Truth Or Dare »
On Jun 27, 2009 in Cheating Wives | 0 Comments
It was around eleven o’clock and the party was progressing well when, in the middle of “Truth or Dare,” Steven Anderson urged his wife to confess the worst thing she had ever done, and she announced she had been unfaithful to him.
There’s a context, a background. There always is. Bonnie wasn’t just being bitchy. She had been drinking. Well, who hadn’t? They were all celebrating the season and the end of the semester. There’s more. She hadn’t been feeling well. There was this persistent chill and a vague malaise in her shoulders. It was almost bad enough to make her miss the party. She thought she might be coming down with something, but Steven had insisted they go.
Then there was the game. They were playing “Truth or Dare” to remind themselves of when they had been kids. The game and the alcohol helped Bonnie a little, but there was a kicker, that she was angry with Steven. Oh, not terribly angry. Just doing a slow burn. (Steve, stop grandstanding! Just be quiet for a change!) He was expounding on the Iraqi war and on global warming, on the worthlessness of their students, on everything in general, being terribly overbearing, finally telling anyone who would listen that the worst thing Bonnie could ever have done was burn a roast.
People were laughing and tossing one-liners, trading urban legends and cutting each other off. They were reaching across to the coffee table to snag nuts or candy or other hors d’oeuvres, sometimes spilling a little wine or whiskey. The small fireplace put a smoky smell into the air, and those sitting close by were ruddy from the flame, even Bonnie, who was trying to draw some warmth from it. Everyone else seemed to be having a wonderful time.
Just before her turn at the game, Bonnie saw Will Jeffries kiss Dina Mclock under the mistletoe. This wasn’t surprising, given all the teasing and flirting that was going on, but it was far too long a kiss, and he had one hand on her waist and the other at her cheek, in a way that was. He whispered something to her. It was obvious, and indiscreet, but no one else noticed. Allison Jeffries was in the middle of the urban legends group. Roger Mclock was three-quarters drunk, staring into the fire and occasionally looking up to howl at the end of a story. Read the rest








