Making Her Pay Pt. 05

Early Saturday morning Max called me to check up on how I was doing. I told him that there had been no attempt on my person but I wasn't feeling out of the woods just yet. He said that he and Brock would take turns calling every few hours. They had it all worked out that there was some kind of ongoing emergency at work and that my input was absolutely necessary but my presence wasn't.

That worked for me. I spent the day mowing and trimming the yard. That was one of the downsides to having such a large house on such a large lot. I broke for lunch and had a beer while Marie had a couple of glasses of wine with her lunch.

Then, just when I was ready to go back outside, she dropped her little bombshell on me. "I called Mark and Suzie. They would like to go out tonight and just hang out together. Is that alright with you?"

"That sounds like a plan but there is the problem at the plant to consider. Will they be upset if I have to keep answering phone calls from work?"

I am not that good an actor. I had to keep up appearances for a relatively short time but I didn't know how I could put up a false front to Marie and her two paramours for the time needed. I chewed my lip for a moment before deciding. "Hell, let's try it. Where do they want to go?"

"They were wondering about a meal at that new hamburger joint then a round of miniature golf. I told them about your idea of a weekend away and they were excited. I guess even Suzie plays golf so we would all go to the links. This way we all get to practice our putting."

I might actually pull this one off. "Sure, sounds good. When do they want to meet?"

Marie got on the phone. After a bit she hung up. "Mark says they will pick us up at six. Does that sound okay?"

I pretended to consider a minute. "No, actually I think I need my own transportation in case things get worse at the plant and I need to go in. Why don't we meet at the restaurant at six?"

For some reason Marie seemed disappointed in my proposed change in plans. Quite frankly I didn't understand since Mark and Suzie would have to go out of their way to pick us up. Oh wait, my little voice said in my head, they might have a nefarious scheme in mind and cheating at miniature golf wasn't it.

She finally agreed that I was probably providing a logical alternative and called Mark with the change. When she got off the phone she let me in on why she was disappointed. "Mark had said he had a new wine that would appeal to every taste and wanted to have a taste test before we went out. He decided we would just have to try his new wine another day."

The alarm bells were going off in my head now. I wondered if he had doctored the wine somehow. I felt the hairs on my arms and the back of my neck raise. Was this really my loving wife? Was she knowingly participating in the possible drugging of me for their sexual pleasure?

I left the room and called Max. I told him our planned itinerary and asked him to get some of his friends to provide overwatch. If I didn't answer the phone when he called or if I appeared to be drunk or out of it then I needed someone to intercede quickly. I didn't think the asshole would dare to drug me in public but I wasn't going to take any chances this close to the final curtain.

There wasn't time to download the listening device in Marie's purse so I didn't really have any idea if Marie was planning something with the dastardly duo. I was just going to have to keep my wits about me for another week or so.

I went back outside and finished the lawn and all the trimming at about 2:00 p.m. I put away the mower and trimmer and brushed off all the glass trimmings and went inside to take a shower and get comfortable.

Marie was gone. She left a note on the kitchen island that she needed to buy something and would be back in plenty of time. I didn't know what she needed for a casual evening of burgers and miniature golf but what the hell did I know.

Both Max and Brock checked in during the afternoon. I took my shower and decided to catch forty winks. Marie woke me up when she returned about 4:00 p.m.

I got up and dressed casually and was soon ready. Marie came out of the bathroom wearing full makeup and her hair was up. That made her slim neck even more enticing. I used to love when she had her hair up. I would sneak up behind her and then surprise her by nuzzling her lovely neck. Unfortunately all I could think about was whether she was doing her hair this way tonight for Suzie or Mark.

We left the house about 5:30 and got to the new burger joint about 6:00. Mark and Suzie arrived at about the same time so we joined the queue together. We made small talk as we stood there. Suzie tried to get close to me. I don't know exactly what she was trying to accomplish but I managed to keep a little space between us. Mark and Marie stood side by side behind us. I stole a look over my shoulder once and saw they were holding hands. Somehow I managed to not show my distaste and displeasure. I kept telling myself that this would all be over very soon and a strong message would be received by the trio.

