CEO Stood Up And Naughty Used Me In Front Of My Hubby! Shocked, He's Gone, But Next Day Hubby...

Are you Roman cray I ditch the usual Friday night argument I was having with my awesome wife Laura about whether it is better for a woman to shop Solo or like in our case if the poor tired husband should be able to come home after a long week and grab a cold one right from the fridge I turned around and still smiling thinking that yet another Saints fan was looking for my autograph this is for loving around with My wife you bastard crack my nose exploded in pain on the end of some sneaky fucker's Fist

and down I went like the proverbial sack of [ __ ] toppling backwards as the shock went straight to my legs before cracking the back of my head against something very very hard as I landed ug I was shaking my head trying hard to get back up but my eyes just wouldn't focus on that tall dark-haired guy who was hurrying off then out of nowhere my brain totally Scrambled and I blacked out well hello I reckon I should at least somewhat introduce myself I'm Roman CA that's what most rugby league fans know me by I

am 39 years young and a bit over 6 feet tall I'm built like a brick [ __ ] house I am a pretty good-look guy with a body like Brad Pit and hair that resembles that of an old rock star at least that is how I Envision it when I check out the mirror every morning Others May show a more realistic view my hair is super Long but it's starting to get some gray in it you know and my my face well let's just say it looks like it has been through some stuff I am

a bit over 6t tall and I've got this really strong build so yeah that is not something you can just say my poror NOS it has been broken four times so it looks kind of messed up on my face and there's a bunch of scar tissue above both of my eyes too so I played rugby league 384 times from my local team St Helens which is this Little town in Northwest England about 14 miles from Liverpool I did that for just over 12 years before hanging up my boots at the end of 2004 age 30

because my knee was all knackered I also played 32 International matches for the England or Great Britain teams a bunch of them against our huge Rivals Australia whom I utterly detest but also somewhat admire a great deal I guess you could say I was something of a star back in the day well I was definitely world famous in St Helens at any rate one thing I struggled with with o is my short fuse when I first started playing rugby everybody knew that I had a bit of a temper other teams when I was younger would

try and win me up to try and get a rise out of me meaning the referee had no other option but to pop me in the Sin bin for 10 minutes or sometimes worse kick me off for the duration so you know how it is with rugby league if a team is a man down for even a little while let alone The whole game it really puts a ton of pressure on the rest of the guys the Elder players really tried to to hammer it into my thick head what was going on and they all

said that if I didn't get my act together I'd mess up my career before it even got going eventually the club got fed up with my bratty outbursts and signed me up for an anger management course the above helped out a lot really but still the real problem is hanging around and I've got to keep myself in Check no matter what gets to me nowadays when I start to feel angry I try counting to 10 most times it does work while sometimes I barely reach two or three before I blow up I made an okay

amount for a rugby league player anyway not even in the same Stratosphere as what those soccer players bring in but enough to salt some away for retirement when I finished playing I got a job managing a local Builder Merchant that belonged to a huge Saint supporter and I Eventually bought him out when he wanted to retire since I have taken it over we have added this huge organic garden center to the business and it has actually become a pretty nice little money maker I also coach some of the junior teams at the Saints Academy part-time

with a few of my old teammates and man we really have a blast trying to help the kids get up to speed for the first team so all in all we're doing pretty good when I say we I'm talking About me and my second wife Laura she's this beautiful blonde who's 10 years younger than me and she's the daughter of a sweet lady called Emily and a complete jerk called Ralph Garvey you might think from that I don't get on with my father-in-law and you'd be absolutely right I hate hate that loudmouth drunken imbecile he

is one of those ex professionals that the players all can't stand possibly he did a dozen times for the first team back in the 80s Yet he's talking like he was one of the all-time greats he just keeps showing up at those xplayer events at the club and sure as fate gets drunk enough to hardly be able to stand up babbling on at anyone he Corners about how great his team was and how today's players wouldn't have survived back in his day well that's all you need when you're just trying to relax with a few

old mates over a drink Laura as I said is my second wife I met her when she had just Returned from University after so she graduated with her Fine Arts degree in 2006 I recall attending this annual kids Christmas party that the Rugby Club organized for the local orphanage and I was actually playing Santa Claus can you believe it her mom just came over and introduced us at the bar I was actually just taking a break chilling at the bar with some other ex-players honestly I think at that moment I totally fell in love with

her she was 22 then so the Kind of creepy thoughts of young girls sitting on Santa's knee that popped into my head were only a little weird for a 32-year-old divorce who incidentally hadn't had any in like 2 years Laura knew just about everything about me she's a huge fan of rugby and once she learned that Emily knew me pretty well she begged her mom to set us up we just chatted on like old friends for about 30 minutes with Emily needing to abandon the pair of us after a few minutes and I Knew then

I could speak with her 10 times better than any woman I have met since my really Rocky divorce the year before my former marriage had been rather disagreeably dissolved to put it mildly So I Married Diane in '96 after knowing her for a shade over 26 months I was just past 21 then whereas she was already 2 24 then only and we were absolutely boted with each other initially slowly she began to be jealous of the Increasing popularity of me as people at this place knew me she totally hated when a fan around asked for

my autograph and she'd most often rude to them for no good reason we figured out pretty early in the game that Diane would not have kids at the time it did not really bother me but she got super upset about it which in turn caused all kinds of other problems between us I get it now that the inability to conceive must have whammed her in the view of herself as a Woman but at that time I was just totally clueless about what she needed hey I was a big Macho rugby player we didn't do sensitivity

very well we just carried on with our marriage for a couple of years and then in 2000 for she said she needed something that was all hers alone she'd always loved painting and drawing since being a kid so she signed up for an art class at the local night College that's where she ran into that Cockney prick Who quickly got that nickname in her house his name was Paul to freeze I mean seriously and he was her night school teacher he was older than her 42 to her 31 and totally fit the bill of a

pretentious art teacher couldn't paint for beans himself but thought he was good enough to teach others how to do it he was this tall skinny Punk who always wore what seemed like someone else's old clothes and his hairstyle was the dumbest you could imagine totally bald On top with a ponytail that nearly hit his waist in the back seriously he looked like such a [ __ ] so for the next couple of months he just started taking her out for drinks after class and it seems like those quick drinks got out of hand she started

