The love triangle | Completed Story | Cheating Stories

The love triangle | Completed Story | Cheating Stories

A love triangle chapter 1 I walked around  it marveling that after 80 years it was   still standing and even seemed sturdy I tried the  padlock then smashed the rusty latch with a hammer   it was dark inside but it had to be because in  those days we used to close the windows carefully  

The dissimilar couches were still in place as was  the carpet that covered the walls the Bandstand   was still there too and so were the words Earl  had painted behind it the shack it had once been   a Village Store built in the 30s and abandoned  when supermarkets and chain stores came along  

Earl’s family owned it and he got permission  to use it as a gym we all contributed money   together and had electricity installed we scraped  together what we could I had an uncle who owned a   furniture store who also sold and installed rugs  and he gave us scraps old rugs he had taken down  

At work whatever we could find we used the rugs  to dead in the sound we got pretty loud at times   I moved the flashlight around every corner evoked  memories for me I was so sick of cheap wine that  

I threw it up in this corner and had to clean  it up the next morning with a hangover I threw   up over and over again and in that corner on that  old love seat I was with Wanda Jenkins on a cold  

November night when I was 2 weeks away from my  18th birthday I had just joined the group the   youngest member everyone else was already 18  except Earl who was 21 I became friends with   everyone except Gordy the drummer but he didn’t  like anyone at the time later it turned out he  

Was crazy and he really resented the fact that  we were with all the girls who hung out with   us and he couldn’t openly do the same I think we  all knew but he was such an [ __ ] that we never  

Got around to telling him we didn’t care that’s  right we were a band rock and roll at its most   basic we were pretty Raw Back Then it took a year  to get us together enough to play in front of an  

Audience Earl played bass Gordy was a damn good  drummer despite his attitude will was a decent   lead guitarist and I James grunt Thomas played  keyboards and guitar even a little saxophone and   occasional harmonica this gave us a little more  depth than most bands of the time Gordy and Earl  

Sang and will and I did backing vocals every once  in a while we’d invite the pointless sisters which   consisted of a few girls who hung around just for  fun we were all young just discovering life we  

Were in a unique position we had a place where we  could do whatever we wanted and since Earl was 21   we could get all the booze we could afford I was a  dealer hooked on it thanks to my biker brother if  

I thought we were going too far I’d stop getting  them saying my brother needed to lay off for a   while then he got caught and went to jail and  the LIE became the truth the building was huge  

And the back was designed for living quarters  which was quite common at the time we built a   small stage out of materials I had gotten from my  construction job we also went to my uncle for used  

Couches and he gave us the best ones he had the  ones he agreed to recycle as part of his delivery   service so we had plenty of comfortable seating  a couple of them even reclined we usually stayed   there over night on weekends we weren’t complete  idiots and when we practiced we practiced oh we  

Might have a beer or two but usually it was week  nights and we all had work to do the parties were   on weekends unless we had a gig we’d play a song  or two and then we’d have a blast Jerry was our  

New guy he ran the sound equipment and lighting  he usually had a cute red-headed girl with him   on the weekends but never during the week Earl  and I were the two serious musicians in the band  

Sometimes we would show up and be the only ones  there we spent time honing our sound besides bass   Earl was a pretty good guitar player I played  parts and he played Rhythm sometimes we’d play   Acoustics and sometimes we’d crank up the amps  and try to to Tear Down the Walls that’s what we  

Were doing one night when little redhead Bonnie  showed up with her sister looking for Jerry they   sat down on one of the couches listening smiling  clapping their hands her sister Julie’s name was   jwes she played in a girl band and surprised  us all by sitting behind the drums we played  

Zeppelin cream Mountain everybody you could think  of Earl liked the music of the last generation   better than what was coming out then he did a  Mississippi Queen howl one of the best we’d ever   heard we had fun until Gordy came in 2 hours late  he erupted into a shouting match about this fool  

Making out with his kit even though she hadn’t  touched anything when he tried to slap her I   yanked my hand away try that on me [ __ ] at least  she was here and we had a drummer to rehearse with  

He was high [ __ ] you you want her keep her I’m  out of here he jumped out throwing [ __ ] around   haphazardly I followed him to the door to make  sure he didn’t rip anything serious and waited  

For him to drive out of the gravel parking lot I  turned around and smirked at her so Jules do you   want to retire that’s the way it is having a girl  drummer who could sing helped increase the number  

Of our fans soon we were playing every weekend  Jerry hired Bonnie to handle the sound so she   was always around I was starting to get tired  of playing on weekends so someone else could   have fun so we conferred and decided to take two  weekends off and just hang out we had all already  

Lost our girlfriends because they wanted to go out  and have fun like everyone else Jules was having   a hard time with her breakup and we reached out  to each other nowadays it’s called friends with  

Benefits but back then it didn’t have a name we  went to the local Lake a few times and I can tell   you that both Jules and Bonnie know how to wear a  bikini we were in the water playing having a hell  

Of a good time when Jerry decided to be jealous of  Bonnie I had her on my shoulders and Jean another   friend who happened to be there was holding  jewels and we were wrestling jws got a little   carried away and accidentally pulled Bonnie’s top  down everyone got it except me because I was under  

Her she shrieked and crawled backwards pulling me  with her I thought I was going to drown I surfaced   next to her and she was standing up to her neck  in the water fiddling with her top and laughing  

Seemingly out of nowhere Jerry appeared next to  us and started cursing at her he was really drunk   you’re stupid godamn it giving the whole Beach  a freebie I should spank the hell out of you are  

You so proud of that then over here before she  could move he grabbed her yanked off her top and   headed for the shore laughing like hell I think  I’ll round up my buddies and have them wait here  

Until you get out I didn’t think I just grabbed  him from behind gripped him tightly in his long   hair and shoved him under me Jules and Bonnie  were screaming as well as as a few other girls  

Who were there I didn’t pay attention to them  until he let go of her top and it floated to   the surface I grabbed it tossed it to Jules picked  his head up and pushed him off he was floundering  

On the shore and everyone was looking at me I  was young fit with muscles that could only come   from hard work on a construction site and I was  Furious no one said a word while I checked on the  

Girls jwes drove Bonnie home party atmosphere  gone I walked past Jerry and his friends and   though they threw dirty looks at me no one said  anything Jules came into the store after calming   Bonnie down and thanked me for protecting her  little sister three times eventually we piled  

Onto the cot Earl had a girl we nicknamed Cherry  the nickname was actually cherry picker but we   shortened it she was the oldest in our group she  was 24 and she had tattoos in the late ’70s when  

They weren’t in Vogue yet she ran with a biker  gang for a few years until they told her she was   too old and worn out and kicked her to the curb I  have no idea how she ended up at ears we gave her  

That nickname because we were still socializing  with young men and if she thought there was the   slightest chance a guy didn’t have a girlfriend  she would run after him so fast he had no idea  

What hit him it was almost like a civic duty for  her guys were quick to understand her act reserved   with her and she spent nights with them Earl knew  this and laughed they had a Str relationship he’d  

Occasionally hook up with some chick he’d met at  a concert and she’d just pick some half drunk guy   and have fun on her own in fact it was Cherry  who came up with the plan she told Earl about  

It and they tried it out in private he let us get  half stoned before he talked about it do you know   what the MAA holiday is of course we had no idea  and he brought us up to speed well you get a bunch  

Of girls and guys together put down some kind of  bedding cover it with plastic s then you pour out   two or three bottles of MAA and start sliding  and sliding if the one you slide over is ready  

You’re having a good time until you slide over  to the other one wow he was talking about the   very same thing we didn’t have the internet back  then but we had dirty magazines and paperbacks  

And a few movies we managed to get our hands on  so we knew exactly what we were talking about   we were high at the time so we didn’t really  get into it but the seed was laid one night I  

Talked to Jules after we had checked out a nice  night one of her casual Partners had introduced   her to something interesting and she was eager to  share her knowledge she showed me what girls like  

By the third time she was pulling my long hair so  I thought I had it all worked out she lay on her   back panting damn lover if you’ve practiced on the  other one point her out to me I need to kiss her  

That was amazing okay with the other one I did  the same thing I did with the game I stuck to   the basic structure but improvised when I had the  chance we lay like that until she was recharged  

Me stroking her lightly until she reciprocated  once we were satiated we lay back down so have   you thought about what Earl said of course I  do the thought of being with random women and   playing with them excited me beyond belief hey I  was 18 a raging mass of hormones I hadn’t been in  

A serious relationship with anyone except jewels  and we still spent nights with other people when   the opportunity arose yes isn’t it yes I discussed  it with Annette Will’s current girlfriend and she   likes the idea we don’t even need to ask Jerry  her plan Jerry will probably be in on it if he  

Can find a girl and you let him he’s still mad  because you replaced him as for that Ronda and   Vicki will probably join us if you ask them to  Ronda and Vicki were just a couple of girls who  

Hung out with us that’s what we did I asked my  uncle to give me all the old carpet padding he   had in stock and I got some very strong plastic  from a construction site already very slippery  

I wondered if either of us would be able to hold  on when we put oil on it the finished product was   12 in high 20 ft square and Earl and I attached  small gutters on the sides to keep the oil from  

Spreading everywhere the night this was to take  place the girls came with a change of clothes   having thought ahead at work I got a huge shower  that had been thrown away because of a crack in  

The side I patched it up hooked it up to the  plumbing and to toilet in the back room and   we found an old water heater that still worked  it came in handy when we crashed on Sunday and  

Had to go to work on Monday I kept the towels  in a locked drawer because I liked nice towels   and everyone usually used them leaving me with  the old and fleecy ones they brought with them  

Apparently I was the only one who knew how to  work the washing machine so I washed mine and   left them lying around until they were almost able  to stand on their feet they just threw them away  

And bought new ones we stood awkwardly until I  pulled ped out a bag of goodies and afterward   cards and we played stupid games whose goal was  to get you drunk as quickly as possible soon we  

Were a bunch of giggling lumps of lust I knew  jwes well so I tried to watch the others Vicki   was a little stocky Rhonda seemed like her natural  opposite tall slender but still looked pleasing to   the eye Annette Will’s girlfriend was half black  which was unusual for the time when she had a  

White boyfriend she had dark creamy skin Cherry of  course was beside herself almost drooling booger   I don’t know how he got that nickname our new  sound guy was alone but since there were more   girls than guys it wasn’t a problem Jerry showed  up at the last minute also alone we almost didn’t  

Let him in he’s high most of the time now even  ran a foul of the law balancing sound takes   concentration and if you’re [ __ ] up it doesn’t  happen he made us sound really bad twice before  

We fired him besides we had a good job if the  cops got curious about what this junkie and his   friends were doing in the middle of nowhere like  this they’d start paying attention and we didn’t  

Want our little Arena shut down the ratio of  girls to boys ticked us off so we opened the   door Earl and Cherry started by sprinting to  the other side laughing hysterically as soon  

As they were up I grabbed jewels and we tried it  after that we all had to do it Vicki squealed as   someone else grabbed her then someone else slammed  into US knocking us off the plastic we would jump  

Up and dive back in grabbing other partners  I seriously believe I was around every girl   at one time or another we stopped only to grab a  fresh beer every now and then and sipped it while   watching the action Cherry was in heaven things  were starting to quiet down while we were busy  

Bonnie came in and undressed she pressed herself  against me whispering in my ear I don’t want to   do this I thought I wanted to but now I don’t will  was trying to get a grip on her and so was booger  

If it hadn’t been for Earl things might have ended  horribly what the [ __ ] man you’re suddenly this   you want me to call Gordy Earl jumped to his feet  in a rage but immediately fell back down finally  

They pulled him to the edge Earl and booger took  him by the arms and literally threw him out the   front door he rolled across the gravel parking lot  covered in dust and gravel from the oil they threw  

His clothes out after him and locked the door by  the time most of us left he was gone that gave me   a chance to take Bonnie into the back room she was  shaking I thought I could do it I really thought I  

Could but it was too much I wouldn’t have even  hit the floor if someone hadn’t pushed me she   trembled and I pulled her to me finally she calmed  down then she giggled looking down how are we even  

Going to get rid of this mess I pulled back the  curtain and showed her the shower even opening   my drawer to pull out a couple nice towels I told  her I’d stand guard and she looked looked at me  

Like I was crazy before dragging me inside I need  you to wash my back I was pretty good at it she   said something to him but that moment like many  I voiced and posted on patreon I lasted quite a  

While she whimpered a little at first but by the  end she was demanding that I rub her back harder   the water was still flowing and I looked down  and saw there she was the one the thought made  

Me pass out and it was complete you should have  told me I said when she wrinkled her nose why I   wanted this how did you feel I have no basis for  comparison you’re the first one I’ve ever been  

With I’ll tell you this you were very enthusiastic  and it was great I’m hoping to find out if it was   beginners enthusiasm or just the start of great  things to come she giggled when I sat down next to  

Her and pulled on one of the shirts I kept in my  box it barely covered her why me I asked snuggling   up to her would you believe you just happened to  be around she giggled at my expression no honey  

I wanted you to be in that spot you’re a good  guy you treat all the girls with respect oh you   play the game but you don’t try to pressure anyone  you’re the Talk of the Town baby besides she said  

I was in love with you from the first time I saw  you I used to get so upset when Jews would come   home after being with you giggling hairmed walking  a little cautiously I knew you wouldn’t hurt me we  

Hugged for about 20 minutes before we checked  on the others I’d always assumed that the look   of someone who looked like a straggler was just a  facial expression until I saw the whole oil soaked  

Pile in front of me they were all perfectly fine  except for will Jules was lying on the edge almost   comos we shook her a little and Bonnie helped her  to the shower they both got dressed and we left  

The whole thing sure worked up an appetite three  huge Burger Barn specials and a ton of fries later   we were finally full by the time we we got back  everyone was either gone or sprawled out on the  

Couch I took the girls to the back room and showed  them the cot I preferred along with the sheets I   fell asleep we came out a few minutes later the  next morning we woke up alone it took some work  

But I managed to get us all into the shower there  was a lot of hitting sighing and squealing before   we were clean Jules didn’t let me get dressed not  yet Bonnie told me you got her cherry on the cake  

Last night now you have something else to show  her I showed myself and while she lay there and   recovered jwes made me do her as a reward jwes  taught Bonnie how to give head it was a long  

Agonizing session because Jules wouldn’t let me  finish the job until Bonnie did it right what can   you say about this kind of experience nothing  we showered again separately and went back to   our normal lives Earl brought it up a couple  more times but by then I was already involved  

With Bonnie and didn’t want to share and Jules had  found what she thought was true love love Annette   got pregnant and will turned into an [ __ ] by  not supporting her the band didn’t so much break  

Up as dissipate I married Bonnie Jules lived with  her boyfriend for a year until he slapped her and   she moved in with us for 6 months before finding  true love again Cherry was estranged from Earl and  

He was glad to see her go fast forward 5 years I  was still working on a construction site and was   an assistant Foreman the economy was booming and  things were going very well for me Bonnie and I  

Had been married for 3 years she worked part-time  and we took all my overtime money to pay for her   tuition in the nursing program at the community  college when she graduated from college with   honors she got a weekend job as an ER nurse and  continued to study until she became a registered  

Nurse worked in the operating room and brought  in as much or more than I did it was my turn   and I entered the construction management field  we also managed to produce a daughter Joy Marie  

As soon as I got my degree we had Jason Paul we  looked for and bought a house in the country and   I added to it as often as I could and when Bonnie  got pregnant again giving birth to Jane in July  

We sold it for more than twice what we paid for  it that got us into the business of reselling   houses not like you see on these shows now but  conservatively bought distressed properties   remodeled and sold I got a lot of Labor from the  bands I worked with at my regular job moonlighted  

On weekends and once the kids were big enough they  learned how to push brooms and take out the trash   when I was 35 Bonnie and I reviewed our finances I  quit my job and we went full steam ahead I bought  

An undervalued property on the outskirts of  town and built 240 storage units I now have   six different locations almost 1,000 storage  units with an 80% occupancy rate I still kept   in touch with Earl when he was in town in fact  we remained a close knit group throughout our  

Lives four years after the group broke up we all  went on vacation together Earl his new girlfriend   Bonnie and me Jules and her current lover we were  in Daytona Beach a few months after the rally and  

It was pretty quiet we had tickets to see out cold  a very good band in their day but now on the rise   they’ve gone from being Headliners in huge Arenas  to doing smaller venues they canceled the concert   because of personnel problems apparently their  bass player got high trashed a motel room beat  

Up one of the cops who came to arrest him threw  a girl out of a car and took off it was a Friday   night and traffic on Main Street was Heavy they  literally walked down the sidewalk yanked him  

Out of the car and arrested him he was charged  with so many things and bail was so high that   the band refused to post it as a result they  held open auditions the next morning trying to  

Find someone to fill a spot on the night’s show  dude you should try it if nothing else it’ll make   a good story what have you got to lose we had to  almost drag him to the audition four people tried  

Out in front of Earl but only one was worthwhile  and that one was kind of mechanical they handed   Earl an old Fender precision plugged it in  and started playing it was a song we used to  

Play back home Earl didn’t miss a note we played  the next two songs and he did even better then   they ran two songs he wasn’t familiar with and he  missed a couple notes five more guys were waiting  

To try out but the auditions were closed out cold  had a new bass player they offered him a contract   for 12 gigs to see if he was a good fit and could  handle the road life three gigs a week would bring  

Him more money than three months at a regular job  at home after they were done with business they   asked him if he knew of a guitarist who could help  them that night their Rhythm guitarist had gotten  

Over food poisoning and they needed someone to  play three or four songs to give him a rest Earl   told them I know four of their songs that night  I finally got to see what it was like to play in  

Front of a large audience I was scared to death  I rehearsed with them during the to day and they   crammed all four songs into a midet I was playing  and the regular guitarist was puking in a bucket  

Apparently that was all he needed to recuperate  and finish the night I have many photos taken   during my only claim to Rock Warrior status Earl  continued to play with them for another 10 years   he joined the band at just the right time they  had a new guitarist 5 months earlier and he and  

Earl worked together as the new guys in the  band They settled in the same room and soon   began writing music four of their songs made it  to the next album this restarted their career and   they started performing in stadiums again over  the next 10 years they recorded four more albums  

And at the end they released a best of compilation  volumes 1 and two the first contained recordings   before Earl and Jason and the second was mostly  of themselves booger became a financial planner   and Earl invested a lot of money in him when  the group broke up his investment was a million  

7 not counting other assets like the 4,000 ft  house I built for him and the piece of land he   bought from his family Earl got married once  and it lasted about a year she tried to make  

It ugly but all the stuff he made her sign  did the trick she complained that she didn’t   really understand what she was signing and the  lawyers didn’t sympathize with her the children   were grown all self-sufficient and the older  two had started families Bonnie didn’t think  

She would enjoy being a grandmother but once she  got a glimpse of her first child she immediately   jumped at the chance we left them at our house a  lot I think she would have moved in with them if  

She could have done that she stopped working  when our business could support us helping me   in any way she could coordinating Crews making  sure we had the right permits until she knew   almost as much about construction as I did when  JJ went to college Bonnie came to me with a plan  

She wanted to go back to work as a nurse she got  all the necessary certifications and worked as   an emergency room nurse for about a month I came  home one day and found her crying crying on the  

Couch our town was small and fairly quiet but a  few gangs from the big city had moved into our   neighborhood they ran into each other and things  went downhill quickly the emergency room was full   they tried to save them but three died before  reaching the hospital and a 14-year-old literally  

Died in her arms Bonnie finished her week and  never came back the local police didn’t exactly   sympathize with the gangs making it clear that  they should stay out of their jurisdiction one   gang tried to fight back and two went missing  never to be heard from again the local police  

Seemed to be like all small town Southerners they  could fight among themselves like cats and dogs   but if Outsiders tried to do something about  it they stood United the national leader was   something of a computer genius and his best model  showed a takeover probability of less than 30% and  

A chance that he could lose up to 40 members to  jail or worse he did what many CEOs would do he   left us alone and walked on by entrenching himself  in a neighboring town about a year before out cold  

Released their last album the band took a 3-month  break to rest recuperate and write new material   Earl brought his writing partner home introduced  him to us and soon he was one of us we even jammed  

One night this caught Earl’s attention and soon  he had a gig booked for two nights at the biggest   Cafe Concert Hall in town he called me to tell  me about it Bor I take it who’s going to play  

With you he looked surprised you and Jules who  else do I need Julie hadn’t played in years but   we bought her a set and practiced every night for  10 days we had people sitting with us just jamming  

Trying to remember our parts Earl added a couple  more amps and another keyboard station in case   they wanted to show up the hall was so full that  people weren’t allowed in it seemed like everyone  

Wanted to see a HomeTown guy who was successful  we played a few out cold songs that he and Jason   had written and then moved on to some old rock  and blues Jules sang a few songs including tell  

Mama an old ETA James song that had the room  shaking the next night it was almost a high   school reunion in typical Earl style he and Jason  donated all proceeds to local charities further   cementing his status as a local Legend they toured  again energized and their next album went platinum  

Thanks mostly to three songs Earl and Jason wrote  while they were with us Earl told me that he and   Jason were tired of the road and were thinking of  Calling it Quits after the next tour the decision   became moot when the lead singer drummer and  lead guitarist were killed in a car accident  

It wasn’t their fault and an autopsy showed  they had no drugs or alcohol in their system   they were returning from breakfast when they were  hit however the guy who ran the red light had pot   in his blood and a blood alcohol content almost  twice the legal limit he was charged with three  

Counts of vehicular homicide and asked to plead  guilty but he still did quite a bit of time before   he was released Earl returned home and brought  Jason with him they lived together and released   one album simply titled Jason and Earl which sold  about 250,000 copies Jason came to me wanting to  

Buy a house unlike Earl he wanted a small cottage  with a large yard I built him a 1500t house with   many outdoor additions such as an 800t patio  with an 8 person hot tub there was a covered  

Walkway leading to the pool and outdoor kitchen  and the yard was landscaped to Perfection he was   very happy and we ended up spending a lot of time  with him Annette moved back to town and we dragged  

Her along with us it wasn’t love at first sight  but the interest was pretty obvious and no one   was surprised when she moved in with us 8 months  later when Earl passed away it came as a surprise  

To him he didn’t drink much he liked to run and  he was near his ideal weight but when his heart   stopped working none of that mattered we found  him in the Music Room surrounded by memorabilia   Gold Records tour posters an old tattered Fender  precision base in a lighted cabinet he was just  

Writing a new song and turned on the recorder we  heard his last breath and his last words in this   life what the [ __ ] there was a lot about him  in the papers and the funeral was packed sure he  

Was a minor celebrity but most came because they  genuinely liked him just a good boy like the rest   of us who happened to be good to my my surprise  I was appointed executor of his estate and he  

Had a pretty detailed will he left Jason all the  things left behind from their life together he   left a few of his friends small memories he left  me his old base and Love Shack along with the nine  

Acres of land it stood on he left me a letter  Grumble oh [ __ ] so I’m dead huh I thought I   was going to outlive all of you we had some good  times didn’t we brother best part of my life was  

When we played in that old building I bought it  from my family when they wanted to sell it to a   developer I wanted you to have it if something  happened to me because you’d appreciate it more  

Than anyone else maybe you could throw a party in  Earl maola’s honor it would bring back memories   wouldn’t it I hope to see you again someday maybe  we can jam with Hendrick or BB King tell Julie and  

Bonnie that I asked to keep an eye on you and  that I love them like the sisters I never had   although I have had carnal thoughts about them  later brother Earl I was reading the letter in  

My office and Jules and Bonnie were with me I am  not ashamed to say that tears flow down all of   us most of his estate nearly $3 million in real  estate and Investments went to the county to be   used for the sole purpose of expanding children’s  activities and renovating two parks typical Earl  

At the entrance to the park which was renamed  in his honor stands a life-size bronze figure   of him holding his Bas I came home after looking  at the cabin and told Bonnie that it wasn’t in bad  

Shape but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with  it Bonnie and jwes said they would take a look   at it and maybe we could make a decision projects  started piling up we had survived the tough years  

Even buying some distressed properties here and  there and now the economy was booming and people   needed homes I built four new houses remodeled  ate more and bought more when the opportunity   presented itself Jewels seemed to always be at my  house and the girls seemed to be in good spirits  

And laughing at things I didn’t understand  on Wednesday they demanded that I not work on   Saturday no matter how far behind we were we had  been working 6 days a week for 14 weeks and we all  

Needed a break I ended up letting the entire team  go Friday and Saturday paying them for Friday to   get a full check I immediately became the best  boss in the world at least until Monday July   was living with us again her last relationship  collapsed she still looked good she had a good  

Figure and a pretty face even if it had a few  wrinkles she was was a loving kind woman who just   seemed to fall for the wrong guys we joked that I  should make her my second wife she moved into the  

Spare bedroom and made herself comfortable Julie  didn’t have the drive that Bonnie had and just   bounced from job to job until Bonnie scolded  her and put her in charge of the property she  

Surprised us all by doing a great job a few months  later she came to us with an offer to take over   a failed project 11 new homes all but two of  which had been completed only three houses had  

Been sold and all of them were in foreclosure the  bank picked up the developer and was very eager   to unload it we got it for about 40% of what it  would have been worth when the market recovered  

We put July in charge and the first thing she did  was to get her real estate license working under   the umbrella of our company within 6 months she  sold five houses recouping all of our investment   after that we started giving her 25% of the  profits after realtor fees one day it dawned  

On me that Julie had lived with us for over a year  even though she had the means to move out one day   I asked her about it and she wept thinking I was  kicking her out I feel safe here Jimmy I love you  

Guys and the stability you have I think maybe  I’m trying to sort myself out so I can be ready   for the next time I fall in love with someone I  assured her she was always welcome and she relaxed  

And the next time we opened the hot tub she joined  us and both girls giggled at my expression calm   down Jimmy there isn’t a square inch of this  body that you don’t know in detail Bonnie said  

It’s okay if you’re only looking I looked at my  wife noticing for the first time that she had   lost her suit and was the same as she had been in  July they both smirked waiting for my reaction I  

Just stood up took off my pants and up and soon  they were both under my arms and all the years   seemed to melt away to be clear nothing happened  although body parts touched with the usual results   they looked but didn’t touch when they came  out and positioned themselves on their sides  

I noticed that both girls had their haircut but  not completely only in identical Stripes Bonnie   a flaming red head and Jules a soft brunette my  compliments to your hairdresser I told them and   laughed when they both blushed Jules recovered  first I’m glad you approve if you’re interested  

