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For Pete\u2019s Sake
A short life story
By Joseph Timmons
Josepht1965@hotmail.com
For Pete\u2019s Sake is a fictional short story, but I feel is one of the oldest stories; the story of how a man

could have everything, yet still feel like his life is lacking. We all have a side of ourselves like Pete, we all have something we feel we regret, and we all make our life choices, some planned and some reactionary. Pete had a life that seemed too good to be true, and in his dreams he lived a life he truly wanted, yet he still felt something was missing, which asks the question, which life do we reach for, the Real or the dream. I have had many such realizations, and still wonder which life is a dream, the one I want, the one I live or the one that may be waiting for me when I wake up.

Pete worked with the law firm of McAlister and Howe; he was a Junior Partner and liked his job immensely. He had made the best of his life at 39 and looked forward to more good things, He had an active life, and as an attorney, he was often entrusted with life altering decisions that he took great care in making. Pete was a planner, from the moment he woke up in the morning to just before bed, every

thought and action was calculated\u2026 perfectly. Yes it seemed like Pete lead a charmed life, but he often
felt like something was missing.
Today was going to be an average end to an average day when he took an alternate route to avoid some

road construction, and passed an adult men\u2019s club which he had never even knew existed. Pete looked at his watch and felt he had some time to kill and stopped in, he thought to himself \u201cJust a moment or two, one drink and I\u2019m home\u201d he walked in and it was the stereotypical seedy, smoke filled nude club,

half dressed women walking about and not one sober man in the place. Pete sat down at the bar and
watched as the 15 seconds of fame dancer showed her wares. Pete thought to himself how lucky he was
to have a wife at home that made this woman\u2019s look unattractive, yet he could not pull his eyes off of
her.

Pete finished his drink and went home, thinking of this nude princess as he pulled into his driveway. Pete was home, alone for about an hour, thinking of the experience he had and thinking very deeply about things that he felt may not have been good for his marriage when his wife, Melisa walked in. Melisa looked at her husband and smiled the smile of a woman in love, after 6 years one would think this look would fade but in all truth it was stronger than ever.

Pete met Melisa at High School during a baseball game, she was the sister of the opposing team\u2019s

pitcher, when Pete scored the winning run, she had thrown Ice Water on him from the stands, telling him how much of a bastard he was for ruining her big brothers pitching career, that there was a scout in the bleachers and her brother was supposed to win. Pete looked up at her and it was love at first sight,

even though she was crying and shown much \u201cinsta-hate\u201d for this young baseball hero, a couple of
weeks, four beatings from her big brother later they started dating and after 2 years, they were married.
Pete gave his wife a kiss and they discussed their days and enjoyed their evening, but In the back of

Pete\u2019s mind, he though of the dancer. Pete spent the next week thinking about this, \u201cWhy the dancer, she was not much to look at, not did it really excite me\u201d but then Pete figured it out; it was the distance, the personal danger, and the desire to have a \u201csinful\u201d moment. Pete has always been a \u201cgood boy\u201d

never doing the wrong thing and always being an example, Pete then began his embark and a dangerous
path.
Pete had a meeting coming up that would take him out of town for 2 weeks, he decided that while he
was away he could leave his \u201cgood boy\u201d image at home and stretches his morality to the limits; Pete

decided to have a one night stand. Now for the most of us a one night stand would not take planning or exact, surgical strike accuracy, but for Pete this needed scrutiny. Pete searched the internet for information on the area around the hotel he would be staying at, finding a distant but not too known adult theatre and planned routes to and from the hotel, where to get gas, where to find ATM machines, Pete was planning a mission. Pete made sure his new obsession did not overcome his attentions to his wife, if anything he made sure that when he was with Melisa, she was the center of his attentions and gave her the stage in his new melodrama.

Melisa loved her husband and wanted him to be happy at all times, she had complete trust in him, and why not? Pete has always given her the best of himself and from the Home to the car, the best was always the first choice. Melisa had noticed though that Pete was being very attentive to his computer since a week ago and wondered if everything was ok? Melisa was not the nosy type and did not question him, but was concerned that maybe he was stressed from work. Being a lawyer could be stressful and she understood the challenges of being under pressure all the time. She considered that

her love may be deeply engrossed in his work or on a \u201cmake or break case\u201d, so she left the matter alone,

until she found an email that was printed out and left on his study desk, Pete had requested some information from an adult call in service and it was routed to his home email from work, it printed out and was left in the printer at home. Melisa was amazed, appalled and curious, why would he need this,

