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Alice watched in frustration as her husband Steve stumbled across the grassy park. She sighed, knowing what was coming next, what always came next. She and Steve had been childhood sweethearts, both growing up together in the small farming community where they lived. She had left only to attend college at the state university, while he had attended the local community college to start his chosen career as a rancher. There had been a point while she was away that she had hoped she would be able to break away from this small town, move to a city and establish her own self, but life had drug her back to her home town and she had proceeded to follow the course of life everyone expected. Her life was full of cliché’s prom queen dating the star quarterback, straight A college student, marriage to the same star quarterback, two kids and a Tahoe with baseball, rodeo, and every other activity a nine and eleven year old boy could possibly come up with, PTA, the list went on and on.
Her only deviation had been her choice in careers. Instead of education or business she had studied engineering in college. She had hoped that this would give her the opportunity to travel the world and escape from the small town monotony. She had been intrigued with numbers and the way things had worked ever since she had toured a subsidiary manufacturing facility that a large aerospace corporation had built in the forties in an effort to not only move manufacturing from the coast, where it was a target for the Axis in World War Two but also as a source of cheaper labor. Surprisingly, the corporation had retained the facility and she had fortunately found employment in her field after Steve had proposed to her and with the urging of her parents she had accepted. Now, after twelve years, she was the manager of the engineering staff.
Now watching her husband drunkenly cross the park at the company Fourth of July picnic she felt a sense of loss with her life. She had never had the opportunity to live in LA, or New York, or any of the busy cities she had dreamed about escaping to when she was growing up and going to college. The situation about to unfold was becoming routine, her husband, who had spent the afternoon drinking beer with people they had grew up with, would beg her to go to the bar. After she acquiesced she would end up sitting in a table, nursing a light beer or maybe a glass of wine, while he played pool with his cohorts. She would try to make small talk with her cousin and the other wives that she had grown up with; it was always the same subjects, weather, kids, crops, and other small town concerns.
“Hey baby,” Steve slurred as he approached, “were thinking about heading over to Shooters since the keg is dry over here.” Behind him, she saw several of his cowboy buddies, all people she knew, all married to people she knew swilling the last of the keg beer. She hated this picnic, many of the people that had recently been hired in positions in her company were not the typical small town yokels, most of them were temporary she knew, a lot of the younger management employees just marking time to get some experience on their resumes before moving back to Kansas City or Denver or any one of other cities that would offer better opportunities. She knew that she was at the pentacle of her career, that while she had moved up fast and was still showing good results at her work, eventually the corporate management would decide that they need someone new in her position and she would probably have to resign and fall deeper into the small town.
“Sure babe,” she replied, not wanting to start a confrontation with her husband in front of her coworkers and friends. Their relationship had slowly deteriorated and she knew he resented her education and her successes. They lived in a house on her father’s ranch, which she knew Steve eventually hoped to manage. She had also used her salary to help him start his own small ranch, but she knew that he felt that she was the one who kept them afloat. In addition, as they had matured, he never had seemed to leave his old habits behind; the rodeoing and partying that she had thought so debonair when she was seventeen had lost its charm over the years as responsibilities had settled in. Now, if she even questioned things about the ranch or his other habits he would retaliate in a tirade. Slowly he had spent more time on the ranch and in the bar and less time with her.
“I’ll see if Rachel and a couple of the girls want to meet you guys there, after we finish up here.” She continued, not wanting to go, but if she didn’t know that it wouldn’t look right. “But, I can’t stay too long, I need to get up early tomorrow and get the boys from my Mom’s so we can get ready for baseball tomorrow afternoon. “
He nodded, and turned to his companions, boisterously shouting at the men. She watched him go, knowing that if she didn’t get to the bar soon, chances were he would end up staying out all night, not stumbling into the house until the wee hours of the morning. As he walked away she thought about him, he was a good Dad, supported his kids events, but their own personal problems had almost ruined their life, she could barely remember the last time they had fucked, even longer since he had made love to her, and then it had been a drunken tryst between the two of them. Even so, she knew that she could not divorce him, not without damaging her own life any further.
