The delivery boy stood in front of Abby's desk waiting for a signature while she tried to stop the tears from flowing down her cheeks.
"Lady please I've got about a thousand deliveries to make today, just sign my sheet and I'll get out of your way."
He was right she could do this; she took the sheet and scribbled on the line where he pointed. When she handed it back to him, she noticed a wet teardrop on the bottom and this made her start again.
"Nice flowers Abby, you didn't tell me you had a man on the side."
"Oh real nice Clair, no these are from Steve"
Abby really didn't blame Clair; even she didn't believe that her husband was enough of a romantic to send flowers to her office on Valentine's Day. She reread the card again,
"To my darling wife, just because I don't tell you I love you enough doesn't mean I don't. You mean more to me that life itself and I want you to think of me as you go through your day."
It was signed Happy Valentine, Love, S.
Abby began to cry again, her Steve, her rugged man, the one who didn't even like holding hands in public as if it were too much of a public display of affection sent her flowers and a love note to her office. Did he even have a clue how cool it was to get Valentines presents at work, probability not. For once, all the girls were green with envy of her and it felt good.
Abby was the queen of the lunchroom and just about everybody stopped by to congratulate her, even her boss told her it was a nice thought from her husband. When she heard Clair's voice, she forced herself back to reality,
"God Abby you really are on cloud nine, so anyway what did you get Steve?"
Her question was like a bucket of cold water thrown in her face. Nothing, she had got Steve nothing for Valentine's Day. Every year she bought Steve some token gift just to show him she cared but he never got her anything except maybe a kiss and a pat on the butt. This year she just said the hell with it and didn't even bother. Now what was she going to do she had just received the best present ever and she had nothing to give him. She told Clair what she had done or rather what she hadn't done and asked her what she got her husband.
"Listen all he ever wants is a BJ and a beer and so if I give him anything that's what he gets."
Clair laughed as if she was joking but it got Abby thinking, why not, she was sure it was something he would appreciate, or at least the few times she had given Steve a blow job he seemed appreciative.
Slowly Abby put a plan into action, she left work early, the boss didn't mind she was getting nothing done anyway. She stopped by the fancy butcher shop on the way home and bought two t-bones each at least an inch and a half thick. One more stop for some Bud Light, Steve's favorite and then home. First thing, she cleaned the grill, and then got the briquettes started so they would be just right for their steaks. She hopped in the shower for a wash and a shave and for a lark she shaved almost all of her pubes off, just leaving a one-inch patch called a landing strip. When she got out of the shower, she checked her shave job in the mirror, but all she noticed was her pudgy belly and the new saddlebags on her thighs, she knew she didn't dare turn around to look at her butt. Well, they had been married for a long time now and both of them had let themselves go. She held up her breasts when she saw how they sagged but at least they had gotten bigger. She turned her attention to her bush, it looked funny, but Steve had mentioned one time he thought landing strips looked sexy so she knew he would like it. Now what to wear, he never paid much attention to her sexy lingerie, so she just slipped one of his big tee shirts over her naked body.
When Steve got home, Abby brought him a beer and with a kiss told him, how much she loved her present and how nice it was to get it at work. He smiled,
"You know the other day when I ran to the liquor store for beer, well I was waiting in line and on the TV was one of those day time talk things. This guy I think his name is Dr. Bill or is it Phil, I don't know, well anyway he was telling this lamo that he was abusing his wife by not telling her that he loved her. It got me thinking and I asked myself how many times do I tell you I love you, I mean you know I do so I shouldn't have to tell you, right. This doctor was telling this dude that a woman likes to hear her man say those kinds of things. I went out the next day and ordered those flowers for you but then I thought you wouldn't be home so I had them sent to your work."