is he unhappy, is there a problem\u2026what could this mean?
Pete came home to find Melisa in the living room with an icy look in her eye, he walked over to give her

a kiss ion the cheek and she shied away, and Pete didn\u2019t know how to take this. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong dear\u201d asked Pete as he set his bag down. \u201cYou got an email, something about a Call Girl?\u201d Melisa stated with a subtle anger that all men have heard in a woman\u2019s voice after a late night out with the boys. Pete

scrambled his mind for an excuse; he knew that since the email was from a club in another state, it
couldn\u2019t be something like a bachelor party or a mistake, so he shot from the hip. \u201c it\u2019s for the boss\u201d he
said trembling slightly \u201c we were going to surprise him on his birthday in LA, we have that meeting in a
week and it will fall on his 58th Birthday, some of the guy\u2019s thought it would be a hoot if he had a
stripper come to the LA office Board Room, you know sort of a Gag\u201d Pete hoped this would work, he
looked straight into her eyes the whole time, she could tell if he was lying if he tried to look away.
Now Pete is an incredible lawyer, he could be very convincing, and he was trying to really hit this one
home \u201cI know, I\u2019ll call roger and have him take over, I don\u2019t want you to think ill of me for having to plan

this, it\u2019s just if this plays out well I could get in good with the boss\u201d. Pete reached for the phone and swung it around in the air for a moment \u201cRoger will understand, but I don\u2019t think his wife will, man she just dose not trust him\u201d he said with a hint of confidence \u201cnot like you trust me, I mean\u201d. There was a pause in the air as he made like he was dialing \u201cI hope Roger plays along\u201d he thought to himself, Melisa hung up the phone and kissed Pete \u201cyou plan your party, sorry... Just not something I am use to seeing on your desk, I shouldn\u2019t pry\u201d.

After dinner Pete was treated to the best \u201csorry I didn\u2019t trust you\u201d lovemaking he never thought he would have, and he was even more enthralled with his plan now \u201cI could do this, I could get away with it, just once, ill do this and then it\u2019s over\u201d, Pete was never a man to be unconventional in this aspect of humanity\u2026Overconfidence.

You have to understand something about Pete, he has always been the type to do the right thing, you
could always trust him, \u201cthe lawyer that didn\u2019t lie\u201d was his nickname at the office, so if he could lie to his

wife, he could do anything, this though empowered him. The next morning Pete realized he needed an accomplice; he went to Roger, whom was not only his co worker but an old friend from college. Pete explained his plan in every detail, it was like a military meeting in the war room, afterwards Roger was large eyed, like a deer caught in headlights, then a smirk came across his face \u201c damn you dog, what\u2019s

the deal?\u201d said Roger \u201cwhy would you want to do this?\u201d Pete explained his feelings of excitement and
the desire for one \u201cindiscretion\u201d that he would never try again in fear of losing it all, but he felt odd that
he would have to explain this to Roger, Roger had been Married and Divorced 3 time, all due to \u201c lack of
judgment\u201d when being faithful. After the conversation Roger agreed to cover for Pete if Melisa ever
became suspicious, but only if Pete gave him full details, you see Roger was going on this trip as well and
was \u201cbetween wives\u201d so he wanted the details of \u201cwhen and where\u201d so he could be \u201centertained\u201d on
the trip as well. At this moment Pete felt a little better about himself, he felt like a \u201cplayer\u201d something
he never thought he could be. Men are controlled by their libidos and the conquest of the gentler sex,
and he wanted to be Cortez.

Pete and Roger left for the trip to Los Angeles on Monday; they arrived at the airport and went to check in at the hotel. Pete went to the club that evening to find that they were closed on Mondays, but stopped to look at the pictures of the dancers and the days they worked, while he stood there a man

walked up to ask for a light, Pete didn\u2019t smoke but he did have a lighter. The man thanked him and asked \u201c you looking for a special lady\u201d with a grin from ear to ear, Pete replied \u201c no, just the one\u201d the man began to tell Pete about this one girl who could light a \u201cwet mop\u201d, a girl named Candy, just started

there, only works every other Tuesday. He looked at the poster with Peter and pointed her out, \u201cthat\u2019s
the one, Candy\u2026 right there, oh you got to see her\u201d the Man then walked off singing \u201cCandy, oh Candy\u201d
to himself. Pete looked at the girl, her soft silhouette seemed to jump at him and he decided that this
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