I closed the shower door behind me and turned on the tap. The hot water hit was instant and felt really good on my skin. I soaped up and washed myself down, wincing when my fingers ran over my pussy lips. They were incredibly sore from the pounding I'd received from Tony and his massive 10" cock. I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Relief that I hadn't had to face Derek. That could have been embarrassing.
DEREK!
My mouth opened and closed in horror. What the hell was Derek doing here? He was supposed to be away on his fishing trip. Oh my god!
When I finally finished in the shower I went downstairs to talk to him. Understandably I was extremely nervous and thought that he would see there was something bothering me. But no, Derek wasn't the slightest bit concerned about me or where I'd been. He just sat there in his chair, every now and again begrudgingly dragging his eyes away from the TV to look at me whilst I gave him the third degree.
I suppose I should be grateful. He's never had a problem with me going out and doesn't appear to have a jealous bone in his body. Sometimes I wonder if he's bothered whether I'm here or not. As long as there's food on the table and his clothes are washed and ironed he seems to be perfectly happy.
Anyway, he noticed nothing different about me and when I questioned him about his fishing trip he just told me, in a matter of fact voice, that he'd got his dates mixed up and it was actually booked for next week.
* * *
As I had after my indiscretion with Curtis, I felt guilty for letting Tony fuck me on the girls night out. It wasn't like me to act that way. I'd never been promiscuous even when younger. I'd always been a good girl; well I had been until now it seemed.
Returning to work at the mini supermarket on Monday, I was horrified when in walked Tony. He clearly thought Saturday had been more than a drunken mistake and asked me if we could get together again. Perhaps meet up for a drink or two after work one day. It was obvious what he wanted and of course I refused. There was no way I wanted this to escalate. Even though I begrudgingly acknowledged to myself that I had enjoyed the sex, I wasn't looking to carry on an affair with Tony or anyone else for that matter.
So I politely told him that I had no clear recollection of the events of the evening; just that I was ashamed of myself and there was no chance of a repeat performance and would he please not bother me again.
Fortunately for me, none of the girls from the store had any idea what had transpired on Saturday night and luckily Tony took the hint and never came back to pester me again. To say I was mightily relieved would be a huge understatement.
* * *
In spite of everything, I was pretty sure I still loved my husband Derek. Okay, he never took me out anymore and most of the time when we were both at home he would be in one room watching football or any other sport that might be on television and I would be either catching up on the housework or watching television in another room.
However, even though this was our usual pattern of life together I began to notice some subtle changes and soon realised that all was not well. Derek seemed more withdrawn than usual and it occurred to me that he was now drinking heavily at home. When we talked he was snappy and extremely irritable. I let this continue for several weeks before I finally decided that enough was enough and confronted him.
I cornered him in the kitchen. He'd just cracked open a can of beer.
"Okay Derek, I want to know what's going on," I demanded. "I know something's not right and it's about time you told me. After all, I am your wife!"
"Yeah, you're right," Derek said, taking a sip of his beer, "we've got problems, so you'd better sit down."
I felt a tinge of worry. This didn't look good. It wasn't like Derek to buckle straight away from one of my demands.
Derek had left school at sixteen, starting as a tea boy at a local factory and over the ensuing years had worked his way up to a management position. Yet nine months ago he'd been tempted away to another company. They'd dangled the carrot of more money, better pension and other benefits plus rapid advancement up the management ladder, so how could he resist?
I sat with a heavy heart as Derek filled me in on the gory details. Everything had been fine until recently when the company had been subject to a hostile takeover by a big conglomerate. The deal had gone through remarkably quickly and the new owners were now shedding jobs to increase the profit line for their investors. They were stripping out an entire layer of managers and unfortunately this layer included him.
I could see the look of anguish etched on his face. But then came the killer blow. As he'd only been with the company a short time his redundancy payout was a nominal amount, which would barely cover our outgoings for a month.
He had gone back to his old company hoping that they would welcome him back with open arms but they had no positions vacant because of the economic slump. He had sent out his CV and registered with several recruitment agencies but they were not hopeful of finding anything for him anytime soon.
This was far worse than I could ever have expected. "So what are we going to do?" I asked, a worried frown creasing my face. "What happens next month when all the bills come in, my small wage won't cover them."
"I really don't know," Derek replied, "do you think you can get any more hours at the supermarket?"
"Well I can ask, but I shouldn't think there will be any spare, we're pretty well covered with staff at the moment." I shook my head without too much hope.
* * *
Over the next few weeks, Derek sank deeper into depression. I'm pretty sure he felt worthless as he couldn't find work and I, worried about our predicament, wittered and nagged at him, which certainly didn't help. I knew I should be more supportive but the worry of it all was really getting me down.
As our savings dwindled, the bills began to mount up, although surprisingly Derek always found enough money to buy beer. This in itself pissed me off big time!
* * *
I hung up the phone. "That was Mr Webster," I announced to Derek, "he wants to know when we can pay the rent we owe him. He didn't sound too pleased when I fobbed him off."
"Tell him to go to hell," Derek retorted. He'd already had a few beers.
"I don't think that will help matters do you," I testily replied, "besides if we don't find a way to pay him soon he's threatening to kick us out. We'll be homeless Derek, don't you realise!"
"Well what can I do about it," he whined. "you'll have to go and see him and sort it out."
"Wonderful, thanks a lot for your help and input," I snapped back in reply. "And why do I have to sort it out, why can't you deal with it?"
"I just think he'll be more receptive to you than me, that's all," Derek sniffled, "you know, you being a woman and all that..."