Chapter 2: The Ex
One day, months later, she receives a letter, sent to her mother's old address, from a male friend who moved away a year or so. As she explains it, they were together as a couple; her simply lived with her and her mom for awhile. Though she keeps old love letters in a box and I know they were a couple, I say nothing, remaining silent. In the letter he asks if he might stay for a few nights, not realizing she is engaged and lives with me.
She, hesitantly, asks if I would be upset, assuring me that he is just a friend and always has been. Although I found the second page of the letter, where he says he still loves and misses her, I'm not supposed to know this, so I figure I'll test her and agree that a couple nights on our couch will be o.k.
So the day comes and he arrives on my day off, Sunday. He is short, thin, and blond, maybe twenty years old with long hair and a good physique. We talk until she gets home in the afternoon and we all have a drink or two and share stories, then, she and I excuse ourselves and go to bed, making sweet, quiet love before we fall asleep together.
Now, knowing that she has stretched the truth about him, I had borrowed a small web-cam from work and had set it up, hidden on my nightstand. I get up at six a.m., get ready for work by six forty-five, and wake her with a loving kiss before I go. He appears to be sounding asleep as I lock the door and leave.
I am tortured, yet anticipant, at work and call every hour or so to check on her. She is fine, watching television with him on her first day off. When I arrive home things are mostly normal, although they give each other sidelong looks when I appear to be looking away.
We go to bed late, but, after some convincing, she and I make love and fall asleep. She was creamy, wet, and hot to the touch, yet fairly tight, so I am confident enough, though I switch tapes and start recording before I shower, so as not to forget on the way out.
This time I only call once or twice, but come home early to surprise them, but they are simply sitting on the couch. We talk into the night, then fall asleep.
The next day she works, I work, and he is leaving to go spend a night or two at his parent's house. We say goodbye and part ways.