I’m sure we could arrange a little trimming it  was my turn to L red they pulled out the wine and   slid it back in we drank two bottles and then we  were already wrinkled like prunes Jules hugged me  

With her whole body I jumped up and down and she  giggled but then let go and turned to Bonnie there   you go sis all set to go I expect a good report  in the morning before you go do we have batteries  

I think I’m going to need them she took the towel  and wrapped it around her waist my gaze followed   her all the way home hey eyes on the spot thought  let’s go see if we can’t do something to take the  

Edge off what do you say I lifted her into my  arms surprising her I plopped her down on the   table Bonnie let out a light shriek feeling eyes  on me I looked up and saw Jules standing in the  

Patio doorway when Bonnie recovered enough for  me to help her up from the table jwes was gone   something was wrong I could feel it you can’t  live with someone for decades and not pick up   their Vibe both my girls walked around and smiled  secretly making incomprehensible hints about  

Something I knew nothing about this sort of thing  in the hot tub was almost standard by now and jwes   was getting Bolder and Bolder and Bonnie seemed  to be encouraging her we’d had a little too much  

Wine and I was a little stoned and slow-witted  jewels sat on the edge of the hot tub across from   me and started doing something I remembered  that she was pretty vocal it got interesting   when she started humming gimme gimme gimme she  exploded and slid bonelessly into the tub Bonnie  

Had been stroking me the whole time Bonnie was  panting softly letting me know she was getting   close Jules giggled and sank down beside me Bonnie  stood up looked at us and grinned then slid into   the tub and reached out for jules’s hand her eyes  widening before she added her own hand finally I  

Pushed them both away climbing out of the tub they  just watched and giggled waiting okay spit it out   what’s going on here I know you’re sending some  kind of message so take p on the slumbering man  

And spill it out they looked at each other and the  smile slid off their faces Bonnie started but jws   stopped her grumpy honey come back make yourself  comfortable and we’ll tell you our thoughts just   promise US you’ll listen finally I lowered myself  into the tub and they pressed themselves against  

Me holding their hands above the water honey  how many years has Jules lived with us don’t   answer that it’s been many times this this time  it’s almost 2 years she paused looking at Jules   before continuing the reason she hasn’t moved out  is because she’s home she loves us and we love her  

But honey she’s a mature woman she has needs all  the men she’s had in the past just didn’t reach   that level and you were the yard stick she used  we’ve been talking about this for a long time  

We have come to the following decision first she  stays here and second she will be your second wife   with all the benefits and responsibilities of a  wife I can share you because I know you will never  

Betray me and we will be together for the rest of  our lives Jules has always loved you and you have   always loved her it’s a win-win for everyone wow I  didn’t expect that to happen I just stared at them  

Until they lowered their eyes fidgeting nervously  so you’ve thought of everything but you missed a   few points first of all Bonnie I’ve had a few  moments of Jimmy Carter lusting after my heart   especially Jewels but I’ve never even considered  backing away from our vows besides with all the  

Added benefits come added responsibilities now  I’ll have two women to berate me point out my   flaws run my life without my input just like you  are now I know you’ve decided that two hot women  

Will be a distraction for the rest of my life but  I’m at the age where not all the blood drains away   from my brain I’ll think about it but if and  that’s a big if I do jws I’ll consider you as  

Much of a wife as Bonnie and Bonnie you’ll have  to accept that you no longer have my undivided   love and attention there will be someone else  forever I think I’ll go for a drive now to clear  

My head I left them in the bathroom went into the  house put on shorts sneakers and a t-shirt jumped   in the car and just drove I was gone for 3 hours  and they called at least 10 times all of which I  

Ignored when I got back they were a pretty low-key  couple living room now now I didn’t even look to   see if they were following me they were sitting  on the couch patting themselves on the spot in  

The middle I sat down in the chair across from  them what led to this Jules looked sad and sigh   do you have any idea how many losers there are in  our age group a great many most of them have been  

Through at least one rough divorce some have  kids who decide to make your life hell because   you took daddy away some are just perverts and if  there are any good ones they’re quickly snatched   up I’m tired of dating guys who are interested  in how wealthy I am and how perverted I can be  

Men are in short supply compared to women and I  can’t help but believe that polygamy will be the   next breakthrough don’t believe me did you ever  think you’d live to see a time when men would   marry men and women would marry women without too  many people taking offense to it she was right  

That’s all well and good but it’s still Uncharted  Territory if I say yes will we tell our kids our   friends Bonnie does this mean that someone  in the future you’ll be considering a second   husband Jules looked shocked and Bonnie blushed  and lowered her eyes I suddenly had a bad feeling  

That this polygamy thing might spread no not only  no but hell no I decided to attack from the flank   rather than engage in a direct confrontation  if she’s considering others especially if she’s   already Chosen One our marriage is over do you see  that this might lead to my opening anything if I’m  

Free to do it with both of you shouldn’t you have  have the same privileges if that’s the direction   the bus is going I’m afraid I’ll have to get off  they both started to speak and I held up my hand  

Not a word not now I’m afraid if we start this  will escalate into life-changing decisions you   have my word that will come back to this later  but for now leave it at that I headed for the   workshop something about handling power tools that  could [ __ ] you if you weren’t careful was good  

For me right now it would make me focus and not  think about what what had happened I had some   black walnut that I had harvested 5 years ago and  it was seasoned enough to work with our daughter  

Was about to have her firstborn a baby girl she  was due in 2 months and I was going to make an   old-fashioned cradle for her the black walnut was  complemented with cherry and Sharpie and the red  

And white stripe really embellished the piece I  even made one hollow part of the Cradle very long   as in the original the women would sit in the  Rockers and sew or do other chores with their   foot on the long rocking wheel of the Cradle each  time the rocking wheel moved forward the woman’s  

Foot would press on the Cradle causing it to rock  to the beat Joy was very excited and angry with   me for not letting her see it until after she  had the baby I was smiling as I worked Joy was  

Very excited about the baby and her husband a good  man was over the moon he was an only child and his   only requirement in their marriage was that they  have at least three children Joy grinned when he  

Told her that really you’re going to shy away from  three I thought I was marrying a real man they’ve   already picked out names for the four finally  I stopped admiring the cradle that sat in the  

Clamps waiting for the glue to dry I was putting  things in order when I glanced at the clock on   the wall it was already 10:00 why hadn’t the girls  called me and then I remembered why I had come to  

The workshop in the first place as I approached  the house I thought about what my life would be   like a year from now the girls were being very  quiet Bonnie timidly told me that my dinner was  

In the microwave I heated up the leftovers and ate  rinsing the dishes and loading the dishwasher when   I was done back in the living room I turned my  attention to the suddenly hushed conversation I  

Surprised Bonnie by pulling her to me and kissing  her then did the same to Jules I love you girls no   matter what now I’m going to shower and go to bed  good night I took a shower half expecting the door  

To open any minute but the door didn’t open and  to my surprise no one joined me in bed I thought I   was going to toss and turn but after a few minutes  I fell asleep I woke up when Bonnie appeared in  

Bed but snuggled up against me and dozed off again  the rest of the weekend passed in suspense Monday   morning came and we were off Bonnie and I to the  Construction office and jws to the real estate  

Firm a few weeks passed and I had pretty much put  that discussion behind me Jules and Bonnie had   stepped up the flirting and breakfast together had  become quite common we still cuddled in the hot   tub but there was no repeat of what had happened  before then came the day my world changed again  

The girls threw a dinner party grilling steaks  with all the condiments and homemade ice cream   for dessert they waited until we cleaned up to wow  me with their idea Jules and I went to the shack  

Today it brought back a lot of memories it’s a  shame to let this lovely old building go to waste   and we’ve been thinking about redecorating and  updating it a bit we thought we could turn turn  

It into a small private club and rent it out for  events we could put a few acres of land around it   for outdoor events put picnic tables and a small  Bandstand it could be used for outdoor weddings  

If we renovate everything properly the interior is  quite large so we could open up some walls update   the plumbing and have separate bathrooms we could  rent it out for Retreats private meetings and even   put a small bar in there what do you think I think  you’ve thought this through carefully I assume  

You have hard numbers and plans for the necessary  permits who will be handling this Jes pronounced   we’ve done most of the preliminary work including  the necessary zoning it shouldn’t be difficult   there’s mostly Farmland around anyway I’m sure the  Commissioners will be happy to add to the tax base  

I have yet to find out what kind of insurance  is required for this kind of activity and I’m   willing to bet it will be pretty high but we want  to get as much coverage as possible Bonnie jumped  

Up the work will be done by our crews I don’t  like the idea of using Outsiders and we’ll have   to bring in an architect we have to make sure the  remodeling will include loadbearing walls and such  

Why are you trying so hard to sell this because  this place is titled in your name Earl left it to   you not us anything we do has to be with your  written permission I told them I would think  

About it their disappointment was obvious I think  they expected me to nod and say whatever you want   dear 2 weeks later they presented me with their  plans with a little Remodeling and perhaps some   expansion they could make it a very nice place for  weddings reunions and the like there will still be  

A small bar but on the advice of the insurance  agent only so that guests will have somewhere   to stock up on alcohol that way if someone has  an accident or kills someone after they leave   the venue the liability will be on the event  organizers not us in order to bring in alcohol  

They would need to apply for a party permit from  the local ABC office and it would only be valid   for the day specified I had an independent expert  that I sometimes used to get a second opinion on  

Some projects I was about to get involved in and  his advice was accurate he once saved me a lot of   money by advising me not to enter into a limited  partnership with another Builder when I left he  

Found another one quickly took the money and ran  away his partner lost almost a million dollars he   came back to me a week later with approval there  are plenty of big venues but there aren’t many   small ones around here basically all you have  is the VFW Hall and it’s pretty shabby but it’s  

Always crowded because there’s no competition I  estimate this place will start turning a profit   as soon as it opens I went home and signed a  lease renewable every 2 years I charged them   $10 a year and 25% of the profits this percentage  was to pay off the cost of remodeling the premises  

At my insistence they formed a partnership and my  involvement except as a landlord was minor it was   their brainchild the remodeling and Landscaping  took only almost 7 months since the house was in   my name I paid the bills through a separate  company set up by my accountant and lawyer  

I ended up putting almost half a million into  it this left our cash Reserves at their lowest   level in a long time but we were still making good  money so I wasn’t too worried the building looked   great the fire safety capacity was 240 people the  crew built modular structures such as a Bandstand  

That could be easily dismantled and stored in a  back building and tables and chairs needed for   the big event when not in use there were hardwood  floors beautiful chandeliers and even a fireplace   the bathrooms were state-of-the-art and looked  very elegant the bar was small and understated  

But large enough for the largest crowd the outside  area was landscaped gazebos and picnic tables were   arranged to compliment each other and a playground  was set up for the kids in the crowd all of this   was enclosed by a privacy fence the last thing  we wanted was for any child to hurt themselves  

On our equipment when no one was around they found  the original store sign in the barn that belonged   to Earl’s uncle and restored it they installed it  above the entrance under a spotlight Abernathy’s   mertile and farm supplies in three- foot letters  they took it to name the establishment in Earl’s  

Honor our first event was free of charge Annette’s  youngest daughter was getting married her finances   were tight and she refused Jason’s help even  though he offered eventually daughter Bethany   pulled herself together you have to let him  help Mom let him participate in this day I’ve  

Already asked him to walk me down the aisle and  he’ll be in all the family photos get over your   anger at my donor and let him in Jason offered  to pay us but we declined let’s consider this  

A dress rehearsal for future events this girl is  practically a niece to us and a daughter to you   think of it as a family deal the hall was almost  completely filled flowers decorated the hall the   lights were dimmed and the excellent sound system  worked flawlessly Bonnie held one of my hands and  

Jwes held the other as we watched the service  I felt a warm and fuzzy glow remembering my own   wedding then I looked at Jules and saw Tears In  Her Eyes I knew she was thinking about both of  

Her failed marriages I squeezed her hand a little  tighter and she smiled weakly at me as soon as the   service was over people came running into the Hall  and began moving chairs out of their seats and   arranging them around small tables set up around  the edges of the Dance Floor a small Orchestra  

Took the place of the gazebo in the middle of the  second number Jason stepped to the microphone with   an acoustic guitar he played a song he had written  for Bethany called simply Daughter by the time the  

Last chord subsided there wasn’t a dry eye in the  audience after that day whenever anyone saw her   wedding pictures she would point to a picture of  Annette and Jason saying that was her mom and dad  

The service was filmed by just about anyone with a  cell phone and the song went viral in a matter of   days four or five agents contacted him demanding  he sell the song or let them place it with one of  

Their artists instead he gave it away for free to  a local singer who was making a name for himself   in country music he engineered and produced the  song which led to him producing the entire album   it included two other songs that he co-wrote with  the singer the song daughter reached number three  

On the country music charts and number six on the  pop music charts two other songs reached the top   10 on the country music charts suddenly he became  very much in demand and retired he told Annette  

That if she didn’t have his ring on her finger  in 3 months he would ask her to move out that was   the ring she needed and we had another wedding  for free the popularity of the song brought an  

Unexpected benefit people saw what a good venue we  had and soon we had reservations all booked up for   months in advance we hosted many weddings family  reunions that were held mostly on the picnic area   and often included full Meals Corporate Retreats  and private parties it was the place for reunions  

In fact we held our 25th reunion there it was  nice to see old friends some of whom we hadn’t   seen in years Jason was there with Annette  will came with wife number four and stayed  

As far away from Anette as he could booger showed  up as well as Gord and her husband we all sort of   promised to see each other more often but I knew  it was mostly Nostalgia and alcohol the old crowd  

Couldn’t be happy with how the place had changed  will grinned looking at the dance floor seems like   it was yesterday when we were all in here sliding  around on the oiled floor I grinned back I have  

A hard time not picturing it every time I’m here  wild times huh yeah I wonder what it would be like   now Bonnie and Jules look even better now than  they did in high school and Annette is still a  

Vixen I don’t usually tell people this but Grace  and I lead a pretty free-spirited lifestyle it   would be nice to take a trip down memory lane I  laughed and said I would tell the girls about it I  

Thought it would be as funny to them as it was to  me I didn’t realize that Bonnie had come up behind   me and that conversation had changed the course  of our marriage the love triangle second chapter  

A few months went by Jules had given up on me and  was dating a guy I thought was pretty decent she   seemed comfortable with him and stayed with him  almost every weekend and a few weekdays I figured  

It was only a matter of time before she moved  out again she met him when she was showing him   the house he had gone through a difficult divorce  a few years before and when he had the opportunity  

He moved out Bonnie was Bonnie warm and loving but  I noticed her staring off into space more and more   often she often spent nights at the joint with  jewels will and his current wife were now part of   our Social Circle he and Annette had reconciled  but their daughter refused to acknowledge Him  

Calling Jason daddy every chance she got when  will was around it was Jason and Annette’s turn   to have a weekend away everything was going great  the food was delicious the company was great and   the booze was plentiful I’m not sure exactly how  it happened but someone said we should get in the  

Hot tub problem was no one had brought their suits  Jules grinned and took off her top leaving her in   shorts and a peach bra she twirled around a bit  while her boyfriend laughed and slid into the  

Tub he dropped his shorts and shirt leaving him  in just his panties who wears those anyway soon   will and his new wife entered he stripped down  to his silk boxers and she stripped down to her   bra and thong Annette and Jason came in next  followed by booger and Jenny and then it was  

Just Bonnie and me she was wearing a beautiful  sundress with nothing on underneath she swayed   slightly slowly unbuttoning the dress until it  came undone and a puddle Spilled Out onto the   deck she was definitely agitated the other girls  and guys applauded and soon a pile of bras was  

Forming on the sidelines I shook myself off and  joined them we all sat and laughed relaxing and   having a good time the girls asked for another  round of drinks and Jason and I headed to the bar   mixing and preparing drinks until we had poison  for everyone a few minutes passed and I noticed  

That while we were gone there had been a shuffle  at the bar Bonnie ended up on one side of will   Jules on the other the only empty seat was next to  Will’s wife I frowned more and more and just as I  

Got to the tub the Jets turned off almost everyone  was completely unclothed Bonnie looked up giggling   and turned white when she saw the look on my face  [ __ ] it I threw the drinks into the tub grabbed  

Will’s head and pressed it against one of the Jets  people screamed and Jason grabbed me he fell face   first into the tub I grabbed my clothes and got  out ignoring the screams and calls as I made my  

Way to the car people were just coming out of the  front door when I stopped I noticed that Bonnie   still hadn’t gotten out my phone rang almost  immediately I remembered that Bonnie Jules and  

I had the same phone plan and one of the features  was a location app we had hooked it up mostly for   Jules because she had real estate and we could  tell where the other was at a glance I stopped  

And took the battery out disconnecting everything  now they’d find me like hell I didn’t want to be   found so I went to the beach which was 2 and 1/2  hours away I was only wearing soaked shorts and  

A t-shirt so I stopped by the supermarket and  bought a pair of boxers two shorts two pairs of   jeans and three t-shirts I also bought a new pair  of sneakers and a few pairs of socks I changed  

Clothes at the store stuffing everything into a  small bag a few miles from the beach I found a   pretty decent place a small independent motel  that wasn’t connected to anything for 3 days   I thought drank a little and learned to fish off  the pier Bonnie knew I didn’t like the beach and  

Didn’t think to look for it I went to a beach we  had never visited and found that I liked it I used   ATMs twice on the way out of town and withdrew  the maximum amount so I paid cash for almost  

Everything I took a lot of time and thought it  over carefully there were too many warning signs   individually they meant nothing but put together  they painted a portrait of deception something   stank and it wasn’t the old shrimp I was using as  bait on the fourth day I headed home wondering if  

I had another one there was no one there except  my daughter Joy Left Behind no doubt to guard the   house in case I showed up she greeted me with a  big hug but was somewhat reserved you know I was  

Supposed to call if you showed up I don’t know  what happened but Mom and Aunt Julie are Furious   they’ve had a few Spats in the last couple days  something about a failed plan and an unexpected   reaction but they’re not sharing anything if I had  to guess Mom did something monstrously stupid and  

Aunt Julie was in on it that’s where it ends she  grinned as I expected soon so should I call or not   go ahead you can tell them I still look incredibly  pissed off and they might want to go soft because  

It’s true tell them that if they come in with guns  drawn it might be the last shot of their lives Joy   stepped back her eyes widening Daddy are we going  to have to split the vacation I want my little  

Girl to know both grandparents not separately I  kissed her cheek no guarantees baby it doesn’t   change the way I feel about you and it never will  where is she it would probably make me feel a lot  

Better if I was holding something innocent and  pure in my arms she’s dozing but it’s about time   she woke up I’ll call her soon I was lying in my  favorite rocker marveling at the purity of my new  

Life she was old enough to pay attention to her  surroundings and everything was a Wonder to her I   heard the door open but I didn’t look up Joy left  saying we had to take the baby for the weekend so  

She and her husband could resume their romantic  relationship I laughed and said that was too much   information but suggested she make the most of it  finally they cleared their throats and I looked up   they looked like they hadn’t slept well and that  pleased me a little Jules spoke first where’s Joy  

Left to rekindle an affair with her husband that  shot made them Flinch honey I we we need to talk   I smirked at Bonnie but there was no mirth in my  smile you got that right before you start there’s  

Something I need to know it’s important and if I  catch you in a lie our marriage is over don’t try   to get away with it don’t try to sugarcoat it just  tell me the truth was what happened in the hot tub  

Planned a silence ensued that practically gave me  the answer I needed that’s the way it was no well   not really Jules spoke and I focused on her then  what exactly was it well we were talking about   reliving the past just joking around you know then  Will and Grace began to share their experiences  

Talking about the excitement of their new lovers  and how it had made their marriage stronger Jason   talked about some of the things done while he  was in the band and Annette admitted that she’d  

Been in a relationship with a guy that involved  a bit of a switch so all of our friends are the   same people strange that I never noticed that  but that still doesn’t explain the hot tub we  

Were having a good time you know everyone was  a little looser and the flirting got more and   more intense as the night went on you were in a  really good mood so Jules and I talked about it  

In the bathroom and decided it was a good time to  push the boundaries and see how you took it Bonnie   stoed stopped and jwes took the banner that was  just fun honey we didn’t expect it to go this far  

You seemed comfortable and when you went out to  get drinks will suggested we go further so it went   from there well then what did my reaction show you  we miscalculated a lot we had to pass will mouth  

To mouth he’s really pissed at you Bonnie looked  like she was a little disappointed in me my heart   bleeds for him tell him I look forward to seeing  him again and we can discuss this like adults is  

This code for beating the crap out of him we’ll  find out when I see him again won’t we jwes now   Bonnie what do you want to do about the divorce  Bonnie went very very pale and jwes pressed her  

Hand to her mouth divorce are you out of your  mind okay I’m a little out of my mind I’ve never   done anything like this before and it wasn’t a big  deal I’ll never do anything like that again if it  

Means my marriage I noticed you you didn’t say you  wouldn’t do it again because you think it’s a bad   idea this is your only chance Bonnie tell me the  truth why do you want to switch she hung her head  

And spoke so quietly I almost couldn’t hear her  you guys had a lot of Partners and experience I   sometimes yearn when Annette and Jules talk about  the old days I’ve never experienced anything like   that you know you were my first and only lover  who’s to blame I seem to remember you sliding  

Across the the floor like the rest of us why  didn’t you do something about it then if you   needed the experience then it was about time  you did something about it I was afraid then   you became such a wonderful lover that I forgot  about it but it was always there hidden deep I  

Love our life together darling but I’m not getting  any younger and I’d like to experience something   like what you had just once I think if I could  do it just once I could get rid of it I sighed  

You know when we did the shuffle we were all  young and unattached to each other now we’ve   come full circle most of us have kids older than  we were then we’ve built a life a life based on  

Certain principles are you willing to destroy all  of that for the satisfaction of a desire what if   things don’t work out the way you’d like ties are  broken and new relationships are formed will we   start exchanging favorites all the time what if  one of us says no that he’s had enough will his  

Partner be able to continue the relationship  without the other no it’s only going to be   one time honey I swear you swore to give up all  the others but now you want to renegotiate what  

About diseases when we did this the first time no  one had heard of AIDS herpes or chlamydia do you   really think it’s a good idea to risk everyone’s  health for a little physical satisfaction we all   went through testing and presented the results  to the others before we started work really what  

About the other night if I hadn’t slowed down  you all would have spent the evening together   Jules blushed we’ve uh we’ve been tested before  the whole group Bonnie replied yes yes I was so   angry I was having trouble breathing let me  get this straight you coordinated everything  

Up until the moment you took the tests and this  is after you told me it was unplanned and just   happened you know I think back to that night and  I can’t help but wonder why you were so heavy on  

The booze if it had gone any further I would have  been out of my depth was I supposed to just watch   while everyone else enjoyed themselves that’s cold  not even honey I already told them you were clean  

And I had the paper at home to prove it I just  forgot to bring it I looked at her and couldn’t   believe that I had once thought I knew this woman  so you were going to start this Grand Adventure  

With a lie betraying everyone else’s trust how  do you know that everyone else’s results weren’t   tampered with or the old results weren’t altered  in some way how can I trust anyone now I need to  

Step away for an hour or so to try to think this  through don’t follow me don’t call me just leave   me alone and I promise I’ll be back tonight I  handed the baby to Jules and walked out the door  

Bonnie tried to hug me but when she looked me in  the eye she pulled back in retrospect it wasn’t   the best idea to go to the neighborhood Pub we’d  all frequented for years I talked to a few people  

Then grabbed my beer and sat in the darkest corner  people soon realized I wasn’t in a talkative mood   and left me alone that was until Jason and booger  showed up I could see them from my table and I  

Wondered if they were just there for a beer or if  they were on a mission all thoughts of it being   a coincidence faded away as they stood for a  moment scanning the room and heading towards  

Me mind if we sit down if I did before you do  look me in the eye and tell me who sent you   Jason blushed no one sent us Jules and Bonnie  called us and said you were back and we could  

Probably find you here we decided to come by and  talk first of all I have to apologize Jules and   Bonnie led us to believe that you were okay with  our little plan you caught us off guard when you  

Lost your temper I take it you’re not interested  absolutely not but Bonnie can’t wait so she’ll   probably join without me tell Will that if I find  out she’s been gambling I’ll divorce her and name  

All of you in the lawsuit I’m not settling for a  quiet settlement or mediation I want this to come   out I want it to be made public it might be worth  considering that this is an attachment alienation  

State and one case just settled for 1.2 million  we’re all pretty well off think about that for   a minute Jason turned a little pale and looked  like he wanted to be anywhere in the world but  

Where he was now booger just kept walking forward  will says you think I care what will says God is   he really that charismatic he won’t have to worry  about girls if if you keep doing what you’re doing  

Right now you say will says one more time and  I’ll punch you right in the mouth God damn it   listen to me for a [ __ ] minute okay will says  I’ve been going to this bar for over 20 years and  

This was the first time I got kicked out Tom  the owner escorted me out himself damn it boy   what the hell happened back there I’ve known you  since you were 10 years old and that’s the first  

Time I’ve ever seen you hit a guy I’m sorry Tom  my life seems to have turned into a ser of first   meetings can I call you to get some bail money he  laughed it had been our standing joke ever since  

I turned 16 I was about to do something stupid but  he stopped me kid if you keep this up you’re going   to go to jail if you do and you need bail call  me will you come and get me he laughed [ __ ]  

No you got yourself into whatever you got locked  up for and you can find your way out but call me   I’ll give you a good laugh Tom clapped me on the  back and told me to be sure to come to the darts  

Tournament on Saturday I stood there with Jason  and booger booger was holding a towel to his face   to stop the bleeding you knocked the toe out of my  typhoid of course because of the swelling and the  

Towel pressed to his mouth his speech was slurred  but I got the gist of it be glad we were sitting   booger if we’d been standing I’d have knocked them  out Jason held out his hand are we okay not even  

Remotely I need you all to stay away from me for a  while I think it’s for the best both girls waited   for my return looking scared to death I can’t  believe you hit booger I would have preferred  

It to be will but you have to work with what you  have I’m going to bed it was several hours before   Bonnie slipped quietly into our bed she lay there  for a while and then tentatively reached out and  

Touched my arm I love you sweetie I just lay there  watching her steady breathing she knew I was awake   but she was smart enough not to say anything when  I finally woke up she was practically lying on top  

Of me I didn’t pay much attention to it she’d  been sleeping like that since we’d first been   in bed together I exhaled trying not to wake her  and went to take a shower when I came out she was  

