One day early

[Tigerjaw]

(Closed for darkangel85.)

The husband
Name: Mike Thomas
Age: 34
Hair: Dark brown, short
Eyes: Blue
Occupation: Senior partner in a company that sells medical supplies.

The wife
Name: Karen Thomas
Age: 31
Hair: Black, long
Eyes: Brown
Occupation: Works at a travel agency

They have been together 8 years, 6 of those as married.

The story

Mike Thomas was in a good mood. This trip had surely secured his promotion to vice precident of Treadwood Medical Supplies (TMS). He know Allen was pleased with his effort to gain money for the company. Mike loved the work. the only downside he could see was his travels. Two or three times a month he had to go to different parts USA to sell their prodycts or talking at conferences. His time away from home could take three days up to a week per time.

It was allready dark when the cab stopped outside of his house. With a smile Mike payed the cabby and stepped out. In his hand he held a boqouette of red roses with a card attached to it. The card was a birthday card. Today was Karen's 31'st birthday. That was why Mike came home one day early. He was scheduled to come home the next day but decided to surprise his wife.

He opened the door quietly. The house was lying in darkness. He smiled at the thought of a sleeping but soon surprised Karen. He placed the roses with the attached card on the dinner table before he walked up the stairs toward their bedroom. He walked quietly to not wake her up if she slept. They both had a work day the day after (Tuesday.) If she was deep in sleep he would just crawl in and join her. He could always give her the roses the day after.

Halway up the stair he stopped in his tracks. The noises from their bedroom came not from sleeping. Mike froze before he went up a few more steps. Then he heard a man speak.

"Spread your legs more. You are so damn tight." The words was followed by a very feminine giggle. Mike had hoped that he the fucking noises he heard was from other peaple. Not his loving wife. The giggle told him that it indeed was Karen fucking a stranger in their marital bed.

The fact stared Mike in the face. Karen was cheating on him and he doubted it was the first time. He was away alot but Karen knew he was close to an promotion. As vice president he would not travel at all. Why the hell did she decided to quit their marriage. A million thoughts ran through his mind as he backed down the stairs. He was so deep in shock that he didn't even feel anger at her betrayal.

He left the house as quietly as he had entered it. He had totally forgotten the roses he left at the dinner table. Romance was far from his mind at this point. He was shell shocked. The next few hours he wandered around the city aimlessly until he stumbled into a bar. He needed to find somewhere to live. He just couldn't face Karen at this time. First he would get drunk though.

 

[Tigerjaw]

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[darkangel85]

Karen

Karen woke up and rolled over looking at the blank side of the bed she remembered Mike was due home any minute so she got up and took a nice long shower before going down stairs for some breakfast, upon arriving she found a boquet of roses on the table she looked at them frowning wondering how they had gotten there. She walked up and looked and noticed there was a card with them she took and it read...

To Karen

Hope you have a wonderful day my beautiful wife

All my love

Mike


she read it again thinking she had read it worng and then looked around to see if she could see him, he might have come in and not come up yet, so she looked and he was no where to be seen "Humm strange" she thought..

So she picked up the phone and started dialing his mobile "surely he hasnt gone to work without seeing me" she thought, listening intently when she heard it ring..

 

[Tigerjaw]

Mike

Mike woke up by an irritating ringing noise. For a moment he was disoriented and looked confused at his room. Where the hell was he? He took up the pants he had thrown at the floor during the night. He searched the pockets for his phone. It kept ringing as he found it. He looked at the callers number.

Suddenly he remembered what had happened when he came home. It was Karen calling. With distaste he threw the phone across the room and saw it shatter against the wall. He felt the anger rise. It actually felt good. It was at least better than feeling helpless. He regretted that he destroyed the phone.

He looked around the hotel room and saw that a phone was on the table beside the bed. He took up the phone and called his work. He told them that he had a personal problem and wouldn't be working for a couple of days. After that call was finished he called his lawyer Richard Burns.

 

[darkangel85]

Karen

After a few minutes shegot his answer phone and dodnt bother leaving a message she assumed he had proberly not wanted to disturb her and so left for work straight away. She ate her toast , smiled at the roses on the table and then went to get dressed for work.

As she arrived at work she did her usual things, making a cup of tea booking holidays for people and just genrally working, through outthe day she checked her phone to see if he had tried to call back but no such luck, she tried a few times again but only got his message machine, and so she decided to call his work..

