HOME EARLY
As the wheels to the plane touched down, Fred
O'Connor reached up to the over head bin and hauled down his one carry on piece
of luggage. "Home a day early," he thought to himself, "boy will Sylvia be
surprised to see him!" He grabbed a hack in front of the terminal and gave the
driver his address in Northbrook, an upper middle class suburb twenty miles
north of Chicago's loop. It had been a grueling trip, four cities in three days,
and it felt good to be home! The cab stopped in front of his split level, and
Fred was in such a good mood he tipped the driver and extra tenner!!! He
couldn't wait to get inside and give Sylvia the good news about his trip, big
sales to two of his regular customers, and a pretty nice one to a guy he had
been working on for over a year! As he strode up the walk to his front door, he
was a little bit puzzled that the house was dark, it was only ten p.m., and both
cars were in the garage, so she must be at home.
Besides the lights, the next thing that seemed out of the ordinary was the
smell, the moment he closed the front door behind him, he detected the aroma of
burning incense. He was about to yell out to her, when all at once he recalled
that about a month ago he thought he detected the faint smell incense, but
Sylvia had just laughed it off and told him that she had spilled some vanilla
while cooking, and that must be what he was smelling. He hadn't given it another
though until this very moment, but the odor hanging heavy in the air was
definitely incense! "Why would she lie about something like that," he thought,
while quietly climbing the carpeted stairway?!? The closer he got to the spare
bedroom at the end of the hall the stronger the aroma got, and from the
partially open door he could see a very dim light being cast by what seemed to
be that of a candle. He silently pushed the door slightly more ajar, and as his
eyes accustomed themselves to the candle light, he almost fainted from what he
was seeing!!! There on the bed spread eagle, with her hands and feet tied to
each corner of the bed frame, was his beautiful blonde wife of five years, lying
naked before a huge black man, who from what Fred could see, was completely
naked as well!!!
...CONTINUES
IN THE MEMBERS SECTION