Over at Fantasy Feeder a story has popped up recently under the title 'Scarlet'. So far it seems to be little more than remake of an earlier story there named 'The Sting'. I wonder if someone besides me remembers the original story from about a decade ago which I possibly encountered at Dimensions.
The plot and the characters are similiar to that of the afore mentioned pieces and I seem to recognize in 'The Sting' more then accidental resemblance here and there.
If my memory is consistent the story was rather short may be about half a dozen scenes but quite complete. There was a female housekeeper with malicious intent entering a family of four with the mother missing. A well to do or wealthy father, prepubecent twin brothers, and a daughter just about leaving for college at the start. Maybe there later was another female character related to the housekeeper but younger. When the dauther returns for a break she finds a family which got dependent to a degree on the housekeeper and all of them fattened up especially the twins. From there she tries to save the family without ever really cottoning on to the housekeeper. Eventually she fails and falls under influence of the keeper herself with expected consequences.
The story came to me at the time of having a lot of potential for something grander. For the life of me I cannot remember the author or the title and for what made the story work just the same: no idea. I am quite sure I have it saved up somewhere but it's like like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I'd be grateful if someone would come up with some pieces of information about the original story and share it with me.
Thank You!