Admitting the truth, gaining an ally


    I nod, move another chair in front of the office and slump on it. Shit. Shit. Shit!


    Calm down, Carl. Yes, you want to kill them, but now is not the time. Use this!


    I ponder for a while in silence; Mikes sits on his chair without talking, used to my ways. Finally, an inkling of a n is formed on my mind.


    “That’s it, Mike. No more ying nice. I’ll have mywyer prepare the divorce papers and an agreement that nullifies the previous one. I will need your help on this one, buddy, but I don’t know if you will be willing to help.”


    “I won’t help dump the bodies, Carl, but beyond that, I am listening.”


    Here it goes…


    “I am going to take everything from Jack. I will make him spit out all the money her grabbed from me, I will take his school, and make him an untouchable. With this video, I can make sure that those three stooges will steer clear as fuck from him. Without my money and their support, Jack is done. But this is not enough…”


    I take a deep breath and continue. The next minute will decide whether Mike will remain my friend or not.


    “I intend to take all his illegitimate daughters in, make them mine, and make sure he knows about it…”


    Mike inhales sharply,


    “Carl…”


    “Hear me out first. Yes, I am a fucking pervert, I always was and I always will be. What I never was however, is a fucking pimp! I will fuck those girls, yes, but I will also care for them as if they were my own and I will make sure that they have a happy life. I will not allow that asshole to degrade them just so he can pimp them out to his friends to satisfy his kinks!”


    There, I said it.


    Mike stares at me silently for a while and I stare back at him without breaking eye contact. We remain like this for a couple of minutes, until finally Mike speaks.


    “How will you exin it to E?”


    “E knows about my kinks. In fact, the girls mentioned on the video, Tina and Rose, are her best friends and already mine. I was the one that created the job opening for Tina so as to be able to support her quietly; oh, Tina already knows the truth about Jack and wants to help me.” W<em>ell, I did not quite create the job to support her in the beginning, but let’s not quibble…</em>


    “E knows of my rtionship with them, and not only that. E and I… share the same type of rtionship as well…”


    I am still scared shitless of Mike’s reaction, but at the same time I feel as if a weight has left my stomach. I finally admitted openly to someone that I fuck my daughter.


    “Jesus, Carl!”


    Mike is bbergasted at my words.


    “There was no pressure nor coercion Mike, it happened naturally and we are both happy that it did. I don’t care what society thinks, I don’t regret it, and neither does she.”


    I can see the hesitation on his face so I continue,


    “I am not asking for your help to fuck these girls, Mike, I could have done that without telling you anything at all. In fact, I didn’t even need to tell you about me and E, but you are my oldest friend, and I needed to tell you myself. At some point you would figure it out anyway and then you would be even more pissed at me for lying to you. so here we are… Will you help me or not? Whatever you decide, I will always consider you my friend…”


    Mike closes his eyes and stays still for a few minutes, then opens them and looks at me.


    “I was trying to imagine what would I do if the same thing happened to me. The idea that somebody wants to take my kids and make them whores… God damnit! I would probably erase his whole family tree, kids and pets included... Fine! I will help you, but on one condition.”


    Yes!


    “Name it.”


    “I want to meet Tina and make sure that she knows everything and that she is with you of her own free will. I won’t pester E as she would say whatever you want, but Tina is older and I believe she will be more open to tell me whatever the truth is.”


    “Okay, Mike, fair enough. Tomorrow morning, we will stop by. Now let’s go to the hotel. I think I will ask Tina toe too, I really need a hug tonight…”


    Mike snorts,


    “No matter what, you are always a horny bastard!”


    “Hey! I got more than a decade to catch up, cut me some ck!”


    We leave the office and head for my car while we keep joking. Neither of us is up to any serious conversation right now, so forced levity is better than silence…


    While Mike drives, I gather my courage and with a deep breath call the bitch.


    “Yes?”


    As soon as I hear my wife’s voice, rage explodes inside me. I fight with all my will to contain it and after a few seconds I manage to do so, albeit barely.


    “Hi, dear. I just called you to let you know that something came up at work and it looks like I will be busy until veryte. I will probably have to stay at a hotel tonight, so I called you so as not to make you worry.” Yeah, right, as if…


    My wifeunches on a ten minutes tirade during which I keep replying ‘yes dear’ and ‘sorry dear’. Strong in the knowledge that her just desserts areing soon, I manage to retain my calm and act normally. After the tirade is over, she tells me to be home early in the morning to bring E to school and then hangs up the phone. Shit, I wanted to talk to E! What a fucking bitch.


    Mike has obviously heard the whole conversation since my wife shrill voice is so loud as to escape the phone’s speaker. As he keeps driving, hements,


    “You know boss, even if I didn’t agree with you, I would, after hearing that hyena screeching. Is she always like this?”


    Iugh bitterly,


    “Nope, today she was sweet…”


    “Holy fuck! How in hell did you stand it for it all these years?”


    “Pretty simple, I kept thinking what would be of E if she was left alone with her.”


    We reach the hotel and get off the car.