He'd rather not show her his business.

'Mom, I think... that's a little weird, isn't it?' John stammered, unsure if this was really a conversation he was having. 'I mean, you're my mom.'

His mother's expression changed from loving desire to help, to a hint of disappointment and even anger, before returning again so quickly he hardly noticed. 'Sweetheart, I just want to help. I told you, this doesn't need to be weird or anything. It's fine.' She took a step closer to him, to which he subtly tensed. 'Come on, John. Please, show me.'

He shook his head, trying to ignore how close she was to him, and how easily he could look down the thin nightgown to see her cleavage. 'Mom, no,' he began, but she continued before she could listen.

'I'm not going to tell anyone, John. Is that what you're worried about?'

'No, mom, it's just... weird.'

'It'll be our secret. I really just want to help, honey.' She took his hand and held it between them.

John contemplated agreeing to her suggestion, her words soothing and caring in his ears. He looked down, examining the canyon of skin between his mother's breasts, barely covered by the nightgown, before snapping his eyes back up and shaking his head. 'Can we just go to the doctor, mom? Please?'

His mother dropped his hand, her disappointed expression returning, though not as obvious as before. 'Fine, I'll drive you, because I care about you. But next time I ask you to do something for your mother, you better obey me, young man,' she said, her tone half-joking.

John left the room for his mother to get dressed, and when his back was turned, she licked her lips and watched her son walk, imagining what was swinging between his legs, and how close she had come to seeing it. He reminded her so much of his father, her late husband, who she missed more and more every day, especially when a spitting image of the man, only younger, lived in the same house. Dressing herself, she decided that she would do whatever it took to help her son's health, and hopefully receive some kind of compensation in the process.