I sat in my favorite recliner with my 9 mm in my hand waiting for the lovers to come down the stairs from my bedroom once they finished their rounds of their intimate activity I'd moved my recliner from My Den and placed it at the foot of the stairs so it was just out of sight from those descending until they reached the last step they were so wrapped up in their passion that they didn't hear a thing having returned early from a business trip attempting to surprise my wife Irene with a vaction to Hawaii I was surprised to find on entering my house men's and women's clothes thrown on the floor leading to the stairs and on up the stairs apparently thrown off in their frenzy to get to the master bedroom ASAP while waiting I called my partner who covered the criminal law cases for our law firm and told him what I'd found when I got home and that I'd need to be bailed out of jail later tonight he said he'd meet me at the station and not to kill anyone I laughed and said said I'd try not to I located Irene's Lover's pants and got his wallet with his ID credit cards and pictures of his wife and children then I got his phone which he had tossed on the coffee table out of habit I suppose indicating this was not a one-time occurrence and I called his home while I waited seems I wanted some company someone to talk to who would understand the pain of betrayal I was feeling as I waited for the coming confrontation the phone rang three times before finally being answered by a very irate female well it was almost 1:00 a. m. screaming Jeffrey where the hell are you you sorry bastard today is well now yesterday was your daughter's fifth birthday and you broke her heart you SOB one more time and I swear I'm going to divorce you I'm sorry to have awakened you Mr Connor I replied I didn't realize the hour Jeffrey is very busy right now so I'll have to pass pass along your message a little later just who are you and how did you get jeffy's cell she finally asked my name is Ronald Kelly and I found his cell phone tossed on my coffee table when I came home early from a business trip I replied Kelly you say you wouldn't be Irene's husband would you she's jeffy's secretary she asked yes guilty is charged I'm afraid and my soon to be ex-wife appears to be much more than just a secretary to Jeffy boy I replied she didn't seem to catch the end of my statement and said I don't care how busy he thinks he is you get him on the phone right godamn now or tell him not to bother coming home ever again oh Mr Connor I don't think he will be able to come to the phone soon much less come right home you see he'll have to wait until the ER doctors finish sewing him back up after I shoot his sorry back shortly for sleeping with my wife in my house house in my bed needless to say I'm more than a little irritated with Jeffy boy and my soon Tobe ex-wife I stated calmly what did you say she screamed yes at this very moment they are upstairs having intimate relations well what little brains they have left and I just didn't have the heart to go up and shoot them as it would really mess up my bed besides I'm so mad at them right now that I might miss aim and end up killing them both so I'm waiting downstairs for them to finish and come down for something to drink Irene always likes to have something to drink after a vigorous intimate session I said oops I've got to go now I think I hear them coming down the stairs if I can I might let Jeffy boy call you soon so stay by the phone at the very least I'll have Irene call you about which hospital the ambulance takes him to she said don't bother I don't want to see or hear from him ever again Mr Connor please think of your children they'll hate you for keeping them from their father while he recovers in the hospital you don't deserve that as far as I can tell you don't deserve any blame in this whole Affair I cautioned neither do you she sighed okay I'll await your call then she disconnected as I sat waiting my mind drifted to the life Irene and I had built together 7 years of marriage a beautiful home in the suburbs and weekend trips to the coast I'd given her everything within my power to give my heart pounded in my chest a mixture of rage and grief washing over me every moment we'd shared now seemed tainted every I love you she'd uttered while I was away on business trips now felt like poison in my veins the Betrayal cut deeper than any knife could I glanced at the framed wedding photo on the wall we'd looked so happy then was it all a lie had she ever loved me at all my hand tightened around the 9 mm as I heard movement upstairs the cold metal against my palm reminded me of the choice I'd already made there would be consequences for both of them not just tonight but for years to come I was going to make sure of that Irene lay recovering from jeffy's love for the third time tonight and she thought she heard someone talking downstairs Jeff did you just hear something she asked Jeffrey was so engrossed in his own admiration of his prowess to charm these stupid married secretaries that he had heard nothing but his own hand patting himself on his back no Irene I heard nothing but now listening it did seem like he heard someone's voice though it was very muted yeah not sure what it is but I think I do hear something though oh it's probably just the answering machine recording a call from Ron Irene responded what's that jerk doing calling after 1:00 a.
m. in the morning doesn't he have any sense at all Jeff said is it that late already Ron never calls after 10: p. m.
