Caught: Jenny
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I sat in the hospital waiting room, wondering if I should stay or if I should leave. Part of me wanted to run, far away, and let the cheating bitch wonder where I was. But I had to confront her one last time.
Let me back up a bit. My name is Mike Gregory. I’m a CPA for the accounting firm of Thomas and McMaster. I’ve been married to Jenny for just under five years, but that would be changing very soon.
After I graduated from high school, I enlisted in the Marine Corps and was made a disbursing clerk. I was one of the guys who made sure our Marines got paid. It wasn’t a glamorous or thrill-packed job by any stretch of the imagination, but I loved working with numbers. Liars can figure, but figures don’t lie. And I liked that part of my job.
After my stint in the Corps was over, I went into the Reserves and finished my bachelors degree in accounting. I had started my education while in the service, so it only took three years for me to finish my degree and meet the state requirements for a CPA license. I met Jenny in my senior year of college. She was working to become a paralegal, and had hoped to become a lawyer at some point in time.
We met, dated and married the September after graduating from college. I started working for Thomas and McMaster and she went to work for the law firm of Johnson and Associates, a company that specialized in family law.
Things were great for the first four years, or so I had thought. Jenny knew that I would be gone for Reserve drill one weekend out of the month and two weeks out of the year, and she was okay with that. Fortunately, I never got sent overseas after becoming a Reservist, but I knew there was a possibility it could happen.
Our life together during that time was terrific. We loved each other and had mind-blowing sex several times a week. We had rented a nice apartment, and was thinking about buying a house and starting our family.
Things began to go off the rails after the fourth anniversary of our marriage. Jenny began going out on Fridays after work, allegedly with “the girls” to blow off steam. I didn’t think too much of it and didn’t complain, since I would sometimes go golfing with some of the guys from the office.
At first, she was always home by 7:30 or 8:00 pm and we would spend the rest of the night making love. As time went on, though, she began getting home later and later. One time, she didn’t even get home until 7:00 am the next day, claiming that she spent the night with one of her friends rather than risk driving home drunk.
A call to the friend’s house confirmed that, and we went to the bar to pick up her car. Of course, the friend could have been lying to cover for her, but I had no real proof of that. I was rather pissed and told Jenny if it happened again to call me and I would pick her up and bring her home.
“Yeah, whatever,” she said with a wave of her hand.
That was the beginning of the end for us. Jenny became more dismissive, more disrespectful, telling me I had no right to ask what she was doing outside of work or the home. True, I didn’t own her, but it seemed to me that if she really loved me, she would at least let me know where she would be so I wouldn’t get worried.
I also noticed that her clothing -- what there was of it -- was often disheveled when she came home from these outings, and she frequently smelled of cologne and something else. She would rush into the shower as soon as she got home and of course, she was “too tired” to have sex on those nights.
Being a CPA, I also took care of all our accounts and our bills. Jenny and I both had our checks deposited directly into our checking accounts. Ten percent of what we made went into a savings account for a house and other things. Things were normal for the first four years, but I began to notice some changes in her spending habits.
For example, I noticed that she began buying sexy lingerie at Victoria’s Secret and club wear from some of those online companies, but I never saw what she had purchased. I asked her about the purchases, but she dismissed my questions, telling me to mind my own business.
“I don’t mind you buying nice things,” I said, “but I haven’t seen any of this stuff. What are you doing with it?”
“None of your business,” she said haughtily. None of my business? What the fuck?
I also noticed that her salary didn’t seem to increase on the fourth anniversary of her employment with the firm. I asked her about it, but she just blew me off.
“No, I didn’t get a raise,” she claimed. “No one did. Things have been a bit slow lately.” Of course, I knew that was a lie, because our firm did the year-end audits for a number of companies, including Johnson and Associates, and I knew the law firm’s revenues had increased significantly over the previous year. I made a note to look deeper into this when I got to work.
Then there was the end-of-year holiday party at her work. I always thought of this as “Christmas,” but her firm decided to be politically correct and call it a “holiday” party instead. Whatever. At first, Jenny tried to talk me out of going, which raised red flags.
“I know you really don’t like being around my co-workers, so why don’t you just stay home this year?” she asked. “After all, you really don’t want to be around a bunch of stuffy old lawyers.”
“Maybe I just want to spend the evening with you,” I said. She sighed and shrugged her shoulders.
“Well, okay, if you insist,” she said. “But I intend to spend time with my colleagues and I can’t have you hanging all over me all night.” What?
“What do you mean, ‘spend time with your colleagues’?” I asked. “Don’t you see them every day at work? And during your evenings out?”
“Well, I might get asked to dance with some of them,” she said.
“Okay,” I said. “You have room on your dance card for your husband?” She rolled her eyes and sighed again.
“I guess I can squeeze you in somewhere,” she said.
“Well, don’t force it,” I said.
We went to the party, and I hardly saw her the entire evening. She introduced me to a few of her co-workers as her “pencil-pushing ball-and-chain” and ran off to dance with one man after another. Her co-workers looked at me with pity and hardly no one spoke to me.
I never did get a chance to dance with her, and I noticed that she had left the party more than once, coming back some time later with some guy grabbing her ass. If I didn’t know any better, I could have sworn she had fucked one or more of them.
“Okay, I’m ready to go,” she finally said, slurring her words. She was clearly drunk and her clothing and makeup looked disheveled. I grunted and headed out to the car. She followed and tried to kiss me when she got inside, but I pushed her away, noticing something foul about her breath.
“What’s the matter?” she asked.
“Your breath reeks,” I said. “What have you been drinking?” She giggled.