Choosing Her Lover

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And I think, that is that….

Until, at six pm, just as I am about finish for the day, Ben marches in again. “Come on,” he says. “I want you to come with me.”

“Come with you? Where?”

“Up to Mike’s place.”

“What? You want me to go there? What for? I barely know them.”

“Mike’s not at home. He’s working late. I want to catch James and Charlotte in the act, and I want a witness, so the bastard, and the bitch can’t deny it when I confront them.”

“Ben, you can’t do this. And haven’t you forgotten something? James Alexanders is my boss. I could lose my job…”

He stands, arms akimbo. “Fuck you, then. I’m going anyway. If you won’t come with me, I’ll go by myself. I’ll take a camera.”

Jeez…. I’d better go with him. See if I can stop him doing anything too stupid….

“Alright. I’ll come with you. Let me get my stuff and clear up my desk.”

fetch the car and pick you up at the

First James.… No reply…. Then Charlotte…. No reply…. Francis maybe? Still no reply. It’s too late in the day. No-one’s here. And I have no idea how to contact

pulls up at the front and I get in. Staring into traffic, my mouth dry, I give it another go: “Ben, this isn’t right. You can’t just

talking about? We’re discussing a man fucking

think you

flushing. “I suppose you think it’s okay for my her to make a

and up the mountain. The views are amazing, but I can’t enjoy them, my stomach churning

a spa hotel, ‘Life and Beauty’.

place is around the back,” says Ben. “But I don’t want them to

around to the rear and through gardens which are a mixture of well-kept and maintained, and hopelessly overgrown. The whole has

new, dilapidated and restored. Standing over high meadows overlooking a lake, the position is incredible. In any other circumstances, I would just stand

pointing, “the bedroom curtains

I try to hang back, but he ignores me, walking quietly to

Oh, please be locked….

turns, and the

on the threshold. “Are you coming

my

me. “I know where you stand, don’t I?” and he goes