to meet him while I was away at games and I can totally see them loving each other like crazy all of this came out during the divorce he finally got her to believe that she was way too smart and brainy to be with a Neanderthal like me and that she'd be better off with him when things blew up she just casually told me at home one Sunday evening that she had fallen for someone else wanted a divorce and wanted half of everything we had she moved in with him that same night the next day she

got a restraining order against me saying I was such a dangerous guy because of the job and that sent me I was going to go after her and her new boyfriend she thought she knew me so Well if I would have gotten close to that little jerk I totally would have kicked his ass but again being a local celeb has its ups and I got the best most Kick-Ass divorce lawyer in the city they were on the other hand penniless and couldn't so like my lawyer who's a total shark totally took them to the cleaners

using their own admitted cheating and my heartbroken innocence H she showed the court how my wife ditched our marriage to hook up with some Teacher who really should have known better the judge was completely on her side he was a huge fan of the Saints and gave me the house and most of our stuff while Diane got 50b a week in alimony for 3 years or until she got hitched again whichever happened first so Mr def freeze probably thought he was way better than some thick clueless guy like me which is funny because I've got

an IQ of 140 a few a levels and I even managed to get a degree in Business studies While playing rugby on the side but that didn't stop those money hungry jerks from shacking up for 3 years and finally tying to not just a week after her alimony ran out I may well be giving the impression I am bitter about all this well too true I am it really messed with my head being treated like this by Diane and the prick and made me super suspicious of almost every woman I came across for the next

few months I did go out on a couple of dates but I really Just couldn't open up to any of them emotionally only really fell for three of them but that was just once and then I met Laura we became super close mates way before we became lovers we really got to know one another much to the annoyance of her jerk dad ironically since Diane met that loser Laura got me into def Fine Art and all that snob stuff once I retired from rugby most weekends we used to pop down to London going around all

those famous art Galleries and we even managed to get to the Opera in Covent Garden a number of times then calling it culture shock for me would be an understatement I'm a huge Rock fan and that was what I had always been pretty much since the age of 14 Laura would take the time to break down what actually makes a painting or sculpture great as opposed to just really good good she loved the art so much that last she was not as cocky as the prick to consider that she could Become an artist for real

now she is working as an art historian and curator at the take Gallery in Liverpool we had been friends for up about 3 years before we got together which was really cool because it was almost like the best 35th birthday present ever although I had of course known for months that I was madly in love with her I was still kind of freaked out about commitment you know totally messed up from my last awful marriage finally in 2010 it had Obviously become apparent to Laura that I was not fully committed to our relationship in the

full bloom of her 26 years Laura had made up her mind As We Lay wasting the day away in the warm Afterglow of the best two hours of Love Making we had had in quite a while she sprang the question hey James cray I've totally had a crush on you since I was 14 and I've been in love with you ever since we met so if you don't ask me to marry you right now I'm seriously going To go for it what's a guy supposed to say to that half a year later we got married

at her favorite Church surrounded by our friends family and a bunch of tough ex-rugby players my new father-in-law looked totally bummed about the whole cost thing so that's been my adult life up to now and now let's get back to that crazy Friday night in June I started to come to you know my head was slowly clearing up and my eyes were trying to focus Eventually I could see the little crowd that was standing around me I was trying to get up all groggy like when I felt this heavy hand on my chest pressing me

back down on the ground where I was lying hey I'm a nurse just chill and don't try to get up okay you really knocked your head hard I let my head back on the paper towels someone had put under my bleeding head and slowly started to notice the dark features of the person helping me hey I'm Rose and I Work as a theater sister at Luke's ouch that's a pretty gnarly cut you've got there and I'm guessing your nose is busted too so just hang tight until the ambulance shows up and I remember thinking she

had this really noticeable South African twang in her voice and she had to be a big girl you know the bosom was honestly the biggest I have ever seen peeking from under those dark blly scrubs her sisters wearing since she was so caring a pro I was kind of shocked That there didn't seem to be much sympathy in her her voice while she continued to speak looks like this isn't your first nose break huh but that hit to the back of your head could be a serious issue better hang tight and keep still until the

paramedics get here now with my eyes fixing up slowly I could make a fast survey around oh that swelling crowd of onlookers I started to notice the faces instead of the usual concern sympathy or any other normal Reactions you'd expect for someone who might be hurt there was a lot of judgment from some an outright Amusement for most I totally ignored sister Rose's instructions and attempted to stand but I immediately felt weak and had to sit back down against the concrete post that I must have hit my head on when I fell hey Mr cray

just don't move you might really injure that head of yours realizing everything is not okay with the good sister I inquired softly Where's my wife where's Laura you mean the blonde lady after you had been floored by the other chap she must have got all her shopping her car and then disappeared as if the devil was on her heels what why didn't she say anything she shot me a really disapproving look as she checked out the other people watching then replied yes she did she had a lot more to say and was even yelling more

totally bemused now I asked she yelled what why didn't she stay and Help me she they threw a ton of vile words at you Mr cray and really most of them are ones I'd never use myself but it sounds like she's really not cool with you hooking up with another dude's wife and just between us Mr cray I totally agree with her that cheating husbands totally deserve to have their noses broken but she never cheated on me I said meekly still trying to make sense of what was happening excuse me what did you say Mr

cray asked the nice sister Coming near so that she could hear me better and I told her I've never cheated on her I would do this she knows I wouldn't Mr cray I saw and heard everything and there's no way on Earth that other guy would have hit you like that unless there was a really good reason said Sister Rose sounding all disapproving I was also getting pretty fed up with what seemed like a total mixup so there I was blood gushing from my messed up nose and the back of my Head both aching like

the devil and instead of any sympathy or concern from anyone I was getting just judgement and obvious disapproval I have no idea who he is not to talk about his wife and I mean it I've never slept with another man's wife I was practically yelling with anger by then Mr cray there's absolutely no need for that sort of language at all please don't swear like that sorry sis that was just too much for me to believe I said feeling kind of Embarrassed thanks to my helpful Angel While most of the growing crowd was laughing at

