Oscar and Irene Chapter 6.
Life went on. Irene and Oscar talked regularly about the possibility of Irene taking a lover but neither of them did anything about it. Henry stayed clear of Irene. Donna had made sure that he understood that if he interfered with Irene and Oscar’s relationship then he was going to answer to her. Henry knew not to cross Donna.
Maria regularly visited Irene and Oscar. Whenever they were together Maria showed Oscar a lot of attention. It didn’t worry Irene, not because she trusted Maria but because she knew that no matter how hard Maria tried Oscar would continue to say a firm no to her. As a result instead of Maria and Oscar becoming lovers they become very close friends.
Maria occasionally spent a night with Donna and with Henry either when her husband was away or when he was working night shift. Then one day Maria came to see Oscar on a Saturday while Irene was out shopping. Oscar was shocked when he saw Maria at the door.
“What are you doing here Maria? Irene is out shopping.”
“I know. I need your help.”
“If this is your way of trying to get me into bed, Maria I will have to cut off our friendship.”
“I know that you are not going to make love to me. No this is more important than that.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Don is leaving me. He knows.”
“How can I help?”
“I was hoping you might talk to him for me. He won’t discuss it with me.”
“I doubt that he will talk to me either. He probably thinks we are lovers but I’ll try. You stay here. I’ll be back after I’ve talked to him.”
Oscar drove across to Maria’s house. He parked in the drive way behind Don’s car. As he climbed out Don came down the driveway towards him.
“You’re Irene’s husband aren’t you? What the fuck do you want?”
“Irene told me that you and Maria were splitting up. I thought you might like a hand or maybe someone to talk to.”
“You don’t know me. Why would you want to help me?”
“Maria is worried about you. She asked Irene to get me to come over to offer you some support.”
“She didn’t worry about me when she was off fucking other men, did she? Why would she be worried now?”
“I don’t know anything about her private business. I just know she is worried sick about you now. Do you think we could go somewhere private to have a cup of coffee or something, somewhere that we can talk without the neighbors listening?”
“I guess so. I don’t know what to do. I just can’t believe it. This shit shouldn’t be happening!”
“Come on. Get in my car and we’ll go to a coffee house.”
Don got into the car. Tears were running down his cheeks. They rode in silence for a while then he said, “She’s been fucking someone while I’ve been working.”
“Has she? Did you catch her?”
“No, one of the guys that I work with told me she has been going across to a swinger’s house while I’ve been working.”
“So he saw them having sex, did he?”
“No but he said that all the people who go there get together for sex. She wouldn’t be there if she wasn’t having sex.”
“Where is this place? Who are the people?”
“It’s at number 6 Chestnut Place.”
“What! That’s the address of one of my work mates. Are you telling me that Henry is a swinger and he holds swinger’s parties?”
“That’s what this guy said.”
“Damn, you learn new things every day. Henry’s a good bloke. We have a few drinks together every Saturday evening.”
“You know him well then?”
“I know him very well. I’ve known him for ten years. He is a bit of a flirt but it’s all harmless stuff. Most of us men like to show the ladies that we’re interested. You know what I mean. I think your mate has made a mistake, Don.”
“Did Maria tell you to say this to me?”
“No one tells me what to say and think, Don. Look, why don’t I call Henry and ask him to join us for a coffee. If you meet the guy you might see how harmless he is.”
“I’d be embarrassed.”
“He doesn’t have to know why we have called him. It might put a different perspective on it for you. As I say he likes to flirt and he probably does get a little bit on the side occasionally. A lot of guys do but it is all harmless stuff.”
“You think he might have, you know, slept with Maria then.”
“I’m not saying that Don. All I’m saying is that Henry and his wife are very close. She knows he flirts with the ladies occasionally but she knows no matter what he will always come home to her. Henry is one of those occupational flirts. He regularly flirts with my wife Irene but it has no meaning. It certainly is not serious enough for me to throw my marriage away for.”
“You’re Irene’s husband, That’s right, Maria and Irene are best mates. Marie told me you were a good husband to her friend Irene.”
