Chapter 1 - Departure 

Eric Oswald felt a flutter of excitement when he pulled his car from the curb of the airport terminal. He had just delivered his wife, Candice, to the gate, helped her unload her bags containing a week's worth of clothing, kissed her good-bye and waved as she walked through the automatic doors. She was invited to a woman's spiritual retreat in the Pocono's by her best friend. 

This was not the first time Eric had felt the titillation from her absence. She had attended many business expos that pulled her away from the city over the years, but this was the first time he would be left alone for more than a couple days. Even during her brief excursions, Eric would experience an electricity in the air for days before she left. He would fantasize about all the possibilities that came without her presence. More often than not he would end up visiting an adult bookstore, buy a porno and jerk off. But he would always consider how it would be to fulfill those desires that she refused to acknowledge. 

Driving away from the airport heading south down the interstate, Eric was massaging his crotch through his pants and thinking about what he would do that night. Ideas waded through his mind, each one more lurid than the previous. Should he go to a nightclub and test his luck with the ladies? Visit a strip club and vent his sexual frustration with a barrage of lap dances? Hire an escort and guarantee some action? He decided that the last two were rather pricey and chose to test his luck. 

He started to get that pang of guilt-what if Candice found out? Would he be able to remain the same after adultery? would some intuition of hers give him away? What can of worms would he open up by taking this route? Cold feet froze him to the ground. His disappointment in himself grew and he settled on the idea that he would once again have his freedom filled with a visit to the adult bookstore and a subsequent week of masturbation. 

Looking at his watch, he realized that it would be a few hours before he'd even get a phone call from his wife. He glanced up to see a billboard for the Galaxy Adult Bookstore. Abiding by the fates he changed lanes to the off ramp. "Why fight it when it can't be avoided," he thought to himself as he pulled off the interstate. 


