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Devil In The Waters, Book 3, Chapter 14 (complete)
🕑 Added 2020-03-16 00:00:02 +0000 UTCThere were better ways for him to spend his evening, but this is the way it was. A lone man on his horse, wandering the digital mountainside, aimless, staring at pixel scenery. He was in the living room playing Red Dead, Kimmy alone in her Katt Basket room, mid-process of turning it into an office. They could have split the office space he already used, but Kimmy apparently wanted privacy. That room had been her basket workspace, and baskets could not have been prepared in his office because basket-making demanded too much space. They couldn’t share an office? And here’s the thing: The basket room had at one time been destined a nursery . . .
Out of nowhere, this thing with him and Kimmy and Devlin had jumped right off the track and now rusty wheels squealed against rusty track, sparks flew, and there was a chance the whole thing would upend and his mining cart loaded with precious ore would dash below. It was funny how fast things changed—even when you did your best to make them as smooth as they could be.
So even though there were better ways to spend an evening, here was where he found himself, looking to escape.
***
Five o’clock in Ajax was nine o’clock in England. At her desk, office door closed, she listened to the phone ring. Amy picked up saying “Why haven’t you called?”
“I’m calling now.”
“I mean, I get the not texting, not wanting anything in writing, but Kimmy . . .”
She said again: “I’m calling now.” Amy’d sent over two dozen messages in the last weeks and Kimmy’d replied with Talk Laters, but never actually talked later. Until now. And Amy was right: she didn’t want to commit anything to where it could be read by unwelcome eyes. But what was the point now? She’d committed a worse sin than messaging with a friend about cheating on her husband, she had full-on sexting with her boss, including requesting and receiving an official Big Dick Pic. And making plans for what could be the real deal. The real Point of No return. Thusly she called Amy. A bad influence but a somehow welcome one.
Amy said, “Well, I hope you’re glad—you’ve got me on the edge of my seat. What the hell’s been happening?”
“Where do I start?” Kimmy rubbed her forehead, wincing, wanting to get into it, but also knowing the magnitude of this story. Amy told her to start at the beginning, so that’s what she did: telling Amy how the job came to pass and how crazy she was to work for Devlin.
It was quiet a moment, and then Amy said, “You’re going to sleep with him.”
“No, I’m not.” She hated the restrained but still apparent exuberance in her old friend’s voice.
“Kimmy, in your hallway . . .?”
“That’s not . . .” But it was futile. With resignation, she said, “I know.”
Amy made an exasperated sound, said, “Why couldn’t this be while I was still in Toronto?”
“It’s your fault,” she said. Though it wasn’t.
Amy disregarded her, saying with disbelief: “And Josh knows you’re working for Devlin?”
“Of course he does.”
“Don’t know what that says about him,” Amy said aside from her phone.
“Josh knows it’s a good opportunity.”
“I’m sure he does. How’s that been going?”
“With Josh? We’ve barely said a word today.”
“What’s going on?”
She swiveled her chair toward the door, saw the hall empty, said, “It’s getting to him. Me talking about Devlin.”
“Does he suspect anything?”
“No. I don’t think he does.”
“And nothing’s happened since your apartment?”
“With Devlin. No. Well, yeah.”
“Yeah, what?”
“Just . . . more of the same.”
Amy chuckled, the chuckle becoming an anxious groan. “Fuck, he’s so hot.” She said it in a tight, desperate way, and she could imagine Amy scratching at her own throat, reminiscing of her few times with Devlin. But what was she going to say—was she going to agree with Amy? As much as she wanted to be on the same page as Amy, it still felt so wrong to be a married woman lusting after another man.
But then why did you want to talk to Amy in the first place—the day before you were having drinks after work with Devlin . . . in a hotel bar?
“He is,” she agreed in a quiet whisper. Then: “I don’t think it’s going to happen.” Why would she call Amy if all she was going to do was lie to her? “I couldn’t do that to Josh . . .”
***
Couldn’t do what to Josh?
Outside the hall bathroom, he paused, hand on the lever and now trying to eavesdrop on his wife. Kimmy was talking to Amy. Didn’t hear Kimmy’s phone ring, but that didn’t mean Amy didn’t call. He was operating under the pretense Kimmy’d called Amy. Why would Kimmy want to call Amy?
He and Kimmy’d spent the day apart and mostly quiet, though they weren’t fighting. Avoiding each other, that was what they were doing. Not wanting to get into it.
It was hard to hear his wife over the pounding of his heart. As soon as he’d detected Kimmy was talking in hushed tones, and then hearing her utter his name, his pulse was racing out of control. His palm sweated so fast his grip on the bathroom door lever slackened and slipped. He wiped his hand on his stomach, still trying to listen in to Kimmy’s conversation with Amy.
