Thanks must go to 'Jill' yet again for giving me the inspiration, plot and route to take. Without whose help this story would have gone west. Thanks again for bearing with me!
This story contains consensual sex between adults if you don't like this genre don't read it! Otherwise enjoy.
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It had been three months since Alice had split from her husband; her move to her own place had taken most of her time up. However she was now ready to start her new life without John, and was looking at firming up her body and ridding herself of the 'love handles' she had put on after twenty three years of married life, two kids, both grown and left home. She had moved out whilst her husband had been away, he was always away driving all over the country, hardly ever at home. He kept telling her he loved her but she never saw him, and finally she had taken all she could. He had phoned to say he would be away another week, after almost a month away already, she had slammed the phone down on him and decided enough was enough.
Alice looked around the small flat and smiled at the look of the place, it wasn't much but it was clean and tidy. Her friends had helped paint and decorate the place, and some had given her some spare furniture to make up what she bought herself. "Now I need to join a gym and get myself into shape." she spoke out loud to herself.
She had just got a new job as well, at some local law offices and she had noticed all the females there had firm bodies, even those who were around her age. So with that in mind Alice got out the phone book and found several in the area. Making a list of them she packed her sports bra, jogging bottoms and top, with a towel and some washing kit, setting off to find one that she liked. The first two she looked at were more like boxing gyms and she didn't even venture in, the next was a multinational group which looked nice but didn't offer the personal touch that Alice was looking for. The fourth, she felt at home right away, the receptionist was pleasant, smiling and made her feel welcome. She took down her details and had a long chat about what they offered.
Alice had made her mind up minutes after entering that this was the gym for her, just a twenty minute walk from her flat to where it was situated, and it was also en-route to her new job so would be easy to go before and after work. The receptionist asked if she would like a trial there and then with a personal trainer, who would work out the best system for her to get what she wanted from her training regime. Alice jumped at the chance, and within moments of changing she was being introduced to a female trainer called Angela. They spent the next hour working on a programme of what equipment and exercises would be best for her, and at the end of the trial she was given a print out with what they had decided. Angela told her when she came in next they would have a folder ready with a weekly plan of what she and they were aiming for. She would also be allocated her full time personal trainer and they would help as much or as little as she wanted.
When Alice left the gym she felt as good as she had for years, realising that by making one decision, that of leaving her husband, she had taken steps she had wanted to take for some time. "YEAH!" she squealed as she almost bounced along the pathway, much to the surprise of those around her. Alice let herself laugh and felt a twinge of a blush creep across her face, at how free she felt.
John...
John was almost frantic; he had been trying to call Alice for days now without success. "Why won't she answer my fucking calls!" he yelled at the cab phone. His stomach was feeling queasy again, and his mouth was dry. It always went that way when something wasn't right. He was almost home; another five hours and he would be back in the yard and twenty minutes after that he would be home. He hoped Alice would be waiting for him as she always did, in bed ready to fuck his brains out after having been away so long. He felt his cock stirring in his pants, at the thought of her body and the pleasure she always gave him on his return. 'Maybe she is just teasing me by not answering' he thought, well her pussy will pay dearly for this little trick. He pressed down on the pedal and the truck picked up speed momentarily as he raced for home...
Alice was happy, she sat in her new flat, drinking a glass of red wine and relaxing, something she hadn't done for a long, long time and it felt oh so good. Picking up her sheet from the gym she ran through the plan in her head. In for seven am, an hour's exercise and shower in time to reach work, hen another visit at night where perhaps two hours could be spent, with a steam room, sauna and Jacuzzi included, perhaps even a swim, sounded good. Alice finished her wine and decided to shower then have an early night. She fell asleep almost the minute her head hit the pillow.
John parked his truck up, and switched everything off. He tried one more time to call Alice but it still went straight to answer. For what felt the thousandth time he asked her "Please phone me baby I'm on my way home." Dumping his gear in the back seat of his car he drove off, towards home. When he arrived he thought it was strange there were no lights on, the house was in darkness. Opening the front door he could see a pile of letters lying on the floor. Picking them up he switched the lights on and noticed the post marks went back over a week. He knew something wasn't right and called out "Honey I'm home!...Alice...Where are you Alice?" he was met by an overwhelming silence. He began to search the house, upstairs first, bedrooms, bathrooms all empty and another thing the house was cold, no heating on, this wasn't like Alice.
He went back downstairs, checked the lounge the office, and finally the kitchen. His stomach lurched; he fought the nausea that threatened to burst from the pit of his stomach, at what he saw. There leaning against the jar of utensils was a letter with just his name written on it. He knew what it was before he even opened it. His hands were shaking and the tears were running from him as he tore open the envelope "No!...No!...No!" he kept repeating "Please No, not my Alice...No!" his mind rushed back to that day she had slammed the phone down on him, and since then he hadn't been able to get her, he felt physically sick as he started to read her letter;
Dear John,
I truly don't know where to begin, I was so angry when you told me you would be away for yet another week. I already hardly see you, to the point I wondered if we should ever have been man and wife. The loneliness that took over my life has increased since the kids left home, the love we once had for each other has disappeared.
...John was shaking, tears freely flowing as he tried to read on...
I no longer want to sit for weeks on end, wondering when I will next see you. After fifteen years of it, I have finally had enough. I just can't go on. There is no feeling left in our relationship, none that I feel anyway, I want more from life than sitting waiting on my man to come home. It was the final straw to break the camel's back so to speak when you told me you would be away another week. I called my closest friends and they helped me move, I now have my own place, a new job and hope, hope for the first time in too long that I finally might get to be me, to be able to do the things I want when I want and with who I want without wondering when that person will be there.
... slumping down into one of the chairs at the table, John couldn't believe she was gone, he was shaking with how hard he was crying...He wiped the tears away with the back of his hand...
I am sorry John, when we met you were a good man, still are in many ways, but I don't love you anymore and that's unfair on either of us, to stay together just for the sake of it. I thought it best if I wasn't here when you came back, I left my phone in the house next to the TV and my keys are in the mail box. I am so sorry John but this is the way it has to be.
Bye John, all the best,
Alice.