Marie sat next to Mark but directly opposite me and Suzie was to my side but directly in front of her husband while we ate huge very juicy burgers. They were expensive but very delicious. We spent over an hour just enjoying our supper. This new joint did sell beer but no other alcohol. I abstained while Mark and Suzie imbibed. Marie doesn't like beer that much so she nursed one throughout the meal.

When questioned about my lack of beer I just explained I needed to keep a clear head in case work called. Mark didn't work too hard to change my mind.

Suzie kept putting her hand on my leg under the table. I allowed it until she moved too far up my leg. I then quietly and without saying anything just moved her hand off my leg. Mark and Marie each had a hand down under the table. I didn't try to see if they were getting a little fresh with each other.

We then left the restaurant and walked to the mini-golf venue. It was another fairly new place and promised to be tough. We had a good time. For a while I could actually forget about how my wife was putting horns on me with this couple. We laughed and challenged each other and even made a few side bets on individual holes. All in all it was a good evening.

Mark and Brock checked up on me. They didn't say anything about whether someone was watching in person but I just assumed one of their friends was in the crowd.

At the end of the evening Mark wanted to get a final drink at a little bar between the golf venue and our cars. I didn't see how it could hurt so Marie and I joined them for a nightcap. I ordered a long-neck beer while Marie opted for a glass of wine. Mark went for bourbon and Suzie ordered some kind of fruity drink.

I made sure that I was holding my beer as we sat and talked. I peeled off the label as we sat there. At no time was my drink out of my sight or hand. Mark got a sour look on his face a couple of times. I even caught him giving Marie a high sign once or twice. She would then try to distract me for a minute with some comment or so. I would just smile as I turned to her to answer her question while keeping the beer in front of me.

Finally we could say goodnight without seeming to be early birds. I had a smile on my face as we said our good-bys to each other. Marie and I then went home. As it happened Brock called me just as we got into the car.

"Hey, Boss, your shadow says that your wife's lover just kicked his tire. Seems he is very disturbed about something. Were you successful in keeping asshole at bay?"

"Well, Brock, I am glad to hear that. Keep up the good work and thank all the crew for me."

He hung up with a chuckle. Marie, of course, asked if I had gotten good news from work.

"Yes, Marie, it was a good call. Everything worked out just as we planned it tonight."

She gave me a suspicious look in the dark just as we passed under a street light. I almost started chuckling but managed to just give her a satisfied smile.

After we got home Marie didn't seem to be in the mood for sex. I didn't pursue anything more than a good night peck on the cheek before rolling over and going to sleep. I know I probably dropped off with a big smile on my face.

Sunday I got up early and removed the recording device in her purse and downloaded the files again. I put it on the charger it so it wasn't on her purse when she got up later. We had a quiet lunch with very little conversation. I really didn't care anymore about her work and she certainly wasn't asking me about mine.

We sat down in the den and I read a few stories online and Marie thumbed through a magazine. Surprisingly she didn't engage me in some kind of survey this time. After a while she seemed restless and announced she was going for a walk on the nature trail. She didn't even ask me if I wanted to join her.

With that she grabbed her purse and was out the door to her car. It should have been a quick jaunt to the nearest spot on the trail but she was gone for at least four hours.

While she was gone I listened to some of the audio files. The long ones were basically repeats of their earlier tryst. Mark seemed to like hitting Marie and subjugating her. Suzie just wanted lots of tongue action, especially in her asshole. After the sex Mark again demanded to know when "limp dick" was going to be set up for the fall. Marie tried to tell him that I must be suspicious, at least a little, but Mark derisively told her to get the weekend set up and soon.

I sent the rest of the files to the cloud and sent my attorney the site name and password so he could listen at his leisure.

