Tom I'm sorry apologized Mr Cooper CEO of Maverick manufacturing I shouldn't be giving you this information it violates the NDS I signed but I wanted to warn you to get your resume out on the streets before anyone else Tom leaned back in his chair you did a great job and I believe you single-handedly saved my company and everyone's job but your success was also your downfall after you saved the company I could afford to retire after that Mr Cooper said sat down at his desk across from Tom and leaned back in his chair he ran
his hands over his face and then threw his hair sighing I'm tired after 30 years of running this operation I'm exhausted this buyout will allow me to retire and travel the world with Donna I'm 75 now and I don't have much time for fun if I don't do it now I never will Tom sat there in shock after all he had done it all and this was the thanks he got apparently it's true that no good deed goes unpunished he thought I'm grateful for the warning how much time do I have before you announce the
ransom we're counting on Monday they already have a whole team of operatives in place I think they'll give you a severance package they don't want to come in looking like Monsters it scares the hell out of the employees they keep it's a pretty good company and they treat their employees fairly I can't tell you who they are I told you more than I should have Tom because I like you and you saved my company with your revolutionary ideas so please don't throw me under the bus Tom stood up held out his hand and thanked Mr
Cooper for everything however he got a twitch at the thought of having to face the wife Zilla later Tom had met Ally short for Alexandria when he was pursuing a master's degree in industrial engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology he met Ali when she showed up with her girlfriends at his fraternity party on Saturday night she was a pretty brown-eyed brunette 5T 2 in tall and 105 lb with a smile to die for Tom is 61 and 195 lb an Airy blue-eyed blonde with a wiry body Tom and Ali are perfect for each other he
played Sports to stay in shape but Tom didn't go to the Institute of Technology to play sports instead he went to get the best education money could buy unfortunately he was one of millions of students whose parents made good money but still couldn't afford to raise five kids and pay for college so from an early age he had to pay his own tuition thanks to the state lottery and excellent grades he became a participant in the lottery scholarship program due to his good grades in high school he received the majority of the scholarship however he
still had to pay for textbooks and living expenses even with all the scholarships he was still thousands of dollars in debt Ali graduated from Georgia State University with a degree in Business Administration and marketing a semester ahead of Tom she took a job at Essex manufacturing located 2 hours north of Atlanta on Interstate 575 El was a small community located in a valley nestled in the Appalachian Mountains the town grew to about 75,000 residents due to the sprawl of Atlanta's suburbs the only draw back to the town was that there were only two companies nearby
where he could work without traveling 2 hours each way to Atlanta the only option in the area was to work as a manager at a fast food place Essex was a great opportunity for Ali's future so he was able to get a job at Superior manufacturing unfortunately it was a much smaller company with little chance of promotion but Ali's future seemed Limitless when they first arrived here 5 years ago Ally and Tom had managed to Christen every room in their modest home which they bought after spending their first year in an apartment they loved to
camp and hike having completed many challenges in the local mountain parks in the summer they would take their small 18t triy Hull Stingray boat to Lake haasi located in Northeast Georgia Ally took off her top and lay down on the floor of the boat so that none of the locals fishing in the area would see her deep Brown areolas Tom smiled at his fond memories of their outings on the lake Lake he had just laid on top of Aly and the boat rocked back and forth from the waves of passing boats things were going so
well that they even discussed starting a family but all good things come to an end Ali wasn't satisfied with their lifestyle she began to want more better and more worldly things she wasn't satisfied with Tom's earnings in Superior and she practically ordered him to find a new job over the past 6 months Ally had become more irritable and Tom could do nothing to make her happy the bedroom was in complete doldrums she complained about him not being able to keep up with the housework and bills this amused him since none of her paychecks went to
pay the bills instead the money went into her own account most of all she didn't like his breathing he drove down the street to the two-story house they had bought 4 years ago as he approached the house he noticed Ali loading luggage into the trunk of her Honda Accord perhaps she had decided they needed to get away for the weekend go to Helena for October Fest and reconnect he thought it might be worth waiting until they got back to mention the ransom he entered the house with a heavy heart and a forced smile slamming the
