Zero, Fifty or One Hundred

I had to go to the guest room as I could not stand to see anyone at this time. Thank God Vickie was watching Casey, How could I ever look her in the eye, knowing that I hurt her father. The only man I have ever really loved.

Bob

I checked into an extended stay motel, which was fairly close to my work. Between fits of rage and bouts of crying I was not able to sleep Thursday night at all. I turned off my cell phone because quite frankly, I didn't want to hear from Sharon.

I had given her three options and she chose the one hundred percent option. But that was provided the she had not had sex or given Luke Jonas or anyone else for that matter a blow job.

She bold faced lied to me and I have the video to prove it. I am sure that Luke Jonas videoed, the encounter to have leverage over her. How could she do something so stupid? I honestly thought that she was smarter than that.

Had Vickie not come to me, I would have been a clueless cuckle. At this point I really don't know what to believe out of Sharon's mouth. How long has she been cheating? How many other were there? Was Casey even my daughter? Believe me when you are thrown into a situation like this, you question everything.

Friday I called into work and spoke with my boss. I explained that I had a family crisis going on and asked for a week of vacation. He said no problem as he was thrilled with the latest project. He also informed me that when I came back to work, I would be in a new office and that we would discuss my raise at that time. I thanked him and let him know where I was staying for the time being in case he needed to get a hold of me. I also asked him not to divulge that to anyone. He asked, "Bob by anyone does that include your wife? "I said, "especially my wife."

He replied, "I am sorry to hear that, I know that you love her more than anything, so I am assuming it's pretty bad. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone where you are and I want you to know that I have been there. You are a good man. Don't do anything rash."

I replied, "I won't". We hung up.

Being in Purgatory is worse than going to hell. In Hell at least you have no hope. In Purgatory the waiting is the Hell. I called one of my college friends who is an attorney and asked him who the best Divorce Attorney is? He gave me two names. The first who he said was the best and a real shark was Rita d'Angelo. The other was Michael Brown. I chose the shark.

I knew that Sharon would get custody and child support. She really is a good mother. I figured that she would get the house until Casey was eighteen, then it would probably be sold. I also know that Sharon will not be able to afford the house so maybe we could convince her to downsize. I really didn't like the idea of having to pay her alimony. This is a no fault state and I do make three times what Sharon makes, so I would like to lessen that blow. The other problem is that I was sure that I would be getting a substantial raise, and would like to keep that from her.

My college friend contacted Ms. d'Angelo for me and set up an appointment for one o'clock. In the mean time, I decided to take out half of the savings and checking account, and put that into a new account. I also paid off our credit cards and had my name removed from the accounts. I did not want to cancel the cards in case Sharon had an emergency. I just didn't want to be responsible for her debts.

I sat around the motel until it was time to go and see Ms. d'Angelo. I was sitting in the reception area waiting to be called into her office and overheard several incoming calls. Three in a row, I could hear the caller screaming into the phone. The first guy called her a fucking bitch. The second call was a lady and she was crying, but was clear enough to call her a cunt. The third caller was another man, he was more subdued. He called her so many names I couldn't keep track of them. In each case the receptionist said the same things over and over. "I am sorry, but you need to contact your attorney and have him call Ms. d'Angelo."

I found the right shark.

When I was summoned into her office I stopped and was in a state of shock. I expected a battle hardened hag. Ms. d'Angelo was anything but that. She was gorgeous. about five two and weighed maybe one hundred pounds. Red hair and jade green eyes. She was dressed professionally, but that did little to hide her womanly charms.

She nodded to a chair at a table and said," What can I do for you?"

I kind of stuttered and said, "I need your help, I think I may be getting a divorce and need some guidance."

"Well then tell me a story and it better be the truth...the whole truth. I do not just take anyone, even if they are close friends of my friends. So start talking and leave nothing out."

I did, I told the whole story. How Vickie came to me, How Sharon lied and snuck around behind my back. Her date night that I interrupted. My offer of zero, fifty, or one hundred. Her choice. The meeting with Luke Jonas and then the bombshell, the video tape."