Gone and delicious smells wafted through the house  I could hear them talking quietly I wondered then   wondered shamefully if they were up to something  new and didn’t want me to hear they froze when   I walked in shock reflected on their faces as I  kissed one and then the other good morning girls  

What are you having for breakfast this must  be how a king feels I thought as they piled   on top of each other serving breakfast I kept the  conversation light sticking to neutral topics like   joy and our new granddaughter finally they started  to relax as I started talking to them about what I  

Was thinking about I don’t want to hear anything  more about the past I still can’t accept that my   wife wants to spend her evenings with other people  before you get upset Bonnie that’s just the way it  

Is you said yourself that there are no feelings  it’s just a chance to experience what a man is   like which means it’s an evening in the roughest  way possible besides we’ll be staying away from   all your potential exchange partners for a while  each of you have been plotting behind my back and  

I’m not at all thrilled about it I don’t care if  you understand or think it’s right if you don’t   want to follow the program just tell me and we’ll  have Jerry start the paperwork both women turned   pale Jerry Geraldine for short was our attorney  she practiced almost exclusively business law  

But there were those in her firm who specialized  in family law I always thought that title was an   oxymoron where’s the family if you’re contributing  to its disintegration three months of uneasy truce   followed Jules moved out for a while living with  her boyfriend but after 2 months she came back I  

Never asked and she never said but I knew how  she behaved behaved and the romance was over   Bonnie bounced around the shadows for about  3 weeks before we found our way back to each  

Other by the time Jules moved in with us we were  almost back to normal our social life was a little   limited because the only person in our company I  talked to was Jason and Bonnie knew better than  

To meet him alone about 6 weeks after the hot  tub incident I received an email on my business   website Jason was tired of renting a studio and  wanted to build his own he needed about 2,500 ft  

For a studio with offices and editing rooms on the  top floor it was a nearly million dooll project   and he wanted me to build it I understand if you  say no it’s just that until what happened you were  

My closest friend Earl always talked about what  a stand-up guy you were but I thought he was a   bullshitter until I got to know you better besides  you’re one of the most reliable builders in the  

State if you do this I’ll be sure it’ll be done  right we won’t even have to see each other think   about it for a week I did and then one evening  I showed up at his door Annette answered and her  

Jaw dropped I grinned at her reaction hey nette is  Jason here they both hugged me so tightly that I   felt a little uneasy but then I remembered why I’d  been avoiding them and tensed up but after sitting  

At their kitchen table for a while and sipping  a couple beers I remembered that they had been   my friends for a long time it’s not for me to  judge them we talked for 2 hours mostly about  

The project I made a lot of notes on my laptop  told Jason that I only knew the architect and   would ask him to draw the plans he hadn’t found a  place to build yet and I advised him to ask Jules  

To look for one after all that’s what she was  doing after we finished our business we sat in   silence for a while finally I broke it with one  word why Annette took the lead Bonnie has always  

Been the baby of the group we all went through a  lot when she came into your lives she knew what   we were doing back then but we were just kids and  once you got serious you you stayed loyal to her  

She knows that grunt but when we got together and  talked about the wild times she had no idea what   it was like wait a minute I never talked about  those times in general terms I didn’t think it  

Would be respectful to Bonnie she sighed not you  or any of the guys it always came up when it was   just us girls and we were drinking wine maybe we  exaggerated a little but not much you were a stud  

Back then honey tanned and muscular with unruly  hair and a slow smile you were also considerate of   all of us and didn’t hesitate if any of us needed  protection she stopped smirking you know what of  

All the guys in our Circle you and Jason are the  only ones in good shape you still have muscle and   the gray in your hair makes you look pretty damn  nice I doubt any of us thought we’d ever get to  

The state we’re in now then will came back and  he brought Grace I think we’ve all lived their   stories will started to press her grace was around  showing off distracting the guys then they’d have  

An exchange she’d talk to us and he’d tell the  guys what an adventure it would be and it would   be safe we would stick to just us be discreet and  never say anything unnecessary he said the group  

They left behind had been around for 20 years at  first it was just nonsense but the seed was laid   then we started discussing how we would do it and  when we could do it we discussed health and again  

Will said we should always have a rule calling  for clean health then even though it wasn’t openly   discussed the planning began everybody knew except  you will said that you would be the hardest to  

Deal with and we should bring you up to the idea  then came the night in the hot tub we were all   Tipsy and when we took off our clothes you seemed  amused by what we were doing and we decided to go  

For it to go as far as we could if Jason hadn’t  accidentally unplugged the tub and the Jets hadn’t   stopped who knows where that would have led but it  happened and it was too much too soon I seriously  

Thought you were going to drown will Jason had  bruises for weeks Jason joined in in hindsight   we realized it was wrong to set you up like that  I wanted to be upfront from the beginning but will  

Talked about how well he knows you and it was  better to make it easy on you I just stared at   them until they started moving awkwardly have  you done anything yet no will insisted on doing   Without You by letting Bonnie in but she quickly  quashed that thought that would be cheating and  

I will never have an affair behind my husband’s  back he has to be with us all or nothing I can   still see the fire in her eyes it made will fixate  on her but other than that conversation the day  

After you left she hasn’t spoken to him or any  of us until recently we still have wine parties   and the subject keeps coming up does Bonnie still  want to go forward Annette lowered her gaze to the  

Kitchen table swirling her wine glass I’m sorry  grunt but it does it’s tearing her apart she says   it’ll only be one time and then it’ll be over then  when we all talk we’ll have memories in common   we’re all getting older honey she wants to do it  before menopause while she still feels attractive  

I stood up I’m going to go home you’ve given me a  lot of food for thought I feel like I need to talk   to everyone who wants to participate oneon-one to  try to get the big picture with everyone except  

Will or his wife I still feel they tried to stab  me in the back and I want nothing to do with them   I’ll have Jules look for a place that suits your  needs Jason I came home and told Jules about the  

Project asking her to keep an eye on it Jason  spread the word and I started getting visitors   to my office everyone knew that I usually did  my paperwork just before the end of the day and   that’s when they came John Jules boyfriend came  in first even though Jules had moved back home  

They still saw each other I’d never interacted  with him that much but it only took me 5 minutes   to realize he had no backbone whatsoever what’s  more he seemed quite submissive maybe that was   why she’d kept him around but Jewels gravitated  toward confident men and he had a limited shelf  

Life I realized he was almost pathetic in his  eagerness to tell me what he thought I wanted to   hear and I immediately dismissed almost everything  he said I did ask him a few questions though you   were already married right he nodded why aren’t  you now he took took a minute trying to figure  

Out how to phrase it we started out very well then  after about 4 years we started drifting apart then   she had girls nights out with her friends and  after about 5 months she came home smirking it  

Was a little ruffled and I noticed it was missing  a sleeve I’m not going to lie to you I met a guy   we had a drink he was cute and the first thing  you know we ended up in a motel I loved it if  

We stay together you’ll have to get used to me  playing every now and then but I’ll I’ll always   come home and act as discreet as possible if you  still love me take me to bed right now I’m still  

Worked up and it would be the perfect ending  to a perfect evening what did you do I spent   the evening with her she was a wild woman it was  probably the best night of my life she apologized  

The next day but 2 weeks later she went out on a  date she always insisted we spend the evening as   soon as she got home finally after 6 months she  just didn’t come home by then I was tired of the  

Whole mess so I happily agreed to the divorce  it may have hurt him but I was pretty Frank it   seems to me that you have a taste for humiliation  and sloppy seconds is that your way of surviving  

Your marriage if so I have to say it won’t end  well especially with jws she needs a confident   man and you’re not that man Bubba honestly I think  the only reason she’s still dating you is so she   can have a partner when the exchange starts your  expiration date is approaching very quickly most  

Guys would have been Furious he just sighed that  was pretty much the end of the conversation then   I talked to Jules invited her to lunch without  Bonnie got take out drove to the site and set up  

In the picnic area Jules are you sure about this  I know what we’ve done in the past but it was just   a bunch of kids goofing around back then no one  was related to anyone now we’re mostly married  

And our connections go back decades is it really  worth it to mess up a relationship possibly beyond   recognition she spoke as if she had thought it  over carefully I had my doubts at first but I’m  

Not taking that risk like most of you we both know  Jon will never be a life partner so if we do split   up it’s going to happen anyway who doesn’t want  to relive their Glory Days plus if I do this I’ll  

Have a chance to look out for you guys honestly  when it comes down to it Bonnie might back out if   that happens I’ll be your way out if she decides  to back out she won’t need an exit strategy we’ll  

Just up and leave I don’t think anyone will be  stupid enough enough to try and stop us if I do   hurt their feelings I certainly won’t lose sleep  over it we talked some more but eventually got  

Repetitive and we changed the subject since we  shared a moment I asked her what she thought was   wrong with her marriages the first one was just  a total loser but I was too in love with him to  

Notice he reminded me a little of you at first  when his true nature started to shine through   I realized I had made a big mistake did you know  that one of our worst fights was because of you  

I was somewhat discouraged by this why would  you fight over me he had just lost his third   job and was whining when I finally lost it I got  tired of listening to his excuses so I told him  

To be courageous I used you as an example and he  couldn’t take it this man never went to college   I have a master’s degree in Business grumpy is  the perfect nickname for him because that’s all  

He is and ever will be she grinned at the memory I  lit him up yes I told him he’s just a high school   graduate working working in construction however  this man had never lost a job in his life every  

Time he changed employers They begged him to stay  he grudgingly took a job with his own company owns   a beautiful home and has a wonderful family what a  loser let’s see you have a master’s degree you’ve  

Been fired three times and quit once just before  you got the axe for incompetence we can barely   afford to rent this apartment can’t afford to  have kids and our cars are old and barely run   yes education will always beat hard work don’t you  agree now Jules laughed I thought he was going to  

Explode he even pulled back to hit me I told him  to try it that I was a better man than him on my   worst day and I was ready to prove it instead of  hitting me he just stormed off two weeks later  

I filed a lawsuit Jules replaced her smile with a  frown Derek was different he worked hard tried to   succeed he even had a 5-year plan like the Chinese  did at the beginning of Communism it turned out to  

Be about the same he hid everything well and it  wasn’t until we’d been married 6 months that the   cracks started to show the problem with his plan  was that it wasn’t his plan I believ that marriage  

Should be a partnership and he believed that a  woman should be submissive and stay at home when   I disagreed he would get violent he wasn’t afraid  to hit a woman and then threaten her if she didn’t  

Comply I was shocked why didn’t you call me she  grinned you would have killed him no I handled   it my way I waited until he was asleep and then  I put a brick in his sweatshirt and wrapped him  

In blankets I beat him half to death it took him  a few minutes to get out of the blankets and by   then I had already beaten the anger out of him  the final blow came on his balls I bet he flew  

6 in off the ground and was cold by the time he  landed I packed up what I wanted and was heading   back to his place to knock again when he stirred  after I left he probably wasn’t in the mood for  

Love for quite sometime can you believe he had the  nerve to call the police they came and questioned   me I showed them my bruises black eye and busted  lip and told them I didn’t start the fight I just  

Finished it they refused to arrest me I found out  later that his balls were so bruised they almost   took one they should have taken both he would have  been much calmer like a bull instead of a pretend  

Bull damn jwes your taste in men sucks have you  never met the right mister her eyes clouded over   for a moment yes but I was very young and gave  it away I’ve always regretted it besides for  

That matter there’s one man I’ve always wanted  to try and no you won’t know who it is I hope   you have enough love in your heart to let Bonnie  fulfill Her Fantasy because I’m afraid she’ll do  

It without you and we both know how that could end  would you hold me for a little while we sat at the   table until dusk until she snuggled up against it  and watched the birds flitting around the feeders  

I had built and hung then I talked to Jenny again  at our establishment but this time inside I made   booger wait in the car I poured her a white wine  which I knew she preferred and waited until she  

Had a second glass before asking do you really  agree with that she said yes but it came out very   weakly I don’t believe you I think booger was  messing with you Jenny you’re 10 years younger  

Than Bonnie and before you she was the youngest in  the group you’re an attractive woman and I can’t   help but lust after you you’ll be very popular if  this happens every man will want a hot new girl  

Like that can you live with that the harshness  of my words hurt her so I continued it won’t   be love Jenny it will be lust crude insensitive  mindblowing will you be able to look at yourself  

In the mirror the next morning and not feel shame  will you ever be able to look at your husband in   the same light again knowing that he made you do  it this is about your body do you think booger  

Will care how you feel as long as he gets his he  won’t not for a while when the rush of lust wears   off the doubts will come then he’ll do what we all  do every time we get together we’ll look at each  

Other and wonder if our wives think we’re better  lovers and the wives will watch each other like   Hawks analyzing every word and action wondering if  their husbands have any feelings for you it will   turn into a vicious cycle that has no good ending  she was already crying profusely but she didn’t  

Resist as I hugged her telling her how much I had  always admired her as a person finally she stopped   crying and started hiccuping and then she grinned  you don’t waste many words do you grunt I’ve been  

Thinking the same thing I just haven’t had the  courage to articulate it I’ll really have to think   about it booger won’t be pleased booger doesn’t  need to live with you but you do she smiled and  

Tried to flirt are you really going to turn down  the chance to be a young hot new girl if if it   ever happens I’ll beat everyone else to death to  get to you first count on it she chuckled if we do  

I’ll make sure you’re the first or maybe you’ll be  the last we’ll just close the door and spend the   night getting to know each other better go away  you’re making my mood rise at the thought of it  

Seriously Jen be true to yourself first she stood  up and surprised the hell out of me by giving me   a hot kiss then she pulled away giggled again  and staggered toward the door she stopped right   in front of the door looked over her shoulder  and winked she slowly spun around a few times  

Giving me an attentive look then took the dress  and unlocked the door this is just an example of   what could be yours I won’t talk about anything  and his imagination will run wild by the way he  

Hates it when you call him booger would you like  me to send him over I don’t care what he thinks I   don’t need to talk to him everyone knows perfectly  well what he thinks of Ida you’re too good for him  

Jenny I hope you realize that before it’s too late  just as I didn’t need to talk to booger I didn’t   need to talk to will or his wife they were the  ones who originated the idea I talked to Jason  

He grinned and said he’d spent enough years in  the Rock and Roll Lifestyle to know what he was   getting into and Annette lived with a guy who was  into that sort of thing so she was okay with it do  

You really think it won’t ruin a friendship maybe  that’s why Annette and I decided I wouldn’t take   turns with Bonnie I want to be able to look you  in the eye I believe you but a penny for a pound  

If I go Bonnie will be fair game and I’ll never  hold a grudge against you he grinned well then   I agree everything will be fine grunt as long as  everyone maintains control I agreed wondering how   a bunch of people with free passes and lots of  alcohol could maintain control there was a late  

Edition or rather two Vicky and Rhonda two girls  who had hung out with us when we were younger were   still good friends of anette’s one night after a  few drinks she let them know she wanted to join  

In none of us knew it at the time but they were  already lovers then when they showed up I asked   them if they expected the men to leave them alone  God I hope not that would make no sense to us  

We’re not Fanatics about it we like to spend time  like this from time to time don’t forget you’ve   been with both of us it’ll just be fun for us a  few nights like this and then we’ll go back to  

Our lives we’ll use this night to fuel fantasies  for years to come let us in baby we can handle   it don’t tell me you wouldn’t like to get your  hands on them again Rhonda remained thin Vicki  

Had gained maybe 30 lb they laughed at the look on  my face as Rhonda helped her pull her top over she   took her time they kissed my cheeks and promised  me many more if they were invited I thought about  

Everything I discussed with the players for a long  time I even did a little research on the internet   everything I learned depressed me even more from  what I learned swingers made up less than 1% of   adult couples and half of them divorced soon  after starting this lifestyle those who did it  

Just once did better but within 3 years of doing  it half of those couples were divorced Bonnie was   extremely attentive but I could see that she was  trembling at the thought of us having to move on  

Jules wisely held her own one evening once we  had eaten dinner I looked at them I’ll do it it   a collective sigh echoed in the hall and Bonnie  finally asked what do we do sweetheart exchange   just once and never discuss again when we’re  done and I’ll have terms Bonnie threw herself  

Into my lap followed by Jewels then they pulled  me close to them to hell with the dishes come on   honey we’re going to give you a little test the  girls were shocked to the core when I said no  

No remember I said this is for once and I meant  it this is going going to last we need to focus   on Logistics I do not want to be in the same room  where my wife is spending the evening with someone  

Not me I don’t think I can live up to that sight  and it can’t be someone’s house everything has   to happen on neutral territory again I don’t want  to go to someone’s house and remember the sounds  

Of the evening echoing in my head there are a  couple other things I’m going to need and they   are absolutely non-negotiable if you can’t live  with that I’ll wish you luck and we’ll try to part   as painlessly as possible Jules and Bonnie stared  at me Bonnie looked a little panicked damn grunt  

You’re sucking all the fun out of me I don’t  think it’s going to be that much fun I’m just   trying to minimize the impact it will have on all  of us just so you know in talking with the rest of  

Your little group I’ve discovered one pattern  in almost every case there is one partner who   likes the idea much more than the other and some  couples have no warm and fuzzy feelings toward   the idea at all I predict at least two divorces  in less than a year why do you keep referring to  

Your friends as my band well Bonnie it wasn’t my  group I wasn’t privy to any of the discussions   planning plotting and manipulation that went on  you all conspired behind my back and real friends  

Would never do that I’m beginning to doubt if I  even knew them at all I sighed or you there was   no hot evening that night not with anyone it took  three weeks before they came up with an acceptable  

Plan we talked a little but everyone was under  strict orders never to mention it in my presence   several times I noticed will looking at me a  smug smirk appearing on his face I wondered if  

That smirk would remain after he found out what I  was up to we were going to a resort somewhere in a   hot climate where the beaches were clothing free I  suspect that was the girl’s plan for the night we  

Were going to spend three nights there the first  was for couples only the second was a big event   and the third was a time of recovery and reunion I  hoped we were leaving on Thursday on Friday I gave  

Bonnie the final terms she didn’t know where we  were going until we pulled into the parking lot   why are we here does Jerry have business papers  we need to sign something like that Jerry greeted  

Us not knowing what to think about what I needed I  asked if they were ready and she handed me a stack   of papers she then led us into a small conference  room and closed the the door Bonnie looked very  

Nervous what’s that fail safes they’re pretty  simple read them think about them for a while   and then tell me if you agree if not then it’s  cancelled and you must never mention it again  

I’ll give you some privacy I knew it would take  her a long time and I hadn’t had lunch yet so I   went into a neighborhood store and picked up one  of their famous reubin I was surprised that I was  

Able to eat 45 minutes later I walked back in  she started to work and put her phone back in   her purse I grinned thinking that there might  be some disappointed people here now her tone  

Was accusatory you seem to think it won’t work out  between us don’t you have any faith in me at all   not as much as me when a man’s wife tells him she  wants to spend the evening with other men it kind  

Of undermines your confidence I don’t feel like  I’m asking for anything unreasonable I’m basically   just putting in writing what you promised Jerry  says it’s very very unusual but perfectly legal   think of it as a contract because if you don’t  fulfill your promise it stays in effect without  

Any negotiation if you keep your promises nothing  bad will happen is there any doubt the papers were   a contract that included a postnuptial agreement  we’d never entered into a prenup because we’d had   nothing from the beginning and I’d never had  any reason to doubt her legalities aside the  

Paperwork only stated that we both agreed to one  night with different partners never never repeated   or discussed at any time after that event and the  agreement was signed if anyone spent the evening   with anyone other than their married partner  the divorce would be immediate the cheater  

Would receive 35% of the assets and the faithful  would receive 65% the divorce was uncontested   and if the losing partner still decided to try  he or she would lose another 10% on that last   section I absolutely insisted Bonnie could never  ever enter into a relation relationship with one  

Will forner if she had she would have been served  papers furthermore it stated that he could not   attend the upcoming event he was the one who was  tearing my world apart and I saw no reason to let  

Him capitalize on the situation I hoped that would  be enough for the group to cancel the whole thing   he’ll be Beyond Furious he’s the one who started  all this and pretty much planned it all the  

Others I’m sure won’t be thrilled is this really  necessary Bonnie look me in the the eye and tell   me you want this marriage to last you get your  fantasy so I expect some sweat from you if you  

Can’t well let’s move on to plan B I had hoped  that Common Sense would Prevail but apparently   lust takes over Common Sense more often than not  I agree but on pain of protest Bonnie in about 5  

Seconds I’m going to tear up these papers and move  directly to the divorce Jerry already has a set   drawn up by his partner so we can sign it right  now we split it 50 50 and go our separate ways  

I don’t want you to agree under protest I want  you to agree because you love me and realize I’m   trying to protect our marriage and future it’s up  to you I said the magic words and her eyes cleared  

She was still sighing I love you sweetheart and  I’m grateful you let me do this will well will   just has to understand if the others want to they  can get together later get Jerry we signed there  

And there and there oh and there too and Jerry  notorized it she gave us each a copy and said she   would put another one in a folder that was the end  of it and we left she didn’t say a word all the  

Way to the office I just sat in the parking lot  waiting for her to come out you’re not coming in   you’re the office worker honey and I’m the loader  remember the Parker project is way behind and I  

Need to meet with Jason to give him one last tour  of his Studio he’s like a kid at Christmas with a   shiny new bike under the tree I’ll be outside  the rest of the day stroking my ego don’t cook  

Today have jewels buy something on the way home  anything but Chinese she grinned Jes would eat   Chinese takeout seven days a week if left to her  own devices okay sweetie I love you I kissed her  

On the lips I love you too now get out of my  truck she giggled and stormed into the office   my smile faded as soon as she walked through the  door I prayed that this episode would end and we  

Would go back to normal I’d never been a gambler  or a betting man but I’d bet on it ending badly   not in the best of moods I lashed out at several  subcontractors who were stalling letting them know  

That I wasn’t going to pay for delays and if they  didn’t get their asses up I wasn’t going to use   them anymore it was an empty threat because the  economy was good and construction was booming   guys would work for a while get pissed off about  some real or imagined shortcoming leave and before  

The hour was up take another job these guys pulled  up because I had used their services for years and   everyone remembered the worst of times when one or  two jobs meant the difference between bankruptcy   and ins solvency Jason was really acting like a  kid at Christmas he loved his office which was  

Even more special because Annette had decorated  it she had hung gold and platinum albums along the   wall as well as photos from his band days photos  with the artists he had written songs for and   produced on a shelf behind his desk were two AMA  Awards and a Grammy Earl’s old Fender precision  

And his vintage Les Paul stood in matching display  cases two amps ready to go at the the flick of a   switch and a stack of electronic keyboards I  let him have the base because Earl needed to be  

Memorized and it wouldn’t do him any good to have  it lying in a case in the back bedroom there were   pictures of Earl and also of me playing without  cold over the years Jason was the guitarist I’d  

Filled in for to give him a break and recover a  bit from the food poisoning the project was giving   me constant headaches the electrical subcontractor  nearly had a heart attack when he looked at the   schematics and saw how much wiring was required  for the recording studio and my guys had a hard  

Time with soundproofing and installing custom  plexiglass partitions the computer guys drove   us crazy with their demands but we still met the  deadline we managed to stay within budget and   two weeks ahead of schedule Jason and I stopped  in front of the base case looking at the almost  

Life-sized picture of Earl I wonder what Earl  would say about our upcoming Adventure well first   he’d laugh heartily then he’d tell us all not  to do it I looked at Jason in Surprise really he   Shrugged indeed in the 5 years we played Without  cold the lead singer was married and divorced  

Twice the drummer four times counting the period  before we joined and Sammy went through a divorce   that was pretty ugly and then his girlfriend  dumped him after 2 years because he couldn’t   keep it in his pants The Rock and Roll Lifestyle  didn’t exactly favor monogamy a couple of his  

Girlfriends tried to date him but it got to be too  much and they left at least Earl was smart enough   to observe and learn and when he married Tammy  he had a prenup and that’s a good thing because  

When he was on the road and she got lonely she  started getting boyfriends when Earl confronted   her she just laughed and asked how many babes he  spends his evenings with on an average tour the   thing is Earl was really watching and learning and  he avoided any situation that might put him in a  

Compromising position which is what tripped her  up in the divorce she had no proof that he spent   even evenings out because he didn’t he had audio  and vide tapes of at least two guys and private   investigator reports on two more if the judge  could have gotten away with giving her less than  

The agreement I think he would have tamy realized  she had screwed up big time and begged Earl to   give her another chance offering to sign another  contract that said she would get absolutely   nothing if she screwed up again Earl just grinned  said great white and walked away sending her a  

Link to their song Once Bitten Twice shy I had  to think about it for a moment if it’s all true   why are you doing this same as you net wants to  do it and I don’t mind one last Harrah before we  

Get old we almost talked it to death and agreed  on some Basics one if we like it we’ll continue   in strict accordance with the rules if either  of us decides that once is enough we’ll end it  

For good I told him what I had done and he laughed  heartily I’d love to see Will’s face when he found   found out he’d done all that work to get to Bonnie  and then it all went to [ __ ] is that what this  

Is about he got Bonnie yes that and the fact that  you don’t like him I don’t know what happened in   the past but he really doesn’t like you it wasn’t  so much about Bonnie it was more about him wanting  

To [ __ ] you booger helped because he never got  over the fact that you kicked him out of his band   job it took me by surprise I couldn’t remember a  single incident that had made him hate me so much  

I didn’t kick booger out the band broke up it’s  hard to need a sound guy if you’re not playing   anymore he wasn’t getting paid so he didn’t  lose income Jesus that was 26 years ago will  

And I didn’t really like each other and I didn’t  like the way he treated Annette or his other   girlfriends but we got along why is he so angry  with me Jason grinned it’s simple you caught The  

One That Got Away the one he’s had a crush on all  these years plus you got what you wanted you’re a   successful businessman with your own company and  he’s just a mid-level slave I hear he’s not a very  

Gifted worker and his job could be in Jeopardy if  he makes another mistake an evening with Bonnie   won’t change anything no but it will boost his  ego a lot since he was with your wife and she was  

More than agreeable now he’s really going to hate  you all that coaxing and manipulation he did to   create this situation and then you ruined it Grace  won’t be happy either I I think she had plans to  

Switch you if the opportunity presented itself  and be there to pick you up on the slack when   it’s over I’ll tell them not to come anymore they  are too destructive an element to keep them around  

