that evening I was not greeted in the way I had expected the house was quiet with neither my wife Helen nor my children in sight Helen and I Mike Lewis have been married 11 years deciding that the house was quiet I saw a note on the table Mike I'm sorry I can't tell you this in person but I'm too much of a coward to face you I met someone else and fell in love the kids are with me and safe the divorce papers are in the envelope under this note as you can see I'm not
asking for anything Helen needless to say my day and my life went down the drain in a matter of minutes I was thrashing around the kitchen cursing going through the divorce papers and finally collapsing into a chair Helen was leaving me the house and all our money taking only clothes for herself and the kids plus their toys the item that really pissed me off was the last one Helen wanted me to sign the papers for my kids so they could be adopted by her new man it was like it was going to happen at least
it let me know who Helen had left me for Henry carslake I called my soon to be ex-wife hey Mike screw hi Mike what the hell is going on Helen like I said in my note I met someone else and fell in love with him yeah of course you did no one just leaves a marriage and sleeps with a guy at least it lets me know you two slept together I just hope it wasn't in our bed no please stop swearing and act civilized Helen replied civilized to hell with civilized you can divorce and stay
with the but I'm not putting my kids up for adoption tell Mr big he can go to hell I hung up the phone after showering and changing I went out to eat as cooking in my mood was undesirable the food was okay after which I decided to hit the bar and have a couple drinks considering today had gone to I figured I was do that much the man my wife left me for was the owner of cars Lake Construction Company I'd done some work for his company in the past but that was about to change
my friend Paul spotted me at the bar I don't see you around here very often Mike did you manage to get away from your family for the evening something like that Paul I came back to an empty house with a packet of divorce papers Helen's divorcing you I didn't see that coming me neither Paul me neither she's moved in with Henry carslake what you mean Henry carslake of carslake construction yes that's the one I think she's in love with him what are you going to do Mike I'm going to give her a divorce she doesn't
want anything from me so I'll sign the papers and get rid of her there was another form she wants me to sign but I already threw it in the trash what was the form Paul asked she wants me to give the kids to him for adoption that's not going to happen in this life Paul shook his head in disgust one thing's for sure cars Lake can kiss my ass I was supposed to start working for him on Monday him I'll find another job I signed the divorce papers the application form for my kids to be
adopted by an ended up in the trash Helen tried to beg me but I wouldn't give in eventually she gave in at the time of the divorce Khloe was 10 and Lee was eight I wanted revenge on cars Lake but I didn't want to go to jail for it I never showed up for work on Monday strangely no one was hounding me to fulfill it part of my revenge on cars Lake happened without my involvement it came about as a result of my conversation with Paul when word got out most of the local contractors refused
to work with carslake construction they realized that he had screwed me over and as payback they refused his work sure Old Henry found other contractors but those were Cowboys and the work suffered several times I was asked for a quote for the work but when I found out it was for cars Lake I didn't even bother to send a quote after 6 months my divorce became final 3 months after that Helen and gnuk got married I took the kids for a week while they went on their honeymoon I didn't take the kids to help them
I just figured a week was better better than the weekends I was getting now what pissed me off was my daughter Khloe's question daddy why did you send us to live with Mom and Henry what I didn't send you your mother took you because she doesn't love me anymore if it was up to me you could have stayed here I answered assuring Khloe that it wasn't my decision that was something I was going to talk to Helen about when Helen rang the doorbell to pick up the kids she walked in all tanned and smiling stop
lying Helen from now on you tell the kidss the truth and if you don't I will they know now that I didn't ask you to take them in if I could I'd fight you for custody tomorrow Helen walked away in Anger Life as a single man seemed strange to me after being married for so long some of my friends tried to set me up on dates but honestly I wasn't in the mood to date anyone I wanted love but had no desire to date and I didn't know that my life was about to change again
my neighbors were Gary and Emily they had moved in just after Helen left me their house was a bargain for them as it needed a lot of work Emily worked as a secretary Gary had recently retired from the Army we got along well and they seemed like a nice couple when we saw each other they chatted with me tragedy struck when Gary collapsed at work paramedics and a doctor arrived within 10 minutes Gary was pronounced dead at the scene the autopsy showed that Gary died from a subdural hematoma Emily was distraught and alone I offered
