Dana became very involved in Scouts and her husband, Ron, seemed relieved. She knew that he was cheating on her, but didn't care anymore. They'd grown apart and were more like business partners than husband and wife now. Dana began the careful process of separating her monies from Ron's, even letting him know that she was doing it. Of course, she said she was doing it to protect them. He was starting his own business, after all. It helped that his lawyer also suggested that they follow this course.
They sat down and made a list of assets they brought into the marriage (most of which was Dana's inheritance from her grandparents trust), how much they had accumulated since the marriage and during Ron's brief but fruitful career in pro sports and also examined their prenuptial agreements, with Dana subtly making sure that Ron reread the prenup and was informed of its meaning. It was mostly Ron's assets going into the business venture.
With this out of the way, their assets were divided, with the house and most of the liquid assets going into Dana's name. A trust was drawn up in each of their names, naming their son as the main beneficiary and the bank as trustee. Ron's business was set up as a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) so that he couldn't be sued for more than what he'd invested. Everything was put in place with full agreement by Ron, even when it was pointed out that he'd receive little or nothing from Dana, should they no longer remain together due to death or divorce. All of it was put on video tape as well. Dana left little or nothing to chance.
Now that she had Ron where she wanted him, financially, she let him go off to his "business" meetings, doing whatever it was that he did and not caring whether he was bilking clients out of their money or fucking his business partner's wives. She wouldn't be hurt and neither would her son, Dominick.
Dana reflected about all this as she drove away from the airport where she'd just dropped her husband off for his trip to Europe. She smiled inwardly when he'd told her there was no need to park the car and go in with him. Usually, she pouted and they would get into a huge fight. This time she only put up a token fight over it, relenting quickly and telling him that she didn't want him to start out his biggest business venture in a bad mood. But she also circled around and saw him hugging a cute little redhead while waiting in the ticket line, then saw Tariqua come up and join them.
Let him have his business trip and his little fuck-fest! Dana shivered as she thought of the e-mail she'd received from Blake asking if she could send Nick over to her parents for the weekend so that he could deliver her a new "surprise."
No, Blake wasn't wealthy. He didn't own a large house in a posh neighborhood or have a high position with a Fortune 500 company. He wasn't super-intelligent, nor did he have high aspirations, but he was honest, loyal, kind, giving and kinky as they came. Dana could feel her pussy getting wet at the thought of what he might have cooked up for them. Reaching down, she pulled up her skirt and ran her fingers up her inner thighs until she felt the humid wantonness of her lubricating pussy as she reviewed the events of the last two weeks.
The last time that she and Blake had been together, he'd taken her to new heights of both humiliation and pain. Then, that night, he had made the sweetest, most sensual love to her that she'd ever experienced. For the first time since before the accident, Dana had orgasmed through "normal" sex and felt him orgasm inside her as well. They had slept nestled against one another, with his arm possessively around her, cupping her small breasts. She'd not slept that well in almost a year.
As they lay, cuddling together, Dana confessed to Blake that she didn't know what "being in love" meant. She truly didn't understand it, but thought that what they had was as close as it was going to get. She yearned for him when he wasn't around. He invaded her thoughts constantly and there were times when she really had to concentrate when speaking to Ron so that she didn't call him "Blake" in error.
*****
After that night, Dana needed to talk to someone about what was going on in her life and the things she was feeling, so she called Belinda Meyers, her old high school friend back in her home town. Belinda knew everything about the relationship between Dana and Ron. Belinda ("Belle" to her close friends) had never liked Ron much. She thought he was an arrogant phony and had warned Dana about him many times. They confided to one another about virtually everything. Belinda was the only other person that knew about Dana's "peculiarities." So, during their calls in the past, Dana told her everything - even about Blake. "Now that sounds like a good guy for you, Dana!" Belinda had told her then.
With all that she'd done, she felt the need to talk to her best friend again. Dana sighed and dialed, letting the phone ring until Belle answered.
"Dana! How's it going, girl?"
"Fine," she sighed. "I just sent Ron off on his supposed business trip." She told her friend what she'd observed, as well as what they'd recently done with their possessions.
"He's an ass and I'm glad you've finally come to your senses."
"Yeah. I'm thinking of putting the house on the market."
"Oh? Why?"
"Because
Ron
picked it out. I've never liked it. While he put the down payment on it, it was my credit that got us the mortgage and I'm the one that's been making the payments out of my accounts."
"You know, if you sell it in this current market, you'll probably take a loss."
"I know. I don't care."
"Where will you live?"
She laughed. "I'm thinking of moving in with Blake."
"You could do worse, I guess."
"I know. I'm just worried."
"About what? He sounds like a dream! Hon, you ain't worried about Ron, are you?"
"No, nothing like that. I'm worried about Blake. I'm afraid he's falling in love with me."
"And what's wrong with that?"
"I-, well, I don't know if I can reciprocate."
"Feeling guilty about cheating on Ron?"
"No, that's not it at all!"
Dana described to her friend that she had really never known what love was. She'd never had to work at a relationship and seemed to go through life on emotional autopilot. There had never been a lack of guys wanting to date her or take her out, but they all seemed to be more interested in her for her looks, her money, her social status, or anything other than who the real Dana might be inside. Until Blake, she explained, no one had really tried to understand who the "real" Dana, the one inside her head, was. Most of them would certainly freak out if they found out that 'other' side of Dana.
"So, this guy satisfies you both physically and emotionally?" asked Belinda, her psychology degree kicking in at full blast.
"Yes-, yes he does!"
"And, how do you feel when you're away from him?"
"I don't know... Lost, I suppose."
"Lost as if you were dependent on him?"
"No, not like that. Just lost as if a piece of me were missing, an important piece."
"So, you yearn for him?"
"I guess. It's sort of like the crush I had on Randy Martin in the fifth grade."
"But you never talked to Randy Martin! You hated him!"
"No, I had a huge crush on him. But he never even knew I existed."
"The hell he didn't, girl. But that's not what we were talking about here. Tell me exactly what you feel when you're away from superman here."
"I said, I feel lost. I feel incomplete. Oh, if he were to leave my life tomorrow, I suppose I'd go on, but I'm definitely happier with him than I ever have been with any other guy. I mean, I always had my choice of who to go out with and I usually went out with the guy that treated me the best, but I never felt... What can I call it? A void when they were gone? No! An
absence
! I feel
his absence
when I'm away from him. I've never felt that with a guy before. Never. I mean, I could take them or leave them. I went out with guys because it was
expected