Everyone else feels the same way except booger the  fact that you do this will be the beginning of the   end for them while I wasn’t relieved about what  was to come I was very relieved that we wouldn’t  

Have to interact with this couple anymore a love  triangle chapter 3 we all met at at the airport   I noticed that for a group going on vacation we  didn’t seem particularly excited I scanned the  

Area looking for will not relaxing until we were  in the air Bonnie held my hand the whole way and   chatted happily Ronda and Vicki grinned and held  hands Jason had fallen asleep which seemed to   annoy Annette booger and Jen were sitting a little  further back and she looked tense she smiled at me  

When I looked at her and I smiled back at her  Jewel and John weren’t even sitting together   and that didn’t seem to bother them in the least  the resort was beautiful the weather was perfect  

The sand was white as snow and the warm water was  crystal blue we each had our own little Bungalow   arranged in a crescent along a small Cove and  there was even a chain that could be strung  

Across the entrance to ward off visitors all the  Bungalows faced the beach and when it rained or   got too hot you could sit out on The Veranda if  it wasn’t what we came for for I would have loved  

It we all went to our rooms and no sooner had the  door slammed shut than Bonnie was already pouncing   on me more enthusiastic than she had been in weeks  never want to look a gift horse in the mouth I had  

A very pleasant interlude when I managed to hold  back the thought that this was probably the last   time I could enjoy being her one and only tomorrow  she would be an accomplished woman toward noon we   built a fire on the beach and grilled after the  preparations were over the girls grinning threw  

Off their covers all of them were topless we were  all mature so most of the guys had some small gaps   a few wrinkles and the beginnings of spare tires  but overall we were all in decent shape we admired   the girls with approval their sizes shapes  even the slight difference in Annette’s color  

Bonnie teased us about their efforts and booger  immediately pulled down his shorts to show off his   speedometer out of all of us he was in the worst  shape of all and personally I thought he looked   a little silly he smirked thinking he’d gotten  an advantage but his mouth dropped when Jason  

And I threw them off revealing nothing underneath  I’d been in enough locker rooms to realize that   my height was a little above average but Jason  was way above average much taller Jon and booger   had no choice but to drop theirs and I noted  with satisfaction that if I was above average  

Booger was definitely below average Jon was a  little smaller than me the girls kept up after   we were done ogling each other we relaxed and had  a good time we were swimming and I looked up and  

Saw Vicki swimming next to me I told her that I  admired her personal floaties she giggled and said   that if you pulled on the buttons they would get  even bigger useful to know for an emergency Vic I  

Can test that theory tomorrow night I hope they do  just remember that you have to pull them hard to   make them inflate and the bigger and harder you  pull the bigger they get Ronda got up heard us  

And giggled I need to check this out honey she  caressed and pulled hard so hard it felt like   she was going to blow out of the water I spotted  Jennifer alone looking lost and lonely I swam up  

Behind her Dove underwater and grabbed her lifting  her out of the water like Moby Dick and tossed her   around while she screamed in Surprise she surfaced  choking and I put my arms around her relax Jen  

What will happen will happen happen until it does  you have the right to say no remember that Jen   smiled probably for the first time since we got  on the plane I still can but for you I can make  

An exception Rhonda Vicki and I decided to split  you up first all three of us at once do you think   you can handle that not a chance but I want to try  in that case I’m announcing a contest they’ve both  

Had you before though that was over two decades  ago I was 10 when it happened good for you for   making me feel old Jen she laughed when it was my  turn to rise sputtering with saliva tomorrow night  

Me first promise me I did and she swam away I was  in a good mood until I saw booger standing behind   Bonnie they were in water that reached her chest  and he was trying to pull her to him and she was  

Trying to pull away I swam up to him and he seeing  my gaze backed away instantly trying to start the   celebrations a little early she blushed with her  whole body if it had been up to booger we would  

Have started as soon as we got to the beach I told  him no and he kept brood in I was just about to   beat the [ __ ] out of him when he swam away you  do realize you don’t have to sleep with every man  

Here right maybe just one will satisfy your desire  Bonnie didn’t look me in the eye as she agreed   telling me everything I wanted to know she was  probably going to be with each of the men present  

If she could good mood gone I climbed out of the  water and busied myself with the huge grill that   stood in a Grove of trees near the beach there was  a cooking table and half a dozen picnic tables Jen  

And Annette came over both gorgeous I marveled  for a moment at the contrast in size and color   they grinned and turned their heads they pulled a  beer out of the fridge and sat down at the nearest   picnic table I’m a little pissed off grunt I  understand Little Miss wants to be first tomorrow  

Night you you’d better save a seat for me or I’ll  be disappointed I kissed Annette on the cheek and   was surprised to see that she was blushing I hope  she remembered the good old days I’ll sleep all  

Day tomorrow to conserve my strength looks like  I’m going to need it take your vitamins I want   you to be in great shape Jules and JN came over I  remembered again how well she had aged she’d been  

Single most of her adult life though and couldn’t  afford to relax she looked around and grinned what   were you guys talking about Jen looked up in  Surprise a smirk appearing on her face oh this   and that sometimes there were difficult topics but  mostly we just talked about anything that came up  

She was staring at my junk already satisfied that  he was surrounded by so many desirable women he   decided to lighten the mood this caused quite  a stir and Jules got a cup of ice water from   one of the coolers there were bursts of laughter  as they watched me dance and gasp tomorrow baby  

Tomorrow we grilled and chatted about mundane  things relaxing to the point where we almost   forgot we were in this situation when the meal  was over the girls were brought wine and I chose  

One of the local beers surprised at how good it  was it was much stronger than I was used to so I   tried to keep my cool there was a lot of giggling  the girls put on some music and had an impromptu  

Hoola line the moon was full and it Rose over the  island giving the White Sands a Sur real glow to   this day I still see it as if it were real one  of the most sensual and beautiful spectacles I’ve  

Ever witnessed the music changed and they started  pushing and rubbing against each other until they   were a ball of [ __ ] I heard a few gasps and saw  Rhonda smirk sensing that she’d gotten more than   her fair share I wondered if Bonnie was thinking  about switching teams tomorrow just for the  

Experience from the way she and Vicki were rubbing  up against each other she was thinking about it by   now we were all in a pretty good mood and the  girls separated walking over to their partners   and pulling them in different directions along the  Beach come on Jimmy Bonnie said pulling me by the  

Arm I’ve always wanted to spend an evening on a  moonlit Beach it must have been planned because   blankets were prepared we were separated but still  within sight of most couples the full moon didn’t   allow us to see much but you could hear the sounds  of passion echoing Around The Cove at the end  

Bonnie saddled me in reverse cowboy style which  she never favored for the Finish Line I think she   did it to watch the other couples I felt eyes on  me and looked around Jen was sitting cross-legged   at the edge of the trees digging her fingers deep  into the ground and watching apparently booger  

Had worked fast and left her unsatisfied she saw  me watching and grinned I remember thinking that   seemed odd to me I don’t think anyone would have  paid attention I have never felt as connected to   my wife as I did in that moment all the couples  gradually unhooked and left some saying good  

Night to each other softly Bonnie took my hand and  we stepped into the warm water letting the warm   ocean water engulf us we walked into our Bungalow  and collapsed on the bed almost exhausted I Woke  

Up Before Dawn and immediately tensed up today was  the day after this night nothing would ever be the   same again Bonnie Rose a little muffled I heard  the shower running and was about to join her when  

I suddenly found the door locked in all the years  we’d been together I couldn’t recall ever having a   door locked in our house this served as my cue she  didn’t want me to touch it today I think I shocked  

Her to death when I asked her why the door was  locked she dried herself with a towel wrapping one   around her waist as she vigorously dried her hair  was it locked I don’t remember locking it she said  

This as the towel covered her face I realized she  was lying but it was useless to insist we don’t   have to do this you know we can just stay in our  little Hut and let the world pass Us by she only  

Hummed still hiding behind the towel we’ve already  decided everything just one night sweetheart and   then I’ll be yours forever I had a flicker of a  thought to remind her that this was exactly what   she’d promised me at our wedding but it didn’t  work Bonnie Bonnie look me in the eyes damn it  

Her head came up her eyes widening I want you to  remember this moment years from now and remember   that I offered you a way out and you refused  to take it you know as well as I do that after  

This night our relationship will never be the same  never it will always be in the background in all   of our future endeavors I agreed and I’ll keep my  word but you need to think about what it’s going  

To take that’s all I’m saying I got out past the  gate and walked down the road to the main part of   the resort I had planned to make a nice breakfast  but you know what screw her I found a cute little  

Cafe and ordered the island specialty soon there  was a large plate of local fruit followed by   scrambled eggs cooked with spices I’d never heard  of with two cheeses I’d never tasted and fried   mushrooms on the side despite my state of mind it  was a very good breakfast I was almost done when  

Jen and booger showed up and sat down at the table  looking forward to tonight damn straight looking   forward to it I looked at him trying not to give  away my disgust actually no and I don’t want to  

Talk about it come on boy don’t be like that just  think while Bonnie gets hers you’ll be spending   the evening with that hot little box she’s got  skills man Jen was Crimson with embarrassment   I was already starting to freak out and it wasn’t  helping one bit you know what Reginald you should  

Kiss her ass every day because you were lucky  enough to talk her into marrying you do you   really think it’s going to work out she’ll be  with real men for a change going through that  

And then coming back to you is going to be really  hard a normal man would be disgusted by the whole   thing but when it’s over and you’re back with her  the thought that she could be with other men will  

Consume you where does it stop you don’t expect it  to be once and for all do you as much as he hated   being called booger he hated being called Reginald  even more I took Jen’s hand across the table I’m  

Really sorry Jen I bet from now on every time he’s  with you all you’ll think about is how a real man   does it you’re not just as he put it a hot box  you have a good heart and a good mind mind that  

Happened to be wrapped in a very attractive body  be a little careful what you choose hubby number   two and if you need anything when we get back come  to me understood booger snapped back [ __ ] you I  

Think I’ll get on Bonnie too what do you think of  that I had to take a deep breath to clear the red   fog of Rage from my vision I prided myself on  controlling myself as I answered I think what  

Bonnie does tonight is up to her she’s never been  inclined to do it but then again I never thought   she’d be doing it with idiots so who can say one  thing I promise you when we get back if I hear you  

Bragging I will destroy you I don’t mean Financial  or personal gain I mean you’ll be part of the   foundation of one of my new construction projects  look me in the eye and tell me you believe me he   turned slightly pale and Jen thought she might  faint before she recovered enough to speak what  

Happens on the island will stay on the island you  have my word thank you Jen I believe you it’s that   nasty creep you’re married to that worries me  I hope he has a big insurance policy honey you  

Might need it I was suddenly very tired of the  whole situation the more I thought about it the   less it made sense Bonnie had been happy with me  for 26 years and I couldn’t understand how her   attitude had changed something wasn’t adding up  I left them and walked through the local market  

Listening to The Sounds smiling at the children  who were helping their parents in their stalls one   little girl was determined to sell me something  and almost chased me when I tried to leave it was   a jewelry stall mostly with shell necklaces of  different colors and kinds some were dainty and  

Elegant others were big and bold I thought they  looked like me and were Builders and Crafters   Bonnie and I with houses and buildings and they  with shells just people trying to make a living   and improve their families I bought one for both  daughters and another for my daughter-in-law there  

Was another one elegantly made so that the shells  formed a flower I knew Bonnie would love it so I   bought it wondering if it would be the last gift  of her life I went back to our compound Jen must  

Have told them about our conversation and they  were hesitant and overly polite in dealing with me   this only added fuel to the fire of my simmering  anger I spoke to them in Curt tones and soon they  

Left me alone all but Jewels that would be the  end of it for your marriage wouldn’t it in all   likelihood I want honest answers Jules what the  hell is going on why is she having a sudden fit  

Of promiscuity of determination even if it ends  for us what could be in her head tears ran down   her cheek I don’t know honey I really don’t I  asked but she refused to discuss it she seems   disconnected from everything the only time I’ve  seen her smile genuinely was when when she was  

Holding her newborn baby and the night of the  incident in the hot tub it’s the first time in   a while she hasn’t shared it with me we sat in  mutual distress for a while before she got up  

Kissed me on the cheek and left as soon as she  left Jen Vicky and Rhonda showed up Vicky looked   at me inside you’re not going to do that are you  no I just can’t I can’t stay married either if so  

So she’s made her choice three arms wrapped around  me and I felt the tears flowing Jen pulled away   I’m going to go through with this just to show  him how much better you guys are in comparison  

I’ll do it to hurt him but he’ll probably like it  our clock is ticking he just doesn’t know it yet   promise I’ll See You Again Jimmy I’ll probably  be in dire need of a hug by then I’m not going  

To disappear I may lose my marriage but I won’t  lose everything I’ve worked for and the people   I love I’ll be sure to give you a hug the next  time I see you maybe even give you a little kiss  

I grinned for the first time maybe a lot finally  something I can look forward to Vicki and Rhonda   giggled along with her and the mood improved  Vicki just said what was on her mind I really  

Don’t know what to say so I’ll say what I want  to say this sucks I’ve always liked Bonnie and I   refuse to pick sides but if you suddenly become  a free agent you better set aside a weekend and  

Get a prescription for those little blue pills  you’re going to need them they did a good job   of maintaining my confidence but if eventually  they ran out of words it was past lunchtime and   I hadn’t seen Bonnie since breakfast I found her  lying on the beach with booger looming over her  

He kept his distance but as soon as he saw me  he practically ran down the beach I crouched   down next to her admiring her body having three  kids had taken its toll on her but she wasn’t  

Flabby and her stretch marks were minimal she just  rolled over and I admired her Tau ass the result   of 5 days of training with jewels finally she  spoke Where Have You Been don’t think you could   hear the desperation in her voice please Don’t  lecture me you agreed to this this is going to  

Happen is there anything you want to say actually  I have a few questions Chief among them is why   why now after two and a half Decades of a fairly  decent life please don’t insult my intelligence by  

Saying it’s just a desire to experience a strange  flavor it must be much deeper than that if you are   willing to risk our marriage she rolled over and  sat up just watching me for a few minutes I can’t  

Explain you’re the kindest and most loving person  I’ve ever known Lord knows you’re far from perfect   but even after your missteps I still loved you  then when we started remaking the shack everything   changed nothing seemed to matter it got to the  point where I felt like I had one of those 36inch  

Zippers hanging around my neck that the store has  at first it just hung there but it seemed to get   tighter and and Tighter every day then it became  uncomfortable and now it’s choking me I’m trying  

To find a way to cut it off before it kills me  I was so surprised that I couldn’t answer for a   minute when I gathered my thoughts I still didn’t  know exactly what to say Bonnie you know I’m not  

Really versed in this sort of thing but it sounds  like you’re suffering from depression you used to   be a nurse didn’t you notice the signs we can  help you need to get a full workup maybe it’s  

Hormonal or something else let’s go home and try  to figure it out together if we need counseling   if I’ve been abusive unintentionally or just  indifferent to you I can change for the first   time in a long time I felt like I had hope she  shattered it rather quickly you can leave if you  

Want but I’m staying I’ve made a commitment and I  intend to see it through in retrospect I realize   it looked like I was begging and it was nothing  is written in stone remember how we set things  

Up we have the option to back out at any time let  let’s leave here and go somewhere else your heart   desires just us and spend some time talking adding  some love I’m willing to do anything to bring you  

Back to what we were you just don’t understand  grunt I don’t want to go back to the way things   were I’m tired of living in quiet despair I’m  hoping this will set something in motion so I  

Can feel Joy again we didn’t talk for a long  time finally I stood up and brushed the sand   off my shorts well I did the best I could I hope  you enjoy tonight I won’t be here to find out I’ll  

Exercise my right to opt out I’ll see you at home  she grabbed my hand please Jimmy stay I’ll feel   calmer knowing you’re here you’ll have fun I know  you will we’ll come home refreshed maybe I’ll do  

As you ask see if anything physical has happened  to me we’ll feel better you’ll see I look into   your eyes and I can see that you don’t believe  what you’re saying any more than I do I’m sorry  

Sweetheart you have no idea how sorry I am but I  won’t take it anymore I’d appreciate it if you’d   leave me alone for a few minutes to pack my things  she just sat there fat tears slowly streaming down  

Her face but she didn’t disturb me I wondered if  this was the last time I’d see her I gathered my   things noticing the stockings and garter belt she  had spread out on the bed it looked like that was  

Her entire outfit for the holiday contacting the  resort office I booked a cab to the airport and   received confirmation that it would be there in  30 minutes and that a flight was now arriving and  

Would be ready to leave in just over 2 hours if  I wanted a seat they would be happy to arrange it   for me I walked out to the cab looking back once  more at the beauty of the place under different  

Circumstances I would have loved this place there  were a few people from our group on the beach and   they called out to me I just waved noting that  none of them were my wife and got into the cab I  

Arrived early enough to get a ticket and sat down  to wait 20 minutes later a woman came up to us and   called my name my heart raced and I thought Bonnie  had come to her senses but when I turned around  

It was Jen there were tears in her eyes as she  hugged me will you help me get a ticket I bought   one glad that things were much calmer here we sat  there without saying anything 20 minutes before  

Boarding Jen needed to use the women’s restroom  and I went next to her figuring it was better to   go there than to experience the claustrophobia iic  feeling that comes with airplane restrooms it was   like the sun through a magnifying glass focused on  dry paper I just exploded will was standing at the  

Urinal he was bragging to the guy next to him yeah  me and my girl said it up in here but one of the   husbands turned out to be an [ __ ] and insisted  I not come we’ll slip in here after dark and he  

Won’t know anything until it’s over I’m going to  love the look on his face when he sees me in the   morning look if you want to come with or without  your wife we’ve rented all the Bungalows on Half  

Moon Bay come on over the man looked visibly  uncomfortable his eyes widened when he saw what   must have been murder in my eyes and stepped back  I grabbed Will’s shoulder and yanked him to me  

He was still holding his buddy when I hit him as  hard as I could the blow landed on his ear and it   exploded with a stream of blood he fell without a  sound though he did let out a couple shrill gasps  

When I kicked him hard in the balls it was so  hard that he sealed himself into the wall under   the urinal I’m surprised I didn’t kill him but at  that point I guess it wouldn’t have mattered the  

Guy ran out of the bathroom and no one else was  there in a fit of inspiration I yanked his wallet   out of his pants then pulled out my buddy peed on  his face washed my hands and walked out I stopped  

And gave him another kick in the balls in case  he didn’t remember the first one the last time   I saw the [ __ ] he was lying under the urinal  in a puddle of piss holding his balls and trying  

To to scream I tossed my wallet right outside the  door hoping some enterprising Islander would find   it and put it to good use Jen stood by her luggage  with a puzzled expression on her face some guy ran  

By looking like he saw a ghost what happened out  there some drunk was molesting in the Stalls he   was so drunk he passed out under the urinal come  on it’s time to board just before boarding the   plane I looked back and saw Grace’s astonished  eyes she had left probably to tell her lothario  

Husband that I had seen her we didn’t talk much  on the way home each of us undoubtedly thinking   about the fact that their marriage was over I  gave her a ride home and we finally started to  

Deal with it I asked her what she was going to do  I don’t know I know I don’t want to live with him   now maybe this is the end for us he’s had some  strange ideas since will came back to town free  

Advice until you’re sure protect yourself move  your money around a little at a time cancel all   cobra branded cards you can always put the money  back and get new ones later how did he take your   leaving she grinned amused for the first time in  a while he threw a temper tantrum apparently he  

Made promises to Will and JN I told him that if  it was that important to him he could stay with   them that’s not the picture I want I pulled into  her driveway while she worked on her phone [ __ ]  

The bastard he’s already closed the accounts  that was awfully fast what am I going to do   now I don’t have a dime and I really don’t want  to be here when he comes back well you can ask  

Your Uncle Jimmy for help I hear he’s partial to  pretty young girls I can’t ask you to do that how   would you explain that to Bonnie I think the tone  of my voice said it all I’m afraid the days of me  

Having to explain anything to Bonnie are over we  both have personal checking accounts in addition   to our joint accounts and we both have separate  business accounts besides the old Bonnie would   have thought I was an an [ __ ] if I didn’t help  a friend in need gather what you need while I go  

Get my truck if anything we can put it in storage  I returned home grabbed fresh clothes and papers   from our safe all of our work lines were routed  to the house in case we received an after hours  

Call that required immediate attention we kept  the sound on to screen the calls all the message   Banks were full the phone rang when I was in our  home office Gathering papers needed for existing   projects there was silence then there was a  Snicker and then ju’s annoyed voice broke out  

For God’s sake Bonnie say something say something  before it’s too late the line went dead I didn’t   listen to the rest until much later Jen packed up  her things and without further Ado I took her to  

One of our houses the electricity was on for show  and I helped her set up the bed she had brought   with her that a love seat a TV and some kitchen  utensils were all she needed she came to pick  

Me up in her car when everything was ready I left  left she asked me to stay but I needed to be alone   I promised I would visit her soon and she was to  call if she needed anything Jen hugged me gently  

And stroked my cheek before I left I’m sorry Jimmy  I’m sorry we got into this mess to begin with me   too Jen from my last conversation with Bonnie I  realized that even if it wasn’t this it would be  

Something you don’t need to feel guilty about me  like Jenny I wanted to get away from home and be   away from everything I called my foreman and told  them I had an emergency and would be out of town  

For a couple weeks but I would call every day  or so and they could call me if the situation   called for it or send me an email I was taking my  work laptop with me and almost nothing else last  

Time I went to the beach so I drove the other  way ending up in the mountains two states later   stopping by the bank I withdrew enough money to  last me a long time and hit the road I made sure  

To buy a cheap pay as you go phone and left my  topof the line model lying broken to pieces in   a desk drawer in my store then I thought about it  put it back together and when I got 50 miles down  

The highway I turned around pulled into the first  stop I could find and stuck it under the bumper   of a big car I had no idea where it was going but  the girls could track it and wonder where the hell  

I was on a whim I stopped by a marina on a large  lake that advertised houseboats for rent it took a   lot of talking and a little extra money but I got  them without a paper Trail true they insisted I  

Leave my credit card with them in case I damaged  anything the woman grinned sadly as she showed   me how to operate the boat and everything on it I  don’t know why you want to leave but I’m assuming  

There’s a woman involved none of my business  but are you sure this is the right path to take   sighing and wondering if it was so obvious I told  her that I was like an old wolf when I get hurt I  

Go into seclusion to either recover or die this  will soon pass and I will gather my wits to to   face my demons in the meantime the biggest task  I want to accomplish is to try to find where the  

Fish are biting she gave me some tips and directed  me up the road to a small independent grocery   store for supplies I drove past the farmers market  and stopped to buy some fresh vegetables before   loading up on meat and sandwiches I bought a  12pack of my favorite beer a couple of soft  

Drinks and was ready to go the owners insisted I  go through an hourlong briefing before setting off   on my own it’s a big lake but it’s not that big  be careful you’re not the only one who doesn’t  

Know what they’re doing for the best fishing head  north to the mouth of the lake there are lots of   big Bas and crappies there satisfied they left and  I was left alone the boat had a small 19-in TV and  

A small satellite dish keep an eye on the weather  forecast we often have thunderstorms this time of   year if you see one coming run to the Cove anchor  and wait it out during a storm stay out of the  

Main channel the water water can get pretty rough  I’ve been fishing I visited other marinas and ate   at a wide variety of establishments most were good  a few were exceptional and one probably served the   worst food I had ever tasted I anchored in the bay  went ashore and wandered through the National Park  

Forest that made up most of the shoreline when I  turned in the boat and told them how I had spent   a lot of time they turned pale that part is a  bare Sanctuary no one is supposed to be there  

The females are nursing Cubs right now you’re  lucky you didn’t get mauled I grinned ignorance   really is bliss sometimes well that information  would have been nice to have say when I rented   the boat you haven’t read any of the pamphlets we  gave you have you I stopped being smug perhaps I  

Should have read the literature instead of shoving  it in a drawer I called every day and listened to   my foreman berate me for being absent from the  workplace everyone had a common theme Bonnie’s   driving us all crazy boss maybe you should call  her so she doesn’t get in our way way I’m sure  

We’d be more productive I set my phone to private  number Status alerting them in advance that way   they couldn’t give her the number which I was  already sure of the time had come I was ready to  

Go home whatever it was I arrived home mid morning  hoping to avoid the drama at least a little Bonnie   and Jules were sitting on the couch when I walked  in the door Bonnie jumped to her feet and would  

Have rushed over to me but Jules held her back  Bonnie remember what we talked about it must   have been one hell of a conversation because she  stopped instantly I almost grinned hi Jules then I  

Looked at my wife and simply said her name Bonnie  she sat back down and looked at me with hope in   her voice can we talk about this why we discussed  it to death before everything fell into place at  

The end you basically told me to stop whining  because it’s going to happen whether I like it   or not that sounds sounds a lot like a unilateral  decision to me why should you be upset if I made  

The decision to spend time as far away from you  as possible it’s an open marriage Now isn’t it I   spoke again before she could begin before we go  any further did you spend the evening with will  

I saw Grace at the airport when I left and I find  it hard to believe it’s a coincidence if she was   there that [ __ ] must have been lurking nearby  jwes spoke for the first time they were there we  

Did didn’t know they were coming well except for  booger will got mugged at the airport and had his   wallet stolen you don’t know anything about that  do you so will hadn’t seen me of course I came up  

Behind him and caught him off guard so he probably  wasn’t sure it was me probably when Grace told   him she’d seen me he figured it was probably me I  carefully kept a blank expression on my face was  

He mugged I hope it hurt like hell broken bones  lacerations bruises does his magic stick still   still work before you answered did you spend the  evening with him no why not because I promised you   and then she grinned for the first time besides  even if I wanted to which I didn’t the mugger  

Kicked his balls off a couple times he was sitting  with an ice pack on his balls the whole time my   heart bleeds for him maybe we can replay this so I  can get a better understanding of what happened to  

Him but it doesn’t matter right now I told you how  I felt you told me to clean up the sand and you   did what you wanted to do anyway anyway what kind  of relationship can we have going forward I don’t  

See a happy ending here she was clearly rehearsing  Her speech I could see that jwes was behind it I   made a mistake you know I thought your love for  me was so strong that you’d let me fantasize for  

A while and then we’d go back to normal guess I  missed huh come back to me sweetheart and I’ll   spend the rest of my life showing you how much I  love you so it’s no big deal I don’t think so I  

