Can you Cheat in an Open Marriage? Pt2
Dragonmann72
I want to thank
Odiouser
for his permission to write a second chapter to
his story
. When I let him read it he had a question about my opening scene, as it was to start where the original ended, when he wakes up he thinks the events leading up to here were a dream. I want to thank Nelson for the fine editing job, if there are any mistakes they will be from me changing his suggestions. Lets a;; look forward to any other additions that come down the way.
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I honestly think I could maybe tolerate her getting way more sex than I was, but my ego would not allow me to live within the community knowing I was a cuckold to the loosest woman in town. Sorry to be so thin-skinned and fragile.
SO, she would have to agree to quit the job and lifestyle but I am almost sure she wouldn't. I equally doubt she would agree to moving far away from here and starting over. I finally drifted off to sleep.
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I woke and looked at the clock, 3am. I was sweating and had just had the most horrific dream of my life. My heart was beating at a mile a minute; I dreamed that Heide was cheating on me.
I slowly looked to my left and there she was sound asleep, not a care in the world, or so she looked. Once my breathing was back under control, I thought back about the dream. Heide was a high priced Call Girl/Striper. She had had an affair with the mayor and Oh yeah my friend Spence.
As I looked around the room I decided to get up and use the facilities and try to go back to sleep. While sitting on the commode I thought to what day this was, that's right it would be Tuesday morning. As I flushed I knew that I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep so I decided to go down and get a cup of warm milk, hopefully the melatonin would help put me back to sleep.
O got down to the kitchen and poured a cup of milk, and set it in the microwave for 45 seconds. I looked to my left and saw the drawer that I had dreamed where the pictures of Heide were. I walked over and slowly pulled it out. Shit, there was the envelope.
I took everything out of it and decided I would hide it in the office. I found an old shoebox in the garbage and I tore it into pieces and added some paper towels for space and put it back in the drawer. I took all the papers and my cup of milk to the office. In with the pictures were the two sales receipts for the coin and the gaudy necklace. There were about thirty pictures, most of which had Spence in them. I put them in lock box and sat back down to drink my milk.
I must have fallen back to sleep, because the next thing I knew, Heide was shaking me to wake me.
"Merl, are you alright, when woke you weren't in bed so I went to look for you. Why are you in here?"
"I had a bad dream, so I decided to try the warm milk thing. I guess it worked."
She looked over and saw the mug and believed everything I said.
"Are you going to be home on time tonight, if you are I'll make you a meal befitting a king?"
"Yeah, I don't fore see any problems, what you going to make?"
"That will be a secret; we haven't had dinner together for over week now, so I think you're due. Do you want to tell me about your dream?"
"Naw, I don't remember what it was about now, that milk thing must really work. Sorry I woke you, I'm going to go get a shower and get ready for work; I'll be back down in a few."
When I came back down, she had a full breakfast waiting for me. I gave her a big hug and a genuine kiss, and then I headed off. As I was going out the door she hit me with something I never thought she would ask.
"Do you still take lunch at twelve?"
"Usually, why, what do you need?"
"I was thinking of dropping by and going to lunch with you."
"Yeah, OK, we can go to Sherry's they have a great lunch special."
"OK, I'll see you then," and I walked out and drove to work.
If I was lost in thought before, she really had me going now. Did she know what all I knew? Was she really afraid I would leave her? What would she be willing to do to keep me? Well, we would be finding out soon.
I still had my other two problems, Spence and Rudy. All the other sex partners mattered, but not as much as those two jerks. The lap dance throng was in my mind, just ordinary citizens, a bit horny for sure, but who am I to condemn that? I had bought a bit of tail in my younger days, myself. I needed to start planning and quickly.
I went to the President of FinCo to check into a transfer to another location as far away from Cedar Rapids as I could get. As SVP of Marketing the job had to be, of course, seated in Cedar Rapids. But, he was an old friend and the man who promoted me to this lofty post initially. We brain stormed and he came up with an idea that would never have occurred to me.
The was a line management job as Regional VP currently open in Sioux City, Iowa. He had been somewhat stumped for a replacement since none of the District Managers in that region seemed seasoned enough for the officer level position.
I rather quickly nibbled at that one. I had been a successful line manager, a District Manager in another region so I knew the job well and I rather missed the action of a line position. More travel that I would like, but excitement and results-based rewards. I meant about a 10% lower salary, and maybe less visibility in terms of future top jobs.
I first thought was that I wished I could consult with my wife over such a big move, but that was out of the question. I had to get out of this town. So, we shook hands on it right there.
Sioux City wasn't as far away as I wanted to go, but it was four hours away from here. It would take two weeks for everything to go through so what ever I needed to do had to be done in that time.
Heide showed up at twelve and we went to Sherry's. We held hands as we walked there and she would lean into me like I was the only person in the world. The only problem was all I could see were the images of Spencer's head between her legs. I didn't say a word about my pending job change and transfer.
"You know Merl, we should do this more often."
"Well babe, you are always so busy, with your volunteering, dance night and thrift store shopping, and that only leaves us Sunday night, Monday and Tuesday night. In order for me to get to sleep on time, I need to be in bed by nine or at least by ten and that is when you watch the shows you record.
"The only thing we have going is dinner at home three nights a week. How would you fit any more time for me in your busy schedule? I work during the day and you're gone at night. Hell breakfast this morning is a rare commodity. I could quit my job, but that would just increase the number of mornings. Your thrift store shopping brings in good money but not enough to live on; I think they call it the proverbial catch 22. If I don't work, we don't eat."
"I wish I could find a way to spend more time together."
"Well you could quit thrift shopping on Fridays and stop volunteering at the shelter on Saturdays, and that would at least give us a weekend together, we're not getting any younger you know."
"I don't think I could bring in enough money y cutting out Friday, and those poor souls look forward to seeing me on Saturdays."
"And thus Heide, the catch 22, we don't need your money from thrift shopping, and you would need to decide which is more important, me or the homeless."
Her demeanor changed from loving wife to witch in the flash of a second.
"What are you saying Merl, I either spend more time with you or we're through?"
"That was your interpretation of what I said. If you would have listened, I said we don't spend enough time together; you spend more time with Meredith, than me. If you aren't at her house, your shopping, dancing or at the shelter. After 16 years, I have become an after thought. Only in the last couple of days have you acted like you give a shit."
"I don't like you attitude Merl."
"And I need to go back from lunch. It's Tuesday and you promised a fantastic dinner, so I guess I'll see you then."
I got up went and paid the bill and walked back across the street. I don't know how long she stayed there I didn't care any more. I still had plans to make and less than two weeks to get them done.
Dinner was just as she promised, when she wanted to she could cook, I would be missing that. Wednesday night when I got home, she was already gone, some people never change. I started to box up some of my clothes, just the ones she wouldn't notice gone. Thursday after I got off, I stopped at Sam's Club and bought a new HP Touchscreen Laptop. When I got home, I started porting over all the data I felt was needed and started deleting the rest.
When I was finished, I put it in the new case I bought and sat it next to the desk. I put all the packaging in the trunk of my car; I would get rid of it Friday at work.
Friday night, I drove over by my good friend Spencer's house and sat watching. He was never any good at changing up his routine, so I knew when pulled out of his driveway at seven he was headed for Rye Balled. While I waited I played with my phone. He pulled back into his garage at ten.