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++++ Warning this story contains foot fetish and Family roleplaying scenes. ++++
My name is Grace Thorn. I am 21 years old and married to the most wonderful man in the world, Robert. I am maybe 5'7" and about a hundred pounds. I have brown eyes and a smattering of freckles here and there. I have light brown hair that I have taken to adding blond highlights. I keep it shoulder length and have a series of favorite hair styles that resemble the effortless look that Grace Kelly always wore.
I walked into "Margret's Market" where I had worked for the last few months. I have a great boss, Margret Brown. She's Robert's good friend and I would like to think has become one of my good friends too. The truth is I think she would like to become even better friends with Robert and I.
Business has been pretty slow lately to the point that Margret had to let most of the staff go except for Jenny Mason and myself. We even had to resort to being one of those online direct return location to keep the doors open. But business was starting to pick up. This morning Jenny was at the front of the store and literally shaking. "Heavens Jenny, what's wrong?"
"Margret is here and she is mad about something." Jenny answered in a nervous voice.
"Mad about what?" I asked getting her a tissue.
"I don't know and I am not nearly brave enough to ask." She answered.
"I'll face the dragon. If she fires me, it has been fun working with you." I said sarcastically and headed for Margret's office.
I knocked and received a "Go Away."
"Margret? it's Grace." I opened the door a little bit and waved a white handkerchief through the crack.
"Oh, Grace. Thank God. Please come in." She insisted.
Margret Brown is maybe 45 years old. She is 5'5" about 120 pounds. She is curvy in all the right places, namely her breasts and her butt. She has dark red almost auburn hair that she normally keeps in a bun so I am not sure how long it is. Her eyes are hazel when they are not blood shot like they were at the moment. She is normally the nicest person so I couldn't figure out what had her so distraught.
I was not half way into the room when she met me and collapsed into my arms. Her make-up was already running and I feared that it was even now staining my blouse. "Bill. (Sniffle) That (Sniffle) Bastard (Sniffle)" Margret said.
I tried to look her in the eyes. "Bill did something?" I confirmed.
She nodded.
"Is he OK?" I asked.
She nodded, yes.
"Should I call him?" I asked.
Emphatic shaking of her head, NO.
I didn't want to play 20 questions so I just looked her in the eyes and demanded "Margret, what happened?"
"He left me." She collapsed into me again.
My arms were getting tired and so I slowly moved us over to a small sofa she had in her office.
"He left you?" I asked in complete shock. "Why in the world would he leave you?"
"I kept working more since we are so short-handed and I have been leaving him alone." Margret started. "I felt bad about working so much so I brought home his favorite dinner from Billy's and instead of thanking me we had a big fight. He said that he loved not having me around so much to whine about him watching golf and not doing his chores. He said he was tired of being nagged all the time."
"I said 'Well then if you don't want to be nagged so much then why don't you just get the hell out of my house.' He said 'no problem.' He went and packed a bag and left, mumbling something about taking his friend, Jake up on his offer to go on a golf trip." Margret renewed her crying.
I pulled out my phone and sent Robert a text.
Grace: 911 Bill and Margret fought. Bill is an asshole. Left Margret.
Robert: Will find him. Will kill him.
Grace: Nice idea. Please don't, I like you in my bed not in jail.
Robert: I will make it look like an accident.
Grace: Maybe later.
Robert: How can I help now?
Grace: Will let you know. Might be late.
Robert: Bring Margert here for dinner!?!
Grace: Good Idea. Food always helps.
Robert: Love you and her
Grace: We love you too.
"Sorry," I said to Margret, "I just wanted to tell Robert. He says he's sorry and he loves you."
"At least one person does." Margret moped.
I hugged her again. "I love you Margret, and so does Robert and so does Jenny, and so do all of our customers. In fact, the whole town loves you. That is why we will be kicking Bill off the island."
It was our private joke. Margret used to love that "Survivor" show. She laughed. "Thank you, Grace. You're the best girlfriend I have ever had." Then it looked like she was going to kiss me. My stomach got a little tight. I had never kissed another woman before. That song "I kissed a girl and I liked it..." went through my head. I kind of wanted her to kiss me just so I could see what it felt like. But I chickened out at the last minute and stood up, "I need to let Jenny know what is going on. Can you hold that thought for just a minute?"
"Oh yes." Margret wiped at her eyes, "Tell her I'm fine and that I'm sorry for scaring her." Margret said regaining her composure.
Thankfully my blouse was unspoiled by Margret's mascara. I told Jenny Margret was not feeling good before but was much better now. I asked her if she thought she could handle things on her own for a while, and she answered me by looking at the empty store and giving me a smile and a thumbs up.