Sarah was engrossed in a legal thriller despite having watched it before, vaguely aware of her daughter Emily's restlessness on the other couch. Emily, an 18-year-old with a flair for the dramatic, constantly shifted under her blanket, sighing theatrically. A sudden flinch from Emily under her blanket made Sarah glance over. There was a rhythm to it, and she couldn't help but feel curious. All the air in Sarah's lungs whooshed out as realization hit her: Emily was masturbating.

Chapter 1: Introduction

The lights were off and the TV flickered while the movie played giving Sarah a view of her daughter sitting across the room.

Her gaze softens as she glances at Emily, idly lounging in the leather chair. Her long wavy hair draped like a curtain over her shoulder, baring the white of her gym shorts and thin black underwear beneath it, Sarah felt nostalgic for the days when Emily was young and cuddled next to her while watching Disney films. Her mind returned to the task at hand, but the girl's lack of concentration distracted Sarah from her fiction book with each shift and fidget.

As Sarah looked longer with curiosity, she noticed the outline of Emily's left hand slowly disappearing under her blanket. Intrigued, Sarah could not avert her eyes from the shadowy image of Emily's hand obscured by the thick fabric. She narrowed her own gaze, trying to piece together what was happening and her mind raced with both shock and titillation at the thought that Emily might be doing something intimate beneath her grey blanket.

Sarah's mouth went dry, and she adjusted herself on the couch trying to regulate her own heavy breathing.

Her mind wavered, as the shadowy hand movement quickened beneath the fabric, Sarah tried to turn away but her body felt locked in place, as if under a spell. Her brain fought against itself, telling her that she should not be watching this forbidden scene unfolding before her very eyes, yet another deviant voice urged her to drink in every scintillating detail of her daughter's growing desires.