Ms. d'Angelo listened intently and finally spoke. "Luke Jonas huh, I have at least three divorces that, that shit head has caused. How stupid is your wife?"

"It was all a surprise to me, so I guess I am still in a state of shock."

Ms. d'Angelo or Rite as she preferred to be called, said she would take my case especially for the opportunity to get Luke Jonas in court again. I told her what I had done as far as trying to protect my money and she said that's fine as long as you left her living expenses. She said it will still be a fifty - fifty split up, child support and probably some living expenses. She thought she could protect everything else and advised me not to take the promotion or at least the raise for the time being.

Rita also wanted to know what the chances of reconciliation would be. I told her that as much as I love Sharon, I will not be a cuckled husband. As soon as she put Luke Jonas's dick in her mouth, it was over as far as I was concerned.

Rita said she understood. She thought she could have the paperwork finished and filed by Wednesday and have Sharon served on Thursday. Rita also said it would be best to serve her at work, because that kind of puts her bosses on notice that a potential law suit may be coming their way. Especially since everyone saw them dancing and having lunch breaks together. Rita then told me that Luke Jonas was on thin ice at work because of the previous cases. One more should just about do it.

There was no joy when I left her office. Only a deep feeling of failure. I knew and was dreading that I would have to call my parents and let them know soon. I hated that because my parents thought the world of Sharon and they would be devastated. I decided to wait until after I had her served to tell them.

For the rest of the day I stayed at the motel. They did have a pool a gym and a restaurant, so all my needs would be taken care of. I also didn't want to run the risk of running into any of our friends. Who knows what lies Sharon would tell them.

Sharon.

The weekend was miserable. Casey kept asking where daddy was. I cried most of the time. We were not even in our own beds. Ron and Vickie were great host and really didn't judge me any worse that what they already had said. I did have several conversations with Ron and in some ways it did help.

First off I realized he was right. There was nothing physically or mentally wrong with me. I was just being a spoiled princess. I wanted to have my cake and eat it too. I also realized that had I went to meet Luke Jonas alone, I probably would have ended up in bed with him. Surely on the weekend he would have videoed the encounter and then I really would have been in trouble.

We did not hear from Bob all weekend. I figured that I would call him at work on Monday or at least have Vickie contact him. I really thought about taking the week off of work, but decided to go into work and report everything to H.R.. I did not want them to find out from some other source.

Monday I went straight to H.R. and sat with the Director. I told her everything and exactly how it happened. I left nothing out and told the whole truth. She did say that I acted stupidly and that I am somewhat to blame. She placed me on probation and gave me a two week suspension from work only because she was going to take action against Luke. Luke did show up to work and was immediately called to H.R. with his supervisor. Luke was terminated and had to be physically removed from the building. As they were dragging him out, he yelled to everyone that could hear him what a whore I was.

I asked Vickie to contact Bob as I figured that he was still mad at me. She called but was told, Bob had taken the week off. Of course this depressed me more. I decided that I really need to contact Bob as I was afraid that Luke would do something to get even. I didn't want our house to burn down or for Casey to get hurt.

I decided to go to his job and see his boss. If anyone knew where he was at it would be him. I explained what I had done and again I told the truth. I asked him to get a hold of Bob so that he was aware that Luke Jonas was angry and vowing revenge. He said he would try and that's the best he could do. That was also the best that I could hope for.

It was Wednesday that my life took a further dive into hell. I was awakened by someone ringing the doorbell. Ron answered the door and talked to the guy. Ron called for me to come and as I did, I realized exactly what this was about. I was served divorce papers. I completely broke down.

Ron and Vickie tried comforting me but that was no use. Ron did say that one good thing would come out of this. I would be able to get Bob's attorney to get a message to Bob.

I got dressed and drove over to Bob's attorney's office. When I got there it floored me to see his attorney. She was spectacular. She agreed to see me but said that I should get my own attorney.

I had a hard time concentrating as this woman was so beautiful and not married, that I started having thoughts that she might try to latch into Bob.

