by Bn2f
The guilty so often suspect their significant other of the crimes they commit. He seemed almost immediately like the guy trying to catch her before she catches him because he wants out without the costs in an at fault state. She already knows and the dimwit figures it out ( but probably isn’t insightful enough to realize her change in behavior was caused by his cheating).
Not a loving wife but a crack detective who has caught the husband at his game. Well done.
Good story, although it was obvious where it was headed.
You might have ended with a process server showing up at the end when the wife was due home, serving him with divorce papers.
But I'll give it a 5.
One of the biggest advantages of the 750 word format is that when you get a dud like this one you haven't wasted as much time reading it as you do with a longer one.
JR
"If i were chesting..." But wait. I AM cheating. Yeesh. Definitely not your best wotk.
Poorly written but hope the next chapter is somebody beating this piece of shit to a pulp.
Saw that coming a mile away. Really, not that imaginative. Three stars, because the writing was good.
JPB
I understand the attempt, but the execution was far too over the top to be interesting.
I came away not totally understanding a LOT of it. Her crying? Huh? The "shyly the familiar voice" at the end? What?
@Anonymous, "Delusional wives?"
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If he blocked his number, how did she know who was calling?
4.5 stars. Would have been 5 if there was some revenge on him (but since this is set in real world, there will be revenge in court, OR, the wife will decide to stick with cheating assholes since that's what attracts many women).
Slimy scumbag, feel for the wife sat in her car crying. Cheaters suck - all cheaters
Good story, excellent twist. Except it’s the husband that the cheater. He’s a Cunt……..::
Sbrooks103x: “If he blocked his number, how did she know who was calling?”
So, first, I state early that the husband believes that the marriage has been suffering for 6 months (That was an important detail). The husband is confident his tracks have been covered and whenever he calls this current lover his number IS blocked, therefore, when SHE, his lover of the moment, sees a blocked incoming call - she is well aware of exactly who it is. The husband discovers a call placed by his wife from the billing invoice when? At 7 months! Despite other readers feeling that this denouement was telegraphed, THAT is the not so much of the when but the WHY the husband knows that he’s been caught.
I’m so sorry that that detail on timing escaped you upon reading.
So confusing it might as well have been written in another language. That made the gotcha moment fizzle out weakly
If the numbers blocked how does the person on the other end know who it is? How does he not recognise the number before dialing?