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Chapter Thirty Two
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‘Well, have you nothing to say? Lora demanded
James had come back home from work to a wonderfully made dinner and just like the good times, the three of them ate like a family after a long time. James was even surprised to see his wife sober and in a more relaxed mood. Everything seemed normal that even Stuart was led to believe that her mother’s claim about the recorded evidence was just a hoax.
Lora had led her unsuspecting husband to the bedroom and little did James know what awaited him. He suddenly found himself shame faced as he watched the video of his sexual act, there was no room to deny anything, it was clearly him in the kitchen and this time he was busted.
‘Come on justify yourself as you usual do, tell me it’s not you groaning shamelessly in our kitchen, come on say something’ Lora screamed as she tossed a shoe at him, ‘Damn you for cheating, damn you James Bradwell.’
James escape
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