A few people drifted in but I didn’t see anyone interesting. I was just finishing my third martini and thinking about going home when a guy came in, sat beside me and ordered a double bourbon on the rocks. He looked sad and like he needed to talk to someone, so I ordered another drink and we began to talk as strangers in bars sometime do. After a couple more bourbons he told me the story that was on his mind.
Strangers in bars often share personal stories about things that trouble them, things they would never discuss with family or friends. He told me that he was married for five years and still madly in love with his wife, but that he had to work some things out in his mind. He spoke about finding something out that rocked him to his core. He told me that his wife had gone out last week with her girlfriends and didn’t get home until the next morning. He said that she cried as she told him how much she truly loved him, but that she had something to confess and prayed that it wouldn’t ruin their marriage.
She had met a man who was very charming and told her how beautiful she was as they danced and had drinks together. She is a lightweight drinker and must have been drunk because she reacted to his advances in ways she had never done before. She found herself getting wet when he touched her intimately and she didn’t try to stop him as he seduced her. The more he caressed her and whispered sweet things in her ear as he lightly kissed her, the more she felt her passion flare and go out of control. When his hand moved under her dress to caress her breasts and then down to the core of her womanhood, she kissed him back breathlessly. When her friends wanted to go home, she told them to go without her. She could not believe what she was doing.
At that point, my new barroom friend pulled out his wallet and showed me her picture. I agreed, she was a very pretty woman. He looked at the photo lovingly as he continued talking. He told me how his heart was racing as she told him more about her evening with a handsome stranger.