Total Shock

My name is Jackie, I'm 28, married and I recently attended my 10 year high school reunion. There wasn't a lot of people there due to the new Covid variant. My husband and I sat at a table by ourselves for most of the night. I saw some friends but the ones I was really close with couldn't make it.

My husband said he wasn't feeling great and wanted to leave. I was more than happy to go when my old friend Denise walked in and made a bee line for me. I haven't seen her since the summer after graduation. We started chatting right where we left off 10 years ago. My husband tried to stick it out but couldn't hang anymore. I told him I would get a ride or call an Uber. He left and Denise and I continued to drink and bullshit. I asked Denise about her love life and she revealed to me that she came out, she's a lesbian. I wasn't shocked. She dated guys but she always had a little bit of masculinity. After a little longer Denise said she was sorry to hear about my mom. I thanked her and said the cancer was aggressive and she didn't suffer much. I saw a sadness in Denise's eyes. I told her it was ok and that my mom was in a better place now. Denise then said in a hushed voice, "I Loved her..." I said "What?" Denise composed herself, sat up a little straighter and said "I Loved her... I Loved Jenny."
"Jenny?" I said. "No one called her Jenny. Everyone called her Mrs. G!"
It was a weird exchange between the 2 of us. Denise said she had something to tell me. I took a sip of my drink, put my glass down, when Denise said that she loved my mom because they had an affair! I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Denise went on to say that it started right after I went away to college and continued for several years. She told me that my mom and her bumped into each other at the store, my mom invited her over the house, and it was there that my mother seduced her. She said they were sitting on the couch, talking and she said my mom leaned in and kissed her. The next thing she knew they were devouring and clawing at each other until they were naked and tangled on the couch. She told me that she never felt so sexy, so uninhibited and so wanted and loved. She said my mother's kisses and her touch were so beautiful and needed. She told me that she won't say anymore. I told her to go on. She said that when my mom pleasured her with her mouth it was heaven. Now listening to all this I was conflicted. It was a hot story but it was my mother in the story. She was the aggressor. Denise went on to say that my mom loved my dad but she was not happy. Their sex life was non existent and it was around that time my mom had an affair with her female yoga instructor, which opened up her eyes to a whole new world. This all lead up to my mom's seduction of Denise. I was questioning all this in my head but Denise knew stuff only me and my mom would know.

After she told me, I was numb. I was speechless and numb. The hotel bar was closing and the conversation had run its course. Denise offered to drive me home. She drove me but we didn't speak much. When she pulled up and stopped in front of my house, Denise said to keep in touch. I looked at her, nodded my head, smiled and got out.

I went into the house and woke up my husband to tell him. He was dumbfounded. A couple days later I was with my dad. I asked him questions, hinting around about my mom having an affair(s) but my dad didn't take the bait and I don't have the heart to tell him.

I'm still in total shock.