The Island Pt. 05

"I'm going to kill the bitch," Ashley growled. "She's not getting away with this."

"Princess, just breathe. She can't possibly win. I've told you that," I replied calmly.

"This is the second offer she's refused. Why won't she just crawl away and die?" she continued.

"Because she thinks she got everything. She grabbed your phone and my laptop. She thinks they're all gone," I told her again.

"If that phone is dead I lose my island. We're leaving a lot to chance on it, Richard. Please promise me that this is going to work out," she begged.

"She's playing a game she cannot win, princess. I had her beat the day after she left. We needed to wait so that we could come up with a plan before we confronted them and we figured one out. Trust the plan, my love," I replied.

My ex had gone to a lawyer to take everything from me. She accused me of being the cheating party in our relationship and by the terms of the agreement I had signed, that meant I lost everything and she got it all.

When we had gotten back from Hawaii there had been a few items missing from both our houses. Ashley's duplicate phone with all the pictures of Chris and my ex fucking in the motel was gone, as well as my laptop and every USB flash drive I owned. I had thought ahead and purchased a new phone for Ashley as well as a duplicate of her old one. The original I had sent to my lawyer for safe keeping. I had hoped it would never come down to it but I was smart enough to prepare for the worst just in case.

Instead of just pulling the original phone out and ending this, I had made a counter offer to make her walk away. I didn't want her out on the street with nothing. She was the mother of my children after all. She had refused and continued on with the lawsuit. This was my second offer and it had been refused as well. I had talked it over with Ashley and we were going to make a third and final offer. If that was refused we would use the original phone and get an expert to confirm the pictures were authentic. That would leave her with nothing and give me the right to take everything she had acquired while we were together, but I wasn't interested. I just wanted this over.

"Can we go check to make sure? If it won't even turn on we're finished," Ashley asked.

"We need the date stamped on the sealed envelope until we have to use it, my love. Have faith. Even if it won't turn on, the memory will be intact and there are companies out there that can recover the data. It'll add a bit of time but there's no way she can win this," I replied.

"Richard, you know I love you, but you're driving me crazy. How can you be so calm?" Ashley asked with a growl.

I didn't answer her question directly. Instead I picked her up and tossed her onto the bed.

"Now? Really? You think this is going to shut me. . ." she almost finished her sentence.

Tearing her gstring off I set my mouth against her pussy and sucked her lips hard.

"You're a jerk," she moaned softly.

I just shrugged and went back to making sure she was distracted. It took her a second but soon she had forgotten what she was so upset about and concentrated on what I was doing to her, and not long after that she came hard against my mouth. Pent up emotions let loose and her whole body shook from the release.

When she had calmed down I slid up to kiss her and slowly pushed my cock inside her.

"Fuck I love you," she panted as I kissed her neck and cheek.

An hour later we stood together in the shower just holding each other as the warm water splashed around us.

"Are you sure, Richard?" she whispered.

"If you keep this up we're not going to get much done. I'll be distracting you with my cock the whole time," I teased.

"I know. I'm sorry. It's just after what they did and what they are putting us through, I want to make sure they pay for it, and I really don't want to lose my island."

"You won't, my love. I promise you," I replied.

The day of the hearing finally arrived. Ashley and I couldn't wait for it to finally be over. This whole thing with my ex was causing a lot of stress and Ashley was having a hard time dealing with it. Dealing with me mostly. She couldn't understand how I could remain so calm and collected even with my ex threatening to take everything from me.

"Richard, promise me. Are you one hundred percent sure she won't win?" Ashley asked me again for the hundredth time as we walked into the courthouse.

"She cannot possibly win, princess. She signed those papers as I did. I promise you, she cannot win this," I said.

My ex had gone into full panic mode early in our relationship. When we found out she was pregnant with our first daughter she had demanded an agreement that, amongst other things, detailed that if either party cheated on the other, then the relationship was to be terminated immediately upon discovery. The cheater would walk away with nothing, forfeiting everything to the party cheated on.