Can never look booger and JN in the eye knowing  they spent the evening with my wife booger would   be unbearable and I don’t give a [ __ ] about John  I bet he can’t wait to eat a cream pie can you the  

Truth is I’ve lost not only my wife but a whole  bunch of people I thought were my friends to hell   with every one of them I’ll never speak to them  again and if I catch booger I intend to instill  

In him that he should stay as far away from me  as possible and never tell a soul what happened I   never thought I’d be starting over at 46 but what  is is at least I can look at myself in the morning  

Knowing that I never betrayed my wife Bonnie was  growing paler and paler I never betrayed you you   agreed to it yourself I sighed she would never  admit that what she did was hurtful and damaging   to our marriage and I would never forgive her  disrespect maybe it was at first but before anyone  

Made love to a person other than their spouse  I told you I couldn’t do it and I really didn’t   want you to do it begged is the correct way to put  it not only did you tell me you were going to go  

Through through with it anyway but you stated  that you were tired of living a life of quiet   desperation and compared our life together to a  slow strangulation and that you wanted to feel   alive again blah blah blah and so on and so forth  I think you decided your marriage was worth your  

Adventure and just unsubscribed forgive me if I  got the wrong impression no it’s not like that at   all it’s that’s right I came here with the hope  of trying to salvage some kind of relationship   with you for the sake of our children but you  know what they’re grown women and they know  

That life doesn’t always work out the way they’d  like it to I’m going to take some of my clothes   and some necessary tools and leave you I would  hate to drive you to despair or feel suffocated  

You should be happy to be free Bonnie think of how  many unused husbands there are out there available   right now you’re hot for your age so it won’t  take you long to make an acquaintance or maybe   you’ll want to explore your liberated lifestyle a  little more before you find Mr excitement in the  

Best of all worlds he’ll turn out to be a swinger  and you’ll be able to lead a fulfilling life I’m   done talking finished means completely finished  do not attempt to contact me unless it is business   related the emotions playing on her face were  interesting to watch Jules was looking at me with  

Her mouth open so I’m sure she wasn’t expecting it  either finally Bonnie exploded no that’s not what   I want it’s not that at all this was supposed to  be an adventure something we could share and look  

Back on this wasn’t supposed to be be our end I’m  sorry you took it so badly and I want more than   anything for things to be the way they were before  or even better how can I do that well you can find  

Out if Mr Peabody will let you borrow his car to  go back go back about 6 months and never bring it   up in any of our conversations either way you  can’t cancel the call the deed is done and now  

You don’t have to feel remorse you wanted it you  got it even after I explained to you what could   happen if you did now I’m done done please let me  pack my things in peace Bonnie wanted to object  

But jws pulled her into the kitchen it was all  in a whisper but I could tell that the exchange   was pretty heated 5 minutes later Jules found me  in the bedroom she’s not doing well in her head  

Right now I couldn’t help but smirk tell you what  Jules why don’t you spend about an hour inside   my head and see what kind of [ __ ] I’m in a year  ago I had a happy marriage and a brilliant future  

Now all I have is a woman who was married to me  wondering why I can’t understand her need to be   with other men and a group of people who I thought  were friends but who actually turned out to be a  

Bunch of traitorous [ __ ] willing to lie and go  to any means necessary to get their way she asked   in a very thin voice where she stood the jury is  still out Jules I have to believe that you were  

At least partially involved in the planning of  this adventure and should have known how I would   feel about it but you pushed on anyway tell me did  you get what you wanted out of your adventure her  

Shuddering sigh sounded as if it came from the  depths of her soul no absolutely not it didn’t   turn out the way I’d hoped what exactly did you  want Jules does it make any difference let’s get  

Back to your wife and she’s your wife yes she’s  brain dead yes we could have pushed her and yes   she should have stopped when you told her how you  felt she did it because she wanted to but she did  

It with the expectation that when it was over you  would be fine it’s starting to Dawn on her that   she made a really bad decision and she’s desperate  to find a way back we can never go back suppose  

We stay together put this behind us and she gets  the urge again she’ll be smart enough not to say   anything but if the desire gets too strong what  then we’re not watching each other 24/7 she has  

A job that requires her to get out of the office  three or four times a week I’m constantly on the   move you think I won’t be interested in what she  does at work or what really happens when she gets  

Together with the same women for a bachelorette  party as far as I know that means let’s get   together and do each other’s brains out poor old  grunt will never know now I’m wondering what she  

Did in the months leading up to it you can tell  me the truth Jules was she with someone before our   vacation don’t embellish anything and if you lie  and I find out that will be the last time I talk  

To you she never cheated on you Jimmy not that  I know of I’ll admit there were times when you   weren’t around that the group would indulge in  a little touching a little kissing but Jen and  

I usually put a stop to it Bonnie didn’t try to  stop him she blushed no but she didn’t encourage   it nothing serious happened I promise you group  groping extensive kissing does that sound like   the actions of a happily married woman go away  Jules I think you’ve enlightened me enough and  

I thank you for your cander she tried to speak a  few more times but then she gave up up and left   they were sitting at the kitchen table with tear  stains on them they looked up and I just nodded I  

Was about to head out the door when Bonnie started  yelling about how she was sorry and it wouldn’t   happen again the problem was that I didn’t think  she was sorry for doing it but for making such a  

Mess I firmly believed she would do it again in  the future it would be her new Buddy’s problem   because I didn’t care anymore I moved into a house  that we were almost finished remodeling it was a   cute two-bedroom house and I chose it because  of the large outbuilding that came with it I  

Planned to move all my woodworking tools there so  I could have a workshop again shaping objects of   functional Beauty out of wood or sometimes just  Beauty for beauty’s sake helped me relax I didn’t   file for divorce because I just didn’t want to  admit that my marriage had failed because she no  

Longer missed me I knew that eventually she would  give up or I would get tired of it all and pull   the trigger we still communicated regularly it  was necessary for the survival of our business it   didn’t take long for our employees to recognize  that we weren’t living together and that Bonnie  

Was a taboo subject for me one woman refused to  leave it alone lecturing me that I should man up   and decide what’s between us every time I was near  her I politely asked her several times to leave it  

Alone and get on with things but she refused I  got tired of it and solved the problem she was a   subcontractor a really great finisher her lover  was her partner when the job she was working on  

Ended I just didn’t use her anymore she called a  few times until I blocked her number and then her   partner showed up I always liked her so I let  her talk why don’t you want to use us anymore  

I grinned I can’t afford you she was confused  what do you mean we charge a little more than   our competitors but the quality of our work is  better and we’re damn fast up until now you’ve   always liked us what’s changed when I said I  couldn’t afford you I didn’t mean financially you  

Guys do a great job Hester but Charlotte doesn’t  know when to stay out of other people’s business I   mean every time I talk to her she’s like a broken  record she has no idea what’s going on between me  

And my wife but she’s sure that everything that’s  happened is my fault and I need to get over it the   price I was talking about was my health every  time I find myself around her my blood pressure  

Goes up my doctor says I need to avoid stressful  situations if possible and she was stressing me   out so she had to leave you are going to be fine  you are some of the best I have ever seen at what  

You do and people will be lining up to hire you  honestly I’m going to miss you she thought about   my words for a moment then suggested what if we  do it this way you will deal with me Hester will  

Be ordered not to talk to you at all I promise she  will behave and if she doesn’t you leave us right   now it won’t work and you know it she’ll simmer  and sulk and then it’ll all come out let’s just  

Keep the drama going Hester grinned back I love  the drama seriously I’ll put a muzzle on her if   I have to we’ve already had several discussions  about how she should mind her own business and   not other people’s I’m as tired of it as you are  give us another chance their work was exceptional  

And I really didn’t like the crew I was using in  their place so I agreed but on the condition that   if Charlotte started working again I would fire  them on the spot it was 2 weeks before I saw them  

Again at one of my workplaces it just so happened  that Jen was with me she liked the house I let her   stay in and jwes had signed a lease with her I  told her about Hester one afternoon while Jules  

And I were doing the paperwork on the house this  was to help her credit so she could eventually   buy it turns out booger wasn’t exactly paying his  bills she saw my truck and stopped to say hello  

Hugging me tightly I saw Charlotte’s eyes widen  and I grinned Jen noticed the look is that her yes   it is well then let’s give her something to think  about for the next 20 minutes she hung on me like  

Wallpaper rubbing my arm and giggling stupidly  at everything I said when I walked her to her car   she surprised me by grabbing my head and kissing  me hard I turned bright red and she giggled the   contract still stands Jimmy once you and Bonnie  resolve your issues and if you become a free agent  

I’ll be first in line promise me I shocked her  with an answering kiss I make a vow to you you’ve   already interrupted enough today now get out I  slapped her ass lightly making her jump up her  

Grin was huge as she pulled away I looked up and  saw Charlotte watching me and smirked she blushed   about eight shades of red and started toward me  but Hester grabbed her arm and held her back sure   enough she called Bonnie almost immediately I  looked into the office and she had a strange  

Look in her eyes so you and Jenny no no Jenny and  I she saw my truck and came came by to say hello   her Antics were just to pull Hester’s chain but if  there’s me and Jenny how can you object how many  

Lovers do you have now no no man has touched me  since we’ve been since that weekend why now that   you’ve tasted other people’s men I figured you’d  be visiting the buffet every weekend I hear the   meat market is just crawling with people trying to  get laid the bar wasn’t actually called The Meat  

Market but that’s what everyone called it it was  the place in town where people went if they wanted   one without commitment needless to say it was very  popular with the young people Tuesdays were cougar   night although they called it something else older  women came to the bar looking for younger men to  

Fulfill their needs young guys came here just  for that although some of them were always on the   lookout for a sugar mama I don’t like that kind of  thing I just wanted to experience it just physical   satisfaction without any emotional attachment  you don’t understand do you there was an emot  

Attachment you schemed and conspired with people  who were supposed to be our friends played behind   my back even though you weren’t actually doing  it with them how many times when we were lying in  

Bed before that weekend did you imagine one of the  guys in the band lying on top of you instead of me   Bonnie blushed but didn’t deny it it was supposed  to be a grand Adventure you know each of us was  

Supposed to experience something me for the first  time you to add to your memories in retrospect I   should have left the Sleeping Dogs lying down but  I was overcome with excitement if I had known how   much this was hurting you I probably would have  stopped before things got out of hand and I’m  

Really really sorry that I hurt you so much it  sounds like you want honesty so I’m just going to   say it after much thought I realized that I didn’t  regret going through with it I needed it to boost  

My self-esteem to feel desirable again you have no  idea how much I wanted you to make love to me to   reaffirm our love for each other but you won’t  and my bed is getting lonely you have to step  

Up Jimmy I took a deep breath let’s summarize okay  you’re sorry you hurt me you’re not sorry that you   decided to pursue this outside of marriage with  multiple partners and you just told me that you  

Can’t wait to show me what you’ve learned and if  I don’t agree you’ll show it to someone else did   I get that right I finally pissed her off that’s  not what I said at all just that I’m sorry I hurt  

You I did it and I’ll never do anything like that  again it’s time for you to forget about your pity   party and come back to me and I swear if you don’t  come to your senses soon someone else will show up  

There it was the straw that broke the camels back  I didn’t say a word not even when she followed me   to my truck screaming and cursing I managed to  get inside and lock the doors before she could  

Get to me that pissed her off and she stood in  front of the truck blocking my parking space not   for the first time I appreciated the all-wheel  drive option that allowed me to shift into it  

At the touch of a a button I started the engine  while she stood there smirking her eyes widened   as I stepped on the gas and she dived to the side  I moved through the landscaping and overtook her  

Car and then disappeared 3 hours later the cops  swooped in on me it helped that I knew them both   and when they asked if I tried to run over my wife  I grinned only in my imagination she was standing  

In the parking lot and you can tell by the ripped  out bushes that I wasn’t anywhere near her when I   drove away did you damage her car yes it is but I  damaged it on private property and I’m not going  

To turn it in on the insurance and it’s our car  both our names are on the title is it against   the law to damage something you own on property  you own there was a lengthy phone conversation   but according to law enforcement nothing illegal  happened I called the dealership asked them to  

Rent a car and take it to the body shop the papers  were handed in a week later I made sure I wasn’t   anywhere in the neighborhood so that when Bonnie  arrived in full force she had no one to refer to  

But herself and jwes I knew I’d have to confront  her but I wanted it to be on my terms but it was   still an unpleasant experience I made sure I had  Witnesses thinking it would make the case more  

Reasonable as usual I was wrong first she tried  crying and when that didn’t work she turned to   fighting there will be no divorce never it’s not  what I wanted when it started and it’s certainly  

Not what I want now get your head out of your ass  Jimmy admit you love me and we can get this over   with may I Bonnie you went behind my back for at  least 6 months plotting and weaving plots to make  

This happen went along with it when I begged you  not to and for 4 months you were a broken record   I did it get over it let’s go back to what we had  for almost a year all I’ve heard about is what  

Bonnie wants when exactly did you stop thinking  about what I might want you’ve turned into an   incredibly selfish person Bonnie who I don’t want  to live with what if in 6 months you decide you  

Need variety and want to live as a cuck old we  had a good time Bonnie let’s try to remember the   good times and move on might as well have been  talking to the carpet after half an hour I gave  

Up and left jwes was our witness and showed  up about 2 hours later are you really going   to divorce her Jules what would you do if you got  married and he did what Bonnie did that is if you  

Didn’t approve her sigh said it all I warned her  that night on the beach she wouldn’t listen said   I was only saying that because you were gone and  I didn’t have a chance at you is there any truth  

To that maybe a little bit you were the best lover  I ever had grunt I’ve often thought I should have   made a little effort to keep you instead I gave  you to my sister on a silver platter well that  

Was surprising you didn’t say anything jwes  I’d settle in with you in a minute and you   knew it you were the one who wanted to keep your  freedom don’t get me wrong because I didn’t just  

Settle on Bonnie I I fell in love with her on the  fifth date but I wasn’t really interested in her   until you said you weren’t even close to ready to  settle down she sighed don’t you think I realized  

It too late we can’t rewrite the past honey if  we could we wouldn’t be having this conversation   I’m only here because I promised to talk to you I  can’t pretend to know what’s going on in her head  

If I were to speculate I’d say she’s experiencing  buyer remorse but what she bought doesn’t involve   returns besides if she’s honest she knows she  made a mistake her belief that you love her   enough to tolerate anything has backfired on her  and now she doesn’t know how to deal with it don’t  

Expect the divorce to go smoothly she will fight  you every step of the way I wish she wouldn’t do   that Jules put it this way all it’s going to lead  to is more lawyer bills and eventually she’ll run  

Out of options and it’s going to happen anyway ask  her to be polite and short she stood up and kissed   my cheek I will but it won’t change anything  I’m sorry honey for ruining your marriage not  

As sorry as I am thanks for the apology though  she walked away tears streaming down her cheek   a love triangle chapter 4 I thought I was pretty  thorough I worked with Jerry our accountant even  

The guy I went to for counseling to make the split  as close to 50/50 as possible we were hopelessly   intertwined in many areas and I intended to keep  the joint ownership until we had to interact so  

Often my son-in-law worked for us as a foreman and  my son worked for another construction company in   a neighboring state to get an idea of how the  business worked Julie was in her second year   of law school and was going to specialize in  real estate law the plan when we retired was  

For them to take joint ownership and continue the  family business I was afraid that if she resisted   and we were forced to sell out to settle that  plan would go down the drain of course that was   another weapon in her Arsenal she fought every  measure like a rabid dog threatening to shut  

Everything down until we got a resolution she  knew it would put us out of business mediation   was flatly rejected and we were forced to go to  court both of our attorneys were good and when  

The main reason for my seeking a divorce was about  to come to light they convinced the judge to let   them explain themselves in private Bonnie looked  well though tired I later learned that she had   deliberately stayed awake for almost 48 hours  to accomplish this the judge’s eyes grew wider  

And wider as we explained what had happened Bonnie  wanted me to back out of the divorce I told her I   would drag the names of everyone involved through  the mud and make sure it became public in the end  

The judge wasn’t too pleased well it’s certainly  a mess don’t you agree honestly I’m inclined to   Grant the divorce but it seems there’s more to  come here sir your wife made a mistake a huge   mistake but I’ve seen couples overcome worse  things I think I should demand counseling if  

Nothing else it might make the divorce go more  smoothly on the other hand if you absolutely   cannot forgive or come to terms with what she  did and the counselor agrees I would give the   divorce as soon as the sessions are over I think  eight would be an acceptable number now the order  

Choose any counselor the court can give you the  list we use regularly or any other start in two   weeks at the latest do not miss a single session  unless it’s an emergency do you understand well  

Honor I have no choice now do I I’ll go but I need  your firm promise in front of all these witnesses   that when this is over you’ll keep your word I’ve  had enough surprises in my life over the last year  

It pissed her off but I didn’t care she agreed  and it made the album I rejected the first two   counselors after reading reviews of their work her  lawyer suggested the next one a team of a man and  

A woman with a very good reputation I think Bonnie  was surprised when I agreed the first session was   scheduled for Thursday at 6:00 I arrived 15  minutes early and was surprised to see Bonnie   already in the waiting room she smiled at me but  didn’t approach me I immediately like this couple  

Josh and Jane Hart they’ve been doing this kind  of work for six years I bet they had stories that   would make your hair stand on end Jane got right  to the point we are not here to save your marriage  

But we are not here to destroy it either we are a  neutral party and it is not for us to judge but to   find a solution to your situation if this is not  what you expected we are sorry to disappoint you  

Here are the ground rules you take turns speaking  and at this point you are talking to us not your   spouse you may not interrupt you will be polite  you will listen when it is time for your spouse to  

Speak just as he or she will listen to you do you  understand don’t KN off we record these sessions   and you can get copies for your personal use if  you want we believe this protects all of us if  

Any allegation comes into question it can be easy  easily verified we read your file and we first ask   some questions to try to determine what you were  thinking at the time in question who wants to tell  

Their story first Bonnie went first she told the  story like it was some kind of fairy tale talking   about how much I loved the idea but at the last  minute I chickened out and ran home in annoyance  

Before she could follow through it took her 45  minutes to tell me about my adventurous Youth   and how she always wished she had sown Wild Oats  herself stopped her by telling her that time was   up and we would continue the conversation at  the next session I thanked the counselors and  

Left Bonnie stayed behind clearly trying to be  alone with the counselors she partly succeeded   because they had a solo session scheduled she was  surprised when the counselors told me what she had   done and offered me a chance to do the same I  said I would like to do it but only after they  

Heard my side of the story they both agreed  that it would be a great idea it was getting   close to time for the next session and Bonnie was  surprised when she was told to make time for me I  

Started talking about our early years and dating  you know this was all before AIDS or some of the   more dangerous STDs prevalent today were a reality  and we were just kids experimenting my company was   a little wiser and more relaxed about sex you  could sleep with a girl one night and the next  

Night she could be with another guy and nobody got  mad why because there were no expectations no one   made promis so no one broke them and if any of us  got serious the fooling around stopped immediately  

Bonnie was a couple years younger and didn’t start  dating us until the summer after graduation yes I   was her first and only lover until recently we  were exclusive from the first time we ended up  

Together I never missed the old lifestyle it was  fun at the time but after a year of being in a   relationship with Bonnie I had matured a bit and  was quite happy being exclusive we got married had   three kids worked hard built a successful business  business and became financially secure I thought  

I had the American dream I stopped to gather my  thoughts Bonnie tried to speak but Jane signaled   for her to be quiet the rules Bonnie soon it  will be your turn again then two things happened   a friend passed away and left me a property that  included the building where most of our adventures  

Took place one of our old company a man I never  particularly liked moved back to town he and his   wife were swingers and they soon began to promote  their lifestyle almost every couple we socialized   with fell for their bait including my wife from  talking to flirting to light fooling around it  

Got to the point where everyone wanted to try to  relive the past or in the case of Bonnie and a few   others try it for the first time we fought about  it for months the first few times I kept my mouth  

Shut but then the hot tub incident happened it  upset me so much that I just left for a few days I   told them about it in detail while Bonnie blushed  furiously and kept her head head down after that  

Things went quiet for a while and I thought it  was over between us then she practically gave me   an ultimatum agree to the program or she would  do it without me I was caught between a hammer  

And Anvil if I didn’t agree and she did it anyway  it would definitely ruin our marriage if I agreed   I might be able to salvage something although it  would never be the same again in the end I just  

Couldn’t do it I begged her to stop and leave with  me but she said she was going along with it and I   would just have to accept it that may not be the  exact wording but that was the gist of it she made  

Her decision and I left now she expects me to  as she put it just get over it and continue our   relationship like nothing happened she has told  me that she is sorry she hurt my feelings but not  

Sorry that she did recently she bluntly told me  that if I don’t return to my manhood and get back   in her bed she will invite someone else there this  was the deciding factor for me it all comes down  

To trust and how do I do that every time she’s  gone I’ll think she’s Slipped Away on a date with   one of her friends how do I know that when we make  love she’s not replaying in her head that it’s  

Someone else instead of being in that moment with  me and that counselors is why I want a divorce I   just don’t have enough love in me to pretend it  never happened they nodded realizing what I was  

Getting at I talked some more about how my life  was shaping up there were always things I wanted   to things I wanted to do but ignored because I was  a married man with responsibilities now for the  

First time in my life I can put myself first at  least for a little while I stopped and laughed as   they all looked at me I’m sorry it just occurred  to me that I’m doing now what Bonnie was doing  

All along they announced the time and I stood up  grinning they did their best to hide their smirks   and Bonnie had steam coming out of her ears as I  left the next few sessions were predictable to the  

Point of boredom this will never happen again  in time we would get over it and our marriage   would be better than ever I thought about it  a lot and talked to some experts including the   attorney I hired to handle my divorce case at  the next hearing I showed up with a briefcase  

I thought a lot about it bnny I think I found  a way to work this out and be together again   however you’re going to have to follow certain  rules things you may not like Bonnie looked happy  

For the first time and the counselors looked at  me wearily she wanted to say yes right away but   I asked her to wait until we’d talked it over  Point number one you will never socialize with  

Will Grace or booger again in your life you can  have limited contact with the rest of the group   because they were just having fun and being open  about everything never means never Bonnie if you   are in a cafe restaurant or any other public  place and one of them shows up there you leave  

Immediately unless I am with you no phone calls  emails text or Facebook not even smoke signals   understood she agreed too quickly for my taste so  I stepped it up I’m serious Bonnie if you ever say  

Hello to any of them again the divorce will start  all over again I understand Jimmy I promise okay   next item I need a note from our doctor I know  you’ve had different men even if it was just once  

I need to know you’re clean before I touch you  again she was a little angry but agreed they were   clean honey we all had to show medical clearance  before we hit the road how far in advance did you  

Share your results 2 or 3 weeks I’m not sure but  it seems about right and during those two or 3   weeks did everyone stay celibate or stick to just  one partner Will and Grace belong to a club a few  

Towns over from here and go there on average twice  a month and please don’t ask me how I know I think   by now he was already trying to recruit you Bonnie  moved awkwardly well he suggested we visit the  

Club he belongs to right after we got home no one  supported him what’s next on your list how Noble   of you really Jimmy you can stop being sarcastic  I screwed up I’ll admit it can we move on I didn’t  

Write it down but if you bring up topics like  that again in our marriage it will be over in   an instant it was evident that Bonnie was losing  patience I think I’ve learned my lesson on that  

Score next I pulled out the paper I was holding  have your lawyer look them over it’s a postnuptial   agreement basically it states that if either of  us have sexual intercourse with anyone outside   of the marriage one more time and are discovered  they forfeit everything they accumulated during  

The marriage and leave without protest no lapses  no exceptions we just pack up and leave I grinned   I took that from a story I read on one of the  free sites I guess it wasn’t as Grand a waste  

Of time as you thought huh Bonnie didn’t like it  Bonnie fussed and argued Bonnie uh surprised the   hell out of me by agreeing to sign on the dotted  line she wanted me to come back to our house right  

After the last counseling session 5 weeks from  now then she’d signed the papers I was shocked   to the core never in a million years did I think  she would sign such a Draconian agreement the   counselor suggested that we go on a few dates and  generally spend time together during the work day  

It was weird dating bunny the first meeting was  incredibly awkward but by the third week we were   together by Common consent we still weren’t having  sex but the petting had gotten pretty intense one   night she pulled away giggling and pulling up her  shirt two more weeks honey I want you to rest take  

Your vitamins maybe buy some blue pills we’ve  got a lot to catch up on I drove off grinning   maybe this would work out Bonnie eventually  apologized saying she was wrong and shouldn’t   have gone through with it and I kind of believed  her but I knew that on some level she was going to  

Savor her memories for a long time to come modern  technology is a wonderful thing personally I find   security cameras on every corner invasive but  that’s the world we live in now every commercial   property we owned had security cameras installed  all of which fed into our office or home computer  

We also had a security company that checked the  signal hourly it was expensive but it prevented   several break-ins and once stopped an arsonist who  was about to set fire to part of the warehouse as  

Revenge for a divorce I got a call the day after  my last date it was our security manager we   exchanged pleasantries after which he proceeded to  ask the reason for the call it’s probably nothing  

But there are a few gaps in the security footage  in your event room they only last for about an   hour or so going off and on again there’s no  definite schedule one time it was from 9: to 10:  

In the morning another early in the morning and  a few at night all before 10: we’re sure someone   is turning them off and then back on it has to  be someone with access to the codes what do you  

Want us to do you can override the control can’t  you turn it back on from the command center yes   then the next time it happens do it and call me  make sure you take notes I may need a recording  

This Disturbed me enough that I decided to check  the hall I walked around the grounds and through   the building smiling as always at the memories and  didn’t find a single thing missing or misplaced I   was going to tell Bonnie about it during our date  maybe she’d figure out why the cameras were going  

Off at random times the security company sent  a technician over and he inspected the entire   system finding nothing wrong I went to lunch and  forgot about it 10 minutes after lunch I received   a message from the security company urgent  situation respond immediately I didn’t write  

But called the captain on duty looked worried sir  at 12:55 the cameras went offline we have resumed   operations as per your instructions and we have  a delicate situation what’s the situation if you   have a laptop with you log in and we’ll send you a  recording after you see what’s going on we’ll need  

To give you instructions on how to proceed it was  clear as mud I walked back to the truck pulled out   my laptop and logged in I was glad I was sitting  in the truck what I saw was not good for mixed  

Viewing there were six people in the building  Bonnie will Grace booger and two guys I didn’t   recognize they were mostly unclothed Bonnie was  in an unusual pose Grace was being double teamed   by booger and another stranger I stopped watching  after 10 minutes I ordered the security guys to  

