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Chapter 2

Keira

Keira was a hardcore Green Bay Packers and Queen fan. She was a divorced woman, been divorced for decades, never had kids, and the whole time the girls have known Keira, they never knew her to be interested in men or dating. She was married many years ago, to her college boyfriend, they were best friends. They did everything together, they enjoyed all the same things, and when they graduated from nursing school, they both landed jobs at the same hospital. They got married and decided they loved being together so much that they didn’t need to ruin it by having kids. Keira loved him and thought she was living the dream. They went on many camping trips, music festivals, and traveled with friends all over the country. They were very adventurous.

One day Keira came home early from work and found her husband in bed with another man, yes, another man, obviously another thing they had in common. It was too bad he couldn’t tell Keira that he liked guys too. The betrayal was devastating and from that point on Keira swore off any idea of trusting another man and vowed she would never date or give her heart away. Love was fake in her eyes, nothing but lies and deceit. It took Keira a while to tell the girls the whole truth about her ex-husband. She was so embarrassed that the marriage was a failure, but that he cheated on her with a man; that was just way too humiliating on multiple levels. She felt like she was a fool not to know what was going on behind her back, in her own bed, and who knows where else. The true story about her husband’s betrayal was hard for her to say out loud and admit to her friends because if she said it out loud, it really happened. The night she decided to share how she busted in on her husband with a dude, was a night the girls spent a lot of time drinking, laughing, crying, and drinking. Keira shared that she had a lot of harsh words with God about the whole situation. But then she prayed, she prayed not to love or even hate her ex. She prayed to feel indifferent towards him. She said that was the only way she could get through it. The girls thought Keira was wise and they all admired her. That night, Keira was relieved and thankful to have such great friends but even more thankful for strong drinks and tasty-looking bartenders.

Sadie

Sadie is a nurse, married, and has two daughters that are in grade school. Keira, Jess, and Alex think Sadie has a weird relationship with her husband; they try not to say too much about it because Sadie gets defensive when they ask her if he is gay. And not because of Keira’s ex-husband being gay but because Sadie says her husband is not interested in sex. At ALL. What guy is not interested in sex? Sadie has tried date nights, even kinky date nights, which Alex convinced Sadie would work, even role-playing but shockingly the dude is just not interested. He ignores Sadie, like she is invisible, even when she wears a slutty or elegant, lacey lingerie, or even when she tried wearing nothing but whipped cream on her nibblets and posed, spread eagle on the kitchen table. The girls were dumbfounded. Even if he was having an affair, what guy would turn that down? A gay guy?! But maybe even a gay guy would jump at the chance. Sadie is an attractive lady. She’s 45, has long curly, light brown hair, and a nice-shaped body with curves in all the right places, a smile, and a laugh that makes everyone do a double-take. Maybe Sadie’s husband’s “Johnson” is the issue? Maybe he is having a tough time getting it up? But still, there are medicines and things one can do to help with that. Alex has tried to talk to Sadie about having them come to one of Alex’s sex toy parties as a couple. Alex is certain that they can find the cure to whatever is ailing Sadie’s boring sex life. Sadie is annoyed by it, but she will never leave him. He’s a decent father and she says at least he is not abusive; the bills get paid and they get along like roommates. She knew it could be a lot worse. Sadie is usually up for anything and always looked forward to the happy hours when she could attend. She liked hearing about what Alex was up to and like Keira, lived vicariously through her.

Jessica

Jess is a single, 27-year-old, who is about 6’1. Alex calls her amazon woman, mostly because Alex is about 5’1, with heels on. Alex and Jess constantly say they would gladly live a day in the other’s shoes just to know what it feels like to be so opposite. Jessica is this vivacious, gorgeous, tall woman, with the most voluptuous body that would put the Kardashian’s to shame. She has shoulder-length blonde hair, sometimes it's a dark brunette, but today, she is a blonde.

She moved to town two years ago, from a small country town in Iowa. She wanted a fresh start. She loved her family, her parents were great, but the opportunity for work in the area was scarce and she was ready for something new. Jess has never had a boyfriend. She is secretly hoping to find the guy of her dreams. She liked country boys, but she also had a fascination with being a doctor’s wife. She wanted to have a family someday, the typical dream of a dreamy husband, having two kids, a boy and a girl, a big house with a white picket fence, and a dog, all of it.

Jess landed a surgical technician job at the same hospital Sadie and Alex worked at. Eventually, the girls met and became close friends. Alex felt a little bad for Jess, she was new to town, didn’t have any family or friends around. Alex was happy to take her under her wing, show her around and keep her included whenever there was anything exciting going on.