I had known Jeff since I was in the 5th grade, and got into all kinds of trouble with him, nothing major, but enough to know we had better straighten up or end up in prison. We grew up to be pretty decent young men, after a few good ass whippings and threats of death from out parents. We got out of High School, Him staying where we grew up in Central Texas and me joining the ARMY for a few years.
When I got home, I found he had married a pretty sexy lady. I congratulated him on his choice of prime beef. When I first met her, I let her know she would be sorry she married him and not me, just joking with her. We became close friends after a short time.
They were happy for years, having had a baby girl then a year or so later a son. And then Jeff found out about cocaine. I knew he was using, but didn’t know how much! After that, he never saw his kids when he wasn’t high and it scared them to see him come home, and started to treat Lori like shit. He really got in to it deep. Using more than he could afford, ending up way over his head, owing his dealer a lot of money. His dealer said he could work off his debt, Jeff anxiously asked him how?
“I will pimp out your wife, until she makes my money back for me!”
“There is no way in hell I would do that.”
A couple days later a huge bulking, mean looking, mother fucker showed up where Jeff worked, asking him to come outside. They went outside and the man beat the living shit out of Jeff, telling him he would be back in a couple of days and every couple of days thereafter until his debt was paid. Jeff was scared shitless, and when he got home his wife Lori saw his face and asked,
“What happened to you? Who did this?”
He broke down telling her everything! She was not sure what to do, She didn’t want to be a whore, but didn’t want Jeff ending up dead either. She thought long and hard, then told him she would do what she had too.
His dealer came over and I was there, He told Jeff he wanted to test the merchandise, and he and Lori went to the bedroom. I asked Jeff,
“What the fuck are they doing? What’s going on dude?”
Neither he nor Lori had said anything to me about the situation. He broke down crying and told me. I was pissed. One, for him being so stupid as to get caught up in that shit, Two, for him letting her do that for his sorry ass. There was nothing I could do or say to make it different. As they came back in to the living room, the dealer was smiling, and Lori was in tears. She looked at Jeff, and then me and ran to me, holding on to me like her life depended on me being there.
The drug dealer said “The whore would make his money back in no time.” and left.
I cursed Jeff, calling him the sorriest cocksucker I ever knew. Lori continued to hold on to me, crying her eyes out. Jeff had been the only man she had ever had sex with until that night!
“Would you stay here tonight? I don’t want to be alone with Jeff!”
I slept on the couch, and around midnight Lori came in still crying, I asked if Jeff was asleep.
“Yes, that sorry bastard!”
She fell into my arms, asking me to hold her. I did and wiped her tears away, telling I would do anything to make this right if I could.
“Do you mean that?”
“Of course I do, I love you like family as well as one of my best friend!”
She kissed me and said, “Then get me out of here! I’ll do anything you want, but please just take me away!”
