are you going to be able to keep yourself busy while I am gone don't I always Karen and I are planning on hitting ringers and green dragon this week I hope you have enough on the credit card to handle it as long as you stay away from diamonds emeralds and rubies we should be all right we got a little laugh at that now that our children had grown up we were enjoying our Newfound Freedom as empty nesters Marsha was a non-worker we talked about her maybe working after the kids went home but she didn't show
up with any work she was content to Simply maintain in the house and frequent flea markets and yard sales there were thousands of eBooks on her Kindle her friend Karen collected cookie cutters trivets and flat irons Mara was only interested in old jewelry she had a large handcarved Walnut chest that she kept all her Treasures in the value was not in the gemstones but the design and craftsmanship of the pieces she did a lot of research and knew what she was doing the chest was the most important thing in her life each piece had its
history this week I was in Albuquerque it was a routine trip and everything was on schedule it was Tuesday evening and I was waiting for a table at the holiday in express excuse me are you eating alone it was another clone he dressed like me he looked like me and he acted like me all traveling businessmen are clones yeah as usual would you care to join me absolutely Kevin Martin Kelo Plastics I took his hand John Terell neelon machine we chatted lightly while perusing the menu how long are you here for Kevin short trip this
time I fly back to Philly in the morning I like it when I can get finished early interesting I am out of Philly also but I'm afraid I will have to finish out the week what do you do John I sell install and maintain candy making equipment I work out of King of Prussia for a company in the Netherlands do you like it yeah I make a good living put two kids through school and have a nice place in Westchester damn what a coincidence I live in Downing Town hell we're neighbors and I had to
go to New Mexico to meet you you married Kevin no I've been widowed for about 10 years but I do have a steady girlfriend yourself married 23 years and looking for 23 more oh John let me show you what I found today my girl collects fancy jewelry every trip I make I bring something back for her I went a little overboard this time but it is quite nice I suddenly became very interested in what he had to show me he pulled a Purple Crown Royal bag from his jacket pocket and carefully dumped a silver Squash
Blossom necklace on the table it is cerillo turquoise which is fairly unique she is going to go nuts over this it was a bit pricey but she is worth it must be a pretty special lady how long have you been with her almost 3 years now is marriage on the table here no that's the sad part she's already married and doesn't seem to be interested in changing that I'm still working on her and maybe if I keep trying I will get lucky I assume you two have been intimate yeah for 2 years now we are
even able to sque squeeze in a few overnighters occasionally her husband is okay with this Heaven no she is scared to death that he is going to find out I guess that is what makes the relationship so exciting Kevin you are a braver man than I am I could never do something like that believe me she is worth it Kevin and I finished our meals and said our goodbyes he never made the connection between me and his girlfriend I didn't ask for his card because I didn't want to give him mine I flew the rede
home Friday Marsha did the grocery shopping Saturday morning morning so she wasn't there when I got in I unpacked from my trip and just on a whim I decided to check the jewelry box it had three drawers in the front and a lift up lid underneath the bottom drawer was a false bottom the Squash Blossom necklace was still wrapped in the Crown Royal bag carefully tucked into the secret place along with it was a beautiful emerald cut ruby ring that I had never seen before I put everything back just as Marca walked in the door
there was no doubt that as soon as Marsha saw me she knew neither one of us said anything other than the usual glad to be home glad to have you home banter I spent the morning catching up with yard work and the afternoon catching up with my sleep Marsha stayed out of my way the whole day the supper was Chinese takeout I asked her how her flea market hunting went and she asks how my New Mexico trip was we both lied to each other it was an uneventful evening in front of the TV Sunday morning
Marca said she was going to visit our eldest daughter Claire in Allentown I was going to clean the garage garage I didn't get the garage cleaned but I did get all of the finances straightened out to keep the girls from having to burden themselves with too many college loans we refinance the house it was now underwater arranging everything else was no problem I spend the evening inspecting and re-evaluating my wardrobe I was mentally preparing for something but I didn't know what before going to bed I checked the jewelry chest again the necklace and the ring
were gone I was asleep in front of the TV when Mara got home she covered me with a quilt and went to bed by herself I made the drive to King of Prussia in a days luckily I had driven it so many times over the last 15 years that it was like I was on autopilot I finished all my paperwork concerning the Albuquerque trip and headed up to the main office 30 minutes later I had a reassignment to shaven inan the home office was anxious to get me I would be heading up the manuals and
Publications Division I probably could have done the job here in the States but I could do it better there I had a week before I would leave my actual workload for the rest of the week was light all I had to do was bring my replacement up to speed and close out all my old projects at home I spend most of the evenings on my computer normally I would have to justify overtime work to the wife but now she didn't seem to care it was not commented on on a few nights we did watch TV
together but that was about it I was dreading a confrontation of some type but it never came it was an interesting situation she knew that I knew what she was doing I knew what she was doing and knew that she knew I knew and yet neither of us would talk about it oddly enough I didn't care I wasn't angry I spent Wednesday afternoon at the lawyer's office I was giving Mara the house and half of the savings and checking accounts the total of everything was just over 20,000 if she sold the house the Real Estate