her some friendly sympathy Gary's parents were dead Emily's parents were on vacation in Europe not wanting to leave her alone I walked her to my house and poured us both a drink I listened as Emily sobbed and told me about her plans for the future Emily cried and fell asleep on my couch I covered her with a blanket and slept in the chair in case Emily woke up during the night the next morning Emily was leaving just as Helen was dropping the kids off good to see you're not wasting any time Mike come on Helen
the poor woman just lost her husband Helen looked at me then turned to talk to the kids later that day I explained to them why Emily was leaving the house Chloe looked sad and I don't think Lee got it right Emily asked me to attend Gary's funeral which I did in the UK all mortgages have to be insured and thankfully Emily won't be left destitute this was faint consolation given that she had lost her husband Emily's parents returned from Europe and both spoke to me after the funeral I assured them that I would look after
Emily for apart from my work colleagues I was her only friend I offered to help Emily as much as possible with any small jobs that needed doing nothing serious just things that kept the house in a livable condition the next time Helen dropped the kids off she stayed in the car which was fine with me since I didn't have to talk to her Emily and I spent a fair amount of time together not as a couple more like friends supporting each other almost a year later Lee was playing in the garden while I was tidying
up my work van I heard voices and turned around to see him chatting with Emily I called out to him and asked him not to be a boore but I heard Emily say it was fine she was hanging the laundry to dry on the clothes line Emily would you like to have dinner with us tonight Lee you can't just invite people over for dinner it's not people it's Emily we both stood there laughing I asked Emily if she wanted to join us yeah I'd like that that would be great thank you Lee ran off to
tell Chloe we had a guest for dinner I apologized for him being so Cavalier Emily helped me make dinner and it was obvious that she was pretty skilled in the kitchen Emily helped me clean up after dinner and sat with us for a while before heading home thanks for dinner Mike I really enjoyed it thanks for accepting the invitation I hugged Emily goodby and watched her walk towards her house when I heard the Locking of her door I walked back into the house shek really cute dad Emily is your girlfriend Chloe asked me with a
smile no Emily is just a friend and neighbor I answered but I thought it would be nice if she was my girlfriend I just kept the thought from the kids Sunday afternoon Helen picked up the kids I knew they would tell her about Emily joining us for dinner and I wasn't wrong the next time Helen picked up the kids she paid special attention by asking about Emily not that it's any of your business but Emily is just a friend besides you left me for an so why are you worried about me I'm not worried Mike
just asking that's all yeah well you got what you wanted what I do is none of your business I didn't get everything I wanted no you didn't if you mean I'm going to let a jerk adopt kids forget it it's not going to happen so you might as well get used to it I was just thinking no Helen you weren't thinking you left me for a life of luxury with him if he wants kids let him have his own own that man took my wife and ruined my marriage there's no way he can adopt those
children never Helen pouted and walked home I smiled knowing I had pissed her off a year later I hadn't seen Emily for a few weeks partly because I was very busy my friend Paul was rewiring a house for a young couple and asked me to make an offer on a complete Plumbing rewire my offer was accepted and I had a busy few weeks getting everything finished while working on the house with Paul he kept me up to date with news cars Lake still had to use a lot of non-local professionals most of the local guys
still avoided working for him with the work on the house completed I finally had some time to relax I decided to take Emily out to dinner she agreed and we agreed on a time for Saturday night when I walked in behind Emily it took my breath away she was a petite woman she had a haircut that I called pixie cut the dress she wore showed off her slender figure and for the the first time I began to take an interest in her sexually dinner went great and we spent a lot of time talking about our
lives in general later that evening I walked Emily to her door thank you for a wonderful evening Mike I smiled and before I could say a word Emily stood on her tiptoes and kissed me not a polite PEC but a full open-mouth tongue and cheek kiss wow I didn't expect that I struggled to catch my breath take me with you again and see where it takes you Emily smiled smiled and said good night before kissing me politely on the cheek I asked Emily out again and this time we ended up in my bed she may
