Lori Monroe was becoming worried. Her husband of eight years had left
the house early on Friday morning for a business trip and was expected
home on Sunday evening. Now it was Monday morning and he had not come
home or even had contacted her while gone which was also very odd.
Monte Monroe, her husband, was a kind and gentle man. He was the epitome
of the modern urban male. He seldom went out and drank with the boys,
he helped with the household tasks as well as keeping the landscaping up
to par, he always remembered to put the seat down on the toilet, he
brought home flowers and small gifts for her and always, I mean always,
contacted her at least once a day while traveling for business.
This weekend trip was supposed to be a routine one. He had to travel
about four hours across the state to a meeting with a client. He usually
stayed at a Holiday Inn Express and would even call or text
her his room and phone number in case his cell phone went dead or lost
signal for some reason. He had been upbeat and happy when he left on
Friday but then nothing, absolutely nothing by way of text, email or
telephone contact since leaving.
He would usually return home around six or seven o'clock on Sunday
evening and they would then go out and have a meal and get caught up on
the weekend. They would usually come home and then have a nice welcome
home bout of sex before retiring for the night.
Lori spent the evening Sunday night worrying about Monte. He was a great
IT guy but sometimes lacked the skills to figure out car problems.
Hell, even though he had made this trip many times before he always used
his GPS and even his cell phone GPS to make sure he didn't take a wrong
turn and end up in a whole different state.
When she tried to call him his phone went straight to message. There
were no responses to multiple texts and even e-mails. She then broke
down and called his parents, Lester and Millie Monroe, but they had not
heard anything from Monte for about a week. This was not unusual. He
usually called them on Monday nights and caught up with them.
Lori even called the state police but they had no record of any kind of
accident or incident involving Monte. Since it was Sunday night she
could not call his place of employment either. She finally fell asleep
on the couch sometime after one a.m.
Lori woke early in the morning with a stiff and sore back and neck but
Monte had not come home while she slept. She took her morning shower and
ate a quick breakfast before going to work. At her job she clocked in
and then tried Monte's work phone number. His group had a receptionist
that handled all work requests and fielded phone calls so the
technicians could keep working undisturbed.
Hanna Billings was the group receptionist and was always pleasant and
friendly on the phone. Lori identified herself and Hanna's on phone
demeanor changed abruptly. "Hanna, can you tell me if there is something
happening with Monte? He didn't call home at all this weekend and
didn't come home last night. Was there an accident or something that
kept him from coming back to town?"
Hanna was abrupt. "Mrs. Monroe, I have to inform you that the company
has very strict rules concerning estranged significant others. According
to policy this is your only allowed phone call. I have to inform you
that if you attempt to call here again or if you personally come to this
office, the police will be summoned and you will be hit with a
restraining order and/or arrested for trespassing."
Lori was now anxious and extremely concerned. "Hanna, you know me. You
have always called me by my first name. We have sat and visited at each
and every Holiday party. What is going on?"
Hanna tried to be a little friendly. "All I can tell you is that Monte
called here early today and spoke to Mr. Jennings, the CEO. He informed
us that you and he were separated pending a divorce and that he was
taking today off to take care of some personal matters. Mr. Jennings
then called me and told me to follow the standard policy. That is all I
know right now and all I will comment on. Have a nice day, Mrs. Monroe."
Hanna then broke the connection.
Lori was totally confused. Separated? Divorce? What was going on? She
had to find Monte and find out what was making him decide to do this.
They had made love Thursday night and Monte had seemed normal when he
left on Friday morning. There was nothing new or different in his
demeanor. Was he having an affair?
Lori sat in her office and tried to think. Had Monte acted any different
lately? She thought back on the time since his last weekend business
meeting and the passing time between. If he had a lover in that other
city would he have tried to contact her between meetings? She went
online and looked up their cell phone bill. No, there was no strange or
unusual phone numbers with that area code. As a matter of fact, except
for calling Lori at least once a day, Monte didn't seem to use his
personal phone for anything else. Did he have a business phone? She
didn't think so. At least Monte had never spoken about it or had an
extra phone where she would see it.
