"Sylvia, I want you to come to my presentation at the school."
Ron stands there waiting for me to say something.
"You're my wife, you should be there," he adds.
Again there is something in his tone which is suggesting a hidden agenda. Obviously the headmaster will be there, and I'm sure he has got something to do with my husband's plan, so I ask.
"I assume the headmaster will be giving you the award?"
"Correct," he replies, but again he is waiting for me to ask more.
"People there will know what happened between the headmaster and me."
"Some will, and I'm sure you will be able to tell by the looks on their faces."
"He won't like me being there," I say quietly.
"You're my wife, and you're going, do I make myself clear?"
"And what if he tries it on with me?"
"He will, in fact I want you to offer it to him."
I slap my husband's face, and I get one back.
As I rub my red cheek, Ron throws a brown package down on the table. I know what it is, and my stinging cheek fades in to insignificance. I'm sat staring at the photos in the magazine.
"They haven't used them all."
"Well we did send rather a lot."
I turn over to the last page. I gasp.
"You said you wouldn't send the last one with the truncheon. I asked you not to, it looks vulgar stuck up my....."
"Sylvia, it is what the people who buy the magazine want to see. They don't care about how vulgar it looks. They want vulgar, they want to see the policewoman thoroughly degraded."
I look back at the photo, wondering if his words are true.
My poor wife's high heels echo across the wooden floor of the school hall. She's on my arm gripping it tightly. I quickly scan the eyes looking her over. I was right, the people who know about the headmaster and Sylvia, stick out like a sore thumb. The applause dies down, and the headmaster stands in front of us. He smiles at me for appearances, but deep down I know he never expected Sylvia to come along. What of course made the headmaster grind his jaw was seeing my Sylvia in the same red mini dress she wore when he assaulted her.
The presentation is made and we sit down to dinner. My pretty gazelle is seated between the two lions, myself and the headmaster. She can barely look in his direction.
As the dinner ends the headmaster stands and thanks everyone for attending. It is noticeable that he doesn't even briefly mention Sylvia at all.
I whip the napkin off her lap. I whisper to her, and then get up and move amongst the guests, accepting the congratulations on my achievement.
Great he's left me alone with this bitch. I go to stand up but something catches my eye. Her hands are slowly inching up her dress as she stares forward.
Her dress is now up showing off her bush. I look up to her face which is still looking forward, with redness in her cheeks. I don't know what the hell she is playing at teasing me like this. For the first time I notice her wedding ring in on the table, she has taken it off, like she did when I was in her house.
"Follow me to my husband's study in a couple of minutes."
I watch her pick up her wedding rings, and she dips between us to pick up her bag. Her hand rests high on my thigh, and she squeezes it briefly. I see her drop the wedding rings in her handbag.
The guest move into little groups, and I can see some of them giving my wife the odd glance, as she leaves the hall. They talk in hushed tones and it's plain to me, and I'm sure the headmaster that they are talking about what happened between him and Sylvia. I watch the headmaster stand, button up his jacket, and then leave by the same door my wife did a few minutes ago. She'll be there now, switching on the hidden cine camera and getting herself ready.
I walk in and there she is, leaning against her husband's desk. She's naked apart from her high heels. Her feet are crossed at the ankles. Her black trimmed pussy hair draws my eyes.
"My husband suggested we make up," she says quietly.
"Did he now and I suppose it has nothing to do with him wanting me to put him forward for the headmaster's job when I leave for Oxford University?"
"It has everything to do with that. I know you hate me for stopping you, and I know that is the only reason you won't back my husband to become headmaster."
"Does he know what you are offering?"
"No I just told him I wanted to talk to you, to see if I could persuade you to change your mind and back him. I know talking won't do it, so I'm offering something else."
"You're just as bad as he is. I always knew you were slut when you first started here. Your husband left you and you threw yourself at Ronald. Why should I.........." I start, and then stop talking.
She has walked up to me, and is pulling my zip down, as her lips kiss my face. She drops to her knees and pulls my trousers and pants down. I'm not having this little failed dinner lady scum dictating how things are going to go. I grab a huge hunk of her black hair, and haul her to her feet. She yelps and struggles, but I've got the wind in my sails. I rush her back to the desk and throw her on her belly.