door shut Tom turned around he felt his wife's soft lips pressed against his lips and his eyes widened at her passion she was smiling and that smile made his heart flutter Ally moved over and wrapped her arms around him she pressed her mouth to his ear what I'm about to tell you won't affect our relationship she whispered in his ear after this weekend I will be yours and yours alone forever this is a one-time event that will benefit us for the rest of our lives and our future children so if you really love me you
will smile and say yes darling and wait for me to come back Sunday night and I'll make it right please come into the living room and sit across from Robert and me and listen to me very carefully while I tell you what is going on if you don't comply I will disable you and make your life miserable and it will be months before you smell my cookies again so you will comply or I will make your life a living hell and besides you might enjoy being my Tom stood in shock as his so-called loving wife
dragged him into the living room she sat him down across from Robert Bradshaw CEO of Essex manufacturing and then positioned her ass next to Robert on the couch Robert stared at ton revealing nothing about the nature of the upcoming conversation so far ton had always admired the man Mr Bradshaw was quickly becoming the most powerful man in the county and one of the most powerful men in Georgia at the same time he possessed an iron discipline and a strong desire to succeed Tom met him at Ali's company Christmas parties and summer picnics around Blue Ridge
his wife's family owned a secluded estate 19 18 mil from Blue Ridge the estate had a 100 Acre lake with docks and a 10 00t log cabin with 10 rooms and 10 bedrooms surrounding the main dwelling were 10 1 0qu ft mini cottages at the rear of the house was an olympic sized pool with a fully functional bar and outdoor kitchen Robert's wife Rebecca was a lovely attractive woman she couldn't be called beautiful but she exuded class and confidence she worked alongside Robert building his company from the ground up they had four children two girls
and two sturdy boys although her parents had money and a lot of it she had none the family had lived in Georgia since the early 1700s after the military drove out the Indians they moved to the area the family moved to vacant land and began mining for gold in the area for many years the clan ruled the area keeping the wealth within a few families then during the Civil War they hid their gold from the Confederacy and when the war was over they bought large tracts of land in the Appalachian Mountains in lumpin and dalega
counties over the years they went from backwoodsmen to pillars of society there were unflattering rumors about the family as sometimes happens for years but none of them were ever confirmed Tom had met his eldest daughter at every company function however the first time he had met her was 5 years earlier at the company's annual Christmas party the first time he was able to talk to her was when Ally was dancing with Robert unfortunately Rebecca had fallen ill that evening and Constance had taken over as Hostess Rebecca graduated from the University of Georgia so much for
Taste Tom likes to tease her by asking what do most Georgia graduates call Georgia Tech graduates boss he used to get a slap in the face for that but she was pleasant and easy to talk to they discussed the upcoming Georgia Alabama National Championship soccer game and it was only October over the next eight meetings it was as if they had migrated to each other Aly informed Tom that she thought Constance had a thing for him she chuckled and warned him to watch himself he grinned back and told his wife that she was the only
woman for him Robert always dressed impeccably to match his appearance he noticed Mr Bradshaw holding large vanilla envelopes with both hands and looking intently at Tom Ally smiled took a deep breath and said Tom Robert at those words Tom noticed Robert's eyes switched to Ali with a penetrating look he and I will be spending the weekend together at his family's estate we'll be discussing my future no I mean our future with the company yes we will have sex and enjoy each other's company to show him my total commitment to Essex manufacturing this will allow me
to take a new position as essex's vice president it'll give us twice as much money in addition the promotion will allow us to move into a bigger house with the promotion I'll be able to work full-time and you'll get to stay home and be a husband and raise our children I'll be back Sunday night Robert and I will never sleep together again I need a week to recover after that I'll let you take over my body Tom slowly got up from his chair and without saying a word headed toward the back of the house come
back here right now Tom I'm not done with you yet stop acting like a child or you want to get everything for a year Tom yelled I'll be right back a minute later Tom walked into the room Ally looked at him and said sit back down Tom pulled his hand out from behind his back pointed his Glock 45 at Robert's head and said this conversation is over he pulled the trigger Robert's brains flew out of the back of his head Ally screamed as Tom aimed between her eyes and pulled the trigger with the same devastating
