Jean's Wounded Warrior Project
Chapter 6 Jean's Downfall
I dedicate this story to all the brave men and women in uniform who have served this country.
Warning:
I wanted to post this chapter in the category "First Time,' but 'Nonconsent / Reluctance' beats 'First Time.' This chapter also contains heavy elements of 'Incest / Taboo,' "Interracial,' 'Loving Wifes,' and even a little 'BDSM.' If you don't like dark stories, I suggest you avoid this one.
This story takes place in the late 1960s.
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The next time I attempted to phone Robert, they transferred my call to the ICU. I was put on hold and left to worry. While waiting, I thought it weirdly inappropriate that the hospital's music was James Taylor's 'I've seen fire, and I've seen rain.'
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
I'd become addicted to Robert's stories about my wife when she was barely an adult, so I hoped I would see him again. Waiting on hold gave me plenty of time to pray for his recovery.
Finally, a nurse answered. "Hello, ICU. How can I help you?"
"I'm trying to reach Robert Williams, and they transferred my call to you. What's going on?"
"Are you a relative?"
"Robert is my brother-in-law. Is he all right?"
"Corporal Williams collapsed yesterday evening and had emergency surgery for an intracerebral hemorrhage. The surgeon successfully halted the bleeding after he removed several pieces of shrapnel and bone fragments that had migrated. He is currently in a medically induced coma. I'm sorry, but we won't know his mental condition until he regains consciousness."
"Oh dear God. Does his mother know?"
"She's at his bedside. Unfortunately, there are no phones in the ICU rooms. Do you want me to ask her to call you?"
"Can you ask her to call this evening? Robert's sister will be home after six."
"I'm sorry that I don't have better news. All we can do now is pray. You can call again in a couple of days. Now, I have to get back to my patients.
For once, Jean got home from work early. She was devastated by the news and didn't wait for her mother to call. I fixed her a strong drink while she called the Army hospital and waited on hold. The ICU nurse gave her the same information that she'd given me.
After my wife got off the phone, I asked if she wanted to fly back to the hospital in California. Jean shook her head.
"It wouldn't be fair to my elderly patients to bring in a substitute. A couple of them are close to the end, and we have established a bond. Besides, there's nothing I can do for Robbie while he's in a coma that my mom can't do."
I was happy with my wife's decision. Our relationship was tense enough without Jean returning to the hospital where she'd met Derek. The truth was that I still didn't trust her despite her promise that her affair with the wounded warrior had been a mistake that would never happen again.
Calling cross country is always tricky because of the time difference, and it didn't help that Jean's mom was under intense stress. She made the classic mistake of calling at six her time. Jean was on her third vodka tonic when she answered her mom's call a little after nine East Coast time.
We shared the headset while my mother-in-law repeated what the nurse had said about Robert's condition. I let my wife have the phone while she spent the next half hour consoling her mom.
The following week was hell for my wife. It was obvious that she loved her brother deeply. Her relationship with him was much closer than mine with my sisters. Her affection for him tore at my heartstrings, but it provided one more piece of evidence that Robert's stories might be true.
I also took his illness hard. During our lengthy phone calls, I'd developed a friendship with the man I'd barely known. I tried to convince myself it was genuine affection and not a selfish desire to hear the rest of his tales about the woman I thought I knew.
Robert was in a coma for close to a week and stayed in the ICU for another couple of weeks. It gave Jean and me something safe to talk about and provided me time to reflect on our marriage. Could we save it? Did I even want to continue living with someone I couldn't trust? Still, I put off talking to my wife, and the longer I did, the harder it was to bring up the painful subject of my wife's adultery.
Somehow, Jean thought her brief explanation about her relationship with Derek had ended the discussion. In her professional opinion, she had done what any psychologist would do to prevent a patient from committing suicide. My pain should have been obvious, but I guess even psychologists can be blind to what is under their noses.
I also had been dealing with gut-wrenching guilt since I had watched my wife's seduction from hiding. I could have put a stop to it at any point. However, I had been so aroused watching Derek intimately dancing with my wife and slowly striping her naked that I kept putting off my protest until it was too late. Even then, watching the powerful black soldier fucking my wife had been the most breathtaking sexual act I had ever observed. The massive load of cum I unleashed on the balcony was proof of my betrayal.