It's tough to keep a relationship going when you feel like no one really wants it to survive. Margo and I had seen our share of tough times, but we managed to keep our marriage together. Our relationship? Well, that was a whole different story.
One of the points of contention in our marriage was our sex life. Or, more accurately, our lack of one. We were never the type to get passionate or worked up enough to break furniture and wake the neighbors. In fact, I'm confident that we were pretty damn boring in bed.
Our fathers worked together at the same plant and our families were good friends. Margo and I kind of grew up together and our families joked that we should get married when we grew up. That joke evolved into another long-running gag that Margo and I were going to take part in an 'arranged' marriage as if we were bound by some ancient royal decree.
And, even though Margo and I dated a number of other people during our school years, damned if we didn't bypass all those other relationships and get married after all. Our families were ecstatic, our friends felt vindicated, and Margo and I felt as though we did the right thing... for everyone else.
We tried to make it work. Sex was... okay. I mean, it was sex, but it wasn't 'SEX' like you read about and hear of and that they make movies about. Every so often we'd try something different to see if we could ignite some hidden spark, but it was pretty much to no avail. So, Margo and I kind of went through the motions in our public life even though there weren't many 'motions' taking place in our bedroom.
Margo withdrew from me, and I couldn't seem to find any reason to try from my end. I mean, Margo is a pretty lady, and she looks good naked and all, but I just couldn't fake any interest. We went through some counseling and I even went through a number of tests with doctors, but nothing was going to change.
Finally, Margo approached me and said that it was time for us to stop living the lie and to let our relationship die a natural death. It hurt to just give up, but it was the right thing to do.
So, it was with great surprise that Margo, after having moved everything out of the house that she wanted and that we had agreed to, wanted to get together for one last night of romance. Just like I felt during our marriage, I felt like I was obligated for one last try.
But Margo wanted this one last moment of passion to be 'different', and 'unforgettable'.
The bedroom was lit by a dozen or so large candles, leaving arcs of golden light that waved along the walls and ceiling as the candle flames danced in the faintly moving air. On the nightstand was the bottle of the flavored couple's lubricant that Margo has bought to help make up for the vaginal dryness she experienced from the lack of her sexual excitement towards me. And I was in the center of the bed, laid out in spread-eagle fashion with my wrists and ankles bound by satiny ribbon.
Margo was tying the last of the knots in the ribbon securing my left ankle.
"You do trust me, don't you?" she asked.
"If I didn't trust you," I answered, "I wouldn't have laid still all this time for you to tie me up, Marg."
"Okay," Margo said, climbing off of the bed and looking me and her handiwork over, "I don't want you too tight. How much can you move?"
I gently moved my limbs to see how much play existed in my bonds. I moved my arms and legs and had about twelve to fourteen inches of lateral movement in each limb. Still bound, but not taut.
"I think I'm good here," I offered, my heart beating a little fast. From excitement or nervousness, it was hard to tell.
"Good, good," Margo said, tightening the tie of her long robe a tad. While she looked at me she made an expression as if something forgotten had just re-entered her mind. "One more thing."
She took one of our pillows and helped me lift my head and slipped it under for me.
"Comfy?" she asked.
"Yeah," I replied with a small chuckle.
Margo then grabbed the other, firmer pillow that she used when we slept together. "Lift your butt," she said.
I lifted my hips and butt off of the bed as best I could and Margo slid the pillow under me, pointing my penis towards the ceiling like the peak of a mountain. This was new. I wondered what 'different and unforgettable' thing was about to take place.
"Back in a sec, honey," said Margo, and she opened the bedroom door and stepped out of the room.
I waited patiently, looking about the faintly lit room. Then I heard Margo's voice as she approached from the living room: "I have a surprise for you!"
I turned my head and watched Margo walk back into our bedroom. Behind her walked in a brutish looking man, a little taller than Margo, and a whole lot wider.
"What the hell is this?" I asked, startled. I began pulling at my bonds only to find out just how tight Margo had tied them. Margo walked over to the bedside and reached down a hand and began to stroke my hair softly in a calming fashion.
"Honey," she said softly, "you need to relax."
"What do you mean, 'relax'?" I said, feeling a little more scared than angry.