The Devil With A Deal:>>Ep11

All four of us stared at each other in the hallway, nervously. It felt like one of those Agatha Christie books where it turns out the four of us were secretly the killer and we had all just figured it out. My eyes raced from Vanessa to Tara to Kate. I had no safe place to stare.

"Katie spilled wine on her dress," Vanessa said, "That's what we were doing in that bedroom. Getting her a clean outfit."

"Yes," Kate said, staring down at the dress. God, she was a terrible liar. Even if I had no idea what was going on, that one word would've given everything away.

"Well, I hope you two have been having fun," Vanessa said to Tara and me, not even trying to hide what she actually meant. The implication was clear. Judge not lest ye be judged and all that jazz.

But right when it seemed like things were about to erupt, Tara used her own tragedy to prevent ours.

"I caught Jesse with another woman," my sister-in-law blurted out.

"Oh my God, what happened?" Kate asked. And just like that the dam broke -- my wife's concern for her little sister washed away her remorse and drowned her own suspicions.

"We found some chick blowing him in a bedroom," Tara said.

"Oh my God, Andy, why didn't you come get me?" Kate asked, turning on me as if I was the transgressor (which I was, actually, but I wasn't going to tell her that).

"Andy's been super supportive," Tara said, "He's been taking amazing care of me."

it wasn't the stench of another man's semen. "I'm so

I knew I was supposed to be angry. But what had my wife done in that room that I didn't just

mean the blowjob from Tara (although also, yes). But seeing Kate, finally, let loose and open herself to sexual experiences was like seeing my caterpillar wife become a beautiful, sexual butterfly. Her

replied, and my

Vanessa said, turning to Tara, "Positive consent between couples is super important for this kind of thing. I hate the way cheating gets tangled up with sharing. They are not the same thing. If you want, we can

fine," Tara said, dismissively. "Honestly, I

This was fine, honestly. We'd both transgressed a little, but it wasn't too bad. In fact, there was a real possibility that the evening's events would bring us closer. Allow

skirted danger, but avoided disaster. A nice, easy,

you leave," Vanessa said, "All three of you are sloshed.

grab an Uber,"

house. As you saw, there's plenty of bedrooms. Sleep it off so you can feel fresh and ready

was

overly kind as always. "Where will you and Brian sleep if we're

her husband, plowing that chubby woman in the other room. Yes, those two had a

safer that way,"

does make

the side. Again,

and the beautiful blonde showed us how to use it. After she was sure we

three of us sat on the edge of the bed. I turned on the TV and flicked through the channels. There was something cozy

Jesse?" Kate

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