She walked across the park towards her cousin Rachel. As she walked she wondered is Rachel had some of the same issues she had, a hard drinking husband, topped out at her own job, stuck in this rural life. Before she could reach her cousin she was stopped by a group of four or five of her employees. This group of employees were not local, many had recently started working with her in the past few years, and she had not been unfriendly with them, but aloof as she knew that most of them would be moving in the next five years or less; on to bigger and better things. Still as one of her engineers smiled and waved; it was her newest employee, Andrew a stocky, dark haired kid fresh out of college and from New York that she had, a few months ago, at the recommendation of one of the corporate engineers back east. Returning the wave, she deviated from her path to approach the group of younger people.
As she approached, she watched several of the men run their eyes over her. She knew she was pretty, had been told so her entire life, and even now at thirty eight she still garnered attention from almost any man she came into contact with. She was tall, five feet eleven with long wavy black hair which fell over her breasts and hazel green eyes that were magnified with the glasses she wore. She was dressed in a blue denim knee length button up dress, with a wide waist belt and had changed out her cowboy boots for tennis shoes earlier in the day. She still was active, work on the ranch, riding horses, playing sports with her kids all which kept her in shape. As she walked the wind blew the dress tight against her body emphasizing her small but firm breasts and curvy hips
Smoothing her dress down against the wind she knelt down at the edge of a blanket, the only female in the group Karen had provide, crossing her legs under her. Across from her sitting on a picnic table bench was Andrew, the guy who had waved her over, Marcus an engineer who had been with them about a year from Texas, and Sean another fresh faced kid right out of college who was probably the only African American in the plant. She could feel all three of them follow her legs as she held her skirt down and knelt by Karen.
She still felt a bit ill at ease among them, partially of her upbringing in the small town where outsiders took years to integrate themselves into the community and partially because she knew maybe one out of the group would stay in the community after a few years, but she listened intently to their conversations. She wasn’t totally oblivious to the world outside of her town and successfully blended into their discussion about current events, Karen handed her a beer from a cooler that they had brought, obviously to supplement the dwindling supply of alcohol supplied by the company.
“Thank you,” Alice said, taking a sip from the sweet cold drink, “this must be your husband.” Karen responded, introducing the tall, skinny man standing next to her as Alan, she smiled at the man but her attention was turned to the three young men perched on the bench. As she continued to chat with Karen, a heavy blond woman with several tattoos she glanced across the blanket towards the three men. Sean and Marcus had picked up on their topic of conversation, but she noticed that Andrew was still fixated on her legs. As he noticed her glance he met her eyes and she noticed how blue his eyes were. He held her gaze, emitting an air of confidence that made her shift slightly against the foot she was sitting on. Blushing, she looked away, hoping that Karen had not noticed her distraction.
Her only deviation had been her choice in careers. Instead of education or business she had studied engineering in college. She had hoped that this would give her the opportunity to travel the world and escape from the small town monotony. She had been intrigued with numbers and the way things had worked ever since she had toured a subsidiary manufacturing facility that a large aerospace corporation had built in the forties in an effort to not only move manufacturing from the coast, where it was a target for the Axis in World War Two but also as a source of cheaper labor. Surprisingly, the corporation had retained the facility and she had fortunately found employment in her field after Steve had proposed to her and with the urging of her parents she had accepted. Now, after twelve years, she was the manager of the engineering staff.
Now watching her husband drunkenly cross the park at the company Fourth of July picnic she felt a sense of loss with her life. She had never had the opportunity to live in LA, or New York, or any of the busy cities she had dreamed about escaping to when she was growing up and going to college. The situation about to unfold was becoming routine, her husband, who had spent the afternoon drinking beer with people they had grew up with, would beg her to go to the bar. After she acquiesced she would end up sitting in a table, nursing a light beer or maybe a glass of wine, while he played pool with his cohorts. She would try to make small talk with her cousin and the other wives that she had grown up with; it was always the same subjects, weather, kids, crops, and other small town concerns.
“Hey baby,” Steve slurred as he approached, “were thinking about heading over to Shooters since the keg is dry over here.” Behind him, she saw several of his cowboy buddies, all people she knew, all married to people she knew swilling the last of the keg beer. She hated this picnic, many of the people that had recently been hired in positions in her company were not the typical small town yokels, most of them were temporary she knew, a lot of the younger management employees just marking time to get some experience on their resumes before moving back to Kansas City or Denver or any one of other cities that would offer better opportunities. She knew that she was at the pentacle of her career, that while she had moved up fast and was still showing good results at her work, eventually the corporate management would decide that they need someone new in her position and she would probably have to resign and fall deeper into the small town.
