56 comments/ 153053 views/ 8 favorites Law of the Heart: The Real Deal By: charleybear This is an alternate ending to "Law of the Heart" by Headhuntertales. To fully understand my ending you will need to read his entire story. It is a great story and I know you will enjoy it. I have added three new characters: Sharon, Jake's old love interest in Washington D.C. and Jake's parents Ted & Jeanne Roberts. My ending picks up the story somewhere before the end of Headhuntertales' chapter 6 I am going to use a few of Headhuntertales' exact words here at the beginning and once more shortly into the story. They appear in italics…… I used my best lawyer skills to talk, cross examine and question my wife. I didn't directly attack her or even tell her what I knew, I just kept negotiating. Jill never picked up on what I was doing. Words like: "We can be as happy as ever"; or "We each can confess our needs to each other"; and "Can we agree that our family is more important than anything else?" None of the bargaining tactics worked. At the end of the evening, Jill was in tears claiming not to understand what was going on with me and I had moved through the bargaining stage into that of 'Depression.' The next to last stage my Law professor had told us about. By the end of the evening I had failed. It was like the "Pre-trial mediation had failed and now we had no choice but to go to trial." My ending begins: Jake's Story I told Jill that I thought I needed some alone time and was going to leave for a while. She wanted to know why I had to leave and where I was going to go. I told her that I had to think through a few things and that I was going to take a few days of vacation. I told her that I thought I would go down to Washington D.C. for a few days because I could think better on my home turf. I said I would take the opportunity to stop in and see my parents and some old friends while I was there. I could see a visible flinch when I mentioned Washington D.C. and that is exactly what I wanted to happen. My old high school and college girlfriend Sharon lived in Washington D.C. and Jill knew it. Jill was jealous of Sharon and she didn't like it one bit that I had mentioned Washington D.C. Sharon and I had been quite an item back then and in all the years Jill and I had been married I believe that Sharon is the only person that Jill felt threatened by. That knowledge played into my plan perfectly. I left her there to contemplate me going to Washington D.C. and I went up to our bedroom and threw some clothes, my razor, a toothbrush, toothpaste and a few other personal items into a suitcase. I tied my wedding ring with a little ribbon and added her wedding ring and engagement ring from the back of the wedding album where I had taped them. I attached them at the exact spot where the photographs of our ring ceremony were attached in the album. I also left a long letter addressed: "To My Loving Wife, Jill," and replaced the wedding album in the bottom drawer of her dresser. I walked into Little Jake's room and caressed his face and kissed him goodbye with tears streaming down my face. When I came downstairs Jill said to me, "Jake, please don't go to Washington, D.C. alone." I said, "Why not Jill? You were in Miami alone with me here, why should my going to Washington alone and you staying here be any different?" She had no comment. Of course I wanted to get her thinking about what she did while she was alone in Florida and begin to worry about what I might do while in Washington. I could see the tears welling up in her eyes as I walked toward the door. I turned and said, "I am going now." Again from Headhuntertales: As I left I gave bargaining one last shot. "Jill, please let me know when you are wearing your rings. Maybe then....." I let the sentence hang as I quietly slipped out my front door. I drove downtown to the Holiday Inn Select – Government Center Hotel and checked in for the night. They have a pretty decent rate for a park and stay package and I wanted a safe place to leave my car while I was in Washington D.C. The hotel was also in close proximity to the Downtown South Station so I could easily catch the early morning train to Washington D.C. I sat in my hotel room thinking about Jill, our marriage, her cheating and all that was going on. I thought about the letter I had left for Jill and everything I had written to her. I am afraid that I didn't get very much sleep that night. I just couldn't seem to get all of those thoughts out of my head enough to fall asleep. I must have dropped off at some time though because the next thing I knew my phone was ringing for my wake up call. "Mr. Roberts," she chirped, "It is 6:00 a.m." I showered quickly and hurried to make it to the station for my 7:20 a.m. train to Washington. I knew the trip would take between six and seven hours and I would have plenty of time to sleep or contemplate the state of my marriage. I made it to the station with time to spare and boarded the "Express" about fifteen minutes before it departed. Thankfully I was able to get a couple of hours of sleep while on the train so I wasn't totally wiped out when I got to Washington. Upon arrival I went to the phone bank in the station and called my mom and dad. "Hi dad, it's Jake," I said. "I am going to be in town for a few days and was hoping I would be able to stay with you." "We would love to have you stay with us Jake," he said. "We have been expecting you to call." "Why is that dad?" "Because Jill called us looking for you," he stated. "What did she say dad?" I questioned. He replied, "She didn't