Just a flash story about cheating and revenge.
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Felix Reibl: "To deny or to despair, they're really just the same. And everything between, it means we have to change."
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I could have saved myself a lot of pain had I just filed for divorce as soon as I suspected a problem. Our best friends Tony and Karen, were with my wife Bevin and myself, Rico Bigodino. We were killing a Sunday afternoon at a sports bar, watching our favorite cellar dwelling team drift towards the end of the season.
This somewhat grubby looking guy was handing out his business card to all of the ladies in the bar. Within a second or two, at each drop-off, there were snickers and sometimes outright laughter. He'd been facing away from our table but we got the whole show when he did our table.
He handed Bevin and Karen his card and when they started chuckling, he stuck his tongue out. When I stick my tongue out, if I work at it, I can barely touch the bottom of my nostril. This freak could touch the gap between his eyes.
Karen tossed his card down in the middle of the table.
'Don (down) Underwood
Vaginal CPR Specialist'
His card included his phone number and a cartoon image of a tongue. This dude had some gall. The guy at the next table, prone to violence, helped Mr. Underwood land on his chin outside of the bar.
Bevin loves it when I perform oral on her. After Don left, her nipples were rock hard as she sat in the bar. She knew it and was trying her best to keep anyone from noticing. The sex that night was about as hot as it's ever been. Like I said, I should have gone out on top by filing for divorce the next day.
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Part of noticing changes is admitting that your spouse is capable of cheating. Those first few months, in retrospect, I must not have believed Bevin was capable of cheating. Once I started putting the puzzle pieces together, the indicators certainly said she was.
Previously she would pester me to go down on her, almost weekly. Thinking back, it had been several months since I'd last been asked. Our sex life is far from predictable. Whenever either one of us wanted it, it happened. Now, I was being turned down. When I thought back, it was almost always a Monday or Friday that I was denied.
I was truly conflicted. If I started spying on Bevin, it meant I didn't trust her. Maybe I was being paranoid for no good reason. I decided to test the waters. It occurred to me that Bevin was initiating sex on Sunday and Thursday. Guilt driven? We had a nice romp on Saturday and when Bevin tried Sunday night I put my test into play.
"Hun, I must have eaten something that disagreed with me. Let's postpone it until tomorrow night and I promise I'll rock your socks off."
Fuck, shit, piss. Instead of a quick 'no problem' or 'I understand', Bevin looked panicked, if only for a second.
"Umm, sure babe."
On weekdays, Bevin gets home just after 5 pm, and I follow about an hour later. I came home at 4 pm on Monday and waited.
When Bevin spotted me in my favorite chair she had that stupid deer in the headlights look.
"You're home early."
"I couldn't wait to start our postponed session. Come on, let's go into the bedroom."
"Let me take a quick shower first."
"Shower? You have a desk job" I pulled Bevin close to me and started walking us to the bedroom. She was resisting.
"Honey please. I promise to be quick."
"What makes you think you need a shower?"
"I feel sticky. The office was really hot today."
"Perfect, I love an overheated wife" as I pushed Bevin into the middle of the bed.
She had worn a nice pant suit today. She fought me pulling her pants off.
"Why are you resisting Bevin? Let me take your pants off."
"I'm not in the mood. Can we just do this later?"
I jumped up onto the bed and sat on Bevin's belly, pinning her arms. I was facing her feet. I peeled her hands away from the button and zipper on her pants.
"GET OFF! GET OFF OF ME! NOW!"
I freed the restraints and pushed her pants to her knees. She was kicking and squirming.
"Now let's see what kind of surprise you have for me in your panties."
"PLEASE STOP! RICO, STOP!"
I pulled her sticky panties down.
"Well, what have we here? Care to explain Bevin?"
Bevin was crying so hard she could hardly breathe. I eased off and grabbed her hand. Pulling her to her feet, with her pants down at her ankles, I waddled her to the front door and pushed her outside. I locked the door, found her handbag, and took her phone out. Her keys were on the counter. I removed the house key and put it in her checkbook cover. The rest of her keys went in her handbag. I opened the front door. Bevin had managed to pull herself together. I tossed her the handbag.
"Find another place to stay tonight, maybe forever."
"Please Rico. I'm sorry. Can't we talk about this?"
"GO! I've got your phone. There's a guy at work that knows how to unlock them. I'm sure you weren't so stupid as to use this phone with your lovers."
"GIVE ME MY PHONE! THAT'S MY PHONE! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!"
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I don't know where Bevin went. I didn't care. My phone rang a few times, from numbers I didn't recognize, so I let them go to messages. None were left. I heard pounding on the door, around midnight, but I ignored it.
In the morning, I went out the back door so I could scan the neighborhood. I wanted to see if I was about to be ambushed. All clear so I backed my car out of the garage and set off to work. Once at my office, the first stop was the guy who cracked phones. He gave it back to me thirty minutes later.
"The new code is 121212."
Looking at the call history, it was clear that she was talking to her contact nicknamed LT. There were calls almost every day, weekends included. Opening her text tab I had all of proof I needed. LT was long tongue and not only was it Monday and Friday, but an occasional weekend meeting.
I recruited Nicole, one of the single receptionists. Explaining that this guy was bad news, I had her use the company phone to call LT and set up a meeting, for after dark tonight. LT took the bait.
I wasn't planning on doing anything tonight other than trying to follow him to wherever he lived.
Scanning the internet, I found a couple of discount divorce attorneys. The first one with an opening for today got my business. He would have Bevin served at work on Thursday.
Bevin's car was in the driveway when I got home. Not surprisingly, my keys didn't work. Bad move on her part. That's illegal in our state. My bargain attorney had warned me about this possibility. I called him and he embarked on getting a restraining order.
I waited patiently for ninety minutes before a car pulled up. A guy called my name and we chatted for a minute. After a call to the police, we waited for a squad car. Handing the paperwork to the officer, he thumbed through it then approached the front door.
Bevin had been watching through the blinds. When the police officer knocked, she opened the door, keeping it latched. They spoke for a few minutes and you could tell Bevin was getting flustered. Her voice was getting louder with each exchange. The officer presented her with the restraining order and explained her options. After a minute, the door closed, then opened all the way. The officer came over.
"I will allow Mrs. Bigodino twenty minutes to gather what she wants to take. You are welcome to supervise what she takes. Ready to go inside?"
"Yes sir. Thank you."