Thanks to Charlie for the editing, encouragement and advice.
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After listening to that I realized I couldn't compete with that. I stumbled back home dragging my tail between my legs. I felt completely worthless and impotent. I had just listened to another man fuck my wife in ways I could only dream about.
I paced around the house trying to figure out my next move. I was angry, angry at Miranda but more at myself for allowing this to happen. Not knowing what to do I climbed into bed and pulled the blankets up tight around my head.
About an hour later Miranda walked sheepishly in. I was lying under the covers. She snuck in and without speaking walked straight into the bathroom and climbed into the shower. The room filled with billowing steam as the scalding hot water poured over her.
As I listened I heard her crying, she was sobbing bawling her eyes out. I lifted my head and peeking out I could see she had slumped in a heap in the shower as she cried and cried.
When she climbed into bed she didn't snuggle up against me like she normally does. She laid on her back her voice barely a whisper. "Gordy don't pretend to be asleep honey I know you are awake, I need to hear your voice, I need to know you're OK love?"
I pushed her away, "leave me alone Miranda I don't want to touch you OK."
She rolled away and I heard the sobs return. It was a long night for both of us. I eventually drifted off to sleep and when I awoke she was cuddled up behind me.
The next day it was late in the afternoon before Miranda built the courage to talk to me. "Gordy love we need to talk, I need to know you are OK with what happened last night?"
I turned away, "No Miranda I am definitely not OK. I assume you fucked Brad last night?"
She grumbled, "Don't say it like that Gordon, there's no need to be crude."
"OK Miranda I assume you made love with Brad?"
She dropped her head, her head turned away unable to hold my gaze. "No Gordon we didn't, but we did have sex."
"Oh that's good, did he rock your world Miranda? Was it worth the destruction of our marriage?"
"Gordy don't say that love, please, it didn't mean anything."
"If it didn't mean anything then why did you spend an hour in the shower last night?"
"Gordy please, I was feeling terrible. I know I shouldn't have let it happen. It was wrong and I know that."
"You didn't answer my question Miranda was it good."
I think she was starting to comprehend the damage she caused. She stuttered her voice quivering uncontrollably, "Gordon can we just not talk about it? We could just put it behind us? Pretend it never happened."
"Can you Miranda? Can you put it behind you, or are you going to think about it every day for the rest of your life, like I am? What happens the next time he asks you out?"
"Gordon please it's over. It's finished, I want to put this behind us. I need to know we are going to be OK."
"Just tell me Miranda at least be honest with me. Did you enjoy it? Just tell me that."
She sighed deeply, "Yes Gordon I enjoyed my night out."
I turned and walked away leaving her standing her sobs wracking her body.
For the next couple of weeks we never even spoke, we were simply ships passing in the night. Brad at least stayed away, and I am sure that was Miranda's doing. Bridgette was crushed that Brad had stopped coming around. I heard her crying to her mother one night as she cried, "Why mum why doesn't he come here anymore?? I miss him mum doesn't he like me?"
Miranda calmed and soothed her by taking the blame maintaining they had an argument.
Our monthly community gathering came up on the weekend and as we always do the whole family went along. As we were walking up the drive way to the Jameson's with our arms full of food and booze I whispered to Manda, "I hope you have made sure Brad isn't coming today?"
She looked at me with a confused frown spreading across her face, "Why?"
I growled, "Don't be stupid Miranda, please tell me he won't be here."
She put her head down as we walked in without answering me.
The moment we walked in I noticed Miranda whipped out her phone. Throughout the party Manda kept pulling out her phone and was having a protracted conversation with someone. The party was bubbling along as it always does. The girls were running around with their friends but I couldn't get into it. I was nervous and twitchy, what if Brad does turn up? What should I do? I tried to talk to Manda several times during the party but she stayed away from me. We had been there about an hour when Brad turned up, he walked in as bold as brass. He didn't even acknowledge me but I noticed he did walk straight up to Miranda and try to kiss her. She pulled away from him quickly her eyes never left mine as she did. She was obviously now as anxious as I was.
The girls were happy and ran up to him and hugged and kissed him. They stayed close to him and like always he had his harem of little girls running after him.
Brad made himself at home as he always did and he talked to everyone ducking in and out of conversations all afternoon. He tried time and time again to get Miranda alone but she kept her distance and every time he approached her she would walk away her eyes always fixed on me.