I did explain everything to her. She was particularly interested in Luke getting arrested. When I was finished she did say that she would speak with Bob and get his take on this information. She thanked me for coming.

Rita, Bob's attorney called me on Friday and said that Bob would meet me at her office if I wished. She said that I must bring my own attorney with me or we could not meet. At this short of a notice, I really did not know if I could arrange for an attorney.

I told Rita, That I was hoping we would not need any attorneys as I was sure that once Bob heard the truth, he would stop any further divorce proceedings. Rita informed me that the meeting may or may not end in the results I was hoping for and if it didn't she did want to be accused of trying to strong arm me. She did wish me the best and hoped that I was right.

I could not let this opportunity pass to meet with Bob. I was desperate. I told Rita that if I could talk to Bob and he still wanted the divorce, I would sign the papers as is.

I knew that Bob would never let Casey suffer and from what I saw in the papers, he was giving me custody, child support and keeping the insurance on Casey. I would not be getting alimony or house maintenance but everything else was pretty straight forward.

Rita agreed and we set the appointment for two p.m., in her office.

The first thing I did was run home and find my best outfit. I wanted to remind Bob what he might be throwing away. I knew that I could not compete with his attorney, but I was counting on the love that I know Bob had for me and Casey.

I arrived on time and the secretary had me sit in the conference room. I noticed a second door to the room was slightly ajar and could hear Bob and Rita talking. I couldn't quite make out what they were saying so I stepped closer to the door.

I could see into Rita's office through a mirror. I saw Rita standing in front of Bob. Actually, where she was standing was too close to Bob for my comfort. Rita then leaned into Bob and gave him the deepest most seductive kiss I have ever seen. I was doing all I could to keep from busting into her office and attacking that bitch. They broke their kiss and turned to walk to the conference room. I kind of stepped back but stopped when I heard Rita say. "Hold on Bob, I want to give you something to keep your mind focused."

I looked back into the mirror and saw Rita reach under her dress and pull her panties off. She then stuck them in Bob's pocket. Then she said, "you ready, let's go."

I could hardly contain myself. I kept thinking that this was all my fault and if I wanted Bob back, I was going to have to fight for him.

Bob

Rita called me and explained what happened with her meeting with Sharon. Rita also told me that she did verify what Sharon said was true. She asked me what I wanted to do.

I explained to Rita, that I did believe that Sharon didn't actually have sex with Luke Jonas but the problem I was having was the disrespect and lying. I told Rita that I felt like she did this cheating so publicly that I felt as though people are laughing at me behind my back.

Finally Rita said , "Bob, do you want to save your marriage or not?" If you do, I have a plan. If you don't, we meet with her, let her talk and then she signs the papers."

I said, "Rita if there is any way to save my marriage I am all for it, I love my wife and my daughter. I just don't think she realizes just how bad this has hurt me."

Rita said, "Bob, you are one of the good guys. I knew it from the moment you walked into my office. You didn't ask me to burn the bitch. You wanted a fair shake in the divorce. So what I am proposing is we give Sharon a little of what she did to you back. Let her know just how it feels to betrayed."

Basically the plan was to get Sharon to come to the office. When she gets there, we would have Rita's office door open. Rita had a mirror that was strategically placed so that she could see when people were in the conference room. Rita said if we can see her, then she can see us. The plan was when we noticed Sharon watching us, Rita and I would kiss. When we were finished Rita would shimmy out of her underwear and put them in my pocket.

If all goes well then we would get Sharon to sign the papers but not file them. Sharon would have the weekend mulling around about what she saw. Hopefully she would get to feel exactly what I felt like.

I ask Rita, "won't you husband or boyfriend get upset with you giving some guy your panties."

Rita laughed and said, "probably if I had a husband or boyfriend. I am bi-sexual but I lean more towards the lesbian side. Occasionally my lover and I will bring a man into the mix, but mostly it's just her and I. besides, you are going to give my panties back aren't you?"

"We'll see," I said.

