Authors Note: The idea of this story came to me several months ago. Finally have it in a form that I am happy with. Let me know what you think. I enjoy all the feedback. positive and negative.
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Sarah rolled off Justin and laying on her side gave him a quick kiss. She stared at him for a minute and then said, "It's a shame, I wish this could last."
Justin lay back, looked up at the ceiling, and said, "You know, I have been thinking and might have a solution to our problem."
Sarah looked at him questioning.
He grinned, "Come on, we can discuss it at breakfast, but first I want to shower with you."
She looked leery at him, but after all these years, she knew that she wasn't going to get any further details from him until he was ready. She followed him into the shower.
Sara and Justin had been together since they fell in love with each other in high school. They were now 31 and had completed degrees in accounting and computers, respectively.
They had moved many times from city to city. They knew when to jump just when one of their schemes was about to be discovered. They had managed to stash away a little nest egg overseas. Both of their parents had been divorced multiple times, so neither was interested in the institution of marriage. Frankly, they had cut their parents out of their lives because they were tired of hearing the complaints about their latest spouses.
The only issue in Sarah and Justin's relationship was that he was sterile. Sarah desperately wanted to have children. They had both been tested for fertility, so knew that the issue was on his side. She was hung up on wanting to get pregnant the old fashion way with her man fucking a baby into her. No adoptions, no test tube babies.
After their shower, they sat around the table and ate breakfast. Justin presented his plan.
"So, I had an idea. It will solve two problems; money and babies." Justin said.
Sarah smirked at him. She thought, "Another patented Justin scheme is coming." She then said, "OK, let's hear it."
Justin started, "First, money. I have found a contract in Saudi Arabia for two or three years that overpays for my job skills on a huge project..." Sarah nodded, "...and you know, with these big projects, there are always opportunities to 'divert' some cash."
Sarah smiled, "OK, I like the plan so far."
He continues, "Second, babies, we find a guy that you don't object to and you accidentally" Justin did air quotes, "get pregnant. I don't particularly want to see you with another man, so you stay here in the States. I know when went to the Middle East once on vacation, you didn't like it, so I know you wouldn't want to live there. Once you get pregnant, you marry him, or maybe you don't, but if possible, stay with him. Then he is covering the costs of raising the baby. Hopefully, you can stand him for a little more time and accidentally get pregnant again. Then you have the two kids that you always dreamed of."
Sarah looked at him, "OK, so I am stuck with this loser with the two kids that I want, but I won't be with you."
Justin laughed, "Well, around the time that number two is born, my contract will end. You either divorce hubby, get the kids and child support and we get back together, or abandon him, grab the kids, and meet me somewhere in the world to live the rest of our lives?"
Justin then sits back in his chair, "What do you think?"
Sarah just sits thinking a bit, "And you would be OK with me being with this other guy?"
Justin frowns. "No, but I know you really want kids, and I can't give them to you, so I was going to lose you anyway. I want us to stay together, and if I take this contract, I'll be out of the country anyhow, so it won't be like I'll have to face you with this guy every day. I'm sure it will wear on me, but we will eventually get back together, and we will both have what we want. You, kids, and me, you."
Sarah stood, walked over, and sat in Justin's lap, kissing him. "I love you."
Justin smiled, "And I love you too. So you like my idea?"
She stood, grabbed one of his hands, and said, "How about I drag you back to bed and show you how much I love that idea."
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That evening, they sat on the balcony of their apartment, enjoying some wine.
Sarah looked at Justin and asked, "So how do we find my baby's father victim?"
Justin said, "I have been thinking about that. We want someone that might be easy to manipulate. There is a computer conference this week, I'm sure that I can find a couple of candidates of shy computer geeks that you could seduce. After all, I am a computer geek and you seduced me." Justin winked. "Then in order to keep you, he might be willing to forgive some incompatibilities. You would have to be an actress for a time, but with some of our scams, we had to be actors for an extended period of time. This would be the longest."
Sarah pondered, "As long as he was kind, I probably would be OK. You know I have had to be nice to some real assholes."
Justin then said, "I'll keep an eye out and get some names. I was thinking that we could scout some out, maybe find a reason to have dinner with them, and have my 'cousin' who is visiting from out of town join us for dinner. If you are interested, then we can plan the next steps."
Sarah smiled, "Unlike you," she winked at Justin, "These guys probably never thought they would have a chance at someone in my league, so it is just a matter of finding one that I could live with for this. We do want someone who is somewhat good-looking. We will be raising his kids."
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The conference started. Justin pulled up the list he had on his tablet. He had done some research. He hacked into the list of registered participants and the list of presenters. Justin and Sarah kept their social media presence as small as possible; you never know if someone might come looking for them. They, however, knew how to use social media to study their victims. They cross-referenced with LinkedIn and other social media sites, to reduce the list of possible targets. They removed those who had a job history going too far into the past as they would be too old, obviously all women, and those who appeared to be married or showing that they might be in a relationship. He pulled some of the remaining men's pictures together and Sarah reviewed the men's backgrounds and pictures to those that she was interested in. Now, just to find those five men.
He found the first one and was about to approach him when his target's phone rang and he heard him say, "Hello, Love." OK, probably has a girlfriend.