my awkwardness new folks being filled in by the original Witnesses honestly I don't think I'm the one you need to convince Mr cray but it really seems like you won't be sleeping with your own wife anytime soon huh so there I was chilling in the A and E at St Luke's County Hospital at 11:45 p.m. on a Friday night in June Sister Rose was super nice and filled in the Paramedics on what went down while they were getting me into the ambulance of course one of them's got to be an Aussie taking Mick a guy

named Lance seriously who names their kid Lance spent the whole trip making fun of this big International Rugby League player who got knocked out with just one punch I got to admit it was a solid shot though he kept saying I deserved it for all the crap I pulled on his Australian Heroes before that wanker even took a photo of My bloody face with his phone to send his mates back in good old house his friend was no better she was this cute chick that obviously did not appreciate cheating husbands and made it very clear

that she felt the same way as Sister Rose it looks like it was her turn to hook up the drip feed thingy that paramedics got to put in as part of the routine and she really went all out what happened to all those caring professionals we were promised in our Health Service I bet that lady was using a dull needle because man it hurt like crazy when she stuck that thing in so these friendly Medics wheeled me right into the emergency room on the trolley and just left me with the a& nurses naturally they couldn't

help but tell basically anyone who would listen who I was and what went down so once again I was greeted to a total lack of interest in my well-being from all the female staff there So eventually the medic on Shift comes to have a look at me and yes it was a girl of course she took a short look at the back of my head as if she was in a hurry you know it was part of the job now how professional can you get send me off for an x-ray just like that fortuitously the

guy who wheeled me down to the x-ray department was a huge fan of the Saints he was really up for telling me all about how he'd been at Wembley when I scored the winning try against Wigan that is the local Rivals Of the Saints and the total enemies in the Cup Final back in '98 not really surprising though because almost everyone I'd ever chatted with from St Helen said they were there that great day incidentally that day was clearly the highlight of my Rugby career hearing 35,000 Saints fans singing that old classic by Martha and

of andela's Roman cray as I walked back after a last minute try to clinch the cup against our biggest Rivals was like nothing else Well it just doesn't get any better than that so Bob the porter was really nice and asked if there was anybody he could let know about where I was and how I was doing and I gave him my wife Laura's mobile number and told him to call her he promised he would and then dropped me off at the X-ray station but man Bob obviously had quite the big mouth so he had

to Spill the Beans to the Radiologists working that day mostly women obviously about what went down With me apparently dispatched devastated by a jealous husband because I loved his wife for years again I'm the one totally shuffled aside by all those glowering women until no one else is left for them to x-ray so I had to just hang out for a bit while byy Bob got back to take me up to see the doctor finally he showed wield me back to A and E and just left me hanging in the waiting room once again he

just wouldn't stop talking about rugby totally not let letting me Say anything while his voice was bouncing around in my aching head so as he was walking away he totally remembered what id asked him to do for me and said it out loud so that everyone in the waiting room could hear hi Roman I called your wife like you asked she said and I quote you tell that cheating bastard he can rot in hell for all I care there I was in the middle of this super packed and crazy accident and emergency department just waiting

for The doctor on call to find a to check me out and hopefully patch me up and let me go at that point I was now fully awake yet clueless about who the heck had hit me or why he thought I was sleeping with his wife I could feel the combination of amusement disdain and just downright contempt reflected in the faces of the other patients and the staff who were waiting with me I could hear a lot of whispering all of them calling me a cheating bastard of a husband who Obviously couldn't just keep his

friend in his trousers honestly I haven't hooked up with anyone's wife but my own I said just loud enough for everyone to catch I've got no freaking clue who the guy or his cheating wife are I swear on my mom's life I don't yeah right came a response from some unknown girl I [ __ ] haven't I shouted at the sound of my raised voice the on duty security guard a big guy who obviously was a frustrated cop and needed to wear a Uniform to prove his manhood came running toward me taking in my facial

expression he apparently decided in favor of discretion being the better part of valor and sto dead in his Tracks please Roman don't create a scene all right he intreated I truly have no desire to call the police yeah sure just leave me the heck alone I snapped if you've ever tried to get seen at a packed A&E on a Friday night you know how crazy long the wait can be you're Just stuck waiting for the overworked staff who are totally stressed and having to deal with all the drunks and other troublemakers showing up at that

time of week so honestly I wasn't shocked at all that it was taking forever for the doc to see me finally I got called in to see her you know the same person who first helped me out and she took a good look at the x-rays of my messed up skull while I just sat there propped up in bed I the no sign of any Fracture Mr cray but I think I'd like you to be admitted tonight so that we can observe if any problems crop up later 24 hours should be ample I'm doing okay

doc just have a little headache is all it's nothing worse than what I've faced a number of times on the rugby pitch I replied maybe a bit too snappily who do you think the doctor is here Mr cray how would you feel if I started telling you how to play that ridiculous game you'd be in good company there doc Tons of people used to tell me every week what I was screwing up I said trying to soften the vibe a bit I'm sure I'll be fine and I'd really like to head home now if that's

cool look if that's what you want I can't really stop you from walking out of here but I really need you to sign yourself out saying you're leaving even though I'm totally against it I mean you probably know a lot more about the potential issues from a bad hit to the head than I do as just An experienced A&E doctor who studied for 6 years and has been here for the last five she grabbed her medical razor and kept going off you of course are a super qualified amateur who seems to know a better than

I do just how thick your skull actually is and what tiny damage could happen from a little bum between a human skull and a freaking concrete post I could tell she was getting a bit fed up you know how us X rugby players can be so I figured it' be Smarter to just keep my mouth shut while she went ahead and shaved this huge patch of hair at the back of my head to fix me up hey Mr cray you've got seven stitches in there I'm sure you're familiar with a drill they'll dissolve in about

a week leaving you with another cool scar to add to your collection C just make sure to check in with your GP sometime next week to make sure the wounds not infected and seriously even though you know a lot about this stuff If you feel any dizziness or notice any changes in your vision you have to come back here she turned to face the other way where the needle stuff was and began putting it away then she spoke over her shoulder while you're at it you might want to stay away from any jealous husbands too

