"Are you sure John is cheating on you?" Pastor Eaton asked.
Not knowing where to turn I had made an appointment with Pastor Eaton to see what I should do after I learned my husband of seven years was having an affair with who I thought was my best friend, Dianne McLean
John had been seen going into the Red rose Motel with McLean in the middle of the afternoon when he was supposed to be at work. Gert Curley had seen them and Gert was an impeccable source of information.
"Yes, I am sure." I begin to sob.
"OK, just take a deep breath and relax, it's not as bad as you think." Eaton attempted to comfort me.
"But what about the children?" I whined.
John and I had two children, Alley our five-year-old and Trevor who was two.
"The children don't need to know." Eaton said.
"But I can't go on like this!" I groaned.
"You can confront him and more than likely have it escalate where it could threaten your marriage or you could reassess your own conduct." The pastor advised.
"I don't understand?" I was confused.
"If you don't say anything these things usually run themselves out but in the meantime you can have your own fun so it doesn't bother you so much." Eaton explained.
It was not the answer I had expected.
"Go home and think about it and I will see you again tomorrow at two." Eaton dismissed me.
Mary-Anne Easton was bent over Eaton's desk, her jeans and panties around her ankles. Eaton was sowing his seed into the submissive teens fertile garden.
Easton had confided in Eaton about her father's inappropriate behavior after she had passed through puberty. The pretty eighteen-year-old revealed that her father had begin touching her and progressed to having intercourse with her.
Eaton told Marry-Anne it was a daughter's duty to look after the needs of her father and that she should lovingly offer him the gift of her body. To reinforce it was the proper thing to do Eaton had partaken of the naΓ―ve beauty in hi study.
"Thank you pastor," Mary-Anne said pulling up her jeans with a fresh load of Eaton's sperm safely within her womb.
"Silly girl" thought Eaton, "When she discovers she's pregnant she will assume it is her father's child".
"I would like you to come and see me again next week to see how you are doing Mar-Anne." Eaton said as she left.
I was a bit more objective when I arrived at Eaton's study the following afternoon.
"I don' t think I really understand what you said yesterday." I started the session.
"If your husband thinks it is OK for him to cheat on you then why isn't it OK for you to do it?" Eaton proposed.
"Oh no, I couldn't do that!" I protested.
In all of our marriage I had been satisfied with John and my sex life and had not even thought about anyone else.
"And why not?" Eaton persisted.
"I'm just not like that."
"You could be?" Eaton suggested.
Was I going crazy? Was my pastor advising me to commit adultery?
"How?" I inquired.
"You could have your own affair and take your mind off John's indiscretion." Eaton suggested.
"And who could I trust to have this affair with?" I challenged.
"Me!" Eaton smiled.
Brian Eaton was like a father to me/ I had been attending the Normanhurst Baptist Church since we had moved onto Tolton Avenue not long after we were married. John was not much of a churchgoer but I liked to attend and later took the children along with me.
It was a small congregation and Pastor Eaton and his wife Helen barely managed on his meager stipend. Money aside, Pastor Eaton served with the zeal of the Good Sheppard caring for his flock before his own needs.
Eaton was a man of about fifty or so I would say, bespectacled and not particularly handsome but always had a warm welcoming smile on his face. It was hard not to love him.
"Are you serious?" I said in shock.
"Very!" Eaton assured me.