I noticed you. All men do, and you don’t even realize it. You’re the wife of the HOA president, who just happens to be exactly what all HOA presidents are: a fucking asshole. At the last meeting, you sat behind him…where you always sit.
He put up a PowerPoint, because he’s the HOA president and they love PowerPoints. His number was on it. The architectural committee chair’s number, and yours as the social committee lead. As he mentioned your name he gave one of those officious directional nods in your direction without actually acknowledging you.
I was amused. I watched for your reaction and there was none. Your number was on the screen. My wife was babbling to the woman next to her. Your hair was in a bun, one of those messy buns. A strand fell across your left temple. You were wearing a sundress and I had my phone out.
“You need to pay attention to what your husband is saying. He’s. Very. Important.”
Send.
I waited. Watched you. You glanced at your lap and the corner of your mouth curled upward. Your hands moved. The little dots in the text box did their thing.