Mr cray Fork sake doc I never slept with anyone else's wife it's all it to do about absolutely nothing I zipped why does everyone seem to think I'm some sort of cheating adulterous Prick as the saying goes Mr cray if the cap fits anyway if you want to really go go ahead we're dead busy can't you see that right so it was 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning which is the worst time to get a taxi home I phoned Laura on her phone and it went to voicemail and I even phon the house phone but

no nobody answered my parents were on holiday so getting a taxi was really the only option finally right after 2:45 a.m. my ride home showed up so olly you know how It is these days right he took one glance at my bloody clothes and straight up said I don't take drunks home from the hospital just call another taxi dude I leaped into the back seat before he even started the car and snapped at him I'm not drunk just take me home before I really get pissed off well just try not to B bleed all over

the car mate okay I'm in for the night but the rest of my customers won't be chuffed to find blood on their clobber all right man for sure I said I stopped bleeding ages ago so just take me home and let's skip the chitchat I'm really not feeling it about 30 minutes later we rolled up outside my place then after I was let go the taxi ripped off and I saw at the same time that my car was in the driveway the one we used at the supermarket and that Laura's SUV was missing anyway at

least was home and got the groceries put away so there I was inspecting my locked car when it finally occurred to me that I Was completely locked out of both my home and my car and didn't have a key to get in naturally I did what any chill level-headed guy with a messed up nose and seven stitches on the back of his head would do in that situation and I just kicked the front door in I didn't even make it up to bed man it was well late in the day and those heavy painkillers they

gave me just knocked me clean out while I was on the sofa just chilling but I do remember thinking that Some jerk was going to pay for all this right before I conked out I got up just after 10:00 a.m. Saturday feeling like total crap my head was pounding and my nose felt huge like a small mountain or something and that bump on the back of my head let's just say it hurt like hell so I dragged myself to the bathroom to take care of business surprisingly I woke up with the usual morning wood but

a sit down pee like a lady sorted that little little issue out not that small Mind you my hands felt like they were bananas bunched together and you know well enough there's a saying about guys with big hands well I was a living testimony after that I jumped in the shower trying hard to keep my head dry like the sympathetic doc told me to do the night before I didn't even bother shaving couldn't be bothered then I checked myself out in the mirror to fix my hair is that a lyric oh yeah Nowhere to Run

classic for Martha and the velas Man what a mess I had this ridiculous plaster on my nose that went all over my cheeks and my eyes looked as dark as a freaking giant pandas then after dressing I just chucked the blood stained t-shirt I had been wearing last night into the bin tossed my jeans into the wash basket and then made myself a mug of coffee obviously instant Laura's the one who needs to drink all that lavishly expensive stuff I mean I thought I knew where my wife would have Gone and the first thing that

came through my mind was to get that poor front door fixed it took all my frustrations and temper earlier and man it was hanging wide open with the lock and door frame totally wrecked so I rang Allan my assistant manager well he's more like my best buddy really in said to get a new door frame and locking down me sharpish when he asked me why the urgency for it I just blew him off and told him to keep it on the down low a Few hours later we put the new door in and Allan sounded

off with some serious orders not to say anything at work as if that was actually going to happen he tried asking a couple of times why I was stomping around like an angry bear why my face and head looked like a wreck and what went down with a door the first time he asked I just mumbled something about it not being any of his business then when he asked again a bit later I let him have it and told him to please Now mind his own business but not well very nicely he helped me fit

the new door resisting the temptation to mention that it' probably have been better had I just kept my nose out he did notice the odd smirk but he'd suffer for that later the little [ __ ] taking all the remnants of my unprovoked door assault so by now it was past 3:00 p.m. and I really needed to get in touch with Laura and tell her that it was all just a misunderstanding plus convince her to Come back home and attend to her sweet injured husband yeah I was right she'd totally gone home to her parents

place her godamn SUV was in the driveway when I drove up so I parked behind it to make sure she couldn't bail again smart move right after hustling up The Path I hit the doorbell and waited for someone to come to the door a few seconds later Emily a great mother-in-law of mine cracked the door open a bit with the security chain on peering at me looking Small in the little Gap she gasped on seeing the state of me a gaze of empathy quickly disappearing from her face being replaced with intense disapproval James what were

you thinking she continued blocking ENT to her house how could you have done that to Laura I really thought you were better than that the only time she ever said my real name in a situation like this was if I was in big trouble with her so I tried to keep my voice chill and low as I said Emily I Never cheated on Diane no matter what she put me through and I'd never cheat on Laura really just let me in to talk to her and explain dude James she's not even down to talk to

you period she's seriously angry bro she thought you were the love of her life and is really disint appointed in you hey Emily I get that it looks sketchy but honestly I have no clue who that dude was or who his annoying wife is just let me explain it to Laura please let me see if I can Get her to at least hear you out James I really want to believe you I care about you like you're my own son and it would crush me not to mention Laura if we found out this was all

true she'd slam the door in my face again and gone inside hopefully to try to convince Laura to let me chat with her a few minutes later the door opened a bit on the security chain and there it was the smug face of my jerk father-in-law I always knew you are a loser you arrogant Jerk I should not have let my daughter marry you in the first place he spat out safe behind the door count yourself lucky I am not 20 years younger or I would be giving you the beating you totally deserve you cheater

that that was too much no way was I going to take any [ __ ] from a [ __ ] like him my temper flared well as I yelled at him you obnoxious human first firstly there was never a time even in your wildest fantasies that you could have given me a Good hiding as you so eloquently put it secondly I never cheated that well that hadn't worked too well I thought as the door was slammed in my face I saw Emily peeking at me through the lounge window so I wandered that way and gave

her a big sign to let me in she opened the sash a little enough for me to catch what she was saying please go away Roman let me work on her there's no way she'll talk to you in the mood you're in she could hear you arguing with Ralph and Doesn't want to discuss things while you and her father are together okay Emily I am going to go now I mean honestly I wouldn't want to trust myself around the jerk anyway but let her know what I said okay I am going to call her in

