Copyright Oggbashan September 2019
The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons.
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Sandra is my wife June's best friend and was Matron of Honour at our wedding. June knows I like Sandra and more than that I am attracted to her. If Sandra hadn't been already married when I met her and June, Sandra might have been a potential girlfriend. I would have had a hard time choosing between her and June. But Sandra was already married. I didn't see June as second best, and was very happily married to her, but both of them knew I had more than just friendly thoughts for Sandra, and they teased me about it.
Sandra flirted with me with June's consent and encouragement. June knew that Sandra's mild flirtation aroused me and our love making that evening was likely to be more impassioned because of my frustration at not being able to get anywhere with Sandra.
Sandra is a tall, well-developed blonde with a pink and white complexion. She looks spectacular, dresses well and knows she is attractive. But Sandra is far more than her looks. She is intelligent, articulate and a great organiser. She, and June, know exactly how to play me to get me to do things I wouldn't necessarily do for myself.
The forthcoming Halloween party had them both manipulating me. I hadn't known, but should have guessed, that Sandra's marriage was in trouble. Sandra had been spending more time with June than usual and they were often talking in whispers so I couldn't hear. I didn't mind. Having Sandra around was pleasant. Her frequent hugs and kisses were more than pleasant. One evening she sat down on my lap, wound her arms around my head and pulled me into a long kiss. I was embarrassed because June was in the room watching us, but Sandra's kissing was so effective that I was lost in the passion of her kiss.
"Do you think I have softened Stuart up enough for us to ask, June?" Sandra said. Her head was still pressed against my cheek.
"Yes, I think so, Sandra. Much more and he wouldn't be able to think at all." June replied.
"Well?" I asked.
"The two of us want to make a bet with you, Stuart, about the Halloween Party." June said.
My heart sank. I was not keen on the Halloween Party which was being organised by one of our mutual friends. It would be a costume party, but cross-dressed -- the men dressed as women, the women as men. I had been reluctant to go and had said so to June. We hadn't argued about it but she was disappointed and I knew it. I might have agreed eventually, just to please her, but I doubted I would enjoy it.
"We want to bet that you should go, dressed in my wedding dress, as Dracula's bride." Sandra said. "I would be Dracula wearing your evening suit, June as Van Helsing in what you call your country suit."
"And if you agree and go, you would win the bet," June said. "You might like the winnings."
"Which are?" I asked.
"A night, sharing a bed with both of us," Sandra said.
I was startled. I turned my head to look straight at Sandra. Her expression showed she was serious.
"Won't Thomas object?" I asked.
Sandra's face fell. She seemed on the point of tears. I kissed her forehead gently.
"What June knows, and you don't, Stuart, is that Thomas and I are over. We are separated and the divorce is proceeding. He had a lover at work who is now pregnant by him. He has asked for a divorce so he can marry her."
"Is he mad?" I asked.
"No. He doesn't love me as much as you do, Stuart. He never loved me as much as you love June."
"I'm sorry," I said, kissing Sandra's forehead again.
"I know you are, and that you love me nearly as much as your June. Your love, and June's, is helping me. But will you take the bet? It would help me to face our friends with you two beside me. By the time of the party the divorce will be common knowledge."
I looked across at June. She also looked sad.
"Yes, Sandra, if it will help you, I'll be there as Dracula's bride, wearing your dress. Will it fit?"
"We think so, but now you have accepted the bet, I'd like to try it on you. It's in my car. Shall I get it?"