Going Red

Chapter 37

News? Yeah, well, the news was the last thing on his mind. I could tell. Whatever. The pink hue in the room was clouding my senses anyway. I turned to look at Aunt Elise who was busy in the kitchen. The pink gas leaking from her was increasing bit by bit. Seeing the amount, I was starting to doubt my hypothesis that perhaps it wasn't lust but something else.

The main problem here was the war of wits but as I said, the pink hue was clouding my judgment so I'd rather not have such a conversation with him while intoxicated. First rule of business, after all.

"Actually I was going to check on Sara and Mira. They needed my help studying for their exams." I replied, and as I breathed in the pink hue once again…

[Lust level: Yellow]

As expected, the pink hue, although couldn't be devoured, was clouding my senses because it was affecting me as well. It was making me lustful. Even when I had jacked off already and my dick couldn't get hard anymore, it was still affecting me and I was afraid if I stayed here too much, the skill might activate again by itself.

"I see." Tom replied before he added, "Next time then."

I sighed internally in relief and made my way to the girl's room. As I arrived, I saw them still asleep but their complexion now seemed a little brightened which meant they had properly rested. Turning around, I closed the door behind them and made my way to Sasha's room. It was on the second floor as well so it didn't require me to go down there again and run into Tom.

When I arrived outside her room, I heard her talking to someone on her phone. I wouldn't have been able to listen to her usually but since my stats increased, my senses could pick up something on the other side of the house, no matter how low in sound.

"Just dump him." I heard Sasha say. Unfortunately, my senses weren't heightened enough to pick what the person on the other side of the phone was saying but I suspected it was all girl's talk. I was about to walk away when I heard Sasha again, "I can let you sleep with my cousin. He can make you forget that jerk."

'What the…?'

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"Sasha, focus on your dinner." Aunt Elise chided Sasha.

Sasha wasn't distracted by me but on her phone, texting someone. Well, given what I had heard earlier, I didn't think it was anything sweet and innocent but whatever it was, I'd rather not get into it. The conversation earlier was a little odd for girls her age but given the consent age in this state, perhaps it wasn't as strange as it seemed.

The contents of that conversation that involved me, however, were an entirely different story. I could have focused on that and mulled it over if it wasn't for…

[Lust level: Orange]

I didn't know what was happening to me or if it did indeed have something to do with the pink hue from Aunt Elise. Whatever it was, my lust was rising, steadily and at a very fast pace. It wouldn't be long before it reached red. I needed to get out of the house lest I end up going red.

The system mentioned something at the 'red' stage of my lust. Something about going berserk and if it was any indication from Rox's memories, then I'd rather not even think about it.

"I'm just texting Judy," Sasha replied, "We plan to go to the amusement park tomorrow." She then turned to me and asked, "You wanna come, Tyler?"

Normally, I wouldn't. But as things stood, that might have been my only choice of getting out of the house and not appearing suspicious about it.

"Aren't you a little too old to go to amusement parks?" Sara asked but I had a hunch she wasn't asking that because of Sasha's age but because she couldn't have fun like Sasha.

"No age is too old to enjoy an amusement park. Unless it's a heart condition age." Sasha retorted before she turned to me, "So, how about it, Tyler?"

"Tyler can't go," Mira said, instead of Sara. Before I could say anything, Mira continued, "He's promised to help us with our maths exam preparation tomorrow."

Yeah, I kind of forgot about that. As I said, I was a little hazy. But, prior agreements are prior agreements. I couldn't do anything about that.

"How about I come with you girls?" Aunt Elsie asked, "I have nothing to do tomorrow."

"Hmm…" Sasha mused. She must have wanted to go to the amusement park but her plan must have also involved me. Well, whoever this Judy was, I'd bet my right arm it was the same girl she was talking to so perhaps it was better if I didn't go with them lest I ended up creating some problems for myself involving girls who were barely legal.

"It's okay, mom. I wanted to go so Tyler could explore our town a little. Maybe next week. Tomorrow we'll just play some tennis and have a nice dip." Sasha, in the end, didn't give anything away but my hypothesis stood correct. The little minx was up to something involving me and a sixteen-year-old.

[Warning]

[Lust level approaching status Red]

[The user is advised to quench his lust]

[Berserk state imminent]

Bad news after bad news. First I couldn't get out of the house to get away from Aunt Elise's lust and now she wasn't going out as well. In other words, she'd be here tomorrow whole day while I'd be busy teaching the girls, stuck not being able to do anything about it.

After dinner, not wanting to disturb Sasha because I had already had my session with her in the morning, I snuck out of the house which wasn't very hard to do once I had the security system down thanks to Giorgio.

May he rest in peace. And all of his pieces as well.

As soon as I was out of the pink hue of my aunt, my heart no longer raced and I didn't feel hazy at all. While I could have just roamed around, I decided to pay some locals a visit. Nothing beats a good distraction than making some solid dough.

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"Last night, police discovered ten hideouts of the local biker gang. They were found to be making drugs in those hideouts. The police confiscated all the drugs but according to the victims, they were assaulted by a masked robber who took most of the drugs and all of the cash found in those hideouts. The police are looking into the newly found information. Whether it is the work of a vigilante or a rival gang is yet to be determined."

On the TV, Tom listened to the news, his hands gripping the remote very, very tightly. In the kitchen, Aunt Elise worked on the breakfast while I, refreshed as ever, made my way to the kitchen to see if Aunt Elise needed any help.

"You look refreshed. Slept well?" Aunt Elise asked when I entered the kitchen. I smiled and nodded while picking up the dishes that needed to be carried to the dining table, "You have no idea. I had a dream a great dream."

"Really? Did it involve a girl?" Aunt Elise teasingly asked. I chuckled in response and replied, "Better. I made a boatload of money."

"How is that better?" Aunt Elise asked with a strange expression on her face before she asked, "Don't boys your age dream a lot about girls?"

"Have a lot of money, and girls don't remain a dream." I quoted my mother. Aunt Elise chuckled as she realized who was the source of this quote, "My dear sister needs to really know she's a woman as well."

"Well, sometimes it's tough for a man as well," I replied.

"Oh, honey. Trust me, it's never tough for men when they have a couple hundred bucks in their pocket." Aunt Elise said, her judgmental tone evident in her words and her gaze holding a slight tease but I could also spot something else in there.

Something I had seen before. In my mom's eyes. When my dad openly cheated on her.

Helplessness.

So that's what it was.

"Well, I know it sounds unbelievable, but you're looking at the opposite kind of man," I replied.

Who was I kidding? I was openly trying to divert the topic. I needed to dig into this because this was news to me. Even when I dug into Tom's company records, I didn't find anything that could point at him cheating on Aunt Elise. No hotel records, no hidden phone calls or texts. Well, ones that led to a woman anyway.

"Sure you are. I know my sister raised a fine young man." Aunt Elise said before she came out from behind the kitchen counter with a bowl in her hand, "Come on, let's have breakfast so you can help my girls become fine young women as well."

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I planned to release an extra chapter for the review but I feel like something's missing about it so I will think about it through the night and upload it tomorrow after I've figured out what's bothering me.