The days since her first encounter with Mark had been filled with mixed feelings of regret and desire. She craved the lustful coupling with Mark and even more so needed the incredible love making it brought with Ray, her husband. She had avoided a second meeting for the past week by making excuses and being unavailable. Ray didn't push. He also, had mixed feelings but couldn't deny the fact that the jealousy of seeing his wife, Carmen, with another man was an unbelievable turn on.
Mark laid low for a few days. Being single and having a fucked his cousin's wife was a bit overwhelming. He almost hoped it was just a dream. He struggled with guilt. Who would find out? Would they deny it if family learned of it? He had always been the black sheep. Not everyone liked or trusted him with anything. Did he make another bad decision? Mark decided that is was time to give Ray a call and make sure they were still "ok."
"Ray, it's me Mark...."
"Mark, what's up man? Thanks for all your help last week. How are things?"
"Great. Uh Thanks. Say Cuz, things between us, there ok, right? I mean after, uh, you know."
"Cuz, no worries. We're cool. We just need some time. It was kinda out of the ordinary for us. She's cool. Don't even think about it."
"Great, I was just wondering. Hey, give me a call if you need anymore help. I mean regular help."
"I will Cuz. I may need help with some other house stuff. I'll call you in a couple of days."
Mark was relieved. He could tell that Ray was cool with everything. But he had this feeling that Carmen might be a little freaked out. He always liked her. He put in a few moves over the years but never figured he'd actually get to, well he never dreamed she would ever cheat on Ray. He certainly never figured Ray would be part of the whole thing. He decided to send her flowers just to let her know that, well; it wasn't just a fuck, but that he really enjoyed it.
It had been 10 days. Carmen was counting. She didn't know how long the feelings of guilt were supposed to last. She didn't know if she should talk to Ray about it. They never said a word about it since that day and she wasn't sure if Ray was hurt or protecting her from her own guilt. She tried to go about her normal routine; cleaning house, running errands, remodeling the basement. Shit! It was the basement carpet that got him here that day. He didn't come to fuck her, right. All the passes in the past, they had to be her imagination. He got lucky that day. Now she was making herself angry. This was easier than guilt. It was Mark's fault. He seduced her, he fucked her and left. Yes, this was much easier.
"Doorbell? Who could be at the door in the middle of the day?"
She opened the front door to a delivery guy with an amazing bunch of red roses.
"Flowers for Carmen B---."
"I'm Carmen."
"Sign here please"
She signed and reached for the roses. Wow, Ray must be letting her know that it's ok.
After closing the door, she set the flowers on the counter and looked for the card, buried deep in the fresh red petals.