I had been given a clean slate from the doctor so I breathed a sigh of relief there. My passport was secured and ready to go. I had gone in and talked to my superiors during the week. My immediate boss was not too happy to have me give such short notice but he understood what I was going through. The poor sap found out a few years ago that none of his children were his. His wife was fucking half the male population of our fair city and had no intention of ever stopping. He also lost big time in the legal proceedings to get rid of the cheating bitch.

I spent some time agonizing on how and when to tell the kids about my leaving. Jamie and Mick I felt were not going to be affected as much as Stacey. She had to stay here and live with her mother for at least another year before going to college. I had no doubts that my retribution on Marie and her lovers was going to cause some serious fallout and I didn't know how to keep from hurting Stacey.

Marie came home at the time I figured she would be there but was again walking with a limp. She passed it off as a walking accident. I made some kind of supportive remarks and she went off to take a shower and clean up. I didn't follow so I didn't check for new bruises. She made her bed and was, by God, going to lie in it.

That evening Marie cooked a nice meal and the three of us ate well. Marie started the ball rolling by telling me that Mark and Suzie would like to get together for the weekend away in a couple of weeks. We discussed logistics of where we would go and an itinerary. Stacey let us know that either Mick or Jamie would be home for spring break at that time so she would have company and not be a concern for us.

She also wished us a good time "getting away from it all." I couldn't keep my frown from showing. I had no intention of actually going through with the assignation but I was trying, probably unsuccessfully in Stacey's eyes, to make it look like I was wishing to get together with the cheaters.

Marie seemed oblivious to my lack of enthusiasm while Stacey sat and gave me a wondering look. I shook my head at her and casually put a finger to my lips to let her know that I didn't want to discuss my feelings at the moment.

She nodded and returned her attention to her mother, who was still waxing on about how great this little weekend get-away was going to be.

The next morning I met with Max and Brock again in the noisy storeroom. Max gave me and Brock each a simple flip phone that only had each of the other two numbers programmed in. We agreed that all voice communications would be done with those phones from now on and no text messages or emails would be sent to one another unless it was business related.

We came to the conclusion that the plan would be put into effect this coming Friday or Saturday night. It would depend on whether Marie went to the Billings' residence on one of those nights. I would plan a trip over the weekend to Mexico to see the new plant. Actually I was moving to Mexico starting this coming weekend. Marie would believe I was coming back but I had no intention of doing so.

Brock would join me as soon as the retribution was done. Max would have to wait a month or so but might be able to let us know how well the plan had worked.

I arranged some money to be delivered to Max and Brock. It had to be cash for all the players but I didn't really care. I was going to be gone in the wind.

The rest of the week was stressful as I was trying to put up the false front to my soon-to-be-exwife. I was really having a hard time around Stacey. I so wanted her to escape Marie's clutches but couldn't think of a way to clue Stacey in without her turning on her mother and ruining my plan.

I told Marie of my trip to scout out plant locations in Mexico. I spun it like my current company was looking to expand and just wanted me to find the best location of a new plant. I reassured her that I had no intention of moving or trying for the CEO position in the new factory.

Thursday morning I went to the bank and withdrew enough cash to get me going in Mexico. I wanted no paper trail for a time. I also withdrew the monies that my co-conspirators needed to complete the plan.

That evening I asked Stacey if she would accompany me on a walk on the walking trail. She normally would have told me that she would rather spend time with her friends but this time she immediately put down her phone and joined me at my car and we headed out.

As soon as we got into the car she asked, "What is going on between you and Mom? You seem so cold to her lately and she seems so distracted and not part of the family a lot of the time."

I should have realized that my perceptive daughter would realize something was wrong. I asked her to wait until we were at the trail head and she reluctantly complied.

