I live rather a charmed life.
My name is Tony. I'm thirty four years old, tall and, I'm told, still fit looking. By trade I'm a diamond merchant with a nice, comfortable office in one of the best parts of town. I don't have to work too hard which leaves me time to enjoy my home life with my wife, Tracy and our three boys. Tracy is a wonderful woman; at twenty eight her flowing blonde hair frames a pretty face and regular exercise has returned her body to an attractive and very sexy size six. I love the way her deep brown eyes twinkle when she smiles - in fact I just love all of her. Most men I know would be happy to just be with her, so why is it that I want to watch her have sex with another man! Of course, this is not something that I could talk to Tracy about - she's an understanding woman, but I would doubt that she's THAT understanding! No, my secret fantasy must stay well hidden. My family saw me as a loyal husband and father and a good provider - this was not something that my wife would ever find out about - or so I thought!
It had been a warm, humid day. Lunch with a valued client had included two bottles of an extremely good Chablis and, as I sat behind my large mahogany desk, I could feel the warm sleep-inducing effects of lunch-time drinking. I glanced out into the main office through my glass panelled door and could see the two teenaged clerks, Heidi and Sonya, as ever busy scampering about from desk to desk, office to office delivering cups of coffee and collecting messages. As usual, the two young girls wore as little as propriety would allow and seemed gigglingly appreciative of the comments their attire exacted from the more mature male members of my staff. Too short skirts strained to conceal tight, teenaged buttocks and deep necklines gave the hint of warm, secretive cleavage without ever actually delivering. I felt the stirring's of an erection from within my suit pants - I may be a good family man but I'm also human!
The shrill tones of my desk-top intercom broke my pleasant daydream and brought me back to reality.
"It's you wife on line one, Tony."
I shook my head dispersing the image of a semi-clad Heidi and tried to turn my thoughts back to those of the diligent husband.
"Thanks Pam, I got it!" I hit the button for line one. "Hello darling."
"We gonna get to know each other real well, Tony boy - but I aint your fuckin' darlin'!"
The course, male voice on the other end of the line confused me. I was about to tell my secretary, Pam that she had mixed up the calls, when the stranger continued.
"Just be cool, Tony boy! We got your pretty little wife right here with us. If you want to see her again, you better listen good. Get your ass back home quick, man! Come home, Tony boy, your wife needs you here! Come home now."
In my business, the threat of blackmail or ransom demands are always present. I was immediately awake and sober and trying to detect some form of accent to help with later identification. The caller was trying to heavily disguise his voice, but I could definitely pick out an Afro-Caribbean dialect. I decided to obey my instructions and listen.
"We want you to bring us a little present, Tony boy. Take it from your safe and bring it home now - we'll be waiting."
The line went dead. It's strange how, when faced with risk or danger, the mind and body can react so well. I hardly had to think. I knew exactly what to do. The small, soft velvet bag was right at the back of my wall safe and as I withdrew it I didn't need to look inside, I knew the bag to contain a dozen of the highest quality un-cut diamonds. I stuffed the bag into my jacket pocket and almost ran past my surprised secretary and out of the building.
I remember very little about the drive home, in fact the first thing I can clearly recall is standing in the centre of the room and looking at my pretty wife sat on the sofa. She was flanked on both sides by two large coloured men. An odd thought popped into my head as I remembered my earlier speculation regarding their country of origin and realised that I had been correct.
"Did you bring the stuff, Tony boy?" the first man asked.
I nodded dumbly and withdrew the velvet bag from my pocket. I threw it towards to second man who caught it easily, hefting the weight in his hand. While his friend stood watching, the large man tipped the contents into his hand and began the long process of counting to twelve.
"We expected more, Tony boy!" He said at last, "this aint enough, man."
"That's all I could get. There wasn't anything else to bring."
The two men looked at me and then back at Tracy still sitting, head bowed on the sofa.
"It's okay sweetheart," I tried to comfort her, "everything will be alright."
The odd thing was, that as she looked up into my eyes, there seemed little, if any, sign of distress or fear. In fact she seemed almost to be smiling. I guessed that this was just Tracy's way of dealing with the situation.
"Don't make promises you can't fucking keep, man." the first guy said, almost laughing at me. "We been waiting here a long time for you, Tony boy and looking at you sweet little wife here has got us both a little hot and bothered." he held up the bag of gems, "this is too light, man, I guess we just have to take the rest out of this little slut here!"