I stood on my deck with coffee in my hand, as I watch a couple move into the house behind me. I couldn't tell who was the man of the house, since all the people were black. The movers and the male of the house, I guess as much, were all in jeans and t-shirts. The 'wife' or lady of the house would come out every few minutes, and check on them.
I glanced at my watch, and it was time to walk my dog.
I purposely walked my dog over to the house to meet the new neighbors. My dog leash in one hand, and my supersized coffee cup in the other. One of the black men walked over with his right hand extended. I moved my coffee cup to my leash hand, and took his hand and shook it. "I'm Dejuan, and my wife's name is Ramona. Bet you can guess than I'm military."
I laughed. "In this neighborhood, that's a good guess."
I made small talk with Dejuan about the area, schools, churches, favorite restaurants, you know the kind of talk. He stood a couple inches taller than me, it was obvious that he works out. Guessing that he's ten years or so younger than me, early forties. I noticed that he was watching the car across the street as the mother and daughter were getting groceries from the rear trunk.
I smile as I relate, "I refer to that house as the 'never- friendly' house. I've lived here for seven years, and I waved to them at first, but they never wave back. Never had a conversation with her or the husband."
I could see the predator in him. "I could get friendly with that. Tall and blond, and that daughter is hot as shit."
"Checking out the neighbors already?" came a female voice.
I turned around towards the voice, and smiled. "Hello, I'm your neighbor across the back fence. Our houses but up to each other. I'm Rick, by the way." I reached my hand out to her.
She took my hand and shook it. "That coffee looks good, and I don't know which box has my coffeemaker."
"Well, I have a full pot, so how about I talk Beau home, and I'll bring you back a cup."
"That would be wonderful." She smiled as I took her in. Where he was a couple inches taller than me, she was tiny compared to her husband. No more than five one or two. Pretty face, doesn't seem very busty, but she did have wide hips, and a friendly smile. Where he was darker, she was lighter skinned. Sort of like coffee with a little cream.
I found a travel mug that I never use, and filled it with coffee. The men continued to move boxes from the moving van, and I found Ramona on the back deck leaning over the rail looking at the backyard. "Here's your coffee."
She reached out and took it. "Coffee, Yes, Please!" then took a quick sip. "Black just the way I like it." She looked at me with a dirty smile. "Dejaun doesn't drink coffee so I drink it alone. I'm lucky enough to work from home, so I keep a pot of coffee all day."
I confirmed that I did the same. Work from home, and drink coffee. I remarked that she could come over any time she needed coffee, and didn't want to brew any.
As I was leaving the horny chick was out front talking with Dejuan. She was this a flat chested Hispanic wife of another Army officer with a huge ass. Never saw her dressed in anything other than sports bra and leggings. When they moved in a few years ago, she tried to get me to 'service' her while her husband was deployed. They had two small boys, and I didn't want to break up any families.
Over the next several weeks, I watched Dejuan come and go from the Hispanic ladies house while walking my dog. I had watched him chat up the Never Friendly wife, and strangely, he was seen talking with Mrs Spenser across the street from my front door. Mrs Spenser was a very attractive lady in her late fifties or early sixties. Her husband was partially handicapped from a stroke last year.
As I was getting ready to cut my front lawn, I watched Mr Spenser leave with his son for either a doctor's appointment or a maybe lunch between a father and son. Dejuan waved to me as he entered the Spenser house without knocking. He wanted me to known what he was doing.
I have finished my entire lawn, and I was blowing off the sidewalks when I saw him leave the house. I saw Mrs Spenser through the cracked door as he left. She had a strange look on her face.
A couple of hours later, I heard an ambulance coming up our street. I got up from my computer, and looked out the front window to see it stopped beside the Spenser house. After fifteen or twenty minutes, Mrs Spenser was wheeled out to the ambulance.
The longer I thought, it became clear to me that Dejuan had hurt this sweet older lady, and I needed to speak with Ramona.
The next morning as I sat on my back deck drinking my favorite coffee, she came outside with her cup of brew. When she looked my way, I waved, and she waved back. We had spoken more than a dozen times at the fence or when I walked Beau by their house a couple times a day.
I motioned for her to come to the fence. Wearing a light pink robe over cotton pajama bottoms, she came to the fence. "What's up this morning?"
I asked her to come into my house where I could speak in private.
Closing my backdoor, Ramona sat at my dinette, and sipped her coffee.
Taking a deep breath, "I don't how to say this but I think that your husband is cheating on you."
"I know." she said.