Chapter 103

    Matt woke up alone the next morning. The previous night was imprinted firmly on his mind and his body. He felt stiff and sore. None of the men had been particularly gentle in light if his inexperience. He stretched and smiled. No matter how he felt this morning, last night had been wonderful. Now he just had to figure out what to tell his wife. He and Aaron had to cope with the repercussions of admitting their attraction to each other.

   Matt slowly got dressed and drove home. The only people he saw were employees cleaning up. They studiously ignored him as he exited the club. People slipping out in the early morning hours was probably a familiar sight. Luckily, Matt didn’t see anyone he knew. He could just picture what the papers would say about the leader of the PPP leaving a men’s strip club in the morning.

   When he got home, nobody was up yet. He darted into the shower before getting ready for work. Another boring day at a boring job. He winced as the hot water got into scratches on his back. He had no memory of being scratched and he had no idea who might have done it.

   A quick look in the mirror convinced him that none of his injuries were serious enough to need bandages. It was just a little missing skin, no blood.

   At breakfast, no one asked him about his whereabouts the previous evening. He realized that his wife simply hadn’t noticed that he was gone all night. Matt usually went to bed late and got up early as a way to avoid having sex with her. He listened to the children chatter about their plans for the day. He wished he was a child again with nothing more important to worry about than grades and who got picked first for kickball.

   A glance at the calendar before he left reminded him that the next PPP meeting was that upcoming weekend. He would see Aaron again. His body tightened with desire as he thought about it. He firmly repressed his lust with the ease of long practice and went off to work.