a little while and just chat with her if that's cool I'm going to try and get her to talk to you Roman but I ain't making no promises her dad is in her ear heavy telling her to leave you and to put you out of all our lives for good but let Just deal with this you know what pops is like he'll lighten up in a few days I really didn't think he would be any different Emily seriously why on Earth did a great person like you ever marry such a jerk you could have done

way better than him I said softly my anger eased a bit thanks to my awesome mother-in-law you know how it is Roman you dealt with it all with Diane sometimes you can't really control who you fall for she said softly a tear Rolling down her cheek just go for now and let me try to chill things out in here call me in a couple of hours and I'll fill you in on what's going on I gave her a gentle kiss on her tear streak cheek and then whispered thanks for everything Emily I'll catch you later

I headed back home and just mopet around the house for a few hours before hitting up Laura on her phone around 8:00 p.m. hey Roman it's Emily not Laura she's off staying with George In leads for a few days and definitely back by Monday just give her some time right I bet she'll chat with you when she gets back George is Laura's younger brother he is rugby league for leads and fortunately for me he was best mates with me in fact he was my best mate so he wasn't going to be talking me down to

her like her dad would be all right Emily I said cooly trying to keep my frustration in check damn it I just wanted my wife back home where she Should be when you talk to her please let her know it's all just a big mixup and I love her more than anything else out there yeah I know Roman positive she'll figure out that nothing else matters whatever Ralph may say our George and his wife will straighten her out I'll make sure she gives you a call when she's back cool thanks Emily I really am sorry

about all this but honestly I don't have a clue what any of it means I said I will catch up with you Later when I hope to figure out what the heck has been happening all right love catch you later I thought that it might be worth stopping by the supermarket on that Sunday afternoon so I could talk to the manager about whether he might have some CCTV footage of me being beaten up on Friday night luckily he already expected that the police would pop in so the tape was all ready to go as a

matter of fact it never even occurred to me to call the cops they probably would have Been too swamped to look into a domestic anyway sad to say all the tape showed was me getting whacked by this huge guy in a bomber jacket in jeans I couldn't really tell the person from the tape because it never had that good of an image from the front so I was still in the dark about who the person was the store manager who's a big Saints fan what can I say it's a big deal in St Helens handed

me a copy of the tape and was trying to apologize for the whole Assault thing that went down on his property so I told him right off that there was just one person to blame the guy who hit me and that he the store manager had nothing to feel bad about then I went to my house messed around the house trying to figure out who the heck it could be after watching that blurry video tape over and over I finally threw in the towel and hit the sack after popping some more painkillers my favorite emergency

doc had given me Monday morning was wonderful I managed to get here quite early and just barricade myself in my office staying out of the way of any uncomfortable innuendos with people yeah that didn't go as planned Mighty Mouth Allen was going to town because I had a pile of employees and familiar customers come over to see me for all kinds of dumb reasons that jerk is going to regret it later because we're getting a delivery of Organic manure soon and nobody else he calls for will be over here to help unload it ha freaking

ha so like around lunchtime I heard this shy little knock on my office door and told whoever was to come in little Pam who runs our garden center and can seemingly make anything grow anywhere peered her head around the door and just burst into tears at the sight of my beat up face oh man I'm really sorry Roman I had no clue she said rushing into the room and Hugging me hey Pam don't stress about me okay I said in reassuring tones giving her a back Pat I found myself really touched by how much she

really did care I'll be all right just really hoping I can track down the jerk who did this and take care of it for good that's the problem Roman I know who was who hit you she stammered amid sobs what how on Earth do you know that you weren't even there on Friday and there there no way you've seen the video of what went down I'm really sorry Roman she cried again you just don't get it she pulled away from me and popped down in the chair on the other side of my desk looking quizzically

at her I asked I don't get what Pam and gestured for her to proceed hey Roman I'm ever so sorry it's all my fault tears balled down her face I think you should chill out and explain yourself little lady I said kind of dying to know what she was talking about how is it even your fault that's my Husband Roman that it was my boyfriend who came after you what your husband [ __ ] why would he think I've been sleeping with you I could feel my anger boiling up sitting there totally confused with what

was going on I mean I know I'm just a dumb ex jock but I'm pretty sure I would have remembered if we ever hooked up by that time Pam was pretty much freaking out hiding from my anger by burying her face in her hands she opened her fingers and peaked at me Through them before speaking again please Roman let me explain hey girl you really should stop crying and just tell me why your husband thinks I've been in love with you I Rose to get us each a cup of coffee from The Percolator always Brewing

at the back of my office please I really need a lot of coffee threw a box of well-used tissues at her from my desk drawer and popped back down as I set the cup in front of her okay Pam spill it I stated with a little too much Harshness I hope it's worth it because honestly I'm really [ __ ] mad about this I've got a broken nose stitches on the back of my head and eyes that look like they're straight out of a giant panda she kind of slumped down at her chair as I

kept going but above all my wife has bounced on me because she thinks which is totally fair by the way that I've been [ __ ] cheating on her I could just about see my secretary Moren 62 years old and as nosy as hell ear Wigging at her desk trying to look like she was busy doing secretarial things Marin I yelled through the shut door why don't you get yourself a cup of tea or something yeah Roman she answered scrambling away most probably to report back to the crew with what she had gleaned us far

okay Pam you explain to me how it is I've managed to love you without me knowing any damn thing about it the cute 25-year-old blew her nose like a champ into a tissue before she Said anything hey Roman you don't know my husband right he is super jealous has always been sorry about that Pam what made him think that we would you know he's been saying I'm cheating on him for months now swears on my mom's life Roman and I'm not the poor girl cried he just won't believe me and then on Friday he came

home from the pub all drunk and started yelling at me again but seriously what made him think it was me I asked starting to really not like this Husband of hers he's hitting me Roman like really hitting me hard she then lifted her shirt and showed me her rib area which was all messed up with bruises like red blue and black mixed in with some yellow from old ones that were healing I remembered how we had all seen Pam start using way more makeup a few months back and figured it was just her trying to

