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.”

I’ll fetch the car and pick you up at the front

get an answer. First James.… No reply…. Then

my mouth dry, I give it another go: “Ben, this isn’t right. You can’t just barge into someone else’s house to check

he snorts. “What are you talking about? We’re discussing a man fucking my brother’s wife. Of course,

don’t think

to face me, his face flushing. “I suppose you think it’s okay for my her to make a fool of my

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

spa hotel, ‘Life and Beauty’. It’s rather beautiful and very expensive

is around the back,” says Ben. “But I don’t

through gardens which are a mixture of well-kept and

be in mid-renovation, a mixture of old and new, dilapidated and restored. Standing over high meadows overlooking a lake, the position is incredible. In

pointing, “the bedroom curtains

try to hang back, but he ignores me,

Oh, please be locked….

which turns, and

enters, turning to me on the threshold. “Are

shake my

glowers at me. “I know where you stand, don’t I?” and