As it rang she waited "Hey, its Karen can i talk to Mike please" she asked politly " Oh ok, are you sure" looking puzzled she put the phone down and went back to her desk when her work collegue Cassie who was also her best friend noticed she was looking puzzled,

"Hey everything ok" she asked

"Humm i dont know, i woke up this morning and found some roses from Mike on the table downstairs, but he wasnt around i thought he was at work you know didnt want to wake me, so i phoned and got answer phone a few times now, so i phoned his work to talk to him, they said he had phoned in saying he had a few personal problems and wanted the day off" she looked back at Cassie

"Strange, you want to take the afternoon off to go home and wait for him" she asked

"Yeah sure" "sorry byee" she replyed and left for home..

 

[Tigerjaw]

Mike

Mike just met Richards questioning gaze with a hard stare of his own.

"I have known Karen almost as long as i known you. Are you sure that she was unfaithful?" Richard finally asked.

"Yes i am sure. They did it in our bed. If they had done it in the house it would be bad enough. BUT IN MY BED!" Mike realised that his voice was raised and tried to calm down.

"What do you wan't to do?" Richard asked calmly.

"Divorce her cheating ass." There was no emotion in Mike's voice.

"Are you sure? You know i will be you lawyer in this but i must be sure this is what you wan't to do."

Mike hesitated. He had spent 8 years together with Karen. They had planned to get a family after he had been promoted. Now that seemed more than unlikely to ever happen. She sure picked a good time to screw around he thought to himself.

"Yes. I can't see how i will ever be able to be living with her again. I did not see them in action. I only heard them. But i have those pictures in my mind i can't erase."

"Very well. I will send a clerk to serve her with divorce papers this afternoon." Richard said.

Mike just nodded and closed his eyes.

 

[darkangel85]

karen

Arriving home she found the house was still empty, she tried the mobile again and decided there was no point he was ovbiously not going to turn it on, So she made a drink and sat down wondeing about where he could have gone she phoned his parents to see if they had near but no luck.
she carried on trying and phoned almost everyone she knew but still nothing she had contemplated looking but wouldnt know where to start she had no choice but to see, wait and hope.

So she lay down on the couch and put the tv on..

Karen loved her husband very much and was worried that something had happend, unfortunatly they had been going through a bit of a rough patch as far as she was concered he was never at home and always at work, she was annoyed this morning thinking that he had gone to work and not even been in to see if she had a good birthday the day before..

Of course she was happy he was going to get a promotion it ment they could afford a family but the fact he was away alot and when he was home he was always tired was making her feel very neglected..

 

[Tigerjaw]

Mike

Mike sat at his empty hotel room, drinking whisky. He knew that any minute now his wife would be presented with divorce papers. First they would go to her job. If she wasn't there they should go to their house. Mike's anger had lost some of the passion. What was left was an empty feeling in his heart. He felt defeated. He had always thought he and Karen would grow old together. Instead this was the end of what he had considered a very loving relationship.

At the same time the doorbell rings at the Thomas house. Outside stands a man prepared to hand the divorce papers to Karen.

 

[darkangel85]

Karen

Jumping up as she heard the door ~god i must have fallen alseep~ she thought, Opening the door she was met by a man she hadnt met before who handed her a letter and then said "goodbye" and left, she watched as he disapeard before walking back in and sitting at the kichen table to open the letter, which was quite thick. Lifting the papers out teh first word she saw were DIVORCE CONTRACT..
"What the hell" she said to herself lifting them out she threw them down and ran to phone Mikes lawyer..

"Hi can i speak to Richard Burns please" she asked

"One moment "the woman on the other end replayed

"Hello Richard burns" a voice answered

"Hi this is Karen Thomas, ive just been handed divorce papers and i wondered if you could tell me what this was all about and also where the hell my husband is" she asked starting to get annoyed but at the same time she wanted to cry, she did love him and didnt want a divorce not without reason..

"Hi Karen i thought you might call, im sorry i cannot give any answers to your questions they all have to go through your husband" he replyed

"Well thats just great because i have no idea where he is" she replyed slightly more frustrated now "look im guessing you know how to get hold of him, could you telll him to phone me as im not signing anything untill i have" she requested putting the phone down she walked over to the papers and looked over them noticing that within the box that said Reason for the divorce it said Adultery next to it...

"Shit" she thought

She had been friendly with one of Mikes friends for a while now he would often come round to keep her company when he was away and she would tell him about how she was frutrated at him not being there etc, He was a nice guy Mike worked with called James, James was quite handsome and tall but she wasnt very interested in more than friends however she knew that he was.

Although a few months ago while Mike was away James came round and they got quite drunk and ended up sharing a bed, his bed, after that she would go round to his while Mike was away and they woudl sleep together alot.. The night of her birthday however they ended up going to hers for the second time she can remember although first time in her bed..

But how Mike knew she didnt know..