say much at all. Just what is going on Jake?" "It would be best if I wait to tell you about it when I get there dad," I flatly said, "I am sure you will agree." "Okay Jake, but your mother and I are worried about you." "Don't worry dad," I said, "It will all work out somehow. See you in a little while. Goodbye." "Okay, goodbye Jake." When I got there we exchanged all of the usual hugs and kisses and I took my bag to my old room and got settled in. I was really dreading telling my mom and dad about Jill and I but I knew I had to do it sometime. When I went downstairs I asked them if they would come sit with me so I could explain what had happened and why I was there. I didn't give them all the details but I did tell them that she had cheated on me in Miami and I found out and she denied everything. I laid it all out so they understood perfectly what had happened and my reactions. I told them that I just needed to be away for a while and give myself the opportunity to sort things out. I did not mention my letter to Jill because I didn't want anyone to know it existed until she discovered it. I knew my parents would not intentionally tell her, but I wanted her to find it on her own if she ever did. I told them I was going to poke around town for a few days and would spend time with them most evenings. Dad offered to let me use one of their cars which I knew he would. I also told them that I was not going to return Jill's phone calls and that they should tell her I just wanted to be left alone for a while. I didn't tell them I would be checking my cell phone calls though. On Thursday I went and took in the Smithsonian Institute. On Friday I visited the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam and Korean War Memorials. Saturday I made a trip out to Arlington to see the cemetery. I was doing everything I could to get my thoughts off of my troubles and look at the great things that had been done for our country. In the evenings I would sit and talk to my parents and just reminisce about the past and all the good times. Each evening after I went to bed I would go online and download some data files for a project I had to work on while I was away. Those first few days I didn't contact any of my old friends and acquaintances. Sunday we went to church and spent the whole day looking at family picture albums. I have to tell you it was awfully difficult to look at pictures of Jill and I without getting emotional. I think my mom noticed and soon the albums were put away. During those four days Jill had called twice looking to talk to me and was told I needed my alone time. She never left a message so I did not return her calls. I checked my cell phone every day and there were several messages from her but she never told me she had found her rings so I did not return her calls. Monday morning I made the trip to the Supreme Court. I had planned all along that I would spend some time there. As a lawyer it was like viewing the highest peak in a mountain range. The Supreme Court embodied all that I found just in the nation. It was the last word on right and honorable in my opinion and I just wanted to spend some time there. Spending the time there brought me back together On Tuesday I got in touch with a few of my old friends who still lived in the city and made arrangements to meet with them throughout the week. During the days I hung out with my parents or did some sightseeing, and then in the evenings I would go out for a while with my friends. All the time I was thinking about Jill and wishing that she and I were enjoying ourselves with my old friends. I regretted that she wasn't there but I was able to have a good time. Each evening I would update the data files for my special project. My course was set, it only depended on Jill now. During that time I did not talk to or see Sharon. A couple of guys mentioned that she was in town and that they talked to her on occasion. By the time Friday rolled around I was pretty depressed. I was certain that Jill hadn't found my letter and I knew my marriage was going to be over. It was over a week and she had not called and left the message that she had found her rings. I was sick about it. Hurt and disappointed that in all that time she hadn't thought to look at our wedding album. Did she even care that I was gone? She had left a few messages but none contained the right words so when I didn't return her calls she had given up. Now the one call I hoped to get seemed out of the realm of possibility. It wasn't going to happen. I called Sharon to see if she would be able to meet me for cocktails and dinner. She was very surprised to hear from me and was excited about meeting me but had reservations. She said she knew I was married and wanted to know why I wanted to meet her. I told her that yes I was married and I just wanted to see her since I was in town. I told her the truth, that Jill and I were having a problem and I just wanted to see her and talk to her. Sharon was never married, having dedicated her life to being a nurse at Georgetown University Hospital. The fact that she never married is one of the reasons Jill was always so jealous of her. Sharon asked me if meeting me might make my problems worse and I said I didn't see how they could get worse. She finally agreed to meet me, but she had to work until 5:00 p.m. and wanted to go home and change before we met. That was fine with me so we agreed to meet at Black Salt, a seafood market restaurant at 7:30 p.m. I arrived early as usual and was seated when Sharon arrived. She had hardly changed from the last