After brunch and saying goodbye to Yara, we drove home on Sunday. Amy seemed energetic and basically talked the entire trip home. She filled me in on Yara's life story. I'll take a few paragraphs here to explain.
Yara had to return to her home after her freshman year to marry. According to her culture and family background, Yara's father had a legal contract, and Yara had to fulfill it. Her husband's family came from an influential, wealthy background and dealt with antiquities and politics.
During the years that Amy and Yara lost touch, Yara had a miscarriage, and the result left her barren. Her husband was killed in an automobile accident three years after they were married.
His family allowed Yara to return to her own family and she found employment with a trading company. Yara remained unmarried and worked her way into assisting the company managers. This allowed her to travel internationally to Europe, most of the Middle East countries, and to the United States.
As a child, Yara's education included learning different languages, aside from the different dialects of her native tongue. She learned the Queen's English, French, Italian and Spanish. This talent opened many doors for her successful life as a single woman in the Middle East.
Her business eventually kept her in the United States often and she set up a permanent home recently. She applied for citizenship and currently waiting for the process to take its course.
OK, now that's out of the way. I mentioned that I expected to see Yara become a visitor. According to Amy, Yara would become a frequent guest. I had no problem with this.
Now this story takes a different turn.
One evening, a few weeks after the weekend with Yara, Amy and I were in bed. I was reading over a contract while Amy perused the internet. I had not been paying attention to her, because I had been busy for several days, negotiating a new business opportunity. Amy didn't seem to mind my lack of attention. Sometimes my career caused me to concentrate on it more than the home life. But this time, I had been tied into this opportunity much deeper than usual.
As I was reading, Amy got up to go to the kitchen, and left her laptop on the bed. A message popped up on her screen that caught my eye, and I leaned over to look at it.
I didn't recognize the screen name, but the message read, "Hi, how're things going?" Using a pen, I had beside me, I quickly wrote down the screen name for later.
Amy returned and picked up her laptop. I pretended not to notice her, but I caught a quick smile, and she replied to the message. Their conversation lasted a couple of replies before she logged off the computer and put it away. She leaned over and kissed me goodnight.
The next day, I logged onto the website and looked up the screen name. The profile caught me by surprise, and it included a photograph of the person. It was one of her two friends from that night a few weeks back.
When I arrived home, Amy seemed in a pleasant mood, and I asked her how her day went. She said it was good and she went off to do her usual evening things.
After dinner, I asked Amy if she talked with Yara lately, and she said no. She said they would talk when the weekend came. Then I asked Amy if she had any plans for the weekend. She thought about it, replied no, then asked me if I had any plans. I replied that I had nothing planned other than to relax with the usual Saturday chores.
Amy suggested we go out to one of the casinos and have dinner on Friday night. That sounded good, so I didn't think any more of that idea.
Later, Amy had her laptop in bed and was typing something when I entered the bedroom. I couldn't see what she was doing. When I finished my nightly personal items and returned to get in bed, Amy quickly logged off and put the computer aside.
Friday evening, Amy and I prepared to go out for a seven-thirty dinner. Amy dressed in a sexy black dress, one that had a sheer top and rode mid-thigh. Her black bra barely covered her breasts and exposed a lot of cleavage. I didn't recall her owning this dress, so I assumed she bought this when we were out of town visiting Yara. Amy's dress meant business this night.
After we had dinner, Amy wanted to hang around the casino for a while. We hit the slot machines to start, and Amy got on a winning streak. A cocktail waitress dropped by, offering Amy and I drinks.
When we stopped playing, Amy was up three hundred. We moved to a bar and found a couple of bar stools to sit. I ordered another round, then excused myself to the men's room. By this time, I had several drinks in me.
When I left the men's room, I glanced at Amy. She was alone and wasn't looking in my direction. I decided to mingle in the crowd and observe her. Amy looked once or twice towards the men's room, but she didn't see me near some slot machines.
Soon, a guy approached her. Her smile convinced me she knew the guy. When he turned so I could see his face, I knew who he was.
I moved to a different spot and remained to observe Amy and her friend. From my vantage point, Amy couldn't see me, but her friend could, but he didn't who I was. I was some ordinary Joe by a slot machine, if he saw me at all.
When he sat down on the bar stool next to Amy, I noticed Amy and the guy began to touch each other during their conversation. I could see that she was enjoying their chat.
OK, we all know that when people touch each other in conversations, they're having more than verbal conversations. First, they were tapping each other on their shoulder or arms, while laughing or agreeing about something. Then Amy's friend became bold and began touching Amy's leg.
After I saw him touch Amy's leg and thigh a few times, it was time to return. I may have been a little loaded from the drinks, but I knew what was happening. I approached them from Amy's blind side as she was chatting. She didn't notice me, but her friend looked at me when I got next to Amy.
I said, "Hi, what's up?"
Amy quickly turned and her face flushed.
She quickly said, "Dear, this is Anton."
I nodded and asked Amy if she was OK. She didn't answer that question. She asked where I had been, diverting the subject.
I replied, "The men's room was a bit crowded. When I left it, I went to check out the nearby blackjack tables for a moment."
Amy's friend was standing there, apparently uneasy with me. I asked Amy if she wanted another drink, but she declined. I ordered myself one and asked Anton if he wanted something. As he declined, I noticed he couldn't hide his surprise from my question.
When I got my drink, I told Amy I wanted to check out the lounge and she said OK.
Amy looked at Anton briefly as she stood. As I turned to walk away, I caught him nodding at Amy. Amy had a game lining up.
The lounge had loud dance music, but I wasn't going to dance. Amy was swaying and seemed a bit disappointed when I said I didn't want to dance. She excused herself to the ladies’ room, and I noticed Anton enter the lounge.
When Amy returned, I told her, "Your friend is in here."
Amy looked around and spotted him. I tapped her on the arm, "Do you have something in mind?"
Amy looked at me for a moment, "I am interested, but I want you to approve."
I figured as much, so I asked, "What would you like to do? Be honest and tell me."
"Anton was one of the guys," she said.
I knew that, but I didn't say anything, just nodded. I remembered after our trip to New Orleans, Amy admitted interracial sex was interesting. I read somewhere, that once some women go black, they want more.
I suppose it was from all the drinks inside of me that emboldened me, I said, "So, do you to be alone with him?"
Amy seemed stunned by my question, then replied, "What do you want to do?"