Stepmommy – Punishment for Following

I caught you at a moment when you shouldn’t have been there. You thought I wouldn’t notice. You were wrong. I see everything… and I know exactly how to use it. I should scream. Instead, I step closer and lower my voice. I tell you the truth no one else knows — that there has been no tension, no touch, no desire in my marriage for a long time. And you’re standing there, embarrassed, vulnerable, completely at my mercy. I give you a choice. You can do exactly what I tell you…or you can let me tell everyone what I just saw. I watch you struggle with your thoughts. I see you trying to hold on to control you’ve already lost. Every word I say is a command, every smile a promise. I make the rules. You only decide whether you have the courage to follow them. And believe me — once we begin… I won’t want to stop.