I would like to acknowledge that this story was inspired by
"June Sucks" by wrjcock3
. The concept of the long-term deception behind that betrayal intrigued me. The whole story was basically set at the "event" with no prior or after to the story. I felt the lack of those detracted from the story for me.
I asked "wrjcock3" for permission to write my own version but have not received any reply. I apologise if the idea behind this offends him. Apart from the concept, there is nothing of the original involved. This is not a February Sucks clone.
This is my interpretation of what the story could have been had it been fully fleshed out. The beginning of my story shows their years together which explains why what happened was such a shock to him.
The basic concept of "June sucks" has been kept. It is contained within about eight paragraphs. For those who have not read the original story, the premise was that on their tenth anniversary night, she promises her loving husband a night he'll never forget. She succeeded but not in the way he imagined.
It is after this revelation, the events truly change drastically from the original.
When I finished the story, I felt, it couldn't end there. I needed to progress the main character's story further. I have added a second chapter (included as an option for the reader) which shows the beginning of a positive direction for the main character.
There is no violence except verbal. There is no RAAC. Do both the adulterers and even their enablers get their just desserts.
Read on.
My therapist has suggested I write down my story as she feels I have bottled too much anger internally and not expressed it any way which has allowed me to get over my betrayal. As I have not accepted that I am blameless I still seek answers which cannot be given. As a result, my life is treading water, waiting for me to move on. She feels if I can see what had happened differently, express my feelings over it, I will open a path to recover the true me. Whoever he is? I don't know him! She says that sums up my problem.
My name is Robert Benson. At the time of writing this, I'm thirty-four years old. I was a mid-level manager in an engineering firm designing and building machines for clients. I knew I probably won't have gone much further as it is a family firm and I'm not family. The events which I will relate mean my position in the firm became untenable.
I'm told I'm one of the good guys. I have a good sense of humour or at least I did. I work hard, I provide well and I care about other people. I help when needed and I take my responsibilities, like my marriage seriously. It seems I was the only one. Let me explain.
All through High School, I was slightly above average. I was no genius but with hard work, I achieved good exam results. I did have a few fights when I was pushed too hard but when they were over so was the animosity. I have a few very close male friends who have stayed with me throughout, supporting me. I wasn't an adonis so didn't have women throwing themselves at me but those who I did encounter seemed to like me. I had been brought up to treat others, especially women well. I accepted "No" as an answer. If we did progress to petting or having sex, I was careful to make sure they enjoyed it. I listened to them when they needed to speak. I never boasted about making love with them nor shared their secrets which made me more popular. The funny thing is, it's quite a few of these ladies who have helped me through this so far. They wanted to be there for me. So many other friends dropped me over the unfounded allegations. Indeed, I found some were never friends.
I left high school and started with Deuchar's as an apprentice with day release at the community college studying engineering. I have always loved putting stuff together. At first, Duplo, Lego and then Meccano. Now it is computer aided design assisted machines.
My friends say I like my toys as I'm always looking at new gadgets. I was wearing one, an integrated camera which looked like a badge. It was to record what I thought was to be a great evening, one I'd want to look back upon later. When the shit hit the fan, I'm glad I did as it was more than helpful later. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
At the end of the first year at college, there was a large party as we celebrated being free for a couple of months. My friend Bill had become very fond of a girl who was in the nursing group who used some of the college's facilities as well as the local hospital. He persuaded me to attend the party to interest her girlfriends. As if nursing students would look at me, an engineer rather than doctors! I'm kind of normal, height, looks. I am muscular and trim due to my work.
I went as there was live music. Bill's friend, Stephanie introduced the other girls to us. I was nice, complimentary about them all. It was the truth as they were all lovely. I was surprised when one, Carole, began speaking with me. We had a few drinks, a few dances and her feet survived. I'm not the most coordinated dancer. She seemed to enjoy my company, even laughed at some of my lame jokes.
Carole was lovely, around 5'5", slim build with what I later discovered were very impressive 36C breasts with stubby nipples which loved to be twisted and tweaked as she came. She had a beautiful bum which could get me to rise as she bent away from me. She favoured sensual lingerie and stockings. She kept her hair no longer than shoulder length as it was easier for her to work with patients.
I was surprised when at the end of the evening she asked to see me again. I agreed. I'm not a fool! (Well, what happened showed me I was a fool but then!) We courted and soon I felt an emotion I'd only felt once before. I had had girls I really liked but Carole took my breath away whenever I saw her. I missed her when we weren't together. My parents laughed at me but not in a cruel way. They saw how she made me happy. I even studied harder to show her I could become someone in the future she could respect, love perhaps.
While she was a passionate kisser, she stopped me exploring her body, in any meaningful way, for over four months. It didn't stop her pressing herself hard against me, wriggling on my erection as she laughed. She would wank me off and even give me blowjobs. It wasn't done as pity sex, she enjoyed the power she had over me as she made me wait before she brought me off. The quickest I have ever cum was when she wanked me over her bare breasts for the first time. I did say those are stunning.
When we first made love, it was like my first time all over again. I so wanted to make sure she enjoyed it, I was flustered and almost didn't get an erection. She never complained, she just told me what turned her on the most. Once the first time was over, our sex life became very good, if not great.
We discussed our future often. She wanted to be a Registered Nurse and believed to do that she couldn't have children. I told her I loved children and that having them wouldn't stop her career, it could even help as she would have more experiences to share to help her skills. We spent ages on this but this was non-negotiable for her.
I spoke with my parents who advised me to go with my heart. Mum loved Carole like the daughter she never had. My brother Dan had one child and another on the way so they had grandkids.
Carole was close to her sister Carrie and when she came off a set of nightshifts she had five to seven days off. She would head to Carrie's home two or three times a year. It was two hours away. She said, I was working so hard, I wouldn't miss her. It wasn't true, I did miss her.
I caved in to her no family ultimatum and we were married almost three years after we met, on the 16
th
of June 2009. Bill was my best man and Stephanie her chief bridesmaid. They were no longer a couple as Stephanie wanted to marry a doctor. Bill loved to wind her up about trading down from him whenever they met up. I would agree with him.
Carole looked gorgeous walking down the aisle in an ivory satin dress. She was displaying more breast than I had seen her before. She was smiling at me all the way down that aisle. I tried to keep eye contact. Our guests must have thought I was stupid the way my grin was plastered all over my face.
Carole finally moved into my house. She had refused until we were married. I'd bought it cheap from my grandparents when I started earning enough for a mortgage. It needed a lot of work but I'm good with my hands. By the time we were married, I had mostly completed the essential upgrades. More was needed to update it.
There was one other fight over our marriage. Our bank account. Carole wanted to retain her own account so she wasn't beholding to me to spend on anything she wished. I should retain mine and we would open a joint account and put money in, in proportion to what we earned for household bills, holidays and so on. I lost that discussion as well.
For the first few years everything was good, if not great. The nursing class held reunions and I was able to attend most. I missed a couple being away on business. To be honest, I felt like a spare wheel, tolerated, almost treated like a joke to begin with. Stephanie was always there as she's Carole's best friend. Carole made sure she spent most of her time with me but did dance with a few doctors but I saw nothing untoward in the dances.