After I left that night

She took a pretty sizable gulp of the glass and said, “I’ll start after you stripped naked and left the house. I’m not gonna lie I was livid that you did that in front of your father as I saw a lust in his eyes that was sickening…I know now you didn’t cause it but at that time I made myself feel better by blaming you.”

(It hurt for her to say that to me but also reassured me that she was on the other end of this. Mom must have blamed me for a lot of things since I was the easiest scapegoat in her life at the time.)

She continued after another swig, “I found your father looking at other women with that same lust…he was looking at porn of women that looked like you, his own fucking daughter…he was trying to find ways to contact you again since he knew you would be naked…I tried to tell him that you wanted nothing to do with us anymore but he tried to find anything he could…”

(Fuck…I knew my old man was twisted but that was fucked up…I’m his daughter and I have negative attraction to him. I’m glad I left when I did because he might have tried to **** me otherwise…)

My mom had about emptied her wine glass as she was now looking at me when she spoke: “He was a monster at this point and hellbent on getting back in your life. He wanted another chance at rekindling a relationship with you at the cost of doing unspeakable shit to you. For years, I let him obsess over you until he finally found someone at the church like you. He got close with that person and started spending a lot of time with them. He thought I wasn’t paying attention and he was right I was ignoring it from the shame of it all. This was about a year ago when I finally reached out to Sam…”

I poured my two- thirds of wine into her glass as I was not really in a drinking mood. I could feel the pain in my mom’s voice and see the tears of anger going down her face. This was a nightmare for her and she endured every second of it.

She drank another swig and said, “I extended an olive branch to Sam. Honestly, Jaime…you married a good one. She told me to fuck off about twenty times before finally hearing me out. I could tell she was very cautious even after hearing everything but I knew she was much wiser than me considering she seemed very street smart. She helped me find the courage to divorce your father and essentially take half of his shit.”

I smiled and always knew Sam was up to something secretive, but I trusted her enough not to pry. I had no idea she was helping my mom break away from my monster of a dad.

She took another chug and said, “The church essentially kicked your father out after the news of the divorce and the discovery of his new girlfriend being the reason for it. They fled somewhere to the southeast where the two of them are married and part of another fucking church.” She took one last swig of the one in her glass before finishing her thought, “As for me, sweetheart…I got the house and immediately sold it. I had no interest living there and moved to Idaho. It’s beautiful up there if you and Sam ever want to visit.”

Years of ignoring the pain of losing my mom shot out of me like a cannon. She was right here and confessing her own anguish that caused the walls to come crashing down. I broke down in tears and said, “I’m so sorry, Mom…I didn’t mean for you to have to put up with that bullshit…” I felt my mom’s hand on my back as well as one under my chin to raise my head.

“Why are you apologizing? You warned me that night before leaving and all I could do was be ashamed of my naked daughter,” she said to me. “If I truly loved my daughter, I would had the courage to defend her choices but I was too big of a fool. Can you ever forgive me, Jaime?”

I brought my mom into an embrace and said, “I do, mom. I forgive everything and I’m so happy you’re back in my life. I missed you so, so much.” I felt my mom’s arms wrapped tight around my naked body as she had no problem with my nudity anymore.

We held each other for a few minutes as I finally broke off the hug and noticed that she was wearing Sam’s clothing. “Ah! It seems you noticed that I’m wearing something from Sam’s store. You should have told me she had cute stuff available…then again I was kinda a prude at that time…”

We both giggled as Sam was peering through the glass. I ushered for her to come out as she asked, “How did everything go?”

I smiled and said, “Join us, babe! Also bring the wine bottle and another glass for yourself!”

She hurried back inside as we caught a glimpse of her ass. My mom surprised me when she said, “Sam’s got a hell of an ass! I see why you married her.”

I laughed and said, “Mooooommm! That’s my wife!” We both were laughing hard as Sam came back outside. She was confused as she had missed the joke altogether, not realizing she was the main part of it. Sam refilled our glasses as we clinked and cheered for mending the fractures towards a new future together.