“Doug—”
“Admit it’s true. So I assumed maybe Aunt Gail was feeling a little neglected and things proved to be true. Simple as that. Aunt Gail needed it and I’m glad I was the one to give it to her.”
“I’m sure your aunt would see it a different way. From what she said, you were very aggressive and—”
“Why would you think I’d lie about her getting horny? Did she tell you how things happened?”
“Only about the pool.”
“Not about on the couch?”
“On the couch?” I’m sure I looked dumbfounded.
“That’s where we did it. On the couch in the living room.”
My mind hadn’t progressed to the fact that they actually “did it.” I knew in order to get pregnant a couple has to “do it” but it never dawned on me that the “coupling” had occurred in deed as well as in abstract concept.
“I’m sure the next time I talk to your aunt, she’ll fill me in on the details. Or maybe I don’t even want to know any more.”
“So,” Doug said, “you wouldn’t want to … like watch it?”
“What?” That seemed to be my favorite word today. So much that needed further explanation because my mind was totally blown.
“I have a video of when we did it,” he said as if he were telling me he changed the channel on the TV.
“Does your Aunt know you recorded it?”
“I didn’t record it, she did. Actually maybe it’s Uncle Vance that did technically. But, no, she doesn’t know I have it.”
“I don’t understand this at all. Explain, please.”
“You know Uncle Vance has a home security system, right?”
I nodded.
“Well, there are two cameras in the living room. Aunt Gail, while cleaning had unplugged them and put them, as it turned out in just the right spots. For me, that is. She thought they were off while unplugged, but I explained they had a battery that kept them going. Luckily their internet was down that day, or Uncle Vance would have been able to check in on his phone and really get and eyeful.”
“So you got video from those cameras?”
“Yeah. After we were done, I explained to Aunt Gail that the cameras had recorded us. She was all upset, but I told her all I had to do was erase the memory cards in them using my computer in my backpack. So, even while she was watching, I copied the files before erasing them.”
“So you KEPT them?”
“Yeah, I edited the two cameras together so I got the best parts of each and made one video. I watch it every once in a while. It gets better all the time.”
I imagined Gail would be mortified if she knew a sex tape, of all things, existed of her … of her and her best friend’s 18-year-old son.
“You have to destroy it. Right now!”
“Mom! I want to keep it. Besides, I could tell you I did and have it copied in a million places. So … do you want to see it or not? It will answer lots of your questions. I have it right here on a USB drive. Even you know what that is.” He held up a ruby red piece of plastic.
“Don’t treat me like I’m dumb. And, NO, I DON’T want to see it. NEVER!” I got up and stomped out of his room, slamming the door behind me.
I walked down the hall and into the kitchen. Then I stomped back to his room, gave a loud knock and just stuck my hand in. When I felt something pressed into my palm, I pulled back and closed the door.