Leon shares his secret.

“Shit. Listen I-“

Lily’s hand flashed out and struck him across the face, halting his apology.

“Shut the FUCK up.” It suddenly seemed like a good time for him to shut the fuck up.

“How dare you come into our house and fuck around with my mom like that. And after Daddy was so nice to you?”

Daddy? That’s not what he expected her to call her father, but now wasn’t the time to open his wiseass mouth and heckle her about it.

“He went out in a storm to get you food, invited you into his house, gave you a job... but that’s not enough for you? Now you want to take my mother away too?” Her frustration was causing her eyes to water, but she stubbornly held back her tears.

“Hold on a sec. I’m not trying to take your mom from you. Or from your dad! It’s not like I planned what went down in there. Your mom was the one touching my junk under the table!” In actuality, he’d only agreed to eat with them because he was hoping for something like that to happen, but white lies never hurt anyone.

“I don’t care! My family isn’t perfect, but we’re happy. I’m not going to let you stroll in here and wreck everything. I’m telling Daddy you were talking about making a move on mom. You’re fucked.” He wasn’t giving up that easily. She has a point though... if they’re happy, I can’t just stroll in and fuck shit up. That’s not what I wanted to use the System for.

He needed to keep her talking while he checked Cammy. If Marlene ranked up, one of her advantages might be a solution for this whole situation.

“You’re acting like you didn’t join in,” he challenged, and turned Cammy on.

Well done! You have found Marlene’s 2nd key! You’ve helped her cheat on her husband! Rank 3 benefits will display shortly.

Yikes. Marlene actually wanted to cheat? I could be her outlet, like she is for me. Keep her from doing something really disastrous.

At least it gave him an excuse to fool around with her, but that sucked for Lily. If the reason Marlene wanted to sleep around was because she wasn’t happy with Harlan, Lily wasn’t going to keep her family together for long.

“I only swallowed your disgusting cum so my mother wouldn’t sully herself with your filth. If you think I liked it, you’re mental.”

“Good to know. You know that’s not what I meant though. I recall your fingers getting your mom off just as hard as mine did.”

Marlene Fairchild, Rank 3
-Marlene will reveal her biggest kink to you.
-Marlene will allow you to film her during sexual encounters.

“Our relationship is none of your business,” Lily spat venomously. Touching on that topic was clearly a bad idea. He did it anyways.

“You’re trying to hold it all together,” he said with admiration. “You know what your mom wants, and you offered yourself up to try to give it to her.”

“Stop talking. You don’t know anything about me.”

“I know that your mom started coming onto me the minute I showed up at your door. I was flattered, but she would have done it to anyone. I can see that now.”

“How dare you!? You called her a slut at the table too. You must think you’re untouchable, but let me tell you something. If you keep disrespecting my mother I’ll fuck up your family, too. I see your sister outside an awful lot...”

His hand shot out and grabbed her throat with violent instinct. The white hot anger only lasted a moment, and he recoiled from her hastily. What the hell was that? The guard dog had escaped his control. It was only for a moment, but it made him uneasy. He’d never been violent towards anyone.

“S-shit. Are you okay? I didn’t mean to-“

“What the fuck do you want from us!?” she shouted while she rubbed her throat.

“I want to help.”

“Bullshit. You just tried to crush my fucking windpipe.”

“I... don’t threaten my sister, and I swear I’ll never lay a hand on you like that again.”

“And if I do?”

“Neither of us wants to find that out. Leave her out of this, trust me.”

“I don’t give a fuck about your sister. Just leave us alone. Please,” she said. A few tears **** their way free of her control and spilled out across her face. “I’ll take care of this. We don’t need help from some psychopath. You’re not going to stop Daddy by **** him like that when he comes for you.”

Lily turned and started walking back towards their front door. If she told Harlan, things were going to get difficult for him. Even if Harlan didn’t kill him.

“I’ll be your tool!” he called. It was the last thing he could think of.

She whirled to face him. “What?”

I wish I had time to consult Cammy about this.

“I shouldn’t risk this... well, here goes nothing. Listen, I have a special power. Or I guess, I‘m borrowing something else’s power.”

Cammy would have told him if he had to keep it a secret, right?

Lily looked at him with fear for the first time. “Oh god... You’re totally unhinged. Please, I’ll get down on my hands and knees if I have to, just leave us alone.”

“I’m not crazy. I can prove it’s real.”

“I’m sure you can, but I’ve got to get inside now...”