This is what my ex was trying to use against me in court. She was claiming that I never had grounds to throw her out and that I was the one who had cheated with Ashley in Hawaii.

Even with all she was trying to do to me, I had still offered her a settlement so that she would have some semblance of a normal life. Instead she was refusing and trying to take everything I had.

Sitting down across from Chris and my ex I smiled warmly. I had been advised to be nice since it would probably irritate her to the point of her doing something stupid. My lawyer had brought the package but still glanced at me nervously. We hadn't opened it because we needed it to be sealed in case we had to use it. I was still hoping she would take the third deal I had offered her.

Ashley sat down beside me looking amazing in her blue suit. Her jacket was open revealing her white shirt buttoned up to the top. Her chest stood out but nothing was showing, and when she sat, her knee length skirt and the curvy, fit legs it hid, disappeared beneath the desk.

My ex just glared as if she was in the presence of pure evil. She had not forgotten my words the day I threw her out and wouldn't get over them. Even now I could see anger starting to boil inside her.

Ashley just smiled sweetly and held my hand.

When the judge walked in we all stood, sitting back down after he seated himself. He picked up the case file and looked around. With a grunt he just shook his head.

"Let's get this over with. I'm tired of seeing you two," he said grumpily. "Let me be absolutely clear here. The other visits we had were for mediation. Today is the final hearing to decide once and for all who gets what. You haven't reached a settlement and if today's offer is rejected, you're leaving it up to the courts to decide. Leaving it up to me to decide. Are you taking his offer this time?"

She replied that she only wanted what was due by the terms of our agreement.

He sighed and turned to me.

"Richard, your recent submission stated you had new evidence to back up your claim that she was in fact the cheating party. What have you got for me?" he said.

My lawyer slid the sealed puropak over to him along with a handful of papers.

"What am I looking at?" he asked.

"Your honor, I have been holding this back because I was hoping she would accept my offer. I didn't want to have to go down this path. Inside the envelope is the original phone used to snap pictures of her cheating on me before I threw her out. The pictures are from last August, long before my trip to Hawaii with Ashley in March. My apologies but the phone may need to be charged," I replied.

"If this is true, Richard, you have wasted quite a bit of the court's time. This could have settled the matter months ago," he said.

"Is this true?" he asked turning to my ex.

She denied it completely but there was a look of fear on her face as well.

"Your honor, before you open it, may I?" I asked motioning towards my ex.

He nodded and waited for me to address her.

"Before he opens it and turns this whole thing around on you, my last offer stands. Take it and walk away. Once that phone comes out the deal is gone. You know damn well what you did and we both know the game you're playing here. You're going to lose everything if you push any further," I said to her.

She leaned over to whisper to her lawyer then whispered over at Chris. The expression on his face said he wanted to see me lose everything, and my ex just looked back at me and shook her head refusing the deal.

"I hope you were getting paid as you went along and weren't hoping to collect out of the settlement," I said to her lawyer.

Ashley giggled which earned her a glare from my ex.

"Then let's find out," the judge said opening the puropak.

Inside was a second sealed puropak and he shot me an annoyed glance. I just shrugged an apology and watched a small smile cross his face for a second.

We all watched as he dumped the contents on the table. There in front of us all sat Ashley's original phone and charger. This was the only remaining record of my ex cheating on me with Chris. All other copies had been deleted by someone who still remained 'unknown.' It was such a coincidence that the lawsuit happened just after they had disappeared.

The phone was dead and the judge leaned over to plug it in to get it charging. Ashley was smiling at me and her eyes were sparkling. My ex however was getting very nervous and kept leaning over to talk with her lawyer. While we waited the judge looked over the paperwork concerning all of our assets.

When the phone finally buzzed that it had enough charge to turn on my ex went into panic mode.

"I'll take the deal," she said quickly.

The judge looked at me and I just shook my head. A sad smile of understanding crossed his face but he didn't comment.

"I asked you and you wanted to keep going with this," I said to her. "You knew you were lying and wanted to 'fuck me over real good one last time.' Those were your words, weren't they? It's too late," I said to her.

