welcome to the cheating Secrets Channel I don't know what bothered me the most the fact that I was a failure as a husband or that I was a failure as a father I don't know if I was depressed or just furious to say the least it was a bit confusing I spent my entire life trying to improve my family's life and all I ended up doing was providing them with things and money it just doesn't work it quickly became very clear that my only function was to fill the well I love my wife and I
loved my children please note that all of this is in the past tense I have my own business Terry Martin and I grew up together we had been best friends since elementary school Terry and I started the company right after finishing vocational school and it grew faster than we could have imagined so technically I should say that we have our own business a few years later we both married our high school sweethearts life was good for the first 15 years or so everything was wonderful the company was doing well Terry and I both earned decent
salaries and we had more than 30 full-time employes Terry and his wife Myra had three sons Allison and I had twins a boy and a girl we both had modest sized mansions in mcmansion we enjoyed dining out Pleasant vacations and expensive cars Terry and I were very business-oriented business came first early on we understood that it was important for for our clients to be satisfied even if our employees were not a third of our best workers were former convicts we hired them directly from the prison Vocational School in 8 years only two of the ex-cons
turned out to be a problem and the other ex-cons quickly took care of it they were doing well and weren't about to let a few troublemakers ruin their lives we supported several Community programs and even sponsored a softball team unfortunately my family life was also unfair somehow my wife became socially active for several Progressive causes I wasn't thrilled about it but she let me do my thing so I let her do hers politics had never been a part of our family but suddenly we began talking about current events and political issues I tried hard to
avoid such discussions but it was feudal the more I disconnected from her or ignored her the more determ she became it was like watching CNN and Fox News simultaneously I started trying to avoid her but it was difficult as my wife and I grew distant so did my relationship with my children for many years I tried to engage my son Jacob in various activities I didn't care if it was Sports hiking or hunting and fishing all he wanted to do was play video games and as I later found out occasionally enjoy marijuana all my efforts
were rejected and eventually my wife told me to just leave him alone and mind my own business I would have resisted more but my son would smirk at me whenever she said that my daughter Jordan was a clone of her mother she used to be daddy's little angel but now she hardly recognized me as her father I couldn't count all the piercings she had despite being on birth control it didn't prevent her from Contracting ganaria twice she loved accompanying her mother to all sorts of political Gatherings and social events but wouldn't even consider going for
ice cream or pizza with her dad I also gave up trying to connect with her one of the most serious downturns occurred when I refused to donate company money to one of her initiatives they wanted to provide addicts with clean needles to prevent infections from shared or dirty ones Allison didn't speak to me for a week it was hard to imagine things could get any worse the company's Christmas party was approaching Terry and I insisted that Allison and Mna take care of it Mna was more than happy to do so but she had to drag
Allison Kicking and Screaming to help her in the past few months Allison had been going out more and more often she also went on overnight trips to participate in various Progressive activities I didn't know if they were protests rallies or seminars it didn't matter Jacob had moved from weed to pills I didn't know what kind but that didn't matter either Jordan now had her own website with vlocks Mna did a great job with the Christmas party she tried to share the credit with Allison but Terry and I knew better we had beer and wine but
no hard liquor we had 100% employee participation I think the annual bonuses had something to do with that Allison and the kids were there of course but they didn't seem to enjoy it as much as everyone else there were no social Gatherings but there was plenty of food John I need to talk to you for a minute Terry tried not to draw attention as we stepped aside what's the matter I tried to speak casually to him down Jorge Martinez needs to talk to you but he's a bit worried what do you mean well he doesn't
want to ruin the party and doesn't want to upset you but he really feels there's something you need to know Jorge was one of our ex-cons he'd been with us for 6 years and we didn't want to lose him all right bring him here it's not going to be a problem is it Terry wined slightly Jorge and his wife Elena looked a bit anxious I smil smiled and tried to appear relaxed to put them at ease Terry quietly left Mr Terell we don't want to cause any trouble but when my wife saw your wife today
she felt she had to say something I tried to talk her out of it but she insisted I looked at his wife and nodded indicating she could continue she glanced at Jorge nudged him with her elbow and gestured for him to speak Elena works at the Hampton Inn she's responsible for cleaning the fifth floor and has been working there for 2 years your wife and a certain Mr Franklin have been using room 511 once or twice a week for the past year they usually stay for only 2 to 3 hours and always in the same
room I was speechless I had a million questions but I didn't think this was the right time or place to ask them Elena looked relieved that it was all out in the open but Jorge was very anxious not knowing how I would react I just took his hand in both of mine looked him in the eye and said thank you I smiled at Elena and gestured for both of them to return to the party Jorge relaxed as I was leaving I walked past Harry give Jorge a raise next month Kyle Franklin was in charge of
the city's Parking Department I didn't know him very well but I knew he had been a public servant for almost 20 years he dreamed of running for mayor someday he was married to Nora Franklin the owner of one of the County's leading real estate firms she was an attractive Woman Who Loved placing her ads on the sides of city buses I wondered if she had a special rate for that that evening my wife gave me a dressing down for leaving the party early the kids weren't too happy either I just smiled and returned to my
