Really Matt, is that how you saw it? I mean come on Matt; we both have known Red for what, 20 years? This is how want you want people to see him as some lovable cuckold. You know yourself that Darla and the kids fucked Red over for many years. And for what, some asshole with more money, Darla should be glad it wasn't me. I wouldn't have given that bitch a dime. There never should have been a Red and Darla Clayton.
Sorry for my ranting readers, I'm Red's friend David Michaels. Matt and I have been Red's bros for over 20 years. I for one thought that Matt was too nice in his description of that whore but that's just me. If you read Matt's version of what happened to the Red and Darla's marriage, then you have an small idea of what happened although it's a little to, hummm, never mind. Matt and I have always looked at things differently. So this is my version of what happened.
I told Red from day one that Darla was trouble, but as normal his common sense lost out to his hormones or in Darla's case whoremoans. Darla is a good looking woman with a nice body, which was all Red saw in the beginning. We kept trying to tell Red that Darla got around and around and around if you know what I mean. You see that was one of the little facts that Matt left out. Matt has a way of white washing the facts. When Red and Darla were dating, Red thought it was exclusive. He should have asked Darla what "exclusive" meant. The fellows and I would see her around campus with a different guy from time to time, but she had Red believing it was just a class mate or some guy she was tutoring. The tutoring she gave made me wish I had a tutor like that. We would ask Red about it, he would say it was only a friend.
Darla must have seen Red coming; he must have had the words "Sucker" tattooed on his forehead. Darla could have told him it was a storm outside on a sunny day and he would've believed her. And when we tried to tell him what was going on, he thought we were just jealous of their relationship. So I left him to his doom, but I was still his friend and we would be there to back him up when the time came.
Then like the fool he was, at graduation he asked her to marry him. I had to tell him later, what he thought was cheering, was laughter. The comment Dean Howard made was," you can't turn a whore into a house wife". I don't what it was about Darla that blinded Red but she had him wrapped around her little finger.