Lord knows why Joe was so surprised about Ellen cheating on him. His Friday nights were spent bar hopping and bed hopping with the oversupply of females that spilled over in our town.

There was the redhead he swore was the best fuck he'd ever had. She wanted him to marry her and came real close to blowing it for him one day when she showed up on his doorstep with a kid she claimed was his. He had a helluva time convincing his wife it was just another of our jokes.

The kid did look like him though.