1. A Night of Discovery


    Date: 10/23/2015, Categories: Taboo Author: Rose_Darma

    It was an unseasonable storm. It had built out over the ocean and blown in across San Francisco. It came suddenly, not on little cat's feet, but on a roaring, chrome Harley. It swept up from the Sunset district, over Golden Gate Park and crashed into the hills bordering the bay. In early November, the temperatures were still hot, and after a long, dry summer the torrential rain was welcome. It was refreshing and cleansing. The wind had died early in the afternoon, and the evening was composed of soft, rain-filtered light, and the pleasant sounds of the now-tamed storm. The sweaty, summer-sated city luxuriated in the cool, revitalizing rainfall. The Parson family house was situated on the back of Nob Hill. It was a small but well appointed, three bedroom, Victorian building. It had been lovingly maintained and it provided a comfortable, pleasant home for the family. The Parsons had inherited it from their parents. Over one hundred years ago, the original owners had sat huddled in the basement during the great earthquake and fire of 1906. The subsequent owners had all carefully cared for the house. It was an edifice to traditional San Francisco gingerbread exteriors, and natural, walnut, post and paneling interiors. The living room was the nicest room in the house, and most family activities took place there. A large, wall-sized, window had been built into the bay side of the room. It provided an unbroken panorama of hills and open water. There was no more pleasant way to ...
    ... spend an evening than to sit in the darkening room and watch the light change from whites and yellows to orange and reds, and finally, to the velvet blues and purples of night. Seventeen year old Jim Parsons and his sixteen year old stepsister Susan were sitting on the living room couch. The TV was on, but the sound was off. The program was some stupid game show that interested neither of the teenagers. They were quietly enjoying the rainstorm. Sitting in the growing evening dusk they listened to the comforting sound of the rain and watched the last sailboats run for home on the darkening bay. "Well, we have the whole house to ourselves. What do you want to do?" Jim sat for a moment and then shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. Mom and dad are gone for three whole days. Let's just play it by ear." Susan leaned back, letting her head drop into the soft, over-stuffed pillows. She sighed and then turned towards Jim. "We have to do something outrageous. We have do something we would never do when mom and dad are home. Who knows how long it will be before we have the house to ourselves again?" Jim thought for a moment and then, hesitatingly, asked, "Did you know that dad subscribes to a porn channel?" Susan jerked erect, eyes wide in surprise, "No, I had no idea. How do you know?" "I was going to the bathroom late one night and heard him and mom giggling here in the living room. I sneaked to the door and they were on the couch watching a dirty movie. They started kissing and stuff. ...
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