The plan was in place and I could tell it worked perfectly. When Sharon walked into the office. She was standing tall and even a little over confident. When we walked into the conference room we saw a defeated, broken woman sitting on the other side of the table.

Sharon

Bob and his attorney walked into the room. I could barely contain myself from ripping her head off. I was sitting here knowing that in Bob's pocket was her dirty panties. I also knew that this was not the time to explode. I was cordial as I greeted Bob. I waited for a few seconds looking at Bob and he finally said, "Sharon, this is your show, say what you got to say."

I spent the next half hour explaining to Bob everything that happened. I Made sure he looked at the evidence that I had not given Luke Jonas a blow job. I had the recording where he admitted that he was trying to blackmail me. I also had the certified statement from the police expert that the tape had been pieced together and that the woman giving Luke Jonas oral sex was not me.

I could tell that Bob was in deep contemplation. Bob looked up and said.

"Sharon you still don't get it. When you lied to me, deceived me, snuck around behind my back, yet so very publically that even your friends tried to get you to stop, our marriage was in deep trouble. I probably could get over that. But the first time you let him or any man touch you inappropriately, the first time you gave him a kiss in a more than friendly manner or giving another man your panties our marriage was done."

With all the wind knocked out of me knowing whatever I said now would make or put the final nail in my coffin.

"Bob," I said, "I admit that I did all those things. I admit that it felt good having men chase after me. You need to know one thing, I never stopped loving you and I never intended to let things go this far. Things just got out of hand and all I could think of is making sure you did not find out. I really was heading to tell Luke Jonas that we had to stop, and that I didn't want to ruin my marriage. Every time I got near him, he said just the right things to further seduce me. Could I have fallen in bed with him that night? It is possible, but was not my intent. Was I going to tease him one last time? Yes, that is why I dressed the way I did. I was stupid and had you not stopped me, I would have become Luke's next victim. I thank you for trying to save our marriage. I came here to remind and ask you to follow through on your words to me."

I saw Bob get a perplexed look on his face, but I continued.

"You know when you said Zero, Fifty or One Hundred just to remind you. You said I had a choice of those three and our marriage hung in the balance. Zero chance if I continued and went through with my date. Fifty percent if I blew off the date, stayed home and try to iron out or marriage. You said that If I took you to Luke and tell him to never bother me again and allow you to talk to him, and provided that I did not have sex with him or give him a blow job, you would be one hundred percent into to working our marriage out. I don't blame your reaction when Luke gave you that video. But now you know the truth. I did not have sex or give Luke a blow job. I have provided you with the proof. I will further take a lie detector test to further prove it if you want me too. I am asking you to follow through with that agreement."

"Give me the chance to prove to you that I love you. Luke was never a threat to you. I promise that I will never do anything that stupid again. Casey and I need you at home, where you belong."

Bob sat back and Rita interjected, "Well I think we are through here. Sharon you agreed that if you could talk to Bob, that you would sign the divorce petition." She slid it over to me. I waited to see if Bob was going to say anything. Nothing...I signed it and got up starting to leave.

Rita said, "I will file this with the court on Monday. There will be a six month wait for the divorce to be final."

I dropped my head and turned back towards the door.

Rita continued, "for what is it worth, you are still married right now and anything can happen within the next six months. If reconciliation happens, we can stop the divorce proceedings."

I think that gave me an element of hope. I turned back to Bob and said, "Bob, I am in this one hundred percent. Will you at least start taking my calls?"

He nodded yes. I left.

Walking out of Rita's office was like a death row inmate taking their final walk to the death chamber. When I got to the car, I broke down.

I know that there was no way I could compete with that bitch, Why would he want to take me after all the deceiving I did. I drove back to Ron and Vickie's. I think they could tell that it didn't go well for me. I stayed in my room most of the evening. I finally got up the nerve to face everyone. I looked into Casey's eye and thought, How am I going to explain this to her? Her deceitful mother drove her daddy away and for what. A piece of shit womanizer, who planned on Drugging me at dinner, raping and blackmailing me. Boy when I fuck up I really fuck.