"I will be having sex with your wife before the night is over," someone said next to my ear as I loaded my camera. The wedding party was assembled in the front of the church, all ready for the group picture, and I had no idea where my wife was. Later, as I took candid shots around the wedding party, I watched for her, then I finally saw them together near the dance floor. The next time I looked up from the camera she was dancing with him, and just like he had said, they looked very friendly, even more than just sociable.
Claire laughed at something he said and my gut tied in knots. I forgot about my job and watched them, holding the camera in front of me, just standing and watching them dance. She put her head on his chest and seemed to relax against him, holding her body as close as possible to his. She looked, indeed, like a woman about to be fucked. Someone asked me about buying pictures of the wedding and I snapped back into the reality of the moment.
I handed him my card and looked back at the dance floor, but they were gone. Her new friend had been tall, with broad shoulders, and slightly greying hair, and wore a sports jacket with leather elbows, a red tie, and cowboy boots
I looked around the large room but didn't see them anywhere. I had to shoot the reception and I was getting paid and paid well for my services, so I could not just ignore what I had to do, but I started to get frantic as I looked for them around the reception hall. It was a large auditorium next to the church, and there were close to three hundred people at the wedding, so it was hard to find anyone in particular. There was a large dance floor, where I had seen them before, but it was so crowded I could not see them anywhere. It seemed as if they might have left.
At the far end of the auditorium there were many doors to rooms for Sunday school and food preparation, so there were many places for them to be, and I could not see them anywhere. It was hard to be sure with so many people that they weren't there, but I could not see them at all.
I worked my way around the facility taking pictures, but I still could not see them. I was just about panicked as I shot pictures of the bride and groom and their family around the reception and was trying to look over the camera at the crowd, when suddenly I heard her behind me.
"David, I will be gone for awhile," she said touching me on the arm. "Randy wants to show me his truck, maybe take me for a ride. You're busy here, right? I'll be right back. How long will the reception last?" she asked. "About ten? I will be back before that," she added.
"Two hours? You'll be gone two hours?" I said aghast.
"Oh, not necessarily. Probably sooner than that," she said innocently.
"Probably?" I said. "What might you be doing for close to two hours? Seeing his truck?"
"Oh, no. We may take a ride. You are busy here, so I don't want to bother you. I will be back in a while. Don't worry," she said calmly. "I'll be fine."
I let the camera hang from the strap. "I am worried what might happen in Randy's truck," I said.
"Don't you trust me?" she asked naively.