Chapter 2 –A wall of anger is building up
My perfect life was over. That was the essence of all my train of thoughts in the next few hours. Here I was, thinking that I was an exemplary husband, and I just found out that my wife was lying to me, cheating on me. So common an occurrence but so unlike what I expected from my own marriage. My cell rang but I didn't answer. It was Eileen. I turned it off.
I drove around in a haze, not knowing where to go. I started out of habit toward my home, but stopped. Did I have a home anymore? The anger had mostly left me and a great sadness overwhelmed me. The mist rising in my eyes, I finally had to park before causing a collision. I was totally and inexorably hurt to the core. And sad too! I started crying.
I am not sure how long I was like that, but I had to decide what to do next.
Going home was out. I didn't want to see Eileen. Not now! I didn't even know if I would ever want to see her again. All my good friends were also Eileen's friends and I didn't want to impose on them. I had to get out of my car and try to sort out my options.
Making a long detour, I drove back toward Motel Town. I did hesitate for a good 2 seconds before heading back toward the motel where I discovered the lie that was my life. I needed a room for at least the weekend. And as self-pity was replaced again by anger, I also wanted to worm out some information on the guy that was fucking my wife.
I knew deep down inside that it didn't matter. Race, cock size, sexual techniques and stamina wouldn't alter the simple fact that I've been lied to.
I know that I could deal with Eileen with another man, the same way she could deal with me and another woman. Been there, done that!
The lie was another matter. I had to know if the lie was an aberration, a lapse that could be worked out, or if I had lost Eileen. With that in mind, I entered the office.
It was easier than I thought. Checking me in, the reception clerk asked for my credit card and my driver's license.
"You're from town, I see! Normally you guys check only for the night. The wife's away for the week-end?" he asked while giving me an unfriendly look. I had the impression he did not approve of cheaters.
I was more in a mood to bite his head off, but decided instead to play on what I perceived as an anti-cheating attitude. A little honesty might put me on his good side. Heck, I was willing to pay him hundreds for some information that I might be able to get free.
"No, it's not that. I just don't want to go back home for a few days."
"Been kicked out? I see a lot of that too." It was more a statement than a question.
"Well not exactly, but with the same result." I said
"Well, I hope for your sake that the broad was worth it. To mess up your marriage, I mean. There you go!" He handed me a swipe key card for the room. He was about to dismiss me as a philanderer not worth his time any longer. It was time to play my cards and gain some sympathy.
"To put the fact straight, I didn't cheat on my wife. I caught her cheating on me."
"Bitch!" the clerk exclaimed.
"And there is not a chance that I will ever set foot in that house or talk to her."
"Sorry to hear that, man! I've been there myself and I know how it hurts. How did you find out?"
He was a lot friendlier suddenly. That was a good sign.
"Well, I followed her to the motel were they were... meeting. As a matter of fact, I found them over an hour ago here in this same motel."
"Holy crap! 'scuse my language! You're the guy that kicked the shit off one of our customer earlier. He was a bloody mess when he checked out."
"Well, that's the guy that was fucking my wife." I didn't have to act. My voice was naturally breaking a little on that statement. A look of sympathy from the clerk was my reward.
"I can't say that I disapprove of the beating. He had it coming in my opinion. I hope he will crawl under the rock where he came from and don't press charges. I hate these doctors, the way they look at you all almighty."
Oh, a first tidbit of information.
"No worry there. I didn't touch him. He had a... an accident in the panic when I found them out... A doctor you said? What? Did he advertise his job or something?" I asked.
"Nothing like that. He's a regular here..." a contrite look pass on his face. "Shit, I didn't mean to say that. Sorry man! I paid attention because all his broads are quite good looking. Which one is yours?"
That guy was a mine of information all by himself. "The red-head woman."
"Wow! The best looking one, not looking like a bimbo or nothing. I preferred when she was doing the checking-in. Always nice, she was!"
