Because of the suddenness of his decision to go to Boston, Jim had not told Helen he was coming. About mid-day he called her. After their usual chat he invited her to dinner, enjoying her confusion.

“I’m right here in town,” he laughed. “I came in unexpectedly and decided to surprise you.”

“Oh, what a nice surprise. Will you be here long? She asked.

“About a week. Are you free for dinner tonight?”

I’m sorry, I’m busy tonight; how about tomorrow.?”

A disappointed Jim agreed to a date the next evening, and spent his first night alone. He called home to Cassie, who seemed subdued, but was pleasant with him, telling him that she loved him before they hung up. He was surprised that she was at home.

At dinner the next night, Helen asked after Cassie and Jim ended up telling her everything that had gone down. She listened quietly, occasionally nodding her head as if in agreement, with what, he wasn’t sure.

He really had not intended to bring it all up, but it came out unbidden. He apologized to Helen for being a downer.

“It’s all right. I could see you have it on your mind,” she put her hand on his, smiling in sympathy.

“What would you have done?” He asked.

“Jim, I think you know I like you, I like you a lot. At one time I was ready to see you leave Cassie and I would have been ready to pick up with you.”

Jim had an ominous feeling about where this was going.

“I have had a lot of time to think about you two. I have decided that you belong together and I should not get my hopes up for a future with you. I have moved on.

“I still believe you can make it; but more, I believe that you are in the wrong about her and Frank, and you are making things worse than they need to be.”

Jim started to object, but she raised her hand to silence him and went on.

“Let me say my piece than if you disagree we can talk. You two have had a marvelous and long time together, a love affair for years. But things change and people evolve, as do their needs and wants. If you don’t adapt, things can get rough for you.

“Apparently for Cassie, she has discovered a part of her that she hadn’t known of. She can enjoy sex at another level than before. Who would not want to explore and enjoy the kind of bliss that Frank seems able to bring her.

“Yet, she continued to be loving and care for your needs as before with no let up. She never before asked to stay with him overnight or over a weekend, did she?

“What if Cassie objected to the many hours per week that you play golf, or work when you could retire and spend them with her? What does she do now at home alone while you are here with me?”

“She is probably in bed with Frank.”

“Well, what are you hoping will happen here tonight? Don’t answer that. If I remember correctly, in the past, she saw Frank when you were otherwise occupied, and you didn’t even notice. You didn’t notice a diminution of her affection or the sex you two had. She made sure of that.

“Maybe, she even gave you extra attention to make sure you didn’t feel short-changed. Things were pretty good for you until you heard them planning their trysts around your activities.

“Even then, you played with the two of them together and played with that monster cock of his. Now because of your demands, you get to sit alone for a couple of nights per month imagining what they are doing and have an exhausted wife the next morning.

"You haven’t become a successful executive by being inflexible. Nor should your marriage be negotiated like a union/management contract.

“More significantly, you are driving her away, probably to an unhappy ending for all of you. You love each other, and want what is best for each other, so try to make room for her to play this out. It can’t last forever, but you and she can.

“Now, let’s you and I go home and make love; after taking you to the woodshed as I just did, I want to rock your world, even if it’s just for one night, OK?”

“Wow! You sure did the first part of that. I hope I can step up for the second part.” Jim didn’t know what to think.

“Since we last were together, I have shed some of my old ideas about monogamy among other things. I’m jealous of what you and Cassie have, but if she is willing to share you, I’m on board. I wonder of she is willing to share Frank as well…. Kidding!”

Suddenly, Jim was not sure that she was, but his imagination ran wild, and his cock responded favorably. In the morning Helen informed him that she would be busy that evening.

“Does this mean you have a boyfriend now?” he asked her.

“A couple, but they don’t hold a candle to you. I hope they are teachable.”

His mind was busy digesting his new situation until the problems of work took precedence. When he left for the day he went to his apartment to change for a dinner alone.

He opened the door to the aroma of food cooking. The bedroom door opened, and out walked Cassie with an impish grin on her face, followed by Helen with a similar look.

“Look who I ran into,” she announced to a flabbergasted Jim. Cassie wrapped him in a big hug.

“Hello darling, I couldn’t stay away. I hope it’s alright to be here.”

Jim started to make a comment about whether Frank knew where she is, but she placed her finger on his lips and shushed him. “He doesn’t get a vote,” she said.

Dinner was delicious as were the evening’s activities. Jim was both an observer and a participant.

I’ll need to get a king sized bed for here, he thought when the three of them awoke in the morning. Now that I have committed to work here, I hope Cassie will accompany me often.