time I had seen her. She had the same curly blond hair, cute figure and a radiating smile. I rose from my chair to greet her with a hug and light kiss to the cheek. She hugged me back and sat down across from me. We had a couple of drinks and shared a crab appetizer. When dinner arrived we also shared a bottle of wine. The conversation flowed freely between us and in short order we had gotten caught up on much of what had happened in our lives since we had parted. Oh, I am sure that neither of us shared everything but enough that we got caught up very well. We laughed about the "good old days" and all the fun we had had. We even talked about why we had broken up back then and neither of us had bad feelings about it. She had wanted to go to nursing school and stay in Washington and I had felt it was time to move out of the city to seek my law career. I think at that time we both knew it would be a point of contention so why make that trouble for ourselves. Anyway, we had a very pleasant evening together and I hugged her and put her in a taxi for home. I told her that I would call her and let her know what happened with Jill and me. When I got to the house my dad said, "Jake, I think there might be a problem. Right after you left Jill called. I didn't recognize her voice at first and she asked if you were still here." I said, "No Sharon, he just left and should be at the Black Salt by the time you get there." "She instantly started to sob and it was then I knew it was Jill," he said. "She didn't leave a message and I could still hear her crying as she hung up." "Oh Jake, I am so sorry," he cried. If the truth were known, I thought that was great. Jill could perhaps finally feel my pain. I did nothing wrong in having dinner with Sharon and I had no guilt at all. I will admit that I just wondered if she and I would still connect and we did, but I had no intentions of pursuing that at the moment. I just wanted to know. I said, "Dad, it is okay. Maybe it will make her think of our marriage in a new light and that is what we need to happen. It is okay, really." Saturday afternoon I checked my cell phone messages and there was still none from Jill. Saturday night I didn't feel like going out any more so I stayed and visited with mom and dad. Late at night I downloaded my project data files and went to bed. I did not sleep much because I felt the impending doom of the end of my marriage. Sunday morning I packed my things, said my goodbyes and took a taxi to the train station for my return trip to Boston. I checked into the Holiday Inn again and spent the day working on my project. I called Sharon and told her, "Sharon, everything here is a total mess. I really don't want to get into it all at this time, but I just wanted to let you know. Give me some time to sort all of this through and I will call you again." She said, "Jake, I am so sorry you have to go through all of this. Whenever you want to talk, just give me a call." I thanked her and hung up. Monday morning I called my attorney and set up a meeting with him. I went through the entire scenario with him, giving him all of the information I had. Monday afternoon Jill was served with divorce papers. Included with the papers was a brief note from me that said, "Jill, you probably should look through our wedding album. I am sorry you didn't think enough of our marriage to do that on your own. Jake" Jill fills in the blanks. The whole time Jake was gone I was in a terrible state. I knew I had cheated on him and I suspected he really knew something had happened but not exactly what. I figured if I just kept on denying everything eventually he would let it go and we would be alright. I got extremely angry when Jake's dad thought I was Sharon. I knew he was going to see her and I was overcome with jealousy. It was the first time I felt my marriage was really at risk but it also infuriated me. Then on Monday afternoon I was served with divorce papers and you could have tipped me over with a feather. I couldn't believe Jake would do that to me, he loved me too much. I read his brief note and went to look at our wedding album. Oh my God, there were my rings and his rings. There was a long letter from Jake addressed to me. He said, to Jill My Loving Wife, but at that time I knew he didn't mean it anymore. Here is his letter. ************************************** Dear Jill: Since you are reading this letter you have obviously found your engagement and wedding rings. You have also found my wedding ring. Your discovery has probably raised a lot of questions in your mind about how your rings got there, why my ring is there also, what I know about Miami and what is going to happen to our marriage and our family. This letter should answer all of your questions. First of all the rings are in the wedding album because I hoped at some time you would actually reflect back on our wedding and what our marriage should have been all about. I placed the rings by the pictures of the ceremony of the rings because that is where we took our wedding vows. Do you recall our wedding vows Jill? I do, I recall every word as if they had been spoken yesterday. Pastor Stillman said, "The vows you take today are a commitment to make a life together knowing with the uncertainties of the future that your love for one another will remain constant through it all." Turning to me he continued, "Jacob David Roberts, do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife, to live together in holy matrimony, to love, honor and comfort her, keep her in sickness and health, and forsaking all others, keep