"Good morning." Jake stood in front of the bathroom mirror shaving his face as he heard Amanda shuffle herself in bed pulling the sheet over her bare-naked body. She mumbled and groaned as the sun shone through the open French doors of their bedroom. She could hear the neighbors dogs barking and some cars passing by on the road.
"Morning." She mumbled into her pillow with her hair in a messy ponytail. She looked at the clock and noticed that it was 9:30 in the morning. Jake rushed around the room looking for his work clothes and such. Amanda didn't really move from the bed as Jake sat at the bottom of the bed staring at her.
"I had a lot of fun last night." Jake said implying the sex they had. Amanda closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Yeah." In her mind, all she thought about was Daniel. His face, his hands, his body...his cock, and the way he touched her. To her, Jake wasn't that good anymore, she found herself wishing that she was in Daniel's arms, but Jake was there, Jake was her husband.
"Listen, the week is gonna be really busy. The patrons of the hospital are coming in to check their investments, not to mention there are 15 surgeries this week." Jake said tying his shoes. Amanda sat up covering her chest with the sheet. He looked at her and smiled as he stood up reaching for his wristwatch on the side table. "So, I might not be home till late tonight." He leaned down and kissed her lips before he headed for the door.
"I'll be here." Amanda said with a sad undertone in her voice. Once again, she was alone, after a night of sex with him, she pleaded her heart out, she would be alone for days at a time. Sure, he would be back that night, and she couldn't blame him for having a job, but the thing was, he didn't show love for her. He didn't say 'I love you' or 'I'll miss you'. Hell, he didn't even call her on his breaks, just to see how she was doing. When Amanda looked up from the bed, Jake was gone. She could hear his car start up and he left the driveway as she got up starting the shower. Just as she was going to get in, she heard her cell phone ring, so she went to it seeing Daniel's number. She smiled answer it. "Hey."
"Hey sexy lady." He said into the phone with his smooth and calm voice.
"My night was interesting." Was all she could spit out of her mouth.
"Interesting? What happened first? Jake fell asleep reading his medical journals or he fell asleep watching House?" Daniel said laughing into the phone.
"Neither..." Amanda whispered.
"Oh, you mean he actually paid attention to you?"
"Yeah, like twice." Amanda laughed.
"Wow, he must have been really horny." Daniel said being a little sarcastic.
"I don't know, but honestly, I was thinking about what he was doing." Amanda said smiling on the other end of the phone. "I was thinking of you, because honestly, I wished it was you."
"Hmm, well I am pretty good." Daniel said laughing, being cocky.
"Listen, he's gone all day. Are you busy today?" Amanda asked.
"Production until about 2, but after that I'm free, I gotta go to the store, my house is pretty much bone dry." Daniel said telling her his plans for the day.
"Oh, did you want me to make you dinner?" Amanda asked. "Because I owe you for this weekend."
"Sure, listen, I got to go back into production. I'll call you when I get done." Daniel said.
"Alright, be careful." Amanda said as the phone hung up on the other end. She stood up and looked at herself in the mirror next to the dresser seeing her reflection. What was she becoming? She was a monster causing so much pain, even though the truth hadn't fully emerged yet. She had to pick one, and she thought she knew the answer. Jake. She loved Jake and they had be together for at least 10 years, married for 5, but he wasn't the same. Did school change that? Did work change that? She could only try at this relationship, but she found herself running to another man for the past couple of days. Daniel was only suppose to be a one time thing, but she found herself wanting more and more. Amanda shook her thoughts off and looked at her phone which was ringing. She looked down and saw Jake was dialing her phone.
"Hello?" She said silently.
"Hey sweetie. Just calling to see if you were going to call the caters for the party on Friday night?" Jake asked.
"Oh yeah, I was gonna do that about noon." Amanda frowned hoping maybe what he said would persuade her mind about what she was doing.
"Alright, tell them I want Shrimp Cocktail instead of what I had in place for the appetizer." Jake said, she could hear him enter the hospital in the background.
"Will do." As she said that, he hung up the phone, not even saying goodbye. She was so distraught and upset but she didn't want the day to become a complete disaster. After taking a long relaxing shower, which only took up 20 minutes of her time, she went to her closet to find something to wear for the afternoon and she found a cute purple top it had a tube design with a textured pattern and attached long sleeves that sit off the shoulder. She wore a pair of blue faded jeans the fit her form well and she added a pair of silver synthetic upper is featured with a thong detail paired with a t-strap embellished with stones. Her outfit was cute for a day out, before she tried to figure out where she could go. She did want to make dinner for Daniel, so maybe she should go to the store and buy things for dinner, but first she had to spend the day doing things for Jake, planning the dinner party.
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"No, no, no, I said the Shrimp Cocktail." Amanda said into the phone sitting at the kitchen counter writing something on at piece of paper. "Thank you." She said hanging up the phone setting it on the counter. After a afternoon of arguing with party people and cleaning the mess Jake made in the kitchen during breakfast, the time had already shown 2:45 and Daniel hadn't called her yet. She didn't think anything of it so she just headed to the living room to maybe keep up with a show she watched. After a few moments, she heard her doorbell ring and Amanda jumped up wondering who it was. The front door swung open and she saw Carey standing there holding some food and a couple of drinks.
"Hey!" Carey entered the cold house and slid off her flip flops. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt which held her bikini top underneath.
"Carey, what are you doing here?" Amanda said shutting the door, then heading into the kitchen as they both ate some lunch.
"Thought you could use a friend for the afternoon. I know your going through some stuff so I thought maybe some Chinese food and a few bottles of Life Water would do the trick." Carey smiled opening the drink.
"It does hit the spot that's for sure." Amanda said digging into her Sesame Chicken. The two girls chatted about everything, but one subject came up last, that Amanda wanted to try to avoid, but Carey wanted to know.
"So, what's going on with you and Jake?" Carey asked digging her nose into other people's business.
"We had sex last night." Amanda said.
"And, this other guy?"
"Daniel?" Amanda said his name, bringing one of the brightest smiles to her face.
"I guess that's his name."
"Well, I'm still seeing him."
"Amanda, this is a bad idea, Jake obviously cares for you, he made love with you last night." Carey said getting a little angry.