result Tom felt a slight smile appear on his lips as a small trickle of blood ran down alie's forehead to her right eye the smile disappeared when he saw alie's lips begin to move Tom Tom wake up honey I know this is a big shock to you but I'll be back in 48 hours who knows maybe Robert will teach me some new trick that will be good for you Tom snapped back to reality and exploded are you out of your mind there's no way I'm staying married to you you're out of your damn mind he
repeated to himself Ali growled look Tom your company is being bought out by us and you're losing your job I worked on the buyout you're going to be fired from your job you're going to be redundant if you don't get over it and help me with this I'm taking you to the cleaners believe it or not I love you and there's not a damn thing you can do to stop me and don't even think about coming after Robert he outweighs You by 3 in and 30 lb look at him he's an Adonis and you you're
average Tom you're not a fighter she smirked Tom looked at Mr Bradshaw why do you need my wife you have a beautiful wife and a wonderful family I bet she doesn't know that Tom smirked I'll call her and tell her about how you spent the weekend Robert pulled out his phone smiled and dialed the number putting it on speaker so everyone could hear allow me he said with a chuckle after the second ring a woman answered hello she said Robert smiled into the receiver hi honey I'm at Aly and tomk house tell Tom you know
about Ally and me and don't mind my plans hi Tom Rebecca here Robert has my blessing he will help her get what she wants have fun Robert we'll talk later love you love you too honey Robert hung up put the phone back in his pocket and looked at Tom with a smirk Ally smiled and softened her voice you you see Tom if Rebecca doesn't feel threatened in their relationship neither should you Tom stood up and stared at his lover screw both of you I'm not going to stand here and be your cuckold one of us
is going to the hospital today and if I survive him I'm Coming For You Ally you doll Ally Rose to her feet and shouted back I'm not a cheap Tom smirked and replied you're right you're not a cheap the keyword is finally Robert had had enough and stood up both of you sit down and shut up Tom squeezed his face and turned to face Robert Robert smiled and said to Tom I want to hire you you're exactly the kind of person I need are you suggesting I my wife to ease my mind he growled I'm
not going to have sex with your wife and I never intended to Robert replied with a grin what the hell are you talking about Robert we had a deal Ally whined you had a deal my dear Robert replied if you remember you spoke I listened and said let's see what your husband says I don't think he appreciated your plan turning to face Tom Robert said sit down please I'm offering you a job because you've just shown what kind of person you are Ali was very flustered that was my job we had a deal Robert raised
his voice to let her know he was no longer pleased let me explain to you young lady when I first started this company I was the only employee every job was mine I was the engineer janitor did production shipping receiving quality control billing accounts receivable and sales every job in this place was mine it doesn't matter if it was one job or all 10,000 all of them are mine I rent them out and pay people to perform them for me I can take them back at any time you are an employee at will Tom I'm
very angry with you son you cost me an extra 15 million for Superior after I bought it I talked to Ry about the improvements Superior had made to become so profitable I was amazed at those improvements they matched ours Ali Ally tensed That's Right Tom we made the same changes to improve efficiency only it's not your credit it's Ali's she made the necessary adjustments to make things work for us Ali Robert pursed his lips Engineers don't tolerate other people taking credit for their work that's why we have patents protecting our ideas we wouldn't have had
a problem if you told us they were his ideas but you didn't instead you took credit for his ideas Tom lowered himself to the ground and looked at Ali I didn't care if you used my ideas I would have helped you all you had to do was talk to me Robert continued Ali this man loves you I I offered him the VP position last year at the Christmas party because of Ben I contacted a recruiting firm and his name kept coming up he finally turned it down because he knew that's what you wanted besides why
do I need you when I can get the master himself the real brain behind the genius Tom my daughter thinks everything of you she considers you her mentor and I appreciate that and not once have I ever heard you make a sexual innuendo to her on the contrary you've always been the consumate gentleman so if I can trust you with my daughter I can trust you with the company Robert added Ally stood up bowed her head and apologized please Tom I've messed up can I try to fix us Robert didn't bother to stop well that's
generous of you I don't know about him but your time with Essex is over because you violated essex's moral code so I guess our Affair is over Ally sat up and looked at Tom please forgive me I was so engrossed I forgot who I was I'm going to see a counselor and fix this with you Robert continuing to cut in said first of all you are a lucky woman when I told Rebecca about your plan to spend the weekend with me she wanted to come here and wipe the floor with your ass and she can
