Nearly every contract employee of Chuck’s branch of Perfect was a former BHA member. They provided several services: arranging the time and place for meetings; recruiting new members; adding members to Perfect’s consultants; and planning through execution of all wishes.
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There was a knock at my door. A man was standing there holding a card. The card was from Betrayed Husbands and the centered name was Ralph. The man who handed me the card said, “You may call me Chuck. [author’s note, this is the founder, Chuck, though he will lie about it.]”
“That’s a new twist. Usually, a man gives me a card and name which are the same and I know – not representative of anything. Now, you give me a name different from the card, which I believe is yours.”
“They told me you were smart. May I come in?”
“Certainly, Chuck. I have been wondering who would approach me and when.”
“I guess I drew the short straw and they sent me.”
“Might I ask who ‘they'”, I said with air quotes, “is?”
“Well, you might, but I am not at liberty to divulge those for whom I work.”
“Okay, Chuck, let me have it, why are you here?” I gave him my warmest smile; I didn’t want to put him off.
“First, I have some news. The company your wife works for is about to have a major overhaul. They have had no morals clause for some time because the man who runs this part of the organization, has no morals. It turns out, he is about to be taken to the cleaners by an irate wife, who has a number of particularly nasty STDs.”
“I hope he didn’t get them from my soon to be ex.” I laughed.
“You will get a kick out of this. His wife was no longer willing to sit and pretend not to know of his philandering and decided to get a little on the side, herself. Being a neophyte, she contracted the diseases and gave them to her husband.
“Her fuck-buddy, as it turns out was the man your wife is involved with. He was infected by some person who seduced him, oddly just as you wished. From there it is unclear. He, of course fucked your wife and the boss’s wife. Your wife also fucked the boss. So, you would need timing information and who knows what else to actually know who gave what to whom. But, the wife, being no fool, accused her cheating husband, who in turn blames your wife.”
“Oh, that’s sweet.” I could not have been happier. “Sounds like she is the victim in this and ends up wearing the shame of the ‘perp’. I’m sure her boyfriend is not going to volunteer he is fucking the boss’s wife.” I could not contain my glee. “Gee, I feel bad for her.”
Chuck was smiling, too, “Yes, I can see you are heart-broken; maybe in time you will get over it.”
“Well, I hope not, but we will see.”
“Unfortunately, it gets worse for her. The wife is the daughter of a past CEO of the company. She has complained to the company head quarters and all of them are going to lose their jobs. It is going to take corporate a couple of weeks to get replacement personnel, so this mass dismissal is unknown to anyone local. It is a great time for you to quit your job and disappear.”