"Richard, please," she whispered. "You'll leave me with nothing."

"That's not true. You'll always have him," I replied nodding towards Chris.

She glared at me but managed to keep her mouth shut. I turned my head away and just looked at the judge.

As the phone turned on the judge looked over at Ashley and asked her to tell him how to get into it, and where the pictures were. She gave him the password and told him where to click. When the code worked and he was able to get into the phone my ex turned white and started sobbing.

"You took these pictures, little lady?" he asked Ashley.

"Yes, your honor," she replied.

"Then you and I are going to have to have a talk about destruction of private property later," he said with a grin.

Ashley just smiled and winked at him.

Passing the phone to the IT expert we had brought in to authenticate the pictures he looked over at my ex.

"With the time stamps on the pictures, and the sealed packages with dates, there is no doubt in my mind that it was in fact you who broke the arrangement you made with Richard. I'm sure our friend here will confirm it in a few minutes. You should have walked away from your union with nothing. That he let you keep your things and took the time to pack up and ship the rest, then made multiple attempts to offer you a deal before finally putting an end to this speaks to the kind of man he is," he said.

"This device has not been tampered with. There are no signs of it being opened or parts changed. The core operating system is missing several updates and correlates to the time frame that it was sealed. The timestamps on the photos in question indicate last August," the IT guy said. "You may ask for a second opinion but they will just come to the same conclusion. These pictures are authentic and have not been tampered with. Very nice touch to add a shot of yourself at the Purolator outlet the day you sealed and sent it."

I just smiled at him and gave him a quick wink.

"This is over. I rule in favor of Richard," the judge said.

The IT expert placed the phone and charger on the table and went back to reviewing the information he had taken from it. Before my ex could, Ashley grabbed it and tucked it in her jacket pocket.

"Not a chance," she growled at my ex. "You've put us through months of hell trying to rip us off. Threatening to take my island away from me, and put us out on the street. You knew you were lying and yet Richard still wanted to make sure you were OK. No. I'm keeping this and making sure those pictures are safe. We are not doing this again."

Taking my hand Ashley let me lead her from the room. Out in the hall the judge looked at Ashley with a smile.

"Nice job on what I assume was daddy's car. I would've done a lot worse," he said.

"It was a heat of the moment thing," she replied with a sad smile.

"Sorry it had to come down to that, Richard. I see the kind of man you are and know what this must be doing to you," he said to me.

"I tried my best, but I will only go so far. You have my apologies for not bringing the phone up sooner. I really wanted her to take a deal. There was love there once. I wanted her to be OK," I replied.

"I get paid the same anyway. I'm happy that the system worked for you. Take care," he said and then was off.

"I'll admit I was terrified until that phone popped out of the bag, Richard," my lawyer said. "You told me what it was but until I saw it I was nervous. Without it we would probably be having a very different conversation right now."

"Thank you for everything. Send the final bill to my office and I'll make sure you get paid right away. We still on for the BBQ this weekend?" I replied.

"Of course. The wife and kids are looking forward to it. I'll bring some champagne so we can celebrate," he said.

"Good stuff. With what you're charging me you can afford it," I teased.

We shook hands and he kissed Ashley's cheek, then he too was off.

Ashley reached into her jacket and pulled out an envelope giving me a long look before handing it to me.

"You are a very rare man, Richard. I don't know if I would be this generous if I were in your shoes, but I understand. This is the kind of thing that makes you the man I am in love with. I do not agree with it but I respect it," she said.

I leaned down and kissed her long and passionately before taking the envelope from her.

Walking back in to the room my ex had her head down on the desk and was sobbing. Her lawyer had already left but Chris was with her.

"Here," I said sliding the envelope across to her. "It's nothing near the offer you refused but it'll keep you from going into debt over this charade you tried to pull. I will still make sure the girls are taken care of but this is the last cent you will ever get from me," I said.

"I don't need your charity, Richard," she growled.

