Thank you for your favourable response to my first story.
This is a tale about a cheating wife who was caught and paid the price.
There's no descriptive sex in this story.
Enjoy.
Sofia and Daniel
Daniel Edmunds and Sofia, his wife of 10 years are the picture-perfect couple. They have a nice house in the suburbs and a great circle of friends.
Daniel is an executive at
Capital Engineering
. He's been with the company for 15 years. He started on the factory floor and was gradually promoted through the ranks. With the assistance of his employer, he finished his engineering degree on a part-time, off-campus, basis. His qualification removed the final impediment to him joining the company's executive team. He was valued by the managing director because he was respected by the blue-collar employees and the executive alike. He leads by example and always keeps his overalls in his office. Secretly, he likes nothing more than to swap his collar and tie for an afternoon getting his hands dirty in his oily overalls.
Sofia is an account manager with
Parker & Davis,
a boutique publishing house. She's been with the company for 12 years and felt valued and respected. The people she worked with were great. It was her dream job.
Tuesday
Tuesday began as usual for the couple. The weekday routine was that Sofia would get out of bed and head for the shower. Daniel would get up, make the bed and head for the kitchen to get the coffee going. A short while later, Sofia would appear dressed for work. Husband and wife would chat over the freshly made brew, before they kissed and Sofia headed out the door. Alone in the house, Daniel would then return to the bedroom to shower and get dressed for work. Sitting on the bed, he reached for a belt in his bedside table and in doing so, spilt some coffee on the sheet near his pillow. Not being a major spillage, he decided to tidy it up after work.
Later that day, after returning home and starting a cold beer, Daniel remembered the coffee incident from the morning. He grabbed a fresh sheet and went to the bedroom. Strangely, though, the stain was not there. Daniel had a think about this and decided that the sheet(s) must have been changed during the day. They smelled "fresh" and had creases from where they had been folded. Very curious, he thought. He went to the laundry room and looked for the stained sheet. He found the sheets hidden in the laundry cupboard. He couldn't find any evidence of activity in the house during the day. Nonetheless, Daniel didn't like any of this.
His thought process was interrupted by Sofia's arrival. Daniel asked about her day. She said it was busy - as is every day. They dined. Daniel had a look at the news. Sofia spoke to her Mom and arranged to have a girl's lunch on Sunday. They went to bed. Sofia was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Daniel, however, didn't sleep well. His thoughts continually returned to the sheets. Ultimately, he decided to see if he could put himself in the picture. He didn't want to jump to conclusions but he needed to be better informed.
Wednesday
The following day, Daniel went to work and did some research on voice activated recording devices and motion activated surveillance cameras. Armed with almost no knowledge, he visited the local electronics store and sought the advice of the sales guy who was friendly and knowledgeable. Daniel left the store with 4 voice activated audio recording devices; 1 motion activated surveillance camera; and some plain English instructions on how to use them. All were tiny and battery operated. Daniel's plan was to place the audio recorders in Sofia's car; her bag; and in the kitchen; and the lounge. The video camera would go in the bedroom.
On Wednesday evenings, Sofia attended her
Publishing and Professional Writing
course at the local college campus and didn't arrive home until around 7.30. This gave Daniel the chance to hide and test the voice recorders in the kitchen and lounge. The video camera in the bedroom went on the top shelf of the bookcase. Later in the evening, it wasn't too hard to place the audio recorder under the passenger seat in Sofia's car. He had to wait for Sofia to go to bed to hide the final audio recorder in the lining of her favourite bag.
Thursday
On Thursday evening, Daniel arrived home from work and found nothing on the recorders in the house. Sofia arrived home a little later and they enjoyed a nice, team effort, dinner. The bottle of wine was tasty. There was some laughter and affection. Daniel wondered how long this would last. Sofia went to bed around 10.00 and Daniel said he'd join her shortly. This gave him the opportunity to get the audio recorders out of her bag and car. He copied the data to his laptop and returned them. He would review the data when the opportunity arose.
Friday
On Friday afternoon, Daniel took an early-mark from work so that he could review Thursday's recordings before Sofia arrived home.