Barb's conversation with Margaret...
"There now... Okay, he's gone" Margaret began as Adrian closed the sliding glass door behind him, dressed in just his PJ's and slippers, the bag of garbage in one hand he clutched the cold, snowy topped handrail with the other and trying not to slip and land on his ass...
"We only have a minute but I need to tell you Barbara, I overheard the two of you talking just now. and quite frankly dear, I'm a little worried... I mean are you sure you know what you're doing? With Keith?" Margaret said to her daughter with Adrian out of the way, letting Barb know, that she knows...
"Oh shit Mother... I'm sorry I didn't mean for you to hear us... Oh crap, I'm sorry you weren't suppose to, but umm, well... How much did you hear?" Barb asked, feeling her face going pale, being confronted about the conversation she and Adrian were having in the living room, believing they were alone and wouldn't be overheard.
But then thinking about it, she did remember being quite vocal, yet she also believed they were out of ear-shot from either of her parents... But now, and according to her Mother, such was not the case...
"I heard all I needed to hear Barbara, about you and Keith, and last night... But as well, I can't say I'm surprised... I suppose it was only a matter of time before something like this would happen" Margaret replied, and although she did understand in a way, knowing the traits of a guy like Adrian... Not being very assertive and always so overly polite.
He was nice enough, but that was his problem Margaret believed... Adrian was too nice, and it made her lose a little respect for him, and never more so than at a time like this...
Hearing and leaning that her daughter has cheated on him, and about her... About Barb doing such a thing with a guy like Adrian? Margaret didn't think it was an impossibility. Not at all...
But yet, Barb, she too was taken aback, not so much with being confronted by her Mother, but more so with her saying and telling her that she believed it was only a matter of time before something like this would happen...
It was like Margaret knew already that Barb was predestined to cheat on Adrian...
Hearing her made Barb feel worse, like she was some kind of slut who regularly cheats on her husband. However Margaret, being one to never hold her tongue, she was worried that Barb was going to hurt him too much, doing something like this... Sleeping with her old boyfriend right there under the poor little guy's unsuspecting nose.
"Oh don't look so shocked... You may think I'm old but that doesn't mean I don't know how life works... I'm a lot of things Barbara, but being naive is not one of them" Margaret said to her, calling Barb out for looking so surprised that her Mother had not only overheard their conversation but that she also knew about Keith...
But even more embarrassing, was her Mother already thinking and believing that this was where her relationship with Adrian was headed... To her eventual cheating and committing adultery.
Barb, looking embarrassed but still not feeling as horrible as she should, given Adrian's apparent acceptance in this, she would have preferred her Mother to not know, but still... She wasn't seeing this as world-ending either... Meaning she didn't feel as bad for cheating, and her Mother knowing wasn't going to change her stance... But mostly what she did feel bad about was getting caught....
"Although, I don't condone what you're doing, I guess what I'm saying is that I'm not surprised, is all... I mean you must see it in him? He's not the 'manly' type now is he?..I just want you to be careful and not hurt him too much... But that leads me to my next question... Why didn't I hear a fight in there? Why did he seem so calm? Like I said... I did overhear you, but I didn't hear everything... So if you're not fighting, then tell me, how did he react?" Margaret asked, and it was a fair question, but one that Barb knew she should be careful in answering...
"Yes Mother, of course I see it in him... I know he's not the manliest-man out there... That's not what I love about Adrian... He's kind and sweet, and he cares about my happiness, and well, that's why... That's why when I told him, he didn't fight with me or get too overly up-set... In fact Mother... He forgave me" Barb replied looking to the older woman who in turn was stood there looking back to her and again, appearing to be only mildly surprised...
"And... And like you said just now, Adrian said it too... He said that he understands, and although he was disappointed in me, and yeah a little hurt... He also said that he's willing to accept certain things in our marriage" Barb continued, sounding sheepish at the end, looking to Margaret and saying that Adrian accepts 'certain things' but not wanting to say too much about what that could mean...
But of course, Margaret wouldn't it let rest there... How could she?
"What do you mean he understood? And what are these 'certain things' he's forgiven you for? Didn't he try to stand up for himself? At all?" She asked, both surprised and as well, not so surprised. Because along with not seeing Adrian as a real man in the physical sense, she also knew that he was weak in his mind. Margaret saw Adrian as a push over, the type to cave easily and so too with his acceptance...
Not sure how to answer, Barb decided to just come clean, because by this point? There was no reason not too. All of the cards were being putting out on the table, so telling her Mother everything, it was just easier this way... Also Barb knew she would feel better, getting it all out there, and after all... If she couldn't trust her Mother? Who else was there?
"I'm sure you know how things are with Adrian and I... You know? Like how he doesn't mind, or turns a blind eye if we're out and I get a little flirty with people, with other guys, and especially after having a glass of wine or two? But there's also other things... Things you may not know about him, like about his past, and as well with how we live... How we umm, how we do things... Like in the bedroom" Barb came out with, wanting to lead her Mother into this slowly if she could, but still feeling mildly embarrassed about it all... The cheating that is...
Looking to her daughter, Margaret however, she did understand some of what Barb was saying, and wanting to dig deeper, yet also knowing they probably wouldn't have much time, what with Adrian being due to come back at any second... She knew she would have to get to the bottom of this as quickly as she could...
"Oh so he has a past does he? Well, I hope it's nothing too traumatic, but as for how you 'do things' Barbara, and judging by the size of him? I can only imagine he would have to satisfy you in other ways... Wouldn't he?" She asked, surprising Barb a little, her Mother, saying without saying that she knows, or assumes that Adrian doesn't possess a very large penis, not one big enough to satisfy her daughter's needs at least...
"I'm sure you have him well trained in other arts? Since he's no doubt under-endowed... I mean honestly... Isn't that why you've sought out someone else? Someone larger and much better in bed? Someone like Keith?" She added saying now that Adrian was probably more suited with his tongue and not with whatever she believed he 'didn't' have in his pants, and as well, mentioning and bringing Keith back into the picture...
