Copyright Β© 2017
DEDICATION: I want to dedicate this story to my good friend and colleague, Mostera1. He passed away on Dec 17th from a sudden and massive heart attack.
I came up with the idea for this story a couple of years ago. When I told him of it Mostera1 took off with his own ideas that took the story in a completely different direction than I had intended. I wanted to keep it on the lighter side but he saw it as a dark story with lots of cheating and retribution. His ideas were greatβjust not my style. We tossed different scenarios back and forth and when I saw how enthusiastic he was about the story I handed it over to him and said run with it.
He started it a couple of times but unfortunately, life kept getting in the way and he never did get a chance to finish it so I'm writing my version in his honor.
I'm going to miss him very much. He was a great collaborator but an even greater person and friend.
RIP my very good friend, Mostera1.
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Make Him Cry Uncle
The sky was a cloudless blanket of bright blue serenity broken only by the gentle, musical chirping of contented feathery friends scampering from tree to tree. Dana, still in her house coat, sipped her coffee while mindlessly looking out the kitchen window onto the best that a Chicago's summer day has to offer.
She didn't even hear the redundant knock on the back door just before her friend and neighbor walked in.
"Jesus, girl, you're not dressed yet? It's gorgeous outside."
"Hi, Gloria," she said, tuning around to address her friend. "Coffee?"
"Yeah, I'll have a quick cup. I stopped by to see if you wanted to come over and hang out at the pool," she said while taking a seat at the kitchen table.
Dana took a cup from the overhead cupboard and poured the java. "Yeah, that sounds good," she replied as she set the brew down in front of her friend.
Gloria sensed something different. Dana almost appeared to be out of it...in a daze almost. "Everything alright, Dana? It's not like you to still be in your robe at ten o'clock in the morning."
"Oh, I'm okay," Dana responded. "I just have some things on my mind, that's all."
"Well you can tell me all about it by the pool. It's eighty degrees out there already. Go put on your suit and let's go."
"Okay; let me grab a quick shower and I'll be over in twenty minutes."
"I'll be waiting." Gloria finished her coffee in one more sip. "Don't be long," she said, leaving the way she came.
Dana went upstairs and took a shower then picked one of her more conservative swim suits and headed off in the direction of her neighbor's. Gloria was already poolside, stretched out on a lounge chair with a glass of red wine. The bottle and a clean glass sat on a small round table between Gloria and the chair reserved for her neighbor.
She didn't even bother removing her sunglasses when she heard Dana's footsteps. "Tim and I found this lovely little winery in Lake Geneva. This is one of my favorites. It's a fruit wine, try it," she said, motioning for her friend to have a seat at the same time.
Dana poured herself a glass before joining her friend by stretching out in the other lounge chair. She took a sip then closed her eyes and leaned back to feel the warm sun on her face. "Mmmm, that is good."
"Umm humm," she acknowledged lazily. "So, what's going on, girlfriend? You looked like you were a thousand miles away when I walked in. Everything okay on the home front?"
"Yeah," she replied, not too convincingly.
"It doesn't sound like it. Come on, out with it. You know you can't keep any secrets from me."
There was a short stillness in the warm air as Dana decided to trust her neighbor. "Gloria, have you ever thought of...of having sex with other men?"
That caught Gloria's attention. She removed her sunglasses and looked over. "You're not having an affair? Oh, Dana..."
"No...at least not yet."
"Well take my advice and don't do it. Jesus, Dana, if John ever found out you were sleeping around on him it'd kill him."
"Huh, only after he killed me first. He'd be devastated, I know. It'd be the end of our marriage. That's why I haven't done anything yet. I love John. I'd never want to hurt him like that."
"Then why are you talking about having an affair?"
"Not really an affair, just a change of pace once in a while. Don't you miss the variety, the thrill of breaking in a new lover?"
"Not really."
"Well I do. I wasn't a slut or anything but I had my share of men before I met John. Sex never got old because there was always something different. If I felt adventurous I could go out, bat my eyelashes at some handsome guy and take him home for some excitement. I've been married for five years now. I miss the diversity, the challenge."
"So I take it John's not very good in bed?"
"Oh no, he's the best I've ever hadβby far. It's not the quality of sex it's...I don't know, it's always with John. Every time I look up after having an orgasm it's John's grinning face looking back at me. It was okay for a while but it's getting old. I love him to pieces but I really do miss having different lovers."
"Dana, you'd have to be so careful; you said it yourself, if John found out it'd be the end of your marriage and men always find out you know. I have a couple of friends who thought they could sneak something by their husbands. Every one of them got caught."
"Yeah, I know. I think they probably hone in on the guilt. I mean, how are you not going to feel guilty? I know I would. I think John would spot it right off. One look into my face and he'd know."
She took another sip of wine before continuing. "If I'm going to do it, it has to be soon. John is talking about having kids. That would make it ten times harder, not to mention make me feel even more guilt. Then I'd not only be cheating on John but our kid too."
"Have you talked about it with him? You know some guys actually get off on watching their wives screw other men. Maybe it's a fantasy of his and you don't even know it."
"No, are you kidding; we've talked about fidelity before. You can be sure he's not one of those guys. I wish he was, this would be a whole lot easier."
"Hmmm."