For almost a minute, Kimmy spoke so quietly into her phone he couldn’t make out what she said. Just the soft sibilance of her S sounds. While he didn’t want to be that kind of guy, he knew he was that kind of guy—and now he was crossing on tiptoes the four extra steps to make it to the doorway.
Kimmy still spoke low, but he could make out her end of the conversation, Kimmy saying to Amy now: “No, not like that . . . just one other time . . . Yeah . . . Tell me about it . . . No, I can’t believe it, it’s so . . . right . . . Just hands . . . Hands and, you know, mouth . . .”
Hands and mouth?
It didn’t take much imagination for his dirty mind to figure what was being said. If that’s what she was saying. In his twisted version Kimmy was telling Amy how she’d been doing hands and mouth stuff with Devlin. He put a fist over his sternum, pressed it hard. Forced himself to breathe low and quiet, and strained to listen.
“Yeah, no, you’re not kidding . . . Was it like that? . . . Yeah . . . No, but . . . uh-huh . . . But you never . . . Is it ever a lot?”
Is what a lot?
“Stop laughing . . . I’m serious . . . Like what? . . . Yeah, like that . . . Well, not like that . . . A little like that . . . Yeah, down my legs . . . I don’t think it’s funny . . .”
What was down her legs? Her skirt? Her panties? What wasn’t funny?
Kimmy asked Amy: “That’s never happened to you?”
A long pause.
“Very funny . . . Just me then . . . Why do I tell you anything?”
Kimmy’s chair squeaked and his heart completely stopped beating. He went statuesque, stuck with his back against the wall, knowing Kimmy had just got up from her office chair. She was coming out here. Coming out to the hall. Going to continue her conversation with Amy in the kitchen, maybe put on a kettle . . .
Now he loosened, tried to stand casual like he wasn’t eavesdropping, just walking down the hall, even posing now mid-stride so when she came around the corner he would pretend to stop short so they wouldn’t collide. Say: “Ho, whoah, hey, sorry,” put his hands on her shoulders, sidestepping, then head on into the bedroom.
Her shadow came near the door, and those missed heartbeats came back now all at once. Just a sudden drum solo in his chest. Vision warbling and shaking—and how the hell was he going to pretend nothing was going on when his cheeks were probably blazing red right now . . .?
He chickened out, put himself back up against the wall, not having the guts to put on the fake-act for her, preferring to be caught like the dirty sneak he was . . .
Kimmy appeared in the doorway, just her shoulder, not her face at all. But he could tell she held the phone to her cheek, and was looking down the hall from where he came. Shoot, if he’d been standing in the hall posed mid-stride she would’ve spotted him—but now she didn’t. She stepped back and closed the door.
Every urge he had to go to the kitchen, grab a drinking glass, return and put it up to the door as a crude listening device were forced away. He couldn’t be like that. What had he done to himself right now? Potentially embarrassed himself bottomlessly. What would it have looked like her finding him eavesdropping on her phone conversation? Yeah, the guy that got bullied, and now he was sneaking around trying to listen in on the things she said to her friends. Not a good look. Not a good look when she went to work every day for Devlin Stone in his expensive car, his expensive clothes, tall and good-looking . . .
He rubbed his cheeks, went on the pads of his feet softly to the bathroom and closed himself in. But he couldn’t pee now. Just like that night at Tiffany’s, it’d be hard to pee when his dick was thundering upright.
He palmed his erection, rubbed his hand in a circle over it and getting some pleasure. Didn’t make sense to be hard listening to your wife maybe talk about using her hands and her mouth on Devlin Stone. But for whatever reason, as much as that hurt him deep, his body responded in an unexpected way.
“Shit,” he said, turning and sitting on the toilet seat.
He’d have to wait out the erection. He unzipped it, pulled it out, thought about jerking off and getting rid of it that way . . . Then hated the idea of sitting in the bathroom by himself in a fight with Kimmy, her talking to Amy, him imagining their conversation was about Devlin, then doing that? . . . Jerking off to that?
What if he told her more?
What if you took the honesty thing a little more seriously, Josh? What if you told her just a little bit more . . .
Comments
TF
Thanks for your concern. In a small town in southern Michigan and, although almost everything is closed, the virus hasn't had a big effect. However, not much testing is going on so who knows. Retired so I've been working (!) from home for a while. You are quite right about the world 75 years ago. I had most of the usual (whooping cough (at age 1), measles, chicken pox, mumps and each summer was shadowed by a polio scare (parents scared not us kids). So people have forgotten...hence, the fear forgetting that not everyone will die. After all the human race has survived a long time despite bugs.
