stopped speaking and after an awkward silence, I asked, “So you want me to become my mother’s lover.”
“Yes.”
I took a deep breath and told myself to be calm. He wasn’t thinking rationally. I wondered what the hell mom would think of this? On that note I saw an out and began speaking slowly, carefully choosing my words.
“Okay, first of all, this is nuts. But, before we go any farther, what the hell makes you think Mom would be okay with this?”
“Your mother is fine with it.” He said softly.
“W…what?” I gasped.
“I spoke to her first. No point in bringing it to you if she wasn’t okay with it.”
“You want me to think Mom wants to have sex with me?”
“It’s not just sex Jason,” dad said, “It’s about love, the sex would be a perk.”
“Oh, Jesus.” I shook my head, wondering if this was really happening.
“At first Cynthia thought my meds were getting to me.”
“Same thought going on here.” I said dryly.
“But I kept talking to her and the more I did the more sense it made.” Dad grunted, “Then I played her a bit dirty and told her it’s what I want and I’m telling you the same thing.”
“Are you kidding?” I demanded, “You want me to promise you, I’ll sleep with my….”
“You’ll sleep with Cynthia, yes.” He said seriously. “The two of you will become lovers and I can truly rest in peace knowing you’ll take care of each other.”
“Dad I….” I tried to slow my spinning mind down, “I don’t believe mom is okay with this, I think…”
“She’s okay enough to have put that little show on for you last night.”
“She…she knew I was watching?” I asked, shocked.
“Not only that, it was her idea.” As I sat there stunned, Dad continued, “She wants you to stop seeing her as a mother and start seeing her as an attractive woman. She wanted you to see how good she’ll be to you.”
“Please, stop.” I whispered.
“And she will be Jason.” Dad said putting his hand on my shoulder. “Cynthia will make you happy in every way and she wants you to make her happy as well,” he smiled at me, “She wants to try it Jason, she wants to be with you.”
“Does she?” I asked, “Or is it just for you?”
“It might be just for me at the moment.” He shrugged, “But she’s willing and I think once the two of you get together, you’ll both see how right it is.”
“There’s nothing right about this.” I muttered.
“There’s nothing wrong with two people taking care of each other.” He gestured to himself, “Or making a dying man happy.”
“That’s not fair dad.” I told him.
“Cynthia said that too,” he smirked, “In the beginning anyway. You know, she told me last night, it was embarrassing, but exciting knowing you were watching, she wants you to want her.”
I shook my head, but dad pushed. “Promise me, Jason, promise me you’ll do this.”
“Dad I…” I stopped and took a deep breath. As dad stared at me, I tried to come up with something. I couldn’t believe he had come up with this, never mind guilt me into it being his dying…I stopped on that last thought. Dad would never know if we did or not. With a huge sigh, I nodded. “Okay dad,” I began, “I…I’m not sure if it’ll work, but I promise I’ll try.”
“Thank you Jason.” Dad said softly, “This isn’t easy for me either you know.”
“I know, and like I said, I’ll do what you ask.”
Dad nodded, and then began to smile. “Glad to hear it, but you do know that I know what you’re thinking?”
“What do you…?”
“Same thing Cynthia was thinking, ‘he won’t know’ just make an empty promise.”
“No, dad really I’ll go through with it, I…”
“I know you will.” He said, squeezing my arm. “Know how I know?”
“How?” I asked, dreading the answer.
“Because you two are going to get together this week, while I’m still around so I know it will happen.”
“What?”
That’s right Jason,”