Mary and Her Lovers -- Part V
Old Friends and Old Flings
The next day I did not receive our usual lunchtime phone call from Mary. I shrugged it off, thinking she probably called Jason to catch up and figure out where they would be meeting. Later, on the drive home I got a call from her.
"Honey, I'm going straight to Jason's after work." Mary said.
"To Jason's; like his house?" I asked her.
"Yea" she answered. "He is not handling the whole divorce thing very well, so asked me to come over and chat with him. Besides, it'd be nice to catch up; I haven't seen him in years."
"So, you're telling me you're going to see an ex of yours for a strictly platonic 'talk'" I asked.
She gave a slight laugh. "I guess. Well, I'm at his house now; I'll call you when I'm done." She said hanging up the phone.
I entered the house and got a quick thought. I should call Dennis; I have not talked to him in a while. I will see if he wants to hang out tonight since Mary was going to Jason's. I went over to the couch and called him.
"Hey Dennis, its Ray" I said as he answered.
"Oh hey; what's up with you, man?"
"Not much" I returned. "You want to hang out tonight?"
"Sure... I do not have any plans. What do you have in mind?" He questioned.
"I don't care. Bar... Bowling... whatever, I just want to get out of the house."
"Alright, bar it is then." He said with a laugh. "Come over in ten?" He asked.
"Yep, I'll be there... later on, man" I said hanging up the phone. It would be good to hang out with Dennis again, I have not seen him as much as I used to since Mary and I got married. He had three wives since Mary and I got together, and never seems to find one that sticks. But, we've been friends since middle school and even though we seem to lose touch over the years, we always pick up right where we left off.
On the drive to the bar, I started thinking about Jason, and wondered if he and Mary would have sex. There were many implications between the two, but she did seem very eager to accept her newfound license to cheat, as she referred to it. They have had sex in the past, albeit years ago, but still I wondered. He always had a way with her, that guy must have had a hell of a 'mouthpiece', especially if the sex wasn't above average.
I walked into the bar and saw Dennis already sitting on a stool with a beer in hand. "About time, man" he said as I approached. "Mary let you out tonight" he jokingly asked me.
"Ha ha," I said back. "Yea, she went out with an old friend. This got me thinking to call you to see if you wanted to hang out."
"Oh, that's cool" he said as I sat at the stool next to him. "What are you drinking?"
"Scotch on the rocks, as usual." I said.
He motioned his hand to the bartender. "You heard the man, hook it up George." He said. This is the bar we used to hang out; before life sent us in different directions and was the first bar I legally drank in. Dennis was about five years older than I was, and used to buy me alcohol before I turned twenty-one, he always acted like a big brother to me.
I got my drink, took a sip and slouched over the bar. "So, Mary's fucking some guy." I said.
He took a sip of his beer and raised his eyebrows. "Oh yea?" he questioned. "Did she tell you this?"
"Well, I was kind of there, when she did." I said.