This is an edited version of my original story. I want to thank SlaveGirl70 for her great editing.
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"OK. That was pretty good. I need more tenor. Sopranos hold back. Let's start again with measure 173."
Beth, our choir director, brought us through one of our spring concert pieces. This piece was a modern piece written by a Ugandan priest. It had some unusual harmonies, but I was unprepared for lyrics written in Bantu. It was a far stretch from Latin.
We finished the piece, and Beth spoke to the group. "OK, I will see you all here Saturday night for our last rehearsal. Our first concert date is Sunday. Don't forget, men, you will be wearing your red cummerbunds and bowties."
I put my music back in its folder and then into my black book bag. It was 10 pm. It had been another long day. I needed to get up early the next morning for my flight to Chicago. As I approached my BMW, I noticed Tammy standing next to her red Mercedes parked next to mine. Tammy was a soprano and had been in the choir for over twenty years.
"Good night Tammy. See you Saturday." I said, pushing the unlocking button on my key.
I heard not a reply, but a muffled sob.
I stopped reaching for my door. Tammy had her back to me.
"Tammy, are you OK?" I asked.
Again, I heard no reply. She shook her head, yes, but I was not convinced, and I walked over to her.
"Tammy?" I continued.
She turned to me. She did not meet my eyes. She was crying. Tears were still rolling down her face. She wiped them away with the back of her hand.
Tammy was about 50. Very slim. Not much of a chest, I would guess bra size A. She had very nice legs and was very cute with short blond hair. She looked a lot like Meg Ryan at her peak, before her overdose on cosmetic surgery.
"Tammy, what's wrong?" I pressed.
Her head was still bent down, but her eyes lifted to meet mine.
"Steve..." she said quietly, closed her eyes and then burst again into a flood of tears.
I didn't know what to do. I took her and hugged her, as she wept on my shoulder. I could feel her shudder as she continued to cry. She was wearing a lovely delicate perfume. The type that you would not smell unless you were this close.
She surprised me by holding me to her with her arms around my back.
"Tammy, what's the matter?"
"Steve, I can't..." she sobbed uncontrollably. Her sobbing continued for several minutes.
As her sobs began to subside, she took a deep breath. "He left me," she said between small gasps of air.
I resisted the temptation to say, "Who left you?" The answer was obvious, I knew she was married.
I waited for what seemed like 5 minutes. "Let's get you some coffee, OK?"
I loosened my arms, and she pulled gently away. She once again wiped her tears away with her sleeve. She looked up at me with tear-filled eyes and nodded OK.
There was a small cafΓ© across the street from the church. I put my hand on her shoulder and guided her across the street to the cafΓ© entrance. There were outside tables, and it was a pleasant evening, so I moved to a table at the very end of the patio area. There were only two other tables occupied and they were at the other end of the patio. I pulled out the chair for her, and she sat down. I sat down next to her and we waited in silence for the server.
"Two cups of coffee, please," I said to the twenty-something college student with the nose piercing. I thought to myself, isn't nose piercing out of fashion? Tammy avoided my gaze and had taken a napkin and was dabbing her eyes.
After our waiter had returned with our coffees and left, I reached over and took her hand. "Tammy, are you OK?"
She took a sip of coffee and began. "I got home on an earlier flight from my business trip yesterday. On the way back from the airport, I stopped at Michelle's house. Michelle's been my best friend since college. Carl and I have taken trips together with her and her husband. I am godmother to her second oldest child."
She took another sip of coffee and continued. "I had left my iPad at Michelle's house by accident before I left. I normally would have called Carl to let him know I was coming home early but I thought I would surprise him, and besides my cell phone battery was dead." She laughed and smiled briefly, "I am amazed that we ever survived without cell phones." She was beautiful when she smiled like that.
I could see where this was going, and she continued, "Anyway, as I got to Michelle's house I noticed Carl's car in her driveway. I thought to myself that was interesting, but not strange given that we are good friends. Sometimes he helps her out with fixing stuff around the house. Well, I got to the door and was about to ring the doorbell and heard voices. One was Carl's. He was saying "Go on. Take it. Yes, take it! Oh, baby yes, yes give it to me," or something like that.
Tammy looked me directly in the eyes, "I didn't know what to think...what to do. I was shocked at what I might be hearing. The front door was unlocked. I went inside and walked into the front den. Carl was standing naked, and Michelle bent over the couch. Carl was fucking her from behind. I was shocked. I stood there watching in disbelief for what felt like minutes. Michelle finally noticed me standing there and gasped my name. Carl turned to face me with his cock still in Michelle's pussy."
Now, this description shocked me. I had always thought that Tammy was a bit of a prude. She was a Catholic girl school student, a Eucharistic minister, and Sunday school teacher. I didn't know she knew how to use the words "fuck," "cock," and "pussy," much less expected her to have the ability to say them to me.
"Carl finally pulled out of Michelle. I had half expected him now to say, 'this is not what it looks like...' Well, he went on to tell me he was in love with Michelle and it was good I knew it. He was going to leave me. I was shocked. I didn't know what to say."
Tammy then broke down into tears again. I rubbed the top of her hand saying, "He was a jerk. You are better off without him.
She stopped crying and blurted out, "You know what really pissed me off?" There was anger on her face. "He never fucked me like that."