This is an ending for Hansbwl's story 'Does honest pay? Of course not." Since he asked for endings, I did not ask him for permission. If this offends him I will remove the story at his request.
If you have not read the original story, please do so. If you have read the original story, read it again.
"Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Shakespeare. MacBeth, I know not where.
This tale is not copyrighted. There was no editor. For some reason I do not like to do endings. This seemed to just pop in my mind, so what the hell. Sorry, but I have always felt that the best revenge is to live well and let the others worry and sweat.
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I will pick up the story at this point as Keith resumes his story.
I was too shocked to do anything for a time. My wife went way overboard, this was too much. Even if I were guilty and I had no idea what had happened, this was way beyond understanding. I did see the danger in this, she was without a condom, she may well be pregnant. We were trying for a baby. Well, those days were gone now.
The anger rose and I had to vomit. The cell phone was there next to my right hand . I made a call.
"Jane, I need some help over here."
"What did you do? Superglue your hands to the door?" She laughed. " Or did your wife superglue your hands to something? I told her about the way you acted with Judy."
"I was falling down drunk, Jane. I told her what happened." Now I had to be very careful. "She has handcuffed me to our bed and I think she is off somewhere fucking somebody."
"Oh, my God. Keith, I will be right there."
"Wait the alarms are set. I need to give you the numbers. Get a pen and paper."
18 minutes later I was loose. I took the CD out of the player and got dressed. Jane was asking all kinds of questions.
"Jane, listen to me. I have to get away. I will not be here when she comes back. If you say anything about this, I will find a way to punish you."
"What are you going to do?"
"I need to think. I need time. I will call you and let you know where I am."
I grabbed a bag from the closet and packed quickly.
"Tell her nothing. You have no idea what happened and you do not know where I am. Tell no one anything. It never happened. Can you do that?"
"Okay, Keith. I can do that but what about Susan?"
"Right now she is out there fucking some man. A revenge fuck. I have to be away from her for a time. I am having problems with this."
"Well you did have sex with Judy. Isn't she entitled to have some revenge?"
"Two wrongs do not make a right. I have to get away and think. I am so angry and so hurt that I might hurt her. I have to be gone before she gets here. Damn it, Jane I might kill her."
That worked. She saw that I was in real trouble and decided to do as I had asked. I did not think she would hold up very long but I did not need very long. She left the house. I made a copy of the CD and put that the copy into the player.
I reset the alarms and left the house. I knew the reset time would should show but I did not care. There would be no record of any alarm sounding off.
The rage within me was close to boiling over, I had told no lie when I mentioned killing my wife.
Susan:
I drove like a madman to get home and release Keith. I did not run lights but I was close many times.
I punched the number in to the alarm system and hurried up the stairs. My words were ready. I had the right things to say and before I let him lose I would say them.
"Keith, I love you and I forgive you."
He was not there. The handcuffs were locked together on the bed. MY Keith was gone. I searched the house there was no way he could have escaped. If he had left the room the screams of the alarm would have the police there in four minutes. I sat on the bed. I started to cry, I made a mistake, I was in deep trouble and there was no one I could call for help. I could not tell anyone what I had done to my husband.
Wait there was the guys, they would help me. Oh yes, the phone, if Keith had called some one the number would be here. I pushed redail.
"911. How can we help you?"
I quickly hung up. He could not have called 911. There were no police here. I looked at the clock. 11:30 PM. Tim was at the damn club. I hadn't looked to see if Roger and John were there. I could not call them. They would just want to fuck me again.
I could call Jane, Yes I would call Jane and tell her.......What? There was no way I was going to tell her what had happened. I was alone and I had no help. If only Keith were here. I cried until I fell asleep.
Saturday:
Keith:
I woke up. I had not been sleeping long. I was exhausted; it hurt to even think. I got up and tried to shower. The pictures came rolling back at me. I replayed the entire thing in my mind. I cried and sat on the floor of the shower until cold water forced me to move.
I ate breakfast at Waffle House. I walked across the street to the motel and sat on the bed, already made up by the maid. I forced my brain to think. I started to work on a list. I tore up list after list. Finally I had something to do.
First, I needed to avoid Susan for several days.
Second, I needed access to my house. I still had my keys and I knew the numbers to the security system. This should be no problem. Susan only knew to set and turn the damn thing off.
Third, I had to be ready to face her soon.
I did not think of what would happen after that meeting. I could not see past the end of today. I could not call Jane, not yet. I needed time to plan. A list is not a plan. A plan can be a list. I needed a plan how to deal with this.
I began to cry again. Damn her all to hell, I made a mistake. She knew I was drunk, maybe too drunk to do anything. She had gotten her revenge. I wished she had talked to me. I do not know what I would have done if she had told me what she was going to do. I would have screamed and yelled. I would have forbidden it. I would have left her.
I went back to the Waffle house for dinner. On the way back to the motel I picked up a case of beer and a liter of Glen Fetish scotch. I got as drunk as a skunk. At least I was able to sleep.
Susan:
John called me, waking me up.