DavidnDaria
We're in FL for the winter. Far more infections here than back in MI. Our friend is staying with us while she has to work from home (at least 30 days and they didn't say whose home). We're doing good. We have toilet paper! We have taken all the precautions we can think of to not get infected. It's really crazy. Thankfully, we have plentry of food and tequila.
Chinookfan72
thanks for checking in, I live in a small community in the central part of Washington state. The town only has 4,000 residents and I work remote already so the virus has had little if any impact on me personally.
RCH
CSH not a bad insight. Maybe Karina? Hum... Josh could have witnessed Karina being ravished by Devlin? She is pissed at Devlin because she was just a notch in the bed post! We'll have to wait for KT to reveal her sinister plan!
RCH
Well this is a bit off topic. Just what to see how every one is doing out there? I'm in the Southern California area work for one of the studios. They have sent the majority of the workers home. There is a skeleton crew myself and one other to keep infrastructure going. A few of the show are still posting (editing, sound mixing etc). All production in Hollywood is shutdown or is shutting down. It's very surreal to walk around a facility that normally houses 350-400+ people everyday. Now there is maybe 35-40 including the security staff. It's weird have to re-calibrate and put things into perspective. My parents dealt with Polio and the Korean War. My Grandparent WW2. My great grandparents WW1 and the Spanish influenza. Before that basic sanitation. Dying in your mid 40s. We live in good times. Help your family, friends, neighbors and don't panic! This Corona virus will pass and things will normalize again. Best
Chinookfan72
Because Amy has been trying to reach Kimmy multiple times and hasn’t had any luck so she is giving Kimmy a taste of her own medicine by letting it ring a few times. Also Amy probably wants to seem busy, as in Kimmy is pulling her away from something else.. Lots of stuff go into phone calls these days.
TF
Five o’clock in Ajax was nine o’clock in England. At her desk, office door closed, she listened to the phone ring. Amy picked up saying “Why haven’t you called?” I still read "she" as Kimmy. I grant you the she could be ambiguous but why would Amy listen to her phone ring? Not a big deal in any case...they made the connection!
BNR
My wife also went to this School for Wives with a Masters in Passive Aggression!
DavidnDaria
My wife doesn't yell, I get the silent treatment or more chores with not so subtle reminders of what I've forgotten to do... two years ago.
BNR
HOLY Crap I almost got engaged to a lovely little Italian girl who was super hot and more than a few handfuls! She wasn't into everything I was into and we just went our separate ways. Never even broke up. Just stopped calling each other almost all at once!
BNR
Tim, no worries! Some women are suffer silent types and some women are loud and let the husband suffer! We have all kinds. But congrats on the 47 years~! I'm almost 10 years in!
Tim ziegler
Mine’s Italian they like yell a lot!
CSH
Didn’t mean directly between Devil and Josh just more a sort of bully takes (sexually) Josh’s crush type thing. Maybe Karina? Though now that you mention it - in the first chapter Devlin makes Josh feel his boner and it’s mentioned that the whole scene of being around Devlin in that state is “not unfamiliar” to Josh.
RCH
Tim it's has a good deal to do with cultural back ground. My wife is Japanese and gives me the silent treatment. Then when I least expect it she sinks my battleships! :)
Chinookfan72
TF the at her desk line is in reference to Amy not Kimmy. The rest is in reference to Kimmy.
Tim ziegler
Joke, but I guess not very good.
DavidnDaria
All women are different, bro!
Chinookfan72
I know I brought up the breakfast club after a previous chapter. But Molly Ringwald’s little smirk after Emilio tells everyone he taped the kids buns together reminds me how I’d expect Kimmy to react if told about a similar situation involving Devlin and Josh in high school. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/68e7d67f-9728-4e2d-ac2f-8ee18998782d#ZSvU-4iFG.copy
DavidnDaria
It'll probably be water under the bridge by then. Remind me, if you remember, Red.
Chinookfan72
Another angle,besides being a vehicle for more tension between Kimmy and Josh, and besides being the support person Kimmy needs to help with guilt and normalizing her behavior (both I agree with totally), is humiliation. Amy already talks shit behind Josh’s back about him to Kimmy. After Kimmy has something to compare Josh to in the sack. My thinking is Kimmy will start to voice her preference for Devlin and lack of preference for Josh.. I see Kimmy being reluctant at first but Amy’s persistence will finally get Kimmy to admit all the humiliating stuff about Josh.. It might not go any further than just talk with Amy, but after It’s normalized in Kimmy’s behavior I could see he start to humiliate Josh more directly. I have no idea if this is where KT is going to go, but it’s a possible angle. To me this conversation just solidifies Amy as the one person Kimmy is talking to about this, and we know Amy is the devil on Kimmy’s shoulder so whatever comes of these conversations will not be good for Josh.
