Confrontation

The following morning they sent Phil on his way and agreed they would get Sarah over and have this out with her. Tilly would stay out of it unless Tom asked her to come in. This was Tilly's idea as she thought this should be between husband and wife.

Sarah was working out. She didn't need to, she knew she could make her body look any way she wanted but though it would probably be good for her anyway. It was also something to do. Shopping only held so much appeal and the middle of the day was honestly very boring as she waited for Jim to get home and she could get back to her favourite pass time.

When her phone rand and she saw Tom's name appear she was really pleased. She missed him sometimes. She wondered if she should go home again but then Jim would get home and the idea lost its appeal. Still it would be nice to talk to him. She should probably try to hang out with Tom more, besides, teasing him is person was much more fun than by phone. She answered the call.

"Sarah we need to talk, can you come over?"

She was taken aback, he was serious and sounded stern "Sure baby, what's up?"

"Great, get here as soon as you can."

"Tom, what's this about?"

"Not on the phone, we'll talk when you get here" he hung up.

Sarah was shocked and more than a little worried. She had heard him talk like that before but only when he was very serious and usually when he was very cross. What on earth could he be cross about? She quickly got dressed but mused that she could always make him calm down.

Things played through her mind as she drove over but she couldn't settle on what had got him so worked up. He must have been waiting for her as the door opened as she pulled into the drive. He looked stoic and emotionless but she had known him long enough to know that he was truly mad about something. She prepared herself to calm him down a bit when he greeted her and then he could calmly tell her what was on his mind.

She got out and walked towards him smiling. "Come inside" he said tersely. She went to give him a hug but he snapped "Don't touch me" she tried again "I said don't touch me!" There was a look in his eyes she had never seen before and for a moment she thought he might hit her. She stepped back, he had never in all their years together looked at her like that and it shook her to her core. She followed him in.

Tom sat at the far end of the kitchen table and gestured to the chair on the opposite side. She nervously sat down "Tom, what's going on? What is this about?"

Tom looked hard at her "What the fuck did you do?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Fine, I'll make myself crystal clear. Why are you ruining peoples lives?"

"What do you mean you asked me to do this?"

"To me, yes but not to other people, not to our friends. I didn't ask you to make your oldest friend cheat on her husband. I didn't ask for you to make her husband impotent and I didn't ask for you to ruin their marriage and turn him into a gibbering drunk. Why Sarah? For what purpose could you possibly have done this?"

Sarah felt like she had been kicked in the head. Why was he being like this? She thought he would have understood. "But Jim..." she stammered.

"Is that it? You did it for some corporate fuck boy? Is that worth ruining a happy marriage over?"

Ruining? No, she just got Jo to have some amazing sex and Phil, it was only for a bit. She wasn't going to leave him that way, just until Jim got the promotion. These were what she wanted to say but what came out was "How dare you speak about him like that."

"I dare Sarah, I fucking dare. He's turned you into a monster."

A monster? How could he think that way of her, but she was on the defensive "Better a monster than a pervert who can only get off to his wife fucking better men."

Tom didn't say anything, if he was upset by what she said he didn't show it. "When did you learn to control minds?" he said calmly.

"Wha... I, don't know what you mean."

"Fuck, has it got so bad that you are lying to me now?"

"Fine, yes I can alter minds, it's just another part of the body so why the hell not. I tried it and it worked."

"You tried it on Tilly didn't you?"

"I... yes, just a little tweak. she was being so hostile to Jim. Don't pretend you didn't enjoy watching her getting fucked."

"I'm not pretending and that is entirely not the point. The point is that, without her permission changed her mind."

"Barely, I just made her a bit more receptive to Jim."

"You mean you made her as obsessively excited about him as you are?"

"Maybe she just enjoyed all the things we did together. She was just as keen the second time."

"Is that why she came back depressed and needed to be held to feel better about what had happened to her?"

"I, what are you talking about? You are just saying that."

"Tilly are you listening?" called Tom.

Sarah was shocked. She had assumed that Tilly was out considering how he was behaving but sure enough the soft pad of Tilly's bare feet could be heard as she walked into the kitchen. She walked in with her head low and cast the briefest glance in Sarah's direction before grabbing a chair and moving it to be next to Tom. This small gesture stabbed at Sarah's heart. Tilly was her special friend, why was she sitting so far from her?

"Tilly what is he talking about. You had a great time didn't you?"

Tilly spoke quietly and hid behind the curtain of her hair "At the time yes but I didn't like him, I didn't have any feelings fore him until you put them there. When I left I felt like it wasn't what I wanted."

"Tilly, I just made you a bit friendlier to him, that's all."

Tilly snapped "Liar! You made me crazy, I daren't think about him because I start to feel like I want him and I don't even like him."

"You do Tilly you just got a bit overwhelmed."

Tilly slammed the table and stood up shouting "You basically **** me!" and she ran from the room and upstairs.

Sarah made to after her but Tom said in a dangerous voice "Don't you dare go after her."

"Or what Tom, or what?"

Tom stayed very still and said "I want you to go now and, and I think I don't want you to come back."

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying I want a divorce. I don't know who you are any more."

Sarah was stunned. She could not have seen this coming. She didn't do anything wrong, did she? Her pride, swollen from the attention and status she had ben receiving recently pushed to the front. "Fine" she paused, not quite sure what to do next. "Fine" she repeated though less fiercely and more emotionally before she swept out of the kitchen and slammed the house door on her way out.

Tom walked upstairs to find Tilly who was crying on the bed. She got up when she heard him come in and ran into his arms and the pair cried together.