It wasn't blackmail, not really! Rick just told Gloria that if she wanted her husband to get the promotion she would have to sleep with him, just one time. Gloria finally agreed, just one quick fuck, that was all. Well things don't always turn out the way we expect.
A Cliche Story (4) All of the cheating stories have their clichés - I came home unexpectedly - she (or he) stopped or slowed way down on sex - he (or she) started using anything for an excuse to start an argument - bills from hotels that you had not been to - gas receipts from areas that your spouse wasn't supposed be in. They are clichés because any and all of them have happened enough that they become somewhat commonplace reasons for adulterous divorces. Mine happened just that way.
Some of my most "challenging" in writing. I wanted to try to write a story from a man's perspective. I hope I got it in this raw tale about a husband who spies on his wife from the closet.