I had been at Ron’s place where he had continued his story. Ron had warned me to stay away from Shirley who lived next door to him. He said it was because of concern for Ted and Shirley's marriage. I took him on his word but there was a nagging thought that perhaps Ron was more interested in Shirley than he was saying. Ted had sent a message for me to visit with him. 

When I knocked on the door, Ted opened it almost immediately. It told me that he may be on tenterhooks either because Shirley had upset him or because he was worried about the conversation we were about to have.

“Hi, Goyse come on in. Would you like a beer or perhaps a coffee.”

“A black tea would go down well.”

“A tea it is. I’ll put the kettle on. Take a seat.”

He was gone a few minutes. It gave me time to take a bit of a look around. There were trophies for golfing and commendations from a community club for the volunteer work that he had done for them. It showed me that Ted may like TV but he was also a good citizen and probably quite intelligent and capable. When he returned I looked up and asked, “Has Shirley gone to bed?”

“Not really. She is settling one of the kids down. I’m not sure that she wanted to be here during our conversation. I think she finds it embarrassing. Actually, I do too but it’s important that you and I talk so I’m forced into this position.”

“What position is that Ted? I should tell you that anything that you say to me won’t go any further. There is no reason to feel nervous about me. I’m fairly open-minded and I understand that sometimes in marriage things don’t go by the book if there is one. I also care a lot about Shirley and I wouldn’t do or say anything that could harm her.”

“Yes, I understand. Shirley has told me a little about what has happened with your wife. It must be difficult for you. I don’t know how to start this conversation so please be patient with me.”

“Maybe I can help. I made no assumptions tonight Ted but I need you to tell me what you meant when you asked me to look after your wife. Did you mean entertain her? Was it that I should protect her in case of a break into the house or was it that you wanted me to look after her sexually. I was a little concerned that you might not have understood that your statement could be taken in a sexual context.”

“To be honest, Goyse I was not sure of what I meant. I know that Shirley flirts with other men. I guessed that because she has been so taken with you and your situation that she was flirting with you. She actually told me that you had told her to behave herself so I knew that she was up to her old tricks. I’ve always been concerned that some guy would lead her on and you know…. “

“Yes, I know, Ted but why did you say what you did if you have these concerns. You are a man of the world. You must have known how it sounded.”

“It’s hard for me to answer that, Goyse. If I answer it honestly then you will know that I am encouraging you to bed, my wife. Admitting to that is very embarrassing.”

“I understand but why me, Ted. Why not Ron for instance?”

“Ron is not in your position. Ron is single at present. He also has spent too much time with other men's wives. You're different. Also, Ron  is too close to Shirley.”

“Okay, we know why not Ron but why me when you have only just met me?”

“Shirley talks about you all the time. Ronnie told us a lot about you. She told me that you were the only man she ever met that she could trust. In fact, she told me and Shirley that you were totally trustworthy. Shirley told me that Ronnie once told her that she would put her life in your hands if ever there was a need to and she would do it without a single worry.”

“Ronnie was a little bias.”

“Probably but I always believed her and so did Shirley. That is why Shirley made an effort to get to know you, Goyse.”

“So she had a plan to get to know me?”

“Perhaps that should be that we had a plan to get to know you.”

“So I was being manipulated.”

“Not really. For my part, I suggested to Shirley after she told me about seeing your wife with her boyfriend that you would need female company, a woman who was open-minded and willing to talk to you and willing to give advice if necessary. I told Shirley that she was probably the only woman who fitted that criteria. She asked me did I want her to offer her assistance to you.”

“How did you handle that Ted. That would have put you on the spot.”

“I simply said of course. I went on and told her that Ronnie had assured us that you were trustworthy so there was no risk of you making any inappropriate advances. She was impressed not only with you but she told me that it felt good that I trusted her to do the right thing.”

“So you encouraged her but told her to do the right thing. So what did you achieve by doing that?”

“It got you here to talk to me.”

“Okay, where is this leading Ted. What is your plan? So far It has got Shirley and me together. I trust her and she trusts me. You have met me. What now?”

“I can’t tell you that, Goyse. That is up to you and Shirley.”

“No Ted, it’s not. It’s up to you. I’m sorry to tell you this but everything that you have planned to date has happened. Shirley trusts me and I trust her. She and I flirt but neither of us will break that trust because to do so means that we put her marriage at risk. Neither of us is willing to do that. Sorry mate but the next move has to be yours. Unless you make a decision to change the rules, Shirley and I will be good friends for life but that is the only thing that we will be.”

“Surely you get sexual urges when you are with her, don’t you?”

“Yes, I do. Shirley is a very sexy woman. I would love to take her to bed but I will not without you knowing that I’m going to do so and that has to be your decision not mine, Ted.”

“I don’t quite understand you, Goyse. You say you are sexually attracted to her. You know that if you took her to bed I could live with that but you say that you won’t unless I tell you to. I don’t know why you are doing this to me, Goyse.”

“Well, it is simple, Ted. If Shirley and I make love without you specifically telling us that is what you want then you can come back at her later if you get angry and accuse her of cheating on you. I won’t do that to her. The only way that I can be sure that won’t ever happen is if you tell Shirley and me that you want us to make love.”

“You’re making this really hard, Goyse. I guess I had better ask Shirley to join us.”

Ted turned around and walked down the hallway. Shortly afterwards Shirley appeared in a nightie. Damn, she looked good. It was see through. Underneath she wore black panties which made it look like her bush was on show. Ted followed behind her. She walked up to me and gave me a big hug.

“Thanks for coming to talk to Ted, Goyse. I told him that we wondered what he expected of us and asked him to clarify it for us. I guess he has done that.”

“He has told me that he has manipulated us both to get us together but he still has to clarify what he wants exactly. He has to tell us why he has manipulated me. He has gone as far as telling me that he thought that we may make love but that is telling me what he thinks we might do not what he wants. I expect him to do that while we are together so there is no misunderstanding.”

“Fuck, Goyse, that’s being a bit rough on him. You want Ted to come out and say ‘will you fuck my wife.’ Is that it?”

“No, it’s saying to him that I will not put your marriage at risk for my own satisfaction. If I didn’t do that he would know that he could not trust me. I want him to know that you and your marriage are more important to me than my need for sexual satisfaction. It is the only way. If he can’t do that then we are just good friends.”

Ted cut in, “Alright. Goyse you win. I want you to give my wife the sexual satisfaction that I can’t supply. She’s a good woman and she suffers because I am inadequate. I want her to be happy and I want her to know what it is like to have orgasms like other women. Is that what you want to hear?”

“No, not really. You just said that you feel inadequate. I want you to say what you want for your wife. This is not about your inadequacy, Ted. It is about your wife and her needs. We all have problems. We all have needs and we are all different. Just because your wife wants and needs something that you can’t supply it doesn’t make you more or less inadequate than I am or any other man. It just says she needs more or something different. It says lots about her but little about you. You don’t have to be ashamed of that Ted. You should be proud that you care enough about her to want her to have it.”

I looked at him for a while without saying anything then continued. “Ted, I would like you to stand up and look us straight in the eye and say something like would you make love to my wife for me, please. That is what I want from you. I want you to demonstrate to Shirley how much you love her and care for her needs.“

Ted stood up. He looked at Shirley then looked at me. He turned towards Shirley and said, “Shirley, I want Goyse to take you in his arms and make love to you. I want you to have what I can’t give you. I’m sorry that I can’t make love to you every night like you want me to but I do love you with all my heart. If I didn’t love you I wouldn’t be doing this. I would continue to ignore your needs like I have done for years now. I love you so much that I am willing to offer you this opportunity to be with this man who I know is bigger and stronger and more capable than I am but I want you to come back to me afterwards.”

Shirley was crying by the time he finished talking to her. In fact, I wasn't far from it either. This was too close to home for me. Shirley stood up and took him in her arms and kissed him. She then turned to me and said, “I’m sorry to put you through this Goyse but I love my husband too much to do what he wants. Will you forgive me for leading you on.”

“You didn’t lead me on. Shirley. I knew from the first moment that we met that you loved your husband and would never deceive him. I’m just glad that both of you can see that now. I hope we remain good friends. I had better be off. Unlike you Ted, I have a cheating wife to care about.”

I turned and headed out the door. When I reached the bottom of the stairs I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned and it was Ted.

“Thanks, mate. Now I understand why Ronnie said that she would trust you with her life. You just saved mine and I hadn’t even asked you to. You are welcome at my home at any time, night or day.”

“I appreciate what you just said, Ted but I have to be honest with you. I didn’t do it for you. I did it for Shirley. I’m afraid that I could fall in love with her. If I hadn’t done what I did your marriage was stuffed, mate and I couldn’t bring myself to do that to someone I care about. Look after her mate because they break the moulds when they make good women. There aren’t many around.”

I turned and walked away. Tears were running down my cheeks. I just couldn’t control them. I felt as if I had just shot myself in the heart.  

I didn’t sleep well that night. I spent the day reading a book. After I finished I had no idea what I had read. My mind appeared to have shut down. I made sure that I didn’t arrive at Ron’s place that night until after he had got home.  I just couldn’t face Shirley.

Ron met me at the door as he always did when I arrived. It showed me that he had been waiting for me.

“Good day, mate. How are they hanging?”

“I’m fine Ron. How was your day?”

“It was great. Ted came to see me. He certainly took to you. He says that you saved his life.”

“He did, did he?”

“Yep, he told me that you sent Shirley back to him. I see you finally listened to what I had to say.”

“Yea, mate. You gave me good advice. I should listen to you more often.”

“Ted didn’t tell me exactly what you did for him but I think you have made a friend and supporter for life.”

“I guess so, Ron. I actually did nothing for him. What I did I did for Shirley. He just happened to profit from it. She’s something special is our Shirley. Shame that I have to stay away from her.” I looked up at him and added. “I just hope you take your own advice, mate.”

He smiled and said nothing. We opened a beer each and Ron asked, “Where were we with my story?”

“You told me about Sally and Joe’s separation and how Ronnie had consoled him.”

…

Yea, the fucker. She consoled him alright. She consoled him by spending all afternoon and half the night in bed with him. I was pissed off. Ronnie and I had seldom argued but this took me to the breaking point. I laid down the law to her. I told her if she ever cheated on me again then I would pack my gear and leave or better still pack her gear and kick her out.

Instead of arguing with me she cuddled me and told me that she loved me. She said that nothing would drive her away from me. I was dumbfounded. Here I was swearing and verbally abusing her and she responded as if I was making love to her. It did my head in. I didn’t know how to handle it so I broke down took her in my arms and kissed her. It was just weird.

She should have responded like anyone else would have with some defence or even got angry but she didn’t. She just folded in as if the woman who I saw as always being dominating and wanting to be in control was suddenly turned into a submissive. After I settled down she made love to me. It was wonderful. She made me feel that I had the power. I felt that I had taken control of my life back from her.

We snoozed for a while together after making love. When we awoke it was well after midnight and just as suddenly she was back in control again telling me what she was going to be doing in the morning and how I needed to fix the room and wash the cars. I was astounded. What the hell had happened? Was her submissive behaviour just an act which allowed me to regain control long enough to allow her to take control back again?

I awoke around six in the morning and woke her up and told her to get out and get dressed. She stared at me and said, “I’m tired. I think I’ll sleep in.”

“No, you’re not. You and I have things to talk about before I head off to work.” I grabbed the blankets and ripped them off the bed. “Come on, out!”

She looked at me with her wide eyes open as if she had just had a massive fright. “Don’t just lay there. Get up. I’ll make breakfast and we’ll talk as we eat.”

I prepared breakfast while Ronnie showered. When she arrived in the kitchen she tried to hug me but I gently pushed her away. “Not until after we talk then we’ll see.”

“Don’t you love me any more?”

“Yes, I do but your behaviour has to change. I am putting a stop to your cheating today. It’s over, Ronnie. From today it is just you and me. No lovers, no sex on the side. Just the two of us.”

“Why, what’s wrong?”

“You know what is wrong. We had an agreement and you and Joe broke that agreement. Part of our agreement is that it all ends if any one of us breaks the rules. You have not only broken the rules you have gone to him even after you were called out about it.”

“You were with Sarah and Sally so why couldn’t I be with Joe?”

“You told me to be home in two hours. I came home as asked but you didn’t come back for several hours later. It’s just not acceptable. You are out of control so it has to end.”

“I met Joe and he was a broken man. I couldn’t leave him like that.”

“So now you are putting Joe’s interests ahead of our marriage is that how you see it?”

“No, I expected you to understand. He is a good friend and he needed support.”

“Your husband was stressed and having trouble after finding that his wife had ignored his requests to work within the rules that we both agreed to but you deserted him to console your lover. It sounds like we no longer have a marriage, Ronnie. I feel that you no longer care.”

“Don’t be stupid. This is not about our marriage. It is about Sally and Joe. Sally has thrown Joe out of his home. He is distressed and he needed my support.”

“Ronnie, when you came home last night the smell of sex was overwelling. You were not there to console him you were there screwing him. You didn’t learn from what happened at Sally’s place. You just moved the location. That was totally unacceptable. It’s over from today.”

“Okay, if you insist then what options do I have?”

“I’ll lay out the options for you so that you clearly understand. The first option you can choose is that it all stops from right now. The other option is you can walk away from our marriage. It’s your choice.”

“That’s it then. Our arrangement with Sally and Joe and Gary and Sarah is over. Are you going to talk to them or should I?”

“I’ve asked Sally and Sarah to meet me today for a late lunch. I’ll like you to come along when I tell them that it’s over. Your cheating has cost Sally her marriage and gone close to us losing ours. I hope that you learn from this.”

“I’ve got a meeting at the skate centre so I won’t be able to meet with Sally and Sarah. You’ll have to do it alone. What about Joe?”

“What about Joe?”

“Who tells him?”

“Is there any need to tell him at all?”

“He’ll ring me. What do you expect me to say to him?”

“Ronnie, if you meet with Joe or even entertain the idea then don’t come home. My advice to you is that if he calls you don’t answer the call.”

“If I do that he will turn up here at home.”

“Then make sure that you have someone here with you and tell him to go and not come back.”

“You are being unreasonable.”

“I am being reasonable. It is you and Joe who have acted inappropriately and caused this. Do I need to clarify for you that if Joe and you meet again then I expect you to take your clothes and belongings with you and not come back? You tried scamming me last night but it didn’t work. I am a wake up to you and I have no intention of putting up with your cheating from now on. I am going to get professional help. I would like you to come with me.”

“Professional help. That’s bullshit. I don’t need help. Go if you want to but I’m not going.”

“Okay. Just remember what I have said about meeting Joe.”

“I’ll remember.”

It was time for me to leave for work. I wanted to leave a half hour early because I was to meet Sarah on my way. When I arrived Sarah was waiting for me at the coffee shop. She hugged me before we sat down.

“What have you found out Sarah?”

“Joe is staying at the Esplanade. Ronnie spent most of the night with him. Joe thinks that my cousin, Harry is his best mate but Harry knows that Joe tried it on with his wife so when I called him last night he spilt his guts. He is going to spend the morning with Joe. He promised to let me know if Joe goes near Ronnie.”

“Thanks, you’re a champion, Sarah. I have to go to work for an hour or two but I’ll come to see you as soon as I can get away. Don’t mention any of this to Sally. I have an appointment at four o’clock so I’ll have to leave before then. I’m really worried about Sally though.”

“Yep, I know. I’m going to see her this morning to make sure that she is okay. Don’t worry she will be alright. She knew that this was likely to happen. She told me that she didn’t trust Joe or Ronnie so she must have expected it to happen.”

“I wish she had told me that. I may have been able to prevent it if I had known.”

“That would be a waste of time. People who can’t be trusted like Joe and Ronnie will simply wait until you turn your back and it’s on again. There is no solution for people like them.”

“I hope you are wrong. I’ve spent this morning laying down the law to Ronnie. I’ve told her if she does it again we are finished.”

“I wish you luck, Ron but I wouldn’t be confident. I’ll head off to see Sally. Catch up to you later. Give me a call.”

It was after ten o’clock when I got away from work. I met Sarah again at the coffee shop. I asked her what she had found out.

“Harry called me an hour ago. Ronnie turned up at the Esplanade around nine thirty. She didn’t go in but called up to Joe who met her outside. Harry wasn’t close enough to hear what was said but he told me that they had an argument after which Ronnie threw something at him and stormed off.”

“Did Harry say what she threw at him?”

“Yes, When Joe came back to the room he said that she blamed him for all the trouble they got into including the failure of his marriage. He threw a package on the table and Harry said that a gold chain and a ring with what looked like a ruby set in it fell out of the package.”

“Shit, Ronnie has been wearing a ring with a red stone in it for the last two years. If that was the ring then it means their affair has been going on for over two years. It seems that even when I give her the opportunity to come clean she still lies. I guess I don’t know for sure that was the ring unless she doesn’t wear it from now on.”

“Ron, we girls know that she has been conning you for a long time but we haven’t known how to tell you.”

“How? What? Tell me, how do you know that?”

“All I can tell you is what Sally has told me that Ronnie and that friend of hers, Sue have been having affairs for a long time. There have been quite a few men over the years. I don’t think it is right for me to say too much because anything that I can tell you will be second hand. After Sally has recovered from her separation perhaps we can sit with her and she might tell us what she knows.”

“Yea, I guess that’s the right way to do it. If Ronnie does the right thing by me maybe I won’t want to know anyway. What is happening with Harry?”

“Harry is spending time with Joe to console him following his separation from Sally. He said he will hang in there as long as he can. If Ronnie turns up he said he will ring us straight away so that you might have the opportunity to catch them together.”

“Joe’s not a wake-up?”

“No, Joe thinks that Harry doesn’t know that Joe tried it on with his wife. Harry wants to see Joe caught out. He said it almost broke him and his wife up. He didn’t give me any details but I think that his wife might have played along with Joe for a while. She might even have encouraged him. Who knows? People get carried away under the right circumstances but can wake up after its too late. You and I both know that.”

“Yea, the desire for sexual satisfaction can be a big driving force. It can send all common sense out the window. I had better leave. I have an appointment. I’ll look you up afterwards.”

“Would you like to come back home with me later. Gary is not due home until late tonight.”

“You know that I can’t do that Sarah. If Ronnie agreed I would but under the circumstances, I can’t ask her. That would be her excuse to head back to Joe and I don’t want that.”

“Okay, maybe at some later date.”

“Yep, Maybe.”

I went to my appointment. I had booked a half hour. I opened up and told the consultant everything. Every so often she asked me to clarify something but mostly she just listened. After about fifteen minutes she asked did I have anything booked after the appointment. I told her I didn’t have anything important. She called in her assistant and asked her to call her next two appointments and put them off until the next available date.

I asked her what that was about. She told me that she wanted more information about Ronnie and our relationship. We talked for almost an hour and a half. By that time I had bought her up to date. I sat there as she looked over the notes she had made before she spoke.

“Ron, have you ever heard of a term ODD, opposing deficit disorder.”

“Not really, What’s that?”

“Well, it’s a fairly well known and documented disorder. It is not uncommon but comes in varying degrees of severity. Have you ever heard the statement that rules were made to be broken?” I nodded. “That is the type of thing that is typical of people who have the disorder. I think your wife, Ronnie has a fairly severe case of ODD.”

“How can you know that?”

“Well, everything that you have told me fits fairly well with the textbook description of the disorder. For example, it is expected that a girlfriend would sit with her boyfriend but when you first met Goyse she made a point of sitting with him instead of you, correct?”

“Yes.”

“Even on your wedding night, a wife is expected to spend the night with her new husband. Not Ronnie, she insisted that your best mate, Goyse was there and she made love to him not you, correct.”

“That’s right.”

“When you wanted to start a family and talked to her about it she got pregnant by another man, correct?”

“Yes, it was demoralising.”

“Think about it, Ron. Almost everything that you wanted and told her you expected of her she went against and did something different. However from what you told me when you expected something of her that you didn’t tell her about she did it the way you wanted, correct?”

“Yes, I think you are right. I hadn’t put it together like that until now.” I thought for a while then asked, “When I laid down the law to her about her recent affair with Joe she became submissive and didn’t fight me. How do you explain that?”

“Simple, she may suffer from the complaint but she is not stupid. In fact from what you have told me she is very intelligent. Let us think of a pot of lollies like that one over there.” She pointed at a bottle of boiled lollies on her desk. “There are a thousand in there. You love lollies. I leave the room and you think, ‘I can take one of those and she won’t know.’ What do you do.”

“I guess I go over and take on.”

“Okay, now there are still a thousand lollies but you find out that one, just one of them will make you sick but you will recover in a few hours. That means that there are nine hundred and ninety-nine that will not make you sick. You really love those lollies. Do you take one?”

“Well maybe. Actually, if I liked them enough I probably would.”

“Okay, now there are only two and one will kill you. You really, really love them. They are the best lollies that you have ever tasted. Do you take one?”

“No way. Not a chance.”

“Now can’t you see that they are the odds that confronted Ronnie. When the odds were such that she didn’t suffer too much she defied all the rules. She defied you, She defied Sally. She even defied normal convention. She knew that the odds were such that it didn’t really matter. She would get a lecture from you perhaps. Sally might get a bit shitty but she would get over it. Above it, all was the possibility that she wouldn’t be caught out anyway.”

“I can see that.”

  “When she was caught out and you threatened her lifestyle, everything that she has in her life, everything that mattered to her, logic and intelligence took over. Even then she played up to you to regain your faith in her but you held your ground. Had you folded, she may well have continued cheating with Joe. I can’t say that with any certainty, Ron but it’s quite a possibility.”

“Okay, I’m starting to understand and I can see that you are right. There are many other situations that I have not told you about that fit the pattern. What can we do about it?”

“We, meaning you and I probably can’t do much about it at all. Ronnie, however, can if you can get her to come in to meet with me. The problem that you face is that if you tell her what we have learned here today she will go against it and she will never seek help. The best strategy would be to tell her that you have a problem and I need to talk to her about your problem. If she cares enough about you and your welfare she will come in.”

“What happens if she refuses to come in?”

“I can’t predict that Ron but all I can say is that there are thousands of lonely people out there who have ODD that can’t survive in a relationship and their defiance prevents them from seeking help.”

“So you think our relationship will not survive.”

“I hope it survives for your sake, Ron. You seem to be a good man and you certainly love her to put up with what she is doing to you. I believe however that you deserve better.”

“Thanks for that. I’ll go home and think about how to develop a strategy now that I know why she is behaving the way she does.”

“Good luck, Ron. If you need my help you only have to call. I’ll tell the desk to put any call from you through to me straight away.”

I left the centre and went home. After I made a cup of coffee I remembered that I had told Sarah that I would meet her. I called her.

“Hello, Ron. How did it go.”

“It helped me understand but nothing changes really. Where are you?”

“I’m just around the corner at the shops. I’ll come over to your place.”

“Any news on Ronnie and Joe?”

“Some. I’ll tell you when I get there.”

A few minutes later Sarah arrived. She came in. We hugged and she pecked me on the cheek. It felt nice to hold her. “So what’s the news?”

“Ronnie went around to see Joe again. Harry was there with them and heard everything. Joe begged Ronnie to make up with him. Ronnie told Joe that it was over. She went on to tell him that it would probably make good sense for him to leave town because she intended to tell everyone how he had conned her into believing that you were cheating on her but she now knows that was not correct. She then turned around and walked away.”

“Ronnie turned up at Sally’s place shortly after. She offered an apology to Sally and admitted to Sally that she was the cause of the problem, not Joe. Sally accepted her apology but refused to accept her explanation. I guess you might say they kissed and made up. She told Sally that she should stop Joe from coming back because he was a liar and a cheat. That was a bit of a shock to me.”

“So Ronnie and Sally are friends again?”

“Yes, Ronnie told Sally that Joe had made up stories about you that she has checked and believes that they were untrue. She told Sally that revenge was part of her motivation in getting with Joe.”

“Did she say what the stories were.”

“Sally asked her about them but Ronnie told her that they were between you and her. She went on to say that they were not correct anyway so they should never be repeated.”

“Okay, so Ronnie has built a justification for her behaviour by laying the blame at Joe’s feet and suggesting that I may also carry some responsibility. By saying there were stories and then refusing to tell what they were it leaves doubt in people's minds. Joe will most likely leave because he has no marriage and his girlfriend is consorting with his ex-wife so there is nothing to keep him here is there? With Joe out of the picture, Ronnie can say whatever she needs to justify her position. Interesting.”

“You sound as if you doubt her?”

“I guess I do don’t I. I’m sorry, I’m just looking at the possibilities, that’s all. Everything that I said may be totally untrue.”

“It’s not. That is exactly how it looks to me. Do you think she has been scheming all along?”

“There is enough there to suspect so. Why don’t we sit down and assume that what I said is true and try to work out what might be her next move going forward? I need to tell you something that you must never repeat.”

“Okay. I won’t tell anyone.”

“What I have learned today is that Ronnie always defies the rules. At least everything suggests that she does. We had a rule that she must not see Joe without Sally and I present. Her desire to defy the rules may well have been the push she needed to do what she did.”

“Knowing that we could set a trap for her.”

“If we wanted to, yes, we could but what would that achieve?”

“I don’t know but it intrigues me. It might give me an opportunity to catch Gary out like Sally caught Joe out. Sally has forgiven Ronnie but I think she was actually the key driver, not the innocent victim. If she and Gary were caught out it might make Sally wake up.”

“I’m not sure that I want to do this to her, Sarah. She is my wife.”

“Yes, She is your wife, your cheating, unfaithful, lying wife. Look leave it to me. You don’t have to be involved. That way she can’t accuse you of anything. What she has done to Sally she deserves to be set up.”

Sarah went on her way. Later that afternoon Ronnie came home. She was very quiet and so was I. Eventually I asked her about her day and she simply said that she spent it at the rink and the shops. That night we slept on our respective sides of the bed. There was no contact and definitely no intimacy.

…

I left Ron’s place half an hour later. As I walked past Shirley and Ted’s place, Shirley stepped out of the shadows. “Hi, lover. Come here and give me a kiss.”

“You’re a naughty woman, Shirley. What would your husband say if he knew you were meeting me in the dark at this time of night?”

As I spoke she moved into the light and she was wearing a super thin see-through nightie. Her nipples were quite obvious as they protruded clearly forward from the material. I glanced downwards and thought, ‘are they black panties or is that her bush?’ I felt the effect of my thought process in my shorts.

“Ted knows that I am here. He sent me down to thank you for what you have done for us. We’ve been making love all day. He’s been like he was on our wedding night. I’ve never seen him so horny.”

“That’s good. Shirley, you are not dressed to entertain. You should have changed.”

“I was going to but Ted insisted that I come down like this.”

“What else did he say?”

“He said that it turned him on to know that you were so emotionally involved. He asked me to seduce you and to come back to him and tell him what happened. He took my panties off me and wouldn’t give them back. He said to tell you that he gives you his permission to fuck me.”

“Is that what you want Shirley? Do you want me to fuck you?”

“I would enjoy it. I’ve wanted it for quite a while now. I wanted it even before I met you. Ronnie showed me photos and told me about you and it made me feel randy.”

“Is this just about sex for you, Shirley?”

“No, You know that it's not just sex.”

“Okay. I’m going to bring you to orgasm but without entering you. I will then send you back to tell Ted about it. After you tell him about it tell him that tomorrow night if he still wants it then he will need to become the babysitter for twenty-four hours so that you and I can go out together. I will seduce you if you want it but in the right environment. I will bring you home to him before sundown Saturday afternoon. You need him to understand that we will not be having sex. We will be making love. When you tell him make absolutely certain that he understands that.”

While I was talking to her I had backed her up against the wall. My hand had lifted her skirt and my cock was pressed up against her slit but protruding out behind her legs. I could feel her hot juices running down across my shaft. I wondered how much of it was Ted’s sperm and how much was hers. I pulled her body hard against me. Her tits pressed hard into my chest.

My cock was slipping across her clit and her slit. I felt her try to change the angle to make me enter her but with her back pushed up against the wall, she was never going to get there. I released the pressure on her body slightly which allowed her to go close to allowing me to enter her but again she failed.

“Please, Goyse. Let me feel you inside me. You feel so much bigger than Ted.”

“Tell me how big Ted is, Gloria? Tell me how he feels inside you? When he cums does he fill you or do you feel let down?”

“Ted is only a little over four inches long. It feels like he is just as thick as you but you’re a lot longer.

“What’s the longest cock you’ve had Shirley? Who gave it to you? Tell me about it?”

“It was Ron. He was not as long as you and a bit thinner. When Ronnie cheated on him with Joe he was In a very bad state. I asked him to come over. I comforted him by cuddling and kissing him telling him that if she could cheat so could he. He was sitting in the lounge. I opened his fly and pulled his cock out. I worked on him until he was hard and then lifted myself above him and lowered myself down on him.”

