This story was published then rejected, for technical reasons. so no "anonymous" it is not stolen.
As of this day i have read 783 different versions of the story "February Sucks " by George Anderson. https://www.literotica.com/s/february-sucks
Mr. Anderson is a fine writer and so are many of the others, I thought I should throw in my version of a different ending. I have messaged Mr. Anderson but received no reply. I hope he does not get angry with me.
There is no sex in this story.
It starts when the group notices Marc at the club. please be kind I don't write for a living, just enjoyment.
FEBRUARY KICKS ASS
Morrison's
A few minutes later, the band took a break. In the relative quiet, we could hear loud laughter from another table, and turned to look.
"Hey, isn't that Marc LaValliere?" Phil was craning around me to see.
"It is, it is!" Dee squealed excitedly. Marc LaValliere was the star tight end on our city's football team. Unlike many others on the team, he made his year-round home here. He had the reputation of being a genuinely good guy, and he was as well known for his community activities as for his exploits on the field. Marc became the main topic of conversation at our table, as the guys talked about his football feats and the women praised his good works and good nature.
"It doesn't hurt that he's a hunk, either," Dee put in. Linda and I both knew who he was, but we weren't very interested in anything besides each other just then. We let the conversation wash over us, holding hands under the table.
"Hey, you two, get a room!" Linda and I looked at each other. We hadn't even been kissing. Well, not really kissing, anyway. My feeding her wings (so she wouldn't get sauce on her new dress, of course) didn't count. Besides, we'd already gotten a room. We were saved from further embarrassment when the band started again.
"Shall we dance here, or upstairs?" I whispered to Linda. Before she could reply, Jane interrupted.
"Look! He's coming this way!" Sure enough, Marc LaValliere had left his table and was heading for ours. I was amused by the reaction of the women at our table. Four of them primped and strutted, all but saying "pick me, pick me!" If you think a woman can't strut while she's sitting down, you have a lot to learn. Linda looked downward, and held my hand a little tighter.
"Hi, I'm Marc. Would you like to dance?" He was standing behind Linda with a hand on her right shoulder, holding his other hand out to her.
I felt Linda gasp as she dropped my hand as if it were a hot potato. I watched dumbstruck as she turned her back to me, gave Marc her right hand (it almost disappeared in his big paw) and gracefully rose from her chair.
"Hey, man, now my feelings are hurt. I thought she was just dancing with you tonight." Dave smiled as he needled me.
"Yeah, that's what I thought, too," I groused.
"Relax, Jim. It's just a dance." Jane tried to soothe me. I tried to believe her, but I couldn't help having a bad feeling about this.
The band played a couple of fast songs, and our whole table watched them dance. So did everyone else in the room. Marc was good, far better than I was, and Linda was clearly enjoying herself. Her partner and her dress combined to show her off to perfection.
"Don't they look great together? Come on, Jim, let's join them," Dee invited, clearly trying to distract me.
"Thanks, but no."
[my ending]
The next song was a slow one. I watched Linda melt into his arms.
I stood and said "THAT'S ENOUGH!"
Dee quickly grabbed my arm and said, "Don't be stupid. It's only a dance."
"IT'S OVER NOW!!!" I roared as I headed toward the dance floor.
Walking up to my wife I asked "May I cut in?"
"Back off. Cuck boy." Marc said with a smirk. "She is going home with me tonight. and I'm gunna fuck her ass off! Then send what's left back to you." as he held Linda tighter.
I grabbed her arm to remove her from his clutches, when he turned and shoved me back. I fell to the floor as he laughed, Linda looked confused. (Now I must tell you that all the years at the gym had taught me a few things, one of the trainers had even taught me a bit of kung fu.) so I bounced off of the floor, and executed a perfect round house kick to the side of his face. Marc crumpled to the floor, out cold. I think he has a glass jaw.
I took Linda's hand and started back to our table, but she pulled away and ran back to the asshole. "Linda? What are you doing?" i yelled. Just then Marc's two buddies were heading toward me.
Man they were big. but my trainer always said "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." so as thing one swung at me I crouched to the floor, and I swept his legs out from under him. He fell with a sickening thud as his head hit the floor. Thing two kicked at me, so I grabbed his ankle and stood up, swiftly slamming my size 10 into his ball sack. With all three things on the floor, I grabbed Linda's hand and said "Come on baby, it's over." she still looked confused.
We walked back over to the table, with Linda stumbling as if she was drunk. Just then two police officers walked in. They asked the bouncer what was going on and the bouncer said, "Those men, [indicating Marc and thing one and two] laying on the dance floor, attacked that man and he defended himself quite nicely." Linda was still acting weird, so I asked the officers to check Marc for drugs. They did and found a syringe with a off colored liquid in it. Then they said I need to take Linda to the ER immediately.
I ran to the Hotel and got my car, then drove back to the club. Dee said "I'm coming with." as she climbed in the seat with Linda, who was almost asleep by now.
I told the ER nurse what had happened and she put an IV in Linda's arm took some blood. "I'll be back soon." then she slipped through the curtain.
After about four hours, a Doctor and the nurse both entered through the curtain, "Are you Mr. Carlisle?" He asked.
"Yessir I am." I answered.
"Sir, I'm Doctor Laraby. Your wife has been given rather large doses of Ecstasy and Rohypnol, We also found Lorazepam, Clonazepam and Triazolam, which are all very powerful hypnotic drugs, When administered together, they open the patient up to any and all suggestions given to them by the next voice they hear. Alone they are dangerous, But together they can be lethal and should never be used for recreational purposes." Then he stated "It's a good thing you got her here when you did, or she might not have lived." Then he asked "May I ask where she got ahold of these drugs?" So I told him the whole story. That's when the police showed up. "The police were called because all of these drugs are very dangerous, and highly illegal." He said.
One of the officers talked to Dee and one to me. "Sir were you partying and gave your wife too much?" He asked.
I looked at him like he had two heads and answered "Are you crazy? we were at Morrison's nightclub, when Marc LaValliere asked my wife to dance..."
As I told him what happened, he stopped me and said "That was you? Hell you put the hurt on those cavemen! Marc has a busted jaw and one of his friends has a concussion and the other one may lose his testicles!" He exclaimed. "Can I shake your hand?" he asked. offering his hand, "Many of the club's patrons recorded the whole thing, from you asking to cut in, 'til the other officers showed up". [I didn't know that Marc had successfully seduced the officers sister and broke up her marriage a few months prior.]
I shook his hand and said "Linda was acting funny and when the officer searched Marc he found a syringe with a strange liquid in it. The Doctor just told us what it was."