Ryan got several days of relaxation before he got the call that he was going to be needed to help IT set up the new office in two days. The only interruption of his peace and quiet was daily calls from various news outlets wanting an interview. By the second day he had turned the ringer off, turned down the volume on his answering machine and emailed his family and friends they could get him on his cellphone.
The same day he got the call from work he also received a huge surprise at his door...a very pleasant surprise. The doorbell rang. Ryan considered ignoring it, thinking it was just another pesky reporter that he didn't want to talk to. Whoever it was as the door was persistent. The doorbell kept ringing till Ryan got pissed and went to the door, ripped it open and yelled, "What!" His jaw dropped because the doorbell ringer was not another reporter but his raven-haired beauty, Stacy.
Stacy smiled nervously, gave a little wave and weakly said, "Hi." Stacy was afraid Ryan would hate her, yell at her, slam the door on her and reject her for how she left.
"Stacy," Ryan said, confused. "What are you going here? Does Deke know you're here?"
Stacy was cautiously optimistic. "Doesn't matter what he does or doesn't know." Stacy held up her left hand and wiggled her bare ring finger. "I divorced him."
Ryan was shocked again. Divorced, he thought, she's divorced!
Stacy could see the thoughts running through Ryan's head. "Can I come in and explain, maybe answer any questions?"
Ryan snapped out of his thoughts, "Oh, yeah, of course, come on in." He closed the door once Stacy was inside.
Stacy sat on the couch where Ryan had been lying. She saw the ice pack lying next to the couch that Ryan had on his shoulder, "I saw what happened. How are you?"
"I'm fine," Ryan said as he sat next to Stacy, "lot better than most. Have a badly bruised shoulder. Still, lot of people we know didn't make it." Ryan's voice trailed off, his eyes misted. "Anyway, I'm fine. What about you though? What happened? I though you and Deke were trying to save your marriage."
Stacy laughed, "Yeah, so did I till I found out he's nothing but a two-faced, lying, no-good son-of-a-bitch!" Ryan was shocked by her outburst. He could tell she was really angry. Stacy continued, "I found out he's been cheating on me for YEARS with his secretary. That's why she got moved out to the same office he did."
"Lemme start from the beginning." Stacy had calmed as she began. "A friend of mine worked in the building next to Deke's. She got a promotion and a new office that faced the building Deke works in. As we found out, it faced Deke's office. The night she got her office she moved her boxes but hadn't unpacked yet. That bothered her because she's like that, she wanted it done. So she went back in to unpack. Well, when she went into her office she saw the office in the next building and saw this naked man. She thought she'd get to see something good so she left the light off and snuck to the window."
Stacy continued, "She couldn't see much, just the guy's back. She could see he was definitely fucking so she went over to her telescope. It was something her company gave her, one of those nice brass ones. Anyway, she looked through it and saw the guy's back but couldn't see his face. She also couldn't see the woman but she saw the woman's blonde hair. My friend also saw the man had a tattoo on his right shoulder. Now, she knew Deke had a tattoo on his right shoulder but she didn't know what of. So she continued to watch."
Ryan thought he knew where this was leading but he stayed silent as Stacy spoke. "Once the couple finished the man walked to the washroom attached to his office. When he walked back out, that's when my friend saw that Deke was the fucker. She then looked back at the woman on the desk and it was his secretary, Gloria. Young, big boobs, blonde hair, blue eyes, thin, long legs...you get the picture."
Ryan got more than a picture. He could see a potential bombshell of a development. He'd met Gloria at a party Stacy and Deke had once. Gloria was Deke's secretary here and she went out to be Deke's secretary when he got promoted. Guess we know why.
Stacy saw the wheels in Ryan's head turning. "Lemme finish. So my friend wanted to tell me but she wanted proof to show me and that I could use. As it happened, her husband is a professional photographer and videographer. The next night he brought in his cameras and special lenses. He videotaped and took pictures. I was pissed when I found out. I also thought the same thing you are thinking...if he is fucking her there then he was probably fucking her here before we moved." Stacy took a breath and continued, "he was. I had come back here for a couple days for training and ran into his old boss. I confronted him with the pictures. He admitted that Deke and Gloria were doing it in his office nightly. Not only had Deke told him but he walked in on them once."
Stacy's anger was surfacing and her rosie cheeks were getting redder. "When I got back I confronted Deke with everything. He was so fucking smug at first. He was alright if I divorced him but he would fight giving me anything. Once I threatened to notify his company, he became very timid." Stacy began to grin, "see they have a VERY strict policy about employees dating and for a boss to date a subordinate is grounds for termination. Deke knew that if they found out, he would be canned. So he gave me damn near everything I wanted. So now, I'm single...unless you'd like to see what happens between us?"
"Us," Ryan said excitedly, "dating?"