Lori was a mid-level supervisor in a business that sold and delivered
office products. She had reports that needed to be completed and
inventory that had to be reconciled. She tried to throw herself into her
work but thoughts of Monte and a separation or divorce kept intruding
all day. Her normal workday ended at six. Monte didn't know it but Lori
worked an extra hour each day so she could come in late on Fridays. This
had been going on for about six months. Lori reveled in the luxury of
being able to sleep in on Fridays and get those errands done that had to
be done during the normal work week.
At a quarter to six she was alone in the offices above the showroom. She
was getting ready to shut her computer down when a courier knocked on
her door. This delivery was unusual since it was so late in the day.
Most deliveries happened a lot earlier. He was a familiar face so she
didn't think much about it and signed for the package.
After he left she noticed that Monte's name was on the sending slip
attached to the package. She immediately worked to tear the package
open. Of course it was a reinforced padded envelope so she was
frustrated at her attempt to find out something about why Monte wouldn't
come home or communicate with her. Finally she grabbed her scissors
from the drawer and snipped the end off the envelope. She found a
flashdrive and a letter inside.
She put down the envelope and looked at the folded piece of paper and
the drive for a moment. Somehow she knew that the questions she had been
asking all day were going to be answered now.
Lori unfolded the letter and began to read.
"Lori, I have debated all weekend how I was going to continue or
even if I could continue to be your husband after what I observed Friday
morning. I had to come back to the house for some software that I
needed. I had forgotten that I was working on the patches at home before
we went to bed and didn't have the latest updates at work. I also knew
that you would not be able to send me the patches as they were in a
password protected file so I had to come home and get them before
heading to Central Falls for my meeting.
When I came into the house I was not trying to be quiet as I thought
you had gone to work. I should have come through the garage as I would
have seen your car and maybe had not been so surprised when I came into
the house. I saw you and Michelle Travis from next door."
Lori dropped the envelope and buried her face in her hands and began to
cry. Monte had found out. She and Michelle had been having a little
lesbian fling for the past six months. They usually got together on
Friday mornings and any time Monte was out of town. On those weekends
when Monte was gone they dated and then made soft sweet love multiple
times. A lot of their pillow talk had revolved around whether Monte
would ever want to see two women make love. The women's magazines
insisted that this was the most common male fantasy.
She finally got control and tried to read some more.
"Not only did I see you together but I also heard how you spoke to
each other. It explained so much in such a short time. I know you will
deny this but our lovemaking has fallen off over the last few months. I
didn't really pay attention myself until it got to be weeks between
times we came together. I try to be the sensitive modern man that your
women's magazines insist that the modern woman wants in a partner so I
forced myself to not bringing up the frequency of how often we have sex.
We went from three to four times a week and multiple times on the
weekends to the occasional quick, just stick it in and get yourself off,
sessions. You didn't seem to want me to indulge in much foreplay on
those occasions and certainly went from wanting us to cuddle and talk
afterwards to just roll over and go to sleep.
Because of this I had wondered if you were having an affair. Last
week I sent away for one of those wi-fi based security systems and
installed it on Wednesday night. You didn't even notice the little extra
do-dads in the rooms I would bet. The flash drive included with this
letter has what I captured on Friday morning and even Saturday and
Sunday.
I left Friday before you could see me and interrupt you and your
lover. I went on to Central Falls and that night downloaded the recorded
session from that morning. I didn't really watch anything from the rest
of the weekend as it is obvious that you are in love with Michelle and
she returns that feeling.
From what I observed directly and then on the recorded video I guess
I could not compete. You obviously need and want soft and gentle
lovemaking, not the sometimes sweaty and always forceful penetration by
my cock.
