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My Mother's Wife
Date: 7/27/2015, Categories: Taboo, Author: purpleshade, Rating: 7, Source: LushStories
face with the back of her hand. Malcolm couldn't remember the last time that anyone had done that. "Mum was always different from you, Jan." Malcolm's voice was soft, it was sweet, it was sad. After the pause, which seemed to last forever, Jan spoke, "Oh darling, if only you knew." "I do want to know, Jan, I do want to know. Mum just blocked me out of her life as if I didn't exist, maybe it was the illness, I don't know, I never got the opportunity to find the answers that I was looking for. You gave me the love that I didn't receive from mum, you gave me the attention and the upbringing that she didn't." Malcolm's voice was still subdued, so full of sorrow. Jan continued stroking Malcolm's hand and face. "You were no trouble at all as a kid, lovey, you and your sister got on really well. You two loved playing with dolls and dressing up in frocks when you played in the 'Wendy House'. I used to hug you both to sleep." Malcolm smiled affectionately, the memories of the past flooding back to him like a dam that had burst. "I always wanted to call you mummy, Jan." Malcolm just managed to get the words out before he felt a constricting sensation in his throat. "Did you, honey, did you, sweetie, did you really?" Jan's voice was exuberant, her eyes widened, as her grip become stronger. "Why didn't you call me mummy, sweetheart?" "You knew what mum's temper was like, you knew her mood swings. Maybe it was the medication, or maybe the circumstances under which I was conceived." ...