[ WP ] A portal to hell is discovered . As hell only punishes those who deserve it , it quickly becomes a popular vacation spot .

Mom did n't come back from her weekend in Vegas. Instead, she got onto an airplane with a woman she'd met at a casino and landed in Oklahoma. The plane had landed in OKC, so they had to rent a car to drive to the little town near the Kansas border that was all the rage. 
 
 When I looked up info about the town, I discovered that there was a funding initiative to build an international airport there as part of a proposed expansion. Within the next 3 to 5 years the small little town was going to become a full blown City on the scale of Stillwater and eventually get as big as Tulsa. 
 
 All that research came later though. The first week was spent in shock. When mom placed a video call on her tablet to the 4K tv at home ( which I'd finally figured out how to run as a computer monitor for every system in the house ) to show us the wedding pictures, my other mom lost it. She broke down into tears and lunged at the TV. I grabbed her by the shoulders and said `` not in front of the baby.'' Mom wrapped her arms around me and wept as I turned off the screen. I walked over to the coffee table to grab a series of remotes and turn off everything in the house. Every phone, every computer. Loser mom was trying to call in on every possible device and I was n't going to have it. 
 
 After sitting in the silence with her as she finished crying, I asked if you needed coffee and chocolate. She did. 
 
 Brandy came over while I was fixing the coffee and picked up Lewis from his crib and sang to him. She cooed softly before going into one of her wordless songs. As a throat singer, she's an absolute miracle. When she adds in lyrics she starts to hesitate. Lewis liked the wordless songs best. 
 
 After getting a fresh pot started, I carried a bottle of water and five chocolate bars into the living room. Mom wolfed down the first one and washed it down. Brandy looked at me with worried eyes as I mouthed `` we'll talk later love.'' When the timer went off announcing a fresh pot of coffee, Brandy handed my brother to me and fixed three cups. She always knows how to make the perfect cup for a person she's, at least if she's met them 3 times and made one cup of coffee for them already. 
 
 Mine had vanilla sauce and milk. I do n't recall what she made for mom, but Brandy's cup smelled like peppermint and cinnamon. We sipped our cups in silence and then I asked if Lewis wanted me to put him in his day swing while I played catch with Woofsley. He smiled a squeed. 
 
 While outside, I tossed the ball, and our little poodle terrier caught it. Over and over again, I thought about how much loser mom had insisted on getting that dog, and I hoped I'd not hold it against him. I felt the urge to cry, but I held back the tears. I did n't want to upset Lewis. 
 
 After I laid my brother down for a nap with his stuffed bear Rosiebelt ( he still could n't pronounced the name right, but it would stick around on the bear long after he could ), I walked back into the living room. Brandy and was holding mom with an arm around her shoulder as she weeped some more. She looked up at me, and with grim eyes and a stony smile asked `` What are we gon na do now?'' This is one of the things I love about Brandy, in the worst of times, she puts on a viking woman's face and looks for a solution. 
 
 `` Well, I'm gon na call Uncle Mike and have him get ahold of his lawyer friend. I'll tell him to draw up some documents for a restraining order against all communications and then proceed with a divorce document.'' 
 
 `` No. Not a divorce.'' Mom looked at me with cunning eyes lit with a fire I'd never seen before. `` Tell Mike's friend to draw up a polymarriage contract. I'll accept the vegas slutnikoff as a secondary wife to Lexi, but I wo n't let her walk away from me yet. Make sure that the offer includes a stipulation that Lexi does n't have to pay any support money to me while she and her other wife are in Oklahoma.'' 
 
 Wondering why she was being so nice, but knowing that now was n't the time to ask, I nodded. 
 
 Mom stood up and said `` After you're down talking to Mike, I want you and Brandy to go upstairs and turn on a movie or a game or something. I need to get started on dinner and I do n't want you underfoot.'' I started to walk into the office room and stopped as she said `` Oh, by the way... close the door when you're watching the movie or playing the game. I do n't want any noise distracting me.'' As I turned, she winked at me. 
 