“Yes, that’s me, Don. Now, do you want to meet Henry?”
“I don’t think I need to. I should catch up to Maria and apologize to her.”
“Okay, I know where she will be. She’ll either be with Irene or at my house. I told Irene to give her the keys to the house if she had to go out.”
Oscar headed home. When they entered the house Maria and Irene were seated at the kitchen table drinking coffee. Oscar hesitated a little at the door to let Don go ahead of him.
“Can I talk to you, Maria?”
“Yes. I’m listening.”
“I thought we might talk privately.”
“These are my friends. You can talk in front of them. I trust Oscar and Irene.”
“Okay, I’ve come to say I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have accused you the way I did.”
“No, you didn’t have any right given you are doing what you accused me of.”
“What!”
“I’m not a fool, Don. I do your washing. I know the smell of a woman’s pussy. I know that you have been having affairs for a long time, years in fact but even though I knew I never once accused you of it.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t want to hurt you.”
“Well, you did hurt me. You hurt me a lot over a very long time, so much that I decided to see how you liked it. I set you up to believe that I was cheating on you.”
“You set me up?”
“Yes, I knew that your friend hated Henry so I made sure that he saw me going to Henry’s place at night when you were at work. He did exactly as we wanted him to, the rat. He ran to you to tell you I was cheating on you. The disappointing part, Don is that you didn’t have the common decency to sit and listen to me even though you had cheated on me for years.”
“I’m sorry. Come home with me, honey.”
“You expect me to go back to sitting at home waiting for you to come home to me after you have been fucking your bitch, don’t you? You expect me to go back to washing your clothes smelling of her pussy. It’s not going to happen, Don. Either it is me or it’s your little bitch or maybe both of us together but things have to change. Now you go home and think about it because for me to come home something definitely has to change.”
Don looked at her for a while before he asked, “What do you mean by both of us together?”
“I know she must mean a lot to you, Don because you have been having an affair with her for three years that I know of. I must mean something to you as well otherwise you would have left me before now. So what I’m saying is that if you are not willing to give her up then perhaps the three of us can come together under the same roof.”
“You would do that for me?”
“Yes, I would but there would be some conditions.”
“What conditions?”
“You no longer have sex with me so if that continues then I want to take a lover.”
“I wouldn’t like that.”
“That’s fine because you can prevent it. It’ll be up to you.”
“I don’t follow?”
“Well. If you make love to me often enough then I wouldn’t need a lover, would I?”
“I see. Do you think it would work?”
“I know it would. Your girlfriend doesn’t know who I am but her and I have become friends over the last eighteen months.”
“You’ve met Rosie?”
“Yes, we’ve been going out to movies and meeting for coffees. You have good taste. She’s a wonderful person. I can see why you like her. I do too. I think the three of us would be happy together.”
“I don’t think she would like the idea of moving in with us. I don’t know if it would work.”
“It’ll work. She feels guilty about you cheating on your wife. She told me. She also told me that she wished she could meet your wife. I told her that I knew you and for her to leave it with me and I’d see what I could arrange.”
“That thing with that Henry fellow, were you sleeping with him?”
“That’s a question that will remain unanswered for now because I don’t think you have the right to ask it. What I will tell you is that Henry worked with me to let you think I was sleeping with him. He and his wife, Donna are good friends of mine.”
Don turned towards Oscar, “Were you in on this as well?”
“I’m learning about it at the same time as you. I was asked to get you together with Maria so that she could talk to you. That was the first that I knew about anything. I plead not guilty.”
“Thanks Oscar. I owe you one.”
“I’ll remember. One day I might call on you for support. We all need help sometimes.”
Don and Maria left. Irene walked Don to Maria’s car but Maria hung back. Once Don and Irene were out of sight Maria grabbed Oscar and kissed him. Oscar was shocked by the amount of tongue she used.
“I owe you one as well and I always pay my debts.”
“Come on, Maria. You know that I won’t cheat on Irene.”
“One day you will and I’ll be there for you. I’ve talked to Irene and she said if you wanted to it was okay with her.”
“It’s not going to happen, Maria.”
