“I have to tell you something.” I knew it wasn’t gonna be good. I could tell she was scared, full of emotion. I settled in for something terrible.
“I cheated on you. I had oral sex with someone else.” It hit like a brick thrown into my stomach.
“What do you mean? With who? What happened?” I stumbled out, wanting and not wanting more information. I had a pit in my stomach now. This was every husband’s nightmare.
“I had-I gave oral sex to some guy.”
“Some guy? What?”
“It was a mistake. It was a one-time thing-“
“Stop. Tell me exactly what happened.”
“It was at the hairdresser…” I crinkled my forehead, terrified my life as I knew it was over. “You know how I like my hair touched. Well, this guy, this random younger guy, was washing my hair. I had my eyes closed and I wasn’t aware of what I was doing. I thought maybe I was dreaming, but I must have spread my legs and had my hand by my crotch and maybe let out a sound of some kind because when he was finished and I got to the chair, Sarah said, ‘Looks like you really enjoyed that.’ I was embarrassed, but tried to play it off. ‘He’s just helping out while my shampoo girl has her baby. This is my boyfriend, Brad.’”