keep up with Trends bloody hell Pam why you hide it in the first place I said softly to her I really hate These men who abuse women like that there were lots of reasons a few years ago why I wanted to slap Diane but it never crossed my mind or dumb boyfriend is another matter entirely you really don't know Roman hardly anyone does I grew up in the orphanage because I was abandoned there as a baby I got no family Roman no want to go to I felt just so embarrassed to tell my friends what's

been going on I figured that they wouldn't buy it he seems the sweetest Guy in the world when there are people around plus he's really big you know I'm just so scared of him Roman hey Pam how long has this been happening I asked softly really wanted to give this poor girl a hug Dash when did he start hitting you like that she wiped her eyes and answered since he first lost his job about 2 years ago now he started drinking heavily and then he got in with a rough crowd of bad Drinkers and although

there was never any truth in it He started to imagine that I was cheating on him at work I tried to reassure him as best as I could that I really loved him and would never cheat but those arsole so-called mates of his used to take the Mickey out of him tell telling him that I hadn't got any respect for him since he lost his job and would be looking around for someone better like all women do when their man no longer does it for them she started to cry again just sobbing like a little

Kid into her hands the stupid thing is now I really don't love him anymore it's all just too much and any love I had for him he's totally beaten out of me I walked around my desk to help her up hugging her properly to lift her mood why didn't you just bail on him girl why stick with him if you're not into him anymore you don't don't have any kids so that wouldn't be an issue I told you Roman she cried into my chest I'm an orphan with no family left all our cash Is tied

up in the house and I really don't have another place to go why didn't you call the cops I bet you could have gotten a restraining order against him seriously Diane got one on me ages ago and I never even laid a finger on her I'm really scared of him Roman I actually threatened to kill me if I went to the cops he keeps saying that they can't keep an eye on him all the time and eventually he'll get to me take me out for good by now the poor girl was Crying her eyes out

clutching me like some scared kid this stops right now Pam you let that bastard deal with me I said as I helped her sit back down then went back to my side of the desk I sat there quietly trying to chill out while getting my anger in check thinking how I could help her gradually from the depths of my Sharp As attacked brain it hit me hey P am I get all that but seriously why did he think you and me you know I might be a bit of a jerk sometimes but Even I would

remember loving a great girl like you and I totally don't interview 17 whimpering she burst into floods of Tears Again burying her face in her hands as she said last Friday afternoon after I got home from work he was waiting for me drunk again he was in this foul mood and started on me as soon as I got through the door demanding to know who it was I was loving and threatening to kill me if I didn't tell him I tried to tell him yet again there Was no one else but he just didn't believe

me he thumped me in my stomach then slapped me hard enough to knock me down then he started kicking me in my ribs and she continued again I really thought this was at Roman like he actually going to kill me I was just laying there in so much pain as he had me by the throat I'm really really sorry Roman you shouldn't be dealing with my mess like this just whatever first name came into my head and it was yours I'm So sorry Roman she broke down with a heavy cry into her chest I was

finally starting to get it that [ __ ] had followed me and Laura to the supermarket last night well he was definitely going to regret that not just for busting up my nose and making it look like I was screwing someone's wife but for what that wife beating rotten prick had done to the poor girl bent down in front of me I looked at the time and it was just a bit after 300 p.m. I knew Laura was Probably at her house by this time I started formulating some type of plan Pam I want you

to come and stay with us for a while give a chance to sort all this out for you I declared you could literally see her mood change when I said that the relief of not having to be alone with her problems washed over her tear streak face oh my God Roman thank you so so much I really don't deserve friends like you she said through her tears oh one thing first I need you to Come with me and talk to Laura about all this she still thinks I've been cheating on her and I really got

to clear that up before I do anything else hey Jesus Roman I'm really sorry for all the stress I cause you yeah I really will talk to her let me tell you how great and thoughtful a husband she does have Pam just raced around the desk and threw herself into another hug of me showering my beat up face with kisses chuckling softly at her I nudged her away And said Pam smearing my face with your lipstick isn't going to do me any good either oops sorry Roman she said let me clean that out for you

then she started wiping my face with her tissues which were again wet from her tears uh girl my nose is totally messed and hurts like hell wait I'm taking the bathroom towel to clean up you get your stuff and then we go see Laura like now got it and quit with a sorry already that I told told her nudging her towards the office door We went to Pam's before we went to meet Laura she said her wretched husband was going to be at the pub all afternoon so it was a perfect time to take some

of her stuff since she was going to live with us for a while we got to Emily and Ralph's a little after 400 p.m. I saw Laura's car in the driveway too bad it was behind her dad's so I guess she was home I told Pam to chill in the car while I dashed to get my wife then quickly walked up her parents' driveway And and banged on the front door Emily replied super quick clearly having spotted me heading to the house this time the security chain was off hey Emily is Laura back yet I

asked nicely it's love yes but also unfortunately Ralph's home I'm cool with that can I come in please talks that I said quietly to my mom-in-law of course you can she said though really don't fight with him again I just don't want to be in the middle of that sort of thing Emily's Face was totally that of a worried person when she brought me into her place I truly felt for her in that moment caught up with everything so I gave her a big hug and a soft kiss on her cheek I think everything will

be all right in a minute or two don't fret your pretty little head lovely lady I whispered to her as we entered the main living room Laura sat with her back to the door we came in through her dad stood by the window glowering at me with A pretty intense frown but he was very careful to keep his daughter between us what do want now you idiot he shot back at me I thought I said you weren't coming around my house any longer I'm not looking for any trouble Ralph I just want to talk to

my wife I said it calmly but with some seriousness stressing the my look now she don't want to talk to you just move on before I kick you out he said while trying to shuffle even further back behind his daughter oh come On dad D Laura yelled at him and vented how many more freaking times do I have to tell you to stay out of my marriage I seriously thought Ralph's face was going to blow up he turned as red as a beat and you could tell he was really mad after a moment thank God

