Gloria sat in her living room, waiting for her husband Wynne to come home. Wynne seemed to find more and more reasons to leave town, leave home, bail out on planned dates, anything to avoid Gloria and the life that they had built. Gloria didn't understand it and let Wynne have his space for a while. Until she found the emails and the texts that his other woman had sent.
Gloria was past being angry. She was, and always had been, a woman of action. So, the first thing she did was go to her tattoo artist.
"Blaze? I want some new shit."
Blaze turned to the 44-year old professional. He had been tattooing since he was 20, and he had seen others like this woman. Something, a divorce, a death, or some other major life change got them wanting ink to memorialize it. Or just the pain, to wash away bad memories. Either way, it was business. He had bills and grandkids, by this time.
Still, the hard glint in her eye gave him pause. Blaze was a mountain of a man, a star at linebacker in high school before a knee injury killed his football dream. He found art as a way to deal with his own pain, and tattooing as a way out of the projects. Maybe he could help this woman the same way. He stroked his clean gray beard. "What are you wanting?"
"Lots. And a couple big ones. You're going to be seeing me a lot."
A couple of months after that visit, and after a truly wild night with her best friend Julia and her husband Meldrake, Gloria felt ready to confront Wynne. Her ankles still sported the tribal bands she had done in college, but her upper body had exploded in a burst of color. Her shoulders were a swirl of flowers, from her shoulder blades around to her collarbone. She had a "tramp stamp", albeit a tasteful one, that framed her strong, tight ass. Bands to match her lower back encircled her thighs. But the one that she loved the most, (Maybe because it hurt the most...) was the short centerpiece that she had done between her 42 DD breasts. An urn with a bright swirl of flowers that flowed over the tops of her breasts, still concealable under a button up blouse, but showed under anything else. Gloria had kept in shape, but she was a 5' 11'' former college softball champion. A big ,strong girl, grown into a big, strong woman. Her face was beautiful, and her 44 years put lines in all the right places, especially around her grey eyes, and sprinkled the perfect amount of salt into her pepper-black hair.
She sat, waiting in the dark. She wore only a black sheer wrap that was transparent, muting the colors that danced on her shoulders. It was the end of the summer, or it should have been, but temperatures were still in the high 80's or low 90's every day, and Gloria loved lounging nude, or almost nude, in the air conditioned house.
Finally, a key in the lock, and Wynne's form stepped in through the door, quietly, not trying to make any noise-
Gloria snapped the light on.
"Hello Wynne. Remember me? I'm your wife, Gloria."
"Glo? What's going on? You're still up? You're not wearing any clothes?"
"Nope. I thought I'd show you some sights you won't ever see again."
Wynne blushed hard, going from pinkish to bright red in seconds.
In that second, she knew for sure. Seeing the text and hacking his email gave her the evidence, but there was a small part of her that held out hope.
"She fuck better than me?"
"Gloria-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP. Does she suck your teenie peenie better than me?"
Wynne was silent and still. He was not a small man, but his wife looked him directly in the eye when they stood. She did so now, and said "Answer me, you country motherfucker."
Wynne's folks were from Mississippi, and he was quite proud of being from the south. Marrying a northerner had caused his parents great consternation.
"Gloria...I mean...we haven't had sex in-"
"20 months! I've been counting. Have you? You still haven't answered the question. Never mind. Here's what's going to happen." Gloria dropped the sheer wrap and stood before Wynne, the light seemingly making her tattoos glow. "You are going to pack your shit. I am going to sit here and wait. You will then get the fuck out of my house."
"Wait! Where am I supposed to go?"
"I don't give a shit where you go. Hell would be my choice." Gloria sat down, her splendid naked body drawing Wynne's eye. He never noticed all the ink she'd been getting until now. Little Susie Crocker had been taking his little dick in her mouth and up her ass for the last year and a half. The 21 year old goth girl had taken all of his attention. She didn't have any tattoos. "I don't have to get inked to be goth." She said defiantly, when Wynne suggested it. "I love my skin clean and porcelain."
Wynne sighed and then his eyes popped, as Gloria fanned her legs open, showing him her recently shaved pussy.
"Like what you see? Not yours anymore! Get your shit and get out!"
Wynne started to get angry "It's my house, too."
Gloria smiled. "You know that's bullshit, Wynne. This is my house. It's in my name. I make the payments. Fuck off."
Wynne started to get bold. "You gonna make me?"
"No."
There were, all of a sudden, lights and a knock at the front door. Gloria grabbed a robe she had pre-set, put it on and opened the door to the Police.
After convincing Wynne to spend a night in a hotel, the police left, and Gloria went to bed.
And slept soundly.
The next morning, Gloria dressed for work, and went in.
There was an email waiting for her on her phone to see her boss immediately upon arrival. Mickie, the senior assistant, buzzed her into his office.
"Gloria, I'll just get to the point. You are one of the best attorneys we have. But we can't have someone representing the firm with tattoos all over her body. We're going to have to let you go."