My last posting was about George Andersons February sucks and there was much moaning about leaving it alone it's been done to death. Well, my answer to them is you obviously have a limited imagination as I see almost endless alternative endings to this tale of woe. George has given us a precious gift in his writing of February Sucks in that he has laid the groundwork for numerous endings without us having to find a beginning. So instead of moaning about another February Sucks just don't read it. To all others enjoy, I write for myself not moaning minies. Oh, and I wrote a story called Franks Game 02 based on FS it is a reconciliation but only after Linder suffers for her sins.
I write in British English so be warned. I use Grammarly so there shouldn't be too many mistakes. To all you nitpickers if you don't like it don't read it, your comments will be treated with the disdain they deserve and deleted.
This is another Take on February Sucks; I have changed some of the names and made the children older. It picks up as Jim leaves the club. If you have not read the original, please do; otherwise, this will make no sense. I have also made Jim a Brit for this rendering.
Be warned There is sex and some violence in this but nobody dies.
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I stood outside the club in a state of shock, Linda had left me for a night of sexual debauchery with Marc LaVillier a football superstar with our local team the Sharks. I wasn't sure what to do I knew our marriage was over and I could never forgive her for the humiliation she had put me through. There were dozens of people taking recordings of the event and it would be all over the internet by tomorrow. What was she thinking did she really believe that I would forgive her and all would be back to normal when she came home, she was in for a big surprise.
I returned to the hotel we were supposed to have spent our special night in and went to our room. A plan was slowly forming in my head and it wouldn't be pretty. As I entered the room the first thing I saw was the night dress she had bought from Victoria's Secret for our special night. As soon as I saw it I burst into tears the whole night came crashing down on me and I collapsed onto the bed sobbing. My wife the love of my life my rock I went home to every day the mother of my children the woman I loved beyond life itself had betrayed me for one night of passion. I lay there crying for the loss of my marriage, how long I lay there I don't know when a voice I remembered from my time in the army and thought. ''Get up control yourself and do what needs to be done to survive''.
I got up ashamed of myself for my weakness I was better than this. I hadn't survived six weeks as a guest of the Taliban by crying and feeling sorry for myself. I packed all my stuff in the suitcase leaving Linda's stuff in the room and went home. I stopped off at the Goodson's to pick up the children, Tommy 13 and Gail 15. They had just gone to bed so weren't asleep yet, I told them to get dressed and pack their stuff I was taking them home. May Goodson asked where Linda was I decided not to make up a story so I told her the truth. I didn't know where she was, she had ditched me and gone off with another man. May was appalled and said so, she also asked what I would do now. I said I hadn't made my mind up yet (that was a lie I knew exactly what I was going to do) it would depend on Linda's return.
When we got to the house (It no longer felt like a home) I told the children to pack a bag for two weeks away. When they asked why and where was mom I told them the truth.
''Your mom decided to go away with another man she liked more than me and I don't know when or if she will be back. I'm sorry but I think you are both old enough to know the truth.''
Tommy started crying and Gail put her arm around him and pulled him close she then looked at me and said.
''Are you going to divorce Mom?''
''I don't see any other alternative do you?''
''Dad if you divorce her it will deserve her right she obviously wasn't thinking of Tommy and me when she left you (out of the mouth of babes, I was so proud of Gail at that moment) so if you divorce I want to stay with you.''
Tommy stopped crying and said.
''Me too I want to live with you Dad, Mommy doesn't love us any more or she wouldn't have gone away.''
I put my arms around them both and said.
''I'm sure Mommy loves you both very much but wasn't thinking straight when she left.''
Gail: Where are we going Dad?''
''We're going to visit my uncle Jules I'll tell you more later right now I have things to do so if you would help Tommy to pack I'll be in my office.''
I had several things I needed to do, the first was to protect myself financially. I logged onto our bank paid off and cancelled our credit cards and moved all our savings into the joint account. I had my own personal account I used for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries and her surprise cruise I had planned. I moved all but $20k into my account which should see Linda over for a couple of months while she finds a job. I wrote a deposition giving Linda sole ownership of the house and its contents. I cancelled Linda's Country Club and gym membership. I then opened Linda's Media accounts one by one to explain why I had left Linda. I had recorded Linda dancing with shithead and included it on her page. As I was doing this I found I had inadvertently left the record function running and had the entire episode recorded right up until I left the club. The recording was only on audio as my phone was in my pocket but it was very damning evidence so I included it on her media page as well. I then sent the recording to everyone on her contact list including her parents and sister. I included a short message ''This is why I have left Linda.'' I also sent the entire package to the local paper and a late-night show called Celebrities Behaving Badly. I got a call almost immediately from the show organiser asking if I could prove any of this. I sent him the video and told him Linda was with Marc as we spoke. He asked if I would be willing to be on his show and I refused as I was leaving the country but he could contact me by email and I gave him my address.