In a large indoor pool in a even larger mansion sat upon the ridge in the hills of the rich part of town, a woman floats enjoying the weightless bliss.

"mistress, your son is here to see you. Shall I let him in?" A butler says positioned at the edge of the pool

"Yes, Giovani, send him in." The woman in her mid forties says.

"As you wish mistress." Giovanni exits the pool house and approaches the man in his early twenties. "young master, your mother will see you now."

"Thank you, Giovanni, you can take the rest of the day off as well as the rest of the staff. I will attend to mother for the rest of the night, okay?" The tall heir to the family fortune says

"Yes, sir. Thank you, and I will relay your message to the rest of the staff. Have a good night, sir. Don't wear her out too much, sir." Giovanni says with a lilt in his voice

"Why, Gio, I have no idea what it is you are talking about." The Man says with a smile on his face.

"Of course, sir, enjoy yourself, she's missed you something fierce." The older butler retorts.

"OH and Gio, please send in the triplets, there is much to discuss with them since I've returned."

"Of course sir."

"Goodnight Gio, say hello to Clara for me."

"Goodnight sir, and as you wish."

The young heir walks into the indoor pool house and approaches the edge of the pool close to his mother.

"Mother, I have returned from my time overseas with father. He will no longer be a nuisance to us."

"So I have heard my dearest son. You have done well. I would have loved to see his face, but I am happy to be rid of that evil scum of a man after what he did to you. Come to me, my love. I have missed your embrace in your long absence."

"of course mother, as you wish it, so I shall obey."

"No, no, my dear Qirian. It is not that I am commanding you, my dear, I am simply asking you to join your lover for a midnight swim." The mother says continuing to float on her back as he strips and enters the pool.

"why is it mother, that If I cannot find you in either your room or office, I will always find you here, in the pool?"Qirian questions his mother as she makes her way over to him.

"There is a simple answer and a longer, more philosophical answer to that question sweetheart. Which one would you like?" She quips as she removes her bikini top, releasing her voluptuous breasts.

"Seeing as how I love when you get all philosophical on me mother, spare me the simple boring answer and allow me to indulge your sophisticated learning, and let me hear your long answer." He replies moving to his back to imitate his gorgeous mother.

"Well, my love, I feel free in the water. The water holds no judgement. The water does not want. The water does not frown upon our, let say, less than conventional relationship, my love. The water only holds. The water only supports. It allows one to be weightless in the ever-crushing defeat that life can encompass. While others view our relationship as unhealthy, unnatural, even repugnant, and gross, the water never judges. Never sneers in our face, never spits in our direction, never tries to tear us apart. No, the water only holds and guides us as we envelope ourselves in its ever-loving embrace." She explains as she makes her way over to him embracing him in her arms as she looks him in the eyes.

"was that answer sufficient to satiate your curiosity, my love?" She says as she kisses her son.

"Qirian, not even home ten minutes and you are already hogging mother all to yourself. Just came home and went straight to her huh? Didn't even stop by to say hello to your beautiful little sisters?" The oldest of the triplets, Kirianna says playfully mad.

"yes dear brother, how hurtful of you. Gone for two years and you can't even say hello to your sexy sisters who have missed you so?" The middle triplet, Torianna, with twin side pigtails quips back.

"im never going to forgive you for this brother, im so hurt." the youngest triplet, Lilianna, says as she fake cries.

"now, now, my beautiful daughters, that's unfair to your brother. The three of you have had more then enough of your intimate share of me over the last two years, your brother is just making up for lost time. As she says this, she is now behind him running her fingers across his chest and playing with his hair.

As Qirian stands up and turns around to meet his mother's eyes, the triplets gasp.

"Ah, I see you girls are just now seeing the present your bastard of a father left on my precious son?" The childre's mother says.

"Y.yes. Did, did he do this to you Qirian?" Torianna says in a broken voice.

"Yes he did Tori. It was your fathers way of reminding your brother of his duties as the heir of the family. The long, deep scars are his punishment of your brother for still holding on to his relationship with us. The pain your brother endured, because of how much he loves us, was immense, which is why I pamper him so much girls." The mother explains as she begins to cry running her hands over the several hundred short and long, deep and shallow scars that litter his back.

The triplets eventually get naked as well and join Qirian and thei mother in the pool. Swimming over to the two of you, Kirianna, eyes full of tears is the first to reach Qirian, and begins to run her fingers along Qirian's back.

"That evil piece of shit. How could he do this to his own son?

"Well, I mean, I know this is a rhetorical question for all in the room, but try to imagine how he felt, his own son had claimed his wife as his in all aspects of life, from companionship to sex, and not only her, he has or had I guess now that the fucker is dead, conquered his prized triplet daughters. How do you think he felt? I mean, while I love our relationship, but, I can indeed understand how a man could come to hate his only son for such transgres….a thing." Lilianna answers.

"Be that as it may, my beautiful son is now scared for life from that evil man. His beautiful body ruined because of his jealousy." The matriarch says in a resentful tone.

"if they are so unsightly to you mother, I shall go see my older sister to have them lasered away." Qirian says matter-of-factly.

"Oh no no no dear one, I am sorry for my wording. You are still the beautiful creature I gave birth to 30 years ago. Please forgive this old lady her transgression."

"there is nothing to forgive mother, you did nothing wrong, you merely stated how you felt about my body, it is I, that am sorry for being so digusting."

Just then, all Qirian's girl surround him in a hug.

"shut up you idiot, your making her feel bad. We know you are bad with these situations but it was a heat of the moment thing, and she didn't mean it, give her a break." Torianna reminds you.

"Yes, I was too stuck in my hatred of your father, that I said somethings I did not mean. Plus I believe your older sister stopped doing those treatments anyway."

"and what treatments would those be mother?" a familiar voice speaks up

As everyone all turns to look, it is the oldest sister, Silenia.

"Silenia?! Your home? Oh thank the goddesses! All my children have come home! Please, please tell me you are home for good Silenia?" The matriarch says as tears begin to well up again.

"haha yes mother, I am. I took care of Uncle Gerald as you asked. No one will be none the wiser, nor can it be linked back to us, or what…..Oh my god! What happened to your back Qirian?" Silenia screams.

"a reminder of my love for you all, courtesy of father."

"that son of a bitch! If he wasn't dead already I'd half a mind go back out there and kill him myself. Qirian, let my laser those off for you. Surely you are hurting mother by keeping those."