In an instant, the mother's eyes widened, her mind went blank, and her face was ashen. When the boy's face came into her eyes, and when she realized that the man having sex with her was her son, the mother felt as if the sky had fallen. The bottom line of society, the bottom line of ethics, and the bottom line of being a mother were trampled on at this moment.
Gail had no illusions about what her boss expected when he hired her. The salary and benefits exceed her worth as a high school dropout. Gail provided the noontime services her boss demanded and entertained him at her apartment in the evening. Gail was content to be able to provide a better standard of living than she ever expected for herself and her boys. That was until her boss demanded more from her and her boys. Along with her boss's new demands, Gail made demands of her own.