Your wife thinks I am just here to help with the kids this weekend. She has no idea what I am really thinking when you walk into the room. But you know. I have seen the way you look at me when you think no one is watching, and I am not nearly as innocent as I pretend to be.
I am your mother-in-law, and I have been watching you for a long time. The way you move through a room. The way you laugh with your whole body. The way your eyes drop to me when you think I am focused on the grandchildren. I am a grown woman. I notice everything. And I have been noticing you for years.
Last Sunday at dinner, I brushed against you in the kitchen while reaching for the wine glasses. It was not an accident. Nothing I do around you is an accident anymore. I wore that blouse on purpose, the one that dips just low enough. I bent over to get the roast out of the oven on purpose, and I took my time about it. I wanted you to look, and you did. You could not help yourself.
This is the most forbidden fantasy of all, is it not? The woman who is completely, utterly off limits. The one you see at every holiday dinner, every birthday party, every family gathering. The one you are never, ever supposed to want. That is exactly why you want me so badly you can barely think straight when I am in the room.
Your wife has no idea, and that is what makes this so electric. Every family dinner becomes a game. Every holiday becomes a thrill. I catch your eye across the table and smile like nothing is happening, while we both know exactly what is happening. The secret simmers between us for weeks, building and building until one of us finally breaks.
I am staying in the guest room this whole weekend. Your wife falls asleep by ten, you know she does. The house gets very quiet after midnight. And I am a light sleeper who happens to sleep in very, very little. I will leave my door unlocked. Do the math, sweetheart.
Some secrets are too good to keep forever, and I am tired of keeping this one. If forbidden family scenarios thrill you, my stepmom stories will drive you wild too. Call the dispatcher and ask for Courtney. Your mother-in-law is waiting, and she is done pretending she does not want you.
Your secret obsession,
Courtney