“Hey,” Laura smacked his arm. “What are you saying about my Step mum?” 

“That bitch is cold!” David stated, shaking his head. 

“What did you say?” Laura and Michael both snapped. 

“She's a mean bitch,” Rob agreed with David with a nod. “Right?”

“Right!” David nodded in agreement. 

“Why you…” Laura lunged towards them, Cameron stepped in front of her, blocking her assault. 

“Hey, cool it down,” he held his hands up. “None of this is going to help us,” 

“I've seen that look in her eyes,” Rob continued. “Josaphine is evil, I'm telling you, I saw her kill a butterfly once, mean bitch, a butterfly for gods sake!” 

“Shut it dick head!” Laura snapped, turning away and crossing her arms. “I kinda hope she does step on you.”

*

2 hours later in the garage

They were sat in two groups. Laura and Michael together and Cameron, David and Rob in another. They hadn't spoken since their previous fight. They all just sat sulking, and waiting for Ryan to return and save them.  

They heard the sound of a door slamming in the distance, then the garage door creaked open. They all looked upwards in hope. 

“It's Dad!” Michael shouted. “He's home, he's going to help us get big again,”

“Finally!” Laura stood up with anticipation. 

They all looked towards the door as a giant foot stepped inside the room. 

Except that it wasn't a man's foot. It was a woman's foot inside an open toed sandal, with polished toenails. 

Then they saw shaven bare legs, the hem and fabric of a swishing skirt and then the enormous body of a beautiful blonde woman. She was much younger than Ryan. 

The ground beneath the kids begin to shimmy. Footsteps rumbled as the giant woman walked across the floor. 

Laura stared at her step mother as her shadow fell over them all, walking towards their position. 

“Kids?” Josaphine called out, looking around the room. She still called them kids! Laura hated that. They were 20 years old! 

“What the… where's my car?” Josaphine growled, seething with anger. “Those kids had better not have taken it for a spin,” she looked around and spotted something small on the ground. 

She bent forwards and reached downwards and between her polished fingernails she picked up a tiny couch. She looked at it in confusion. 

“This looks exactly like Ryan's couch… but…” she glanced at the machine as the situation dawned on her. “It… works?” She sighed in disbelief. “Amazing, we're finally going to be rich!” Her face beamed with joy. “Finally, that nerd pulled through for me! Best day ever…” her voice trailed off as she spotted something moving on the ground. 

She turned her head, and went down on all fours. She lowered herself right down and peered more closely at it. 

“Oh, no!” Rob shouted out as the giant, beautiful, woman's face loomed towards them; her deep piercing eyes were upon them. Her breath washed over them like a strong breeze.