you only unto her, as long as you both shall live?" I said, "I do." Switching his focus to you Jill, he said, "Jillian Ann Lowell, do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband, to live together in holy matrimony, to love, honor and comfort him, keeping him in sickness and health, and forsaking all others, keep you only unto him as long as you both shall live?" You said, "I do." He went on, "The exchanging of the rings symbolizes the sacred bond that exists between you. As the circle of these rings knows no end, so may the love declared here today by the two of you never end and forever be renewed." Again turning to me he said, "Jake, repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed, in love and truth, and with all my worldly goods, I thee endow." I repeated every word. He asked you again, "Jill, repeat after me. With this ring I thee wed, in love and truth, and with all my worldly goods, I thee endow." You repeated it. He then said, "In as much as Jake and Jill have this day consented together in holy wedlock and have given and pledged their troth each to the other in the presence of this company, by virtue of the authority vested in me under the laws of the state of Massachusetts, I pronounce you husband and wife." He grinned and added, "You may now kiss your bride." Jill, as I write these words to you I am sitting here crying my eyes out with a heart that is broken. I know everything Jill. Well, maybe I do not know everything, but I know enough, actually more than I wish I knew. My case ended very abruptly on Friday morning and I knew if I rushed I could make the early afternoon flight to Miami so I didn't even go home to pack or even call you. I just made it to the flight and I couldn't call you from the airplane so when I landed I thought I would just surprise you at the reunion. The surprise, however, was going to be all mine. When I got to the beach resort I was told that the lawyers were on an afternoon cruise on two different boats. The boats were scheduled to return between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm so I walked down to the dock to wait for you. When the first boat arrived you weren't on it and I didn't see Steve, Meredith or Sally either so I figured you were on the second boat. I just sat there talking to this old guy on dock. His name was Frank and he said he always came down to watch the hot women get off of the cruise boats. He had a pair of binoculars which he said gave him the advantage of seeing the women before they put their suits back on. My ears perked up when he said, "The second boat is the Mendoza twins. They always have hot women on their boat." Well by this time I wasn't feeling too hot as you can imagine so I decided to just sit and wait it out. It wasn't very long and Frank spotted the boat coming in and he piped up, "Yep, they got a few naked ones on there today." Well, you know the rest Jill, you know what I saw. I saw my wife on Juan & Hector's boat topless. I saw Meredith, Sally and Hector's wife topless. I saw the touches and special attention that Juan was paying to you. Law of the Heart: The Real Deal To tell you the truth Jill, I could hardly breathe at that moment. Here you were on a boat topless with two guys you always told me you could not tolerate being near. Topless Jill! And to make matters worse you were playing right along with Juan's advances. I couldn't believe you would do that and I almost screamed out at you before you got to the dock. I know with hindsight that had I done that, had I screamed out at you, none of what happened would have happened, but my mind told me to keep quiet. Just wait to see what she does. Was I going to be able to trust you? If you were going to do anything Jill, I wanted to know there and then. You didn't think I was there so you thought you could do anything you wanted. I needed to know just how far you would go with that thought so I did nothing, and as you know you went too far. After you all left the dock I slipped onto the boat just to look around. I found your rings where you had taken them off so you could be "single" for the afternoon. That told me a lot about how you viewed our wedding vows Jill. That tells you why I pushed the point of the rings so hard when you got home. I knew you took them off to be "single." I won't go into a lot of detail from here on, but I know what happened. I know you went to the luau with Steve, Meredith, Sally and Juan. I saw you dancing with Juan on the beach. I saw lots of friends and acquaintances walk away because of how sensual you were dancing with him and how uncomfortable they felt about that. I saw you in the hot tub with Juan. I saw what he was doing to you there. I saw you leave the hot tub, I saw Juan walk you to your hotel door, I saw him kiss you and I saw you pull him into the room. I waited outside your door for a long time Jill. I saw Juan leave and high five his brother then I saw Hector slip back into your room. Oh, I am sure at this moment your jaw is dropping down to your chest Jill. Yes, the Mendoza twins tag team fucked you Jill. They did to you what they did to almost every girlfriend that either of them ever had school. They tag team fucked you. All the guys in law school knew they were doing it because they bragged about it constantly. Many of their girlfriends knew and didn't care and those that did never wanted to admit it. I knew Jill, but I never told you because you hated those twins. You never wanted to even be in the same room with them. Why would I have needed to tell you? But, I am telling you