Chapter 10: Deadly Poison
The second time I set up for Katniss wasn't some steamy tale about a father-in-law and daughter-in-law, but more about the real feelings of women who've been in that kind of relationship. And yeah, those feelings are all positive. I want these women's perspectives to slowly get into Katniss's head, planting those thoughts in her. This is the make-or-break move.
So, the next evening, I get home from work, and Katniss isn't at the door with my slippers like she usually is. It's just Nathan in the living room, hanging out with Simon in front of the TV.
I glance towards the bedroom and see the door's shut. Normally, it's wide open for ventilation when I get home. What's up with that? Standing there with my briefcase, Nathan turns to me and says, "Back already?"
"Where's Katniss?" I ask before he can say anything else. Maybe our voices startled her because I hear the bedroom door unlock, and Katniss comes rushing out, grabs the slippers, and takes my briefcase. "I got too caught up on the internet and lost track of time, honey," she says, looking all shy. But her face is flushed, and she can't quite meet my eyes. Katniss forgetting my return time and locking herself in the bedroom? Something definitely went down today, but I can't tell if it's good or bad.
Later that night, after Katniss is asleep, I check the recording. She opens her computer, and when she sees the new pop-up window, her expression gets weird. Why are these articles about father-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships popping up? Then it hits me. I need to control how often these articles show up. If they keep appearing every day, it's gonna look too fishy. I silently pat myself on the back for catching that in time. I keep watching the video. Katniss starts clicking through the stories, looking all focused, sometimes surprised, sometimes frowning. But overall, she seems into it. She keeps glancing back at Nathan in the living room, her curiosity growing. Maybe she's starting to connect with those women's experiences.
Maybe the content was too sparse. After she finishes watching, she clicks around the webpage, but she's seen it all. She looks a bit unsatisfied. After realizing she's gone through everything, she reluctantly closes the page. She leans back in her chair, eyes closed like she's thinking, but her chest is heaving, showing she's far from calm. After a few quiet minutes, she looks back at Nathan in the living room. This time, besides curiosity, there's a hint of desire in her eyes, like a cat eyeing a fish. I know she's a little moved, but this excitement isn't enough to control her actions yet.
At this point, Katniss turned back and slowly closed the bedroom door, then gently locked it. With trembling hands, she opened the computer's browser. In the recording, I clearly saw Katniss typing "father-in-law and daughter-in-law incest" in the search engine window, her body and hands trembling all the while. The resources in the search engine were extremely rich, and no matter how much she looked, she couldn't finish it all. Seeing Katniss actively searching for information on father-in-law and daughter-in-law incest, I knew that the first step of my plan for Katniss was successful. Katniss had developed an interest in the ambiguous relationship between father-in-law and daughter-in-law, although not very strong. I believed this interest would grow as time went on and she delved deeper into it.
Katniss slowly browsed the information on father-in-law and daughter-in-law incest in the search engine, with her left hand always covering her ample chest, which was gently heaving. The amount of information in the search engine was huge, and it even included illustrated images. During this time, I noticed that Katniss was particularly interested in the images of young women with smooth skin engaging in intimacy with elderly men with rough, aged skin, lingering the longest on those pictures.
Katniss was still engrossed, so much so that she had lost track of time, focusing only on the increasingly exciting information on the computer. Surprisingly, Katniss and I shared an interest. I never expected Katniss to have the same hobby as me in this regard. Suppressing my excitement, I knew how right my plan was. I couldn't wait for the day when I would see Katniss and Nathan making love.
When I finally entered the house, Katniss was still looking at the information on father-in-law and daughter-in-law incest on the computer, caressing her increasingly heated body with both hands, her expression filled with ecstasy. It wasn't until she heard Nathan and me talking that she suddenly snapped out of her dreamlike fantasy, hurriedly closing those web pages and tidying up her slightly disheveled nightgown and hair before unlocking the door and walking out.
After watching this recording, I turned to look at Katniss sleeping under the moonlight, still so beautiful and lovely. However, this beautiful and lovely Katniss had already been deeply affected by the slow "poison" I had given her. That "poison" had begun to erode her body and mind bit by bit. As the toxin continued to deepen, there would come a day when Katniss would succumb to it.
I turned my gaze back to the computer and checked the browsing history. Katniss didn't have much knowledge about computers beyond surfing the internet; she had no idea that the web pages she visited would be recorded by the browser. As I looked at the information Katniss had browsed a few hours ago, I couldn't help but notice the countless incidents of sexual relationships between young wives whose sexual desires were unfulfilled due to their busy working husbands and elderly fathers-in-law. These were just the ones known to the public; who knows how many more cases of father-in-law and daughter-in-law incest were hidden from view?
From Katniss's browsing history, it was evident that she was very interested in those real-life articles and the ambiguous images of intimacy between the young and the old. Katniss was a practical person.
A person never truly understands themselves, and you will never discover all your hobbies. When one day you suddenly find something new and exciting, you will realize that you are very interested in this new and exciting thing, something you had never noticed before. This is a hidden psychological aspect of human nature. By discovering this hidden aspect of myself, I also helped Katniss discover her own hidden desires similar to mine. I knew I had successfully breached a corner of Katniss's inner self and slowly poisoned her. Now, it was only a matter of time. As long as I carefully watched over Katniss and prevented her from getting the "antidote," the day of her succumbing to the "poison" would come naturally.