I was asked a while back to write about the housewives of McKinney, Texas, an upscale bedroom community north of Dallas. I declined to write about the ladies, my close friends, out of fear that I might be discovered. I was assured that if I didn’t give their true names, no one would know. Still. I was hesitant to write anything because, you know, ladies talk.
Then one of our group members decided she would start chronicling our discussions, so to beat her to the punch, I decided I’d write down our stories, often retold with great excitement every Monday when we meet at a local Starbucks.
There are five of us, Jane, Roxanne, Emily, Joanne and me, who shall remain nameless, for now. We all met on-line in a social media group and over a period of several months, we had many great discussions, so someone suggested we meet up in person. When we got together, it was as though we were all, already, good friends, having chatted and posting notes to one another in a social media chat, for several months. We knew the names of each other’s husbands, and their quirks, and the names of our kids and the schools they attended.
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We had decided to tell stories about our experiences with men who were not white. No one really wanted to go first, but Joanne couldn’t wait to tell us about her secret affair with Jose, her Mexican landscaper, which in turn prompted to me to make a personal inquiry of Joanne to see if said landscaper was still around. Lucky for me he was, and Joann was more than willing to set me up with him.
So, on an appointed day, I prepared myself for an escape. The night before, I shaved and when I say I shaved, I shaved everything and when I say everything, even I shaved downstairs as well. I hadn’t done that in years and it was kind of erotic feeling the bareness in that special place.
The next morning, after getting the kids off to school, I slipped into some skin-tight leotards, sans panties and a pull over t-shirt, sans bra. I brushed back my hair and applied some lightly toned lipstick, just enough to insure one of my better accoutrements would be noticed. I called Joanne to make sure we were still on.
I was giddy with excitement at the thought of hooking up with someone other than my husband, not that Rick was a bad husband, but sex with him had become old and traditional. I wanted, dare I say it, but I craved something different.
Joanne was a perfect hostess. I was a little surprised when she answered the door still clad in her nightie and a short robe tied at the waist. Obviously, I was way over-dressed. Joanne proffered a wink and a hug and told me that I looked sexy. She led me out to the patio, where she had a table set up for two, for a breakfast.
“Wait here,” she said, “Let me grab our breakfast.”
The backyard looked like something out of Better Homes and Gardens. Joanne reappeared with two glasses of orange juice in hand and a young Hispanic guy, followed her, clad in some very sexy tight jeans. He was shirtless and he carried a tray with two plates on it. Oh my.
“Buenos dias,” he said in Spanish as he sat the tray down on the table. Joanne sat the glasses on the table and said, “I’ll be back in a bit. This is Jose. He’s going to share his breakfast with you.”
I looked at Jose and he nodded his head, as he took up a seat across the table from me. Damn.
Jose looked to be in his mid-to-late twenties. He was charmingly handsome, with jet black hair and – oh my God- those biceps and pectorals just screamed out, to be touched. Deep breath and exhale.
Jose didn’t say anything as he sat down. It was an awkward moment. Finally, I got up the nerve to ask him if he spoke English.
“Poquito,” he replied, adding in a thick accent, “I understand more than I can speak.”
As we spoke, Jose nervously downed the scrambled eggs and sausage in front of us. I asked where he was from and he said “San Luis.” I understood Saint Louis, as in Missouri, but he explained he was from a town in Mexico, not Missouri. Dummy me.
I asked him if he liked American women.
“Si,” he responded in Spanish.
I brushed back my hair over my shoulder with my hand and asked him if he found me attractive. I was nervous as hell.
“Yes,” he replied in English. “I love American women.”
Our conversation was rather light. He said he had been working as a landscaper for about ten years. His family was still in Mexico. He had a daughter, Silvia, who was ix years old.
“She is with her mother in Mexico,” Jose said, fishing out a photo from his billfold to show me. I asked him about the mother in the photo.
“She was a mistake,” Jose said. “I love my Silvia, but her mother is a beach.” I’m pretty sure he meant “bitch”, but he said “beach”.
“Women can be a bitch," I noted.
“You are no beach,” Jose replied, “You are beautiful.”
I loved his thick accent. I asked him where his shirt was, since he was sitting there shirtless.
“Joanne,” Jose said, “she took my shirt from me. She said it was dirty and needed to be washed.”
I placed my hand under my chin and looked straight into his brown eyes.
“Do you like Joanne?” I asked.
“Yes,” he replied. “She takes good care of me.”
“I can take good care of you as well,” I replied.
Joe smiled. He stood up and repositioned himself, right in front of me, staring down at me, his arms crossed across is bare chest. He cocked his head to the side and asked,
“How would you take care of me?”
I sat forward in the edge of the chair and motioned for him to step closer to where I was seated. I reached out and silently guided him between my parted legs. I could see that he had a good start on a massive erection by the size if the bulge in his jeans.