Breaking the housewife : Ch10 - Epilogue

Jeff stepped out of the shower, wiping himself down with his still damp towel.

“Okay honey, this time I made sure I'm clean!” He called out to Sandra.

“That's nice dear.” She replied.

Stepping out of the bathroom, Jeff found Sandra right where he'd left her. On the bed with her head buried in her phone like some newly lovestruck teenager. She's been more focused on that black rectangle than him ever since she finally got home.

“Who are you talking to?” Jeff asked. He hadn't expected her to still be texting after coming out of his second shower in a row. He was excited to finally get his ‘special’ birthday gift, but if there was something emergency she was dealing with…

“Julia.” She said, not taking her eyes off the phone. She stifled a smile as she read a message, and that at least made Jeff worry less.

“From nextdoor?” He asked. “I thought you said she was a deadbeat?”

Sandra rolled her eyes. Probably at a message on her phone and not at him. His wife wouldn't treat him so disrespectfully.

“That was before I really got to know her.” She told him. “She caught- uhh, found me helping Mikey. We had a very long, very enlightening conversation after that. She even helped Mikey take a few pictures of me…”

“So that's why you were gone for so long?” Jeff had been wondering about that. He couldn't imagine Sandra spending hours alone just with Mikey. That sounded more like a nightmare for her. At least someone was there with her while she… helped Mikey with his photography homework, Jeff guessed?

Drying off as best he could, Jeff slid into bed next to Sandra. Waiting for her to finish up on the phone so they could have their time together.

“I made sure I was clean.” Jeff repeated himself. “I scrubbed hard enough to make my… ‘balls’ ache… just like you said.”

Sandra had come home and demanded Jeff take a shower before she'd even think about giving him his gift. Right after finishing up that one, she told him it wasn't good enough and sent him back in again.

Jeff could understand her wanting him to be clean for this, but it seemed a little excessive. Especially considering her own smell right now. He didn't want to mention it, that would be impolite, but something horrible smelling must have rubbed off on her over at Mikey's place.

“That's great, but I'm too tired now.” She told him. “Maybe we just wait until next year?” Okay?”

“Of course dear…” Jeff couldn't hide his disappointment, but he knew he was on thin ice. It wasn't something Sandra enjoyed at the best of times anyways, and after spending a day with Mikey there was no way Sandra would be in the mood for anything like that.

“By the way…” Sandra put down the phone, biting her lip as she looked out towards their window. Towards Mikey's house. “I'll be staying over at theirs for a month soon… Mikey needs a babysitter.”

“Babysitter?” Jeff chuffed. “Isn't he too old for that?”

“Well he's a very special boy with very special needs.” Sandra mused. Staring out the window with a warmth Jeff had never seen before.

“And it takes a special kind of girl to satisfy that need…”