Before you read
The Meeting2
, I suggest you read the first installment, The Meeting. [It was placed in the Romance category but should have been in Loving Wives. Another mistake attributed to my romantic mindset about sex.] But, even if you don't, I hope you enjoy my moment of discovery about some women and me. The plot is pure fiction but the emotions are real.
As I settled into my seat on the plane, my thoughts kept returning to the frantic encounter with my cyber lover, S___. She was truly shocked to see me show up and confront her in the grocery store where I had tracked her down. Even after a month of sleuthing, I was ready to accept the meeting in the store as a two minute face-to-face and let it go at that. At first she was angry but then she arranged a mind blowing fuck in the back of her friend's minivan in a secluded copse of trees behind a shuttered shopping center.
I thought of what the scene would be like as she returned home to her controlling husband, who had literally put a collar and leash on his beleaguered wife. I began to feel sorry for her once again. Cut off from most of her friends, her phone conversations and her e-mail account, she must be getting more and more desperate to find an outlet for her raging sex drive. Outwardly, she was the subservient little housewife but inwardly, she must have been proud of herself for pulling off this little caper. The whole event sort of left me hanging in mid-air as to what would come next. But, for now, there was little I could do. She had found a way to e-mail me through a "back door" site that her husband could not monitor but I had no way of contacting her.
The seat next to mine was empty which was fine with me. I did not feel the need for the companionship of a stranger for the short trip back to Kansas City. I did not look forward to the layover in Chicago but this was the cheapest flight I could find. As we took off, a baby in the back of the plane began to fuss and make quite a racket.
"That's all I need," I thought out loud. As if I didn't have enough on my mind, I was not ready for a concert from a squalling baby. The crying and fussing continued despite the mother's attempt to shush her child. Then, I heard a very pleasant female voice over my shoulder.
"Would you mind if I sat next to you for a bit? The noise in the back of the plane is a little more than I care to put up with."
Automatically, I said, "Of course not. Please have a seat."
The voice belonged to a very attractive business woman who I guessed to be in her late forties or early fifties. She wore a very nice tailored suit, a beige blouse and white pearl choker. She was not what one would call a wisp of a girl. She was not fat or seriously overweight but was what I would call a "woman of substance."
"I really hate to bother you but my assigned seat was right in front of the baby and I've had enough of that noise in my life to have to suffer through it all the way to Kansas City."
"You're going to KC, "I asked?
"Yes, I live there. How about you?"
"I also live there, but over on the Kansas side."
"I'm Catherine."
"I'm Pete," we said as we shook hands. "What brings you to B_____?"
She looked straight at me with a pair of large green eyes.
"I'm the CEO of a small marketing consulting firm. We have a few clients in B____.. And how about you? Was this a business or pleasure trip?"
I stared briefly out the window and wondered if I should tell this lovely stranger what my real purpose was in visiting B____. Her pleasant voice and sensitive demeanor had put me at ease somewhat, and I began to feel the anxiety of my situation slip away. I decided that nothing would be harmed if I told her the truth. Once we parted company at the KC airport, I would likely never see her again. I let out a sigh and began with a warning.
"I will tell you why I was in B___ but if you feel offended or uncomfortable with my sordid tale, please stop me."
"I doubt that you could say anything that will offend me. I've been around the block a few times. I'm no stranger to most of life's experiences. The wrinkles in your brow tell me that you've been under some stress."
"Stress is only part of it, I said. I went to confront a cyber lover to whom I had promised that I would never show up on her doorstep. Once her husband had found out she had an erotic internet relationship, he cut her off from nearly all contact with the world outside their home. I felt a lot of guilt for being a part of her troubles and I went there to try to tell her how I felt. I tracked her down and went up to her in a grocery store. She was shocked and very angry at first. But later she met me in a borrowed van and we had frantic sex for a few minutes. Then she drove off and I have no way of continuing the contact. Maybe that's just as well. I don't want to cause her any more trouble than she is already in but yet, I feel that the ties between us have not been completely severed. I guess I'm just feeling sorry for myself and worried about her."
My seatmate just sat there for a minute, absorbing all that I had just related. She turned and looked at me again with those big, green eyes.
"I'd say you certainly stirred up some more trouble. That woman must be more frantic and hornier than ever by now. For sure, she was not expecting an encounter like that and had probably suppressed her feelings. Now you went and fired up her passion again."
She paused and thought for a minute.
"I once had an experience, something like that. After the guy and I parted, I felt a renewed sense of emptiness. I am sure she does as well. But tell, me, was the sex all you thought it would be?"
I had not expected a question like that. This was obviously a woman of the world who was not afraid to speak her mind. That was probably a large part of her success as a business person. I didn't want to reveal too much of how my own life was devoid of sex even though I was married. She may have already guessed that. I am in constant awe of woman's intuition.
"The sex was terrific for the short time it lasted. But for this woman, I wanted to give her something more. Maybe she didn't want it but I have a strong feeling of affection for her. I am not opposed to people having sex just for the fun of it with no emotional attachment. But we had corresponded for such a long time that I thought that when the day ever came that we would have sex, it would something more fulfilling than just a mutual orgasm. Perhaps I am expecting too much."
For a time we each sat in silence, harboring our own thoughts. I closed my eyes and began to drift off. I don't know how long I snoozed. Suddenly the plane began to lurch up and down. The "fasten seatbelts" sign came on. Then the captain came on the speaker.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing some turbulence on our approach to Chicago. They are having some snow and high winds at O'Hare. We will be landing shortly. Please return to your seats and fasten your seat belts."
The plane began to descend, bumping and jumping from side to side. My seat partner suddenly grabbed my arm.