I watched as you two softly kissed and how gently you caressed each
other's breasts when she first came into the house. There was just love
expressed and not the raw passion that we used to show each other. I
could see how later your kisses became more passionate as you turned
each other on. You two seemed so in tune with each other. Definitely not
the clumsy way I sometimes feel as I try to turn you on. Face it, you
only enjoyed sex with me when you were already horny. It has been
obvious since we first time we made love together that each session was
when you wanted to and not when I wanted to. Any sex when I was too
horny was more of a pity fuck than lovemaking.
I also noted how as you disrobed each other that you continued to
kiss constantly. You caressed her breast and didn't attack her nipple
and also kept kissing and necking. I suppose I should have taken lessons
from a lesbian on how to seduce and turn on a woman. I know you
probably hated that I loved to suck and nibble your nipples as part of
foreplay instead of caressing your breast more.
Then even when her breast was very stimulated you only suckled for a
moment before kissing again. Both of you barely interrupted kissing to
orally please each other. I mean, it was so obvious that the kissing was
almost more important than any other aspect of your lovemaking. How you
must have hated when I would work my way down your incredible body and
then orally try to please you but I realize I never stopped to come back
up and kiss you at any time. I suppose I felt you would not want me to
kiss you with your spending on my face. That impression may have come
from the all the negative comments you made about how disgusting you
thought lesbians were.
Then when you were having an orgasm with Michelle it sounded so
different than how you sound with me that I have to question if you ever
really had an orgasm with me. I suppose that you could have been the
voice over for 'Harry Met Sally' in how to fake an orgasm. I know I
didn't have much experience with the opposite sex before meeting you but
I would have sworn on a stack of bibles that you experienced the
ultimate pleasure with me. How stupid of me. I suppose all you really
had to do was squeak and squeal a little and squeeze my cock with your
pussy muscles and I would believe I was the world's greatest lover. I
now know I was the world's dumbest, clueless cuckold.
Then after watching you with Michelle I was also reminded of the
militant feminists who claim that sex with men is a violent act against
women. From their standpoint and watching you I guess they might have a
point. It was obvious you weren't missing my cock or any penetration as
you made love. I suppose that you might have used a single digit on
Michelle but she didn't seem to be penetrating you, just used her mouth
to get you off.
There was no groaning or moaning with the slamming of my body into
yours. There was no perspiration that I could see. How you must hate
having to put up with my six inch cock and all that mess of semen at the
end. With Michelle I suppose you could just snuggle in and go to sleep
without that 'wet spot' to contend with.
No, all I observed was soft and gentle female on female lovemaking.
You seemed so content and in tune with Michelle. It was almost hard to
see when your lovemaking stopped and you went into post-coital cuddling.
Maybe you didn't ever stop. I don't know."
Lori had to stop and cry some more. She had never wanted to hurt Monte
in any way. Had she really not made love to him more than a few times
since taking up with Michelle? She tried to deny the reality to herself
but other than Thursday night she couldn't remember when the last time
she and Monte had 'done the nasty' especially on the weekends when they
used to play together in bed all day. No, she had spent more time
wondering if Michelle was missing her or if she was out cruising for
different pussy on the weekends.
She wanted to call Monte and reassure him that she had always had
outstanding orgasms with him. She didn't fake anything with him. Yes, he
was clumsy with it came to turning her on. He was the exact opposite of
the successful seducer. It had endeared her more to him when they first
started dating. She had even taken the lead in asking him for the first
dance at the club where they met. She had told all her girlfriends that
he was the perfect man for her. A stud, with a nice sized cock, when
needed, but sensitive and caring enough the rest of the time. When had
that changed?
Maybe she had gotten tired of having to take the lead all the time. Had
she lost respect for him? Maybe. All she could state for sure was that
Michelle Travis had moved in next door a year before and was an
unapologetic lesbian who had no use for the average man. She had always
stated that she liked Monte but his being Lori's husband had not stopped
her from her goal of seducing her neighbor.
