Friday night. Sarah and I were having dinner in a fancy restaurant, alone, as we occasionally did, when we noticed Allyson entering the premises. She was accompanied by a man whom neither of us knew. At first Allyson didn't notice us, but when we were spotted, I could see in her expression for a quick instant that she wasn't happy with our presence there. I'm not very fond of Allyson so, at any other day, the feeling would be mutual from my part, but this time I felt different. I wanted to see if a recent event could change the way my wife behaved before her friend.
We hadn't been with Allyson ever since Sarah's college reunion a few weeks before. That had been the day that I had discovered a few new things about my wife's past. Sarah had confessed to me, in the most unusual and detailed fashion, how she had seduced David, Allyson's boyfriend back in their college days. Although my response to her story had been quite positive as she was telling it, one issue had been troubling me since then. I found it easy to bear the knowledge of my wife's touching another man before we were together and, despite some initial reluctance, let her know how much I had been aroused by it; that wasn't a problem either. That night had been nothing more than an intimate and playful moment between two married people and there was nothing to be ashamed of. The easiness of mind with which Sarah seemed to have seduced her best friend's boyfriend caused my problem. The woman that I know and married with wouldn't backstab a friend so lightly, especially Allyson, a woman she cared for so much. There was something wrong in this picture, for sure... Nevertheless, I knew my wife too well to let this issue threaten our relationship or the trust I had in her.
Allyson introduced her date to us and then cordially left to her table without any sign of uneasiness from Sarah's part. On the other hand, I couldn't help myself from showing a mocking smile.
"What?!" my wife asked after noticing my reaction.
"All those long arguments about how I should give a chance to Allyson and get to know her better... Did she ever find out?"
Sarah didn't answer right away. For a moment I thought she didn't know what was talking about. But then she replied, "No, and let's keep it that way... ok?"
"I like when you're bad!" I teased her.
Sarah laughed and hesitated with her reply, "Ok..."
We hadn't talked much about this subject since that night, a few weeks ago. But now, with Allyson in sight, it was the perfect opportunity for me to explore some more.
"Didn't you ever regret it?"
"Do you really want to have this conversation in here?"
"Why not? She can't hear us," I argued. "I can't believe my own wife stole Allyson's boyfriend."
"I didn't steal her boyfriend," she quickly replied. "I just..."
Seeing the hesitation in her eyes, I pressed, "You just...?"
I was toying with Sarah, playing cat and mouse. I wanted to embarrass her, strip her from that self confidence that led her to tell me in detail how she had seduced another man.
"How many times did you seduce her boyfriend?" I insisted.
"Seduce? You make it sound so..."
"What would you call it?" I insisted.
Sarah waited a few seconds, as if she was trying to figure some way out of my enquiry, and then said, "Allyson isn't a saint at all..."
I knew it! My wife wouldn't seduce Allyson's boyfriend unless there had been a deeper reason. Maybe some sort of revenge... Allyson must've had her hands dirty too.
On the other side of the room, Allyson dined with her date unaware that we were talking about her. For the first time in a long time, I noticed the beauty in her. She had a very arrogant and pretentious personality and that's why I disliked her, but no one can deny that she is a very attractive woman. No matter our differences, I wouldn't mind having a piece of her... if I wasn't taken by Sarah, of course.
For a while I let my eyes and mind wander along Allyson's body. She is classy and discrete in her relationships, but my wife was her roommate, so she must've known something nasty. I focused my attention back to Sarah, only to find her staring at me. She seemed to know what was on my mind.
"What were you looking at?" she asked.
I didn't chicken out, "I was looking at Allyson."
"Why? I thought you didn't like her," Sarah insisted. Her tone seemed confrontational but her gaze was definitely playful.
"I'm wondering why she isn't 'a saint at all'."
"Are you surprised?"
"No, just curious... I bet you know a few stories about her, from the time you were roommates."
"I do," she shortly said.
Sarah had successfully changed the focus of the conversation from her to Allyson. I realized it but didn't mind.
"Care to share?" I tried with a visible naughty smile in my face.
"Sorry... no," she replied with a smile.
Too late for secrecy, her reluctance was a sham. Sarah was only stalling to get me even more interested.
"Did she seduce one of your former boyfriends, too?" I tried.
Sarah laughed as if my suggestion was ridiculous and teased me, "If you only knew..."
No matter what it was, Sarah didn't seem upset by it. In fact, she was using it to arouse my curiosity. My stare locked on my wife, begging for her to tell me what she knew.
Sarah leaned across the table, towards me, and whispered, "Once, she brought two guys to our apartment. Two strangers we had met a couple of hours before."
"Did she have sex with both of them?" I asked in disbelief.
Sarah ignored my question and continued smoothly, "They had been flirting with us in a bar nearby our college. Allyson wanted to know what a black penis felt like. She told me that herself, minutes before she invited them to go to our apartment."
"One of them was a black guy?"
"Both of them were."
"Did she have sex with both of them?" I insisted.
"Besides, this happened when she was already in a relationship with David. That's why I told you she was no saint."
I looked at Allyson and tried to imagine her in shameful acts with two strangers. An entire image of her, built in the last few years, had been shattered in a couple minutes. Underneath that pretentious and classy look there was a promiscuous nature. I had just acquired the most powerful weapon against her: knowledge about her past. Too bad I couldn't use it.
I didn't press Sarah any further. That wasn't the time or the place. Still, my mind couldn't let go of this new information. All of a sudden Allyson seemed much more interesting. My eyes repeatedly searched for her, reading every gesture she was making in front of her date. I even tried to come up with a convincing argument, an excuse in fact, to turn that night into a double date, so that I could be closer to Allyson and talk to her. In the end, nothing happened. Sarah and I left after a while and our unique interaction with Allyson was a simple nod of goodbye.
Later I made love with my wife with another woman in my mind. This obsession only ended when I fell asleep.