My flight home was a little rough. There were enough "bumps" that the Fasten Seatbelt light never went off, there was no beverage service, and you didn't have a chance to get to the rest room unless you sat right next to it. Of course the pilot said we were experiencing a "little turbulence".
I'd hope I never experience his idea of real turbulence.
We finally landed and I deplaned. I was expecting to see my husband and children waiting for me once I was out of the secure area. They must have had car trouble and were running late, but why hadn't they called my cell phone to let me know.
When I got my cell out of my purse, it said "no service". So I went to the baggage claim and waited to get my luggage. After pulling it off the carousel, they still weren't here. So I went outside and waited by the pickup, looking for my husband's car.
When I had waited about thirty minutes, I decided to find a pay phone and call my husband's cell. Instead of him answering or getting his voice mail, I got "Number Unknown". I assumed Version had screwed up again, so I called our house. I got a message that, "This number is no longer in Service".
Now I was pissed! Tom must have changed phone carriers and forgot to tell me. This was something that brainless asshole would do. He'd think he was saving a few dollars by changing, but forget to tell anyone, so I would need to straighten out everything. Boy was he going to hear about it when I get home.
By now an hour had padded and I wanted to get home, so off to the first Rent-a-Car counter I went. It was there I found out none of my credit cards worked. The clerk said they were all cancelled.
Since I had only $20.00 in cash on me, I went looking for an ATM. Once I found one I had my next surprise. We normally kept a couple of thousand in the account. The ATM indicated there was only $100.00. I took it all out and caught a cab home.
About 45 minutes later, we were pulling up in front of my very dark house. There was no sign of life. My car was in the driveway. It had no license plates on it. I loved the my BMW, but there was a notice on it that the leasing company had repossessed it.
I looked at my status symbol house. All the windows and doors were covered with plywood. There was a notice nailed to the front door indicating the bank had foreclosed.
As I was standing there, the neighbors from across the street walked over. They explained that my husband and children had moved out two weeks ago and left me this envelope. I had spent the last two weeks with my boyfriend pretending to be at a conference in Las Vegas.
I opened the envelope, in it were two letters. The first one I opened was from my children. They said they were moving away with their Dad because he had always loved them and wished me good luck. Neither of them signed "love" to the letter.
The second letter was in my husband's handwriting. It listed a storage locker with a key taped to it. A receipt indicated the locker was paid for a month. He said all my belongings were there.
My neighbors let me use their phone. I called a girl friend of mine and explained my predicament. She agreed to pick me up and let me stay with her a few days until I could get back on my feet.
While I was waiting for my ride, I started getting very mad. I was a damn good lawyer. I was going to make my husband pay and pay dearly for all this. And my boy friend was also an attorney at the same firm. He was a partner and very powerful. That's why I started sleeping with him in the first place.
Now I must admit that I was drawn to his aura of power. He dressed in $2000 suits, his home was in an exclusive neighborhood, people bowed to him. The only drawback was that he was a very selfish lover. He could care less about my feelings as long as he got off. All I was to him was eye candy. A beautiful, well built woman to have on his arm, someone to show off to his friends, someone to brag about, someone to degrade. I can't remember having him ever give me an orgasm.
Why did I stay with him? He promised to divorce his wife when the time was right, and I would take her place. That's why I put up with his gross behavior.
Sheri finally pulled up with her boyfriend du Jour. He helped load my suitcase in her car and off we went. I could tell be the way the boyfriend was talking that he thought he got lucky and was going to be part of a three some. Boy was he going to be disappointed.
When we finally arrived at Sheri's apartment, got me settled in the guest bedroom, I got on the phone to my boyfriend. We communicate via disposable cell phones, so that there's no record of our calls. As expected, his call went to voice mail, but he'd call me back when he was free of his wife. I left him a very detailed message of what my husband was trying to do.
About 5 minutes later Sheri informed me that a man was on the phone for me. I identified myself and then my boyfriend went off on me. It seems that when he got home from his trip, he wife had packed up his things and put them on the front lawn. She had thrown him out. He was staying at his club until he got an apartment.
She also had him served with divorce papers, reason Adultery and guess who was named as the other party. She even had pictures of us in various motels having sex.
He said that he never wanted to see me again because it was "my" entire fault for not keeping my husband in line. I guess my husband's revenge was spreading.
After he hung up, I started to break down. Sheri and her boyfriend held me for the next couple of hours while I cried myself to sleep on the couch. I couldn't believe how badly I had screwed up.