thought of before.

It was no longer just a game, it had become a way for John to manipulate his unwitting mother. He had mentioned in one of his e-mail how he thought a growing boy should be allowed to stay up as late as he wanted. Of course, his mother had agreed wholeheartedly in her response and it was soon after that John found his bedtime curfew lifted.

It was this new found power over his mother that he was now pushing to the limits. He wanted to see just how far she would go.

In his last message, he told her he wouldn't write her anymore since she was just not his "type" and since he doubted she could ever change this was going to be the last she heard from him. This would let him know how far she was willing to go.