April's Fool Pt. 03

I grabbed April and put her on the bench with her legs spread. I dropped my head to those puffy lips and started kissing, sucking, and licking. I put a finger into her and started moving it around. You could hear the squishy sound as her juices started flowing. I took a glance over to beth and saw she was rubbing herself again. April had her eyes closed and was moaning. I put two fingers in her and curled them until I found that rough little patch inside her. I started rubbing that while flicking her clit with my tongue. I reached my left hand up and pulled hard on her nipple. Her hips started bucking and I knew she was getting close. All of a sudden I heard a loud moan and saw Beth apparently have a huge orgasm as April was getting close. I kept going with fingers and tongue and nipple play until April gave a small scream and tensed up as she came hard. After a minute of everyone coming down from our sexual high we all grinned. The sauna smelled like sex and all of us were dripping sweat. Beth had tears in her eyes and went over to hug April. I wasn't sure what was going on there but it seemed natural. April reached out to me and we held a three way embrace for a full minute before we realized we should get out. I went to say something but Beth and April shook their heads and put their fingers over my lips.

"Let's not spoil that moment by overthinking it." April said.

Beth nodded.

I knew what they meant. It seemed like the three of us had bonded for a moment. It was surreal.

As we showered and put on our robes I could see the tension in April had drained out. I gave myself a pat on the back for being a great husband and went up to get ready for dinner.

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Dinner was wonderful and the conversation between the three of us was light and easy going. I thought there might be some weirdness but it all turned out to be fine. I did feel a certain closeness with Beth that I hadn't felt before but it wasn't like I was wanting to fuck her. It was a deeper connection than that and I felt closer to my wife also. All three of us were pretty good friends but after that sauna incident we seemed to be tighter. I liked it. After we ate it appeared that April had hit a wall. I think she had been so tense for so long that now that she was loose she could finally get some deep sleep. We took a cab back to the hotel and managed to get upstairs before undressing and brushing our teeth. April finished before me and I found her curled up on the bed in a see through nightie. She was already snoring softly.

I chuckled and arranged the covers so she would be comfortable then wrapped her in my arms and just held her.

"Honey," she said sleepily," can we just cuddle tonight? I am so tired and your arms feel so good."

"Of course babe." I responded softly. "Now go to sleep."

Just as I was falling asleep I heard the door to our bedroom suite open and felt the bed shift as Beth crawled up on the other side of April. Our suite had two beds but it looked like all three of us were sleeping in the king size one. Beth was wearing silk pajamas that pretty much covered her completely.

"Bill can I cuddle with you two tonight? It won't be a thing after this I just feel really close to you two right now and want to BE close." she whispered.

If I had been more awake it might have felt weird but as it was it just felt right. I nodded and Beth curled into April on the other side of me. With my beautiful wife between us I felt loved. I fell asleep with a smile on my face.

I woke up in the bed alone. I heard some talking outside the room so I figured the women were up and around. I got my morning rituals out of the way and come out to join them.

Beth had her silk pajamas on and April had a hotel robe that was loosely tied at the waist. I could see a lot of pale breast. Thankfully my sleeping pants were loose enough that my morning wood wasn't as obvious. Or so I thought

"Damn Bill, does that thing ever go down?" Beth laughed.

April laughed right along with her but I saw a bit of gleam in her eye. I had a feeling that she was getting frisky. Beth must have noticed also.

"Ok then, that is my cue to bounce." Beth said as she pushed away from the table.

"Yesterday was awesome and I want to thank the both of you for bringing me along for the ride. Now you lovers need to spend some quality alone time." she said.

April dragged me to the bedroom and proceeded to try to fuck me to death. Neither one of us heard Beth leave.

We were both to spent for anything other than washing and groping when we took our shower together to get ready for our massage. After that we were going to see the Tigers try to clinch the Pennant. As we were drying off and heading down to the spa area, April's phone rang. With her work ringtone. She picked it up and immediately started a conversation with her father. I heard her say she would be right there and hang up. She knew I was going to be annoyed when she looked at me.

