Chapter 7
Jack
I had a bit of nervous energy balling in my stomach as I sat down on the couch next to Nicki with a vodka martini in my hand that Nicki had blended in the kitchen blender. I really have no idea what she may or may not say.
I did a lot of thinking on the five hour plane ride home. What if Nicki is going to tell me that she wants a divorce? Just the thought of that made me feel nauseous on the air plane.
Nicki
So this is it. Can I really just put it all out on the line and hope that Jack will want the same thing? I want to move on with my life. Move past being an escort. Move past the affair with Richard. I want to move forward. I want it to be with Jack.
But first, I must come clean. I must tell Jack everything. We must be able to move forward with no secrets. “I am a whore Jack! I have been an escort for the last fifteen years,” I blurted out before I could stop myself. “And I’ve had an affair for the past five years,” I added hastily.
“So that was how you were making so much money?” Jack asked in a chuckle. “You must be very popular or very high priced,” he added. “I am both,” I answered. “Is this what you wanted to talk to me about?” he asked.
“We’re in our 40’s Jack. It is time we settle down and figure out where our marriage is headed,” I told Jack. “I want us to figure this out together Jack! I want us to move forward together in this,” I added.
Jack
“I have fucked more groupies than I care to put a number to. On top of that, I’ve had an affair with Piper all this time,” I confessed.
Just laying it all out on the line. If we are going to move forward together, we will need complete honesty.
“I never stopped loving you Nicki. Never!” I blurted out.
“I sold the escort agency today and I told Richard that I would not be seeing him anymore,” Nicki told me softly. I want to move in a new direction in my life and I want it to be together with you,” Nicki suggested.
I was silent as I considered what I need to do to make those changes in my life.
“I will call Piper this first thing tomorrow and let her know that we are through. I will promote her and make her the PR manager for the band so I won’t have to go on the road anymore,” I told Nicki off the top of my head.
“You are right. It is time that we get together and plan out the rest of our lives. Figure where we want to be at in ten years, twenty or more,” I told my wife of twenty years.
“There’s some things I’d like to suggest while we are on this subject,” Nicki announced. “I have been thinking about all of this for quite some time,” she said. “Shoot baby. I’m willing to listen to anything you have to offer,” I replied.
“First. I’d like you to retire like I have. I checked our bank account and we have many millions. More than we could ever need. Neither one of us would ever have to work again,” Nicki told me.
“Second. I’d like us to join a swinger’s club. You and I have had sex with many others and I think that both of us would eventually miss that. If we doing swinging, we can do that together and still have sex with others without it being a threat to our marriage,” she suggested.
And third. This week is our twentieth anniversary and I have booked us for a one week vacation to Jamaica to start our new life together,” she informed me. “Jamaica?” I gasped with a huge smile. “Yes. It’s a special resort. I will tell you all about it when we get there.
I told Nicki that I agree with all three of her suggestions. I told he I would call in the morning to give my resignation. Tomorrow will be the first day of my retirement.