Part 2 follows
Life went on. Irene and Oscar talked regularly about the possibility of Irene taking a lover but neither of them did anything about it. Henry stayed clear of Irene. Donna had made sure that he understood that if he interfered with Irene and Oscar’s relationship then he was going to answer to her. Henry knew not to cross Donna.
Maria regularly visited Irene and Oscar. Whenever they were together Maria showed Oscar a lot of attention. It didn’t worry Irene, not because she trusted Maria but because she knew that no matter how hard Maria tried Oscar would continue to say a firm no to her. As a result instead of Maria and Oscar becoming lovers they become very close friends.
Maria occasionally spent a night with Donna and with Henry either when her husband was away or when he was working night shift. Then one day Maria came to see Oscar on a Saturday while Irene was out shopping. Oscar was shocked when he saw Maria at the door.
“What are you doing here Maria? Irene is out shopping.”
“I know. I need your help.”
“If this is your way of trying to get me into bed, Maria I will have to cut off our friendship.”
“I know that you are not going to make love to me. No this is more important than that.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Don is leaving me. He knows.”
“How can I help?”
“I was hoping you might talk to him for me. He won’t discuss it with me.”
“I doubt that he will talk to me either. He probably thinks we are lovers but I’ll try. You stay here. I’ll be back after I’ve talked to him.”
Oscar drove across to Maria’s house. He parked in the drive way behind Don’s car. As he climbed out Don came down the driveway towards him.
“You’re Irene’s husband aren’t you? What the fuck do you want?”
“Irene told me that you and Maria were splitting up. I thought you might like a hand or maybe someone to talk to.”
“You don’t know me. Why would you want to help me?”
“Maria is worried about you. She asked Irene to get me to come over to offer you some support.”
“She didn’t worry about me when she was off fucking other men, did she? Why would she be worried now?”
“I don’t know anything about her private business. I just know she is worried sick about you now. Do you think we could go somewhere private to have a cup of coffee or something, somewhere that we can talk without the neighbors listening?”
“I guess so. I don’t know what to do. I just can’t believe it. This shit shouldn’t be happening!”
“Come on. Get in my car and we’ll go to a coffee house.”
Don got into the car. Tears were running down his cheeks. They rode in silence for a while then he said, “She’s been fucking someone while I’ve been working.”
“Has she? Did you catch her?”
“No, one of the guys that I work with told me she has been going across to a swinger’s house while I’ve been working.”
“So he saw them having sex, did he?”
“No but he said that all the people who go there get together for sex. She wouldn’t be there if she wasn’t having sex.”
“Where is this place? Who are the people?”
“It’s at number 6 Chestnut Place.”
“What! That’s the address of one of my work mates. Are you telling me that Henry is a swinger and he holds swinger’s parties?”
“That’s what this guy said.”
“Damn, you learn new things every day. Henry’s a good bloke. We have a few drinks together every Saturday evening.”
“You know him well then?”
“I know him very well. I’ve known him for ten years. He is a bit of a flirt but it’s all harmless stuff. Most of us men like to show the ladies that we’re interested. You know what I mean. I think your mate has made a mistake, Don.”
“Did Maria tell you to say this to me?”
“No one tells me what to say and think, Don. Look, why don’t I call Henry and ask him to join us for a coffee. If you meet the guy you might see how harmless he is.”
“I’d be embarrassed.”
“He doesn’t have to know why we have called him. It might put a different perspective on it for you. As I say he likes to flirt and he probably does get a little bit on the side occasionally. A lot of guys do but it is all harmless stuff.”
“You think he might have, you know, slept with Maria then.”
“I’m not saying that Don. All I’m saying is that Henry and his wife are very close. She knows he flirts with the ladies occasionally but she knows no matter what he will always come home to her. Henry is one of those occupational flirts. He regularly flirts with my wife Irene but it has no meaning. It certainly is not serious enough for me to throw my marriage away for.”
“You’re Irene’s husband, That’s right, Maria and Irene are best mates. Marie told me you were a good husband to her friend Irene.”
“Yes, that’s me, Don. Now, do you want to meet Henry?”