And Lori had to admit that it had not been that hard of a seduction. She
had reveled in Michelle's obvious attraction to her. The whispered
innuendos during block parties, the casual touches, and then the
kissing. She had to admit that the kisses were to die for. She had never
felt so desired and loved and even cherished than when Michelle was
kissing her. There had not seemed to be any ulterior motive with any
kiss or caress. The gentle touching had gotten more and more suggestive
over time but Lori had welcomed each and every touch and kiss.
Hell, her nipples had started to get hard even with the thought of
seeing Michelle, no matter what the venue. Then had come one of Monte's
weekend trips. You would have thought that Michelle had been whispering
to Lori that Monte might have a weekend mistress but, no, she didn't
even suggest in any way that Monte might not be true to Lori. Michelle
was a very self-assured person. She wanted Lori and just set out to
seduce. Lori had to admit that Michelle had never once demeaned or
disparaged Monte in any way. She probably just didn't care. Monte was a
non-entity and not worth bothering with. And Lori had just allowed the
seduction.
That first weekend Michelle and Lori had gone out to a lesbian bar just
to observe. Michelle had probably figured out that Lori had protested
too much about how she hated the thought of lesbianism. Quite the
opposite, she had sat in that dimly lit bar and watched intently as
women paired off and snuggled in the booths opposite them.
Michelle had then danced with Lori and felt her becoming compliant and
even pressing against her well-shaped body. Soon they were standing
alone in the corner exchanging kisses that got hotter and hotter.
Lori couldn't even wait until they returned to one or the other's home.
No, right in the parking lot she bared her breasts and welcomed
Michelle's lips and hands. Her pussy was dripping when Michelle made
that first tentative finger insertion into her panties. Nope, no more
tentative moves after that. From that time forward it was very assured
and intended to entice at every step. After getting Lori off in the
parking lot Michelle had driven to Lori and Monte's house and proceeded
to destroy Lori in her marital bed. Lori thought about that. They had
never gone to Michelle's house at any time, nope, it was always at
Lori's.
Was Michelle intending to get them caught? Was Michelle getting off
knowing she was having sex with Lori in Monte's spot in the bed?
That was a question for later. Now Lori felt she needed to finish the letter and see if Monte had left any hope for them both.
"I suppose you will consider this whining on my part but I just want
it to be clear. I loved you from the moment we met. I was tongue-tied
that anyone as good looking as you and with such an outgoing personality
would be interested in a geek like me. I never looked at another woman
since meeting you. When I finally asked you to marry me I had come to
the conclusion that I was man enough for you and that we could be happy
forever. Maybe I was man enough but not woman enough for you.
When I watched you come down the aisle on your dad's arm I was so
full of love for you that I almost broke down. How is that for the
modern urban male? Yes, I was close to tears at how happy I was. I also
found it hard to say the vows that I had agonized over for weeks. Then
when you pledged your love for all eternity my chest was sore from
expanding so much due to the pride I felt. What a laugh. I should have
known. Wasn't it Shakespeare who wrote that "Pride goeth before the
fall"? How true. I am paying the price for the deadly sin of pride."
Lori had to stop and wipe her eyes again. Oh, how she wished she could
talk with her husband right now. She had to assure him that he was not
too prideful. She had meant every word of her vows. She stopped and
thought about that. At the time she had meant every word. She had
pledged her fidelity to Monte but now she had broken that vow. Did this
mean she didn't really believe in what she had promised just a few short
years ago? Was she that shallow and fickle?
She mentally shook herself. She didn't believe that she was so immature
but that was not the here and now. She needed to find Monte and talk to
him. She decided to not finish reading the letter at that moment. It was
now after seven and she should get home just in case he might be there
or might call.
Lori packed up the envelope and the contents and shut off her office light as she headed out.
At home she found it just as lonely as it had been all weekend, well at
least when Michelle was not there. She changed clothes and got into
something soft and comfortable. While doing that she looked into the
closet that had been mostly Monte's domain. Her closet had gotten too
full of clothing and shoes and she had started to use some of his space,
just like she used most of the dresser drawers for her underwear and
nightwear. She looked and a lot of Monte's clothing was missing from the
bar and his space in the chest of drawers was also empty. He must have
come home today.
