Author's note:
I appreciate all the reviews and support from everyone who read part 1. I have to give you a spoiler about the 2nd half below. It probably doesn't end the way many people will hope, but I didn't want to embellish any of it. It took a lot of courage to post this story, so I hope you won't be upset if the ending isn't satisfying for some people. The story ends where it ends and there isn't a part 3. I hope you like what I did write though.
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I knew it was a mistake. I knew I wasn't in my right mind. I knew I should let it go, but I couldn't. I had to know who this guy was. There were no clues in the videos no matter how many times I watched. I spent the next 3 days in a flustered, anxious state trying to narrow it down and figure it out. Every time I replayed the scene from the bathroom in my mind, I would feel so guilty about masturbating and so embarrassed at how I was controlled. He had a picture and a video of me in a compromised state- robe open, breasts exposed, saying vulgar things. Curiosity about his identity was making me feel unstable, like my engine was revving but I wasn't getting anywhere.
As embarrassing as it is to admit, in the middle of the week as soon as the kids were out of the house, I took a bath and tried masturbating again. I needed something to kick me out of my haze. I tried thinking about what I normally imagine- on vacation in an exotic seaside town, having good food, good wine, and candlelight and having sex on the balcony while listening to the waves.
Normally, I would feel sort of warm and sleepy and get aroused and give myself an orgasm fairly quickly. This time, I couldn't get there. The water in the bath was getting cold and I could hear the pings from work on my laptop in the hall. The whole experience basically backfired on me because I was even more distracted the rest of the day.
figuring out who he was had consumed my thoughts completely. There were only 2 guys I could think of that might be the guy but neither one seemed likely and my evidence was pretty weak.
I remembered when my car got vandalized, a FedEx van was passing by me in the parking lot. I was upset and in tears and the guy driving it asked if I was alright. I can't even remember if I saw his face. I didn't give it much thought and went to speak with the manager. That stuck out to me as I was being a detective because I did have a minor odd conversation with a FedEx guy maybe a week earlier. It was the first warm day of the spring and we were in the backyard running through the sprinkler. I wanted to get the water guns we had in the garage, so I walked around to the front to get them.
As I was opening the garage door, we were getting a delivery. He asked if I wanted the package or if he should leave it on the steps. I felt self-conscious because I was just wearing my bathing suit and flip flops, and he was not super subtle about checking me out, so I asked him to just leave it on the stairs. He kind of smirked and gave a long stare at my chest then made some comment. Something like, "Are you sure you don't want me to give it to you?" I may be naive but I could tell he was trying to flirt. He didn't wink at me, but he might as well have. If that guy was the same guy in the parking lot, he could know all about us from their system. It could be him. But that's all I really had. It seemed flimsy and I didn't see how I could rule him out or not.
The other guy I suspected was the son of our neighbors across the street. They are an older couple, but their son lives with them. He is either 24 or 25, I'm not sure. The reasons I wonder about him is that the first picture of me walking to my car seemed like it would have been taken by their house. It could have been someone driving past who took the picture, but it definitely came from right there.
Jim and I didn't really ever talk to the older couple or the son, but he did coach our kids a couple of seasons in soccer a few years ago. He was a typical young, high energy coach, but he did kind of flirt with me once too. He was showing my son something about playing defense and he kind of pulled me into the drill to act like one of the players. He touched my lower back when he positioned me on the field and made some remark about whether or not I could play defense against him. He was surprisingly physical with me, brushing against my body aggressively and kind of whispered that he loved playing against me. It seemed inappropriate to me but I decided to just ignore it and leave it be. Maybe that worked with other moms, but not with me. I have no other reasons to suspect him, but I do see those events differently now.
It could also be some totally random stranger, but whoever it was was in my area for sure.
The next day, I couldn't even focus on work and just laid on the couch working it through over and over in my mind. My anxiety was spiking and I felt a strong pulse in my stomach. I kept trying to breathe slowly to lower my blood pressure but I was getting out of control. I finally just broke down and grabbed my phone and opened up the text chain from him. I wrote to him to say that I really need to know who this is. I told him what I did was a mistake and to please do me the favor and let me know who you are. I said I would keep it between us but I had to know just for my own sanity.
He didn't respond right away and I essentially laid there staring and waiting for maybe 30 minutes. I lost track of time and I sat there breathing, feeling my adrenaline flowing.
Finally I saw the 3 dots. He was responding.
He sent back a video of him lowering his shorts and masturbating.
"I'll think about it and let you know. But for right now, I want you to watch that and tell me that you like what you see."
I felt a crushing frustration that it was so difficult with him. The more I resisted, the more crushed I felt. I clicked on the video and watched it.
Part of me tried to remember what kind of shorts he had because maybe that was a clue. The other part of me felt turbulent. I felt like it put me in a very sexual place out of nowhere. I am not a very sexual person normally by any stretch. Jim and I have sex somewhat regularly, but there are big gaps between sometimes because he travels so much and we are always with my family, eating at my sisters' homes, fixing up the house. There isn't always time or energy. I rarely feel in the mood for more than just intimacy without sex, but I can get into a sexual mood at times.
What I started feeling on the couch was one of those times and it was powerful. I watched the video again and realized I was getting very aroused. I rationalized it as being pent-up from starting to but failing in the bath. I put my hand inside my shorts and started massaging myself. I closed my eyes and started feeling really good. I heard my phone ding and I remembered that I hadn't written back to him. I got instantly nervous. I can't explain it really, but I felt like I did something wrong. Like when I was a student and the teacher scolded me.
I read his message again and my heart fluttered. I thought for a minute about what to write back to keep him engaged but I didn't want to be completely honest.
"I'll admit, it is very impressive" is what I hurriedly replied.
"I watched that video of you a few times. I love seeing those big jugs."
"What are you going to do with that video? Please, just tell me who you are. I need some answers. Please."