I stared at Barry and felt quite surprised. After everything I had said, he was asking me if I wanted a divorce!
"Do you?" I asked softly.
He looked down at the floor as if contemplating his answer.
"No, I love you, and we have got a lovely home here. I don't want to lose you Julie."
He brushed away a tear. I moved between his parted legs and pulled his face to my belly. He felt hot even through my top. Then he started sobbing. I cradled his head and lightly began stroking his hair.
"Barry don't you ever call me a slut again," I said softly.
Later in bed I felt him cuddle into my back as I lay trying to predict when the numbers on the digital clock would change.
"Julie? Everything you said about Jason and the guys, was that the truth?"
I took a deep breath.
"Yes," was all I could say?
So life carried on and I made it up with Barry. It was hard going for a few days but he seemed determined to make a fresh start. He was still worried about losing his job, even after I had reassured him several times, that I wouldn't leave him if he did get the sack.
So there I was washing up, and dreaming of what I could do with the redundancy money, when I was distracted by things outside. Now next door to us lived a widower Jack Green, a disgusting man in his 60's. He was always leering at me like dirty old men do. It seemed to amuse my husband who would spend time leaning on the fence talking to him.
Green was having his 67th birthday barbecue with his family. Barry had asked me to get a card for him but it slipped my mind, well I had to get my hair done, and my favourite soap was on telly. I had seen his daughter and her husband leave earlier, and now it was just the old man and his 17 year old grandson left. God he was a little shit too, 'Thug boy' I called him. He and his little gang were always up to no good. Stealing from the local shops and picking on people. The police seemed to be unable to catch him. So I watched him get out of the garden chair, and he launches a half eaten burger over into my garden! Then I watched as he took a gulp of beer, he then giggled and reached over to my washing line, and then tips the can of beer into my panties leaving it there to drain through them. By the time I got outside to give him a mouthful he had left, no doubt to nick something or harass someone.
"Ah Mr Green, look what your grandson has done!" I snapped.
Before he had a chance to answer I explained the whole series of events. Green looked from my beer stained panties to the half eaten burger I was holding in my yellow rubber glove.
"You can have the burger," he said with a grin.
So he thinks it's funny! I narrowed my eyes.
"Well I'll take your knickers and wash them for you if you want?"
The thought of him handling my underwear made me shudder. He offered his hand to take the burger. I moved purposely to the fence, cursing my high heels for sinking into the soft turf and making me wobble and look stupid. Green just smirked as I stumbled and made a grab for the fence. I slapped the bun into his hand, and to my shock he took a bite!
"That has been in the dirt," I mumbled in disbelief.
"So? Why don't you take a bite?"
I screwed my face up. Just the thought of it made my stomach turn.
"See I've got something that belongs to you Julie," he said chewing noisily.
I watched his eyes drop to my tits, only this time he didn't try to hide it.
"Barry gave me a video about the war, only when I put it on, well; let's just say it was more exciting than I thought it would be."
I shook my head not sure what he was on about. Then gradually it sunk in. I remembered Barry saying something about taping a war program the day, before I had put the video of Carl in the player, and I had forgotten to remove it.
"You know you really looked like you were enjoying yourself," he said revelling in my horror.
Knowing he had probably watched the video from start to finish, and all the things that he would have seen me do made my blood run cold.
"Could I have it back. Please? I stammered. "You must be very frustrated. I mean the way you yelled at your poor husband."
"Mr Green that's my property, it belongs to me and I want it back," I said firmly.
"And that German student boy you tied to the bed," He added ignoring my demand.
"He was 18, and that was just a game," I said defending myself.
Green just grinned at me, or rather my tits.
"That's as maybe but I'm sure his parents and the police might like to see it. I mean you did force him."
"That was made up. I, I didn't really, and besides Carl was not under age," I gulped trying to defend myself further.
"Well I seem to remember some woman a few years ago getting herself into all sorts of trouble. You must remember Julie? Did she go to prison?"
"No!" I snapped.
"Well I just hope you are as lucky," he sniggered.
I was shaking with fear now. The thought of being dragged through the courts by Carl's angry parents was too much to take. Even if I did get off with it my reputation would be in shreds. Barry! What would he think when he saw the evidence?
"What do you want?" I asked finally dreading the answer.
"Well for a start maybe you would like a bite of this burger?" he whispered.
"But it's been in the dirt, and I, I don't like ketchup," I mumbled weakly.
I watched him raise the burger to his mouth and much to my horror he licked it.
"No ketchup now Julie," he said with a grin.