The Rescue Novel – I sneaked home to surprise my husband for our anniversary, and saw my husband and my friend having intercourse in our bed. They laughed and talked about how they had lied to me. I felt sick. He had been unemployed for three years, and I was making all of the money to maintain his luxurious life. Such a prick! I wiped my tears and walked out quietly. I called my lawyer and then transferred all the money in his bank account, also secretly installed surveillance cameras in the house to collect evidence of his infidelity. I had been gullible long enough, I would not take it anymore. He would see what I’m really capable of. – “Eric I have been paying for your fun for too long. Now the bank is closed. Enjoy the apartment and you will see us in court. Better get yourself a good lawyer, if you can afford it, that is.” With that, I turned and left without looking back.
Letting herself into her apartment, Michaella set her suitcase down and laid her keys on the entry table. It had been a long three weeks, and the last three days had been extremely extensive. She wanted to finish up the current contract as soon as was humanly possible so she could get home early to set up an anniversary surprise for her husband. They would be celebrating their fourth in a few days and she wanted to make it one to remember. Michaella had called Eric several days ago, to tell him that she wouldn’t be home until Saturday so he wouldn’t know something was up, and make the surprise even better. She was planning a special dinner then they would spend the rest of the night in bed, bath and more. She had been pleased when he said he had an interview today and it looked really promising and he would soon be working again.
Since he had been out of work for almost three years, Michaela didn’t want to be too hard on him, Michaella had come across a position which could be just what he might be looking for if the current interview didn’t pan out. It seems like she was always carrying him. First in college and shortly after they had gotten married. Michaella worked hard in college to keep them both in the black; it wasn’t easy with his spending habits. Eric had continuously told her he would pay her back, make it up to her, just waiting until that special job came along to make him a bread winner. It just wasn’t in his nature, she had decided. He like to be taken care of. She had been doing it so long, it had become like he was a child not a partner. Well, they would talk this through after her surprise and get back to where they had been when they first met; have him being more considerate of her and be that attentive person she knew he could be. She was so caught up in her own thoughts she almost didn’t hear the laughing going on in the apartment, in their bedroom to be specific.
She stopped in her tracks and listened to the voices. It was Eric, no doubt there, the other voice was familiar too. It was the laugh which gave her away. Gloria. Her friend from the spa where they were both members. She was more than stunned at this. Keeping very quiet, Michaella moved through the apartment to the door which was ajar. They were sprawled out on the king-sized bed, laughing and crooning about her. She listened to them talk about her, how they were pulling the wool over her eyes. Gloria asked when Eric was going to get a divorce, so they could be together all the time and stop sneaking around. Eric said something about not doing to that, because this way he as always available to her. Michaella took a moment, quick as it was to assess her situation. She listened for several minutes longer, getting more reviled than ever at their boldness and his infidelity. Carefully, she backtracked to the door, quietly picked up her suitcase, her keys and walked inaudibly toward the back of the apartment to the office. Noticing how the apartment looked, they hadn’t been doing much but ordering in and having intercourse in her bed. Too disgusted, she moved farther into her home.
She didn’t have to worry about Eric coming back here to find her. As far as she knew, he had never been back there. She walked to the office door and eased it open, went in and closed the door just as silently. Sitting down at the desk, Michaella began to think about what she had overheard. Eric had clearly stated to Gloria how he had duped his workaholic wife. She was so wrapped up in her own work, she had no idea how he was living the high life off of her. Could he really be so callous? Michaella, thought back to all the times he claimed to be looking for work. She played right in to his game. Now, over the years, through college and their marriage, she realized he had always been using her. She helped with his classes, often times providing him with finished homework, gave him spending money and even a place to live. They had been together since their junior year in college, got engaged in senior year and married after she took her full-time position. She was making all of the money, paying their rent and car payments, their utilities and living expenses.
He had never really contributed to their lifestyle, never offered to contribute to it even. Michaella had been gullible long enough, she would not take it anymore. Eric would see what she as really capable of. At her desk, Michaella turned her computer on and set to work at getting her cheating husband out of her life. Since she paid all of the bills, she knew exactly where to begin: in the wallet where it would hurt him the most. He hadn’t paid his own credit cards, car payment or even car insurance for as long as they had been married, so it made it easy for her to access to all of the accounts she needed. First was to figure out exactly how much he had actually spent while claiming to be looking for work. She brought up the statements from his two credit cards, downloading the expense statements for the last five years. She quickly reviewed the items over the last six months and mentally kicked herself for being too busy with work to look at the details, but just paying the account balances each month. ing. With that plan in place, it was time to work on getting out of her marriage. Michaella placed a called to her lawyer, Lauren, to lay out what she had just discovered. Her advice was to get what evidence for infidelity that she could.
There was also the fact that she had a prenup to back her up. Next, they decided about the apartment itself. It was in both of their names, Eric’s and Michaella’s. Since it was still rented and the lease was up soon, Lauren suggested to Michaella that she go to the management company about redoing it, taking her name off. They could feasibly get her out of it, if the rest of the lease is payed off. Eric couldn’t handle the rent alone without a job and Michaella wasn’t sure of Gloria’s living arrangements. Michaella sent off an email to her management contact to set up an appointment. Saying their good-byes until the next day, Michaella tapped her phone off. Not realizing she had been on the phone so long, Michaella heard the front door open.
The wash machine was done so the apartment was quiet. She waited to hear them talking, but didn’t hear anything until the front door opened and closed again and was locked from the outside. Apparently, they were going to her place for the night. She also noticed he hadn’t activated the security system. Come to think of it, it wasn’t activated when she entered hours ago. It wasn’t very smart of him to forget and the possibility of a break-in. Soon, she too wouldn’t care! She was going to sneak out and buy a digital camera to collect evidence of his cheating. She sneered and said, “Get ready to be kicked out of the house, you prick!”