Her husband was cheating on her. With the neighbor.
Darcy knew this because she was standing outside the master bedroom of her neighbor's house, watching her husband of 15 years fucking Brandy, the woman who lived there with her husband.
He stood by the side of the bed plowing into a woman that Darcy considered a friend, both of them lost in ecstasy, completely oblivious to the outside world.
When she first discovered them, she fought her first instinct to go barging in there and confront them. Something held her back.
Emotions whipped through her with such speed she hardly recognized them. Denial was first. That couldn't be Sean. He was at a conference. This was just some guy who looked like him...but Sean had a birthmark on his thigh which Darcy could see from her vantage point as he reached around to bring Brandy to yet another screaming orgasm.
A sense of betrayal was next up to the plate. How could he do this to her? To them? Didn't he love her anymore?
He was getting close to orgasm, Darcy could tell by the speed of his thrusting. But he'd be coming into another woman's cunt. She'd never liked that word, but this situation seemed to call for it.
At the last second, he pulled out and came all over Brandy's back. In a way Darcy was glad it was over, but then another emotion niggled at the back of her mind. Jealousy.
She was jealous that this woman could drive her husband wild with lust. Their marital bed had cooled over the last few years to the point of frostbite despite all the sexy lingerie, candles and sex toys they had tried. Darcy spent punishing hours in the gym staying fit, secretly hoping Sean would desire her like he used to, but to no avail.
There was another feeling deep down that was even scarier to acknowledge. She was jealous that Sean got to fuck Brandy. She was one of those women who exuded sex and confidence. He'd even teased Darcy a few times about staring at Brandy a little too long, especially when the two couples shared a soak in the hot tub.
Brandy would rise out of the water, water dripping off the globes of her perfect breasts, down her smooth abdomen and into the tiny excuse for bikini bottoms she liked to wear. It was impossible not to stare.
Still, it wasn't like Darcy fantasized about having sex with women. Much.
The couple behind the glass were getting dressed, causing Darcy to shake herself loose from her thoughts. Now it was her that didn't want to be discovered.
She slunk back through the bushes that divided their yards and quickly made her way back to the house.
Wandering from room to room, Darcy struggled to process what she had seen. She stopped in front of their wedding picture, proudly displayed in the living room. Was it all a fraud? Did this mean their life together was over? How long had he been fucking her? Did Brandy's husband know?
She bit her lip as she thought about what it would be like to tear down the family they had built over the years, the mutual friendships, not to mention the business they ran together. That was when the anger started to set in. Damn it, she didn't want to give up their way of life. How could he endanger it all for a piece of ass?
She flopped on the couch in frustration just as the door opened and Sean walked in. He smiled at her as if his dick wasn't covered in another woman's pussy juices, she thought nastily.
"Hey babe," he said casually. "I thought you were at the gym." He might have fooled someone else, but she could see he was nervous and trying to cover it up. A warm rush of power flowed back into her battered spirit. She had the upper hand and didn't mind playing it.
"And I thought you were at a conference. Guess we were both wrong," she returned with a deceivingly sweet smile.
"Ah, I left early, it was a waste of time," he scratched the back of his head. He couldn't quite look her in the eyes. "Listen, I'd love to kiss you hello, but I gotta take a shower. You know what it's like being on the road." He started to leave the room. She wasn't going to let him escape so easily.
"No, I don't, is it like being inside Brandy's cunt?" The air between them electrified. She took pleasure that her voice was steady while her heart was pounding. Her husband froze, then slowly turned.
"How did you find out?" He blurted out.
"Seriously? That's the first thing on your mind? That you fucking got caught?" She rose up, furious. "I saw you pulling into her garage so I walked over. Then I saw the matinee show through the window, you asshole!" She turned away as her voice caught in her throat. She hated to cry and give him the satisfaction. She'd been repressing her feelings for years, what's another five minutes?
"Shit," he said, understanding dawning. The gig was up and life as he knew it was over. In a strange way he was relieved. He'd hated lying to her and going behind her back. "Darce, I don't know what to say."
"How about you're a sorry piece of shit? How could you, Sean?" The first tears started to spill from her eyes and it was like a knife in his gut.
"I don't know. Fuck. I am a sorry piece of shit." He sat heavily on the couch, looking up at her with sorrow in his eyes. Then he buried his head in his hands, something she knew he only did when he was at his worst.
For a split second she actually felt sorry for him. The man she loved was in pain. But then berated herself and shook it off. Was she losing her fucking mind?
"How long, Sean?" She demanded, arms crossed in front of her as if she could keep her heart from interfering with her head.
"I don't know, a couple months maybe," he couldn't bear to look at her, sure he was about to lose it all. He geared up for an ugly confrontation scene like the ones in the movies.
She considered him as all the questions she had asked herself earlier percolated through her mind. There was only one that really mattered now.
"Why?" She asked softly, her eyes shimmering.
He looked up at her, surprised. He had expected her to lash out, to cry, to scream. Instead she bared her heart with vulnerability. There was no defense without an offense.
He took a moment, knowing his world hinged on the next words out his mouth.
"I felt like I was dying," he admitted. He figured she would scoff at that, but she stood there in silence. She was going to let him talk. Or dig his own grave. He wasn't sure.
He took a deep breath and continued, "not really dying, you know, but like dying on the inside." He got up and walked to the window, where outside the sun shined and birds sang as if nothing was happening. "The last few years have been like torture. My sex drive was in the toilet. I couldn't get it up. I'm only 37 and I felt like that part of my life was dead."