She was on her knees.
Again.
This time she is sobbing. In fact, the last time was nothing like this time, except both times she was on her knees, that part is the same. Ok, both times she has been naked, too.
True, this time, Chad was making a whole set of different noises. He is soft; my one good shot to his gut had all my rage packed in it...and he is down on the floor, struggling to breathe, crawling away from me. I push the call button on the phone.
"911. What is your emergency? Do you need fire, medical or police services?"
"I need police! I'm at my home and some guy is trying to kill me! He has my shotgun! HELP! Send the cops now!"
I dropped her phone on the floor, you could hear the 911 dispatcher calling out to me from the phone's speaker.
I racked my 12 gauge, and yelled out, "OH GOD DON'T SHOOT ME!!"
Then I stomped my boot's heel down on the phone, hard. It went dark.
As I walked past her, she grabbed my leg. I dragged her along with me. She was sobbing, begging me through her tears, "Ppplllllessee, no no, oh god, please!"
Step, drag, step, drag, I started going around the bed. Step, drag, step, drag. I shook my leg, dislodging her. She slumped to the floor, defeated, her sobs broken by her moaning. She sounded like an old coon dog whose leg was caught in a trap.
I shoved my 12 gauge at him, I'm holding the barrel in my hand. I saw him realize hope. I smiled as he grabbed, desperately, at the shotgun. He grabbed the stock, his finger on the trigger, I pulled the gun toward me pushing the barrel to my left, pulling the gun in his hands, forcing his finger to pull the trigger. I felt the bite of a couple of pellets of shot grazing my upper left arm.
I feel and smell the barrel scalding my hands; I then used my favorite 12 gauge as a club, and went to town. After the third whack to his head, he was out. I kicked his legs apart and used my 12 gauge like a 3 wood.
I turn back towards her. She is breathing hard, her screams have stopped. Her eyes are large. She is in shock. Fear is etched on her face.
We look each other in the eyes. I toss the gun across the room as I hear my front door break open.
I hold up my right arm. My left sleeve is bloody.
"POLICE POLICE POLICE" they shout, as they enter the bedroom, guns drawn.
I shout out, "I called you! He tried to kill me!" I pointed to the unconscious Chad on the floor.
She didn't refute my statement.
He couldn't refute my statement.
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The EMTs were wrapping my arm with gauze and slathering ointment on my scalded hands. The cops were trying to piece it together. We are in my living room. I can see the media gathering on my front lawn.
It was question and answer time. I was in my house. It was my gun, in my bedroom. My story was holding up well. The physical evidence backs up my story of him finding my gun and him trying to kill me with it. Me charging and grabbing the barrel of my shot gun. The 911 operator's tape seems to back me up.
There really wasn't any reason for me to go to the hospital.
Chad was a different story; he did have reason to go to the hospital. She, they decided, didn't need a hospital visit. However, as an accomplice to attempted murder, she was going downtown. The cops took her in for booking.
"Ok, Mr. Smith, I think we have everything we need for tonight. You gave all your contact information to the officers?" asked the Detective, looking up from his notebook.
"Yes, sir," I said with a tired voice. The adrenaline rush was long gone and I was beat. It had been a tough night.
"We will be finished up soon. We need you to stay out of the bedroom tonight."
I shook my head, "That's not a problem; no way I am staying here. I guess I'll get a hotel room for the night."
"Ok, we will secure the house when we are done." He handed me his card.
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A while ago
I knew there was a problem. I didn't have a clue what the problem was. Shit just wasn't right. Nothing I could put my finger on, but...
So, my antennas were up. I just watched.
Little by little I was able to eliminate cause after possible cause, until I was left with an unmistakable sense my problem involved her. In fact, it was the little things she was doing that gave me clues. Her reactions were telling.
At least now I know where to turn my attentions.
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About a month ago
She was pretty good at leaving no trace. Nothing hidden. No odd calls. No texts to follow up on. However, when I started to really pay attention, a whole hell of a lot of things became plain as day. Her reactions were very enlightening.
