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.”

you up

reply…. Then Charlotte…. No reply…. Francis maybe? Still no reply. It’s too late in the day.

give it another go: “Ben, this isn’t right. You can’t just barge into someone else’s house to check up on their

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

don’t think you

think it’s okay for my her to make a fool of my brother?” Then he

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

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

says Ben. “But I don’t want them to

leads me around to the rear and through gardens which are a mixture of well-kept and maintained, and hopelessly

and new, dilapidated and restored. Standing over high meadows overlooking

“the bedroom

back, but he ignores me, walking quietly to the front door

Oh, please be locked….

which turns, and

on the threshold. “Are you

shake my head.

know where you