he let out this loud Grunt and then just stood there at the window looking at my car out on the street in front of his place all right Roman I'm all ears Laura said let's see what you want to share hey Laura I swear It's all a big mixup and I've got proof now can you come out of my car so I can explain just us okay I nudged trying to ease the situation gently the arsole then swung around and spat and just who is that bird you have in your car then you prick she

has nothing at all to do with you I said softly brushing off the provocation and remembering all those routines in Anger Management that I had been taught years ago Laura catapulted from the chair and ran for her dad she Stared out of the window and spun to Glow at me inquiring as that her is that the [ __ ] you've been seeing behind my back Laura she's actually different come on just step outside for a minute and chat with us I said trying to stay cool we can fill you in on what's been happening her

dad jumped between us holding me and yelled just get the hell away from us Laura doesn't want to talk to you or you're [ __ ] counting to 10 just wasn't enough you know so I went Over to my wife and her father stepped back a bit when he saw me approaching Laura you are really coming outside with me right now I said really pushing it as I grabed her arm I picked her up pretty much like a doll and started heading out of the room she was standing there looking so tense and worried don't

worry Emily you know I'd never hurt your daughter no matter what I told her with a grin as I passed by with anxiety next I turned to the front door and leaving Them in the background I made my way in my car quickly Laura kept pounding my chest with her little fists her legs flailing in all directions while I transferred her to the passenger side of my car I gently put her down feet first and gave her on her forehead as I opened the car door and had to somewhat push her into the front seat

on the near side Pam was now sitting right behind my wife which I figured was smart since there was no way Laura could go after her from That spot as I closed the door on my wife I whispered as soft and sweet as I could just listen to her Laura let her talk I'm sure you'll catch on in a minute or two so I just propped myself against the door so it couldn't be opened my wife spent a number of minutes shouting through the door thank God for insulation in those Beamers right and eventually it

seemed things had cooled down a little I saw Pam was crying once more my wife had evidently launched into Her tail I had been standing there for like 20 minutes smirking at my clueless father-in-law while he was glaring and waving his arms at me from the comfort of his house when out of nowhere a police squad car came zooming around the corner the lights and Sirens were going all out so they weren't easy to miss PC pla who looked about 14 and with spots to match screeched to a stop right in front of my car

leaped out of the driver's seat and charged around the Front of his little car Riot stick at the ready whoa hold up there buddy he bellowed stepping into what he thought a tough guy stance would look like get down on the ground right now and spread your arms and legs I was just about to tell him exactly where to shove his little wand and let him know there's no way I'd ever turn my back to a guy like him when his buddy came over from the other side of their car whoa Kevin are you for

that's Roman cray you're Chatting with if you don't want to be spitting your teeth out of your stupid but for the next few days I'd say put your stick down and let's just ask him nicely what's up sound good so PC sensible has to come right in front of me up beside the acne kid and say hey Roman we just got a tip about some guy's little girl almost getting kidnapped at this place you wouldn't know anything about that would you when I'm looking up at my in-law's house I catch [ __ ] face Grinning

like an idiot as he's checking out the whole scene another breath in count of 10 and this time it worked and as briefly and thoroughly as I could I explained to Chris he told me his name by then big fan of course what can I say local celebrity comes to my Aid yet again he listened carefully not even making any notes as he leaned against the car with me his mate having left us on Chris's instructions to radio in that their shout was being sorted without any Problems so he he totally bought my side of

the story and after apologizing for how overthe toop PC pla was being he must have just graduated from training school and still be a bit of a dard Chris went into the house I can see him laying into Ralph big time about wasting police time in cash the grim-faced officer then emerged back outside winking at me as he paused with his back to the house we then had a nice little chat about how he'd been a Saints fan For donkey's years before he asked me to autograph his notebook for him telling me how his son

would be delighted when he told him he'd met me with that he and his young buddy took off in a way quieter M La that when they showed up yeah he was totally there at Wembley Stadium that day in '98 Pam pushed off my car a few minutes later urging me to let Laura out too they embraced and then burst into tears vowing to one another that they were going to be BFFs forever Girls right one minute they hate each other then the next they're like sisters then Laura turned to me and started kissing me

and hugging me all over oh my God Roman she said all hyped up we totally need to help Pam that jerk of a husband is beating her up for no reason can we do something for her Roman please babe she's got no one else laughing slightly at the irony of this I replied I know babe I told her she can crash with us for a bit while we figure stuff Out can you take her home I just want to get a few things sorted before I head out shouldn't be too long oh Roman I can't

believe I'm doing this but I'm really sorry I never thought you'd cheat on me babe it's just that you know how crazy my hormones are right now I'm really really sorry my dear wife cried as she wrapped her arms around my neck and planted kisses all over my beaten up face I understand my dear girl don't push hard it'll be all good for you babe I chortled patting a hand on her big belly the sooner we can get these little munchkins out the better huh oh man did I forget to say we were 6 months

pregnant with twins hormonal women huh what can you do that was all I needed and after seeing both of them off in Laura's car and informing my mother-in-law Emily I set out for Retribution anyhow a bit later I rolled up in front of Pam's house fully determined to talk to her husband Frank For at least a minute really I in it I went up their walk and pounded on that front door only to find out that he still hadn't made a home from his drinking Jag I was just standing there leaning against the wall considering

whether I should linger any longer when this sweet little old lady pokes her head over that fence and asked me if I was looking for that drunken bastard who lived there I smiled at this true if not unkind answer as to my intended Corey And replied yes I was seeking to have a quiet word with her neighbor so Alice introduced herself after she spotted me and then went on about what a total jerk that guy was she said said he treated poor Pam like crap and it was high time someone gave him what he deserved

I laughed with her and told her he definitely had that one coming then asked if she knew where he was hanging out oh don't you worry about finding him he's just stepped out of that taxi down There she replied nodding toward the bottom of the drive hey Alice you might want to call the cops in a bit if that's cool with you I told her while getting up to face the fella who having walked up his Garden Path was eyeing me weirdly I do so hope you give that wanker one great kick in the teeth

