Pulling on some shorts and a t shirt, he made his way down the stairs, toward the sound of many voices coming from the kitchen.
He rounded the corner into the kitchen to find it filled with people, all of whom were very familiar to him. He was wondering what was going on when he heard Aunt Janet speak.
“Well good morning sleepy head! We’ve been waiting for you!” she exclaimed with a broad smile.
Gathered around the long kitchen table was most of his extended family; Aunt Janet, his mom Judy, his dad Steve, sister Jenny, cousins April, Gina, Deanna, and Sara, and aunts Laura and Emma.
“Shall we let the meeting begin?” Janet said to murmurs of consent from all.
Taking her seat at the head of the kitchen table, she produced some notes and a small wooden gavel from a brown leather briefcase and rapped the gavel twice on the kitchen table. “This meeting of the family council will now come to order.”
A hush fell over the room as Janet took control.
“Well Jake,” she began, “You’re a man now. Congratulations on your graduation!” she said to a polite round of applause.
She continued in the strong confident tone that all present knew well.
“You’ve apparently found out on your own, in spite of our best efforts to keep it from you, that this family enjoys having sex with each other”. A quick burst of laughter had Janet reaching for the gavel again before it died down.
“And you’ve learned from Jenny in the last couple of days that Stephanie and Julie are also your half sisters” she said, referring to Jenny and April’s daughters.
“What you don’t know, at least not yet, is that you actually have eight half sisters and five half brothers, a fact for which I must take the blame, or credit, as the case may be.”
Jake’s eyes widened just a touch, letting Janet know she had his full attention.
“This all started long before you were born, when my father took my virginity on my 18th birthday. And I loved him dearly for it. When Jenny was born, she and I both very nearly died, and your dad and I were unable to have more children, although we desperately wanted them. A chance meeting with your mother and her ex husband produced you, to our everlasting joy”.
She paused to let the murmurs of approval die down.
“When your big sister came of age, she showed a similar interest in her father, which I encouraged. Your cousin April found out, and asked to join in. At that point, I opened up to your Aunt Laura, bringing her in too, and things just snowballed from there.”
“Everyone in this room has had regular sex with your father for many years now, and all of us have given him at least one child.” Jake, still too stunned to speak, simply nodded his understanding.
Taking a moment to gather her thoughts, she proceeded. “Shortly after your sister Julie was born, your dad got extremely lucky with an investment he had made, and we found ourselves incredibly wealthy. A decision was made to gather the family together, starting with you and and your mom.”
“The first house built after the main house on this land was yours. You were not quite 8 years old when you moved in, so you were here to see all the other houses go up. In the ensuing years, thanks to shrewd investing by your father, and the skillful management of your Aunt Laura, the fabulous wealth this vast family shares has only grown, leaving us all time to spend doing whatever interests us.”