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the sight of her.
    “Do you like?” Cadence smirks.
    She looks stunning. Her curves are so exquisite, from her slender shoulders to the peaks of her breasts, areolae just visible beyond the black lace cupping them, hard nipples tenting out the fabric slightly. Everything below her slim waist is more than perfect, too: her tiny bellybutton, flat stomach, the gentle sweep of her hips, and the small mound of her mons pubis at the apex of her thighs, dark pubic hair trapped behind the lace. And those legs! Long, milky, perfectly smooth legs. She’s been shaving since she was thirteen.
    Christ.
    Marlee feels her body respond to Cadence’s provocative form. She’s entirely womanly, with a fully bloomed figure and young, silky, untouched flesh.
    “Oh, heavens.” Marlee looks away, pretending to be unaffected by the display. “The underwear looks lovely on you, darling. I knew that it would.” She deliberately leaves all trace of emotion out of her voice.
    Turning her back on Cadence, she busies herself fluffing pillows, picking stuffed toys off the bed, and pulling back the duvet, completely unaware of the emotional distress her casual disregard for Cadence’s appearance has caused.
    “Why don’t you like me?” Cadence mopes, disappointed by the lack of attention, feeling slighted by Marlee’s uninterested eyes.
    “Oh, Cady.” Marlee looks up, holding an armful of displaced teddy bears. “I love you. You must know how much I love you.”
    “But you don’t think I’m pretty?”
    Marlee’s heart aches. So many times over the last year, she’s been caught off-guard by Cadence’s emerging womanhood. At some point, she’d become desperately aware of how the bony ass of a little girl had formed into the soft, round rump of an adolescent—a fact cemented in her mind while they were in the clothing store.
    Likewise, the further development of her tiny breasts had come as a delightful surprise. On the first day of summer break this year, Cadence had taken advantage of the good weather and gone for a swim in the pool. Even though she’s well on her way to adulthood, her parents still require that she be supervised at all times—something which neither she nor Marlee have ever complained about.
    When she emerged from the clear, cool water, her bikini was clinging to two glorious mounds on her chest. She’d caught Marlee looking, they’d exchanged a smile, and Marlee cautioned herself against being so free with her eyes. But now Cadence is standing semi-naked in her bedroom, demanding that she look, feeling hurt when she doesn’t.
    “You’re so beautiful, honey.” Marlee scans Cadence from head to toe. “Why are you asking me these things?”
    “What does Rachel have that I don’t?” Cadence steps closer. “Does she please you more? Would you rather go out with her?” She sneers out the last word disdainfully.
    “Oh, sweetheart.” Marlee’s heart feels as though it’s about to rupture. “Are you jealous?”
    That shouldn’t be surprising at all. Outside of the time Cadence spends in school, or embroiled in extracurricular activities, they’re together practically every waking hour of every day. Never has Marlee sought out any relationships that might take her away from the house. For one thing, she hasn’t had the time. Tending to Cadence is a fulltime job, and she’s been unreservedly devoted to caring for the child night and day, sneaking off to tend to her adult needs only when she was certain Cadence was preoccupied.
    Until tonight.
    Tonight, Cadence had seen something she’d never seen before.
    “Do you love her more than me?” Cadence climbs onto the foot of the bed, creeping closer on her knees.
    Marlee shakes her head, averting her eyes. “I don’t love anyone more than I love you.”
    Kneeling, Cadence tugs the stuffed animals out of Marlee’s hands and tosses them to the floor, positioning herself on the very edge of the bed.
    “So why won’t you look at me?” She coils her arms