When the idea for this story first came to me, I thought it would be a nice quick little tale, but as usual it morphed into something nearly 40,000 words long. I have had some complaints that my stories are too long and that I should break them up into individual chapters at the very least. The reason I don't do that is because I don't like reading stories that way. I want the whole thing, like a book, in one place without having to remember which chapter I'm on and I really hate having to wait for the next episode as many writers issue the first couple of stories quickly and then begin to take forever to issue the later ones. I, myself, have done this as I get diverted onto other projects. I like to develop characters and have their lives play out in a fairly normal way and that takes time and words. I had a reader complain about the length of my last submission. He/she said that they read the first page and the last and decided that they knew what the story was about (or something). Why fucking bother? Either read the damn thing or move on to something else if you have the attention span of a gnat!
I would also like to thank BurntRedstone for granting me permission to use his character, Ben Shepherd, in a cameo. If you haven't read his stories I would recommend them highly!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy The Housewife's Revenge. As always, this is my universe, so banking rules, STD's and any other things that may strike you as infeasible are perfectly feasible here. And, if you have nothing nice to say, then don't bother commenting or emailing.
The Housewife's Revenge
It's amazing what information one can glean from simple household tasks. For example, as I was preparing clothing for the wash by checking the pockets of pants and shirts for tissues and whatnot, I chanced upon a folded-up piece of paper that when unfolded turned out to be a receipt. Knowing my husband Chad would wine and dine clients from time to time, I decided I should probably read the receipt and determine whether or not I could throw it away.
The receipt was for a mid-level motel in our city and was dated for the previous Thursday. As I stared at the piece of paper, I started wondering, 'Why would Chad have a receipt for a motel in town for last Thursday? He had his usual late meeting on that day and didn't get home until nearly midnight.' I pondered for a while and then perused the receipt more carefully and saw that the check-in time was 6:30pm, about the time he would be coming home on any other night. It then dawned on me, 'FUCK! MY ASSHOLE HUSBAND WAS CHEATING ON ME!'
A million emotions were running through my brain at the same time, but two were dominating...extreme anger and a need for revenge. I left the laundry as it was and walked into the kitchen, poured myself a cup of coffee and sat down to think things out. The thing that pissed me off the most was that we had only been married for four years and I rarely denied him when he wanted to have sex. So, why the hell was he fucking other women?
It then dawned on me that I only had circumstantial evidence. What I needed was pure, unadulterated fact as proof of Chad's philandering in order to nail his balls to the post. The first thing that came to mind was following him on the next Thursday to see what he got up to. He also has what he calls business lunches on Tuesdays, so I figured I would see what he gets up to then as well.
The next thing that crossed my mind was to check his computer to see what I could come up with. Chad was never very circumspect when it came to passwords and computer security, so I figured I could access his computer pretty easily. He and I kept separate computers at his insistence, because he said he wanted a desktop and I wanted a laptop, so I was pretty sure I would find some answers there. When I got the prompt to sign into the computer, I typed the password...chadsgreat93... and I was in. I'm pretty sure all of his passwords were the same, his name, his ego and the year of his birth.
The first place I checked was 'messages'. Since we had Apple everything, most of his text messages would show up on his computer as well as his phone. It didn't take long for the first female's name to turn up. Apparently, Bethany was last Thursday's 'plat du jour'. It seemed that they had been carrying on for about 6 months. As I went through the names (Ann, Stephanie, Beth, Angie, Patty, Susan, Darcie, and Elaine ), I printed out each person's correspondence with Chad.
As I delved deeper I couldn't believe I was so blind. Shit, he was having an affair with Elaine before and after we got married! What's more, she was married and came to our wedding! I was seething by this point and decided that not only was I going to divorce his ass, but I was going to go for a full scorched earth treatment! I was going to leave my husband and, if I could figure out a way, I was going to leave him with absolutely nothing. And that's where the housewife's super power comes in...we have all the time in the world!
So, the next thing I decided to investigate was bank accounts. Now, I do all of the bill paying for our household and it dawned on me that he must have a separate account because I would have seen items for the no-tell-motels Chad was frequenting on our credit card bills. I decided the first place to look would be a favorites list and sure enough there was a link to a separate bank. I hit the link, used the tried and true password and was in. When I saw his accounts, to say I was surprised would have been an understatement. He had a bit over $280,000 in a savings account, a bit under $25,000 in his checking account and $1,200 owed on a bank card.
I made notes of the account numbers and then began looking at the various payments. The first thing to catch my eye was that there was a payment to Amex Black. I had heard of the American Express Black Card and knew that it was given by invitation only. Mere mortals can't apply for it. Since it was by invite only meant that Chad must have a bunch more money stashed away somewhere, at least enough to impress the Amex people.
I saw large periodic transfer withdrawals from his savings to an anonymous account number with nothing much to say where it had gone. When I tallied up the amount of the interbank transfers they added up to close to $9,000,000 over the past year. I noted the account number and kept searching for other info. Where the fuck was that money coming from and where was it going?
The next place I looked in was 'Notes'. As I looked through his notes, I found a header called banking. As I perused the entries I saw information regarding the bank account I just found plus a reference to Cayman National Bank and an account number. I recognized the account number as the one I had written down earlier and thought, 'Bingo! The pot at the end of the rainbow!' I went to the Cayman bank's site, entered the account number and Chad's password and was in. What I saw amazed me, the cocksucker had nearly $70,000,000 sitting there.
I sat stunned for several minutes not knowing what to think. I looked at the time on the computer and saw that it was nearly 4:30 and I had nothing ready for dinner. I quickly called Chad and when he answered he asked, "What's up, Kim?"
"Hey honey, Barb stopped by to cry on my shoulder about her divorce and just left, so I have nothing ready for dinner. Would you mind stopping and picking up some Chinese?"
"No problem, Babe. Do you want the usual's?"
I wanted to say that I wanted him to get an order of stir-fried cyanide with some arsenic pot stickers for himself, but I refrained and said, "Yeah, the usual's will be fine. Do you want me to call it in?"
"Yeah, that would be great. It will make it faster to get out of there."
"Okay, I'll call the order in now so it will be ready. See you in a bit."
"Great! I'll see you soon. I lov..."
I cut him off before he could finish. I didn't want to hear any bullshit about how I was his 'babe' and how much he 'loved' me. It then dawned on me that I was going to have to bite the bullet and continue behaving as I always did around him to stave off any hints I was onto his womanizing. After I called our dinner order in, I went back to the laundry where my life fell apart earlier. When Chad got home, I apologized for cutting him off, told him it was an accident and assured him I loved him. We had our usual dinner conversation where we asked about each other's days. I ended up making up a bunch of shit about how Barb's husband had been cheating on her for years to support my earlier story. Chad didn't even flinch as the story I told him mirrored what I deduced to be his own behavior.
During a lull I asked, "I know you've told me before, but can you tell me what you do at your job again? I don't seem to remember."
He chuckled and said, "You can be such an air head sometimes. I'm an international money manager and handle the accounts of corporations and individuals. I suggest investments to my clients that I think will bring them a good return on their investments."
I giggled at the airhead comment as I thought 'we'll see who's an airhead' and then asked, "So, who pays you, the clients or your company?"