I rushed into the bathroom, showered and dressed in record time and was out of the house an hour early, anything to avoid having to look into the eyes of either Brandi or Mary. I tried to focus on work to get my mind off the past weekend, but my mind kept coming back to Brandi, her naked body, her wide flaring hips, the swell of her... STOP, focus on work! I ended up staying at work late, half due to the constant mental distractions and half to put off facing them as long as I could. Mary finally called me around 7PM as I was finishing up all I could get done for the day.
"You coming home tonight, or?"
"Yes, Mary, sorry, lots to do today."
"Ok, how much longer do you think? Dinner is ready."
"Oh, sorry, dear. Go ahead without me, I still have some stuff to do. I'll be home around 9PM."
"Wow, OK. Well, my mom and I might be in bed already if you are any later. I'll leave a plate for you in the microwave."
"Ok, thanks. Just a lot to get done."
"Ok, dear, Love you!"
"Love you, too, Mary."
I hung up and began figuring out what to do for the next 2 hours, so I decided to go to a bar not super close to home so I might run into any neighbors, but not far enough away that I might endanger anything. I sat at the bar, nursing my beer, trying to make my mind think of anything but going home and what happened. It was pretty empty, just myself, the bartender and one other patron, sitting at a table by themselves, nursing a whiskey neat.
"You want another one?" the bartender asked me.
"Yeah, sure. What time is it?"
"Bar clock says 10PM. So about 9:30PM real world time," she replied, in a way that she had said that sentence hundreds of times before.
"Oh, then I'll be going then. Thanks." I started gathering my cash from the bar, leaving a couple singles as tip.
"Sounds like you're running from facing something."
"Yeah, well, I just need time to figure stuff out, I guess."
She put down another beer. "It's on me, spill it."
I had been sitting here, sipping my beers slowly, but still, after 2.5 hours, I'm still probably 5 beers in, and was definitely feeling a bit loose-lipped.
"Oh, it's a sordid tale. Let's just say that my wife and I moved in with her mother."
"Oooh, this could go a couple ways!"
"Yeah, haha." I smiled, and looked at her. She's middle-aged, probably mid-50s, and has a motherly visage. A trustworthy face. She has probably heard it all, and I didn't ever plan on being here again. "Well, it's not BAD, she's a great lady. It's more that my wife and I are still quite 'active', if you know what I mean."
"Juicy, nice." She didn't egg me on to say anything else, just sat on her stool and listened, wearing a slight smile for encouragement.
"Yeah, let's just say we got caught a few times. My wife handled it a lot better than I did. Like she WANTED to be caught. More to the point, like she wanted ME to be caught by her mom."
"OK, interesting. Like out in the open stuff, or being extra loud?"
"Yeah, all that. A few accidental or confined spaces nudity things thrown in for good measure. And roleplaying." I blurted that last part out, I don't know why.
"As in?"
SIGH. I opened the door, whatever. "Yeah, after we got caught she wanted me to roleplay with her as her mom."
"Oh my, I need to meet this wife of yours!"
"She's amazing. And also impossible to tell no to."
"Lemme guess, and your mother in law heard this."
"Yeah."
"Oh boy. No wonder you're hiding out here."
"Yeah, last night kind of crossed the line, so I went to work early and stayed late. And then came here. Ugh."
"Well, no use crying over split milk. You're going to have to face the music eventually. You can't hide forever."
Typical bartender, only spoke in platitudes and proverbs but also made complete sense.
"So true. And this one is double-barreled. Well, thanks for the beer, I really need to get home. Appreciate the conversation."
"Anytime! That's what we're here for, you know," she smiled and grabbed the tip off the bar. I threw down another couple bucks.
"Thanks again."
"Well, come back now! I want to hear how this ends! Ha!"
I walked out, feeling somewhat better, and at least my mind had stopped racing. I determined I would just go home, tell Mary, and she'd know what to do. She always has taken care of me.
I got home just after 10PM and realized how hungry I was. I started the microwave to reheat dinner, and went into our bedroom to check on Mary. She was sleeping already, I starde at the shape of her body, and looked down at her face, admiring the curves of her jaw, the softness of her skin as she slept. There is something about a woman's face when she is sleeping, so peaceful, so angelic.
I heard the microwave beep at me, so I leaned down and kissed Mary on the forehead, "I love you, honey" I whispered. I could have sworn Mary's face smiled a bit, but if so, it was so slight, it was nearly imperceptible. I did a quick change into T-shirt and athletic shorts and went back to the kitchen to get my food, and sat down at the little table there and began to browse my phone as I ate. About halfway through, I heard light footsteps behind me.
"Hi, Kord," I heard Brandi say quietly from behind me. I froze a bit and I could feel my face begin to flush in embarrassment.
"Hi, Mom."
"Mind if I join you for a minute?" she asked, but sat down anyways without bothering for an answer. "I can't have you avoiding me if you are going to live here."
"I'm not av..."
"Oh stop. This isn't my first rodeo. I know how men get, they don't look to talk things out the same way us girls do. They just walk away and come back later hoping it will just go away." I nearly burst into tears at this point, and the guilt and shame begin to overwhelm me, the beers earlier probably helping.
"Brandi, I'm so sorry!" I blurted out. "I never meant to do that, I was just so horny. And touching your body was making me so aroused. I don't know what came over me..."
"I know what came all over me!" Brandi laughed. Somehow that made it both better and worse, but it broke the tension.
I dropped my head down, but still let a out a chuckle. "Yeah, I guess you do. Look, that shouldn't have happened. Any of it. I guess the naughtiness of it all caught me up."
Brandi leaned in and patted me on the arm. "It WAS naughty, wasn't it?" She said, with a small smile. I couldn't tell if it was meant to be comforting or sad.
"Yes, and I cannot hurt Mary. She's my everything, and I just want you to know, there has never been anyone else since I met her. Ever. Until last night."
"Is that your concern? That Mary or I will think less of you? I wasn't exactly an innocent party. I LIKED knowing you were looking at my body and getting aroused. It made me feel sexy again. It wasn't an accident my foot touched you, you know. I am sorry that I did that since it made you feel like this. I just wanted to touch a hard penis again. It's been too long." Brandi's face softened and smiled a bit, a wry smile, though, but then she started to get emotional, and her voice changed a bit, like right before a good cry. "And maybe I took advantage of you and Mary's openness. I don't want you or Mary to think less of ME. You don't do you? Think less of me?" That last came out almost as a sob, and I felt that the wrong answer here might bring out he waterworks.
"No, Mom, I do not."
"Do you really mean that? Or just saying it?"
"No, Mom, I really mean it. I love you dearly, and I'd do anything for you and Mary. I mean that, too. I'm sorry for avoiding you."
Brandi wiped her eyes, they were glistening a bit, pre-cry, but she collected herself. "Yes, please don't do that again. Just come talk to me. There is nothing we can't get through, ok?"
She stood up to leave, patting my hand as she rose. "Okay?" she asked again.
"OK, Mom. I promise."
"That's a good boy." She leaned over and kissed me on the top of the head. "Now, finishing eating, and get to bed!"