As always, in order to make sense of what follows, you will need to have read all the previous 7 Chapters. Or, at very least, Chapters one and two. Otherwise you will have no context in which to understand what happens.
The end is neigh.
LS
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Steve continues
I had phoned and left a message on our home landline, giving Christina my arrival time.
As I pulled into our garage, I wondered which Christina I would meet. The same old, same old... or a new, modified version. Strange, her car was missing from her half of the garage.
Neither, apparently. She didn't appear to be home. This was confirmed as I entered through the linking doorway and was greeted by... silence.
Oh well, she might be out getting something for a special dinner, or something.
As I moved into the upstairs bedroom, I saw it. An A4 page placed on the freshly made bed... with what looked like her engagement and wedding rings on top.
Baffled and with rising fear... I picked it up and commenced reading the typed note.
"My darling Husband,
I cannot go on any longer, denying the truth. You have a right to know.
The truth is... I have discovered that I am a slut. Yes, I know I hid this from you but recent circumstances have brought her out to the surface. I hadn't even known this myself.
I have met someone else... and he knows and understands me like no other. He knows and accepts who and what I am. I know you never could.
I am so sorry... but I have been unfaithful. You deserve a better wife than I have been and you certainly don't deserve an unfaithful slut for a wife.
You are a kind and gentle man... and I'm sure you will find someone to replace me.
Please don't try and find me. I am going to my new man. He loves me and will protect and look after me. My family don't know about him and I can't bring myself to tell them I've left you. They will hate me even more if I leave the sanctity of marriage.
I hate myself for what I've done to you... but you are a good man and deserve better than I can give."
She hadn't signed it, I strangely noted. Is that what I took from her message? That she hadn't signed it? How fucked up am I?
I think I was in shock. I staggered over to a chair and sat down. A part of me realised this was the same chair I... or her Master... had spanked her in, earlier in the day.
This was all my fault. I did this to myself. By wanting to bring out a more physically loving wife... I had fucked myself completely. The irony of it.
My wife... had left me... for ME! Or at least, my alter ego; her mystery Master.
I'm not sure how long I sat there, in a stupefied daze... totally blown away by what had happened. An awareness that the room was now dark, came upon me. That night had set in... and I was still sitting there, not doing anything. I shook my head, trying to clear the cobwebs.
Call her. Yes, why the fuck hadn't I called her earlier. I quickly grabbed my cell phone and pressed the appropriate buttons. It began to ring... and I also heard a ringing in the bedroom. Her phone was sitting on her dressing table. She hadn't taken it with her. Underneath it were her credit cards and driving licence, cut up. She had left them all behind.
What had she taken? I wondered. Galvanised into action, I quickly inventoried her belongings. Her phone was here... but missing was her laptop. Also missing were her toiletries, her casual clothes and smarter, business outfits she always wore to work. Work! I could get her at work tomorrow, I suddenly realised.
She's probably staying in a hotel or motel somewhere tonight, needing some space to think through some things... and will go to work tomorrow. At least I knew she wasn't with her lover, I grimaced, feeling sick to my stomach.
How could I have been so stupid? I had a sweet, loving wife... and threw her away because I wanted a willing, wild, sex loving wife. I had not been satisfied with what I had.
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Steve again
The next few days were a blur as I did everything I could to find my wife. Of course I had contacted her place of work... but they hadn't heard from her... and she never showed up again. I even bit my tongue... and called her father. He was blunt but convinced me he and his wife hadn't heard from her. I told him she had left me... and he just called her a jezebel and good riddance to her... and hung up on me. That was mighty Christian of him, I thought.
After I checked all the local hospitals... even the morgue, just in case... I visited the police to report her missing. I'd seen the television shows... and knew I had to wait for 48 hours before I could report a missing person.
They took her details... but when I explained that she had left me, telling me in a note... that there was no issue of her being kidnapped... and that she was over 18... they just told me she was an adult and could do whatever she wanted. They even began looking suspiciously at me when I tried to force their hands, asking if she had large insurance policies on her life. They thought I was angling for a life insurance pay out. The pricks. I knew I would get no help there.
So here I sat in my kitchen, completely out of ideas on how to find her... and feeling very sorry for myself. No, I hadn't turned to drink or drugs to deaden the pain of her missing. Only fools and idiots tried to blot out life that way and, I was no idiot. Well, perhaps that isn't strictly true, given my current circumstances, I finally had to admit.
Our joint Bank accounts had not been touched, I was surprised to learn. The only account that had been emptied, had been her own account. The one her wages were paid into. All the funds had been withdrawn late Monday afternoon.
A few days after her disappearance, I had been forced to return to work. Apparently I was now just a statistic, adding to the list of those whose marriage had failed. Nothing out of the ordinary. Get back to work... or stay away permanently, so the thinly veiled threat had been presented, even though surrounded by vows of undying support. Yeah, right.
I held out for about 5 days before I tried to make a skype call, using my guise as her Master. All I really knew was that she wasn't with her Master. If she had left me... for me... why had I not received an email from her? Or a skype call. It just didn't make sense.
Immediately there was a problem. She had gone. Her contact name was no longer valid. Effectively, she was no longer listed as a contact in my skype list. I was completely helpless.
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Time and Tide waits for no man, or so it is said. Well, time certainly marched on for me. Days turned into weeks... and weeks turned into months. Still no word.
The only strange piece of information I learned... although I wasn't sure what it meant... was when her mother had called, about a month after Christina's disappearance, quietly asking if I had heard anything about her daughter. It quickly became apparent that she hadn't heard anything new either. Somehow, our talking got on to the subject of her work. I was surprised to learn that she had only ever worked three days a week: Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Her mother just assumed I knew and I didn't want to admit it was news to me.
What had she been doing the other four days, from Sunday through to Wednesday? She had definitely told me her "weekend" was Sunday and Monday. Where did she go... and what did she do... on the other two days? Well, even including Mondays, since I was always working so never questioned what she did on those three week days.
Following the strange news from her mother I actually contracted a private investigator to see if he was able to dig up anything else that might lead to her whereabouts. Surely a professional, with access either legally of slightly illegally, to other data bases, could track her down. Nothing. Not a bean of additional information was discovered. After a month my available funds were exhausted and I had to stop their investigation.
The months increased. I managed to fight off a guilt-based depression but was feeling empty, numbed by life. Until, about 10 months after she'd disappeared, I accepted a blind date put together by my friends. They were sick of seeing me moping around like a hang dog.
Christina had gone from my life. I had to accept it... and move on.
So I went on the date... and had fun... and slowly re-emerged into the dating scene. However, I had now hardened my resolve.
If ever I get married again, it will only be after a trial period of living together, with a full physical relationship tested for our total compatibility. I'm not going through anything even remotely similar to my marriage with Christina, ever again.
They will either make love/fuck after a respectful period of time... or they can fuck off. That was my new mantra.
Life goes on.
Fin.
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Hi Guys. LS here again.
This was where I had originally finished my tale of woe. I should have quickly posted this finish and said "Goodbye" to Steve and Christina. But I didn't. Instead, I showed a small handful of friends.
However, some people to whom I had shown the story... insisted that they wanted to know what happened to Christina.