now Jill, you are a Mendoza twins tag team fuck girl. How does that make you feel? Do you know something else they did Jill? Once they tag team fucked a girl and she knew about it and didn't stop it they started passing her around amongst their friends. They even took her to gang bang parties that they had arranged. Yes Jill, she became the Mendoza boys tag team and gang bang fuck whore. Is that your destiny Jill? To become a Mendoza boys tag team and gang bang fuck whore? Well, I need to finish this letter. No sense in prolonging this agony for me and I am sure by now you are having those same thoughts. I don't know what else happened at the reunion. I don't need to know any more than I already do. I left when I saw Hector slip into your room. I took a taxi to the airport and caught the earliest flight home I could get. I came back here to our home and waited for your return. When you got home I gave you many opportunities to come clean with me. I gave you several openings to confess your infidelity to me. I practically begged you to admit to me what you had done. I got upset about your rings being missing, I asked you who you saw, what you did, where you went, asked you if you were you a good girl. I practically wrote your whole story for you Jill. But you didn't tell me anything, you lied to me, you denied any wrongdoing, you sidestepped every valid opportunity to come clean with me. Jill, I couldn't believe it, but you actually even got angry with me for asking questions and being upset with you. You acted like you were perfectly innocent and had no clue why I would be upset with you. I even heard your telephone conversation with Sally, pleading with her to find your rings so I would stop being suspicious. You told her that if you got your rings back I would settle down and it would all go away. And yes Jill, I heard you tell Sally that it was "amazing." Your time with the Mendoza's was "amazing." How do you think that made me feel? Well it was amazing because you were tag team fucked Jill. Just think how amazing it will be when you are the Mendoza's tag team gang bang fuck whore doing gang bangs for them and all their buddies. Hell, eventually they will probably be whoring you out for big money. After all you are an "amazing" fuck Jill. I know this letter sounds pretty brutal to you and I know it is. I would apologize for that but right now an apology to you just isn't in me. Believe me I am not at all calm while I write this. It brings back all the anger and hurt I felt that day and I want to hurt someone and right now that someone is you. I keep remembering seeing you topless, seeing you dancing so suggestively, seeing you in that hot tub being groped, seeing you kiss Juan and pulling him into your room, seeing the twins switch places. I keep thinking of the betrayal of your wedding vows, your betrayal of me and yes even your betrayal of Little Jake because of what this will do to his family. I can't do this anymore. I need to talk to someone. I will finish this later. I am back. I couldn't stop crying Jill, I couldn't stop shaking and I was so dejected I couldn't think straight. So, I put it away for a while and went to see Pastor Stillman. Yes Jill, I went to see him because I needed to talk to someone. I told him everything. He was shocked, but his comment to me was very simple. He said, "Jake, if you love Jill you need to forgive her. She is human and made a mistake. Don't lose your love because of one mistake. Talk to her and work through this situation." I thought about his simple words for a long time Jill. I do love you. There is no question about that fact. The question is whether I can forgive you. If you had made a mistake Jill, I would forgive you in a minute and move forward with our lives. You know me well enough to realize though that I would look long and hard at what would constitute a mistake. A man walking down the street is hit by a roof tile blown off the roof of a roadside building. He had an accident. And everyone would say, "He had an accident." A man walking down the street is hit by a car driven by a drunk driver. He didn't have an accident. He was the victim of a predictable negligent event. In the illustration the word accident just doesn't quite fit does it? People wouldn't say, "He had an accident," they would say, "He was a victim." Let's apply this same logic to your situation in Miami. You got on the boat with the Mendoza's, two known womanizers. That was a mistake Jill. When the party started to get sexual you could have gone and put on your shirt and it would have stayed a mistake. You didn't do that though, did you? No, you joined the party and got topless. You allowed everything to happen that did happen. You were going to be "single" since I wasn't there and you were going to have your little fling. It was no longer a mistake but became an intentional betrayal of your wedding vows, an intentional betrayal of me and again, yes an intentional betrayal of our son. Oh, you might not have intended it to go as far as it did, but you never stopped it and it wasn't a mistake. It was a predictable adulterous event and you created some victims. They are me, our son, your mom and dad, my mom and dad, all those people who love us and care about us. They are your victims Jill. While you were doing all of this, did you ever think of me? Did you ever think of our vows to each other? Did you think to forsake all others, to keep you only unto me? That meant for you to turn away from all other men Jill and not give yourself to anyone but me. And yes that meant to not give