Checks and Messages

Perhaps it was wrong, but at this point, John just couldn’t help himself. He knew the to Mandy’s phone and while he’d normally respected her privacy, or at least tried to… he just couldn’t help it this day. She had never come home like this before.

The message was from… Eric? Eric Stoltz? It had to be. That fucker. That fucking motherfucker!

Flipping to the messages, John opened it up. Mandy was so drunk, that when she woke up, she’d probably just think it was her who had opened them. And, if John needed to respond… well… he’d have to do it in a way that she’d think it was her…

He almost felt his heart drop when he read the messages:

Eric: “Hey baby”

Eric: “I had a great time”

Eric: “We should repeat it soon”

John quickly checked the number keyed to the name Eric. Yeah. That was it. Eric Stoltz. His boss. His boss who was now sending flirty messages to his fiancee. It made John feel like marching down to Eric’s house and crushing his head through drywall. But he couldn’t. If his time with Mandy meant anything, if she meant anything to him, then he would control his anger. He’d put so much effort into doing so for him that to just lose control off of some drunken texts would shatter their relationship completely.

He felt his heart stop for a second as he wondered if he should respond. He knew Mandy didn’t fuck Eric. He didn’t know how he knew, just knew… but he felt a beast inside of him. He couldn’t stop himself. He couldn’t wait for morning, for her to be sober. He had to know what she did with Eric.

He never really told Mandy, but Eric was a bit of a womanizer around the office. The only two girls he was ever really even generous toward were his nieces, two sweet teenage girls in their final year of high school. John was certain that his secretary Claudia was with Eric as well as a few married women around the office.

He had to type back. Eric knew he was getting married. He knew that Mandy would be a target of his, even if she didn’t. He had to message back as Mandy.

Mandy: lol

Mandy: what part??

Eric: U know what I mean

Eric: I learned a lot shopping with u

Eric: I hope Tina and Christina enjoy what I go

Tina and Christina? Those were the names of Eric’s nieces? Had they gone shopping with each other? Right… the two turned eighteen about a month ago. Eric was throwing a vaunted belated birthday party for them in about a week. But… how had Mandy been the one to go shopping with him? They had only met at office parties.

Eric: Anyway, did u give thought to my job offer?

Job offer? What the fuck? Did he want her to work at the same office as him? Oh fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!

Mandy: I have to talk with John

Eric: Don’t wait too long

Eric: I’d love to see ur big ass at the office

Eric: gnight

What? John really didn’t know how to process any of this. He put the phone down by Mandy’s hand. When she woke, she’d probably think that she texted Eric him before she blacked out. Hopefully she’d think that. But it was the stuff that Eric said.

Favourite part? Job offer? Big ass? John was left dazed and confused with questions and he had no idea what he could even say to Mandy in the morning.