Commission would eat up all of the equity I figured that she could keep the house if she could get Kevin to move in with her if he didn't move in with her it would probably go back to the bank I would not let her have any of my IRA or any claim to my company retirement plan I was shocked that I was able to maintain my composure in the face of all of this I wasn't resentful vindictive or angry I was rather relieved I'm not sure why still I felt the need for a little Indulgence
in evil my plane was leaving out of Philly early Monday morning I arranged for my brother Carl to come down from Pottsville to take me to the airport Sunday evening I was planning on treating them to supper at the airport Marriott I reserved two rooms so that we could all stay overnight Thursday Mara told me she was going to Lancaster with Karen to hit some antique shops it gave me time to finish my packing and preparations I was extremely selective so unless she was very curious she would never notice that I was leaving she never
asked me why I wasn't at work they had a goodbye party for me at work on Friday it was nice to feel appreciated Marsha and I went to Red Lobster Friday night the tension was still there but we managed to get through the meal still no confrontation on either side Saturday Mara did her regular shopping and I started working on the lawn it would be the last time so I figured out how I could make it last the whole day I didn't stop for lunch my wife brought me a cold beer and a sandwich after
a light supper I fell asleep on the recliner Sunday morning Mara left early to spend the day with our youngest daughter Lena in Lebanon it was time to finalize everything Carl and his wife Norma showing up just afternoon I loaded all my stuff and then brought down masha's treasured jewelry chest the Squash Blossom necklace and the ruby ring were still missing Carl would keep the box at his place until I told him otherwise just before leaving I called Kevin Martin Kevin hi this is John Terrell how are you doing there was a momentary pause air
fine John yourself Kevin I just wanted to give you a quick update on the Cub Cadet lawn tractor it's a bit old but still runs well most of the time if you have a hard time starting it just take out the plugs and give them a cleaning it should be good to go then you shouldn't have problems with anything else okay John why are you telling me this just trying to help I got to go Kevin have a good weekend Carl and Norma couldn't help laughing John what the hell was that was that the same
guy who was screwing your wife sure was can you imagine the conversations that phone call Will generate this is going to be fun Monday morning bright and early I was off to my new home and grinning all the the way I still couldn't figure out why I wasn't upset about the whole situation I thought it was all a bit funny as the wheels of the plane broke ground I felt a big relief sweep over my body in no time I was up and running in my new shaving and office I rented a small cottage in
wasar and was riding a new 10-speed bike to and from work the company arranged for my new driver's license but I preferred the bike if the weather was bad I could take the bus after 2 weeks I called Carl I didn't know who else to contact John Mara was upset of course but I got the feeling she had been anticipating something things had been tense the last few weeks before I left we never talked about it but we both knew it was coming when did you talk to her she called me last Tuesday I think
she was looking for her jewelry box but she didn't come right out and say so she kept ranting on about you having to call her to straighten things out she got the divorce papers and got a lawyer to look them over they are going to make a counter offer or something like that I know that she said she didn't want the house I have previously signed a power of attorney with my lawyer allowing her to sell it or return it to the bank I don't want or expect anything to come of it so I don't
care I'll ask him to forward it to her attorney it was a funny conversation that we had she didn't apologize or anything and didn't seem to feel the need to defend what she did at least not to me I didn't detect any guilt or remorse I thought breakups like this were supposed to be highly emotional Affairs you two two are a pair of cold fish Carl I can't explain it I don't understand myself oh one last thing she did say that there was no way she would agree to the divorce until she gets her jewelry
back if you get to speak to her again tell her that there is no way she will get her jewelry back until the divorce is final needless to say the divorce proceedings did not go well we fought over the terms for 6 months she wanted half of my IRA and half of my company retirement she wanted me to pay the mortgage on the house that she refused to sell or move out of she wanted alimony big alimony what pissed her off was that I refused to give back her jewelry and that Kevin Martin had decided
that there was too much drama and decided to move on I had avoided any contact with my daughters since the whole thing started I decided it was time to call Claire dad Lena and I spent a whole weekend with Mom she told us everything we understand why you left and neither of us blames you for any of this she is a total wreck but she is too proud to let you know that she doesn't want the house she is being a about the divorce because she doesn't want it at all we convinced her that it
was inevitable but she is having a hard time accepting that what can I do I am not going back to the way things were I don't think anybody expects that she is lost however since her boyfriend seemed to disappear she has no job skills and no prospects for employment she is not making the mortgage payments and is having to go through the money you left her just to keep the utilities on Lena has offered to let her move in with her tempor temporarily you have to throw her a bone dad it was not difficult for
the lawyer to arrange with the bank to take back the house it cost me a few grand but it was worth it Carl contacted Two Men and a Truck and had Mara move to Lebanon before the end of the week the biggest problem was the excess furniture that he ended up having to sell off for pennies on the dollar I agreed to provide Mara with Fair alimony and she dropped all the other crap demands the final sticking point was the return of her precious jewelry chest I agreed to it but only with one final stipulation
after paying a hefty vat fee I was able to claim the last package that I would ever get from my wife I carefully unwrapped it as I sat on my back patio inside the Purple Crown Royal bag was the beautiful Squash Blossom necklace I didn't need it or want it but I felt it was symbolic I spread it out on the table in front of me and picked up my phone Carl give Marsha her jewelry chest back what's your opinion about op thanks for joining us in our stories where revenge is served hot please consider
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