Page 50 of Filthy Commitments
“Hey, Jett!” the sound of a familiar female voice called out.
“Fuck,” I muttered then turned around. “Sandy.”
My old girlfriend was making her way to me. She’d put on the pounds and was followed by a man who was already going bald. “And she is?” Asia whispered.
“My high school girlfriend.”
“Oh, wow!”
“Yeah.”
Sandy was all smiles as she came up to me, demanding a hug and leaving a kiss on my cheek. “Oh, Jett, you look so good.”
“You too, Sandy.” With all the lies I’d be telling that night, what would one more hurt?
“Thanks. This is my husband, Doug. And who’s this?”
I put my arm around Asia. “This is Asia, my wife.”
Asia gave them nods. “Nice to meet you, Sandy, Doug.”
Sandy’s face fell. “I hadn’t heard you got married. When did this happen?”
“At the beginning of summer.” I looked past her and her hubby to see my friends making goofy signs at me. I guess they thought my old girlfriend coming up to me was amusing.
Juveniles.
“Oh, so you two are newlyweds then?” Sandy asked as she smiled. “Well, congrats you guys. Doug and I’ve been married for years. I met him right after high school. We have four kids.” She patted Doug on the back as if he’d done a great job at getting her knocked up so many times. “We just love our family. Doug, take out your cell, show Jett our kids.”
The dutiful husband took out his phone and handed it to me. “Dave, Donald, Davin, and Darla. That’s them there.”
I looked the photo over then handed him his phone back. “Great looking kids you two have there.” I lifted my chin in gesture to my group. “Looks like my buds are calling me. Glad to see you and glad things are going great for you, Sandy.”
“You too, Jett. Nice to meet you, Asia.”
Walking away, I felt relief that was over. “She’s nice.” Asia looked back over her shoulder at Sandy. “What happened to end it?”
“She tried to trap me into marriage by poking holes in my condoms.”
“Oh, shit!” Asia laughed. “Wow. People really do that?”
“She did. Lucky for me I caught on to what she’d done before anything happened that would’ve ruined my life.” I got to the guys I called friends what seemed like a hundred years ago. “Hey, way to help a man out, guys.”
“What?” Josh asked as he laughed. “Sandy ambush you, bro?”
“Yeah, yeah.” I took the punch he handed me as another old friend patted me on the back. “Hey, Todd. How’re things?”
“Like always. They’re going along as good as they can. And you? Is this your wife?” Todd handed her a drink too.
“Oh, yeah. Asia, these are my oldest friends. That’s Josh, this is Todd, those two over there are Larry and Clyde. Guys, meet Asia.”
She smiled at them all. “I bet you have great stories about this guy here. I’m up to hear them all.”
Josh pulled his wife away from the punch bowl and her chatting with the other wives. “This is Tammy, Asia. My wife. She’s been trying to set Jett up for years. But she never came up with anyone as pretty as you are.”
Tammy shook Asia’s hand. “It’s great to meet you, Asia. I don’t know how you managed to get this guy to marry you, but you’re one crafty woman. I couldn’t even get him to date, anyone.”
“Yes, he’s very picky.” Asia ran her arm around me, and I ran mine around her then kissed her cheek.