your body, your heart or your mind. Did you do that? No. You broke our wedding vows. Period. It is Sunday, June 5, 2005 as I write this letter. You have until Sunday, June 19, 2005 to find your rings and this letter. When you find them, call my cell phone and leave me a message that you have found your rings. I am going to be leaving my cell phone off and will just be checking messages once a day. If you call by Sunday, June 19, 2005 I will get in touch with you. We will talk and we will see if our marriage can be saved. If you find them later than that, you will already have been served with divorce papers on Monday June 20, 2005 so don't bother calling. Jill, I have loved you with all my heart for thirteen years. I fell in love with you on our first date and have been in love with you ever since. We have been so much more than just husband and wife. We have been lovers. We have been soul-mates. We have been friends. I cannot tell you how much this tears me up. It has totally shaken me to the roots of my existence. Almost by instinct I have always known the right path to take in my life. I know that comes from my mom and dad. They always knew what was right and honorable. They always followed that path even when it was difficult. I will need to draw upon the upbringing they gave me to deal with this situation and I will do the right and honorable thing no matter how difficult it might be. At this moment I am not sure what that is and I need to find out. I hope you have found your rings in time Jill. Love, Jake P.S. Yes Jill, I do love you, but I also hate you. *************************************** Jill Continues I cried. I didn't stop crying. I fell asleep Monday night crying. I woke up Tuesday morning crying. My marriage was over. I knew Jake too well to believe he would be able to get past my cheating, my betrayal. His sense of fair play was legendary. He was a public defender because he believed everyone deserved a fair hearing of all evidence. Fair play dictated that my marriage was over. Jake's evidence was spotless. Even though I wanted it to be otherwise, the words in his letter were true. I had made a mistake, but I didn't leave it there, I turned it into betrayal. I thought, "What will one little fling hurt?" There was no doubt of my guilt. I knew it and he knew it. My marriage was over. When the divorce papers were served he knew I had not thought of our marriage because I had not looked at that wedding album. He knew I saw it every single day when I went into my dresser, but he knew I had not opened it and looked at it or I would have found our rings and called him. He gave me every opportunity and I failed. My marriage was over. When I had finally stopped crying I contacted a divorce attorney, John Morris, and set up an appointment for that afternoon to respond to the action. I met with John for a short time and explained everything to him. He asked me if I wanted to contest the divorce and I said I would not contest it if Jake agreed to meet with me to talk and still wanted to proceed with the divorce after we talked. John told me he would contact Jake's attorney to see if that could be set up. Wednesday morning John's secretary called me to tell me that a meeting had been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning and that Jake had only agreed if both attorneys were present as well. I was not happy with that. I wanted to talk with Jake alone but I agreed to his conditions. Thursday morning the four of us met in my attorney's office. I was shocked when I saw Jake. He looked like he hadn't slept for the whole time he had been gone. There were dark circles under his eyes and I could feel the sense of loss that he felt. As soon as we were seated I started. "Jake, I am so sorry for what I have done. I would give anything to make it all go away. Everything you said in your letter is true and I know I have failed you miserably." My attorney looked at me with a questioning look. "John," I said, "I told you that I would not contest this divorce if Jake wanted to continue, so the only way it will stop is if Jake stops it." He told me to continue. "Jake," I continued, " I know I don't deserve it, but I am asking you to forgive me. I made a horrible mistake and I did betray you. It was only that one time and it will never happen again. Please forgive me and stop the divorce." I could see the anger rising in Jake's face and stopped talking. "Jill, I have heard enough of your lies and deceit. I will not stop the divorce proceedings," he continued. "In fact my intent is to file custody papers for Little Jake with the courts and want to go over my proposal with you so you will not contest it either." Jake's attorney read the following: I, Jacob David Roberts am petitioning the court for full custody of Jacob David Roberts, Jr., my son. I, Jacob David Roberts am petitioning for the authority to change my place of residence and to move myself and my son to any location within a 500 mile radius of Boston. My current plan is to move to Washington D.C. which is specifically within that radius, but to not be limited to that one location only. I, Jacob David Roberts grant visitation rights to Jacob David Roberts, Jr., to his mother Jillian Ann Roberts as follows: * Jillian Ann Roberts is granted visitation rights with her son, Jacob David Roberts, Jr. each and every first and third weekend of the month to include Friday night, Saturday and Sunday morning. Such visitation shall be at my parent's home and must be supervised by my parents. * Jillian Ann Roberts is granted visitation rights with