My slim hope that it was a one-time slip by Eileen went down the drain in a hurry. I felt dizzy. The counter was not enough support for the way I sensed the whole room starting to spin on me. I went and sit on a chair. The clerk left his counter and came to me.
"Sorry man! I talk too much. Are you alright?" he asked.
I didn't faint but it was close.
His empathy was such that I didn't have to coax him very hard to get his help. Within an hour, I had copies of the reservation book, going back 18 months. 18 months of lies for crying out loud! I had been a cuckold for 18 months as far as me and the clerk could surmise. On top of that, I received a DVD copy of the security camera earlier today where we could see clearly Eileen in the Mercedes parked in front of the door of the reception while her lover was checking in.
Taking my stuff with me, I was in a mood for a stiff drink. I drove to a nearby liquor store, bought a bottle of whiskey and went back to my room. Just to rub salt on the wound, I was only few doors down from where they had been fucking. Anything to lift a guy's spirit up!
The next hour decided my plan of action that was quite simple after all. Getting a divorce and going on with my life. With proof of her cheating, I had good cause and shouldn't suffer any monetary setback.
Of course, I had to think about the kids. Mark was away at college. He was a very bright independent young man. Eileen and me had the means to support him through college, and I was pretty sure that he would take the divorce in stride.
Mary was another matter. Daddy's girl might take it very hard. Thinking about her made me settled down quite a bit. It didn't relieve the sadness or the anger that pervaded me. It did help to cool me down a tad. No betrayal scene between Eileen and me. No messy divorce. I will cut the abscess right away. The faster, the better!
I thought I knew her. I thought that her mind was an open book to me. And she had been lying to me for almost 2 years without me being the wiser. I knew then that I would be unable to trust her ever again and a big part of our whole relationship was based on trust.
So tomorrow I would contact my lawyer to draw the divorce papers and have it serve. I wouldn't fight if Eileen wanted the custody of Mary, although I would prefer to keep my girl with me. There's one thing that I was quite adamant about. I didn't want to see or talk to my soon to be ex. Absolutely no contact! Everything would be settled between lawyers.
As the time passed and the whiskey started to hit me, I started to reminisce about Eileen and me.
***
We met during a students' party at the university. I was 24 and she was 20. For me, it was university - take 2. I graduated 2 years earlier with a degree in mechanical engineering. With the CAD-CAM processes so important at the company where I worked, it became quickly obvious that I needed more knowledge in computer programming. My basic understanding of computer was barely enough to follow the computer programmers that we dealt with on a daily basis. I then took many evening classes in computer studies but it was taking a toll on my social life and it was tiring. So I asked and got a leave of absence to further my education in computer programming for a semester. As a result, at 24, I was feeling a bit on the outside from the student crowd attending that party.
Craig, a fellow classmate, took me apart and invited me to an after-hour party at a friend's place and I ended up in a stranger's apartment with 20 other partygoers. Feeling a bit an outcast, I gravitated on the outside of the crowd. That's when I notice a new arrival. Three persons arrived at the party, an obvious couple from the way they were at each other, and a very attractive redhead young woman. The host being busy elsewhere, I decided to greet the newcomers. Introductions were made and the couple went to meet some acquaintances. That left me with the splendid woman with a fiery mane of hair.
She was a student in the nursing program and felt also a bit an outsider from the geeks' gathering. It took us an hour to connect with lively discussions full of humor and many shared opinions. The more we talked, the more body contacts she initiated and that I returned. By the time I was ready to ask her to my flat, she went ahead first.
"Why don't we go to your place and fuck our brains out?"
"Good idea", I replied, "I was about to offer it."
On the way home, we gave a good show to an appreciative cab driver. We were glued to each other, kissing passionately and touching each other's body. She had nice little pert breasts that I freely caressed through her shirt. She was soon rubbing my full-blown erection through my jeans. We finally made it to my flat and the cab driver was smirking when I paid him.
From the building entrance to my apartment, we stayed glued to each other, kissing with even more hunger. We simply ran the flight of stairs and we were inside the flat at last.