do that but I have something else in mind Tom before I give you this I'd be happy to set you up with a marriage counselor if you'd like he held out two envelopes one to each of them Robert stood up to face Amy about 6 months ago Constance came to me and said she saw you leaving the Omni Hotel in Atlanta I didn't pay much attention to it because you were entertaining clients and probably treating them to lunch however Constance later informed me that it was 3:00 in the afternoon so I mentally made a mental
note of it for the future about 4 months ago I received a call from one of our longtime customers informing me that he would no longer be doing business he found found out that his customer was paying an extra 20% because he was sleeping with a female salesperson I brought in an outside accounting firm to do an audit and found out that four other companies were paying more than 20% more than our other clients so I hired a private investigator to investigate this vendor you can only imagine what I found Ali Ali tensed the blade
of the guillotine was slowly being pulled up to the release Point sir both of you open the envelopes and look at thect pictures Ally gasped and Tom blushed with anger Robert continued I have more candid photos Tom I didn't give them to you in case you wanted to try to save your marriage you don't want those images imprinted on your mind Ally looked at Robert of course he doesn't want a divorce it was just a stupid mistake on my part remember darling it was for us Tom replied in a calm voice for us no for
you it was always for you Ally well I'm not giving you a divorce I'll bankrupt you Ally shouted back Robert intervened handing both of them another envelope let me tell you both what's in these I went to a law firm that I have a contract with they have people who practice family law in these envelopes are two sets of divorce papers one for irreconcilable differences and one for adultery Ali the pictures are very Vivid and clearly show your infidelity if Tom goes for it and you don't resist I will keep you on the job until
the divorce is final in 3 months this is to protect Tom after that I will hire him as the new vice president of our new division including Superior Essex and others I am offering him the same salary he is getting now in addition once the divorce proceedings are finalized he will receive a huge signing bonus and as part of the package I'll pay for his attorney if you don't fight I'll pay for yours if you do fight you'll go broke fighting us Ali this is so you can't claim alimony from Tom I'll let him live
in the Blue Ridge condominium until the court dissolves your marriage when the divorce is final I will pay you a Year's compensation and medical benefits you won't get a recommendation but I promise that the photos will not get to your future employer if you if you find a job sooner preferably on the other side of Atlanta I will still pay you a year's salary so I suggest you apply for jobs starting today they don't usually ask for references when you have a job oh and you're being removed from your current duties Ally realized that this
was the best offer she could get and decided to accept it Robert turned to Tom these papers are not written in stone you can change your mind at any time Mr Bradshaw I thank you but that's not going to happen Tom replied Robert smiled pack your things and let us take you away from here you both need to do some thinking Tom got up and went to his room to pack the things he would need for the coming week Robert picked up the phone and dialed a number Rebecca everything is ready come pick us up
I know he won't want to eat but let's take him to the club for dinner and talk to him anyway oh she's here great Robert hung up the phone and looked at crying Ali Ali there's an old saying a woman's value in a relationship can be determined by how poor the man is a man's value in a relationship can be determined by how rich he is my wife was a saint when I had nothing I try to be the same now that I have everything including her Ally sat back and sobbed 15 minutes later Tom
returned with two suitcases he turned to Ally inside goodbye Robert took one of Tom's suitcases and put a hand on his shoulder Rebecca's here she's taking us to the country club for dinner I know you don't feel like eating right now but we want you to settle down before we take you to the condo by the way Constance is coming over she wants to make sure you have a friend Ally wailed as they walked out of the house Tom noticed constant get out of the SUV and smiled sympathetically at him as they walked to the
car Tom stopped turned around and asked Mr Bradshaw sir why do people do that what does she think I'm going to do when I find out I look at you and Mrs Bradshaw and think how I wish I had a perfect wife like you Robert smiled and chuckled no Tom she's not perfect but God I can tell you a story she caused a lot of problems in our marriage about 15 years ago now let's go eat go one year later Robert sat next to Rebecca as they sat with Constance for support Constance talked about her
mother's family and about Rebecca's role in the rift between Robert and her at the beginning of their marriage Robert's eyes grew huge and Rebecca blushed in embarrassment Robert spoke after Constance had finished Robert we bless you to marry Constance but if you realize you can't there are no consequences if you refuse so why don't you go out and spend time with Constance and she'll answer all your questions 6 months later Tom and constant were married e