 When I hung up with Mike, Brandy led me into my bedroom, closed the door, grabbed the remote and put on the first movie she found on Netflix. Then she turned the volume up to 69 and took off her shirt. Pushing me onto my bed she whispered `` Simone's orders my love. She wants some positive energy in the house.'' 
 
 Two hours later, I walked down stairs with a dazed feeling. Passing the hallway mirror on the way, my face had looked like a stranger to me. It was n't really sinking in yet, but my mind kept repeating `` I have made love to my girlfriend in my own house, in my own room. I did n't have to sneak around. I did n't have to go over to a friends house. My mother is okay with me and Brandy having sex at home.'' 
 
 When I got into the living room mom pulled me aside and went out to the back yard. She handed me a cigarette and then lit one herself. `` So, how was it?'' 
 
 I went back into the living room long enough to get a bottle of water and my lighter. `` It was... magical.'' I lit my cigarette. `` Um... was this your idea or...'' 
 
 Mom nodded. `` Yes. I know you and Brandy have been having sex for awhile, but Lexi would n't talk about it and was adamant about nothing over here. Now that she's gone from our lives, I'm the one who gets to decide whether or not my kid can have sex and where I'm cool with it.'' She turned to hug me and I put my hands up. 
 
 Mom paused. 
 
 `` Not to sound ungrateful, but I'm very overwhelmed right now and I'm not ready for a hug at the moment.'' Her brow wrinkled and she started to speak before I cut her off. `` I do n't mean that I wo n't hug you while we're out here, I just need a moment to collect myself... and I think you do too.'' Mom looked down at her summer dress which was starting to form a tent. 
 
 She blushed. 
 
 `` Oh dear. This is n't... I've been thinking about all the single women I'll be able to make a pass at and... Honey, I was n't thinking about...'' 
 
 As she took a gulp of water I smiled `` It's okay mom. We've talked about this before. This is n't the first boner you've had while talking to me about sex, and it probably wo n't be the last. I suppose now that ol' what's her name is out of the picture you'll probably be keeping that.'' I pointed at the tent on her dress. 
 
 She blushed and smiled again. Then her eyes went icy cool. `` Lexi, or Other Mom.'' I blinked. `` Your mother is n't `` ol' what's her name'' she's your mother. She grew you inside of her for 10 months and brought you into this world. She's not being a very good mother to you right now, but I wo n't have you bad mouthing her. You're better than that dear.'' 
 
 Lowering my head I nodded. Mom grabbed my chin and pulled me eyes up to her. `` It's okay to be angry, but do n't let it eat you alive. Lexi has done a lot of good things for this family, and she'll do a lot more someday.'' Her hair smelled of seasoned salt and spices and she hugged me. 
 
 The damn broke. 
 
 To this very day I'm not sure how it happened, but when I was done crying, Brandy was holding me in her arms. I'd not felt a single movement of muscle. No being let go or letting go, just a a continuous pair of arms and a shoulder that did n't move as I wept. Mom still says that she moved aside and walked me over to Brandy, but there will always be a part of me that believes that she finally figured out that teleportation ritual that she and Other Mom had been joking about since before I was born. 
 
 When I collected myself Brandy kissed me. Just once. A quick brush of her lips across mine that felt like Heaven stopping by to waive hello. 
 
 We walked into the house, sat down at the table to plates already made and started to eat. It was the best meal I'd ever eaten. The only one that ever topped it was the breakfast I made for Brandy on the first morning of our honeymoon, but that's a tale for another day. 
 
 After dinner, and putting Lewis down to bed, we stood on the front porch watching the cars go by as we smoked our cigarettes. Mom, Brandy and Myself. Three people looking out into the world being optimistic enough to hope things would be alright, and crazy enough to believe that they would.
