Chapter Five -- A Very Good Plan -- Part Two
The next morning was as normal as it ever was for us both. A quick snatch at a piece of toast, a mouthful of coffee and then a rush out of the door. Elaine jumped into Maddie's car that had pulled up outside and was waking the neighbours up by her impatient hooting the car horn, and I ran for the bus to take me to work. It was a well practiced routine that we had perfected over the years we had been married; and I knew that tomorrow Elaine would pick up Maddie at her place and take her to work -- its called car sharing, or in the case of those two, an opportunity to gossip. Don't we just love them for it?
Alan is usually in work before me as the commodities desks start earlier (don't ask me why please) so I was alone with my thoughts on the bus that morning. I knew that a major change in my life was coming and I also understood that I had to play this out with subtlety and goodwill. If I start to play the outraged husband and be difficult about being cuckolded I knew that I would lose Elaine eventually and the thought of that horrified me. I knew that now had to hide my hurt and sense of being deceived and roll with the events that were to come; I had made my plan and I was going to stick with it. So I sat on that bus and thought about cuckoldry -- so what else would you do on a warm Tuesday morning in London?
The day rolled past in a blur of inactivity as the worlds' currencies did absolutely nothing interesting; Charlie made me coffee, I made him a cup or two and we talked about Christ knows what but it passed the day. Charlie is my understudy for the African currency desk and had been with the bank for about two years: I had found him to be good company as well as highly intelligent. Coming from St Kitts he had that happy West Indies way about him and I think there was a little piece of France in his ancestry as he had natural taste in clothes and always dressed well. Josh had also taken to my understudy and the two had become firm friends even so far as letting Charlie lodge at his house in Brentwood; a curious set up but it seemed to work well between my boss and my junior.
Arriving at the house after work, I was happy to see a small Amazon parcel had been left on the doorstep and with a smile playing on my lips I unlocked the door and took it inside. Upstairs I opened the box and hid it behind the toilet after removing the contents; it was perfect -- it was just what I imagined it would be -- Part two of my plan had arrived. Now for the tricky bit -- Elaine has a well tuned 'what are you up to now' radar so I knew that I had to be careful so she couldn't find my new toy!
I am always home about an hour before Elaine so I had time to fiddle with the device and make sure that it was just right. It wasn't easy at first but after a while I got the hang of it and I could see that it would be a good thing to have in the future.
Once again Elaine and I spent a quiet evening together watching dreadful soaps after showering and having supper. Everything was normal that is, until we went to bed.
Elaine laid her hand on my stomach and whispered in my ear, "Jimmy. Do you fancy a little more fun like last night?" 'Jimmy again! What the effinell is wrong with my proper name -- James?' "Only this time I'll do all the work." She purred.