DISCLAIMER: The story you are about to read is purely fictional. Any possible similarities between the characters and events with people in real life are purely coincidental.
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My name is David. I'm a thirty-five year old man who went though what would probably be a fantasy to most men. Before I get into it, let me tell you about where I came from.
I normally work as an accounting/financial manager for a large bank. I'm good at my job. I'm not some millionaire living the high life, but my career has afforded me things like a four-bedroom house and a nice car. You might think I'm living the perfect life, but it's not all wine and roses.
I used to be married. I met my wife back in college and we dated for several years. We married and planned on the usual things married couples do. We bought the house (fully paid for) and were planning on starting a family. Unfortunately, things didn't work out so well.
Robert is a childhood friend of mine. While I graduated college, married, and built a nice upper middle-class career, he wheeled and dealed his way into making many of the "right moves" that led him to becoming a regular Gordon Gekko, only not as "evil". Taking money inherited from a dead relative, he invested in Apple before the iPod, and in Google before they really blew up. I won't knock him, he's good at playing the market and turned his measly $20,000 inheritance into an investment firm making him $100 million a year. Robert is also your stereotypical wealthy playboy bachelor. Jet-setting, dating models, driving exotic cars, etc.
Before you think it, Robert did not steal my ex-wife from me, although he regularly feels like he caused my divorce. How did this happen? Well, about three years ago, Robert was holding a charity gala at an art museum downtown. My now ex-wife and I attended. Robert had introduced me to a business colleague of his who was another wealthy playboy type.
I did not think much of it, but Robert's colleague apparently had eyes on my now ex-wife. Somehow he managed to get in contact with her, and a year later I find out she was having a steamy affair with him. I even remembered when I thought she was traveling for work, but found out she was flying to exotic getaways. It wasn't until they both showed up on a celebrity watcher TV show that any of us found out.
Long story short, we divorced shortly after, and my ex-wife ended up playing with Mr. playboy until he dumped her for someone younger. I guess karma is a bitch. At the time of the divorce, my now ex-wife didn't want to turn things into a heavy drama, so I got to keep the house and everything else was settled. I'm thankful that while she wasn't faithful, she also wasn't your typical "destroy him" divorcee.
So now it's the present day. It's been a year and a half since my divorce, and my life has been mainly work and home. I go to work, put in the hours, make people a lot of money (even in this economy), then go home to my empty house to hide.
Robert of course has had this overbearing feeling of guilt ever since then. He stopped doing business with his colleague and even tried many ways to "make it up to me". I've told him time and time again he did nothing wrong, and that it was my ex who decided to betray me. Still, his hard confidence every now and then does take small cracks, and he's even tried things like getting me to take some pity job in his firm for four times what I get paid now as well as attempts to drag me out to mingle with high-priced models he mostly rolls with. He's a good friend, but I've told him over and over I just need to heal from the wounds, and he doesn't need to "buy" my loyalty.
The other day I paid him a visit to his downtown office for our weekly lunch meetup together. Coming into the top floor I was of course greeted by Robert's sweet and rather pretty executive assistant Jacqueline. She's got everything you would normally expect out of some wealthy CEO's executive assistant. Long dark hair, pretty brown eyes, long slender legs, and a nicely shaped body. I think she must be an ethnic mix of Hispanic and Asian blood, but I'm not good at determining these things.
Every time I see Jacqueline she always seems to light up. With others she'll be totally business formal, but with me it's like we're old friends. After a little small talk, I went to see my friend.
Robert:
"Hey big guy!"
David:
"Nice to see you too. I see you still keep Jacqueline around."
Robert:
"Where else are going to find that mix of brains with a body to die for?"
David:
"Not many. My CEO's assistant is a total airhead. You ready for lunch?"
Robert:
"Yeah! You're birthday's next month buddy. Any plans?"
David:
"Nah. Not really. You know I've never made a big deal out of my birthday."
Robert:
"Oh come on now! Why don't I fly us to Vegas? We'll hit the tables, walk the strip like Danny Ocean and Rusty, pick up some hot tail, and have a wild time?"
David:
"No man, it's ok. Honest."
Robert:
"David, I've known you my whole life. I know you got divorced a year and a half ago, but how long are you going to sit in this rut? You gotta get out there again, find a better woman, and have some mind-blowing sex."
David:
"I'm just not ready. Not sure if I want to try again."
Robert:
"Just between us buddy, when's the last time you got laid?"
David:
"Robert!"
Robert:
"Come on David, when?"
David:
"Fine. Two years ago."
Robert:
"TWO YEARS AGO???"
David:
"Shush! I don't want your whole company knowing that!"
Robert:
"Two years? That means the last girl you slept with was your ex. I mean, come on...you didn't even seek out some rebound or anything?"
David:
"I'm not like you in that sense. You were always better with the ladies. I was the more modest one."
Robert:
"Dude, you have to get laid. Break out of the shell. Why not go to Sin City and get some?"
David:
"No. I'm ok."