"Now that I've introduced myself. I want you ladies to go and get freshened up. We have a long day ahead of us"---------------------------------------...----------------------------------As Tammie and I walk up the stairs, neither of us say a word. Once we're in my bedroom, I ask Tammie would she like to shower first or second? "I could really use a nice hot bath right now" You know what? That's a great idea! How about we take a bath together?"As I begin to run our bath water. I see Tammie reading. ”I nodded vaguely. “All right.”“You’ve had to ... grow up fast these last few years. We just want the best for you and Lara, which is why sometimes it’s...” She couldn’t find the words.I swallowed. “I know. But all of my friends think you two are the coolest parents anyone could ever have.”Melissa chuckled. “I’m sure we can find some people who disagree.”“Well, fuck them,” I said, before thinking.Ugh, damn whiskey showed its hand after all... She widened her eyes. “Matt!” she warned.“Sorry .... Good, bubbly as usual. She was ready to open the door. Bill was getting tired of waiting. He was alternating between damning his parents, away on yet another Christian mission to Africa, for threatening to cut off his car payments if he did not help his aunt around the house, and thinking of all that he could “help” his aunt with around her house. He would never want to hurt his uncle, but his sexual desires usually trumped all else. He knew that his aunt was not a realistic conquest however,. Shelooked very angry as she pulled me just inches from her face.I tried to explain I still needed to make it but before I could she threwme down across the floor. I landed hard looking up to her to hear hertell me that I should have that ready first thing before anything else."IS THAT UNDERSTOOD YOU STUPID BITCH!"I looked up wide eyed from the floor and with a trembling voice repliedto her, "Yes Mistress Betty, I'm sorry."She looked down at me for a minute and told me to go get her riding.