She felt even more despondent and decided that she no longer had any
kind of appetite for food but did have a growing thirst for some
alcohol. She decided against wine and got out a bottle of whiskey. She
would mix it with a cola to subdue the harsh taste but was going to
count on the carbonation to get her buzz going quicker.
She pulled out the letter again while sipping the strong mixed drink.
"I should get down to the brass tacks here. Now that I know that you
don't love me anymore, if indeed you ever loved me at all, what's next?
For the immediate future I have moved out of the house. Since I found
out today that you stay at work until six o'clock so that your Friday
mornings are free to do other things, like meet your lover, I decided to
have this letter delivered a little before you normally leave your
office. This will allow me more time to gather my clothes that I will
need in the next week or so. Sometime this week, while you are at work, I
will have a discreet moving company come to the house for anything else
that I want. Just so that you will not need to be there to watch what
is taken, I will provide a complete list of what I feel is justifiably
mine. The company I chose has a very good reputation for doing moves
like this one.
The only furniture I want to have is the recliner in the living
room. It is comfortable for me and you never sit in it anyway. I just
hope that you and Michelle never consummated your love on it. Oh, well,
if I find out that you did I will just have it burned.
Most of what I want is my clothes that I cannot get at this time. I
will have taken my toiletries, soap, and shampoo. You don't want them
anyhow as they do have a masculine scent. Yes I am being petty when I
state that Michelle probably wouldn't like you having a masculine scent
either.
My tools will be gathered and taken to a storage unit. Since you
will have the house I will leave the gardening and lawn care equipment
for you. My car is a lease so I will just turn it back in to the leasing
company.
Stories told to me by other men who have gotten divorced led me to
believe I need to cancel our credit cards. I looked into it and it is
too much of a hassle to do that. I will just leave them for you to deal
with.
Just like the credit cards you will get to make the payments on the
house as well as your car. With this letter is a power of attorney for
both you and my attorney. His phone number is with the paper. You can
sell the house if you so desire. There probably isn't much equity built
up yet since we only lived there a few years but it will appreciate in
value if you stay there.
Also, I removed my name from the utilities and the cable bill so
they will now come addressed to you. You also have twenty-four hours to
talk to the cell phone company as my phone is now shut off and yours
will be also unless you make new arrangements for paying the bill.
Possibly you could become part of Michelle's plan.
As far as contact with me, please direct any comments or concerns to
my attorney. His name will be on the divorce papers that will be served
sometime this week. Since this divorce will be very straight-forward
and since we don't have any kids, thank goodness, there should not be
very much to discuss. The only physical items that I want are my tools,
laptop and my recliner. You get the rest. I am not even going to dispute
any money with you. I withdrew some cash from our savings account today
and that should see me through until I leave. I didn't take half of the
savings since the judge would probably direct that money to pay off
credit cards and settle any other debts.
Since my leaving should make you happy so that you and Michelle can
fully explore your new relationship I don't anticipate you wanting to
contact me for any reason. I certainly cannot handle any 'It isn't what
it looks like', or 'I never meant to hurt you', or anything else. A
protestation of love will just make me laugh and cry at the same time.
There will be no more money available from me as I resigned my job
today. You might remember that a number of months ago I told you that a
company from a country far south of the border had approached us to set
up a new network. Initially my bosses had turned the contract down as it
seemed a little dicey as to legality for us to work in another country.
Now it seems one of the federal agencies has come to us and asked us to
go ahead and accept the contract.
I have been assured that going to this other country and setting up
the network will not be dangerous but the team has no close family
connections. The last position to be filled was the software engineer
and, since I am suddenly without close family connections, I was offered
the position of team leader as I can write code to make the whole
system work. This team will include the hardware guys so that we will be
setting up a complete new system with all the latest and fastest
computers.
My passport application has been fast-tracked and I should have it
by the end of the week. By next Monday I will be out of the country.