“Sure babe,” she replied, not wanting to start a confrontation with her husband in front of her coworkers and friends. Their relationship had slowly deteriorated and she knew he resented her education and her successes. They lived in a house on her father’s ranch, which she knew Steve eventually hoped to manage. She had also used her salary to help him start his own small ranch, but she knew that he felt that she was the one who kept them afloat. In addition, as they had matured, he never had seemed to leave his old habits behind; the rodeoing and partying that she had thought so debonair when she was seventeen had lost its charm over the years as responsibilities had settled in. Now, if she even questioned things about the ranch or his other habits he would retaliate in a tirade. Slowly he had spent more time on the ranch and in the bar and less time with her.
“I’ll see if Rachel and a couple of the girls want to meet you guys there, after we finish up here.” She continued, not wanting to go, but if she didn’t know that it wouldn’t look right. “But, I can’t stay too long, I need to get up early tomorrow and get the boys from my Mom’s so we can get ready for baseball tomorrow afternoon. “
He nodded, and turned to his companions, boisterously shouting at the men. She watched him go, knowing that if she didn’t get to the bar soon, chances were he would end up staying out all night, not stumbling into the house until the wee hours of the morning. As he walked away she thought about him, he was a good Dad, supported his kids events, but their own personal problems had almost ruined their life, she could barely remember the last time they had fucked, even longer since he had made love to her, and then it had been a drunken tryst between the two of them. Even so, she knew that she could not divorce him, not without damaging her own life any further.
She walked across the park towards her cousin Rachel. As she walked she wondered is Rachel had some of the same issues she had, a hard drinking husband, topped out at her own job, stuck in this rural life. Before she could reach her cousin she was stopped by a group of four or five of her employees. This group of employees were not local, many had recently started working with her in the past few years, and she had not been unfriendly with them, but aloof as she knew that most of them would be moving in the next five years or less; on to bigger and better things. Still as one of her engineers smiled and waved; it was her newest employee, Andrew a stocky, dark haired kid fresh out of college and from New York that she had, a few months ago, at the recommendation of one of the corporate engineers back east. Returning the wave, she deviated from her path to approach the group of younger people.
As she approached, she watched several of the men run their eyes over her. She knew she was pretty, had been told so her entire life, and even now at thirty eight she still garnered attention from almost any man she came into contact with. She was tall, five feet eleven with long wavy black hair which fell over her breasts and hazel green eyes that were magnified with the glasses she wore. She was dressed in a blue denim knee length button up dress, with a wide waist belt and had changed out her cowboy boots for tennis shoes earlier in the day. She still was active, work on the ranch, riding horses, playing sports with her kids all which kept her in shape. As she walked the wind blew the dress tight against her body emphasizing her small but firm breasts and curvy hips
Smoothing her dress down against the wind she knelt down at the edge of a blanket, the only female in the group Karen had provide, crossing her legs under her. Across from her sitting on a picnic table bench was Andrew, the guy who had waved her over, Marcus an engineer who had been with them about a year from Texas, and Sean another fresh faced kid right out of college who was probably the only African American in the plant. She could feel all three of them follow her legs as she held her skirt down and knelt by Karen.
She still felt a bit ill at ease among them, partially of her upbringing in the small town where outsiders took years to integrate themselves into the community and partially because she knew maybe one out of the group would stay in the community after a few years, but she listened intently to their conversations. She wasn’t totally oblivious to the world outside of her town and successfully blended into their discussion about current events, Karen handed her a beer from a cooler that they had brought, obviously to supplement the dwindling supply of alcohol supplied by the company.
“Thank you,” Alice said, taking a sip from the sweet cold drink, “this must be your husband.” Karen responded, introducing the tall, skinny man standing next to her as Alan, she smiled at the man but her attention was turned to the three young men perched on the bench. As she continued to chat with Karen, a heavy blond woman with several tattoos she glanced across the blanket towards the three men. Sean and Marcus had picked up on their topic of conversation, but she noticed that Andrew was still fixated on her legs. As he noticed her glance he met her eyes and she noticed how blue his eyes were. He held her gaze, emitting an air of confidence that made her shift slightly against the foot she was sitting on. Blushing, she looked away, hoping that Karen had not noticed her distraction.