Warm oil on my skin. My body feels soft to the touch. Soon his hands will caress my feet. Rub up my calves. Spread my knees. Kiss my thighs. Press his lips to my opening. I will arch my back, and surrender "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" I scream out as I stand. Moving as far away in my shower as I can. Placing my hands over my breasts and my vagina trying to cover as much as I can. A stranger is standing in the doorway to my bathroom.
"Hi, I'm Ned. Your Fairy Godfather" replies a man dressed in a black suit. He is about six feet tall, 190 pounds, brown hair, and gold eyes. His skin gives off a slight glow or maybe it's just the light from the other room.
"STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME." Yelling as loud as I can.
Looking around for something that I can use as some type of weapon. I am alone in the house. My husband has left for work. Our closest neighbors are almost a mile away from our home. My two children have grown and no longer live here. I am going to be raped and killed here in my house.
I change tactics as all these thoughts come into my mind. Screaming at him might just set him off. "Please tell me what you want? If it's money, we have some."
"No Stacie, I am here for you," Ned says and smiles at me.
Oh shit, he knows my name. Is he some type of crazy stalker? Maybe I can talk to him. Maybe till I can lock myself somewhere and get a phone and call for help. "How do you know my name?" my voice cracks.
"I'm your Fairy Godfather. I was sent here to help you." Ned cheerfully replies.
"Ned thank you, but could you please tell whoever sent you that I don't need help," trying to sound calmer.
"Oh no, you see you are about to go and have an affair with Paul. Now because you choose to have an affair there is a price to pay. Your husband Jacob will pay the price." He holds up a hand when he sees that I am about to protest about this. "Why your husband, because he is what is closest to your heart and is your 'Happily Ever After ' you are giving up," Ned tells me as he grabs the towel by him and tosses it to me. He then leans against the door frame and looks at me.
I just looked at him. The towel hits me in the face and falls to the floor. How did he know about Paul? I had only agreed to sex with Paul one day ago. Now I was losing it. This thing with Paul had only been going on for only three months. I met Paul and his wife at a neighborhood block party. He was witty and charming. Text messages and emails started then-late-night calls. Soon clandestine meetings at shopping malls, and movie theaters. Now a lunchtime rendezvous at a hotel for sex. I was getting ready for Paul when Ned appeared in my bathroom doorway.
"How, um, what, ah, shit." Words came out of my mouth but my brain just was not working.
"Now let's talk. A chain of events has started. Some of them can be stopped but some cannot. I will help you but there will be some pain and hardship. Your children may hate you or love you it all depends on if you have the affair with Paul. Jacob will pay your price in all of this. In the end, you will have a 'Happily Ever After' again." Ned informs me.
"Wait Jacob is to be punished if I have sex with Paul."
"Yes, he is." Ned is nodding.
"Your only saying this so I don't have sex with Paul."
"No, it's a consequence of your action. There is always a price to pay. Just like Paul. He also has paid a price for his actions."
"Wait, his actions, has in many, not just one?"
"Yes"
"So I am not the only."
"No" He cuts me off "he has other women he sleeps with you are only one of many. His wife no longer cares. She is what some people call a gold digger. All she wants is his paycheck and the house they live in nothing else."
I feel cheap and used. I look down and see the bottle of oil on the floor of the shower. It has shattered and that's how my life feels. I sit on the edge of the tub no longer caring about being nude. "What price did Paul pay to play?"
"He lives in a loveless marriage with no children and will never find love with anyone."
"Thank you, Ned, I now know that I will remain faithful." This has made me look at myself. My self-respect has taken a big hit.
"Okay so then your children will love you and that will help you now that Jacob is dead," Ned says getting ready to leave. His work here is almost done.
"Wait, wait, no, no!" I scream at Ned. I launch myself at him. "You can't do that"
"Nothing I can do. The drunk driver has already hit your husband's car and killed him. When he tried to have sex with you and you told him no because you were saving yourself for Paul you set up his death. Had you had sex with him he would have left at a different time and that drunk driver would have missed his car." Ned looks down at me as he explains what has already happened.
"No, what can I do to save him, He should not pay for my mistake," I begged. I went down to my knees. My hands took hold of his hands. "I will do anything. Please you must have some type of powers."
"I can't use my powers that way. Changing things can lead to more pain or different types of pain for you or others around you. This path leads to less pain for you that's why I have come to you to help you down this path."