It started online Chapter 4
Thank you for all of your editing help dpga4625 I am in the process of re-editing and re-working my old stories in this series please bear with me as it is a slow process.
******Warning this story contains Foot Fetish themes. ******
I was finishing up my chicken and mushroom alfredo as my wife Grace walked through the door looking tired. She walked past the dinner table and sat on one of the stools at the eat-in counter. She folded her arms and put her head down like she was about to play heads up seven-up. I put a glass of her favorite white wine in front of her.
"You are a life saver." She rose up just long enough to drink a few big sips of the wine and then laid back down.
"Hard day?" I asked.
"Yes, but can we talk about anything else right now?" She asked.
I put a small salad in front of her. She frowned at me. Grace hates salad but started eating it for something to do. I grabbed a couple of plates and loaded them with chicken and pasta. I handed Grace one plate and joined her at the counter on the other stool. "Come here often? How's the food?"
Grace raised her head and smiled. "Oh, I come here all the time. The food is great and the cook is a dirty old man."
"Really? You ever get lucky with him?" I asked.
"Once or twice." She took a bite of chicken.
"How was he?" I asked.
She leaned closer and gave me a kiss, "Incredible."
Now she was eating in earnest. I refilled her glass and grabbed myself a beer. "I heard from Lucas today."
"Oh really? It was so nice to have him here. How is he?" Grace asked.
"Great. I guess he moved to Central City over the weekend." I informed her.
"Wow, that was fast." Grace said a little surprised.
"I guess he is going to stay with some friend that already live there, the Stewards." I pulled up his Facebook page and showed her the pictures he had posted of him and the Stewards.
"They look like a nice couple," Grace commented.
"He has always had trouble putting down roots." Robert sighed, "He got moved around so much as a kid. He never lived in the same place until he was with us and then he was only with us for nine months before he left for college."
"Well hopeful it works out with his company. In any case, he will be closer and so we can see him more." Grace said finishing her wine.
"So how was your day?" I circled back to her.
"Check please." Grace said standing up.
"Grace?" I stopped her from leaving.
"Can this wait until after a shower?" She asked.
"Yes, but a short one not one of those, hour-long one you like to take." I insisted.
I was proud of her. She was only in there for about forty-five minutes before she emerged clean mostly dry but still with a cloud over her head. I had been watching,
To catch a Thief
. I let it play to serve as background noise.
She came in and sat down on the bed. I began to rub her shoulders. She was tense and I found knots everywhere. I started kissing her neck which always loosens her up. Today it wasn't working.
She started to watch the move while I went back to her back rub. Eventually she made a decision. "You and Margret have been friends for a really long time, right?"
"Yes, a really long time." I answered.
Grace sighed. "That is what I was afraid off."
I turned Grace to face me. "I have known Margret for a very long time but I love you and I am married to you, so if something happened to you at work today then I need to know it."
"Robert, something happened at work today." Grace began.
"Did Margret do something wrong. Did she hurt you?" I asked my voice raising in tone with anxiety.
"I'm not sure if it was wrong, and it definitely didn't hurt." Grace answered cryptically.
"Grace please. Just tell me what happened." I insisted.
"Promise you won't get made, at me or Margret," Grace insisted.
"I can't promise that until I know what happened." I had conversations like this with some of our foster kids more times than I could remember, "Just tell me, please."
"Well, it has been really slow lately. People are shopping online so much now. It was pretty much just me and Jenny. Margret was staying late. Bill is off golfing or something. Her and Bill are living totally separate lives. You really need to talk to him because she loves him but she can only take so much."
"I will. I'm far more worried about you right now. What happened?" I asked trying to get her back on topic.
"Jenny was watched the front and Margret and I went over to shoes." Grace went on. "It was all very innocent. We talked about shoes and she had me try on a few different pairs. Then I helped a couple of customer and Margret asked me to model some shoes for a new layout she was planning. She took me to her office and had me take off my nylons and put on thigh highs. Then she had me put on several pairs of shoes and walk down this little stretch of red carpet."