Part 18
Ben sat at his desk in a daze. He couldn’t believe what just happened. The conversation he just had with Stephen was unreal and beyond anything he could have imagined. How the hell had he gotten himself into this situation? What the hell was he going to do? Stacy was going to flip. There was no way she would go through with it. That was for sure. But to strike out in his first job because the sleazeball boss wanted to sleep with his wife? What the actual fuck.
He didn’t speak with his wife last night when he got home. She sensed his mood but he passed it off as stress. She didn’t press the issue and went to her yoga class in the evening per usual. When she got home, Ben was just watching TV and seemed to need some space. He kissed her good night and gave her an extra long hug.
In the morning, Ben drove in as usual but his mind was completely elsewhere. Stephen had given him until the end of the week to give him a response, but he just didn’t see a way to do that. Time passed slowly at his desk until it was almost lunchtime. He had no appetite and was merely staring blankly at his computer screen for the last half hour.