A flash story. No sex.
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Aaron Carson is an account executive for Ajax Entry Systems Inc. They sell electronic entry systems; think hotels where you hold the keycard in proximity to the lock instead of swiping the card. He is on the road everyday and spends one or two nights a week overnight out of town.
His wife Karen is a SAHM. That's cool soccer mom terminology for "Stay At Home Mom." They have 2 small kids, aged 2 and 4, named Jimmy and Joey.
They've been married for 5 years and met in college. Aaron is of your typical Irish stock with jet black hair, brown eyes and keeps in pretty good shape. Karen is above average in looks, with short blonde hair, blue eyes and Eastern European ancestry. She keeps herself in relatively good shape, but she's self conscious about her stretch marks and caesarian scar. Aaron doesn't care about that and calls them her "battle scars," when she gets too down on herself about them.
Life is good in the Carson house, which is a suburban two-story, with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and full finished basement. When Karen's dad comes to visit, he uses the guest room and usually stays a week. He's from the East Coast, while most of their other family live nearby.
Karen's dad divorced her mom 5 years ago and no one knows the whole story on it. Karen suspected her dad was cheating and wanted out, but neither parent spoke of it and shut down the talk quickly if anyone asked about it.
Aaron is on his way back home from being on the road at one of his overnights. He changed his plans at the last minute and drove home instead of staying overnight. It was only 8 o'clock and he could make it home by about 10.
He pulled into his drive as a man was pulling out. The man looked scared as he sped away. Aaron saw the man leaving his house, shook his head and got angry.
Walking in the door he calmed down and called out, "Honey, I'm home!"
Karen came down in a robe, fresh from a shower and said, "Hey Baby, I didn't expect you until tomorrow." She gave him a loving kiss and Aaron smelled the toothpaste on her lips.
"Honey, who was the man that just left?"
"What do you mean, Aaron? No one was here and dad's in the basement," she said non-plussed.
"Well, someone was definitely here and was leaving as I pulled in."
Having heard Aaron come home, Karen's dad, Jack came upstairs.
"Hey Aaron, good to see you son."
"You too, Jack. Who was the guy that just left?"
Jack got very nervous and looked at his daughter, while she was looking at him expectantly.
"I didn't know anyone was here. I've been in the basement all night watching a movie and drinking your scotch."
"So let me get this straight," Aaron said. "You are both home, no one knows the man that left and I find Karen fresh from a shower. Can one of you convince me that Karen didn't have a man over?"
Aaron was now getting angry. Could Karen really be cheating on him? Could she do it with her dad there? Does her dad know about it?
Jack said, "Aaron she's not cheating on you, I swear."
"Tell me how you know that, Jack. You said you didn't know someone was here. The basement is pretty soundproof, especially from sound 2 levels up in my bedroom. She could fuck that guy screaming like a banshee and no one but the kids would've heard."
Karen was crying and tried to plead her case, "Dad, tell him please! I can't have him thinking that I was cheating on him. Please Aaron, I'm not having an affair, I swear."
Now in hysterics she looked back at her dad and he slumped down into a chair.
"Aaron, that guy was here for me. He is an escort I hire when I'm in town."
Aaron yelled, "Bullshit!"
"Baby, it's the truth. That's why he and mom split up."
"It's true Aaron, I'm gay."
Aaron sat on the nearby couch in shock. As he was trying to process the confession from his father-in-law, he thought about what he knew.
It would make sense of the divorce. Could that be a long held family secret? Karen obviously knew, but why wouldn't she tell him?
