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Stepson Were To Quaran... ^hot^ | Quarantine - Stepmom And

That night, with no Wi-Fi and nothing to do, they sat at opposite ends of the couch. Claire read Dune aloud. Liam pretended to look out the window, but she saw him listening. When she got to the part about the "pain box," Liam whispered, "Keep going."

Suddenly, the stepmother—who may have married into the family when the son was already a teenager—is not a weekend presence or an after-dinner conversation. She is the only other adult in the house for 24 hours a day. And the stepson, whether he is 14 or 22 (as many adult children returned home during COVID-19 lockdowns), is no longer a visitor. He is a permanent resident in her newly shrunken world. QUARANTINE - stepmom and stepson were to quaran...

Mark arrived home on a gray Sunday afternoon. He stood in the driveway, looking through the glass storm door. He expected to see a war zone. He expected tension, silence, and two people who had simply tolerated each other. That night, with no Wi-Fi and nothing to