At the end of Chapter 2, Marianne went to bed with Marcus and Susan. The story resumes the next morning.
========== Chapter 3: Mr. Washington
At around 11:30 am, Marianne snuck out of Marcus' back door and into her own. The house was quiet, and there were some dishes in the sink. Nathan had been and gone, and had left a note on the kitchen sink:
"Came home @ 7. House was empty. Call me." There was a strange number at the bottom of the paper. Marianne was incensed. How dare he ask her to call him at another woman's house? Suddenly, anger gave way to worry. What if he knew where she had been, and more importantly, what she had been doing there? She picked up the phone and immediately dialed Susan, who agreed to give her an alibi if the need arose. Somewhat relieved, Marianne called the number Nathan had left her. A male voice picked up:
"Marianne?"
"Nathan?"
"I'm on my way home."
"Nathan wait, I-" The line went dead. Okay, get yourself together, Marianne thought. Her first thought was to get cleaned up; yes, a nice long shower was definitely in order. She left her clothes on the kitchen floor and hopped in the shower. She let the hot water run over her smooth skin, feeling like her transgressions were being washed down the drain. She was so busy reliving the events of the night before, however, that she never heard the front door open and close. Suddenly the shower curtain was pulled back, and Marianne shrieked in fear, only to see her husband standing before her.
"My god in heaven, you scared the hell out of me!"
"The feeling's mutual. Where have you been all night?"
"I went to Susan's place. Her kids are with their grandparents and she was home alone."
"I see. Well, come in the bedroom when you get out of the shower."
"All right." Marianne lingered in the shower, trying to think of how she could worm her way out of this situation. She turned off the water and stepped out, but before she could get her bathrobe around her body, a pair of hands grabbed her by the waist, carried her into the bedroom and slammed her on the bed! She looked up in horror as her husband had a menacing look on his face. He pinned her hands above her head and lay on top of her, crushing her with his body weight. "Where the hell were you last night?"
"I told you, at Susan's house. Let me go, you're hurting me!"
Nathan put both of Marianne's hands in one of his, roaming her naked, cowering body with the other one. "Who is he? I know you were out fucking someone last night; come on, spit it out!"
"I don't know what you're talking about. Please, let me go." Her voice was laden with fear, which served only to incite Nathan even more. His moral compass somehow allowed him to continue to interrogate his wife for something he was guilty of himself. He touched and searched her everywhere, looking for any tell-tale marks or scratches. But when he got to her now hairless mound, he stopped. "Marianne, what's this?"
"It's called a pussy. More importantly than that, it's my pussy."
"Yeah, and it's shaved..." As if rapt in fascination, Nathan rubbed slowly as his wife's pussy. Marianne didn't know whether she should be excited that he was touching her, or fearful that he still might hurt her. All such doubts were erased, however, when he flung her legs open and began sucking her cunt. Marianne was caught completely off-guard; all of a sudden it was like they were in a happier time, before all of his philandering and womanizing had left their marriage an emotionally depleted void. Nathan might not have been the best fuck she'd ever had (in fact, he bordered on the worst), but when it came to sucking pussy, there was nobody better.
After a plethora of orgasms, Marianne lay in bed with her husband for the first time she could remember in a long time. Suddenly she felt pangs of guilt, and confessed everything that had happened the night before, leaving Susan conveniently out of it.
Nathan lay there in stunned silence. "I knew it. I couldn't envision you shaving yourself for no reason at all... can I just ask one question?"
"What?"
"Was it good? I mean better-than-me good?"
"Do you want the truth?"
Nathan chuckled. "I'll take that as a yes. Well, as long as he's good, I really don't see any problems with it."
Marianne was stunned. "Huh? I just told you I had sex with another man, and you 'really don't see any problems with it?'"
"Marianne, I never could please you, you know that as well as I do. I mean, I love giving you head and all, but not being able to do more than that... it hurts. But rather than try to work out our problems between us, I found someone I could satisfy. I've been having affairs at work for the last ten years."
Marianne tried to sound hurt, as she already knew the truth. "Well, let's just put the past behind us, and try to get back to being 'us' again."
That night Nathan opted to stay home, but Marianne insisted on sleeping on the couch. As put off as he was, he relented, not wanting to push her any farther away. When he woke up in the morning, he found his usual breakfast, coffee, and morning paper on the table. He regretted all those years of womanizing and cheating, but he knew he couldn't put it behind him. Suddenly he had an idea.
"Remember last night you said we should get back to being us again? I think I've got an idea how we can do that."