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waist before running my fingers through my shoulder length
    damp hair. Once I had it brushed back off my forehead, I dug
    through the bureau, looking for a pair of briefs. It was the only
    other piece of furniture aside from the bed that fit into the cozy
    bedroom. I always found it odd that the smaller bedroom was
    the one with the attached bathroom. It was tiny a bath at that,
    but considering they weren’t all the rage back in the thirties and
    forties, I was happy there was one at all.
    My queen sized bed appeared to be larger than it was. I had
    one of those four poster beds with the mattress set that made it
    look as though the bed had been jacked up. It was kind of an old-
    timey style, had actually belonged to my uncle, who’d had quite
    the exceptional relationship. I’d hoped it might one day perform
    the same magic for me. Probably silly, I realized. But it had the
    added benefit of being just the right height to be bent over and
    fucked from behind. Don’t judge me…we all have different ideas
    of what it means to be a good hostess.
    My phone started to ring so I dashed around the bed and
    snagged it up off the night stand. I’d barely gotten hello out
    before I started laughing as Wade’s sister, Jackie, squealed in my
    ear.
    “I just talked to my brother, and I’m so excited,” Jackie said
    in a hushed voice.
    What a coincidence, I just talked to your brother and he had me all
    excited . “We must expose his secret powers at once!”
    “Huh?” Jackie asked, confused since she was unable to hear
    the running commentary going on in my head.
    “Never mind, Jackie.” I shook my head at myself.
    “Well, I can hardly stand it. I can’t believe you’ll be here for
    good in a few short months.”
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    I felt my jaw clench, irritated that Wade was still working the
    angles, like he could manipulate the terms and conditions. “I’m
    not so sure about that.” I grinned, liking the way defiance tasted
    on my tongue when Jackie went silent.
    Finally I heard her breath blowing softly into the phone.
    “Please don’t tell me Wade imagined the whole thing?”
    I sighed. “No—it’s just, well, I’m not sure I can deal. Being
    tagged Uncle Butt Boy for the rest of my life?”
    Jackie laughed, her voice quickly going back to a hushed
    whisper. “I was under the impression it wasn’t all that far from
    the truth.”
    I took in a sharp breath. “Hey, I refuse to be pigeon-holed…”
    “Only corn-holed. I get it.”
    I laughed, hopping up onto my bed. “I’ll have you know my
    range stretches far beyond mere ass-play.”
    “Of that I have zero doubts.”
    I positioned the phone between my shoulder and ear so I
    could open the towel and slip on my briefs. “Why the hell are
    you whispering?”
    “I snuck down to the laundry room in an attempt to hide
    from my Children of the Corn. Some days they just creep me
    out, you know?”
    I didn’t know, but it felt wrong to contradict her.
    “I woke up to the four of them standing at the edge of my
    bed watching me sleep, and I’ve been wigged ever since.”
    I felt myself smiling, knowing full well she was being slightly
    melodramatic for my benefit. Glancing down at my feet, which
    were dangling several inches above the floor, I said, “Granted I’m
    no expert, but aren’t kids supposed to fear their parents?”
    “I’ve given up on that ever being a reality. I’ve switched to
    guilt and telling them they’ll go to hell and burn into little crispies
    if they don’t do what I tell them.”
    “Oh my God!” I burst out laughing. “That’s terrible!”
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    “It’s all I have left.” She hissed into the phone. “I used to
    have Santa and the whole coal thing, but between Wade and their
    father, the little shits get whatever they want. They no longer feel
    like they need the fat bastard!”
    “I’m sure that’s not true,” I said, before remembering how
    spoiled Wade was.
    “No, seriously—one of them actually