Everyone having sex is at least 18. This is fiction, I made it all up. Warning: this is a self-edited story. I do use Grammarly to help reduce my ability to murder the English language. Special thanks to my new editor Sai_dias_29 for his help.
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Chapter 30 -- Fast Forward
Beth never did ask me to be with another man. Six months later, I asked her to marry me. A year later, we got married. At the same time, Bob and mom retire and move to New Mexico. I take over the business and we do well. Peg is a larger part of my life ever since I went to her school. Every woman wanted to be her friend. She is working for an interior decorator now and our house has had a major remodel. A year after getting married, Isabella came along. Daddy's little girl.
Peg and Tina won't have children, their decision. They are quite involved with Isabella. Life is all roses and perfection, right? Not even close. Starting two years after Isabella was born, I caught Beth with a guy at work kissing. Another night she came home very late with a lame excuse. The third time, I caught her blowing a guy in the washroom. That caused counseling. As soon as that finished, I found her panties with cum on them. That was a hell of an argument.
The last time, I caught her having sex in her car with a new employee. I almost divorced her on the spot. Rose begged me. We have Isabella. I still, even after all of this, I love her. She drives me nuts, but I love her.
Today, our air conditioning at work is out. It's hotter than hell outside, worse inside. We have mega fans moving air, but it's still hot. We have been chugging water, iced tea, and lemon-aid. I drank so much; I must pee every thirty minutes. I go into the washroom and immediately, something is wrong. I see a pair of men's pants pointing towards the wall. Ok, that is normal. However, it's silent. No trickle.
I yell out as I am going, "Sure is a hot one today."
Sean, the new Finance guy says, "Yup, reminds me of the Sahara."
I wash my hands, open the door, and then let the door close.
I now hear Beth say, "Damn, that was too close. Next time, your place."
My entire life shatters at that moment. I am silent still, yet, I want to hurl. My body is shaking, I have goose pimples, and my anger is quickly rising. I could seriously hurt someone.
I hear Sean again, "I can't believe how clueless he is. Here you are blowing me, while he is pissing in the troth, how lame is that?"
I want to separate his head from his body. I see it happening in my mind. I still don't smile. My legs are shaking, I might topple over.
I then hear Sean, "Here it comes. YES! Take it all you whore. Yes! Oh Beth, you are one awesome babe. I will see you tonight. Take all the time you need to clean up."
The door opens and then he stops dead in his tracks at seeing me. I bet I was turning purple by now from holding in all the anger I feel.
I say in a stern voice, "Both of you! My office. Ten minutes."
I stop by my new HR manager that just got promoted, and then I go to my office and wait. It's a quiet five minutes, stewing in my chair.
They both want to talk and plead their case as they walk in. I don't hear a thing they say, I don't care.
When they see me not paying attention, I say, "Sean, here is the HR stuff that I need to give you. I need your key, your badge, and effective immediately, you have been terminated. You may go see Hillary, our new HR manager for your last check."
He leaves. I hand Beth two packets, one is identical to the one Sean got, the other is much larger.
I tell Beth with zero emotion, "Here is the HR stuff that I need to give you. I need your key and ID badge. Effective immediately, you have been terminated. The second set of papers is a divorce agreement. You will take it to your lawyer and then you will sign it, or you will get the minimum allowed by law. I have had enough of your infidelities. I literally can't take it anymore. You have broken my heart one too many times. I just wanted to love you. You may leave now."
I stand up and guide her out of my office, "You can take your stuff out of my home. You will not touch my office or our child. You may fight for her, but for now, she stays with me. Go."
On my way out, "Grace, call Jim; Beth and Sean were just fired, and I served Beth divorce papers. Make sure they leave."
Grace leaps up from her desk, and leaps at me, "I am so sorry to hear about your loss. You're going to hear this a lot, let me be the first to say, 'It's about fucking time.' I hope you understand."
I smile, "I do. I can't go home; I can't stay here. I am going to a nice hotel and get drunk. It's Thursday, I will see you Monday. I don't see me making it in to work tomorrow."
I leave work, stop by a liquor shop, and check in at an expensive hotel. Before I get myself stinking drunk, I go down to the restaurant and get dinner. I don't feel like eating, but I don't feel like trying to eat later when I am drunk. I order a sub sandwich with fries. As I sit in my booth, the good times I had with Beth run through my mind. This is going to be a long night.
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Meanwhile, back at home. The doorbell rings.
I answer the door, "Hmmm. I was told you were stopping by. You may get your stuff. I have some large garbage bags to help you."
Beth says, "Tina, I ..."
I cut her off, "There is nothing you could ever do that will hurt me more than cheating on my brother. Shut the fuck up, get your shit, and get the fuck out of our house."
Peg hands me a piece of paper and is insistent that I look at it. What could possibly be more important than dealing with Beth. I look at the paper and it's a screen shot of a web-site, our bank account. The last three lines are a hotel, what looks like a room charge at the hotel, and a liquor store. I don't have time for this, I need to watch Beth.
I look at Peg, both palms out suggesting, "Why the fuck do I care?"
She rolls her eyes, exasperated, and then explains, "You are going to him now." I want to object. "Trust me, when humiliated this bad, people go to dark places in their minds, they think dark thoughts, and in rare cases, they do dumb things. One of us is going to him and it sure as hell ain't Beth."
I grab my phone, my purse, and my keys. I know the hotel and where it is. We have been there before for my birthday. I run out of the house to save my brother.
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I say to Beth, "I never figured you for the dumb one."