After receiving some great feedback, I went back and re-worked this story with to9ashiyuuta, who was a huge help.
Note: This is a story about unintended cheating. If you don't like stories about cheating wives, you will not enjoy this story. Other than that, I really appreciate receiving feedback!
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"No way! Forget about it Sherry. I don't care who he is. Quit trying to set me up." Sarah said, upset that her sister was trying to set her up, yet again. It seemed like every few months, Sherry had another guy who was 'just perfect'.
"Please, Sarah? I promise never to try and set you up again." Sherry pleaded to her sister through her phone. "Look, it would be a huge favor to Scott too. The guy is the son of the CEO at Scott's work."
"Oh! WOW! So, now you're not just trying to hook me up, but now you're trying to sell me off like a hooker?!" Sarah exclaimed.
It did sound pretty bad with her putting it like that. "Oh come on. You know it's not like that." Sherry said lowering her tone.
"Oh? So, what is it like? You figure you'd hook up the boss's kid with your slut sister to get your husband a promotion?" Sarah argued back.
"Really Sarah? You think I would do that to you? Scott was telling me about him. He sounds like a really nice guy." Sherry said.
"Nice guy, huh? So, he's probably really ugly then. Forget it no way." Sarah said.
"Okay fine. I get it. You're upset." Sherry said trying to sound reasonable. "Scott already set it up. It's just dinner at Angelo's. All I'm asking is that you have dinner and pretend to be nice. Then, you never have to see him again and I will never try to set you up again."
"You're right about one thing. You're not going to try this shit again because I'm not going." Sarah said quickly, but before Sherry could reply a distinctive "beep" sounded.
Sherry looked at the phone and saw that the call had ended. "I can't believe you hung up on me!" Sherry tried calling her sister back, but it went straight to voicemail.
Sherry was the older sister by just a year, but a lot of people thought they were twins. The two pretty brunettes loved to fool people in high school. They would even switch jerseys for soccer games, and no one ever caught them except their parents. Once they got into college, they started following different paths. Sarah became a total party girl and ended up dropping out and finishing at a local community college. Sherry, on the other hand, took school seriously and finished her bachelor's degree.
At 31, Sherry was the VP of Marketing for a clothing company. She had met her husband Scott during her senior year in college. They didn't really get serious until the year after they graduated though. Two years later, they got married and decided to hold off on having kids to focus on their careers.
Scott worked for an IT firm and has been stuck in middle management for a few years now and really wanted to make a push to move up. A few weeks earlier, he had heard that the CEO's son, David was coming to town. The word around the office was that the CEO wanted his son to settle down with a wife and kids and eventually take over the company so he could retire.
Scott knew that the CEO was just a bit old-fashioned and would feel better about leaving the company in his son's hands if he was settled down. His mind immediately went to his sister-in-law. Sherry was always on her sister to settle down. She was really pretty, looking almost exactly like Sherry, but could never seem to hold a job or man down for very long. Scott figured that it wouldn't hurt his career to get noticed by the head of the company. As an added bonus, if they hit it off, Sherry would also be thrilled.
A few days later, Scott found himself getting into the elevator at the same time as the CEO. They had been in several meetings over the years so Scott was comfortable talking to him. He mentioned his sister in law and showed him a picture of Sarah and Sherry on his phone.
"My son hates it when I try to meddle in his personal life, but she is quite a pretty lady. He will just have to take my word for it!" The 70 year old CEO told Scott.
The next day, Scott received an email from the CEO setting the date. He immediately called his wife with the good news and she agreed to get her sister to go. Scott immediately replied back letting him know that Sarah was looking forward to it.
By the time Scott got home he was eager to find out how the call went with Sarah. Sherry was in the kitchen getting dinner started. "Hey, honey!" He smiled and gave his wife a kiss on the cheek. "So, how did it go with Sarah?"
"It didn't," Sherry replied bluntly.
Scott stopped in his tracks. His smile started to slip away. "What do you mean? You didn't talk to her yet?"
"Oh, I talked to her. She doesn't want to have to do anything with it."
Scott walked slowly to the small kitchen table and sat heavily. "Fuck." He thought for a few minutes before looking to his wife for answers. "What do we do?"
Sherry stopped working on the Greek salad she was putting together and looked at her husband. "There's nothing to do. She is really pissed off at me right now. You need to cancel the date."
Scott buried his face in his hands. "No, no, no. This can't be happening."
Sherry was back to work on the salad now. She always kept them on a healthy diet. Without looking up, she responded to her sad looking husband, "What can't?"
Scott said miserably, "I already told him that Sarah was really looking forward to meeting his son."
Sherry took a deep breath. She wanted to scream. Why did Scott do such stupid shit sometimes? "Sounds like you've got a problem then," She said sounding cold and blunt. She put the salad into bowls and took one over to Scott. Sitting down next to him, she couldn't help but feel bad. After all, she had been the one to tell him that she would get her sister to do it. The couple sat in silence while picking at their salads. Both of their minds were trying to find a solution. Fifteen minutes later, Sherry got up and took her bowl to the sink while Scott was still picking through his salad.
"Well, the date isn't until Saturday night so maybe we can still find a way to change Sarah's mind. However, you need to do what you can to cancel. Between the two of us, one or the other should happen. Sound like a plan?"
Scott looked up with a glimmer of hope in his eyes. "Thank you so much Honey!" He jumped up like an eager child and started cleaning the kitchen to show his appreciation. "You go sit down. I'll take care of this," he said motioning to the kitchen.
Sherry felt a bit guilty. Her sister was the most stubborn person she knew. She was going to have a tough time convincing Sarah. She filled a glass of wine and went to go soak in a hot bath to relax.
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All week, Sarah's phone was going straight to voicemail and she hadn't returned any of the messages that Sherry had left her. It was Friday and Scott hadn't canceled the date either. Sherry was mad at Scott for not having the balls to man up, but she also felt partially responsible for thinking that she could make it happen.
Sarah had an apartment that was fairly close to Sherry's office. She decided to drop in during lunch and try one last plea. The apartment complex wasn't anything fancy and it wasn't in the best part of town either. The building was only two stories and the outside reminded her more of a cheap motel rather than an apartment complex. She knocked on the door to Sherry's apartment. Nothing. She knocked again and listened. Still nothing. Worry started to flood Sherry's emotions fearing the worst. She dug into her purse looking for the spare key Sarah had given her.
When a hand touched her shoulder, Sherry jumped. She turned quickly and bumped into the door with a thud. With the door holding her up, she saw an old man that was probably in his 80's standing there.
"Sarah? I'm so sorry!" The old man said backing away with his hands up. It was clear he thought she was her sister. She was about to correct him when he continued, "I thought you were going to be gone until next weekend?"
She wasn't sure why she said what she did next, but she stood up feeling much more relaxed. She replied, "Oh, I just forgot some things."
"You have a fancy interview or something? You sure look nice." The old man said still standing there as Sherry dug out her keys.