Married but Still Looking A Novel

DOING WRONG! It's hard to make a woman your wife when you've been sexin' married women for most of your life, Genesis Styles thought to himself as he lay on his back, breathing hard after an exhausting session with his workout buddy, Sheila. They had been going at it for more than an hour, and now that it was finally over Genesis swore to himself that this was the last time he'd ever see Sheila. But that was a promise he made after all of their workouts. She was too aggressive, too pushy, and did too much yelling. Genesis pulled his lanky six-foot-four-inch body up from the floor and headed for the shower. As the hot water and Camay cleansed his skin, he looked up into the steamy shaving mirror and smiled at himself. The power that he had over the women he dealt with was invigorating. He preferred to deal with married women simply because they couldn't rightfully ask for him to commit to them totally. And, for the most part, they were always easy. It was either/or with them. Either they were happy with their husbands and wouldn't mess around, or they were unhappy and his for the taking. Every now and then he would run across a selfish one who had a good man at home but didn't give a damn. Those were the ones he really didn't respect and he made it a point to dog them out until they felt like their husbands were the best thing since K-Y jelly. But things in his life were changing, and as those changes came into view, his smile turned upside-down. Now the face he saw in the mirror didn't seem all that grand. For the last six months Sheila had been grooming Genesis to become a personal trainer, but for the last three, when they got together, exercise was the last thing on either of their minds. As Genesis stepped out of the shower onto the cold tile floor, he reached for the towel Sheila had placed on the countertop, but stopped in his tracks. As he stared at the towel, he frowned and took a deep breath, but still was unable to bring himself to touch the sheet of cotton. TLG! It was as if the fancy three-letter monogram held venom within its fibers. As Genesis stood naked in the steamy bathroom, dripping water onto the floor, he shook his head to relieve himself of this self-imposed trance, but to no avail. Some- thing was wrong. He had been in this house with Sheila countless times before, but never had he felt like this. This kind of thing had been happening ever since he got down on one knee and proposed to Terri. He convinced himself then that he was ready to settle down and leave all the other women alone. On the one hand, he loved Terri with all he had to offer, but on the other, he lacked the willpower and discipline to say no to a fat butt and a pretty smile. Genesis stood there for a moment, still unable to bring himself to touch that towel. Guilt came from both directions. Here he was, in another man's house, naked. Then there was his fiancee, Terri. In his mind, it seemed the more he messed up, the sweeter she became. Even when he knew she'd had enough of his antics, she would always surprise him with her forgiveness. Every time he cheated on her, he told himself that it was the last time. Then Genesis thought about the possibility of another man standing in his bathroom naked after he'd just finished sexing Terri and his heart skipped a beat. "Ain't this a bitch! Gon' disrespect her husband like that. I should leave my drawers in her hamper so he'll beat her ass," Genesis said to himself as he wiped the steam from the mirror with his bare hand. "Sheila," he called out. "Yeah, babe!" The tall, bronze beauty appeared in the bathroom doorway wearing only a white silk robe. "I need another towel," Genesis said aHunter, Travis E. is the author of 'Married but Still Looking A Novel', published 2002 under ISBN 9780375505690 and ISBN 0375505695.