Roman and if you can give him a few for me too she laughed as she headed into the house I turned to check out Pam's husband as he stopped a few feet away from me man he Was a huge guy like at least 6' 4 in and probably 18 or 19 Stones too good thing he looked pretty out of shape and of course he was drunk what the hell do you want he snarled down at me his face all contorted with anger didn't you get your Phill the other day big Superstar huh ha one hit

and you were done I heard you were meant to be some tough guy what a joke that is D confidently striding over to me he intoned that's what you get for messing around with someone else's wife You [ __ ] face you want some more now that you're here letting you know that Pam's crashing with me for a while and she's going to report you to the cops as soon as I get back to her I said trying to control my temper with my anger management therapy now you bastard he screamed at me who in

hell do you think you are are she's my wife and I'll treat her whatever way I want oh I totally don't think so Frank you can't just use a little girl like her as a punching bag Just cuz you're not man enough to treat her right I said quietly making sure only he and I heard what I said not the small crowd around us and anyway you jerk I had my back to you last Friday so let's see what you've got when I'm actually ready for you I figured out pretty quickly early on in my

career how easy it is to get someone with a bad temper all riled up honestly it happened to me like a million times so I knew I'd have no trouble getting this drunk jerk To react just the way I wanted him to well big guy let's see how you take a blow from a real man instead of a little girl your Pam likes a real man Frank I spoke it through tight lips just loud enough I knew that he could understand and then back to my grin as if he was a something or other I'd

scoop off my shoe you jerk he shouted with a sudden lunge at me I'll show you who the real man is that he was going at me like a raving bull Landing a massive roundhouse punch With a right hand I easily sidestepped the blow and nailed him as hard as I could write under the ribs choking with the effort to get air into his lungs he went at it again this time one straight left to the bridge of his nose totally stopped him in his tracks man that satisfying crunch of bone and cartilage breaking felt

totally awesome then I threw a perfect right hook to the side of his face and that did the trick he went down like a shot bear Landing face First on the lawn with blood gushing from his broken nose H I thought you said you were a hard case I chuckled at him as I let down my tension oh well kicked Roman cray Alice returned towards her fence having an iPhone up to her face I literally got all that on tape man saw him go after you first so you had to fight back thanks Alice I

said I think that'll be use full when the cops show up so I started walking down the path to my car rubbing my Knuckles along The way and out of nowhere someone started yelling look out Roman I mean you know when you play a team sport where you keep bumping into each other well really you pick up on spatial awareness what's happening around you so it turns out that was one of my better skills from my Rugby days I had this weird sense when a person was going to hit me on the blind side so

I could normally avoid it dodge it I could feel this huge dude charging at my backside Instead of turning around to face him I just bent forward real quick as he tried to strike me from the back he fell over and rolled over my back he could not stop because of his momentum the garden Spade he grabbed to take a swing at me went flying out his hands when he tried to stop himself from smashing his bleeding face into the concrete path oh man there he was right in front of me on his hands and

knees struggling to catch his breath while trying trying to get Back up he looked like some giant creature waiting for someone to hop on I mean what was I supposed to do it was just too hard to resist I've never been a goal kicker but that doesn't mean I can't boot a ball pretty well I lined it up perfectly and kicked him as hard as I could straight between his raised thighs obviously I caught his bollocks just right because he then fell in a big quivering Heap screaming like a stuck pig begging me not to

hit him again as I Thought about it that kick really did not account for self-defense so I turned to Alice instead and said you know what it might be better if we just did not have the video of this don't sweat it dude she chuckled and gave me a wink I still can't figure out how to use this damn thing right my daughter made me get one for emergencies the stupid camera probably turned itself off right after he tried to hit you with a spade so I totally missed him getting his but Kicked as I

left Alice to her fun making the mess on the floor cry I casually made my way down to meet the two cops making their way toward me from the end of the driveway hello again Roman been having a bit of trouble have you you've guessed it Chris and his spotty mate had responded to Alice's call I see you've been having a discussion with big Frank hey Chris no sweat I just came over to tell him his wife's left him and is pressing charges of assaulting her Multiple times and he looked like he wanted to kill

me young Alice over there has a recording of the whole scene plus I'm pretty sure there are enough people here who can vouch for me I said said pointing to the crowd that was enjoying the show okay bud he looks like he's going to a hospital we'll just call an ambulance for him if you can really shoot with us some kind of statement on what went down PC Chris had the little boy call for the ambulance while I sat In the back of his squad car filling him in on everything that happened from the beginning

he said I must go to the station and give a formal statement and that if I wanted I could get big Frank for assault since there is CCTV of him beating me plus Alice's video and all these eyewitnesses corroborating me and this wife beating piece of trash might just go to the clinker for a long long time I get home to our apartment and I'm greeted by two super attentive Women the other guys shouldn't get any wild ideas most definitely know three some LOL Pam was just grateful for a safe spot to crash but my

little chubby hormonal wife Laura really did her best in making sure that she was sorry for ever doubting me I informed both that Frank Grimley Pam's husband was now in custody and in the hospital with a police guard so she does not have to bother with him anymore so after a nice dinner of takeout fish and chips without Doubt still my all-time favorite Pam retired to our guest room hopefully to get a good night's sleep for the first time in ages while my wife and I just sat around on the sofa cozy as per usual

despite the fact that she was farting like crazy thanks to the pregnancy in that fizzy lemonade she said she just had to have to wash down the fish and chips we cuddled each other like the Ling couple we were I'm so sorry babe she said softly to me I shouldn't have Ever doubted you I know all over now you daff bat just get over it and stop stressing yourself I teased yeah I get it but is there anything I can do to make it up to you she said quietly and kissed me very Softly on

the lips being super careful not to bump my still sore and messy nose um let me think I said with a cheeky grin I bet we can work something out oh yes she laughed just what do you have in mind you old Le I turned her to me I looked into her very Deep blue eyes raising my left eyebrow as if the question was silent but being asked oh no dude she laughed wrestling free from my grasp there's no way in hell you're putting that freaking monster up there she was giggling like an embarrassed school

girl as she licked her lips seductively we'll see