My Mom's Boss

Dear Mother,

First off let me say that you are by no means a bad mother. I love you and I know that you were always there for me to help me through my rough times. That is why I could never tell you this in person, and I felt the need to write this to you instead. Remember the job you had retired from. Calco Industries? Well, they always had those work parties; it never mattered what holiday it was, whether it be Christmas or a co worker's birthday, we were always invited to something that was worth celebrating at your job. Anyway, there was one particular party that was quite different from the rest, the Summer party. I had just graduated high school and I was a little depressed at the time because all of my friends had graduated and had been accepted to colleges across the country. I had not been accepted to none. My C-average didn't speak volumes to any of the college recruiters as my counselor explained, and every application that I filled out was rejected. Even worse, My boyfriend had broken up with me because he was accepted to a college and his parents convinced him to break it off with me and get him someone that was more on "his level". You knew all of this mom, and you were very encouraging. You gave me suggestions about summer school and attending the community college. I'll always love you for that. Anyway, back to the matter at hand. At this Summer Party, your old boss, Mr. Hathaway approached me at the punch bowl. We started talking and I was telling him about my situation. Why was I telling him this in the first place, I dont know. I felt vulnerable and desperately needed male attention, and Mr. Hathaway was ready and willing to provide that for me. He told me I was so pretty, gorgeous even, like I shouldn't be worried about college. He told me that I needed to get into modeling. He made me smile and laugh that day, which is what I really needed at the time. We exchanged numbers at the Summer party and everyday after that we called each other everyday. Me and Mr. Hathaway a.k.a Rick, as he insisted that I call him, were getting really close. The first time we slept together seemed like the best night of my life; I really thought that this relationship was in fact the real deal in spite of him being your boss and also being married. Rick said that he would leave his wife to start a new life with me, and we would tell you when the time is right. I was so in love with him mom. Three months had passed since we started our affair at that Summer party, but as the months went on though, I noticed changes in Rick. He texted me non stop, throughout the day and sometimes in the wee hours of the morning. If I didn't answer his text, He would show up at the house claiming to have some paperwork to go over with you, but he really was there to see me. He would demand to see me and when we did meet up, he wanted to sleep with me. If I refused, he would threaten to tell you, which I could never let happen. This has been going on for a year now, and now I am three months pregnant and Rick wants an abortion. I knew I couldn't keep this secret affair with your boss long without you knowing.