"Bill I have to go into work. There had been a clerical error and we ordered 1000 tons of steel as opposed to 100 tons. The account is going to get hit Monday and we need to find a way to fix this. Dad says this is a perfect opportunity for me to prove that I can solve problems." she said.

"Go" I said shortly. I was pissed.

"Bill, come on." she pleaded.

"No April. You feel you need to be at work with your father instead of with your husband. I get it." I said. Damn I sounded like I was whining even to myself.

"Bill this has been an awesome weekend so far. Let's not ruin it. I'll go and get this done then meet up with you at the game." she said weakly.

"Sure babe." I said with resignation.

"Seriously Bill, I'll bust ass to get this fixed then come back." she said.

"I know. I just really hoped this would be the weekend we could reconnect. I'll admit to feeling a little lost in the shuffle." I said honestly.

"Bill this is a short term issue. I'll get my feet underneath me and I promise things will go back to the way they were before. My dad is going to pick me up here. Get your massage and go to the game. If I can get this done soon enough I'll be able to see Verlander take the mound. Then I'll take it out on you tonight." she smiled.

I couldn't help but smile back a bit. She thought Justin Verlander was sexy and I of course thought Kate Upton was smokin'. We joked that they were the only couple we would ever swing with.

I gave her a kiss as she rushed back to the hotel room to get ready. I walked her through the lobby and escorted her to her dad's car. He gave me a tight nod as she hopped in and she gave me a weak smile. Great.

Now what was I going to do? This whole spa thing was for April's benefit and the idea of a massage didn't appeal to me but I had already paid for it. I wandered on down to the spa area of the hotel and decided to try it. It was kinda creepy. I found that I only liked people's hands on me if I was attracted to them. And I wasn't attracted to Javier. I got dressed and packed our things up. I knew April wouldn't be back tonight. As I loaded our stuff on the luggage cart and called someone to take it down for me I felt a little bit of anger. What the hell else did I have to do to get my wife back? I guess it was just a matter of waiting like she said but it was going to be tough for me to be second fiddle to her job for very long.

I wandered down to Comerica Park about two hours early and bought an authentic Verlander jersey for my wife. Our third year anniversary was in about three months. I was able to wander around the park and I saw the man himself. I managed to chat him up for a couple minutes and got him to sign the jersey and take a selfie. I sent the selfie to April with the comment "Wish you were here". I didn't mean to sound like a douchebag but I wanted her to know she missed something cool.

I grabbed my seat and settled in to watch the game. Verlander had been having a rough couple seasons but today he was throwing fire. He had a no hitter going into the eighth. The crowd was on pins and needles. Miggy had hit a solo home run at the bottom of the fifth so we were holding onto a 1-0 lead. Unfortunately The Indians got a single into right field, ruining the no hitter but we hung on to win 1-0 and captured the Pennant for the first time since 2012. The whole Detroit area was pumped up. I was happy but I really wished my wife could have been there. I checked my phone during the seventh inning stretch and saw that April had responded to my photo of Verlander with a sad face emoji. Then there was the text that she wasn't going to be able to make it to the game and she would meet me at home. More sad face emoji's.

We actually ended up pulling into the driveway at the same time. She hopped out of her dad's car and ran up to give me a hug. I noticed her dad giving me the evil eye and ignored him as usual. April had come up with a way to sell the extra steel and actually turn profit. She was so giddy, especially because her dad had given her some high praise for figuring it out. I was conflicted. She seemed to be so happy and I couldn't help but pick up on her enthusiasm. At the same time I was pissed because I my romantic weekend plans were spoiled. We made ourselves a quick dinner and headed to bed early.

For the first time since we had been married things were awkward in the bedroom. She looked at me and started to speak.

"Thank you so much for all the plans you made this weekend Bill. I know I ruined them and I know you are not happy with me right now. That is killing me and it even sounds trite to me when I say i will make it up to you. I just need six months or so to let them know that I can handle things. Today went a long way toward that." she said.

