For those first few days, nothing seemed to change. Joan wore the same clothes, came home at the same time and acted as always. But, that day with Kevin was like a mile marker on a South bound highway. The farther we got from it the more the landscape and the climate changed.
Joan bought new business suits. All of them had skirts that were the same color and style as her old ones, but shorter. The difference was only a couple of inches and that by itself didn't mean much. After all, they weren't mini skirts. She still wore matching jackets with fashionable, button up blouses. All in all, she still looked like a professional woman.
Over time, I noticed a change in her makeup. The makeup wasn't new. She always wore a little something. What changed was the 'little something'. Her quick morning routine of applying foundation and maybe lipstick became a morning ritual of applying eyeliner, mascara eye shadow, blush and finally lipstick.
Because of Joan's size, she's always worn high heels. But she stopped wearing the professional looking three inch high sling backs. Instead she wore shiny, black four inch pumps or strappy high heeled sandals.
Just as her shoes and skirts changed, Joan's underwear also evolved. I suppose this was the first real change that I noticed. But, I assumed it was the least of my worries. Frilly underwear help a woman feel feminine. Since no one would see them, what did it matter if Joan wore silk, lacy thongs instead of cotton briefs? I was right about the femininity but I was wrong about everything else.
Then one day after working late I came home to an empty house. On a normal day I get home after Joan. But, that day I hadn't left the office till well after seven o'clock.
As I paced the hall way the chaotic mantra of "Oh my God, what have I gotten her into", kept running through my head.
I opened the garage and started for my car when she pulled into the driveway.
"Hi Honey!" she said with big smile.
I forgot my worries and nodded with a big smile as Joan stepped out of the car. She was stunning. She was wearing a button up white blouse with a black mid-thigh length skirt and black heels. Her perfume was heavy and smelled great.
She had a disdainful look on her face as she passed me in the doorway.
"What's wrong?" she asked
"I was just a bit worried. You're usually home by this time." I said sheepishly
Joan answered in her slow, 'teacher' voice "Ed, tonight was parent teacher conferences. I wrote it down on the calendar."
I checked the calendar as I passed it on the basement door. She was right; "Conferences" was penned in red ink.
Joan put her bags down on the kitchen counter, turned, leaned back against the granite and asked "What else is bothering you?"
"Nothing" I said unconvincingly.
"What is it?" she asked flatly.
I've never felt so stupid. I opened my mouth a couple of times but nothing came out. I couldn't say the words. I couldn't tell her that I was afraid she was fucking Kevin.
"Ed, why didn't you stop him?" Joan asked flatly
I didn't have to be told what she was referring to, so I answered reflexively "why weren't you wearing any panties?"
"Because he told me to. I couldn't disobey him. You told me to get him to come with me into the office. I did and you didn't stop him." Joan yelled.
I was suddenly angry and yelled back, "I've asked you to go without panties. I've asked you to try different things to make our love making more exciting. You've never done any of it for me. Kevin tells you to go without panties and you don't' just take off your underwear, you make sure your pussy is neat and trimmed. What the hell was that all about?"
Joan seemed to lose her angst and replied simply, "You're not Kevin. And, well, I suppose I'm just different when I'm around him."
"Different? What do you mean different?" I asked indignantly.
As Joan answered me, a small measure of anger crept back into her voice. "When Kevin took me. Hell, when I'm just around him, I'm not a wife or a mother. I'm not a cook or house cleaner. I'm a woman.
"What about Jim; was it different with him too?" I asked cautiously.
Joan answered quickly "Jim was big and cute. He made me laugh. But, we never forgot who we were; we couldn't. With both of us being married we couldn't forget anything. I was always Joan, the teacher and secret lover. And when I came home I was the wife, house cleaner and middle aged mother of two. Kevin fucked me because I turned him on."
Without a pause, I asked "Ok, did it turn you on? Did you like being with Kevin?"
Looking down at the floor, Joan swept her head back and forth and said "Why would someone his age want me? He told me it would feel good and it did. I didn't worry about kids or church, money or work. I was a woman."
Joan looked up, her eyes bore into me as she finished her thought "I don't need this kind of trouble, but he has those pictures and I'm sure he has more. I'm not having sex with him again."
What was I going to do?
I was unnerved because she liked it. She really liked it.
The image of Kevin fucking the hell out of his bitch formed in my mind. The Right edge of my lip curled up just as my dick began to rise. She was his bitch to do with as he pleased. She just didn't want any trouble. Nothing that she said pointed to any moral absolute. She just didn't want the embarrassment of being found out for what she really was; an eighteen year old black student's whore. That's what scared her; it wasn't the possibility of losing me or the house. She was afraid of losing face.
I surprised us both when I said the words that I could no longer hide, "Oh yes you will."
The words came softer than I had intended. Joan paled in spite of the quiet. She drew a breath but I didn't let her speak. I was too angry to stop. "It's about time your prim and proper ass was taught a lesson. You wanted some excitement. You got it. You wanted to have sex with a black man. You did. You never thought of me. You never thought of the twins. So, you're going to get all of the black dick you could ever want. He's going to give it to you."
I looked into Joan's eyes; there was no energy behind them. She whispered "You can't make me do this."
"Yes I can. I'll hire a cut throat divorce lawyer. If you don't do it, everyone will see the pictures. If you don't do as I say, you'll be disgraced and on your own.
The room was suddenly quiet. Many long moments passed while Joan wagged her head. I ignored her and continued with my stipulations. "Now as I see it, this is only going to last a year. During that time, you don't do anything without telling me all about it. Do you understand? You'll tell me everything, every little detail and you better hear me on this one."
I let a pause magnify my next statement. "I will not be denied. Kevin had it right that night when he told you to keep me happy. Because if you don't, everyone is going to know that you've been fucking around, everyone!"