My name is Tom Rogers and I am 46 years old. My wife Peggy and I have been married since my third year of medical school. I am presently a practicing gynecologist at the Collins Clinic in Springfield Missouri. My marriage to Peggy is a good one. She is a wonderful wife, with only one fault – an obsessive desire to gossip with several other wives about the personal lives of the members of the club.
Each evening in bed she regales me with stories from her luncheon group, her bridge group and the gals she sits around the pool with. All they talk about is sex. I suppose I should thank my lucky stars that she's just talking about it – not doing it!
Peggy has a good life, but she earned it by working as a nurse to get me through medical school and residency, while raising two great kids at the same time. She worked her ass off! Now that the kids are in college, she's entitled to a little relaxation.
Even so, she engages in a lot of ugly gossip. The ringleader, if there is one, is Lois, who is married to the head of pharmacy at the Clinic. She has somehow figured out a way to find out every medicine everyone is taking – from daughters on birth control pills to husbands on erectile dysfunction tablets.
MONDAY NIGHT IN BED
We lay there quietly. Both of us had had a hard day. The bedroom was pitch dark as usual and I was ready for sleep, but I knew we would have our usual talk first.
"Any news?" Peggy asked.
"I got a call from Rich Ames today. He wanted to thank me for the letter of recommendation I sent to his new clinic director. He's applying for academic privileges at the school. I think he'll do well in Kirksville. His divorce will be final in a few days."
"At least he dumped that slut wife," Peggy said.
Rich had divorced Carolyn for having sex parties with graduate students ten years younger than she was and Peggy hated her guts.
I didn't want to tell her but I knew she'd find out sooner or later. "Carolyn got a job."
"Who the hell would hire the bitch? The only skill she has is fucking!"
Peggy was angry. She got angry every time she thought about Carolyn Ames and the way she had cheated on her husband Rich.
"Well, the clinic hired her as a receptionist in the main lobby," I said and waited for the explosion.
Peggy sat up in bed and shouted. "The Collins Clinic hired that whore? I do not believe this! Who made that decision?"
The room was pitch-dark but I knew exactly what Peggy's face looked like – red with rage.
"Larry Morris hired her," I said and awaited another explosion.
"Larry Morris is not even a doctor!" Peggy shouted.
"That's true, but he's the head of clinic administration and that's who all the non-medical people work for and he's the one that does the hiring."
Peggy laid her head back on the pillow and sighed, "Does he know she's a whore?"
"He knows Rich divorced her for adultery."
"There's only one reason he would hire her," Peggy said with determination. "He wants to fuck her! And Larry Morris is married and he belongs to the club and his wife, Marie, plays bridge in my group and Larry is almost sixty and Marie is fifty-five and Larry wants to fuck a thirty-five year old slut."
"Honey, please," I said softly, "you're jumping to conclusions. Maybe he ..."
"Wait till I tell my luncheon group about this tomorrow," Peggy said menacingly.
Like alerting the Gestapo I thought. Poor Larry and Carolyn are gonna be watched by a bunch of sharp eyed hussies – like field mice are watched by hawks.
"Good night Dear."
"Good night Dear."
TUESDAY NIGHT IN BED
Peggy had a determined look on her face when I turned out the light on the bedside table.
"I knew it," Peggy said.
"Knew what?" I asked.
"The gals in my luncheon group all agree that Larry Morris wants to fuck Carolyn Ames," she said with determination.
"That makes it true?" I asked.
"I might make a mistake, but all six of us cannot be wrong! He wants to fuck the bitch."
I almost said something about the girls, but I bit my tongue.
"We've got to figure out what to do about Marie," Peggy continued. "She's gonna find out about this sooner or later."
"Let me get this straight. Six old broads ... "
"We are NOT old broads!" Peggy interrupted.
"Excuse me. Six nice ladies sat around a luncheon table and talked about what to do about a woman who is married to a guy you THINK wants to screw the clinic receptionist?"
"That's exactly what we talked about, and we don't THINK, we KNOW. We decided to do two things. First we are gonna work with Larry's secretary to keep an eye on Larry – Margie knows Donna real well. And second we are gonna alert Marie that there may be a problem down the road."
"At least it will give the 'girls' something to do," I said with a sigh. "You girls sure enjoy that kind of work."
"It's necessary work," Peggy said. "Someone has to do it. Good night Dear."
"Good night Dear."
WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN BED A WEEK LATER
Peggy and I lay quietly in the darkness. Finally she spoke.
"We were wrong!" She said. "He's not fucking her. She's sucking him off."
"Can you break that down for me," I asked in a pleading voice.
"Carolyn Ames is sucking off Larry Morris several times a week in his office. We got his secretary to keep watch. Donna pretended to go to lunch as usual but hid in an adjoining room. Carolyn Ames showed up and spent a half hour in Larry's office."
"Donna cracked the door just a tad and she saw Larry sitting in that big leather chair, leaning back with his eyes closed, and his pants at half-mast. Carolyn Ames was on her knees sucking his dick. And she was doing him deep throat!"
"I'll be damned," I said. "It's a quid pro quo."
"Yeah," said Peggy. "The quid is a NEW job and the quo is a BLOW job."
"So now what?" I asked.
"The bridge table is joining the luncheon group tomorrow and we're gonna discuss it with Marie and find out what she wants to do."
"Let me see if I understand this," I said. "A dozen women are gonna sit around a table over lunch and discuss what to do about one of the wives whose husband is getting blowjobs from the clinic receptionist. And this is gonna stay reasonably private?"
"No! You always exaggerate!" Peggy said angrily. "Not a dozen. There'll only be nine of us. And it will stay private ... well ... probably ... mostly private."
"I can't wait to hear what happens," I said.
"Good night Dear."
"Good night Dear."
THURSDAY NIGHT IN BED A WEEK LATER
I had waited over a week with some enthusiasm to hear what "the girls" had decided to do about Larry Morris getting regular blowjobs from Carolyn Ames. Peggy didn't disappoint me, even though I had to wait a while to find out.
"We're not gonna do anything," Peggy said. "Just let Larry keep getting sucked off."
"And why did you decide on that?" I asked.
"Marie says it has greatly improved his attitude. He's not moody. He's more cheerful. And he still fucks Marie every Saturday night and he's more enthusiastic about that. Blowjobs seem to be doing him good and Marie hates to give blowjobs."
"Why am I having trouble understanding this?" I asked.