"April I'm gonna lay it right out. I'm feeling like I am taking second place to your job. I know you think things are going to change and I hope they do because I'm telling you now this is not gonna work out for me." I replied.

"What are you saying Bill?" she asked cautiously.

"Just that I feel like I am playing second fiddle to your work and it bugs me." I replied.

"Bill this can't come as a surprise to you. You knew from our first date that I was going to be a working woman," she said.

"I don't mind you working April, I just don't like the fact that you are taking time away from us and spending so much trying to please people who don't really care for you as a person." I said. I started to wonder if I was being unreasonable. Worse I was starting to wonder if maybe I was being too needy. I decided to let this conversation wind down. Maybe I needed to adjust my thinking.

"Tell you what babe, I will try to make some adjustments in my expectations if you will try to keep an eye on how much time you are putting into work." I offered.

She gave me a beautiful smile.

"I can agree to those terms, Bill. Can we call this a fight? I wanna try make up sex." She said with a naughty grin. I wasn't gonna argue.

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Things went downhill from there. Two months and two hellish mixers later we were fighting for real. The biggest blow up came about her AA meetings.

April had been hitting an AA meeting pretty much once a month for the past two years. I noticed she hadn't mentioned going to one in a while so I brought it up before the Thursday night mixer. Things were cool between us already because she had been working so many hours and I had been spending more time at work myself. For the first couple weeks after we talked I tried to have dinner on the table for her and things squared around at home so she could just focus on getting through her work pile and getting back to us. After three times in a row of her calling that she would be home late and working at least a couple hours every weekend I stopped trying. Since I didn't go to the bar I ended up spending more time at work which impressed my boss, Jamie, but did nothing to help my marriage. The day I brought up her AA meetings was the low point in our marriage. Or so I thought then.

"Babe I noticed you haven't mentioned your AA meetings in a while, have you been going?" I asked as we were getting ready.

"No, I talked to dad and he said that if I needed help with something I should go to a private therapist as opposed to someplace I could be seen going into an AA meeting." She responded as she was putting her mascara on.

I stopped tying my tie and went over to the bathroom to look at her.

"Don't you think that is something you should have talked to me about?" I asked, trying to keep an even tone.

"Not really Bill, the drinking issue is my problem to work out not yours." She responded.

That pissed me off.

"So you won't talk to your husband about it but you have no problem following your father's advice? How does it affect him?" I asked with some heat.

She put down her makeup and looked at me.

"The image of the company, Bill. Going to a private therapist will bring less attention to any problems. Besides I haven't even so much as sniffed a cork in the last two years. Do you really think it is a problem?"

I was flabbergasted. If April hadn't shown me that 90 day sobriety coin so long ago we wouldn't

have gotten back together. I loved her but there was no way I was going to live with a self-destructive alcoholic. I had been through it with my sister and I couldn't take that pain again.

"Have you at least talked to a therapist about your drinking?" I asked.

She glared at me.

"When would I have the time to do that Bill? It would be another thing taking up my time and I hear enough bitching from you about that already." She said with some venom.

"Wow April, I didn't realize that wanting to spend time with you was such a pain in your ass. How thoughtless of me to want to hang out with the woman I love. Can you ever forgive me?" I said sarcastically.

"Cut the dramatics Bill, you're worse than a woman." She replied frostily. "Let's finish getting ready and go to this mixer."

We spent the rest of the time getting ready in silence.

By the time we got to the mixer, things were frigid between us. I wasn't going to back down on this one and she had her dander up. People noticed it right away. I went to hang out with a few of the people I had become friendly with over the course of these things and she went and mingled. I expected her to grab a drink just to spite me but I noticed she was drinking her ginger ale just like me. I had a good conversation with Bob and his wife Sharon from Allied Logistics. They had been married for a while and I am sure they could tell that there was some tension. They kept the conversation light and included April when she would swing by. By the end of the night, things had thawed a bit and April hadn't had anything stronger than some soda.

We were civil to each other on the car ride home. I was worried about a lot of things but I tried to push it all down and focus. I was going to have to pick my battles, but this drinking thing wasn't over by a long shot. I was going to want to talk to Beth.

