Casey Ellison peeked through the open door as his wife of six months packed her belongings. He felt bad about her leaving, even though he was in the right. Sometimes being right wasn’t all it was stacked up to be.
The situation was impossible for him to live with. His wife was in love with another man. It was with her mind. He knew when they made love, she was loving another man in her mind.
She even admitted it, when he asked her about it. At first she tried to change the subject, to duck and dodge but in the end she admitted it.
Casey decided that he couldn’t live with another man in bed with them. She cried but was honest enough to admit that she couldn’t stop. That she loved Casey, BUT a BIG BUT, this other man held the key to her life.
Casey sighed. Guess that what happens when you marry a woman on the rebound. She was recently divorced from an abusive spouse. Casey met her at the hospital where he worked as a doctor in the emergency room. She came in by ambulance after her ex husband had broken into her apartment and attacked her. She was battered and bruised and scared to death.
He had been a doctor long enough to know that you should never get involved in a domestic situation. He learned about that first hand when he was a Paramedic, before Medical School. He had gotten cut across his cheek and shoulder while loading a women injured in a dispute with her boyfriend. As the cops were trying to arrest him, she jumped off the stretcher and attacked the cops because they were too rough with her man.
But she was so pitiful that his heart went out to her. He let her stay at his house while she recovered from her injuries and went to court with her. They gave her ex 18 months.
Things had progressed. He had fallen in love with her. Casey thought she had fallen in love with him too. Guess it was closer to like on her part. He treated her like a queen. She worked part time and kept the house. They married three months later.
Life was ideal for the first three months. Then she started accepting phone calls from her ex in jail. She became more and more distant. She also started staying out late with the girls from the office, coming home drunk, sometimes high.
When he asked her about the change, she said she needed her space. That he tended to hold on too tight. She said she was married to her ex for a long time and had a place in her heart where she stored their good times together.
Casey had then asked her was that next to the place where she stored the broken bones and bruises he had given her. She had given him the finger and stormed out of the room and slammed the bedroom door.
After that Casey started checking the finances closer. He noticed that she had stopped depositing her check in their joint account. He also noticed cash withdrawals on their credit cards.
When he asked her she became defensive and said it was her money and she could do as she pleased with it. That it was none of his business.
Casey had just shaken his head and walked away. The next day he closed the joint account and cancelled the joint credit cards. He also changed the place where he kept his emergency money.
By this time she was no longer wearing her wedding bands. Casey put them in his safety deposit box.
When she realized that he had closed the checking account and cancelled the credit cards, she blew up. Called him all kind of nasty names and tried to slap his face. Casey side stepped her. He told her very quickly that that was a bad move.
He went to his bedroom and shut the door, leaving her to rant and rave for another 20 minutes. She then slept in the guest room. Which was okay by Casey because nothing was happening in the bedroom anyway.
The next morning was Saturday. Casey waited for her to come into the kitchen for her morning coffee. She looked really rough. All the hard living was starting to show.
“Are you ready to discuss this calmly now.” He asked her
“What’s to discuss. You’ve already done it now.” She mumbled
Looking at her very carefully, he asked, “What’s the deal? I’m not stupid. I can tell where this is going. I love you but I won’t be a fool for you. You need to straighten up your act or we’re done. I will not live this way. Life is too short. If your ex and your friends are more important than I am, that’s fine with me. Go live with them.” He said
She looked at him in shock. He had never spoken to her like this before. He was always kind and understanding. Guess he isn’t such a wimp after all.
“Okay. If that’s what you want. I’ll move out today. It’ll take some time to store my share of our things.” She said matter of factly
Casey laughed. “I don’t think so. You leave with what you came with. Pre nuptial agreement. Remember. You wanted it that way, Now I’m glad. Pack your clothes and personal items. Then call a cab or have one of your friends to pick you up. The car is mine also.”
“That’s only in case of adultery. I haven’t done anything” She said , thinking, nothing that he could prove anyway.
“Really.” He walked to the counter and opened an envelope. Inside were several sheets of paper and several photos.
“This is the copy of the arrest report where you were arrested for prostitution last week. Also simple possession of drugs. These are copies of financial documents showing how you took money from our accounts and deposited them in ones controlled by your ex husband. I think that proves it. Plus your past record of prostitution and possession.” He stated in a calm voice.
