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

out of sight, I stab buttons on the internal phone, trying to get an answer. 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

the front and I get in. Staring into traffic, my mouth dry, I give it another go: “Ben,

about? We’re discussing a man fucking my brother’s wife. Of course, I’m entitled to

think you

my her to make a fool of my brother?”

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

back,” says Ben. “But I don’t want them to

of well-kept and maintained, and hopelessly

restored. Standing over high meadows overlooking a lake, the position is incredible. In any other circumstances, I would just stand and Wow! the place, but

Ben, pointing, “the bedroom curtains

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

Oh, please be locked….

and

turning to me on the threshold. “Are you coming

my head.

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