Chapter 3: Getting Help

Ty muddled through the next two days in a blur. He rose, ate, and did odd jobs around the house, including unpacking his suitcase and doing laundry. But he felt like he was a dream-state. Not really sure reality was real. By the time it got dark on Sunday night he found himself sitting outside by the pool with a fresh bottle of tequila and an unlit cigar. Before he could unwrap the cigar he saw the gate slowly open and heard Dana’s voice as she called out.

“Ty, you there?”

“Yeah, just came outside. C’mon in.”

Dana took a circuitous route to a seat as she veered by the hot tub and stuck her hand in the water to test the temperature.

“Oh,” she exclaimed. “I did not expect it to be that warm.”

Ty looked in her direction and said, “Yeah, it’s on a timer. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights the temp automatically gets bumped up to 102. You should have brought a suit.”

Dana shocks Ty with her reply. “I don’t need a suit, but I do a need a glass of whatever you’re drinking – tequila again?” With that Dana steps out of her sandals, reaches for the hem of her shirt and in one motions pulls it over her head, followed by an equally fluid tug of her shorts and she is standing naked not more than ten feet from Ty giving him a prolonged view of her body. In the dim light he can see that while she appeared to be flat-chested in her shirt, it was not the case. Her breasts were small, but showed well-defined a-cups with nipples poking out of small areola. She was not shaved, but had a sparse patch of pubic hair over her well-toned legs.

“Go get me a glass and then join me,” she says as she slowly slides into the water. “Don’t worry, I’m not going to fuck you, but my guess is you have walked around the house in a daze all day, and it would be good for you to talk.”

Ty rose without speaking, got a fresh glass from the kitchen, and returned to his chair where the tequila sat. He poured a healthy shot into the glass and took it to Dana. As he handed her the drink he got another good view of her breast as she reached for the glass.

Ty returned to his chair to retrieve his drink and unopened cigar. He placed them on the edge of the hot tub and then pulled his shirt over his head and let it drop next to his drink. He took a moment and made eye contract with Dana then slowly pulled his shorts and underwear off, then stood his full height giving her an extended look at his goods. He wasn’t erect, but seeing Dana’s naked body had started the blood flowing and he was presenting well.

Dana gave him a sly smile and raised her glass as a toast.

Ty slid into the water next to Dana, then took his glass and returned the toast. They sat without speaking for several minutes as they both finished their drink. Dana moved first by shifting her body toward Ty and reaching for the bottle. She topped off both of their drinks and then asked Ty, “Are you going to smoke that anytime soon? I love the smell of a good cigar.”

Ty nodded his head and smiled for the first time that day. He reached for the cigar, but then realized the lighter and cutter were inside. He slowly rose giving Dana another good look at his dick, then took long slow strides as he headed to the back door letting her get a look at his backside.

He returned to the water, opened the cigar and went through the process of cutting and lighting it. Dana watched in silence, enjoying the show, and then the heavy aroma that floated her way.

“Ahh, this is great,” she said as she let her ass slide to the edge of the seat and her legs float to the surface. “Oh, shit, I’m sorry. This isn’t great, but...”

Ty cut her off. “I know what you mean. The moment is good, but...”

They again sat in silence for several minutes. Dana finally brought up the obvious.

“So how are you doing today? Did you hear from your wife?”

Ty shook his side-to-side. “No. Did you hear from your husband?”

Dana said, “Not directly, but his brother did call. That’s where he went. Ended up drinking himself sick last night and has spent most of the day nursing a hangover. He knows this was the last straw and I’ll never take him back, and after the fiasco from last time and the mid-nuptial agreement he knows he’s going to lose everything.”

“Mid-nuptial?” asks Ty.

Dana laughs. “That’s what I call it. He’d been unfaithful several times, but time before your wife he was fucking my boss, and when it went sideways I ended up getting fired. I filed for divorce, but he begged me for one more chance. I ended up using the attorney to draft a contract that said he got one more chance, but if he cheated again I’d get everything and he would have no recourse.”

“And he signed it?”

“Yep, poor bastard really didn’t have much of a choice. If I had divorced him then I would have likely gotten most everything anyway, but his begging bought him another year of living off me. Now it’s over.”

Dana again probed about how Ty was doing. He ended up talking non-stop for twenty minutes. He started with a long soliloquy on how much he misses Casper and wants to know what is going on inside her head, but by time he stops talking his anger is flowing freely and he is wishing she would have been killed in some horrible accident. It would be awful for him to go through, and there would be no answer to why it happened, but at least there would be closure and not this open-ended unknowing state of betrayal that he was currently wallowing in.

“Even her wedding ring,” Ty lamented. “Why’d she take it as she walked out of the house?”

“You sound a lot like me the first time. I know it’s a bitch to overcome, and the way your wife has gone completely incommunicado is very strange. Getting better won’t happen overnight, and if you’re like me, it may help if you see someone. I went to a shrink down the street. Lady named Dr. Gomez. She really helped me through the worst part. Last I heard she was not taking new patients, but if you want, I’ll put in a call and see if she’ll make an exception?” Ty indicated that he would be interested in meeting Dr. Gomez.

Dana stood and swung her leg out of the hot tub. “I need to go. As I said yesterday, I have a thumb drive in my shorts.”

Ty also exited the hot tub and said plainly. “I forgot towels.”

“No problem,” said Dana as she reached for her t-shirt and slipped it over her head, followed by her shorts. Her nipples poked proudly through thin material in the cool air as it absorbed the dripping water.

Dana took the thumb drive out of her pocket and placed it next to the lighter. She then took a step and leaned into Ty wrapping her arms around his naked form.

“You’ll be OK. I need to work Monday and Tuesday night, but am free Wednesday. Plan on meeting at 9:30 to 10:00?”

Ty returned the hug and said, “That sounds great. Until Wednesday.”

Dana broke the hug and headed for the rear gate. She did not see the reaction that was quickly becoming obvious after her contact with Ty.

Ty called Dr. Gomez on Monday morning. Due to a cancellation in her schedule he was able to make an appointment to see her Tuesday afternoon. He wasn’t eager to see a shrink, but as the days went by with no word from Casper his concern for her was turning into anger.

At 3:45 on Tuesday Ty closed and locked the front door to his house. The doctor’s office was just over a mile from his and with the temperate weather he decided to walk. He arrive a few minutes early, signed in on the electronic tablet in the waiting room, and then took a seat on the oversize couch in the corner of the room.