her son, Jacob David Roberts, Jr. for one week during the Christmas holidays. Both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be spent with one parent in a given year and those days will be alternated in the following year. Such visitation shall be at her parent's home and must be supervised by her parents. * Jillian Ann Roberts is granted visitation rights with her son, Jacob David Roberts, Jr. for six weeks during the summer months of June thru August. Such visitation shall be at her parent's home and must be supervised by her parents. * All visitation rights shall be under the supervision of the appropriate child protection agencies in Boston and Washington D.C. and any and all guidelines dictated by them will be followed. Failure to follow the said guidelines will result in forfeiture of all visitation rights. * All visitation rights are subject to change with mutual consent of Jacob David Roberts and Jillian Ann Roberts. Either party may petition the other for changes in the visitation rights. I was in shock. I jumped up out of my seat and screamed at Jake. "You cannot possibly think I would agree to these custody terms. You can divorce me Jake, I deserve that, but I will never give you full custody of our son. That will never happen." My attorney got up also and said, "Gentlemen, I believe this meeting is over. My client will not contest the divorce, but your custody proposal is ridiculous. There is no way the court will grant Mr. Roberts custody under those terms. We will wait to receive a reasonable proposal from you." "Good day gentlemen," he said. Jake and his attorney stood up and prepared to leave. As he walked around the conference table toward me he took a DVD from his pocket. He said, "Jill, before you make your final decision on this custody proposal I suggest you watch this DVD. You can watch it with your attorney if you wish, but I would suggest you watch it alone. You have 24 hours to accept this proposal. After that time we will be petitioning for full custody without visitation rights. You will have lost both me and your son." With that he dropped the DVD on the table and left the room with his attorney. I went home to watch the DVD alone. Believe it or not I loved Jake and trusted him, even in this so I knew I needed to watch it alone. That afternoon I called my attorney and instructed him to let Jake's attorney know that we would not contest the custody proposal. John tried to argue with me that they could not prevail with those custody provisions but I just told him to handle it, I would agree. *************************** The DVD I put the DVD into the player and saw myself sitting at the kitchen table with the phone. Jake began narrating the DVD. "Yes Jill, I have video and audio of you in our home. I have it from the time I left until this very moment. All of your actions clearly indicated to me that I could not trust you so I felt I needed to put you under surveillance. I also did not want to go without seeing and hearing my son for the whole time I was gone. I installed video and audio equipment in the kitchen, living room, our bedroom and Jake's bedroom. It starts last week Wednesday night June 15th." He paused and I heard myself speaking, "Hi Sally, this is Jill. Did you have any luck finding my rings? I know I left them on that boat and I have to have them back." "No, I do not want to talk to Juan. Yes, I had an amazing time with him, but my marriage is in trouble and I cannot talk to him now." "No, I will not talk to him, that is final, goodbye." Jake then came back onscreen and said, "You can watch all of this video and audio if you want Jill, but I suggest you just skip ahead now to scene 3 which is Thursday night." Again I heard myself, "Okay Sally, I will talk to Juan, tell him to call me." "Hello Juan," I said, "I have to have my rings Juan. Jake knows something happened and my marriage is in bad trouble. Yes, I had a wonderful time with you, but I want to save my marriage. Please keep looking for my rings." "Jill," Jake interjected, "If you are skipping you should now skip to scene 5 which is Friday night." "Is Jake still there?" I saw myself begin to shake and cry and I knew it was when I had called Jake's parent's home and Jake's dad had thought I was Sharon. I knew I had cheated on Jake and I assumed that now he was going to cheat on me with Sharon. "That son of a bitch," I screamed, "I will fix his ass." "Juan? This is Jill. I would like to get together with you. Can you fly up to Boston tomorrow? Jake is out of town. You can spend the night with me again." My heart sank, I knew what Jake would see. There was no longer any hope for my marriage, but I would not give up the custody of our son. Jake came onscreen once again. "Jill, skip to scene 10 on Saturday night and you will see that my letter told another truth." There on the screen was Juan fucking me doggie style. I watched for a while, listening to the grunts and groans and moans of our sex and tears started to flow again thinking that Jake had seen me doing this. Before long Jake came back onscreen and said, "Skip to scene 15 Jill." Juan got off the bed and said, "Jill, I am going to go back downstairs and get my wine. I left it on the kitchen counter. Do you want more wine? Can I get you anything else?" I said, "No Juan, just hurry back and give me more of that wonderful cock." I watched in horror as Juan went downstairs, opened the front door and let in his brother Hector. He gave him the high five and Hector took off his clothes and headed up the stairs. I watched Juan put on Hector's clothes