This is another in the Consequences series. Jackie has it all; a home, cars, jewelry, clothes and anything else she desires, but is it enough?
Edited by LadyCibelle with my thanks.
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"I don't know; I guess I'm just so darned bored that I could scream!" I looked at my sister as I let go with my frustration. It was the truth! I was bored! I was as bored as I had ever been and I had no idea what to do about it.
"How can you be bored? You've got that huge swimming pool back there, a Jacuzzi right beside it, a convertible that most men would give their right arm for, a home that looks like it came right out of the pages of House Beautiful, and a husband that buys it all just for you. How in hell can you be bored?"
That was my sister, Evelyn. She was older than me by two years, although most people thought we were twins. We both had the same long black hair, the same deep green eyes, the high cheekbones and small, up-tilted nose. I know our bodies were pretty good based on the looks we got from every man who watched us and if my husband Joe was to be believed, we could have been models. All I know is that he loved my tits and my ass and everything else in between. Or so he said. We were talking about Joe Powers, my husband of twelve years.
I always thought Joe and I were two of a kind: both greedy for all the good things money could buy and never satisfied. We decided when we got married that we wouldn't have kids. Kids would just slow us down and cost us more time and money than we were willing to give up. Selfish? You bet! But there were times when I wondered. Joe didn't seem as pleased with most of those things as I did. He didn't seem to care much if truth be told and rarely used the pool or the grill or much of anything else. I just dismissed that as Joe being Joe.
"Yeah, I know but I get tired of being alone, you know? Joe is always working, leaving early in the morning and getting home late in the evening. Too many hours away from me. So, I have all this stuff but I don't have anyone to share it with. Just you. No offense, but I can't make love to you."
"Why not? Since when am I not good enough for you?" She laughed, knowing that neither of us wanted any part of lesbian love. We never had the urge and I wasn't about to start now. I decided to give her an answer guaranteed to piss her off.
"Since your husband divorced your cheating ass. So you have nothing to say to me that I would believe. Apparently Will wasn't enough for you either."
Evelyn had an affair that had been going on for over six months when her husband Will Gamble came home early one day and caught her and her lover in bed. It was a terrible thing, Will taking a baseball bat to the guy who fell down the stairs trying to get away. When Will caught up with him, he swung the bat, hitting the guy in the back and damaging his kidney. The guy was hospitalized, battling to keep the kidney while Will was arrested for assault.
When the police investigated, Evelyn had to admit that she invited the guy into her bed so that he had every right to be there. Since Will gave him no chance to leave peacefully, he was charged with aggravated assault. The prosecutor didn't care much for what Evelyn did to him so he offered Will a deal. The upshot was that Will pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months in jail with five months suspended and time served. Will served two weeks in county lockup and was then released on two years probation.
Following Will's arrest, Evelyn did all she could do to get Will released and put up the home they shared and all her jewelry as collateral for the bond but Will refused it all. When he was released, he moved in with a male friend of his and filed for divorce. Evelyn did all she could to get Will to forgive her but he would have none of it. He told her once when she got him to stop at our house that if it had been a mistake, a slip, a one-time thing, he would have been able to accept it. But not an affair that lasted six months. Evelyn tried to explain herself but Will wouldn't listen. That was the end of their marriage.
Evelyn was still angry with herself and, at my comment, began to tear up. "Shut up Jackie! You just shut up about that! You don't know anything about it! And someday he'll forgive me and take me back. I know it! And, anyway, this isn't about me. It's about you and your stupidity.
"Look at what you have! You have it all girl. Joe works as hard as he does to give you all the things you ask for. And admit it! You are the one that wanted the pool, the Jacuzzi, the furniture, the decorator, that damned car, all of it! He never wanted any of those things, but you did. So, what do you expect him to do? Go to prison by stealing things or work as hard as he does to pay for them?"
I knew she was right. Damn it, I did demand those things. I guess it was a catch 22 thing. I wanted things; Joe had to work to get them; and then I bitched because he wasn't home with me to enjoy them. But Joe understood that, didn't he? It all made my head hurt when I tried to work it out. But whatever, I missed Joe and I was bored.
"So, what do I do to get away from being bored? Tell me sister dear; what do you do now that you are single and alone?" Her divorce was finalized just a month ago and she was now Evelyn Chambers again. Will made her give up her married name of Gamble.
"I know of a few places where I go to get my pipes cleaned. Just good clean fun with some gentlemen who know how to keep their mouths shut and their eyes closed. No commitments, no requirements and nothing but fun." She wiggled her eyebrows and grinned.
"So, you are getting laid aren't you? I thought you looked relaxed a few times when you came over. I bet those were the days after you got screwed weren't they?" Damn! I knew it!