reading Mickey Spain still read well after 70 years on Monday morning I comfortably awaited Nora Franklin's arrival at the Franklin real estate office the secretary had prepared hot coffee and I had brought along the big kill she walked in around 10 stopped and paused for a moment to look at me I wondered when you'd show up Mr Terrell it took you long enough I followed her into her office and took my coffee with me I suppose when you own the company you can set your own hours why hadn't I thought of that John may I
call you John I nodded in approval John I'm not going to rehash all this drama I just want to know what you plan to do I have a lot of questions and I don't want you to things up this was not what I expected I thought I was going to deliver a grand Revelation boy was I wrong Miss Franklin it seems I'm quite behind in this matter I didn't even realize it myself a friend just told me I have no idea what to do next and I have no one to confide in or discuss this
with to be honest I thought you were in the dark just like me John I've known about this for more than 6 months I probably should have contacted you sooner but I had a lot on my plate and I didn't want you to mess everything up by doing something rash oh by the way call me Nora what do you mean by something rash oh you know like playing Rambo with Kyle in public maybe exposing them in some awkward manner it's hard to predict what you Macho men will do when something like this happens I think
it will be much more effective if you approach this cly I never considered myself Macho well anyway what are your plans how can I help you I leaned back in my chair and took a deep breath I think we're going to need more time over the next two weeks Nora Franklin and I became good friends in the past few months Norah had systematically set her husband up the IRS was very interested in his taxes Nora had carefully kept her personal and business taxes separate from his the state prosecutor was investigating how he redirected State funds
intended for Road construction and transportation to other unspecified projects the city was looking into his use of Municipal funds to pay for Motel rentals and restaurant bills what made this really interesting was that she managed to get all of them to cooperate in their investigations so they all converged around the same time however none of these efforts helped my situation in any way nevertheless she made an interesting deal to sell her real estate business I might be able to do something similar my biggest problem was my home and family I no longer had close relationships
with my wife or any of my children I really didn't want to leave the business but it was necessary Norah had a solution about a month later I announced that we were going to move to a new house Allison's ears perked up but all I heard from the kids was groaning they liked our house Jordan got interested when I mentioned the pool and Jacob thought the three-car garage might be cool the trip to see the new house went well it was twice the size of our current one and cost more than twice as much each
of the kids had their own bathroom Allison commented that we didn't have enough Furniture to properly furnish the new place but she seemed pleased when I told her she could buy all new things she liked the professional kitchen to top it all off I told them we would all have new cars for the first time in many years I was a great father and husband Nora did a great job finding me a new home it took her only 2 days to prepare all the paperwork when I told Allison that Franklin real estate was handling the
deal for us she wiced a little but then seemed to accept it Nora already had a cash buyer for our old house I thought it was interesting to see my wife and my wife's lovers wife sitting at the same table to sign the documents there were no fake pleasantries we just sat down and got to work on the paperwork the first stack to sign was for the sale of the old house Allison and I both signed everything as present Ed by Nora and then we had it notorized we made $450,000 from the sale and transferred
it to an electronic account Allison felt pretty good and didn't pay much attention she just signed next were the documents for the new house Alison smiled when Nora mentioned the price was a $900,000 she smiled again when I mentioned that I was putting the new house in her name for tax purposes she thought it was a great idea however what she didn't notice was that it wasn't a purchase contract but an option to purchase if she had read the fine print she would have seen that the option was for 120 days if the actual purchase
wasn't made by then the price would revert to $1 million and the $40,000 option fee would be forfeited I didn't want to lose money but in the long run it was worth it after everything was signed and notorized Norah handed her the keys to her new house and congratulated her it seemed sincere and I could barely keep myself from laughing Allison was fuming the whole way home she hadn't expected me to actually put the house in her name she also didn't expect to receive a $10,000 gift card from our local upscale Furniture Store sometimes you
have to spend money to make money the next day was car day Jacob chose a Mustang as I expected Jordan surprised us all by picking a lime green kiao Allison chose a white Lexus I explained to both kids the importance of establishing a credit line they seem to understand which made it easier to put both cars in their names and of course fully Finance them what they didn't think about was that someone would have to pay for the cars I did the same with Allison's new Lexus I insured each of the new cars for 90
days the total outof pocket expense for all three cars was just under $600 most of that went towards tags and titles another good investment on my part a week later we all moved moved into our new home the more Nora and I worked together the closer we became we met every day sometimes I helped her with a project and sometimes she helped me it seemed we were getting very comfortable with each other Terry was handling our welding business and Norah had enough staff to run the real estate office all our efforts were focused on ending
our marriages Norah planned to wait until Kyle was charged by one of the organizations investigating him she didn't know who would get to him first she seemed to think it didn't matter my situation was a bit different at some point I decided that I didn't want a divorce I had too much to lose but I knew I had to do something I just wanted it all to be over as quickly as possible Nora came to the rescue again John have you ever been to Aruba only as a Port of Call while on a cruise but
