An alibi is discovered.

Mara came back into the living room holding her laptop. She placed it down on the coffee table in front of Stephen.

"You've got to keep it open like this or the screen doesn't work," Mara said. The laptop had seen better days. It was old and slow. The hinges on the screen were held together with tape.

"How old is this thing?" Stephen asked.

"I don't know," Mara replied. "Hugh was going to buy me a new MacBook but I guess that's not going to happen now."

She added a few dramatic sobs at the end for effect but they didn't have any effect on Stephen. He was already too engrossed in getting the computer started and running. Oh well, it had been too much to hope for that Stephen would offer to buy her a new computer anyway.

Stephen had logged into his Facebook in front of her. She kept her own account signed out around Hugh. Thank goodness, Mara didn't want Stephen to see the sort of messages she'd been receiving. Not just today but in general. Guys way hotter and fitter than himself, throwing themselves at Mara in her DMs and more than a few dick pics to boot too. She didn't keep too many of them normally but occasionally there was a nice one that came through that Mara would keep and not delete instantly.

"What was the girl's name again?" Stephen asked now that he was set up and ready.

"Elaine," Mara repeated.

"Last name?"

"I'm not sure. Biggie. Bigsly. Bisby. Something like that," Mara feigned not knowing. It was the third profile that would come up for Stephen she knew. Elaine had a profile picture of herself in a short slutty little dress as she posed in front of a flowered backdrop. It had been taken a week ago at a Horse racing carnival.

"Is this her?"

"That one," Mara said pointing to the third picture just like she'd known.

"Ok, let's see," Stephen said clicking on the profile. "You're so much better looking than her. She's so ugly."

Stephen turned his big puppy dog eyes towards Mara to see if his obsequious compliment had found any favour with his crush. She smiled at first, happy to be receiving this adoration in person right now, then remembered she was supposed to be distraught.

"No, she's so beautiful. That's why Hugh is madly in love with her."

Stephen scrolled down Elaine's wall a bit further where he came across something interesting.

"Huh," he exclaimed.

"What is it?" Mara closed the gap between them so that she was touching side to side with Stephen to see what he'd found.

"It looks like she's interstate for her family member's wedding."

Posted just a few hours ago were some pictures of Elaine at her cousin's wedding as well as some of her sightseeing. Elaine had visited the state's most famous landmark, stopping to have her photo taken in front of a Harbour Bridge and an Opera house.

"That's one ugly dress. I don't know what she was thinking wearing it," Stephen said cattily about Elaine's choice of outfit for the wedding.

It was a vintage-style dress that looked very nice on her actually. Mara just wasn't sold on the colour, a pale blue. Still, she appreciated Stephen getting on board in support and throwing shade at her imagined rival.

"So if she was away this week..." Mara started to work things through in her head.

"Hugh couldn't have been cheating on you?" Stephen answered.

Mara flashed angry at his words. Realising just how close they'd become on the couch she stood up instantly. "That doesn't mean they aren't sleeping together all the other times!"

Stephen nodded in mute agreement, kicking himself for upsetting her.

Mara wobbled away from the settee, unsteady on her feet after so much wine before turning back to Stephen and the coffee table to get her glass. She leant over in front of him, his eyes going straight to her spilling cleavage as nearly her full breasts exposed themselves at this angle. The **** delayed her full awareness of the situation so when she thought to check where Stephen's roaming eyes might have gone he'd already diverted them back to the laptop's screen. Going to get a refill Mara wondered away.

"You... u...uu know I could have a look at your computer and see why it's running so slow if you like?" Stephen suggested.

"Whatever," Mara waved offhandedly, now she was up she needed to pee badly as well.

Mara's tits had practically been in her face! Stephen breathed. Bent over barely a foot away from him he'd seen straight down her dress, his mind capturing every detail. From the way, Mara's breasts creased in her bra, how her flesh had flowed as she bent lower almost toppling out, the very fainted dark edge of skin colouring that must have been been the start of her nipples. God if she had stayed like that just a half second longer Stephen might have seen her nipples! Urgh! He was already starting to swell within his pants fiercely. Thankfully he might have some time for his erection to go down when Stephen saw Mara leaving the kitchen area and go into her bedroom. Computers and IT work would deaden his arousal.

Stephen set to the task of looking into Mara's laptop performance issues.