Ch 2 Purgatory
I'm living in hell now, and not only that, this hell, is one of my own volition.
My careful, deliberate actions have landed me here. I wake up each night, sweating and shaking, dazed from the strength of the feverish dreams that disturb me. Dreams of his face, his eyes wide in surprise. Dreams of his body, the way his chest looked, as I lifted his shirt. Dreams of his back, arching and clenching. Dreams of his dick, his balls and his ass, waking me rudely. Snatching me from sleep. Rousing my body in a series of merciless, myoclonic jerks.
I'm astounded by what happened. At what I did. I'm appalled that I've cheated on Liza. I've never cheated on anyone before, much less on someone like her. I'm filled with crushing shame. I have no idea what to do.
Where do you start when you've done something like this?
Do I tell her?
Hmm
, says Common Sense,
I'd think that one through. This is not just cheating, it's cheating with Oliver. A man. Do you really want this to define you? And what about him? Do you think
he
wants people to know?
It only happened once,
I rationalise.
It's never, ever going to happen again, so what's the point in hurting the woman I love? Throwing my future away? For what?
No,
I think.
Time to batten down the hatches. Get myself together.
Admittedly, I need to work on building a new, stronger little box to put Oliver in. I need to close the lid, lock it tightly and never, ever see him again. So that's the plan. Easy to follow. Foolproof, really.
Except for one thing: My Dick.
My Dick, which has never been the sharpest tool in the tool-shed, has rather a lot to say about Oliver.
Call him,
it says in the night,
call him and fuck him.
Call him,
it says in the day, every minute I find myself alone
, call him and fuck him and fuck him.
My Dick's voice is loud, easily drowning Common Sense out. I find myself with my hand in my pants far more often than usual, desperately trying to shut My Dick up.
It will pass
, I think anxiously,
just keep your head down.
Far from helping, the passage of time is making things worse. In a moment of weakness, I asked Liza for his number. Now that it's on my phone, I can't stop thinking about it. Looking at it. Checking it, over and over.
Contact: Oliver Kelly.
I must type a dozen messages to him, narrowly coming to my senses before sending, each time. I know I'm losing my grip, I can feel it slipping away, and when Liza arranges a week-end away with Jess, I'm as good as done for. I've lost.
My place tomorrow, 17h30
I stare down at the screen. I've already deleted the text twice, only to type it again.
Once was madness,
councils Common Sense,
twice is a pattern.
Hit 'Send'
, says My Dick.
And I do.
*
The waiting was torture. A day has never passed so slowly. My heart is pounding, and I'm finding it hard to breathe, when I finally hear his feet on the stairs. So much so that the first thing I feel when I see him, is relief. Relief that the waiting is over, relief that my chance to make a better decision is behind me, relief that My Dick will soon be content.
Mostly though, it's relief at seeing the sight of his face. He looks ashen and tense, but he's here. Aside from the vast myriad of issues I've had to concern me, this was the worst: did he like what I did to him? Did he want it? I know I pushed him, held him down and coerced him, but did I push him too far?
Despite my behaviour, despite what you might think, I'm not a bad man. Not really, and never like that.
But, he's here and this time will be different. This time I reach for him gently, placing my hand on his chest. I feel his heart pounding.
He wants it too.
I unbutton his shirt slowly, peeling it back, exposing his chest. I run my hands through his flaxen chest hair, feeling my jaw slacken with longing.