A story by Just Plain Bob
It took me some time before I could make it happen, but I had promised myself that one day I would get back at the bitch and that night the stars aligned themselves just right. Laurie looked good, but then she always did. Five foot four, blond hair and 145 pounds distributed to make her 36C/25/37 body truly mouth watering. At thirty-seven she looked more like she was in her late twenties and I could see all of the male eyes in the place linger on her.
I hadn't known that this would be the night, but I was ready. I kept myself ready as I haunted the places I knew she would be likely to go to. Was I stalking her? Yes, I guess I was. I was watching her and looking for an opening I could take advantage of. I was looking for some payback. Payback for a miserable marriage. Laurie was my ex-wife and as far as I was concerned she had fucked over me and she had to pay. I wouldn't be able to get on with my life until I somehow got back at her for what she had done.
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She was sitting at a table with some other girls from the bank where she worked as a loan officer. She rarely went out drinking with the girls, but she did have a drink or two with them when they went out for dinner together and this was one of those dinner nights. It was a Tuesday and that was the night they usually stopped at Mario's so I was already there sitting at the bar when they came in.
The place had a dance floor and although they usually had a band it was about two hours before the band usually set up so the music was being furnished by a juke box. That didn't slow down the stream of guys who made the trip to the table to see if one of the girls would dance with them. Some of the women got up to dance, but I wasn't surprised that Laurie wasn't one of them. Then their meal arrived and the dancing stopped.
I had just about decided that the night was a lost cause when the Gods smiled down on me and in a way that I couldn't have scripted any better if I had tried. Laurie got up from the table and came up to the bar to get another drink and while the bartender was building it she looked around the bar and saw me sitting at the end of the bar. As soon as she saw me I looked away knowing full well that she wouldn't let me get away with pretending I didn't see her. She got her new drink and walked it down to my end of the bar.
"You following me Tom?"
"Not hardly Laurie. I was sitting here working on my third beer when you and your friends walked in. You can check with the bar-keep on that. As soon as I finish this beer I'll be leaving."
"No need to rush off on my account Tom."
"Why not? You want me sitting here so you can point me out to your friends? I can see it now. "Don't look now girls, but see that pervert at the end of the bar? That's my ex."
"You are never going to forget that are you?"
"Why should I? It is what you were thinking when you said it."
"Oh come on Tom; you know I didn't mean it that way. I have to go potty. Watch my drink till I get back and then I'll take you over to the table and introduce you. Two of the girls are single and who knows, you might hit it off."
She left her drink sitting on the bar and went to the ladies room. I wanted to jump up from my seat, pump my fist in the air and yell out, "YES!" As soon as she was out of sight I made sure that no one was looking my way and I took an envelope out of my pocket and dumped the contents into her drink and watched it dissolve. I again made sure no one was looking and I stirred it real good and then waited for Laurie's return.
When she came back she picked up her drink and took a sip and then said, "Come on over to the table with me Tom."
"I don't want to intrude Laurie."
"Don't worry about it. Dinner is over and the married ones will be leaving. That will leave you, me, Gail and Donna."
"I don't think so Laurie. Given what we've gone through it would be way too awkward."
"So I won't tell them you are my ex. I'll say that we went to school together."
I didn't want to argue too hard against it because sitting at her table is where I wanted to be so I let her talk me into it. I was introduced to the women at the table as someone that Laurie had known at college and after some small talk the married women started leaving. The band arrived and set up and as soon as the music started Gail and Donna were asked to dance and that left me and Laurie alone at the table.
"What's the matter Tom? Why didn't you ask one of them to dance?"
"No thanks Laurie. They work with you and if were to get interested in one of them I would always have to worry about what you would be telling them at work. Hearing from my ex that I was a disgusting pervert would not help any relationship that I developed."
"I wouldn't do that to you Tom."
"Why not? You already did it once."
"Yes Tom, I did, and you know in what context that I said it."
While we talked I was watching her and waiting for what I knew was coming. In about twenty minutes her words began to slur. She went to take a sip of her drink and spilled it. I saw her shake her head as if to clear it and I asked her if she was okay.
"I just felt a little dizzy there for a second."
"Come on: let's get you outside where you can get some fresh air."
I helped her up and grabbed her purse and walked her outside. On the way I took out my cell phone and hit a pre-set. When the call was answered I asked: