1. Just Once - Part 3


    Date: 12/24/2023, Categories: Cheating Author: MaxxNRachel

    ... while you were receiving and giving pleasure to another man. It wasn't very unpleasant, but I was not enough of a man to stand up for his wife to take her back away from the man. What kind of man am I, a nothing!
    
    I decided that if you wanted another man, you should have him, and I would leave your life and allow you to have the life you wanted, which did not include me.
    
    Elaine, that was the lowest I had ever felt in my entire life. The woman I loved no longer wanted me, so did I still want her?
    
    That question swam around for hours while I decided what to do.”
    
    I stopped. Elaine was sitting there, her hands folded on the table. Tears were rolling down her face, and she looked in complete shock. She was breathing slowly, and her eyes were fixed on me. She had been ripped apart by what I had said. She deserved that and more.
    
    “Elaine, I decided that I would destroy the man, not kill him, but hurt him in a way that would remain with him for the rest of his life. As for you, I did not know my plan that day, but I have that all worked out now.
    
    As you know, I acted when you came into the room that morning, and I hope I have damaged the man for life. The additional pain he received today and the wanting his demise if he does not leave town will be icing on the cake.
    
    I am not a vengeful man, Elaine. Yes, I learned to kill in the Army, but until these last days, I had buried that part of me. Elaine, you have brought that beast out again, so now I must find a way to ...
    ... hide him.
    
    Elaine, I love you, but the hurt you have put on me cannot just go away. It will take time, which will be painful for you and me. Our lives will never be the same. My love for you will never be as pure as it was. The trust I once had in you must be earned again over time.”
    
    I stopped again. Elaine had not moved an inch. She was frozen where she sat. I continued.
    
    “Elaine, I understand that you feel this was a one-off event, but how did you allow this to happen? The doctor may be correct, but if your love for me was as strong as you profess, my question is HOW! I do not understand. I know that you cannot answer that question. Maybe you can answer that question in two months after many sessions with Dr. Wilson. I hope so because the answer may be critical to our long-term relationship.
    
    Elaine, look at me. Are you OK? You have not moved since I started talking.”
    
    “Yes Alfonso, I am Ok. I am trying to take in what you are saying to me, making sure that I understand what I have done to you and how badly I have hurt you. I cannot express the shame and disgust I feel for myself at this moment. Al, it is one thing to know why this all happened and that it may have been out of my control, but it is yet another thing to know that I may have permanently destroyed the true love and trust we have enjoyed. If I have done that, I don’t know how to live with myself.”
    
    Elaine slumped down, laid her head on her arms, and cried.
    
    It had become very intense, so it was ...
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