In a dark place:
A divorcee is down, her stepson's friend helps her see a light.
I don't recall when it happened, but it did. My husband's affair wrecked me. I was in a dark place when a friend of my stepson broke me.
My life was happy. Married for 12 years, no children of my own, but I was happy to help raise Jeremy and Mike. Paul, the man I had married was a widower with two young boys when we met. We dated for three years. I only met the children after a year of dating.
I met Paul at work. He was an hvac repair man. I was in the office when he came in, it took almost two weeks to fix the entire system. Anyway, we met, we talked, we went ate lunch together, then that progressed to coffee, then dinner, then eventually, my bed.
I thought everything was good until one day, Mike, the youngest at 18 years now, told me that he thought his dad was cheating on me and that I should know about it. I doubted it at first, then I started thinking about the last year. The pieces finally started to fall into place. I hired a PI, then a month later, Paul was served with divorce papers.
Since I moved into Paul's house, I managed to buy a nice little house closer my office. Jeremy didn't care either way, we were never close. He was old enough to tell me that I wasn't his mom and that he could take care of himself. Mike, on the other hand warmed up to me quickly and despite Jeremy's constant interfering and bullying, called me mom shortly after the wedding and me moving in.
After the divorce, Mike and I had regular contact. There was one of his friends named Steve, I didn't care for him at all. I didn't like the way he looked at me, especially when I was wearing a skirt and blouse, his eyes always moved up and down from my feet to my breasts and then back down. If I wore pantyhose, his eyes were glued to my legs. I did think that was kind of cute, the young guy already had a leg and stocking fetish.
As the one-year anniversary of the divorce approached, I was single, hadn't met anyone worth a second date. At the old age of 38, I shouldn't be so picky, but I am. My trust right along with my heart were shattered my Paul. I wasn't going to let that happen again.
The night before the one-year mark, Mike stopped by to try and cheer me up, it might have worked but, I was almost drunk, and he brought his creepy friend Steve with him. I was not happy, but as usual, I was cordial.
Like I said, I was beyond tipsy, but not sloppy yet, but at some point, Mike ran out to pick up some snacks for the two of them. Steve poured me another glass of wine; I actually thanked him. I don't know why, but I began venting about my frustrations with men and my life to him. He was actually being polite and was a sympathetic listener. He gave me a few compliments that made me smile.
About half an hour after Mike left, he called and said he needed to go meet his girlfriend. Apparently, she called and wanted to go out that night. I wasn't going to get in the way, so I told him that I would be fine and told him to have fun. I would see him again soon.
Steve's compliments became more forward. My glass of wine was also refilled by the time I got off the phone with Mike. I didn't know what it was, but Mike soon had me laughing and giggling. Then the music started. I found myself dancing with him. He seemed to be a pretty good dancer.
In my condition, I needed to lean into him to keep in the upright position, I was afraid that I would stumble and fall over. This gave him the opportunity to whisper in my ear about how attractive I was and that Paul was a complete fool to do what he did. He was playing on my weak emotional state.
The alcohol lowered my inhibitions enough. He wasn't the most attractive young man. In fact, he was overweight, and sloppy most of the time. Oversized t-shirt, and sweat pants along with old dirty sneakers were his outfit of choice.
I stood at 5'4, he towered over me. I weighed 110lbs, my hair black and just above my shoulders, my breasts were a healthy 36c. They did look quite nice on my frame. Luckily gravity hasn't taken the full effect on them and they didn't sag too much, they were still quite perky.