“Look at me. Really take a good look, and then I’ll leave you alone.”

Lily looked him up and down hesitantly.

“Okay. Can I go now?”

“Am I carrying anything?”

“No, you’re just... standing on my lawn scaring the shit out of me.”

“I’m carrying nothing, nothing at all? Keep your eyes on my hands.” I don’t have a choice.

“No. Literally nothing.”

“Then what’s this camera in my hands?”

Lily blinked in surprise when it appeared to materialize before her eyes. “How did I not see that?”

“It’s part of my power. People I use it on can’t see this camera unless I want them to, or someone else tells them about it. Your dad could see it the whole time, but since he never mentioned it, you and your mom couldn’t.”

“I don’t... understand.” The fight had drained out of her completely. Leon guided her over to the front porch of his house so they could talk.

---

It took awhile for her to grasp what he was saying, and longer still for her to fully believe it. To start, he’d only told her it helped him bond with people easier and occasionally granted him strange powers.

“You can’t tell anyone about this,” he warned.

She ignored him. “And you used this power on me and my mom? Why would you do that?”

I can’t tell her it’s because I have a crush on her and want to fuck her mom.

“I wanted to see if these powers even worked and you were the easiest people to try it on since you live next door.”

“So you’re fucking with our heads? How do I know you didn’t use this to take advantage of my mom?”

He sighed impatiently. “I’m guessing she was like that way before a few days ago?”

“Well... yes.”

“There you have it then. Like I said, I’ve only had this thing for a few days.”

“Which means my mom is just sick of us.”

Leon tried to put an arm around her shoulder but she shoved him away hard enough that he almost fell off the porch.

“I don’t think so. Keep your hands off of me. Your little power can’t-“ Realization dawned on her face. “If you’re using this power on me... I’m going to end up as some kind of sex **** for you, aren’t I?”

Leon laughed heartily at her stony expression. “My power can’t change people’s actual emotions. It can make the existing ones more or less potent, but I can’t use it to change who you are. Unless you’re hiding a desire to be my sex ****-“

“I’m not. Nobody owns me,” she said with a clenched fist.

“Then you don’t have to worry about it. Even if I wanted to, which I don’t, it’d be almost impossible for me to make some kind of sex **** harem.”

“So you say. Well, until you take away my free will, keep your hands to yourself.”

“Alright. Sorry.”

Lily met his stare. “What’d you mean when you said you’d be my tool?”

“I don’t expect you to believe this right now, but I want to use these powers to help people. You guys were a test before I decided that, but now that it looks like you need help, I’m offering my assistance.”

“You’re offering to fuck my mom, you mean.”

Leon looked away. “I think it’ll help. Between the three of us—me, you and your dad, I mean—maybe she won’t need anyone else.” He wasn’t sure that he believed that, but it was a start.

Lily rested her head in her hands and thought things over. The day was passing by around them, and he was getting really worried about Ophelia. Leaving right now wasn’t an option though.

She didn’t move, but he finally heard her say, “Help me then. Help me keep my family together.”

“Of course I will.”

“But I still don’t like you. You act like a smug fox pulling one over on me, but I know you aren’t telling me everything. You’re not as sly as you think you are.”

Leon chose not to reply. Confirming or denying it could both have negative effects.

“Honestly, I couldn’t care less about your magical powers or your crappy life. I’ll keep your secret safe on two conditions.”

“Name them.”

“Don’t fuck my mom. I can’t stop whatever’s going to happen in the car when you’re alone with her, but if I find out you had sex with her, I’ll tell people about your power. And if they don’t listen, I’ll tell my dad you’re fucking his wife.”

“...Understood. What’s the other condition?”

“Don’t let my mom ruin this family. Keep her fulfilled until I find a solution to this mess.”

“What if she wants to?” Leon felt awful for mentioning it, but the possibility that Marlene simply wanted out of her marriage needed to be addressed.

Lily scowled at him. “I won’t allow that.”

He shrugged. “Okay. I won’t put my dick inside her vagina, and I won’t let anyone else either. At least when she’s with me.”

“You’re wording that with a certain loophole in mind.”

Leon smirked and said, “God’s Loophole.”

“Disgusting. Whatever. That’s as far as it goes.”

“You got it. What about us? Me and you?”

“There‘s never going to be an ‘us’ so you can fuck right off with that.”

Forever out of my reach. At least I can operate more or less like I planned to. Minus fucking Mrs. Fairchild.