Keep recording and be sure to turn it off after  30 minutes or even sooner if they acted like they   were going to leave so much for promises I thought  almost logging out then I decided to listen to the  

Audio recording and started it up again Bonnie  spoke as the sound became active I’m telling you   guys this is the last time Grunt and I are almost  back together and I don’t want to jeopardize my   progress by continuing if we do we’ll get caught  sooner or later will smirked since we got back  

You’ve ridden as many men as I could get my hands  on Hell the entire mail section of our club has   spent an evening with you at least once not to  mention three women you’re hooked Bonnie now get  

In here and we’ll continue this if this is going  to be the last time which I don’t believe for a   minute let’s make it special Bonnie walked over to  him smirking and began I’m serious will this will  

Be the last time for a long time maybe forever I  love it but I want my husband back more don’t even   think about trying to Blackmail me if word of this  gets out I’ll make sure Jimmy goes after you and  

The whole club we have money will and he can make  your life hell Plus at the very least he’ll beat   the crap out of you remember how long it took for  the swelling to go down from your balls imagine  

It 10 times worse because he won’t just kick you  and walk away next time he’ll stomp those balls   to Mush will hesitated for a moment he attacked me  from behind things would have been very different   if we’d been face to face Bonnie grinned really  you’re a good-look man will but you’re soft Jimmy  

Still works with his Crews and is very hard he’s  learned a lot from working construction he’s not   a black belt but I’d always bet on him forget  about that for now let’s get down to business   you know the rule 1 hour and the security system  is back online I’m surprised the security company  

Didn’t ask us a question about the gaps with those  words she leaned in and continued will smirked as   he continued to speak how about this have the club  rent this place for a party you’ll have to be here  

And grunt probably isn’t really interested in the  business we can decorate the place so that there   are gaps in the coverage we can even make a hole  in the back remember how much you liked that when  

I took you to the bookstore she pulled away and  looked up it was exciting but it was a one-time   thing and I told you I’d never do it again it was  a bunch of strangers this is going to be a club  

We’re all clean Bonnie grinned I’ll think about  it for now time is ticking in 50 minutes she’d   had fun with three of the four of them and ended  the festivities by lowering herself onto Grace   they cleaned up a bit and Bonnie sprayed almost  an entire can of air freshener I’m going to miss  

It maybe not remember the band wants to book a  party here you’re already hooked girl a plain   vanilla evening with your husband won’t bring  you satisfaction yes it will be I’ll take care  

Of it let me think about the party okay if we  do have one it won’t be until a few months from   now until then I’ll have other priorities she  kissed everyone as they left a simple gesture   of friendship when they were gone she looked  around a sad expression appeared on her face  

Then she pulled out her cell phone and called me  I heard the phone ring but put it to voicemail   sighing she closed the door of the building and  our life together I begged to cancel our date for  

That night saying I was working on something  and had a deadline she asked if we could have   dinner after the counseling session I told her  yes if she still wanted it after the session I   didn’t elaborate even when she asked I showed up  for counseling with a manilla envelope I’m sure  

Bonnie thought it was a prenup so she didn’t  seem concerned I started talking as soon as we   were seated Bonnie you’ve always been lucky if it  was noticed a few weeks later you’d be in trouble   legally speaking instead I found out about it  now and since you didn’t sign the contract it’s  

Going to be 50/50 I realized I could live with  that you’ve played as big a part in our success   as I have so it’s only right that you get half  honey I have no idea what you’re talking about  

I stared into her eyes for a moment before she  shifted her gaze to me I think at that moment she   realized what I knew they say a picture is worth  a thousand words so instead of talking I’m going  

To let you look at this I handed her the envelope  and she took it with shaking hands she pulled out   the first picture looked at it and fainted the  picture scattered across the floor some falling  

Face up Jane knelt to check on Bonnie’s condition  and Josh picked up the photo and studied it for a   minute I know it’s frustrating Jimmy we have  no idea when they were taken or where it was  

Probably right after the incident at the resort  there are time stamps on them Josh 3 days ago in   the event room we own I’d say we’re officially  done with the sessions wouldn’t you even if you  

Don’t think so I’m never going back tell her when  she comes to her senses not to fight the divorce   or things will get ugly real quick and I’ll drag  all her cronies down with me I was almost to the  

Truck when I heard a scream apparently she’d come  back to life of course she resisted putting up   one roadblock after another only after I made  my lawyer serve all her buddies with subpoenas   to appear in court did she stop four months later  I was divorced things didn’t work out so well for  

Will Grace wanted to know why he was called in  and when she found out she was Furious rumors   started flying not from me I got what I wanted and  got on with it and will was fired for doing a bad  

Job no one wanted to touch him and he had to leave  town everyone was surprised when Grace stayed she   found a really good job and liked it so much that  she went to the CEO told him the whole story and  

Offered incentives to let her stay the man was  single and he decided that a gift at lunch would   level the rumors he was single and two months  later she moved in with him part of her new job   required traveling with him and there was gossip  that she was adding extra incentives for clients  

To sign contracts they seemed happy together  it took another six months to divide the money   and business responsibilities Bonnie still ran the  office I handled the cruise Jules handled the real   estate and the profits after expenses were split  in half this required very little communication  

From us surprising her I insisted that since the  shack was assigned to me I would remain the sole   owner forgoing the equivalent value of the other  assets when her lease came to an end I refused to   renew the agreement effectively shutting down the  business her tiate was grandiose and I recorded  

Everything I could on my phone she tried to take  me back to court when that didn’t work she wanted   to buy me out I sent her a voicemail I’ll Burn It  To The Ground first that was the end of it I woke  

Up when she slid into bed and lay on top of me  when I reached up and wrapped my arms around her   my eyes flew open good morning Vicki how long have  you been here she pressed herself against me and I  

Loved the sensation then she giggled we just got  here so you and Jen this is the fifth time we’ve   been here since she’s been around us are you two  living together again or what I thought of Slim  

Trim Jen 12 years younger and many years nicer  after the divorce I took an extended vacation went   back to the lake I loved so much looked around  and bought a boat it wasn’t one of those little  

40ft one-bedroom boats but a 72t house boat I  had been on my own for a week when she showed   up how did you find me she grinned I won’t tell I  might need to if you run away again now invite me  

Aboard I did so turned around went into a secluded  Cove and dropped anchor it was the middle of the   week so hardly anyone was out I bought her a  soft drink and lemonade for myself and we sat  

And watched the lake I wasn’t running I said after  about 30 minutes I just wanted to take my mind off   all the drama for a while to relax and not think  about anything extra how do you do it look around  

Jen there are no people lots of nature the setting  is relaxing why are you here her smirk was kind of   evil would you believe I was worried about you yes  worried but you seem to be fine in fact I came all  

The way here because of a promise what promise we  promised each other that if you divorced I would   be your first lover after marriage I think we’ve  set all the prerequisites I stared at her as she  

Giggled how warm is this water it’s the middle  of August the temperature of the lake is about 80   why she stood up undid the straps of her short  sundress and let it out onto the deck she was  

Wearing a pair of panties which she quickly popped  out of her Wicked grin returned as she smoothly   parted the water and surfaced 20 ft away from him  floating on her back coming in it took about 15   seconds to remember that I was single and hadn’t  promised anything to anyone 15 seconds after  

That I threw off my shorts and tank top and dove  into the water the water was gorgeous I surfaced   spitting up and she swam up to me wrapped her  arms around my neck and lowered herself until she  

Was at my back pressing herself against my back I  could feel her hard nipples as she rubbed against   me that was a pretty good package darling what  I had time to see when we get back to your yacht  

I’ll need to examine it more closely Maybe do a  stress test to see if we’re a good fit for each   other what do you think I think we need to swim  back to the boat right now she reached for me oh  

That feels so good she squeezed me and pushed  off we spent another 30 minutes swimming and   exploring each other in the process finally it’s  time sweetie we swam back and I let her climb the  

Ladder first biting her firm cheek when she was  at face level she gave a little shriek and for a   moment playfully wrinkled her nose I have a better  use for that mouth come on we barely had time to  

Swing over the railing before we were on top of  each other she squeaked soon her legs were locked   behind me it had been a long time coming for me  so in less than 5 minutes I felt the eruption  

Coming honey I’m about to finalize this scenario  already she said wrapping her legs tighter around   me leave it alone sweetheart the weather was dry  for a long time it was Dripping like a bucket and   it was pretty muddy we both lay panting like  we’d run a marathon and then she giggled how  

Long has it been I felt like years had passed  I think I’ve caught up though oh no it isn’t we   won’t move until it happens again and you’d better  take your time baby I was just as aroused as you  

Were but now that the tension has been released I  expect to fully enjoy myself we got up cleaned up   a little and walked to the living room settling  on the couch 20 minutes later she was in my lap  

We managed to last a decent 20 minutes that time  after finishing all those sessions I rolled off   her panting honey you need to go easy on the old  man when I find it by all means but right now I’m  

Hungry is there anything to eat in this tub she  walked through the galley and bedrooms making   approving noises as I made sandwiches she frowned  in the bathroom the shower isn’t big enough for   the two of us the boat remember Limited space if  you want to take a shower we’ll have to go home  

Oh no you’re stuck with me for the next 2 weeks  we’ll find a way to improvise we made a small   meal and ate it after watching the light fade and  the moon rise beautiful view yes it is she looked  

Back to see me looking at her and smirked was I  worth the wait you’re worth the wait and you’re   worth your weight in gold to me this very second  that’s a good answer sweetheart you love love me  

You fed me and now I’m ready to clean myself  up and head to the bedroom better not have a   small bed in there at that point I was very glad I  had chosen the model with the double bed she took  

A shower and then handed it to me I got out and  realized I needed to buy more towels when we got   back to the marina we pressed against each other  and she was just telling me about the wonderful  

Things she was going to do to me when she stopped  talking and let out a light snore I grinned into   the darkness and pulled her against me I woke up  to a very pleasant sensation watching the sheet  

Move up and down I threw it back and she giggled  I’m glad that part of you is waking up pretty   quickly good morning sweetie we’ll make breakfast  later I’m a little busy right now she shrieked in   Surprise Jen quickly forgot what she was doing as  those sessions were also over very quickly that’s  

Enough now keep your hands and that wonderful  mouth to yourself while I finish what I was   trying to do before you interrupted me 10 minutes  later later I exploded Jen choked up a little and   giggled as she came to her senses I see you’re  still working backwards we’ll get you back up  

To normal in no time she jumped up and ran to the  bathroom soon I heard the shower running so I got   up and made coffee she came in I tried to kiss her  but she pushed me away the shower and your breath  

Smells so brush those gums I showered shaved and  brushed my teeth I stepped outside we need to go   back to the marina to get my suitcase then we  need to go grocery shopping we drove back and I  

Took her suitcase I took her to a small restaurant  and she liked the food then we went to the grocery   store I pushed the stroller watching her inspect  each grocery before putting it in the basket and  

I remembered doing the same thing with Bonnie when  July was about 9 years old I remembered my child’s   happy chatter as Bonnie bestowed a small smile on  me remembering the Glorious morning we had spent   for a moment I felt incred incredibly sad Earth  to Jimmy where did you disappear to I smiled at  

Her concerned face and thought how lucky the other  visitors must have been to have such a young woman   as my companion a little trip down memory lane  deer it’s a good trip let’s check out the steak  

Selection the first week we did it like monkeys  catching up by the second week we slowed down   and started talking more booger was still swinging  but he was having trouble he has to have a partner   or he can’t participate he approached me twice  wanting to rekindle our relationship both times  

I asked him if he was still doing the same thing  and he admitted that he was do you expect me to   participate if so you can leave with the right  circumstances a trip to the island could have  

Been amazing but you and will have turned it into  something mediocre she paused for a moment deep in   thought before continuing do you know he resisted  divorce until I took your book and threatened to   publicize his habits he backed down quickly now  I look at him and feel sad he’s gained about 30  

Lb and has started combing his hair to hide his  baldness if we were still together and Swinging   he’d be a consolation prize I shudder to think  what his band looks like judging him you know  

I try very hard not to judge people who choose  this lifestyle if it works for them and if both   Partners agree unconditionally I see the appeal  I’ve read the data such people make up a very   small number of married couples and they are 90%  more likely to divorce than normal couples all in  

All a pretty dangerous lifestyle if you want to  maintain a committed relationship however some   people are not made for Fidelity to one person  and this is a perfectly acceptable alternative   iide I didn’t divorce Bonnie because she wanted  to experiment I thought we had it backwards until  

I saw those tapes I divorced her because she chose  that path and lied about it constantly knowing how   I felt it was very OB obvious that she preferred  that lifestyle over her old one and I couldn’t  

Live with that Jen hesitated for a moment I could  have told you you’re going to find out sooner or   later anyway Bonnie is really into this lifestyle  right now she’s partnering with booger to attend   events and she’s not particularly secretive about  it she says that now that she’s single it doesn’t  

Matter who thinks what your children are not  particularly happy with her right now I tried to   Shield the children from the consequences of our  divorce but but they were old enough and pretty   savvy so it didn’t take long for them to learn  the truth they still had a relationship with  

Their mother but it was strained now our child  Julie took it the hardest and hasn’t spoken to   her in months Bonnie blames me for everything even  though I refused to discuss our breakup with them   we spent the last few days together mostly talking  and cuddling I was leaving with her interrupting  

My self-exile time to get back to life before we  left we had a rather Frank conversation I don’t   know about you but I’d like to keep seeing you  when we get home maybe we’re just rebuff lovers  

But I’d like to see if there’s something more  behind it I kissed her I’m going to date you   until you find someone else or tell me to stop I  touched her lightly to prove my point she jumped  

And grinned I’m not looking for anyone else so  if I was in a serious relationship why was I   in bed with Vicki after a few months Jen and I  were quite an established couple she wanted to  

Move in with us and I seriously considered it we  both agreed that we didn’t want to get married   now but we needed a partner Jen and I were in  the restaurant when Vicki and Rhonda walked in  

They saw us and looked unsure until I waved at  them by this time it had been over a year since   that infamous trip to the island we stood hugging  each other and insisted they join us we chatted  

For a bit and then Vicki grinned so you and Jen I  thought it might happen Jen’s had a crush on you   for a long time Jen blushed and the smirk grew  even wider I knew if you got to him first we’d  

Be out of luck I should be mad but I’m happy for  both of you but that doesn’t mean we regret not   sleeping with both of you curiosity took over did  you have more little vacations after the islands  

Ronda cut in you mean have we tried doing it again  no the last time wasn’t very memorable except for   Jason and Annette before she could finish a happy  couple entered the room they looked around for a  

Table saw us had a quick conversation and went out  the door Jason wait I’d like to talk to you for a   minute if you don’t mind and so would Annette  would you mind coming back and joining us I  

Promise there won’t be any fireworks he looked at  her and she nodded slightly Annette had dyed her   hair and let it grow out the almost Platinum curls  contrasted nicely with with the creamy tone of her   skin that’s fine girl if you’re not careful you’ll  show yourself to Beyonce do the carpets match the  

Drapes now she tensed then giggled I thought you’d  remember grunt the carpet’s gone how could I have   forgotten but that was a year ago and things might  have changed Now by this time we were back in the  

House and the three anxious women were watching  our approach Annette pulled Jen to her and hugged   her then looked at Vicki damn girl help me I  don’t think I have the strength give me a hug   Vicki jumped up Ronda following Annette hugged  both of them and all the girls hugged Jason we  

Pushed the two tables together and it was just  like old times as long as no one brought up the   recent past Jason was uncomfortable so I brought  it up to lighten the mood Jason I just want you  

And net to know that I don’t hold a grudge against  you I don’t think either of you fooled around with   Bonnie and if you did well that’s what we were  there for everyone who stayed after Jen and I   left had to follow their conscience Jason said  he’d be more comfortable talking privately and  

We didn’t talk about it again we’d been there for  an hour when I realized how much I’d missed it   finally the waiters escorted us out with looks  and we paid the bill and left a big tip we all  

Stood outside not wanting to lose the feeling of  renewed friendship I was inspired I grabbed Jen’s   hand and called over my shoulder guys follow us  I doubted they would do it but all the cars got  

In line I’m sure they were shocked when I pulled  into the parking lot of our old shack although I   didn’t renew the lease I let Bonnie and jwes use  it until their last customer left that was 2 weeks  

Ago I changed the locks and video surveillance  and now no one could get in without keys I called   Security on the way in telling them that I was the  one who was going in and was going to disable the  

Cameras from inside for a while and when I turned  them back on I would let them know I had my own   selection of spirits in a lock boox so I pulled  it out and set the bottles on the bar Jen would  

Want a cosmo so I made her a cocktail and then  mine three fingers of Burbon and two ice cubes   with water on the side I proposed a toast as they  each took a drink in their hands to two people who  

Didn’t do anything in this room Here’s to You  Jason and Jen everyone was laughing we relaxed   and chatted for 2 hours before we headed out for  the night just enjoying the company I only had  

One drink and Annette had two so she drove Jason  home and I loaded Vicki and Ronda into our car   and drove them around Vicki could barely walk but  I had to carry Ronda in my arms I took off their  

Shoes Jen unbuttoned their clothes and we left  them we had just sat down when we heard giggling   which quickly turned to Grunts and squeals Jen  thought it was a great idea to make our own noise  

So we did 30 years of construction work makes you  get up early whether you want to or not so I got   up making breakfast for everyone at 8 30 minutes  later Vicky came out completely topless I grinned  

Vic don’t go anywhere near the stove I don’t want  bacon grease splattered on you she looked down and   saw that she was without everything blushing a  little she started to walk back to the bedroom   then turned around nothing you haven’t seen  before and I’m dying for a cup of coffee she  

Set the cup down and sat at the table while I  finished my breakfast as if sitting naked at the   kitchen table was the most normal thing in the  world Ronda walked in 20 minutes later glanced  

At Vicki and smirked taking off the t-shirt she’  borrowed from Jen she then grabbed a cup of coffee   motioned to Vicki and asked if she had a headache  they were both a little tipsy but not as much as  

They thought Jen came out last wearing a robe she  stopped and stared at me for a moment then took   it off and I had the pleasure of serving breakfast  to the three women they stayed most of the morning  

And then left hugging and kissing I smirked at Jen  as she loaded the dishwasher I guess we’re friends   again she laughed softly they wish they were even  friendlier they told me the worst part about going  

To the island was missing their chance at you  and me I was a little surprised Jen had never   shown any interest in women would you she paused  pondering I think I would if there was a time and  

Place I’ve always been curious and this would be  a safe place to explore I can still picture us all   rolling around on the bed together and smashing  it something to think about Jason called me the  

Next day and asked me to come to the studio I may  have to expand I’ve gotten more staff some really   good producers and Engineers Jerry is trying to  talk me into starting my own label to maximize   profits I’m thinking about it I’d love to get  your opinion on the redesign his business must  

Be booming the building wasn’t even 2 years old  I know he used jewels to House recording artists   there they usually stayed for 2 to 4 weeks and  she set aside a couple houses specifically for   Jason if anything was damaged Beyond normal wear  and tear it was spelled out in the contract that  

They were responsible for repairs one rock band  went on a rampage and trashed the house but the   management paid for the repairs without complaint  we didn’t put them up again I agreed to come late  

In the evening the next day I was surprised  to see that there were a lot of people in the   audience Jason grinned musicians don’t get up very  early some if they have the energy record Before   Dawn we make adjustments and if the producer and  engineer agree they stay these midnight sessions  

Have made a pretty good product he pointed to  a gold record on the wall it belonged to the   first country singer he’d ever worked with and  was titled midnight sessions he led me into his  

Office and I paused for for a second in front of  Earl’s bass voice I just left it there I figured   you’d want it back sooner or later all you have  to do is say the word I think she’s happier here  

Among the music Jason nodded realizing how one  musician understood the other still playing I   used to play my equipment was now stored at  the shack but I had my old Martin with me and   sometimes especially right after the island I  would play trying to fill the hole in my heart  

It didn’t happen of course but it still made me  feel better Jason picked up a couple guitars let   me play you something tell me what you think he  played in a light jazz style going up and down I  

Thought it was one of the most impressive things  I’d ever heard and told him so when he finished he   laughed she’s pretty good even though I wrote her  now I have to find the words for it Earl was the  

Lyrics writer in our partnership and I’m having a  hard time with that it took me 4 months to finish   daughter Earl always always told me you were the  best lyric writer he’d ever seen that surprised  

Me to no end Earl and I had tried writing a few  times when no one else came to practice even then   I thought that [ __ ] was pretty Juvenile and told  Jason so he just laughed and handed me a second  

Guitar think about it then we played for almost  an hour old out cold songs a couple Tom Petty   songs including wild flowers and a Bob Seager  song I’d always liked Jason had a good if not   strong voice and I thought it all sounded great  we put the guitars away and talked about expanding  

It you’re going to have to go vertical Jason you  don’t have enough property to go outside you could   see it hadn’t occurred to him second floor you  have a tiered area I would choose three to leave  

Room for expansion if you need it in the future if  you don’t need it you can always rent it out and   generate a little income to help cover the cost  of the expansion Jason was thrilled with the idea  

Are you going to do it I was going to ask asked  you a couple months ago but we haven’t talked   since the trip and I figured it was best to leave  the Sleeping Dogs lying around you were my best  

Friend even before Earl died it’s been painful  not talking to you for so long I was surprised   but then I thought about it he was right maybe the  connection through Earl was why I’d grown attached  

To Jason even more than I had with my old friends  I missed his wit and anette’s sarcastic sarcasm   which I didn’t want to admit do you want to talk  about it now I knew you were against it at first  

I told Netta that I didn’t think you could do it  Bonnie kept insisting that you were okay with it   and when you agreed I assumed you were I have to  admit nett and I laughed our asses off when you  

Included the stipulation about Will’s absence in  the plans we watched you on the airplane and we   both agreed that you didn’t look happy she told me  that when it came down to it she didn’t think you  

Could handle it and she was right so what happened  after Jen and I left Jason grinned well Will and   Grace showed up up coupled with you leaving it  gave me some bad thoughts but he was knocked out  

His balls swelled to the size of baseballs and  he sat with an ice pack for 2 days booger and   Bonnie kept insisting that everything was fine  but we didn’t buy it Vicki and Rhonda decided   they weren’t going to spend time with booger he  got very angry when they told him that insisted  

They were breaking the rules Vic laughed what  the [ __ ] are the rules we agreed to do this   with anyone you’re comfortable with and Rhonda  and I decided you were scaring us a little so   no Pleasures for you he paused remembering and  a small smile appeared on his face they locked  

The doors after Annette and I got there we had  our own little party it was a good thing all the   girls were by or they would have been disappointed  but still we had a good time and I managed to have  

At least one time with all of them it wore me  out then he frowned before we go any further I   have to tell you this the girls left me to sleep  and went off to breakfast I woke up to someone  

Riding me by the time I realized it was Bonnie  I was halfway through so I let it happen when   we finished I got out of bed and grumbled a little  but she just smirked and suggested we do it again  

About that time the girls came back and chased  her away that’s the hardest part later we decided   to go to the beach one last time before we left we  walked around the cove and found Bonnie and booger  

And two strangers they were very engrossed and  didn’t even notice us we came back back packed   up and left I think it was 2 days before Bonnie  came back curiosity took over I wonder what made  

Her do that to go from faithful loving wife to  Rocket in less than a year she never explained   it in our sessions other than to say she felt  old and unattractive and wanted to try other   men before she got too old as superficial as  it sounds Jim it’s probably true she must have  

Been thinking about it before will came back into  your life he found the spark and gassed her until   she stopped thinking with her logical brain and  started using her lizard brain on some level she  

Must have known it could cost her you but whether  it was a conscious decision or not she made it I   think everything that happened afterward happened  because she knew she never had a realistic chance   of getting you back the Love the One You’re With  mentality you should talk to Annette she probably  

Understands more about this than I do most of what  I’m telling you is derived from her perhaps he was   right Annette was a school psychologist with a  relevant degree I made a note to invite her to  

Lunch Jason changed the subject so you and Jen  cradle robber he grinned when he said that and I   grinned back yeah me and Jen I don’t know for how  long the age difference is pretty big but right  

Now I think we both need it we make each other  happy and more importantly we trust each other we   made plans to bring in the architect we used for  the original building for a consultation to see  

If the upper floors were viable and I left feeling  much better better I took Annette out to lunch to   talk about what had happened believe it or not she  did what many women do when they start to feel old  

And unwanted it doesn’t matter if their spouses  love them or find them attractive they feel they   need validation from the outside most don’t take  it to the extreme like Bonnie but it happens plus   there is a lot of talk about female empowerment  in the atmosphere of this time read any major  

Women’s Magazine and there is bound to be at  least one article on the subject many without   justifying it hint that Affairs can be good and  enrich relationships look at Ashley Madison and   dozens of other sites promoting this sort of  thing it’s big business right now shouldn’t  

They have realized how dangerous it was most do  but they minimize it most situations are not like   ours usually one spouse goes behind the other’s  back and tries to keep things private a lot of   people get caught of course but many more don’t  recent data shows that women who cheat even if  

They’ve been doing it for years rarely get caught  more than 3ars get away with it and take their   secrets to the Grave the same is true for men the  figures are a little lower but not by much it is  

Estimated that in 70% of all marriages at least  one partner cheats those are pretty depressing   numbers net she sighed depressing but true let’s  say your child starts kindergarten today by the   time they graduate 54% of their classmates will  be the children of divorcees I can’t tell you  

How many times I’ve had a crying teenager sitting  in my office trying to figure that out I won’t be   able to do your job that’s because you more or  less have a black and white world view my job  

Makes me act like I’m colorblind it’s all Shades  of Gray but every once in a while I help a kid   and that keeps me going we finished lunch with  a sincere promise to meet again and we did I  

Started playing golf with Jason and Ronda again  even though she kicked our asses regularly Jen   and Vicki would relax by the pool and then meet  us at the 19th hole for drinks and snacks Jason   brought one of his new Engineers into our group  so we could have a forsome and we immediately  

Disliked him because he beat us all without even  trying other than golf he was a hell of a nice   guy and his wife was a cutie I’d been puzzling  over what to do with the shack for a long time I  

Didn’t want it so much as I didn’t want Bonnie to  have it especially when I saw what she was using   it for the alarm went off one Saturday just after  we’d played around so we jumped in the cars and  