Through all of this Beth had been a steady presence for both April and I. I know there were a few times I was able to vent to her and get some stuff off my chest and the few times that she was able to have lunch with April, my wife would be considerably calmer. I was going to have to talk to her and get her help. I planned on calling her tomorrow.

Unfortunately things got busy for me at work and Beth was out of town seeing her parents for the next two weeks. I figured I could meet up with her as soon as possible and we would hash things out. Or she would tell me to trust April. Beth was a great sounding board.

Four weeks had passed and the afternoon of the mixer I was starting to feel sick. It got progressively worse until I had to leave early and head home. When April came in I was puking my guts out and running a high fever. April took my temperature and asked me a few questions about my day. She figured it was a bout of food poisoning but that didn't stop me from praying to the porcelain God.

"I assume you aren't going to be able to make it to the mixer tonight then are you?" She asked. She actually sounded disappointed.

"My dad isn't going to be there either so I am going to be alone. That sucks." She continued.

"So stay home," I managed to croak out, "I am sure they will understand you have to take care of your husband."

She thought about it for a moment.

"I can't do that Bill, I have to show my peers that Livingstone's stick by their traditions. Besides this will probably blow over in another 12 hours or so and if it doesn't then I will take you to the ER in the morning. I will try to get out of there early and see how you are doing." She said.

"Okay go hang out with your "peers", I will be here shitting and puking my guts out." I responded as I headed to the bathroom. I couldn't even muster the energy for venom. I finally puked everything out of my system and managed to grab a bottle of Gatorade before I passed out on our bed.

I woke up at midnight with that cold clammy feeling you get when your fever has broken. I noticed there was no April next to me.

"So much for coming home early and checking up on me." I thought bitterly.

I finished the bottle of Gatorade and went back to sleep.

I woke up when I heard sobbing coming from the downstairs. I groggily got up to see what was going on and noticed that it was 4:40 in the morning. I tossed on a robe and went to see what the problem was.

I was greeted to the sight of a pissed off Beth holding a sobbing April in our kitchen. I shook out some more cobwebs and I noticed that April's dress and hair were a complete mess. I thought she was wearing stockings when she went out, but she didn't have any on right now. She looked up at me with runny makeup and just put her head down and sobbed some more. I thought I could hear her repeating "I'm sorry" over and over again but her cries were too loud.

"What is wrong baby?" I asked as I went to give her a hug.

About a foot away I could smell the alcohol coming off her. She had been drinking. DAMMIT!!

As I went to reach for her she scurried away from me and stopped her sobbing.

"Bill I am so sorry, so, so sorry." She wailed. Then she dashed for the kitchen sink and managed to get there just before she puked.

I looked at Beth.

"I am not gonna get a coherent story from her anytime soon, so can you fill me in on what happened?" I asked Beth.

"She insists on telling you herself, Bill. You are going to be hurt and angry, but you have to know she is sorry and she loves you so much." Beth replied, her eyes filling up with tears.

This was not going to be good.

"Well somebody tell me something here." I said with some heat.

I saw April come back from the kitchen. She couldn't look at me, she just stared at the ground.

"Bill, when I got to the mixer everyone saw I was alone. They started talking about drinking and someone handed me a glass of scotch. I, I, sipped it at first but they made some jokes about me being a lightweight, so I downed it. They put another one in my hand and I downed that. The next thing I remember is heading to a hotel room with someone, then when I woke up there was a guy next to me naked in the bed and ....... Oh god Bill I had fucked him! I am so, so sorry!" She wailed.

My heart dropped into my stomach. I didn't know what to say. I would have been pissed enough with just the drinking. This was a whole new level. I had to get away.

"Can you take care of her?" I asked Beth "I have to get out of here."

"Bill I know you are hurt and angry but she needs you right now." Beth said sympathetically.

"No Beth, she has proven that she needs her Livingstone peers, I am sure one of those guys will comfort her. Oh wait, one of them already did!" I almost yelled.