I've never stayed there did you like it I wasn't there long enough to decide why do you ask I have the opportunity to buy a condo in West arop for a million would you be interested in something like that that might be a bit tricky for me I probably don't need anything that complicated I thought we could go halves I'm sure you could manage it I'm sure I could but you have enough strength to handle it on your own why did you even think of including me in something like this consider it a partnership an
investment so to speak I fancy myself a savvy businesswoman I like using other people's money and besides I enjoy your company this piqu my interest half a million will give me a Buy in I'll prepare the paperwork you know there will be paperwork right absolutely I found it surprising that I agreed to live with a woman I hadn't even had sex with now I was even more excited about the whole project Terry and Mna were fully aware of my issues with Allison and the kids they were ready to help in any way they could without
being intrusive Terry I've decided I want to sell my half of the business to you and Mna that's really nice John but there's no way we could afford to buy out your share I'd love to but you know it's impossible how does $1,000 sound care to explain carry you don't need my help running the business we both know that it's almost running itself at this point I'm leaving soon and it will all fall on your shoulders you'll be the soul owner and make all the decisions all you need to do is call me occasionally for
advice aha I see said the blind man and I suppose there will be a consultation fee attached to this phone call Terry said smiling think of it as a kind of Lifetime annuity don't worry too much about it just make things easier for yourself the company lawyer prepared all the necessary paperwork Terry and Mna were a bit concerned that I might be overreacting but I assured them I had everything under control it's nice to have a friend you can trust it seems funny but I never bothered to verify Allison's affair with Kyle I never felt
the need to obtain compromising photos emails or phone messages I wouldn't have needed them I wasn't planning on getting a divorce I was going to do what 21% of deadbeat dads do just leave 2 weeks later k Franklin was arrested I don't even know who got the awards he wasn't a big-time crook or embezzler he was just a petty civil servant who dipped into others Pockets too often and messed around with my wife Nora and I had long parted ways before all the dirt came out she sold her company along with 32 rental properties and
three apartment buildings she was set on a new life I was her designated boy toy that's how she referred to me and I didn't find it offensive we really managed to solidify our relationship after arriving in Aruba but we never went through any courtship stage it was as if everything had been pre-arranged I didn't miss my kids does that make me a bad father given the circumstances I don't think so I didn't miss my wife does that make me a bad husband I don't think so Nora became an avid golfer she tried to get me
interested but there was no spark she had a steady group of women she played with 3 days a week we met with them and about a dozen other former players a few times a week to socialize I adapted to this very quickly it was a new Carefree lifestyle and it was truly enjoyable I decided to take up painting to fill my time I had always wanted to do it every morning I would go down to the docks and set up my easel I wasn't very good at it I would come back to the apartment later
and the first thing I'd do was scrape all the paint off the canvas to start fresh the next day 3 months had passed and I still had nothing show for it Nora found it quite amusing I avoided contact with anyone but I felt I should call Terry John it's about time I was starting to lose faith in you are you settled in settled in and feeling better than ever it was the best decision I ever made for the next 10 minutes Terry and I chatted about my new life in Aruba I had no trouble convincing
Terry to bring Mna here for a week or two things were going well Terry apologized for not sending any consultation checks but I had forgotten to give him an address or bank account number I didn't need the money anyway Terry I hate to bring this up but could you tell me about my wife and family situation I don't know everything but I'll tell you what I can it seems things aren't going well without you first off Jacob was arrested they caught him with 3 Kg of fenel in his car's truck the car of course was
confiscated and since he was over 18 he was locked up Allison couldn't bail him out that's all I know about that that's sad to hear I know I'm his father but honestly I really don't care what happens to him I tried and I failed Jordan's situation isn't much better shortly after moving into the new house she doubled her activity on her website from what I've heard she gained a lot of followers and then one day she told her mother she was going to California to meet some producer Guy 2 weeks later they found her Kia
abandoned in Memphis Allison hasn't heard anything from her or about her since I take it you get most of this information from Allison yes she regularly comes to the office hoping to catch you I can tell she doesn't believe me when I say you're gone she was Furious last week when she received the notice that she needed to finalize the option on the house or vacated by the end of the month very clever John she was completely bewildered right now I don't know what her intentions are I think some utilities have been cut off she
couldn't even afford to pay the electric bill did you help her don't be mad John I gave her $1,000 and told her to use it as a deposit for an apartment I'm sure she'll spend it on something else Mna felt sorry for her I chuckled a bit all right Terry I understand just deduct it from my next payment by the way can't her lover help her now Terry laughed he's in worse shape than she is all I know is what we see on TV there's nothing known about him right now but spicy details pop up
from time to time I think he's going away for a while oh and before I forget Allison's car was repossessed since all her credit cards are invalid she can't even use a taxi I don't know how she's getting around we chattered a bit more about business preliminary plans were made for an upcoming vacation in Aruba it was a good conversation I enrolled in an online painting course with a guy in the UK two months later one of the guys at the dock asked me to paint his sailboat Nora worries that I might cut off my
ear life goes on thank you for listening Until the End see you in the next episode of cheating Secrets take care of yourself and your loved ones goodbye
