# “The Mom Next Door” by Tad Overdon
**CHAPTER SEVEN**
The text read simply “cu sun pm XX.”
Melissa was surprised that such an offhanded communication from her son could evoke such a range of conflicting emotions in her.
She was saddened that she wouldn’t see her son at home this evening. The text meant the kids had found a place to crash at the beach, as they’d hoped.
She felt guilty that she’d been hoping he would send her a message like this one.
She felt horny, because Ben being gone for the night meant that she could attend the late evening get-together at Sharon’s that the blonde had described euphemistically as her “ladies yard party,” after all.
She arrived at Sharon’s just after sunset. Her neighbor greeted her clad in yoga pants, sandals, and nothing else. She held a mostly-empty glass of red wine in her hand.
“We’re all out back.” Sharon hugged Melissa. “Everyone’s dying to meet you. Especially the guys.”
Melissa found herself blushing. She also found herself overdressed for the second time at Sharon’s, and this time she was wearing only a black triangle bikini. She immediately ditched the top.