"Then don't deposit it. But stay out of the girl's money. My accountant is watching like a hawk and will come down hard on you if you touch any of it. After today individual accounts will be set up for them anyway," I replied.

"You're an asshole," she said angrily.

"Tell me, how did you enjoy our last fuck? Was it everything you imagined it would be?" I shot back.

"Fuck you!" she screamed.

"No. I don't think so. But I am going to take Ashley home and fuck her until she can't even remember her own name," I replied looking directly at Chris.

His glare spoke volumes about his opinion of me shoving my cock into his oldest daughter and he made a move as if to get up. I just laughed at him as if to dare him and he backed down.

"Good choice. Jail wouldn't be very convenient for you right now. You have a girlfriend to support and a divorce to go through," I said to him with a laugh.

Ashley and I left them there. We could hear my ex screaming and crying as we walked down the hall, neither of us could be bothered to look back.

Back at the car we dumped our jackets in the back and then sat there for a second just breathing. The nightmare was finally over. Tears Ashley couldn't hold back slid silently down her cheeks. I understood. The roller coaster ride was finally done and the relief was overwhelming. Truth be told, I had secretly been praying that the phone had survived. Without being able to check on it I was worried about the memory failing. If that had been the case we would have sent it off, but it would have added a month to this ordeal. We just wanted it over.

Ashley's hands were shaking and I reached over to hold them. She looked up at me and I could see the relief and sorrow in her eyes. Our families had grown up together and my ex had been a big part of her life before everything had gone sideways. The relief of this being over was the only thing that blocked the hurt I was sure she was feeling.

"Let's go home, my love. I need you bad right now," she whispered to me.

"As my princess commands," I replied.

The ride back home should have taken an hour but with construction in the city and the new highway being built, we knew we had a longer drive than that. Ashley it seems was more worked up than I thought. When we finally got onto the highway and were settled in traffic inching along slowly, she reached into her skirt and slipped off her gstring. It was soaked.

"When the judge ruled in our favor I started to get excited," she said explaining.

"I think I'm getting excited now," I replied and reached over to slide my hand between her legs.

She leaned her seat back as far as it would go and unbuttoned her shirt. Hiking her skirt she placed her foot against the dash and spread her legs giving me free access to her tiny pussy. Once my fingers touched her soft flesh there was no stopping them. Sliding along between her lips my fingers were soaked instantly and I teased her tiny hole without penetrating her. Soft moans escaped her throat and she slipped her hand up to free her breasts from her bra.

We were actually stopped in traffic at the moment and I stole a glance over at the woman I loved. Her eyes were closed and she was tugging at her nipples waiting for my fingers at her clit to work their magic. When I started rubbing she arched her back and cried out. Pressing her pussy hard against my hand it didn't take long before she was squirming in her seat.

A quick honk from the person behind me reminded me that I had to keep my eyes on the road and I decided it would be best to finish Ashley off quickly.

My fingers on her clit moved frantically and she could barely stay in the seat. With a cry that scared drivers around us she came hard against my hand. I slid it down to catch everything, then brought it up to my lips to lick clean as she looked over at me.

"Fuck I needed that," she whispered moving the seat into an upright position. "Thank you my love."

Sucking the last of her cum off my fingers I just smiled over at her. She had tucked her breasts back into her bra but left her shirt open and a few of the other drivers were trying hard not to get into an accident while looking over.

"When we get home I am going to make sure you cum over and over again, princess," I said with a wink.

"You'd better. This is only going to hold me so long," she replied.

Once past the end of the construction the road opened up and we made it home twenty minutes later. Ashley quickly did up her top but stuffed her gstring down the front of my pants making me hard instantly. I just smiled at her, calling her a tease, and grabbed our jackets from the back of the car while she made her way into the house. We had talked on the way home and decided to try to fool Charlene and Erica. They were waiting as we came through the door with anxious faces.

"Start packing," I said as gloomily as I could.

Ashley started crying for good measure and the twin looks of shock on their faces were priceless.