With my employment ending here, I was hired by a wholly owned overseas
subsidiary of my company so that my income will not be taxed. I have no
idea when I will be finished with this job. If it goes well I might not
return for quite a while. These jobs tend to generate new ones.
I suppose I am just boring you now and interfering with your new
life with Michelle. I don't know of anything else to tell you except
good-by and have a good life."
Lori reread the letter before putting it down. Her tears were starting
to stain the paper and she didn't want to ruin this possibly last
communication with the man she had pledged her life to. She fixed
another drink and decided to down it in a few gulps. Faced with the loss
of the man she loved she felt suddenly all alone. She knew she could
call Michelle and Michelle would probably want to come over and make
love but. . . Lori thought about her relationship with her neighbor and
suddenly had the eureka moment and realized that Michelle was a
distraction, a pretty distraction, but not what she really wanted. She
wanted Monte and now realized what she had given up.
They had planned on children. Yes, of course she could have children
with Michelle but did she want that? No, actually she didn't. She just
wanted the closeness and the sex with her female lover, not a full-time
relationship. The tears came harder.
Lori tried Monte's cell just in case it had not been cancelled yet. She
got the message, "This phone number is no longer in service."
She tried to call Monte's parents. Surely they had heard from him. His
mother was short and to the point with Lori. "Yes, I just got off the
phone with Monte. He called as usual but he told us that he no longer
had a job in the U.S. and that he was divorcing you. He didn't go into
specifics but hinted that you no longer are in love with my son. Is that
true?"
Lori broke down and cried for some minutes before she could speak
clearly. "No, I do love him but I just forgot for a while and took him
for granted. I had an affair with a woman and Monte found out and
decided that I must love her more than him. I have been trying to get
hold of him for days and I can't find him. Now he says he is leaving the
country but I need to speak to him. I have to let him know how much I
care for him and I don't want him going to that dangerous country. I
want him home with me."
She paused. "Please let him know I love him and I still want him and I
want his babies. I don't want anyone else. Michelle was a mistake.
Please have him contact me."
She broke down crying again and finally hung up. The whiskey was now going down straight.
She woke the next morning still seated at the table. She had collapsed
sometime in the night and her face bore the marks of the pattern of the
table cloth. She looked and felt like hell. When she could see more
clearly she called into work and professed an illness. And, truth be
told, she was ill. She was sick at heart at what she had done.
She sat and contemplated for a while and finally typed out a text to
Michelle. "Monte knows and has left me. I am trying to get him back.
Please do not contact me."
Lori knew it was too little and probably way too late but she wanted to
show her husband that she had come to her senses and wanted only him in
her life.
This was now Tuesday and she knew from the letter that some movers were
coming during the day and during this week. She arranged for the rest of
the week off and intended to stay at home just in case Monte came back.
She was to be disappointed. On Thursday morning a moving van arrived.
The two men had a list and the key to the house. They came up and rang
the doorbell before using the key and didn't expect to find Lori home.
When she answered the door they politely stated their business and gave
her the list. She found that it was a complete list of items that Monte
wanted to claim for his own. Peevishly she wanted to deny them anything
in the hopes that Monte would then be forced to come home and confront
her but her common sense told her that he would just have the movers
come back another time or just not worry about his other belongings.
Didn't he write that he was leaving the country?
When she queried the movers they related to her that the contents of the
van would be taken to a prepaid storage unit in their facility and
would be secured. Monte had arranged for the inventory to be stored for
two years.
Surely he would be back before two years?
By late Friday evening Lori also had to accept the conclusion that Monte
wasn't wasting time even divorcing her. She had contacted an attorney
to represent her and her attorney had assured her that they could
arrange a meeting with Monte but, as stated, now it looked like Monte
had just walked away.
Lori didn't know what else to do but work, eat, sleep, take care of the
house and then wait. Monte had to return sometime and then they could
work on getting back together. So she waited. And she waited.
Here is my ending to the story. I made the break deliberate so that
any one who wishes could write their own ending. Please just acknowledge
the original story in your ending.
