[:::: Authors Note ::::]
Welcome to the final part of The Nuclear Family. If you haven't read them, please check out
Part I
,
Part II
, and
Part III
before jumping into the final instalment.
I enjoy writing exaggerated drama in my stories. Emotional turmoil is often a driver of both our society's successes and more so, our failures. In writing stories like this, I find it a lot better than going up to someone in real life and screaming in their face, and I hope for you, the reader, you see both the anguish written and the resolution wrought helpful in your own emotional journey.
So returning to our story, we ended Part III with quite the drama and looking at the comments, some of you didn't like the clichΓ© cliffhanger, but you know what, that's okay. I make no apologies for the way I write. For me writing is an outlet, and if you don't like the way I write, then may I suggest you find a different story to read π
Now a fair warning to everyone this is the longest part in the series at over thirty thousand words. I did think about splitting it in two, but decided to keep it as one long story.
And I would be remiss if I did not mention my editors Larry, Wayne, and especially miket0422 on this one. Miket0422 spent a lot of time with me, not just editing but talking plot points through with me. Thank you, editors, for making this story more than the sum of its parts!
Let's read, and I hope you enjoy the conclusion to The Nuclear Family.
[:::: End of Part III ::::]
Toni stood and went and got Amy's phone; Amy looked at me in absolute anguish as she unlocked the phone. Toni opened Amy's email and a message from someone called a concerned observer.
The email went:
To Amy Other,
I am sorry to be the one to tell you this. However, your husband, Robert Other, is having an affair with your sister and his ex-wife, Georgia. This has been going on since they came to visit you months ago. I know you won't believe me, but they have been meeting regularly and please find the attached photos and videos to prove it.
Yours Sincerely
A concerned citizen.
Attached to the email were several photos and even a couple of short videos. In those photos, you could see Georgia naked and posing. In a few of them, you could see Georgia spread wide and pictures of my cock, because it was my cock, fucking her. The short video showed me doing Georgia doggy style and her groaning at how much she loved taking my cock. The final picture showed Georgia and me smiling at the camera, my cum all over her face and breasts.
"Amy, it's..." I started.
"It's not what it looks like, right dear husband." Amy snapped at me.
"Look, Amy I can explain." I tried to say.
Amy, in whatever state she was in, wasn't hearing it. She was only hearing the old cheaters' cliches, not that the truth was buried beneath it all.
"Is that you in those photos?" She hissed through clenched teeth.
"Yes, it is, but...." I tried to say.
"GET OUT!" She screamed, "GET THE FUCK OUT!" she broke down hysterically.
"Amy!" I tried to say as she collapsed to the ground.
"How could you, Robbie, after everything they put you through? How could you do this to Amy!" Toni said as Amy continued to collapse.
"Toni, it's not what it looks like." I looked at Darren. He was torn between seeing the email with the photos and trying to back me. "It's not. It's truly not." I was pleading, and I felt like shit because I was sounding like I was sprouting words directly from the cheater's handbook, which I was, but in this case, I wasn't.
"Just go. Leave Robbie," Amy wept.
My world fell apart again.
[:::: The Nuclear Family - Part IV ::::]
Standing there watching my pregnant wife sob, I just wanted to explain. I wanted to hold her. I desired to take the pain of what I knew she was feeling away. But as Darren and I stood there looking at Toni, who was trying to comfort Amy while staring daggers at me, my logical mind knew it was useless. Neither of the pregnant ladies in front of me would listen to reason.
Even Darren, who I would call my closest friend, bar Amy, was doubting my innocence based on what he had just read and seen on Amy's phone.
"Common Robbie," Darren said, just about dragging me by my ear like a petulant child out and back to his car. Within five minutes, we were down the road at our local pub. I followed him inside, tail between my legs, defeated. Despite our training and strict diet regime leading up to a professional fight, Darren bought us a couple of rums and almost slammed them down in front of me.
"Alright, explain." He stated; it was a demand, not a request. I could see anger on his face. Darren had seen the pictures and video on Amy's phone of me naked with Georgia, my ex-wife. It was evident that it was me. The email stating I was having an affair with Georgia was topping it off and adding fuel to the fire.
"Darren," I sighed. "You should know that I would never cheat on Amy. After what Georgia put me through, you should know that, hell, all three of you should know that."
As I said it, I took a sip on my rum, my emotion at feeling panicked about Amy's breakdown giving way to a bit of anger as the gears started processing in my mind.
"Then what about the email, those pictures, that video?" He asked me, still angry but listening as he watched the kaleidoscope of emotions begin to play across my face.
"Darren," I said, looking at my friend. Yeah, I was feeling a little embarrassed, he had seen me naked in a sexual encounter a few minutes ago, but I knew I had to be truthful.
"Have you and Toni never taken a few private pictures or videos of yourselves?" I asked. "After all your years together, can you tell me that on your phone, there are no pictures of her tits and ass that are for your viewing alone?"
He looked at me for a moment, caught out by the question. For a moment, he looked thoughtful.
"Of course there are," he snorted embarrassingly. "But they are mine and Toni's private pictures. But the email and those pictures, Amy just got them..."
"Darren," I said, interrupting him before he spun back into the wrong way of thinking. "I know each of those pictures. They are almost a decade old. But think of who I was married to back then. I thought I was happily married to Georgia at the time..." I said. I watched his face; it took a moment.
He processed what I said, then swore, his anger suddenly redirected away from me, "son of a bitch."
"Yeah," I said, nodding my head. "I am the one in those photos. They were private pictures of Georgia and me. Now I think my family is using them to break up my marriage to a woman I love more than life itself."
Neither of us said anything for a moment; we both sipped our drinks, lost in our thoughts.
"Robbie, I'm sorry," Darren said apologetically. "I didn't want to believe it, but it makes sense. I can see how Amy and Toni... I can see how they wouldn't think of that."
I shrugged, "They are two very pregnant, hormonal women. Without insulting them, I don't know that deductive reasoning is always front of mind."
We spoke for a couple more minutes, the anger building that someone, most likely someone in my family, had sent pictures and videos that were very private to Amy. Darren sent a text to Toni and Amy.
[ I've spoken at length with Robbie. He is correct in that it isn't what it appears. Those are images from when he was married to Georgia. He is NOT having an affair. He loves Amy. ]
We sat for a few more minutes finishing our drinks, I still felt like shit for what my past was doing to Amy.
Darren sighed, putting his phone back into his pocket. "Common Robbie, let's get you back up to the house and sort this mess out."
As we were walking out the door, my phone rang. I was relieved to see it was Amy. I expected to hear relief following Darren's text message, but I got panic.
"Robbie?" Amy started. She sounded mere moments away from hysteria.
Thinking she was still winding down from earlier, I talked in the most calming tone possible. "I'm here, my love. I'm coming home and will explain it all."
"Robbie, I'm scared," Amy said; I could hear she was giving everything to try and hold herself together.
"It's okay, baby, I'm coming. I'm sorry that you saw..." I started, she interpreted.
"Not that Robbie, um, Robbie, I'm bleeding, help me?" she pleaded. I now heard the note of desperation in her voice; it had nothing to do with pictures.
Before she could finish the sentence, I took off at a sprint, bypassing the car and running straight up the hill. Darren was instantly at my heels, knowing something was very wrong.
"I'm coming Amy!" I almost yelled. I looked at Darren, who was running beside me. People parted without question, seeing two large, very fit men running at speed along the sidewalk was enough to get them to step aside, and nothing was going to stop me from getting to Amy. "Darren," I almost yelled. "We need an ambulance at home now. I'm on the phone with Amy, and she's bleeding."