It only took a couple more minutes before we were out of the car and walking on the trail. I then started to talk to my almost adult daughter. "Stacey, for some reason your mother has decided to have an affair. I won't go into the nitty-gritty details but she is having sex with her teacher, Mark, and his wife, Suzie. At the same time she has been a willing party to denigrating me and making plans to humiliate me and maybe even try to coerce me into their lifestyle. This I cannot accept."

Of course she immediately wanted to know if I was going to forgive her mother. After all what child wants her parents to split up? I shook my head. "After hearing some of the things they are making your mother participate in and how they want me to become their little sex toy, there is no way I can accept her behavior." I held up my hand. "No, she doesn't know yet that I know anything about her relationship with her lovers. I have made a very serious attempt to not confront her yet. Someday we will sit down and discuss all of this but not right now."

I took a deep breath. "I needed to talk with you just so you will know that I love you and want only the very best for you. Unfortunately that does not include me continuing to live with your mother in this house. I have made arrangements so that you and your mother will continue to live here so you can go to school and graduate with your classmates."

She started to beg me to not leave her. I had to stop and wrap her in my arms and hold her while she cried. "Shush, Baby, you and your sister and brother are everything to me. I would never abandon you but I cannot tolerate what your mother has been doing and what she is planning. I have too much self respect to allow that behavior. I tried to get her to understand my point of view but she has ignored me. If she had confessed and rededicated herself to us and our marriage I might have forgiven her but she has not shown any remorse at all. The only thing I heard on the audio tapes was her trying to not coerce me into sex with them. She has shown no remorse at all. She even has attacked me for working late when she stays at their apartment many evenings a week without ever bothering to call and tell me she will be late."

Stacey shook her head. She couldn't believe her mother would do this. "I am moving to Mexico. I will want all of you to visit some time but I do not expect anyone to follow me down there. Before I leave I will give a message to your mom about my plans and how we are going forgo forward. The message is that I will be moving out tomorrow after your mom goes to work and you go to school."

She continued to cry and shake her head. We continued to walk and talk and commiserate until we were both hoarse. I had to promise to let her call me at any time and we already started a plan for her and her siblings to come and visit over the holidays. I also promised to research local holiday customs so it would be a learning experience at the same time.

Stacey had her own car but I had deliberately bought old clunkers for my young drivers so hers was not a cherry vehicle. Since I wasn't going to do anything with my auto and it was a good vehicle she was going to get to drive it as much as her mother would let her. I made that very clear, that Marie was still her mother and she needed to respect her as her mother, if not as my wife.

We also promised to email and call each other on a regular basis. I was going to miss my baby, as well as her brother and sister. I also had to promise to return for major events in all their lives. I promised to be a chaperone for her senior prom and then be there for her graduation. Jamie would be scheduled to graduate college at the same time so I was planning on being there for her also.

When we got back to the car I had her drive. As we got to the house I begged her to not tell her mother anything I had said until after the weekend. She reluctantly agreed. We exited the car and she ran to her room and slammed the door.

Marie gave me a questioning look. I shrugged my shoulders and just said, "Teenagers, can't live with them, can't live without them." I refused to elaborate further and Marie didn't press the issue.

That night she pressed for a little loving to carry her over until I returned after the weekend but I again refused her. I told her that I was so focused on the issues that needed to be dealt with this weekend that I just didn't have it in me to think about sex with her. I certainly wasn't lying.

I left her to her own devices as I went and started to pack for the trip. I took a variety of clothing as I didn't really know what I was going to see. I knew the building was finished and the last of the manufacturing equipment was being installed but I had no idea of whether I should show up in a suit or business casual clothing. I needed both, at least that was what I was prepared to tell Marie if she asked.

She didn't.

I laid down and fell asleep before she finally came to bed. I have no idea if she attempted to sexually stimulate me as I had no recollection the next day. I got up and completed my morning routine, then packed my toothbrush and razor for the trip. I then went downstairs with my luggage and waited for the airport shuttle. Since I had so much luggage I didn't feel a taxi or Uber would appreciate me piling all of my stuff in a car.