I was awakened from my deep slumber by the sound of the shower running. Looking across at the bedside clock through sleep-encrusted eyes. It read 03:00 am. Jesus, that's late to be coming home from a girl's night out, I thought, and why would Helen be taking a shower at this hour? She had never bothered in the past after getting home from a night out with the girls.
I closed my eyes and rolled back over on my side. It must have been a good ten minutes before Helen finally slid into the bed and uncharacteristically didn't snuggle into my back. I didn't move and made out I was asleep; of course, nature took its course, and eventually, I simply drifted back off to sleep.
I knew Helen wouldn't get up early, especially since it was Saturday. I got up, went downstairs, and made myself a coffee. I sat on the patio and could not help but think about Helen's uncharacteristic behavior last night.
We had been married five years, and she often went out straight from work with her girlfriends from the office on a Friday night. But she had always been home around midnight or before; if I had been in bed, she would climb in and snuggle up to me. This always ended in a hot session of sex, usually either alcohol-induced or sometimes because some hot guy had flirted with her.
I didn't mind these sex sessions as Helen always got pretty wild telling me her fantasies. Most of the time, it involved a stranger at the bar fucking her in the toilets or against a wall in an alley outside.
I always got turned on by the outrageous dirty bedroom talk. But I couldn't shake the nagging suspicion that it was no longer a fantasy for Helen. I think Helen cheated on me last night.
It was really bothering me, so I did something I had never done before or never had reason to do. I looked through her phone for evidence of a meet-up with a guy. I was relieved when I found nothing, so I decided I was overthinking it and headed upstairs to brush my teeth after breakfast. I quietly headed to the ensuite bathroom and closed the door. Helen was still sleeping, and I didn't want to wake her.
As I brushed my teeth, I saw the laundry basket in the mirror; turning, I saw the dress Helen had worn to work yesterday sitting on top. Curiosity got the better of me, and I picked the dress up. Nothing out of the ordinary. Her lacey black bra was next on the pile, but I couldn't find the matching black underwear I had seen her put on yesterday morning.
I started pulling all the clothes out, looking for her panties, finding them pushed right down the bottom of the basket. I grabbed them, and instantly, my heart sank. They were soaking wet. Opening them up, I saw what I had dreaded most. The gusset of the panties was covered in what looked like and certainly smelt like jizz.
I sat on the edge of the bath, cum soaked panties in my hand. I felt betrayed, let down, and jealous, which turned to anger, which made me feel sick. I shoved the wet panties in my pocket and headed back downstairs. I would make her sweat bullets, wondering what happened to them when she went to do the laundry, and I knew she would try to do it as soon as she got out of bed. If she is cheating on me, she would want to hide it.
After lunch, Helen walked into the kitchen with the laundry basket in her arms on her way to the laundry. If nothing else, she was predictable. So, I sat and waited to see her reaction. It was only minutes before Helen came out of the laundry, looking somewhat anxious, racing past me back upstairs.
While she franticly raced around, retracing her movements, looking for the soiled panties, I calmly placed them on the fridge door with a fridge magnet and waited. When she walked back into the kitchen and saw them hanging there on the fridge, the look on her face was priceless.
She snatched them from the fridge sending the magnet flying.
"It's funny how people react when they feel guilty about something," I said as she stormed into the laundry.
I followed her to question her more, knowing full well she would deny it.
"So, who did you fuck? And how long has it been going on?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about, Brett. I didn't fuck anyone!"
"Oh, you fucked someone. Do you think I'm stupid? You come home at three in the morning and take a shower. All your clothes are on the top of the basket, but your cum soaked panties are buried in the bottom. That's not suspicious at all."
"Fuck you, Brett. Do I ask you what you have been doing when you go out with your friends and give you the third degree? I said I hadn't fucked anyone, so just drop it. You are starting to piss me off."
"The guilty always get pissed off when they have been caught out. As I said, I'm not an idiot. Those panties you were frantically looking for were full of fresh cum, and it wasn't mine."
"You're a fucking asrehole. You know that don't you? You couldn't just mind your own business. You come in here accusing me of fucking someone else. You had to keep pushing the point. Well, fuck you, Brett. What If I did fuck someone else. So, fucking what. You don't seem to mind when I tell you about it while I ride your dick."
"Thank you for finally being honest with me. And indulging in fantasy sex talk while fucking and actually fucking another guy behind my back is not the same thing. So, I suggest you go pack your bags and get the fuck out of my house."
"If you are going to be an arsehole about it. Just so you know, all those other times when I was talking about fucking other guys, it wasn't fantasy talk. I have been cuckolding you for ages. I was simply describing my latest conquest while giving you sloppy seconds. And secondly, it's our house arsehole, and I'm not going anywhere. Why don't you move out if it bothers you so much."
I could feel my blood starting to boil. She was actually telling me it wasn't the first time. It had been multiple times, then tried to justify her action. And make me out to be the bad guy. I walked out before I did something I would regret, like punch her right in the face. I grabbed a few beers from the fridge and sat on the patio. Wondering what I was going to do.
A couple hours and about eight beers later, I heard the car reverse out of the garage. By the time I got out the front, Helen was driving away down the street. I assumed to go and fuck one of her lovers again.
Twelve beers in, I was sitting outside drowning my sorrows when the front doorbell rang. "Fuck off," I yelled.
I didn't know who it was, but I didn't want to see anyone right now. But they kept on ringing the damn bell. Reluctantly I got up and stumbled to the door. Those beers really starting to hit home.
Opening the door, Merrideth, Helen's mother, was standing there dressed in a super sexy outfit like she was going on a hot date. Merrideth had just turned fifty, and she looked like a glamour model. She was stunning.
During the first gulf conflict, Helen's father was killed in action, and Merrideth never remarried. After Wes had died, she threw herself into work and now owns and runs a very successful real estate business.
"Look, Merrideth, whatever you have to say, I'm not interested. If Helen wants to talk to me, she can come home and do it herself. She doesn't need to send her mother around to do her dirty work. I have nothing to say to you, so just leave me alone," I said before walking away, leaving her standing in the doorway.
"Brett, I have no idea what the hell you are talking about. I'm here to pick Helen up. She is my date for the Real estate annual gala mystery auction tonight. What the hell is going on?"
"Ask your daughter. She is the one that can't keep her legs closed."
"Brett, I have no idea what's going on, but can you please stop being so damn cryptic and tell me where Helen is, please."
"If I had to guess, Merrideth, I would say on her back with her legs spread, getting fuck somewhere."
Merrideth grabbed me by the arm and turned me around.
"Brett, I can see you are very upset right now but can you please tell me what's going on? I'm getting quite upset with how you are acting."
"Fine, do you want a beer?" I asked.
"No, and I'm not sure you really need another either. Why don't you put the beers back in the fridge? Come sit down and tell me what has made you so upset."
"Fine, but I'm keeping the beers."
Merrideth followed me out to the patio. I could see Merrideth mentally taking note of all the empty bottles scattered around. Sitting down, I cracked another one and started talking. I gave Merrideth the entire story, even the part about our fantasy bedroom talk, turning out not to be fantasy talk but reality.
"I'm not sure what to say, Brett. I can't believe Helen would do such things as you described."
"Of course not. You're her mother. Of course, you would take her side and not believe me," I said, feeling pissed off.