and slip out the front door. "Yes Jill," Jake interjected, "Tag team fucked just like I said in the letter. They did it to you again. You can watch the amazing fucking you got or you can skip to scene 21 Jill, your choice." I skipped to scene 21 and there was Hector fucking me in the ass. I was mortified. Jake continued, "This will be short and sweet Jill. Look at Hector very closely Jill. Look at that smirk on his face Jill. Want to know why your lover is smirking that way? He is looking at something Jill. Want to know what he is looking at? Look in the mirror on your dresser Jill. What do you see?" Law of the Heart: The Real Deal I screamed again, "Oh God no!" There in the mirror was the reflection of Little Jake standing in the doorway to my bedroom watching me getting fucked in the ass. I passed out. I don't know exactly how long I was out but when I came to I backed up the DVD and watched the end. "Jill, as you see I have all the evidence I need to gain full custody of Little Jake. I won't do that to him or to you. He needs to know that he has a mother who loves him as well as a father who loves him. Agree to the terms of my proposal and you will be allowed to see him. If you don't agree, you will lose in the custody battle. Call your attorney now Jill." And one final note to you Jill. "You were right about one thing, you were right to be jealous of Sharon. She is a beautiful woman, very sexy, intelligent and caring. She has a sense of right and wrong, she is an honorable woman. She is many things that you turned out to not be. No, we didn't sleep together Friday night like you assumed. We had a very nice time getting caught up on old times and talking about my marriage troubles." "You thought I would cheat on you Jill. You didn't trust me. You are the one who was untrustworthy so you assumed I would be too. That led to you cheating again. That was the final nail in the coffin of our dead marriage Jill." "I am not going to hook up with Sharon or anyone else for that matter anytime soon Jill. The pain of your betrayal is too great. But, there will come that day when I will be over you and I will hook up, and I will tell you up front, Sharon will be my first call. So yes, you had every right to be jealous." "Goodbye Jill. *********************** Jake finishes the story. Well, there you have it. The divorce was final in six months. Jill did not contest a thing and the property settlement was simple and equitable. I got full custody of Little Jake without a fight. Jill was ordered to pay $5,000 per year in child support. I didn't feel I needed the child support so I stipulated that she could pay that amount or more into an education trust for Little Jake to be used for his college education and I would match any contribution she made up to $10,000 per year. Jill never missed a visitation. Every first and third weekend she visited Little Jake at my parent's home. For the first couple of months she would stay in a hotel but visit for all the hours of the day she could. After a couple of months my mother invited her to stay with them when she came for the visits. That first holiday season we worked out the schedule per the agreement and she visited Little Jake at her parent's home for the week. Her mother and father always had Jill stay with them while he was there so she didn't miss a minute of that time. When summer arrived we worked out the schedule for Little Jake's six week visit and again she stayed at her parent's home during the visit so she didn't miss a minute of time with him. Child Protection Services monitored the entire situation and never once found anything that needed to be corrected. I saw how depraved Jill had become with Juan and Hector so I just didn't trust her. I had her under surveillance intermittently for the entire first year. She never met up with Juan or Hector again. She never dated anyone. She got a full time job and went to work, out to eat occasionally and spent the remainder of her time in her apartment. She had sold the house (which was given to her in the settlement). After that year I stopped the surveillance. I also notified her attorney that I wanted to change the custody provisions to increase the time she had with Little Jake and drop all supervision requirements. We worked out an agreement that was satisfactory to both of us. Jill was extremely thankful for the change and has never failed to spend all of the extra time with Little Jake. He loves his mother and knows that she loves him. I will never do anything to destroy that love between them. The breakup of our marriage was devastating to me and to Jill too I suppose, but I didn't want that to affect Little Jake any more than it absolutely had to. It has been five years now since our divorce and yes, I did get over Jill. I started dating after about a year and Sharon was the first person I called. We did not date exclusively at first because I told her I just didn't want to immediately rush into another full commitment relationship. She was very understanding and supportive during the next couple of months. As my healing progressed I became more and more aware that Sharon was the one for me and I stopped dating anyone else. In another six months I asked her to marry me and she said yes. We were married a short time later and now we are a family of five. Little Jake isn't so little anymore. He has a little brother and a little sister, twins, who would have thought. I can tell you that I am happier than I have ever been in my life. I honestly hope that Jill will find that same happiness in her life. The End