Epilog
She became platonic friends with Michelle. Yes, it was hard. After
having such a close and intimate relationship and now trying hard to be
chaste for her husband it was hard. Many nights she laid on her marital
and also sin-stained bed and masturbated until her pussy was dry and
sore and her clit couldn't take any more abuse.
Michelle tried to be supportive but she wanted Lori again. She tried
other women but found them to be less than Lori. Even if she had to keep
sharing with Monte she was willing to do so. After an evening of just
being out as friends Michelle would have to call one of her other lovers
and have very nasty hot sex, not the loving kind she wanted with Lori.
Time went on. Lori continued her job at the office products company.
There was no word from Monte. She would occasionally, weekly actually,
contact Monte's parents and inquire if there was any word but they
claimed to not know anything and professed to be concerned.
After the two year period post marital breakup the storage company
contacted Lori and wanted to know what to do with Monte's personal
belongings as the money for storage had run out. It wasn't much of an
expense so Lori paid for the unit for four or five months before finally
having the items brought back to her house and put in one of the extra
bedrooms. She certainly didn't use the space or need the expense. Her
dream of having Monte's babies was long gone.
Ominously Lori finally received a registered parcel that informed her
that her marriage to Monte was annulled. She was shocked and went to her
lawyer and sought a professional opinion. He was surprised but when he
checked into it there didn't seem to be any paper trail but all
appropriate agencies had been notified of the annulment. He could only
speculate on how that was accomplished but the best explanation was that
some government agency was responsible.
When she then contacted Millie Monroe, Monte's mother, the old woman
seemed confused as to who Lori was and treated her as though she might
be a telemarketer and asked her to not call again.
Lori finally gave up then. Michelle had moved on to a new lover and
seemed happy. She and her lover did offer to have a threesome with Lori
if she so desired but Lori really wanted someone to be part of her life
fully, someone like Monte.
Lori dated some but never seemed to click with anyone. This continued
until about the fifth anniversary of Monte leaving. Lori was putting
gasoline into her car, something that Monte had always taken care of,
when she noticed a man getting fuel at a far island. There was something
about the way he held himself. From the back he seemed so familiar.
Could it be? Had he come back? Should she? Of course she should. After
all she was his wife, a piece of paper not withstanding. She almost flew
towards the far set of pumps but slowed just before rounding the corner
to face him.
She stopped abruptly. It was Monte but it wasn't. This man was far more
mature looking and very serious in his demeanor. He also had a long scar
down his face from his right eye to his chin and he had an eyepatch
over the right eye.
"Monte?" The man didn't look up. Lori almost started to cry. "Please, Monte, it's me, Lori."
She reached out to touch him when he suddenly looked up. There was a
look of sadness in his eyes. This was the face of someone who had
suffered.
Just then a woman came up to the island. "Del, I got you a soda. Are you ready?"
The man Lori knew to be Monte looked over at the petite but beautiful
woman and his whole face changed as he smiled. "Yes, dear, we are all
fueled and ready to go."
Lori wanted to talk to him but then a back window rolled down and a
small voice called out. "Mommy, did you get something for me?"
The petite woman came to the side of the car next to Monte, reached up
and gave him a kiss before handing a bottle of soda into the window to
the small child inside. Of course Monte had to bend down so that he
could receive the kiss. She was a lot smaller than him.
The tears were coming hard down Lori's face but she tried again. "Monte, please can we talk for a minute?"
The man turned his good eye towards Lori. "I am sorry but I do not know
you or this Monte person. My name is Del Minster and we are late. We
have a lot of miles to drive before getting home."
The man Lori knew as Monte nodded a goodbye and went around the car and
was soon belted in and driving off leaving Lori standing alone and
crying. Her shoulders were slumped and she knew that she was totally
alone now.
What happened to Monte? Where had he gone and what had he endured?
This story is complete from my point of view. I purposely just made it
from Lori's perspective except for the text of the letter. But someone
might want to explore Monte's story. Feel free to do so. Thanks for
reading.

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