Claire, wearing her favorite cashmere sweater and holding a can of pepper spray like it was a TV remote, nodded seriously. “So, no going for a nice drive with the kidnapper. Got it.”
Mark thought he was being a hero. His stepmom, Claire, a 47-year-old Pilates instructor with a kind smile and a terrifyingly organized spice rack, had mentioned feeling jumpy walking the dog after dark. So, for his community college criminology project, he decided to teach her “the basics.” What could go wrong? When Teaching Stepmom Self Defense Goes Wrong -...
It wasn’t a jab. It was a piston. A cashmere-covered, Pilates-core-powered piston that connected perfectly, perfectly , with Mark’s diaphragm. Claire, wearing her favorite cashmere sweater and holding
“Good! Now let me just apply light pressure so you feel the resistance—” Mark said, wrapping his arms around her in a loose bear hug. His stepmom, Claire, a 47-year-old Pilates instructor with
This was the fatal error.
