Louise had discussed her husband’s perfidies with a female friend of her’s named Dinah who had a suggestion that she thought would resolve her marital problems and childlessness in one fell swoop. Dinah owned and operated a Daycare Center and had had a long talk with one of the new mother’s about this particular restaurant. There had been some irregularities with the birth certificate of the woman’s baby girl and it took an hour of explanation and a phone call to resolve the issue to her friend’s satisfaction. It seemed that there was a restaurant in town that had certain rules about who could order particular foods from the menu and had ways of enforcing the rules in a way that couldn’t be disputed. With her friend’s assistance, she made a reservation at the restaurant and pre-ordered a meal for her husband. Although the Maitre-de had argued about her selection of dinners at first, he had relented after her friend had explained the situation and had given in to Louise’s requests.

A few minutes later, Roland rushed into the restaurant like a busy executive running from one meeting to another. His cheap suit was wrinkled from being tossed on the floor during his escapade with his mistress and his shirttail wasn’t properly tucked in. One of his shoelaces was untied and flopped unheeded from side-to-side as he dashed into the restaurant’s foyer. Louise frowned at her husband’s unkempt appearance and shook her head. The young woman he had taken up with hadn’t even the self-respect to make sure her lover was presentable in public. His sandy blonde hair was a sweaty, matted disheveled mess. “Well,” she sighed to herself, “after this afternoon, I’ll make sure that he looks his best the every time he leaves the house again.”

She nudged the blue bag with the toe of her shoe to reassure herself that it was still there as her husband staged his exhausted entrance and was led to the table by the Maitre-de. With the red face of exertion, he sat down heavily in the chair opposite hers. Just as he was about to ask the Maitre-de for a menu, he noticed Louise’s new look. Roland’s eyes bulged as he saw her face and let his eyes wander down to her bust. “Goddamn, Louise! You’re gorgeous this afternoon!”, Roland said as he seated himself on the opposite side of the table, “What did you do? Get a new hairdo? That outfit makes you look like you’re a goddamn fashion model!

Louise smiled at the compliment and nodded at the Maitre-de as she said to her husband quietly, “Since you were late, I took the liberty of ordering drinks and dinner for the both of us. I’ve ordered Oysters Rockefeller for myself and Chicken nuggets for you. Since you’ve been complaining about your ulcer lately, I ordered some milk for you rather than an alcoholic drink. I also ordered a sweet and sour sauce for your chicken rather than their barbecue sauce so your stomach won’t get irritated.”

“Chicken nuggets?”, he whined in a childish tone, “You know how I hate chicken!”

“And you know what red meat does to your ulcer!”, she rejoined tartly, “Just eat what I’ve ordered and listen to what I have to say. Since you’ve been busy at work, I’ve been redecorating the house and making plans for the both of us.” She stopped and grinned wickedly as she said, “Besides, I know for a fact that you’ve developed a taste for ‘young’ chicken lately!”

“What the Hell are you talking about?”, he asked defensively.

“Be quiet and I’ll explain everything to you,” she said as their waiter arrived with their dinners. The unfolded a large collapsing serving table whose top was formed by strips of furniture strength webbing at either side of both ends. He placed the two and a half foot oblong aluminum serving tray on the folding table and served each of them from the right separately in proper fashion.

“What about my drink?”, Roland complained as the waiter set the plate down on the table in front of him.

“I’m very sorry, Sir, it will be along directly,” replied the waiter apologetically, “Your dinners were ready and I wanted to get them to your table while they were still hot. I’ll go back and see that your drink is prepared immediately and brought out to you.”