Went to look no big deal a dead Branch from one of  the oak trees surrounding the house flew off fell   onto the deck and hit the glass triggering the  alarm the cops came made sure we had to be there  

Said I needed Tree Service to check those old oak  trees and left Ed and Sandy had never been inside   didn’t know it existed they were fascinated by  the place and Sandy demanded to know why it was  

No longer in use Jason quickly interrupted her  saying that the place had a lot of history and   he would tell her about it later 3 days later she  caught up with me at the construction site where  

I was working I was surprised to see her and she  said it wasn’t small talk she insisted on taking   me out to lunch while she made her proposal she  had a degree in Hospitality management but after  

They moved she never found anything she liked  I’d like you to reopen the hall and let me run   it we’ll split expenses and profits 50/50 let’s  sign a contract for months to see if we can manage  

I liked the idea I wasn’t losing anything on the  building but I wasn’t making any money either it   would be a good way to keep the building from  falling into disrepair or becoming a magnet for   vandals I immediately agreed telling her I would  have Jerry prepare the paperwork Sandy expressed  

Concern that since she wasn’t local she would have  a harder time attracting customers I laughed and   said that until we closed we had a monopoly on  the market apparently fate had a sense of humor   because it was at that moment that Jules walked  into the diner she saw me and started to turn  

Around we hadn’t talked much since the breakup I  guess she felt she had to stay loyal to her sister   and honestly I was a little hurt I felt like she  should have known me well enough to discourage  

Bonnie from starting a conversation about the very  thing now that’s water under the bridge jws where   were you going please come back to the house  there’s someone I want you to meet and I think  

It’s time we had a talk after this don’t you I  won’t rant I promise and if I get loud turn me off   I’ve loved you as a friend for too long not to try  to bury the hatchet again I’m asking nicely she  

Argued for a bit before smiling a little unsure  but she agreed both to going back to the house and   to talking later I led her back inside and after  she gave her order to the waitress introduced her  

To Sandy jwes this is is Sandy Reynolds she’s  a friend of Jason’s her husband is one of his   Engineers she’s also one of my friends and she has  certain ideas about the shack it’s time to open  

It up again a strange expression appeared on ju’s  face before we discuss this I should tell you that   Bonnie and I are building a similar establishment  on part of the Old Johnson Farm I got the contract  

To subdivide the property and it’s zoned mixed use  so we bought three lots brought in an architect to   draw up plans got permits and have already laid  the foundation we plan to open in 6 to 8 months  

I was a little surprised and juwel side Bonnie  loved this place grunt it was something she made   her own and she was very proud of the way she  and I built the business we were very hurt when  

You took it away from us Bonnie will be furious  when I tell her when you tell her tell her that   if she hadn’t resurrected him in her little Shack  we could have continued on I wasn’t going to let  

Her her use it as a place for the very thing and  I’ve heard enough of the security footage to know   that’s what would have happened think of how much  business would have been lost if this had gotten  

Out this is a pretty conservative town jwes the  place would go out of business in 6 months maybe   you should put it in the operating agreement  that it doesn’t happen here Sandy listened   without taking his eyes off me Jules put her hand  on mine please Jimmy this is not the place to hang  

Dirty Laundry we’ll deal with it later I promise  right now with the situation we’re in I can’t   help you Bonnie will see it as a betrayal and our  relationship is a little strained right now while  

We ate she had time to tell Sandy a few things  then she got up and surprising me kissed me on   the cheek I’ve missed you Jimmy call me at the  office when you want to talk Sandy watched her  

Walk away wow what a worm opened up huh I don’t  know and it’s none of my business I’ll have to do   without her advice next time you’re at Jason’s  tell him I said it’s okay if he wants to tell  

The story he might not want to and if he doesn’t  that’s the end of the conversation a love triangle   chapter 5 getting a permit was ridiculously easy  and we were lucky enough to get most of the old  

Staff back we were busy practically from day one  Sandy knew it would get us started before Bonnie   and Jules opened so she worked tirelessly to get  customers she worked to weeks of 65 hours until  

I stopped her no more than 50 hours and I mean it  you have a husband and a little daughter at home   remember besides I don’t want you to burn out so  delegate some chores take a day off every now and  

Then you’ll be more like yourself your husband me  and your co-workers do you know what I’m talking   about I could see that she understood but I knew  I had to watch her I was well aware of how much a  

Person could be consumed with trying to to force  themselves to do something Bonnie had had to talk   to me about the same thing when we were in our 30s  Jules must have told Bonnie about the reopening I  

Hadn’t spoken to her in almost 4 months and  here she was calling me unleashing a scream   that lasted maybe 5 minutes when she finally  stopped to catch her breath you could hear the  

Defeat in her voice you hate me that much the one  thing I achieved mostly on my own the one thing I   could point to as an indicator of my worth and  you took that away from me now you’re giving it  

To a complete stranger I took it from you because  I was Furious all those platitudes you said about   us getting back together all that time you spent  with strangers like rabid monkeys and using the  

Shack to do it I really hated you at the time  everything you said to me after the island was   total crap you’ll pardon me if I don’t get too  heated but you brought this on yourself why Bonnie  

You still haven’t told me why you decided to ruin  everything either way it doesn’t make sense you’ve   got a chance now girl speak up there were about  eight sobs and the line cut off Jen was working  

At a job she didn’t like and one day her company  was bought out and everyone was laid off for a few   days she was dejected wondering what she should  do go to work for Sandy she needs an assistant  

And you have all the skills she needs you’ll make  more money than your old job and maybe you’ll like   it better even if you don’t it will look good on  your resume it would be kind of embarrassing for  

Me to work for the person I live with you won’t be  working for me you’ll be working for Sandy I have   very little to do with the business especially  the day-to-day work if you don’t want it take  

A vacation and look for something you’d really  like to do I’m sure your boyfriend will keep you   on for a month or two she grinned and started on  the next week Jason and Annette told Ed and Sandy  

About the swing Fiasco they weren’t as shocked as  we thought they would be Ed laughed I came all the   way away from California for this job remember  one of the main reasons was to get away from   that kind of Lifestyle I have nothing against  it but it’s almost always out of control and  

It’s hard to work with an artist when that kind  of [ __ ] is going on while he or she is trying   to write or record we know one or two couples who  live like that and have for years so some people  

Can make it work most don’t it was the middle of  summer and Jason invited us over for a barbecue   and by barbecue I mean the real thing after Earl  introduced him to the dish he became a fanatic he  

Had three big grills and one small one and his  favorite despite the ones he gave thousands for   was an old converted 250gal oil drum the guy who  built it for him was a Craftsman it was mounted  

On an axle and had a hitch so it could be hauled  anywhere a couple times we borrowed it for family   gatherings that were held at the shack and Jason  would cook it gave him a boost and he was pretty  

Good at it that’s what the C customers thought  anyway we were lying in the loungers happily full   when Annette announced that it was bath time Jason  asked me if I minded knowing I had bad memories  

As long as everyone keeps their suits on and no  one is groping strangers I don’t have a problem   the women had taken off their shirts and tops  their bathing suits already on Jason Ed and I  

Had already put on our shorts so we were shirtless  I ended up between Jen and Ronda then Jason and   Annette then Vicki then Sandy and finally Ed we  relaxed and joked around for about an hour and I  

Found it a very pleasant experience I had always  wanted to have a hot tub in the house but Bonnie   had always dismissed the idea I never knew why the  girls went into the house to change and dry their  

Hair we watched them admiring their bikini bottoms  as they ran into the house Jen was the youngest   and prettiest but Annette was still a hottie Vicky  and Ronda were still good-looking and Sandy was   petite and cute looking like the ultimate soccer  mom Jason grinned as they disappeared into the  

House good life Ed and I agreed I couldn’t get the  melody Jason had played for me out of my head and   I thought about it often the words started to come  out I didn’t pay attention to them for a while but  

They kept coming back and I started writing them  down it took a month before I gave them to Jason   I emailed them and he called me 2 hours later get  your ass over here we sat down at the guitars and  

He played it for me it sounded much better with  him I was thinking about the piano part so we got   out the keyboards and I played it Annette and Jen  showed up 5 hours later to pick us up it was past  

Midnight they wanted to know what was so important  and Jason played our tracks my piano was a muted   understatement to his guitar they surprised  us to Tears Jason invited one of his country   artists to record his grally baritone was perfect  for this song the song old friends and new lovers  

Was a Bittersweet journey through divorce to a new  relationship yes it was a song about Bonnie and I   Jen and I and everyone else who has had their  heart broken and then put it back together to  

Find love again when the book came out it went  to number one in four weeks One reviewer called   it the country equivalent of Adele’s somebody like  you I didn’t want anyone to know I’d helped write  

It for some reason I couldn’t pinpoint in the  back of my mind I thought that if Bonnie found   out she’d use it against me somehow so I used the  pseudonym Jason suggested L Shack I thought it was  

Funny as hell it was my first attempt at writing  a song Jason begged me to keep going but my heart   wasn’t in it Jen and I had been living together  for over 6 months it’s been fun and we both needed  

It I don’t think either of us expected it to last  but it did her youth helped me feel young again   and my maturity grounded her so we were perfect  for each other we still saw booger from time to  

Time and I always enjoyed his stairs if Jen saw  him first she would shower me with little pdas   just to get him started one night we were at a  nightclub which was rare for us we were mostly   home buddies but it was Will and Annette’s wedding  anniversary and the whole company was there  

To celebrate it must have killed him to see us  together the ladies were dressed to Perfection and   we all danced with each other during the evening  Ronda and Vicky slow danced with all the girls as  

Well as Ed Jason and me Vicky was a terrible  tease and slid into me making sure I could   feel her I responded like any man would and she  giggled dancing into a dark corner and grabbing  

Me I’m still mad I missed my chance now I have you  all ready to go and I’m taking you back to Jen Jen   thought it was funny and then I saw them dancing  together and Vic was doing to her what she was  

Doing to me to the point of dragging her into a  dark corner Jen came back with a glazed expression   on her face and it was my turn to smirk all the  guys gave up on the fast Tunes after a couple but  

The girls stayed on the floor dancing away to the  fullest there was no twerk or grind the place was   for more mature couples and high class but they  still quickly gathered an audience we were having  

Fun until booger came up to us you bastard you  ruined everything it could have been good he was   drunk off his ass and the woman he was with was  trying to drag him back to the table I noticed  

A ring on her finger so I guessed she was one of  his Partners before I could react he turned to Jen   you little [ __ ] you think I miss you I get all  the women I can and they’re all better than you  

He grabbed on to Jen and I instinctively reacted  by punching him in the ass I was sitting up so I   didn’t think the blow was hard but booger always  had a glass jaw he was out of it the manager and  

One of the bartenders had already walked over when  I threw the p punch I got up apologized and said   we were leaving why you were protecting your lady  we are the ones who should apologize for allowing   such an embarrassing scene alcohol does strange  things sometimes and I assume you have a history  

Jen smiled at him he’s my ex and he didn’t take  the breakup very well then I found Jimmy and I   definitely switched the bartender was hoisting  him to his feet and booger was still belligerent   I don’t know what he whispered in his ear but  immediately shut up in classic booger Behavior he  

Left his companion standing I have no way home she  said wistfully we sat her down at a table and the   ladies consoled her while I hailed a cab I thought  he was a nice guy I’m only here because my husband  

Had a crush on his partner it was a sympathy date  pure and simple this is not the first time this   has happened I have a feeling he’s going to be  expelled from the club I got the feeling she was  

Was beginning to regret her lifestyle what kind of  man would give his wife to a man like booger when   the cab arrived she thanked us for our help and  I walked her outside she kissed me on the cheek  

Before getting into the car he hates you you  know I’ve heard him talk about you before he   has a name for you the man who ruined everything  I put her in the cab and paid the driver then  

Went back inside before closing the door I leaned  slightly toward her none of my business but you   might want to reconsider your lifestyle you don’t  seem particularly happy and this is only going to   make things worse she sent me an email on my work  account letting me know that she took my advice  

To heart and left the group with her husband she  said that booger lost his temper when they told   the group and accused me of once again ruining his  life booger sent me his letter a picture of Bonnie  

With him as soon as I saw it I immediately started  deleting it instead I forwarded it to Bonnie   asking her if she thought it was a good good idea  to let her lovers take pictures of her and send  

The pictures around the internet Jules later told  me that she had come across it told the group and   they banned it for such a group confidentiality  was of the utmost importance booger started to   slap Bonnie but she beat him to it literally  chilled him out he needed to stop acting with  

That glass jaw it was the 4th of July and I was  on my way to my old house all my kids were there   and were practically begging me to come over and  be together again I texted Bonnie and asked if we  

Could spend a few hours together I didn’t want to  be ambushed she answered me almost instantly we’ve   gotten along for 25 years I’m sure if we both make  an effort we can be civil for a few hours are you  

Asking me out on a date it was a jab at Jen she  deeply resented us living together we got to   talking one day when I was in the office getting  check stubs for the crew in those days everything   was transferred to direct deposit but they still  got weekly receipts for accountability normally  

I would have assigned this to someone else but  we were incredibly busy and I didn’t want to put   anyone out of work Bonnie was surprised to see me  and even pleased then she made a snide remark to  

Jen Bonnie what’s your problem we didn’t talk to  each other until after the divorce you’ve probably   dated 10 or 12 guys and probably slept with twice  that many through your club and you’re mad because   I’m dating one woman she’s too young be frank in  your adventures do you spend time with younger  

Men she didn’t answer and that was enough that’s  enough I didn’t come here so we could pour [ __ ]   on each other I’ll see you at the picnic we were  friendly at first but Bonnie drank a few beers and  

Started being rude I pulled her away from the kids  and lashed out at her you need to cut that [ __ ]   out before I get mad enough to leave I’m not  jacking you up for being a fool looking for a man  

So stop talking about my only woman I don’t think  she said more than four words to me for for the   rest of the day I looked at her closely when she  was elsewhere and wondered if her lifestyle was  

Tiring I was surprised to note that she looked at  least 15 lbs Slimmer her hair had been lightened   and she had let it grow out and the sundress  she wore was quite flat the only difference was  

Her eyes they had become harder and there was much  less humor in them I wondered if her new lifestyle   was bringing her the joy we once shared she caught  my gaze and smirked swaying her hips a little more  

Than usual but it didn’t make me want to pounce  on her all I could see as she moved her ass was   booger burrowing into her the kids were happy but  cautious I waited a little while before telling  

Them that if they were going to continue I was  leaving after that they were almost back to normal   the grandchildren were all around us the littlest  one had just learned to walk and was struggling to  

Keep up with her cousins she got tired quickly and  crawled into my lap and dozed off Bonnie quietly   walked over and sat on the swing planner trying to  keep as much distance between us as possible she  

Looked at the baby smiled but remained silent soon  the next baby ran up to us and Bonnie took him in   her arms cradling him against her he fell asleep  in a matter of seconds I heard a click and looked  

Up to see jly clicking like crazy she leaned over  and kissed my cheek whispering in my ear I wish it   was real then she kissed her mom but I don’t know  if she said anything she needed a Parting Shot  

Tell your little [ __ ] hello I’d rather give her  what I can you know making love to Jen reminds me   of when we were together 15 years ago she wanted  to explode so badly she almost exploded I grinned  

All the way home on the drive home I thought  a lot about Jen I had gotten quite comfortable   with her comfortable enough to start thinking  about the long term I was still in good health  

My gym buddy had run some tests and stated that I  had the same physiology as someone in their 30s I   probably still had enough good years left to have  a good long-term relationship Jen had gone to a  

Party with Sandy and a few of her friends from the  record company and the shack staff mostly people   her age or younger when I got home she looked  flushed and tense barely kissing me and distancing   herself from me I waited a bit before asking  her what was wrong okay something is obviously  

Bothering you you’ve never had a problem talking  to me before so spit it out I want to I think I   should move out it was the last thing I expected  I remained calm it’s your choice I don’t own you  

We haven’t made any longterm plans so if you feel  you need to leave then by all means leave she went   from almost passive to shocked that’s it let’s  move on have a safe trip and don’t let the door  

Hit me in the ass did you expect me to beg you you  to stay I think you’ve already made your decision   I’d like to thank you for telling me to my face  will you be able to leave by the weekend you won’t  

Even ask me why or try to fight for me you’re  giving mixed signals Jen I don’t need to know why   if we were strong enough I wouldn’t have to fight  especially since I don’t know who I’m fighting or  

Why I’d like to thank you for the time we’ve spent  together I consider you the only reason I didn’t   go insane right off the island that being said my  head is much smoother now so I won’t get depressed  

But that doesn’t mean I won’t miss you or what  we had it’s just that I’ll be able to handle the   disappointment a lot better now she wanted to talk  about it I didn’t I left her crying on the couch  

I wondered why as I drove away and despite what I  said it really hurt me deeply and truly my second   chance faded right before my eyes I’ve decided to  refrain from any future commitment perhaps I would  

Be ready for that in about 10 years when when I  was in my 60s in the meantime I was still in good   shape I still had my hair and financially I was  quite secure I would be a magnet for women my age  

And younger the thing is once word got out about  it I could do it every day if I wanted to I went   to the lake launched my boat made sure I stocked  up for a few days and disappeared into the CES  

And fog if someone wanted to look for me this is  where they would probably come but the lake was   very big and I stayed away from my favorite spots  I wasn’t surprised to find Vicki and Rhonda parked  

Next to my truck when I returned to the harbor for  a beer they had seen me go into the little store   and were waiting for me to come out with a case  of beer in hand they started talking and I walked  

Past them we need to talk to you grunt I looked at  Vicki part of the appeal of coming here is to be   alone is that hard to understand why are you even  here you don’t have a dog in this fight yes you  

Are you don’t you even want to know why Jen was  talking about moving probably yeah I thought we   had a pretty good relationship and I don’t blame  her we both agreed that if anything changed we’d  

Tell each other ahead of time it just caught me  off guard at a bad time and I had some things to   think about I’ll be back soon I still have a life  to live and I’ve spent some time thinking about  

What direction I should take now I’m leaving do  you want a ride there was no hesitation at all we   sailed for a while and then stopped at a small  Cove that I really liked I was pouring drinks  

When I heard a splash as I went out on Deck I saw  ronda’s ass going over the side I picked up their   clothes and put them on the Sha lounge and looked  over the railing they were happily splashing  

Around enjoying the warm water Vicki looked up and  saw me we haven’t bathed since well since a while   I feel like I’m 18 Again come in and play with us  Jimmy please Rhonda came up behind her and hugged  

Her I really admired their love for each other  I threw the ladder over the side so we could get   back on the boat stripped off my clothes and dove  in they screamed with laughter as I dove into the  

Water we spent a good hour just relaxing although  during that time each of us didn’t mind having our   asses held up they both didn’t fail to give me a  couple hard kisses they groped me a couple times  

While we were in the water at one point I was  hugging them both finally we got out of the water   and back into our clothes well mostly both girls  took off their tops and asked me to rub suntan  

Lotion on them I declined they pouted a little  and started to slather each other finally when   they were done they laid down on their loungers  taking their drinks with them can we talk about  

It can I stop you no but it would be a lot of fun  to watch you try Ronda grinned Vicki took over the   conversation you know Jen was a little upset that  you spent the day with your old family for the  

First time in a year I was with all my kids at  the same time if the price for that was putting   up with Bonnie for a few hours I was willing to  pay it I didn’t ask her to go because it wouldn’t  

Have been nice Bonnie hates Jen because she’s  with me now and the first word Bonnie would say   to her would make me leave I intended to make  up when I got home she didn’t give me a chance  

Bombarding me with a speech about leaving almost  as soon as I walked in honestly I didn’t expect   it to last the age difference I’m too far away  darling will you slap him for me Vicki grinned  

And did just that she pulled herself up and gave  it a good kick then she stood up from the Sha’s   Lounge stand between us grunt that way we can both  reach you when you say something stupid or I could  

Just throw your asses over the railing it’s only  about 4 miles to the marina I hope you’re a good   swimmer because we’re right in the middle of a  bare sanctuary and you shouldn’t be walking along   the shore here they both looked stunned Jesus  grunt ever since the catastrophe happened we  

Call it that because that’s what it was you’ve  been acting like an [ __ ] okay Bonnie [ __ ]   on you and your friends including us and ambushed  you we thought you’d like it because of your past   another example of how badly you can miscalculate  and misjudge your friends do you think we don’t  

Live with regret for what we did it ruined a  group that had been together for decades one   stupid mistake and you and Bonnie got divorced Jen  and booger got divorced Jules lost her boyfriend   and Jason and net spent a month stalking the  aftermath even Rhonda and I had a busy few weeks  

This was supposed to be fun damn it she sighed I’m  sorry had to put it out there we came to tell you   that Jen was practically destroyed she went to  the party pissed off because you were with your  

Old family she was trying to have a good time she  danced flirted got pretty drunk and almost spent   time with no guy Sandy lured her to his place and  when she sobered up she felt awful physically and  

Emotionally then she remembered the kisses and  the touching and decided that maybe it was time to   make her intentions known obviously she was still  a little high and had started the conversation the   wrong way you lost your temper and dumped her just  like that I think in her drugged State she thought  

She would shock you first and then discuss your  future together shock and awe but it was her who   was shocked why are you telling me this so you  can go home and make things right I wasn’t wrong  

It was old Jen’s doing truth be told I came home  with the intention of making our situation more   permanent but she smashed that to Smither didn’t  she stop talking about me and Jen or you and   Rhonda or anyone and everyone I think I’m going  to give up square dancing for a while because  

I’m sick of Changing Partners the announcement  was made the bells rang the lights came on the   choir sang you know I had an epiphany I missed my  old life so much that I didn’t try to start a new  

One I just just drifted along wallowing in misery  and self-doubt to hell with it it was high time I   started Living again on the terms I dictated  to myself strangely it occurred to me that I   actually loved Jen she was sweet and cheerful  despite putting up with an old grouch who could  

Never shake off the past it also occurred to me  that she deserved better and even though I cared   about her I’d probably never be her life partner  and that suited me just fine I stood up bursting  

Into laughter and dove into the water both women  were stunned and panicked they had no idea how to   steer the boat I managed to grab the ladder as it  floated past me and climbed back aboard they were  

About to be outraged at my behavior when I grabbed  Vicki and kissed her letting her go I grabbed   Ronda and repeated the process what the hell grunt  exactly what the hell they didn’t understand I   grinned and kissed them again I’ve had a change  of heart I am hastily returning to to dancing  

In honor of that I intend to perform a horizontal  Mambo with two lovely ladies if I can find them a   I sighed if I had crayons I’d draw you a picture  oh we understand the physical part what we don’t  

Understand is the change in Attitude why now why  not now I’m not married and my relationship with   Jen is probably over I don’t owe anyone anything  we’re adults what we do is nobody’s business but  

Our own if I decide I want to to show physical  affection to two people I’ve known and loved all   my life and they agree I don’t see anything wrong  with that they stared at me for a few moments and  

Then both smirked you’re back welcome to the  land of the living that being said there will   be no games today not until you talk to Jen if  you decide to go your separate ways we’ll go if  

You decide to stay together and want to play even  better we’ve both had a crush on Jen for a long   time so have Anette and Jason Annette opened up to  us one night over a few bottles of wine telling us  

About how she’s always had a crush on you nothing  would give her more pleasure than meeting you they   both kissed me and then told me to take them back  to the marina and secure my boat I followed them  

Home and Jen’s car was parked in the garage when  I pulled up in front of it she was sitting on the   couch lights off no TV no music just sitting  in the semi Darkness Jen turned and saw me  

Then turned away I just sat down next to her and  waited you did the right thing to leave why don’t   you explain I have nothing to lose Jim nothing  more I was beginning to think we were going to be  

Together for a long time I know I loved no I love  you but if I loved you so much how could I take   something I knew meant a lot to you and use it as  an excuse to do what I did I was never going to do  

That with him but the kisses felt good and it just  made it more intense I guess I’m glad I had the   good sense to stop it it was wrong even though we  hadn’t announced our intentions it would have been  

Cheating this is hard for me Jen you love me but  you were willing to love someone else I understand   that you were angry and broken but I’ve been angry  with you a few times and it never once occurred  

To me to love someone else because of it my ex  and our children will be a part of my life for   as long as I live I can live without ever seeing  Bonnie again but not my children or grandchildren  

They are an integral part of me she turned to me  looking horrified I would never come between you   and your family I know how much you were looking  forward to seeing them I was just hurt that you  

Couldn’t spend time with them a little information  for you dear my children like you they know you’ve   done nothing to destroy my marriage and hold  no grudge against you Bonnie on the other hand   hates you to the core she’s got it in her head  that you orchestrated this whole switch Fiasco  

To get to me she thinks our divorce is your fault  that’s just nonsense this mess was her fault from   the beginning when you objected the first time she  should have forgotten about it and never brought  

It up again I feel like I got the best of her but  it’s not my fault I know it you know it and deep   down she knows it however Bonnie has never liked  to take responsibility when things go wrong she’s  

Always looking for someone or something to blame  to lessen her guilt I’m sure that if she knew what   was going to happen if she knew what this weekend  CA her she would have reconsidered her decision  

Hindsight is 2020 Jen looked at me determination  written all over her face I’m not her if I screw   up I’ll always tell you no matter what it costs  me and believe me I know I screwed up very badly  

So based on that do we still have any relationship  left I like to think it does but getting smashed   and almost doing it with someone else doesn’t  really cement our relationship does it what   happens next if I piss you off somehow I’m old  and male I’m inherently prone to making mistakes  

You’re not old at least part of you is she said  with a giggle and contrary to what you think I’m   not that young so cut the old [ __ ] okay besides  you’re not the only one who makes mistakes I think  

Last week proves that just so you know if I had  sex with him I’d leave because I could never look   you in the eye again you deserve better especially  after Bonnie so let’s summarize I screwed up you  

Reacted badly and I deserved it I really really  want you back with me Jim I like having you around   I knew what she was going to say she knew what she  was going to say and it hung in the air then she  

Started to cry I pulled her to me [ __ ] are you  going to use the crying card you know I’m falling   for that I really really want to be with you and I  like having you around she knew what I was saying  

The crying intensified for another minute before  she jumped up and started throwing off her clothes   if you like having me around show me that take me  to bed take me here just take me I’m yours forever  

Jimmy forever that was a pretty loud statement  but I was a little distracted by the sight of her   body even though I had seen it hundreds of times  before she was 34 years old at the peak of her age  

And just seemed to Glow the next next morning I  really did feel like an old man Jen has gone into   full on nesting mode she used to be hesitant to  suggest changes to our little house but now she  

