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The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth
Date: 5/4/2024, Categories: Loving Wives, Author: byVandemonium1
... wasn't like he was weaponizing them or anything, just letting them participate in the decision-making. "We hoped the cameras caught not only evidence of adultery but something we could use to prove Jane was an unfit mother or that Peter was a threat to them. Dave was determined that the kids spend not one second longer in the evil pair's company than was necessary." "So, the cameras were how Dave knew Jane was going to the park that first day?" "Yes, we quickly got him in character - with practice we had gotten his dressing down to five minutes. Unlike his make-up which I did first thing every morning neither of us could bear for him to dress in the clothes just on the off-chance Jane went to the park. Then it was just a matter of escalating the hurt on the cheaters, especially Jane, to ratchet up the pressure. The pair going to Phuket was a godsend as it gave Dave a legitimate reason to tell Jane's parents the story while staying in character as a devastated drop-out. We wanted to severely put a dent in her support network." "I meant to ask before, Wendy; did you and Dave have anything to do with what happened to Peter's kids?" "No. That was all on Peter and the example he set for his kids and son-in-law. Dave is in two minds. That it proved the existence of God or was just the best bit of damn karma we ever saw." "Your karma ran over my dogma, hey?" They both chuckled as Pauline quoted Dave's favourite saying. "So, whose idea was it to mess with ...
... the roll-a-door?" "Buggered if I know. Dave and I don't work like that. Even at that early stage, we were so in tune with each other. We'd just brainstorm ideas and bounce off each other. At the end of the process, who can say whose idea it was? We like it that way." "Still, the roll-a-door going up and down must have messed with Jane's head. How did you do it?" "Dave's company was into electronics, and he'd been messing around with how to improve the security of digital signals. He said it was simple to hack both the re-programmed door controller and the replacement mechanism. That's what his trip was about at that time. He'd come up with an uncrackable remote system and was trying to sell it. The meeting he was returning from when Jane ambushed him was the last in a series." Wendy paused to sip her wine. "He initially intended to sell the concept but the company he was talking to, a multinational, wanted to buy Dave's company lock, stock, and barrel. That way they could put in an anti-compete clause in the contract. It was an extremely generous offer and Dave was excited to be going home to tell Jane they could retire in luxury on the proceeds. It certainly put all three kids into good universities and allowed me to chuck in my job and go back to NIDA to finish the course. It's a little overkill for a NIDA graduate to do all the costumes and make-up for the local amateur dramatic society's plays, but, what the hell, I enjoy it." Both women smiled as they ...