I didn't expect that she would, of course. I knew my mother. She had suddenly found a way to get something that she wanted more than anything else in the world, and she wasn't going to just let that go. But even with that knowledge, there was no way that I could predict what she would do next. If it hadn't been obvious what her plan was on Friday when she said she had to go to my grandmother's for the weekend on short notice, it was plain as day what she was doing when she texted Dad and me on Sunday that she would need to stay there. for the week. All-to-fortunately she had brought her laptop with her so she would be able to work remotely. She knew that Rich. hated going to Grandma's house almost as much as I did when she left so there would be no chance either of us would want to tag along. I had my suspicions all weekend, but this sealed it. Her subtlety existed somewhere on a spectrum between car alarms and fog horns. "Well, looks like it'll just be us for the week, Hon," Daddy said. He had gotten the text just after me. We were sitting on the couch watching old movies. It was a tradition from my teenage years that we had promptly reinstated when I moved back in. Before my conversation with Mom, it was also the time that I Chapter 4 Only $0.29 had planned to slowly seduce him. She was always out running errands on Sunday morning, so I had known that it would give me plenty of time alone with him. Since that conversation, though, I had become paralyzed with doubt. Perhaps it was that everything was so much less of an "if" now. I wasn't entirely sure, but the conversation I had with Mom left me with the feeling that she wanted me knocked up by Daddy. She seemed even more eager about it than I was. For the few days before she left, she had been much more public in her displays of affection for him. It was almost like she wanted me to see what she did to drive him crazy. On several occasions, I had even seen a hard ridge in Daddy's pants. Each time I did, I had to excuse myself so that I could go imagine impaling myself on him while I slid my fingers in and out of my dripping hole. It was obvious what I wanted, and what Mom wanted, so why was I so unsure of what I should do next? "Anything you were planning on doing today?" His words shook me out of my thoughts. "I don't know, Daddy," I said. My voice had come out more sultry than I had intended, placing extra emphasis on the last word. "You?" "I should go get groceries, I guess," he said. "Nah, we can just do take out this week." Chapter 4 "You're bad," he said. "Guess you'll just have to punish me, Daddy." My stomach dropped as the words fell out of my mouth. I had just flirted with my own father! I couldn't believe it. More surprisingly were the words he said next. "Don't go thinking you're too old for it," he said with a grin. "And don't you go thinking I would dislike it as much as I once did," I said. I turned to look at him, matter-of-factly, just in time to watch his jaw drop. The feeling of discomfort was quickly being replaced with satisfaction and arousal. Fortunately, the movie would be over soon. When it was, I had every intention of retreating to my room to satisfy the growing ache I was feeling between my legs. "You are so much like your mother, it is terrifying," he said. "What do you mean?" I asked. "You have her feistiness." he began. Hopefully, you didn't get her penchant for other things as well. If so, men everywhere should be terrified." "What do you mean? " I asked. Chapter 4 "I don't know that I should talk about that with you," he answered. "You're mother is just a cruel woman." "Oh, Daddy," I begged. "You can't just leave me hanging like that. Tell me." He considered it for a minute before speaking again. "This stays between you and me," he said. 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