Part 4 Recap:
Nick reveals that Brad has developed a crush on me. Nick proceeds to humiliate and emasculate me right in front of Heather, and I have no choice but to allow it to happen. Nick ends up shocking us both by betting that he can take Heather to bed with him. If she doesn't, he will give us $100,000; if she does, Brad will take me to bed with him. Nick pulls out all the stops and finally convinces Heather to surrender to her desires, and she leaves with him.
I stood there for a moment, too shocked to move. This couldn't be happening. It just couldn't. She's going to come back, I thought. She's going to come back.
But she didn't come back.
Suddenly, Brad, who was still clutching my arm, began to forcefully lead me into the house after them. I didn't bother trying to break away from him - I knew I'd never be able to fight him off, especially considering the state of shock I was in - but I protested all the same.
"What are you doing?" I asked, my voice filled with outrage and panic. "Where are you taking me? Let go of me!"
We entered the house and there was no sign of Heather and Nick, but I saw that Nick's bedroom door was closed for the first time, and I had the crushing realization that they were in there. The reality of the situation was becoming more and more stark. My wife is in there, I thought. My wife is alone in there, with Nick, in his bedroom. My wife left me to go with
Nick
to his
bedroom
.
Brad continued to half lead, half shove me into my own bedroom - the bedroom that, until now, I was supposed to be sharing with Heather. It was incredible to believe that, until yesterday, I couldn't
wait
to be here in this room tonight. I thought I would be bringing Heather back here eventually and she was going to put on that sexy corset and the matching thong and thigh-high stockings, and I was going to take my time removing them from her body piece by piece as we had wildly enthusiastic, ovulation-fueled, anniversary-inspired vacation sex. The contrast between that happy scenario and the nightmare I found myself in was not lost to me - that it was now
Nick
who was poised to see her in that sexy corset, that it was now
Nick
who was poised to enjoy that wildly enthusiastic, ovulation-fueled vacation sex with her.
I continued to protest the whole time. "I don't know what you think is going to happen," I said, my voice filled with fright, "but I'm not doing anything with you."
Brad shoved me into the middle of the room, standing in the way of the door. I knew there would be no getting past him, so I didn't bother to try. He grabbed a remote control from on top of the dresser and I was bewildered to see him turn on the big-screen TV that was attached to the wall, secured behind plexiglass. He pressed a few buttons, then there it was. It took me a second to register what I was seeing - it was the live feed from a hidden camera that must have been set up in the bedroom next door. And I could clearly see Heather and Nick, in the center of the room, at the foot of Nick's bed. And I was heartbroken to see that they were making out in each other's arms, Heather's head tilted up toward his, kissing passionately. I was seeing everything - I was seeing their lips and tongues dancing; I was seeing Nick's hands venturing up and down the length of her body above her cover-up, enjoying her wonderfully feminine shape; I was seeing Heather running her hands along the firm curvature of Nick's muscular arm and shoulder and back, as if she couldn't
believe
how good it felt and had to continue to experience it again and again and again. There was audio, too, so I could hear the smacking of their lips and their restless breathing and the gentle sound of their hands gliding along each other's bodies, all as if it was happening right here.
I just stood there for a few moments watching it unfold, in a state of shock and grief. Brad turned his back on me and began leaving the room. "And a bet's a bet," he said. "Whatever she does with Nick - you're going to do with me."
And with that, the door closed. Despite how obvious it was that I would find it locked, I rushed to the door to try to open it after waiting a moment to put some distance between me and my captor. It was then that I found that, on this side, the door was fitted with one of those kinds of locks that requires a code to open it. There would be no leaving without knowing the code, and the door seemed heavily built enough that there would be no forcing it open. The window, I thought. It was, after all, a one-story cottage. I rushed to the window and opened it, and then I looked down and saw that this wall was on the very back side of the house above the cliff, and beneath the window was a 30-foot drop at least, onto the jagged rocks at the water's edge. I knew I would break both legs and probably my back if I attempted to jump.
There was no escaping. I was trapped.
My attention returned to the TV screen. Nick was beginning to pull Heather's cover-up off of her, and I was mortified to see her lift her arms in full cooperation as he undressed her. He took it off of her slowly, as if he was unwrapping a Christmas present, revealing more and more of her pretty body, and let it fall to the ground beside her. Now, there was nothing covering her except her skimpy baby blue bikini, with so much of her beautiful, feminine body exposed and Nick's for the taking. And then Nick forcefully grabbed her and pulled her back into his arms again, as if he couldn't be apart from her for another second, and it was at that moment that I heard Heather giggle - the exact same giggle she used to give
me
when she was feeling flirty and I would pull her into my arms or pin her against the wall, when she would be so overcome by happiness and love that she just couldn't contain it. I had always loved that giggle, though I had experienced it less and less as time went on. And now, she was giggling that way for Nick. How could she be doing this?
As for Heather, there was no looking back - not yet, anyway. She had made her choice. She had given into her desires. Her subconscious mind, desperate as it was for Nick to fuck her and deposit his seed in her, wasn't going to allow anything to stand in its way, especially now that it was finally happening. The subconscious feminine mind, once again guided by millions of years of evolution, was very good at this kind of thing. The last thing on Heather's mind right now was her husband and what she had just done to him and the depth of her betrayal. That would come later. For now, the only one she was thinking about was Nick. She was utterly overcome by desire and lust, and she was aware of nothing but the unimaginable joy and ecstasy of surrendering herself over to him - of feeling her slender body pressed up against his large, muscular frame; and his hands on her, groping and enjoying her; and her own hands, gliding along his ripped upper body; and the deliciously warm and intimate wetness of his lips and tongue and mouth. They were making out again, just as passionately as before, and every now and then, Heather just couldn't contain herself and I would hear her giggle again.
Nick was running his hands up and down her greedily now - caressing and squeezing her curved waist, her smooth back, her slender arms, her soft thighs, all those parts of her I had cherished so much. And then, finally, his hands ventured down to her butt which he grabbed eagerly, drawing her even more tightly against him. It was so painful to see him touching her in such an intimate way like that, but even worse was the fact that she was happily allowing it to happen.