Finally Some Answers

I walked over to the terrace to see an older looking man in a extremely nice, fitted suit. I took a deep breath before approaching, Lauren's father always intimidated me to a certain extent. He and Lauren weren't close and while he was never mean to me, I always got the feeling he thought she could do better than some computer nerd.

Walking up behind him I said "Mr. Gibson, Sir, you wanted to see me?"

He turned around, holding two drinks in his hand. Whiskey by the looks of it but I was never a big liquor guy. He smiled at me in a way I had never seen before and let out a hearty laugh, another first for me.

"Please, John, call me Richard from now on. We are family after all." He looked down at the light beer in my hand and said "No that won't do, put that dirt water down, this is what a real man drinks." He hands me the Whiskey in his hand as I set the beer down on the ground. Mr. Gibson, or Richard I guess, was not a man used to hearing no. He was a big deal at some company, really high up, even Lauren wasn't sure exactly what he did. She just assumed it was probably bad based on how much money he made, which was a whole fucking lot.

"It's a 25 year old Scotch, one of my favorites. I had it flown in from Scotland last night. Please take a sip tell me what you think."

I took a sip. At first all I could taste was the burning **** but then more smokey flavors came through, it wasn't as bad as I first thought it might be. I took a second sip. "It's Smokey." I said

"That's right my boy, but we say it's 'Peaty' in the Scotch world. Anyway I didn't just bring you here to drink scotch, I brought you here to tell you I am impressed. I have to admit I didn't think much of you before today, now don't get me wrong you seem like a bright kid, you have a future ahead of you, but I didn't quite know if you were the right kind of man for my daughter. If you had the right drive. But then when I saw your work, I must say I learned a lesson about books and covers and all of that."

I was confused. This was the first time I saw him today what could have changed. "I'm afraid I don't follow Mr. Gibs... I mean Richard. We are talking for the first time right now?"

"Now John, come on I thought you were quicker than that. Who do you think sent you the CustomWife System this morning?"

My jaw dropped and I had to keep from exclaiming. I almost dropped my drink. "I think I need to sit down." I said as I sank into a nearby chair.

Richard laughed that hearty laugh again "Oh this is by far my favorite reaction if the bunch. Yes I was the one who sent it to you but I must say your choices were inspired. I couldn't have picked a better spec sheet if I tried, you truly are a man with the right kind of head on his shoulders."

"Why? Why do this to your own daughter? Is it because if the feminism thing?" I asked, a but more accusatorial than I had been trying to sound.

Richard put a hand on my shoulder and said "Let me remind you that I didn't do anything to my daughter, you are the one who picked the options out on that system, I just gave you a power you didn't previously have. You can tell a lot about a man by what he does when given power, some do nothing with it and some take what they want, you took what you wanted. And to answer your question. No it had nothing to do with her brief fancy with that radical belief system, I did this for all of my daughters on their wedding days"

I had not really known Candice or Jennifer before they got married but Lauren did mention they changed after they got married. That makes sense.

"However their husbands were... Disappointing. I had high hopes for Greg. Rich family, a bit of a rable rouser in college and part of a fraternity. You would think his worldview on women and mine would match up perfectly. Then I got his CustomWife back and it turns out he is very into Cuckoldry and Pegging. And while I don't try to judge kinks, a man like that will not survive in the world I work within. He set Candi up as a sort of stay at home trophy wife who spends his money and sleeps around, those two children aren't even his. Then comes Joe, I though maybe a meathead would work too. You know how they are. But he is impotent, can't get it up, they have been together a year and Jenni is not even pregnant yet can you believe that? Also he seems to be a bit of a submissive, I believe my dear daughter has him locked in a chastity cage this very evening."

I try to take in all the information just dumped on me as Richard takes a seat next to me with a sigh.

"So I had all but given up when Lauri started seeing you and it was getting serious. When you proposed I almost decided to not send you a CustomWife. What foolishness that was, it comes from the places you least expect it. Well I have two other gifts for you, the first is to help you get through tonight and your upcoming honeymoon."

Richard pulls out a watch from his pocket. It is fancy. Much nicer than any one you own. "This watch contains some similar technology to the CustomWife, although I assure you it will only adjust your physical prowess, you may find your equipment and stamina lacking in it's current form for what you have coming your way tonight." He says with a smile.

I take the watch but don't put it on yet.

"The second gift comes in the form of a job offer...."

"Oh Richard, I already have a job."

"Well why don't you hear me out and tell me what you think. It would be working for the subsidiary of my company, known as CustomProducts, in their R&D department. You would be working with state of the art computer systems, and the benefits are absolutely the best you are going to find. Trust me. Here is what we are offering."

He hands me an envelope before saying "Now I think we have probably been missing for far too long, go find your bride and say hello to her for me, I am going to find my own bride and maybe relieve some stress before dinner. Oh and if you didn't figure it out, my wife has also been treated with CustomWife and she could not be happier."

With that Richard walked off. I had so much to think about, but at least I knew who did this to my wife and how to find out how to reverse it. Out of curiousity I opened the envelope. It had a piece of paper with a number on it. A salary number. A really fucking big salary number, like what I was making at my current job but with a zero on the end big. Holy shit what did I get myself into.