And they also arranged a secret affair at her parents’ house when she was out of town.
“Nick met me at their house. He pounced on me while I watched the steady flame hissing in the electric fireplace,” she wrote. “Then we took a bath, washed each other’s hair at the same time, and had sex again on my parents’ futon. He looked deep into my eyes, moved on top of me, and said, ‘You’re going to want to cut the brakes on your boyfriend’s car.’
But when 42-year-old Jack finally returns home from tour, Lena finds herself returning to her old life. She detailed that after meeting Nick one more time, she crawled into bed with him, hoping that this fling would somehow help mend their broken relationship.
“I tried to calm the pure fear by telling myself I was finally home after a bad dream,” she wrote. “I straightened myself out and proved I could be the volatile, sexy, active young woman he fell in love with. I exorcised the demon. In a way, I fucked Nick for us, to make the house a home again. Everything would be better now. I fell asleep to the rhythm of Jack’s breathing, as I had done for almost six years.”
