All characters engaging in sexual activities are 18 years of age or older.
Any spelling or grammar mistakes are my own.
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Jackson simply didn't know what to do anymore. He had tried to get his wife Tara to go to counseling alone, she told him no. He had tried to get her to go to couples counseling together, but she told him no. He even had her family try and talk to her, but that was to no avail as well. Every time that he or her family would bring it up, she'd just tell them that she was just fine; and go back to doing whatever it was she was doing. A month earlier, Tara had suffered a miscarriage.
Tara was a beautiful woman. Standing five foot, five inches tall. She weighed one hundred and forty pounds. She had thick brown hair, that she always kept cut to shoulder length. She had beautiful blue eyes. She looked similar to actress Amanda Peet. Tara had worked out in a gym at the country club that her sister belonged to. She was a Senior Project Manager at North American United Industries.
Jackson was six feet, one hundred and eighty pounds. He worked out in the home gym that he made three days a week. He rode an exercise bike Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. He jogged a five mile route in the neighborhood on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Jackson took every Sunday off. That was his day to relax, to watch football and to eat pizza. His day to decompress and enjoy himself.
Jackson and his best friend Joseph started a computer network security business, called American Network Security Systems. Jackson was more interested in and better at the security and computer aspects of the business. Joseph was more of a people person and friendly, so he handled meetings with current and possible new clients. Both of them together made them incredible co-owners. They made American Network Security Systems, one of the best in the country. They had contracts with public and private businesses all over the country, from New York to Los Angeles.
When Tara had her miscarriage, Jackson took all the time he needed off of work to stay home and try to be there for his wife. He held her as she cried. He kept his cool when she would lose her temper and blame him or blame her own family for what had happened. She would be angry one moment, then sobbing the next. She didn't want to do anything with Jackson or anybody else. She just spent most of the time sitting in the loveseat, in the front room staring out into space.
Their sex life was non-existent. It wasn't like it was rip roaring to begin with. Tara was never really into kinky, but they haven't done anything in months. One night Jackson was taking things into his own hands while in the shower when Tara came in. She started yelling at him, which started one of the few fights they ever had in their marriage. She ended up locking herself in the guest room and crying herself to sleep.
After six weeks, Tara decided that it was time for her to go back to work. Jackson supported her decision. He had also started working a few days a week, whenever Tara was sleeping. He thought that if she went back to work, the routine of their daily life before the miscarriage would start the process of her healing and feeling better. It certainly couldn't get any worse, is what he thought.
For the first few days that she went back, everything went pretty well. She came home and would talk about her day. It seemed like she was really trying to open up and talk. Tara even cooked supper on that second day back. It was only Tuna Mac, but it was the first time she'd cooked anything in months. They did the dishes together and had a small water fight. That night in bed, they cuddled together.
By the end of her second week back on the job, Tara had gone back to the way she was before. She didn't really want to talk anymore than was necessary. She had gone back to just sitting around and staring off into space again. This time when Jackson made the suggestion once again to see a counselor, she got angry at him. They had another fight. He tried to explain to her that their marriage was suffering, and he was trying to help. Tara just yelled at him over and over again that she needed more time and to leave her alone.
Over the next few months, things didn't get any better. Jackson and her family continued to try to talk her into getting help. Her sister Patricia and her husband Bill tried to get Tara to stop pushing Jackson away. They suggested that they go on a vacation. Just the two of them go someplace where she could unplug her brain and remember why she loved him and get their marriage back on track. Once again, Tara refused any suggestions from anybody.
Jackson had finally gotten tired of dealing with Tara and with everything that came with her. So when a client called with an emergency, he took the opportunity to fly out of town and handle it himself. He flew out on Friday morning after Tara left for work. He spent that afternoon and all day Saturday fixing the problem. Instead of sleeping in a hotel on Saturday night, he decided to sleep on the plane, since they were leaving to fly back home at five in the morning.
When Jackson got home at eight-thirty on Sunday morning, he noticed that Tara wasn't home. He put his things away and took a shower. He got out and got dressed and she still wasn't home. He called Tara's sister Patricia. She told Jackson that she was at her house but was in their spare bedroom asleep. Jackson told Patricia to have her call him when she woke up. They talked for a few minutes about the job and hung up.
Jackson made himself breakfast and had just sat down to eat when his phone rang. It was his brother-in-law Bill. He told him that they had invited Tara to a summer party at the country club they were members of. She had too much to drink and was dirty dancing with a guy that, he nor Patricia knew. He wanted to let me know that they both lit into her about her behavior on the way home. Jackson thanked Bill for his honesty and telling him why she wasn't home and where she was, and hung up the phone.
Tara never called, instead she walked in the door just before noon. She looked like she had been out drinking. Jackson followed her to their bedroom. He tried to talk to her, but she waved him off as she got undressed and walked into the master bathroom. He sat down on the padded mattress in the bay window and heard the shower start up. He closed his eyes and took some deep breaths while praying to God to help him get through this.
When he heard through the door that she was in the shower, Jackson got up and decided to check out her clothes. There were no semen stains or crust in her panties. Her clothes smelled of her perfume and her scent. That was a relief to him. He walked into the bathroom and asked Tara if she wanted something to eat. She told him that she'd eaten at her sisters' house. Jackson acknowledged her reply and went back downstairs. He was watching the pregame coverage when Tara came downstairs.