have had a small build but my God she was a sexy Dynamo I don't think I'd ever had such satisfying sex Emily and I spent more and more time together and eventually she sold her house and moved in with me the kids thought it was great that I was dating and I knew they would tell Helen everything from what Chloe said her mother wasn't impressed heck she didn't want me but Emily did a year after the first time we slept together Emily and I got married when the kids told Helen she just snorted and turned
away Emily and I had two children we named the boy Gary and his younger brother Robert my two older children were old enough to travel on their own when they visited which meant I had even less contact with Helen years went by and one evening Khloe informed me that she was getting married her boyfriend Josh had proposed the night before as her father I asked if they needed help Finance the wedding we didn't think we would need it but now we do I looked a little puzzled until Chloe explained Henry said he would cover the
cost of the wedding we sat with him and my mom and discussed everything and then he broke the news Henry would cover the cost of the wedding on the condition that he would be the one to walk me down the aisle I said no way that's your job and Henry said he wasn't going to contribute to the cost Chloe was clearly upset I was angry Ry at cars Lake for pulling a stunt like that Emily asked if she could talk to me alone and we went out into the garden Mike we have what's left of
the money from the sale of my house in the bank please use it to cover your expenses Chloe deserves it I know Emily but it's your money I can't ask you to spend it on Chloe yes you can now go tell that poor girl that we'll cover it Khloe jumped for Joy when I told her the news we agreed on a budget and everything they wanted came in under budget the next day Chloe phoned me to let me know that Henry was Furious and obviously Helen wasn't happy either one afternoon we were sitting in the
garden when Lee turned up unannounced he said he needed to leave because he was tired of listening to his mother and Henry arguing are they still arguing about the wedding Emily asked no it's something else as far as I can tell Henry isn't doing his bedroom duties I burst out laughing I was pleased that Helen had dumped me for someone who can't fulfill his duties when it matters the walls in the house are as thin as paper dad I can hear them at night I think Mom is tired of Henry not doing well in bed
we laughed about the situation while drinking beer Lee stayed the night at our house to avoid a fight at home on Khloe and Josh's wedding day Helen wasn't happy Khloe told her that she and Henry would sit behind Emily and me the church service went off without a problem I agreed to have Helen sit at the top table at the reception Henry on the other other hand sat with Emily Robert Gary and Lee when all the speeches had been made the Caterers removed several tables to make room for dancing the first dance was started by
Josh and Khloe they were joined by Emily and I as well as Helen and Henry later in the evening we were standing at the bar Gary and Robert sitting with one of Khloe's bridesmaids and her children Lee asked Emily if she wanted to dance I smiled and said go for it Helen took the moment to walk over to me it was obvious that Helen had been drinking and I realized this was not going to end well look at them together she looks young enough to be Lee's girlfriend despite being the mother of two boys Emily
still looked the same as the first day we met Helen on the other hand had not aged well and had gained weight her dress was low cut in the back and showed off several rolls of fat Henry was obese and losing his hair they were a perfect match don't get me started Helen jealousy doesn't suit you besides we're divorced so you're no longer authorized to comment on my life jealous jealous of her God she looks like she still has school to go to I think she'll be fine when she's fat and has a bust worth
talking about don't talk about my wife like that for your information Emily is more of a woman than you ever were Helen looked at me in shock ask yourself Helen when was the last time you had good sex I paused for a moment I had great sex last night and you know what I might have have more tonight Helen stood stunned as Henry joined us you see Helen when you left me you thought you were trading me for something more valuable maybe I was maybe I wasn't as for me I just moved on I have
my own life now a wife who loves me for who I am two wonderful children on top of the two I already had life is as good as it can be for me right now can you say the same I walked away leaving the two of them to play goldfish Emily and I danced to slow music Lee was pulled onto the Dance Floor by one of the Bridesmaids what was that at the bar Emily whispered as we danced kiss me I'll tell you later we kissed and I knew Helen was watching us when we broke
the kiss I smiled at Helen she turned away and ordered another drink oh yes I had definitely moved on looking at what I had and what I have now I think I've traded for more value too what do you make of this please let me know in the comments below we appreciate your presence today subscribe to our channel to ensure your next Chef remains loyal stay tuned for the next story it's nothing compared to what's coming however if you're under 18 I strongly advise against listening to the following Tale