She was spending more and more time with Samantha. Mutual friends had introduced us to Samantha and her husband, Maurice about a year or so ago.
Maurice was pretty quiet and somewhat effeminate. He did have a wicked sense of self-deprecating humor. So, at least when we got together, he kept me laughing. We weren't buds, but I could do dinner or a backyard barbecue with them.
Personally, I wasn't impressed by Samantha. She was bossy and dismissive to Maurice. But who am I to say anything about someone else's relationship? None of my business. Samantha also tended to talk down at me too. That I didn't like. I called her on it quite a few times; Samantha was stubborn, I'll give her that.
She and Samantha hit it off. Every time we got together the girls would go all Chatty Cathy on us. Eventually instead of couples getting together for dinner now and then, she and Samantha would do lunches or a girls' night out every week or so.
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Three weeks ago
I got some bugs. One for her car. 4 for her purses. She had a lot more than 4 purses mind you, so I targeted the ones she used most often. They were very small and digital with a radio transmitter. They kinda looked like a couple of stick pins that were glued together. They were easy to hide.
I was listening to yesterday's lunch. They were at Samantha's house. Samantha kept going on and on about her bull. Samantha had one and wanted to share him with her. It took me a bit to figure out what they were talking about. Oh man, was I pissed when I figured that bit out. Just on the weight of their little chat I realized she had and would continue to betray me. I am listening to them planning the destruction of our wedding vows, which were as yet, still, apparently, intact. But those bitches were drawing a bead on them.
Now, I've lived with this woman for more than half my life. As I listened to them chat away, I was realizing I didn't know her at all. It seems Samantha got off on humiliating Maurice. They were planning to do that to me. I just couldn't understand how she could be that cruel to me. I listened to them chatting away as Maurice serviced them.
You could hear the sexual excitement in her voice.
I sat at my desk, frankly, in shock. I must have just zoned out. I realized I was in great need of time and space away from my wife. No way did I have it in me not to cancel the bitch on sight. After I puked into in my office trash can, I had my assistant call her and tell her I had to go out of town
My assistant said she'd pack my bag before she left for lunch (with Samantha) so I could swing by on my way to the airport.
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Two weeks ago
It has been hard for the last week. I have thought and thought about this whole mess. How could she even imagine I would put up with this shit is beyond me. And that bitch, Samantha, was up to her eyeball in it. Yet, she professed her love for me in every conversation with Samantha. I mean, what the fuck? Her head was so very fucked up. I had to consider. Did she have a medical issue?
But even if it turned out there was, they were coming for me. I had to protect myself.
Just charging in would get people killed and me doing too long a stretch in The Big House. Hell, in this state, I would be lucky if I didn't get the needle. So, that wasn't going to be my path. No, I needed to permanently remove the threat. I knew this would get bloody.
Now, she likes the world that my hard work built for us. She likes the Country Club membership. She likes being in that social circle. She likes having money. She likes having everyone think she is miss wonderful. I have lived with her for 25 years. I do know how she actually operates.
I have had to work hard at being a clueless fool while around her. My anger at her has helped me keep my cool. I will unleash hell on her. In actions, it's all about timing. It isn't quite time, yet.
I used her computer to buy another $2 million in life insurance on me, double indemnity for being a crime victim or accidental death, naming her as sole beneficiary.
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Last week
Apparently, her bull is named Chad Culus. I got to knowing all I could about Chad.
A Stanford grad with an MBA from Wharton. A rich Daddy. In politics. He was going places. It was pretty clear he was entirely entitled.
He wasn't married, never had been. Engaged a few times, at least, according to the society pages at Backdoor.com. I looked at a number of pictures of him, watched a couple of his rallies.
So, he was in politics...hummmm. I got to thinking.
What was that old sayin'? Any publicity is good publicity. I wondered, if that was true.
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This week