“So did he cum in you or did he pull out?”

“I took him all into my pussy.”

“Does Ted know?”

“He didn’t until recently. While he was trying to convince me to seduce you he asked me had I ever had sex with any other man.  He knew that I was a virgin when we met. I told him about it. I thought he would get angry but he loved it. He told me that I deserved more than he could supply just like he told you. I told him that you were bigger than Ron and that Ronnie had seduced you. She told me about it. I didn’t tell him that it was their wedding night though.”

“Do you still have sex with Ron?”

“No, it was a once only. I knew that Ted was worried because we live so close and he was concerned about Ronnie catching us and causing trouble. Besides, Ted had made up his mind that you were the one.”

“Why me?”

“Ronnie told him that you were trustworthy. She also told me that you were bigger than Ron and you knew how to use it. I told Ted and that convinced him.”

While we were talking I continued to slide my cock across her clit and her slit. She was still trying to hump so that my cock would enter her but I was able to avoid that. Her juices were wetting my crotch and running down her legs. Her breathing was becoming irregular and she was having trouble maintaining the conversation. I knew that she was close and I wasn’t far away either. My desire to enter her was becoming too strong to resist.

“Let me have it inside me, please. I’m so close. Just a little bit inside, Goyse, please. Oh fuck I have to have it. Let me please.”

“If you get Ted to babysit tomorrow night I’m going to fuck you so many times and so hard that you will walk funny for a week. Do you want that, Shirley?”

“Oh fuck. I’m cumming.” I slid my body back and thrust my cock as hard as I could inside her. I felt my cock come in contact with her cervix while her pussy muscles worked in her orgasm. The only noise she made was a continuous. “ooooohhhhhh…..” that went on and on.  As her moaning lost its volume I felt her legs going out from under her and it left her suspended on my cock. I didn’t want to cum in her but I couldn’t hold it any longer. I pumped and pumped and pumped inside her. My legs then also started to weaken and we both slid down to the floor.   

It took me a while to recover and as I did so I saw a movement at the bottom of the stairway only about two metres away. It was Ted. He had been watching and listening to us. He must have seen me look towards him because he quietly ascended the stairway to disappear.  

“Are you okay, Shirley?”

“Oh fuck Goyse, I’ve never cum like that before. I almost passed out. Look at how much sperm you have shot into me. It’s everywhere. How am I going to go up to Ted like this?”

“Ted was watching us on the stairway. He just went upstairs to give us some privacy. You should go to him and ask him if he wants to make love to you or help you clean up. Remember to ask him about babysitting for twenty-four hours.”

“What if he says no?”

“Believe me, he won’t. See you tomorrow.”

She walked up the stairway holding her nightie with her hand between her legs to stop the sperm from running out of her. I waited a few moments before I left. I heard him say to her, “I love you, honey. I was so excited watching you.”

“Goyse said that he wants you to babysit tomorrow so that he can take me out. He also said that you might want to help me clean up after him.”

“Oh, Shirley, I love you. That would be so exciting. While I was watching you I was thinking how much better it would have been if you weren’t on the pill. He could have seeded your egg.”

“Are you fucking crazy. That is madness. I don’t want to let Goyse give me his baby. Why would I ever want to do that.”

“It was just a thought I had that’s all. Lots of women have other men’s children. Ronnie did it more than once. You only have to look at the kids. Only one looks like Ron. She was screwing everyone. They could be anyone’s.”

“That’s true.”

“Maybe they belong to Goyse. He has dark hair and two of them could be his.”

“I didn’t think of that. Gee, their good looking kids.”

“That’s what I mean. Their good-looking kids and I can’t do the trick these days. Think about it, honey.”

“You are crazy. I don’t mind sleeping with Goyse to satisfy your sick mind but there will be no children. Now help me clean up. He cums so much I’m flooded and it’s leaking everywhere.”

I just shook my head and headed home. Sexual desire does strange, irrational things to people who appear to be normal, sensible and rational people. As I jogged along I wondered what percentage of the population was not actually fathered by the husband. I guess that was my affinity for numbers and statistics were coming out again.