Was coming up with all sorts of ideas she wanted  to redo the backyard and insisted on helping it   took 3 months before she claimed it was done there  was no pool but there was a top-of-the-line hot  

Tub that could seat 10 people standing on the edge  of the brick patio across from the outdoor kitchen   we removed two old and diseased trees and planted  some new ones I grinned telling Jen that the true  

Definition of an optimist is someone who plants  trees in whose shade they will never sit she hit   me pretty hard you have many more years old man  we’ll make a swing out of this swing and you can  

Ride your great grandchildren on it when they come  to visit sure you’ll be decrepit and decrepit but   I’ll still be hot everyone in the universe will  wonder how you got so lucky old man that’s what  

She called me now I took her in my arms and  twirled her around kissing her soundly as our   relationship mended I wasn’t surprised when I came  home to find Julie sitting on the patio talking  

To Jen and Jen holding the baby well she wasn’t  really a baby anymore she was almost 2 years old   Jen and Julie had somehow bonded over a chance  meeting and having lunch together Julie later  

Admitted to me that she liked Jen and she realized  that she had nothing to do with our breakup Bonnie   still hated her but now it seemed like she hated  almost everything if she had known what was in  

Store for her she would have been really pissed  off when we finished remodeling the backyard we   had friends over for the evening Jason and Annette  Sandy and Ed Vicky and Ronda and us we let Jason  

Try out the new grill and were soon sitting at the  table with bones cooked to Perfection he roasted   corn on the cob and Jen made potato salad and  klaw it was one of the best dinners of Our Lives  

Alcohol flowed as the night went on Jen and Vicki  drank wine Annette and Ronda each had a picture of   Long Island ice tea and Jason and I sipped our  favorite craft beer Ed and Sandy were hooked  

On hard cider and had brought 12 packs finally  they noticed our huge hot tub and came over to   look at it I pulled back the tarp and turned it on  marveling at the size and Bubbles why didn’t you  

Tell us we would have brought our suits with us  I looked at Ron and grinned when did not having a   costume stop you girls if you want to come in come  in one thing about these girls they weren’t shy  

Vicki was out of everything almost instantly Ronda  grinned and lowered her skirt pulling her tank top   over her head as she went she wasn’t wearing a bra  Vicki screamed ripping off her bra and throwing it  

Away unfortunately for me it landed on me one of  the huge cups sitting on my head like a beanie   we were all at lost for words squealing with  laughter and cell phones went off to capture   the event for history Annette grinned casting a  learing glance at Jason he nodded and soon her  

Clothes were lying on the patio table every male  eye in the place followed her until she was hidden   beneath the bubbles Sandy and Jen looked at each  other having an unspoken conversation apparently   they had come to some sort of agreement because  soon their own clothes were piled on the chairs  

And they were running giggling toward the bathtub  five completely different and attractive sets were   on display they looked at us are you guys coming  or not we headed toward the bathtub but we were   stopped this tub is for underwear only if you want  to go in take them off Jason only grinned throwing  

Off his shorts we all laughed at his pink boxers  with red hearts hey net bought those for me how   was I supposed to know I’d show them off tonight  Ed grinned and lowered himself into his bvds they  

All looked at me and I laughed throwing off my  shorts showing the world that I was wearing a   Commando suit tonight the guys laughed and the  girls squealed soon we were all seated and as   the evening progressed the girls decided that if  anyone needed to go out for anything it was me  

They were constantly ooing and eyeing and laughing  at the whole thing did it turn into unbridled fun   no it was just a group of slightly Tipsy friends  having a good time there was flirting banter lwd  

Suggestions but it didn’t get to that after an  hour or so we went out to simulate a plum Rhonda   grinned dropping the last of it I don’t wear  clothes over wet panties she giggled Sandy was   confused did you really say drawers she asked  catching her breath yes the crates what do you  

Call them California girl well I never called  them crates but you’re right she turned so that   she was facing Ed that opened the gate the next  morning as I walked out of the house I saw five  

Pairs spread out on the table Jen came up behind  me smirking we need to return them to their owners   she picked up the pink thong Anette was wearing  she’s very pretty isn’t she and she has a great  

Ass I felt a slight insecurity so I hugged her she  loves it but if you’re interested so are you it’s   just the right shape round firm and very nice to  get the message across I grabbed her and kissed  

Her she giggled and squeaked before kissing me  back we discussed the evening over breakfast are   you okay with what we did I don’t want it to bring  back certain memories honey we were just goofing  

Around with friends we didn’t plan it there was  no secret plan it was just fun it wasn’t out of   sight she grinned again I’ve noticed you guys are  a lot alike what can I say we the guys we’re going  

To look for it it’s built into us from birth five  couples on five attractive women almost caused a   sensory overload that would make a good time for  a movie 10 girls in a hot tub coming soon I think  

I blew half an egg out of my nose I was laughing  so hard I sat back and smirked life was good my   5-year-old twins squealed with laughter as they  drove off the side of the boat onto the slide I  

Had ordered and installed it could be rocked and  when you hit the bottom you were carried pretty   fast it would curve outward a bit tossing you  above the water if you picked up enough speed   you could skip across the water once or twice  of course they were were wearing life jackets  

And were supervised by their mother sister and  two nieces Julie and her two daughters were   with us it was funny that two 5-year-olds have  nieces 10 and 7 years old but that’s the way it   is Jason and Annette were beside me watching  their granddaughter Rumble down the slide Ed  

And Sandy had two children of their own and they  were almost frothing at the mouth to go down the   slide Vicki and Ronda were close by and their  favorite honorary nieces were too attractive to   pass up as I watched them the sparkle of their  matching diamonds made me smile after a 25-year  

Relationship they decided to get married my Jen  was sitting on the jet ski in case the kids had   to be rescued she noticed my gaze and smiled at  41 she could still wear a swimsuit the kids played  

Until they were exhausted we then headed back to  the marina and set up in the park playground where   Jason and I grilled and the ladies relaxed keeping  a close eye on the kids who seemed to be renewed  

At the sight of the swings and slides after eating  Julie packed all the kids into her Minivan and   drove off they had a sleepover they left before  she pulled out of the parking lot I hope they had  

Just dozed off because if they slept too long she  was in for a long night the old guys got back in   the boat and we cast off heading for our favorite  Cove there was good fishing there and we intended  

To wet some hooks drink a few beers mostly wine  for the ladies and just just relax we needed it   Jason was gaining momentum National artists were  lining up and begging to book studio time Ed had   several tempting offers and was already thinking  about going solo when Jason offered to sell him  

25% of his Studio they came to an agreement and  hired some really talented people so they decided   to take a few days off Annette had enough time in  the school system to retire which she did moving   to work for Jason her education as a parenting  consultant came in handy when she helped several  

Artists cope Sandy was still running the shop  and doing very well we’d been around so long   that we were getting second generation visitors  children and younger relatives of those who’d   used our services before we even talked about  opening a second location for Jen to run but then  

The kids came along quite by accident she said  trying to keep a straight face and she didn’t   want to be away from her babies for that long in  fact she gave up her job altogether to become a  

Full-time mom we could afford it my business was  still going strong although I retired at 50 and   passed it on to my children they paid me 20% of  everything the company produced so I was doing  

Okay I bought a house on the lake we loved so much  and built a workshop in the backyard to keep from   turning into a fat slob I made outdoor furniture  and sold it at the local farmers market wondering  

What I was allowed the coordinator explained that  they allow all kind kinds of Artisans and I fell   into that category I worked there every other  Saturday and most of my business came from Word   of Mouth advertising it allowed me to take it  easy and we were all happy oddly enough it was  

Quite lucrative my first group of children had  fun at my expense when they found out Jen was   pregnant and joked that my grandchildren  would be older than their new brother and sister they liked Jen and the kids and visited  us often especially during the summer months  

We fished for an hour before we gave up sometimes  they just don’t bite we cleaned up grabbed a fresh   beer and joined the girls they whispered amongst  themselves and quickly dispersed what kind of   Mayhem are you girls up to Vicky grinned holding  out the bottle of vegetable oil not plotting but  

Remembering just about that time they were all  topless age had hamstrung some of us but they   wore their flabbiness and wrinkles with pride and  style I grinned and the guys laughed to this day  

I can’t say what made us decide to do it it all  started with a joke Vicki Ronda and Annette were   telling stories about our unspent youth to Jen  and Sandy one evening when they were at Vicki and  

Ronda’s house drinking wine girls night out they  had gone to see a mail review and were more than   a little drunk and Tipsy as Vicki liked to say  Sandy was the one who sprang into action you know  

When we lived in California and Ed worked with all  these artists not one of them had a relaxed life   lifestyle one of them only worked with Ed saying  he was the only one who understood her Ed said it  

Was because she was right in the middle of the  drama queen when he was snapping all right he   said screw the session you’re going to pay for  it anyway you sing beautifully darling but at  

The end of the day it’s just a job like a butcher  or a tax collector if you make a mistake on their   taxes or give them a ribey instead of a T-bone  How likely do you think it is that they’ll use  

You again if you keep trying to to rub me the crap  you’re giving me now you’ll soon see your CDs in   the $5 garbage can at Walmart take your pick she  calmed down immediately and while he was working  

With her she was the ultimate professional she  had a reputation for being difficult to work with   because she demanded the best from the musicians  singers and Technical staff anyway she became   friends with us and one evening after a few cups  of Long Island Ice teas she confessed that she and  

Her husband sometimes dabble outside of marriage  always together under very tightly controlled   circumstances she then invited us to spend the  evening with them we seriously considered it but   before it could happen her husband left her for a  man and it left a sour taste in our mouths I still  

Think about it from time to time and wonder if I  missed something Vicky Ronda and Annette grinned   it was Annette said of course we were nothing more  than teenagers at the time and had no commitment  

To the relationship but that’s what made it fun  most most of us already loved each other so trust   was at an all-time high I can still remember  us sliding from body to body being pulled at   random and having fun for a few minutes before  someone else would enter us and we would connect  

With someone else Jen sat in silence for a while  you know what I hated most about that trip to the   island I never got to experience anything like it  sure my then husband was a jerk and the thought  

Of letting any of his friends touch me made my  stomach churn Jimmy was the only reason I’d gone I   was already regretting it when everything blew up  and we flew home it wasn’t that good honey booger   freaked me out a little and jules’s boyfriend was  downright nasty there’s a difference between who  

You love and who you trust they switched to  other topics but the conversation stayed with   everyone 4 weeks later we were all in my hot  tub the rule now was to go completely without   everything the flirting and touching was becoming  more frequent and Annette apparently decided the  

Time was right she had already discussed it with  Jason and Sandy had brought Ed up to speed they   danced on eggshells around me and Jen but Netta  had just enough alcohol to bring it up we’ve  

Given it a lot of thought all of us except you  have agreed to have an old-fashioned MAA party   it’s up to you but we’d like you to join us it  could be a one-time event or a tradition we’ll  

See how it goes grunt I know Jen is wondering  what would have happened if you had stayed on   the island and admit you have good memories of  us except for Sandy unlike other times we can  

Be trusted no one will leave anyone because of  this no one will love anyone less it’ll just be   fun you guys think about it they then changed the  subject to the antics of one of the artists they  

Produced I pondered this for a few days before I  sat Jen down in her seat do you really want to do   this she stuttered for a minute before I stopped  her Jen stop trying to fit yourself to what you  

Think I want to hear I’m going to ask again and  if I don’t get an honest answer this will be the   last time we discuss this ever understood she  nodded her head yes I’d like to try just once  

You all have shared memories that I have no part  in and I want to have my own but if you have the   slightest objection this is all off the table and  will never be discussed again I thanked her for  

Her cander I spent the rest of that day and part  of the next talking to each one individually to   gauge their desire all wanted to but were hesitant  remembering how unsuccessful their last attempt   had been the next evening I invited them all over  to my house ordering pizza so we could focus the  

Tension was almost stabbing as I sat down on the  couch next to Jen and took her hand I’m in favor   under certain conditions one no matter how much  fun we have this will be the one event that will  

Never be repeated I want to leave good memories  of myself so everyone has to agree to keep it in   the group the last thing I need is for Bonnie and  Jules to find out about this not because I care  

About their feelings although I do but because  I don’t want to hear any nasty things from them   especially Bonnie and finally I’m all set want to  take a trip down memory lane the MAA party we’ll   have it at The Shack on the day they’re closed  questions or comments they all looked at each  

Other then smirked and tried to speak at the same  time eventually after coordinating schedules it   became clear that it would be in 2 weeks Jason and  Ed helped me build the frame 24 ft long 10t wide   2 fet deep triple lined with durable waterproof  plastic padded sides all around to avoid bruising  

Filled with foam rubber to a height of 18 in  to avoid spills on top was a double layer of   shrink wrap that held the mold intact when heated  ensuring there were no lumps or depressions our   very own adult version of slip and slide instead  of vegetable oil I went online and bought 8  

Gallons of massage oil I didn’t think I would need  that much but better to overdo it than underdo it   Ed and I assembled it the night before the event  making sure everything was securely fastened when  

Everything was assembled we sat at the bar and  had a couple beers each are you sure about that   Ed grinned yeah how about you yes I feel like Jen  needs this oddly enough I think she’s doing it to  

Prove she loves me I don’t understand the reasons  why but I understand the importance I just hope I   can hold it together I’m far from being a teenager  five women is a lot to handle Ed blushed and  

Looked a little guilty Jason and I were worried  about the same thing we both went to our doctors   and lied a little about our ability to perform  we both got samples of the little blue pill we  

Each have two if we need them well it looks like  all options have been considered suddenly it was   time they all stood and watched as Jason and I  emptied five gallon containers of massage oil   onto the mat the tension was obvious each of them  hesitant I solved that that problem by undressing  

And then helping Jen the others quickly followed  my example while they were undressing I grabbed   Jen and threw her on the pillow and her scream  followed her to the other end then I dove in and  

Joined her her scream turned to laughter as she  pushed off the bumper and flew to the other side   I was just turning around when a body slammed into  me and I found myself face to face with a rather  

Impressive ass it was Sandy and she let out a  scream when I did what seemed natural to me I bit   her I was about to get busy on her when someone  else slammed into me I turned around and there  

Was a net I snuggled up to her as she cradled my  head feeling something warm and wet I looked down   and saw Vicki she was almost biting me I looked  over and was surprised to see Jen with her hands  

Tangled in Rhonda’s Hair I enjoyed it with her for  about 5 minutes and was very close when someone’s   body pushed me away and I turned around Annette  was grinning hey holding on to the rail wasn’t a  

Bad idea I managed to finish the job before I was  knocked down again Ed immediately took my place   next I moved on to Jen she looked around grinned  and went back to work I was suddenly very glad I  

Had agreed to take the blue pill Sandy had always  wanted to be in an environment like this we stayed   like this for 2 hours before finally saying enough  was enough eventually we ended up just a mass in  

The middle of our playground everyone laughed at  my attempts to get out eventually I just slid to   the bumper and rolled onto the towels we had  spread around I think the ladies had brought   all the towels they had and we could all use  them Jason and Ed followed suit and soon we were  

Helping the girls there was a lot of rubbing to  do and we did the best we could but we knew we’d   all go straight to the showers when we got home we  spread fresh towels on the bar stools and I acted  

As bartender pouring drinks for everyone we were  quiet for a moment digesting what we’d done when I   raised my glass to Memories everyone raised their  glasses and smiled for the first time to Memories   afterward we laughed and chatted as befits close  company I can’t believe you bit my ass I grinned  

At Sandy I’ve always wanted to do that she blushed  slightly and whimpered as Ed slid off the stool   and picked her up biting her cheek ow Ed pulled  himself up and kissed her you looked unbalanced   now you’ve got the right kit we dressed slowly  savoring the unforgettable experience then we  

Drifted off to sleep each promising to return the  next day to clean up Jen and I showered together   when we got home slowly gently I noticed she was  a little tense finally she babbled do you still  

Love me I was still under the influence of the  pills more than ever it must have been the right   decision because she turned and jumped into my  arms wriggling until she was down I think she   wanted it to be entertainment in the form of  confirmation that we would still be together  

After our scene we cleaned up and laid back  down I think we both fell asleep before our   heads even touched the pillows I woke up with the  morning wood she wriggled and whimpered not today  

Honey I’m in a lot of pain me too I feel like  the first layer of skin was peeled off me last   night no more blue pills for me she giggled and  fell silent then she said in a voice so quiet I  

Almost couldn’t hear her are we okay I kissed  her neck we’re good sweetheart unless you want   to do it again not in this life once was enough  how about you I like what I have so the answer  

Is no never again we paddled around for a bit  before someone knocked on the door I glanced at   the security Monitor and saw the whole group on  our doorstep I kissed Jen’s neck and open opened   the door forgetting that I had just gotten out  of bed Vicki looked up casual Tuesday I looked  

Down and grinned more like forgetful Tuesday why  are you here we brought you breakfast when you   eat we’ll help you clean up Sandy has an event  planned for Thursday and everything has to be   spotless I smiled you know neither of us can  go back there anymore without looking at the  

Floor and smirking Jason smiled back good memories  always bring a grin it set the tone for the whole   day we joked around while we cleaned up it took  6 hours to clean and disassemble our playground  

In the end it looked just like it did before  Ed and Sandy went home to their kids and the   rest of us went back to our house we cooked a late  lunch and Vicky watched the hot tub the whole time  

Finally she stood up and took off her clothes I  need to soak does anyone else have pain soon we   were all lying in the tub getting high as the Jets  soothed us an hour later we were dressed and out  

With kisses and hugs they left at first I thought  it would be awkward but we all went back to our   business oh we looked at each other and laughed  every now and then but that was it 4 months later  

I found Jen on the couch crying and all the women  in our circle around her I thought maybe someone   had died what’s going on they all went out on  Deck leaving us alone I sat up and put my arms  

Around her pulling her tight against me are you  okay no yes maybe I have to tell you something   you might not like thoughts of her leaving me  flashed through my head I was starting to get  

Tense when she blurred it out I’m pregnant what  I said I’m pregnant I’m having a baby your baby   what do you want me to do never in a hundred  years did I suspect that I would become a new  

Parent so late in life I thought about it for  about 3 seconds I saw Jen looking longingly at   s Andy and Julie’s children and the thought made  me chuckle first we have to get married then we  

Need to find you a good doctor I want the best  for our baby oh and we’ll probably have to move   this little love nest is fine for two but I want  a bigger house with a bigger yard with swings in  

A pool is that okay with you I don’t mean to sound  unromantic you know I love you and would do it as   soon as possible I’m just being practical are you  with me she started to cry even harder but I knew  

From the way she clung to me that they weren’t  tears of sadness the others peered through the   patio door and seeing her actions piled back in  smiling and crying you’re leaving everything to   us you’re getting married at the shack it will  be the best wedding of Our Lives Sandy grinned  

Like a Madwoman we bought flowers and napkins and  everything Rhonda piped up I was glad that she   and Vicki owned a flower store and did the event  planning Sandy used their services exclusively   for any wedding at the shack I leaned back in my  chair and watched their chatter enjoying the look  

Of Happiness on Jen’s face I stood up and they all  looked at me excuse me girls but I need to find   the ring and then I’ll need to Corner Jason and  Ed to make sure we have matching tuxedos I left  

Having been admonished not to be a cheap skate  when everything was ready Jason was the best man   and Ed and Vicki were the Grooms men he and Ronda  had a lot of fun and Ronda was the maid of honor  

Vicki wore a slightly feminine version of our tux  and she and Rhonda looked great in the pictures   I think it was that night that Vicki finally  asked Rhonda to be her wife I didn’t try to  

Keep the wedding a secret but I didn’t advertise  it either all my children came my daughter jly was   the flower girl and my youngest grandson was the  ring bearer I didn’t invite Bonnie because frankly  

I didn’t want her to attend it was Jen’s day and  she didn’t need the ghosts of the past hovering   around her July told me that she didn’t take the  news Well disappeared for 3 days and when when  

She came back she looked like a warmed up turd she  also told me that she went into a screaming fit at   the announcement of the twin’s birth I didn’t  understand why for it had been many years and  

I had long since made my peace with it about a  year later she remarried to a small Meek man who   she ruled with an iron fist July said they still  went to parties but there was one more thing added  

To it every time they came back from a party they  both wore bruises she was clearly upset I made up   my mind and called her Bonnie was surprised to  hear my voice I hadn’t spoken to her in almost  

A year and a half there was no need to after the  greeting she quickly went into [ __ ] mode are you   sure you have time to talk to me don’t you have  twins is she cheating on you already you jaded old  

[ __ ] not that I know of I said smirking Youk  warn me if she shows up at any of your parties   right how are they going you seem to have been  out of the loop for a while now don’t you I heard  

A sharp intake of breath and jump jumped up before  she could start I called because Julie says you’ve   been doing some kinky stuff she says you come back  all bruised and sore and you have streaks all over  

Your body it’s none of my business but you need  to rethink what you’re doing our children are   afraid of having grandchildren around you Susie  asked July if you were misbehaving because you   looked like you’d been spanked that’s all I  wanted to say well there’s more despite what  

Happened between us you deserve to be happy and I  don’t think you are get rid of your demons Bonnie   before you lose everyone you care about I think  she was crying when I hung up the phone a couple  

Months later Bonnie and her new husband separated  and another 6 months later she was divorced since   we were still technically in business together  I made Jen sign a prup and insisted that her new   husband do the same I heard there was a serious  fight about it but he eventually signed when the  

Divorce started he tried to dissolve the prenup  but thanks to her lawyer that quickly came to not   when the Twins were six years old she got married  for the last time he was a couple years older and  

Was a big noons guy I liked him right away he  tracked me down wanting to know our story I told   him that we’d been married for over 20 mostly  happy years but then our priorities had changed  

And we’d gone our separate ways he only hummed she  said you were too nice to tell the truth she told   me everything why you two broke up what kind of  Lifestyle she led after that she said she hasn’t  

Had that lifestyle in 3 years and she’s willing to  sign a prenup that would put her in a very awkward   position if she cheated I think I’m willing to  take that risk for her sounds like you’re on the  

Up and up we were sitting at my kitchen table  and he was looking out the patio door at Jen   and the kids I grinned I’ve been lucky at least  that’s what she tells me every day I’m starting  

To think there’s something to it if you love her  marry her just keep your eyes open she was a very   good wife before this happened I wish you all  all the best 6 months later jeel told us about  

The wedding thankfully her youngest girl was ready  to be a flower girl and one of her grandchildren   was ready to be a ring bearer she said it was a  simple beautiful service and they both emphasized   the words dedicate yourselves only to each other  Jen smiled and said she was genuinely happy that  

Her mom was happy and then went back to Vicki and  ronda’s wedding plans I was the best man and Jen   was the matron of honor Vic wore a beautiful  tuxedo and Ronda wore a very nice dress it was  

A beautiful service I don’t think there was a  dry eye in the house after they exchanged vows   later at the reception I danced with Vicky on the  very spot where our adventure took place I leaned  

Over and whispered in her ear I can still smell  the body lotion she burst out laughing and clung   to me even tighter a few months later Annette  asked me why I had agreed to the MAA party I did  

It for Jen she was always the one who stayed back  when we went down memory lane I think she wanted   it so she could be on equal footing with me and  the others shared memories tend to bring people  

Closer together I sighed I also did it because of  Bonnie she was in the same situation as Jen only   handled it very poorly if it had just been you I  would have gotten over it and probably had a good  

Time like we did with Jen instead she conspired  and connived behind my back eventually making   an evening of it with complete strangers there was  no respect or Mutual decision she just decided and   went all the way dragging me along with her have  you ever thought about doing that again with you  

No Ed and Sandy spent a weekend with us here and  there nothing pre-planned nothing all consuming   just friends sharing a more intimate relationship  once at a bachelorette party I asked Jen if she  

Wanted to do it again but she quickly turned me  down I I can hear her now I got a good man and   beautiful children it was fun but it will never  happen again honestly just the thought of having  

That kind of fun with someone else makes me a  little nauseous now it was fun and satisfied my   desires but it’s not something I want to repeat  then she smirked sometimes we tease each other   on our night out dancing and tormenting each  other I bet there have been a few times when  

She’s come home after something like that I leaned  over and kissed her for some reason she burst into   red flames and then she thanked me and promised to  keep it up we still spend evenings in the hot tub  

But not as often anymore we live far away now and  everyone else has careers and responsibilities so   we don’t see them as often as we’d like once in  a while we have a private evening in the hot tub  

And make out like teenagers and then move to the  bedroom life is good in the last chapter of our   story something strange happened what began  as a nostalgic trip down memory lane turned   into into an unexpected evening of Adventure a  MAA party the characters embarked on a journey  

Of shared intimacy with friends exploring  the boundaries of their relationships the   story masterfully intertwined elements of humor  surprise and a hint of vulnerability it showed   the character’s openness to new experiences  emphasizing the importance of communication and   Trust in relationships the hot tub scene filled  with laughter teasing and an overall sense of  

Ad Venture captured the essence of the MAA party  as the plot unfolded we witnessed the aftermath   of this unconventional evening characters  confronted the complexities of their emotions   and relationships dealing with insecurities  and anxieties Reflections on past experiences   especially with a former partner named Bonnie  gave depth to the narrative showing personal  

Growth and the pursuit of happiness closer to  the present day a new dimension is introduced   into the narrative ‘s pregnancy which adds a new  focus and joy of anticipation the characters deal   with the challenges of impending Parenthood with a  mixture of humor and practicality reinforcing the  

Theme of adapting to Life’s changes the narrative  gracefully winds down in the final Pages depicting   weddings family bonds and the character’s endless  happiness an unexpected reveal about Jen’s   pregnancy brings a new twist to the story bringing  joy and anticipation the characters overcome the  

Challenges of impending Parenthood with a mixture  of humor and practicality affirming the theme of   adapting to Life’s changes the conclusion  of the narrative reflects the joy of life   and love celebrating the journey through life  and relationships thank you all for being with me

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In this video, I delve into the messy world of love triangles and cheating. Join me as I share a completed story that will leave you shocked and pondering the complexities of relationships. Get ready for twists, turns, and plenty of drama in this gripping tale of betrayal and heartbreak. Don’t miss out on this captivating story that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Tune in now to satisfy your curiosity and maybe even learn a thing or two about love and loyalty.

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Chapter 1
51:23 Chapter 2
1:40:46 Chapter 3
2:31:59 Chapter 4
3:25:51 Chapter 5
4:25:00 Findings and conclusion

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