“I don’t think I need to. I should catch up to Maria and apologize to her.”
“Okay, I know where she will be. She’ll either be with Irene or at my house. I told Irene to give her the keys to the house if she had to go out.”
Oscar headed home. When they entered the house Maria and Irene were seated at the kitchen table drinking coffee. Oscar hesitated a little at the door to let Don go ahead of him.
“Can I talk to you, Maria?”
“Yes. I’m listening.”
“I thought we might talk privately.”
“These are my friends. You can talk in front of them. I trust Oscar and Irene.”
“Okay, I’ve come to say I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have accused you the way I did.”
“No, you didn’t have any right given you are doing what you accused me of.”
“What!”
“I’m not a fool, Don. I do your washing. I know the smell of a woman’s pussy. I know that you have been having affairs for a long time, years in fact but even though I knew I never once accused you of it.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t want to hurt you.”
“Well, you did hurt me. You hurt me a lot over a very long time, so much that I decided to see how you liked it. I set you up to believe that I was cheating on you.”
“You set me up?”
“Yes, I knew that your friend hated Henry so I made sure that he saw me going to Henry’s place at night when you were at work. He did exactly as we wanted him to, the rat. He ran to you to tell you I was cheating on you. The disappointing part, Don is that you didn’t have the common decency to sit and listen to me even though you had cheated on me for years.”
“I’m sorry. Come home with me, honey.”
“You expect me to go back to sitting at home waiting for you to come home to me after you have been fucking your bitch, don’t you? You expect me to go back to washing your clothes smelling of her pussy. It’s not going to happen, Don. Either it is me or it’s your little bitch or maybe both of us together but things have to change. Now you go home and think about it because for me to come home something definitely has to change.”
Don looked at her for a while before he asked, “What do you mean by both of us together?”
“I know she must mean a lot to you, Don because you have been having an affair with her for three years that I know of. I must mean something to you as well otherwise you would have left me before now. So what I’m saying is that if you are not willing to give her up then perhaps the three of us can come together under the same roof.”
“You would do that for me?”
“Yes, I would but there would be some conditions.”
“What conditions?”
“You no longer have sex with me so if that continues then I want to take a lover.”
“I wouldn’t like that.”
“That’s fine because you can prevent it. It’ll be up to you.”
“I don’t follow?”
“Well. If you make love to me often enough then I wouldn’t need a lover, would I?”
“I see. Do you think it would work?”
“I know it would. Your girlfriend doesn’t know who I am but her and I have become friends over the last eighteen months.”
“You’ve met Rosie?”
“Yes, we’ve been going out to movies and meeting for coffees. You have good taste. She’s a wonderful person. I can see why you like her. I do too. I think the three of us would be happy together.”
“I don’t think she would like the idea of moving in with us. I don’t know if it would work.”
“It’ll work. She feels guilty about you cheating on your wife. She told me. She also told me that she wished she could meet your wife. I told her that I knew you and for her to leave it with me and I’d see what I could arrange.”
“That thing with that Henry fellow, were you sleeping with him?”
“That’s a question that will remain unanswered for now because I don’t think you have the right to ask it. What I will tell you is that Henry worked with me to let you think I was sleeping with him. He and his wife, Donna are good friends of mine.”
Don turned towards Oscar, “Were you in on this as well?”
“I’m learning about it at the same time as you. I was asked to get you together with Maria so that she could talk to you. That was the first that I knew about anything. I plead not guilty.”
“Thanks Oscar. I owe you one.”
“I’ll remember. One day I might call on you for support. We all need help sometimes.”
Don and Maria left. Irene walked Don to Maria’s car but Maria hung back. Once Don and Irene were out of sight Maria grabbed Oscar and kissed him. Oscar was shocked by the amount of tongue she used.
“I owe you one as well and I always pay my debts.”
“Come on, Maria. You know that I won’t cheat on Irene.”
“One day you will and I’ll be there for you. I’ve talked to Irene and she said if you wanted to it was okay with her.”
“It’s not going to happen, Maria.”
Part 2 follows