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Sleep of the Guilty
Date: 2/15/2015, Categories: Wife Lovers, Author: marlowe, Rating: 2, Source: LushStories
Boyd smile. Everyone was looking forward to the New Year’s Eve party. Mary had spent most of the week baking food and preparing the house for her sons coming home party. After finishing a short tour in Northern Ireland, Jimmy was back in the North East on two weeks home leave. Although Jimmy and Sandra’s marriage continued to be estranged, for the sake of their child they continued to live under the same roof but still slept in separate bedrooms. Most people who lived on the council estate rarely set foot inside the local pub, but for some reason they always felt an obligation to show their faces on New Year’s Eve. Smiling faces with outstretched hands greeted people they hadn’t seen for years but didn’t like anyway, buying drinks and cursing at the prices, wishing they had stopped at home in front of a warm fire and the TV. After pushing their way through a human tide of spirited people, Mark and Frank were immediately confronted with Sandra and Jimmy in a heated exchange of abusive language. As the argument gathered pace it quickly became apparent that Jimmy had discovered the name of the faceless man who had been shagging his wife. After Jimmy had finished with him his injuries were so bad he had to be rushed to hospital. He would spend the rest of his days getting used to a wired-jaw, four missing teeth and a disfigured nose that bore the unmistakable trademark of most professional boxers. It was fast approaching midnight when they arrived at Mary Boyd’s house. Mary ...