Tim ziegler
BNR I’ve been married 47 years and my wife does not believe in silent arguments!
TF
Good transition chapter. Not terribly important but there’s some confusion about door open vs closed. “At her desk, office door closed, she listened to the phone ring.” “She swiveled her chair toward the door, saw the hall empty,” and later “She stepped back and closed the door.”
RCH
Later you'll have to let us in on you insight.
RCH
Thinking it over maybe a scene similar to the Omega Theta Pi initiation in "Animal House" when Chip Diller (Keven Bacon ) is on all fours getting paddled saying "thank you sir may I have another" As a sadistic Douglas C. Neidermeyer (Mark Metcalf) smiles in pleasure? That I could see and maybe Josh springs wood?
RCH
Great job! Did see this approach, great way to hit Josh over the head with the truth, well half truth. Now there is no way he can deny what is going on! He also is still reacting to what is happening despite his inner voice telling him he doesn't like it. He is so confused!
RCH
CSH, I don't know how I would take that. I've had a problem with the level of abuse(bordering on attempted murder). Are we hinting at possible sexual encounter between Devlin and Josh!? (There needs to be a punctuation mark for a shock/question!)
RCH
Tim I'm with BNR silence is the fight.
JamesIsAsleep
I also think that Kimmy is using Amy to be a voice for the id part of her brain (psychoanalysis alert), like Chinook alluded to above, Kimmy is trying to find support because she feels guilty about what she wants to do. She isn't getting that support from Josh obviously (although maybe he might deep down? I think that's where he is headed, personally), so who does she call to help give herself the green light and suppress any of the other thoughts that deny her getting with Devlin? Amy.
RCH
I don't see it as a distraction it is more of a vehicle for Josh over hearing a conversation. It's has been hinted at that Amy could be a factor in the temptation of Kimmy. For all we know there maybe so other connection between Amy and Kimmy. Who knows what perversions lurk in the mind of KT.
CSH
So KT maybe you could give us an incident that somehow connects the development of Josh’s sexuality to his humiliation by Devlin. That might be the secret to his reluctant guilt-ridden arousal. Even more darkly, it would also provide Kimmy the opportunity to eroticize Devlin's treatment of Josh and feed her desire to be sexually dominated by him.
CSH
With Kimmy now acknowledging the Devlin domination angle will Josh’s tale of humiliation at his hands actually increase her lust for Devlin even more ?
DavidnDaria
BTW, something about the believablity of this story went out the window with this chapter. I'm not going to elaborate about what, but until now, it was entirely believable. Now, it's entirely readable, as well.
BNR
I think Amy was in on the ground floor. I picture Any as the snake who "tempted Eve" with glorious tales of Sexual Nirvana. Amy- 'Kim, you have to come to reunion! I know someone who has a huge 'thing' for you since HS and he can't wait to hook back up with you! And he was the greatest fuck of my life, a real orgasm machine. I know you are married and happy but if you just met him you might become successful and horny 24/7. Even in your dad's bathroom!" Something along those lines...
CSH
I don’t really get the Amy angle or why it’s central to the story. Seems like more a distraction to me.
CSH
Can’t say I loved this chapter (not a fan of involving Amy) but if it gets us where everyone here seems to want go then it’s more than worth it. Honestly, I think the phone conversation could have been cut and we could go straight to him trying to win sympathy by spilling out a new story of Devlin’s cruelty. Then cut to Kimmy offering herself up to Devlin. That’s real betrayal for sure and will likely leave Kimmy permanently corrupted. By the way, do I detect some sexual angle to Devlin’s humiliation of Josh in HS? Is that why he gets turned on by this? Maybe he has seen Devlin in action before?
DavidnDaria
Isn't it amazing how she lied to Amy? She's good. Josh and being honest... triple tap... he spills about being bullied, spills about being turned on about Devlin, or spills about being suspicious. Maybe a combination of the three... Interesting.
Chinookfan72
It’s always nice to get some positive reinforcement before you do something risky..
Chinookfan72
Welcome on the bus BNR! I like the picture you are painting.
BNR
Agreed. Any married couple knows that "just avoiding each other " IS THE FIGHT! =P
BNR
I think I'm getting on this bus. One more brutal story as a lame sort of lifeline to his "innocent victim" wife. A final plea that after he tearfully admits another emasculating tale of Devlin's cruelty she swears to Josh that her heart will only ever belong to him and that she could never hurt him. *** Much later, as she is about to be pierced by Devlin, she asks him if this last horrible story could ever be real. With a sneer, Devlin holds back his laughter at the memory and realizing he had caused Josh such lasting pain. "True, all true. I have been more evil than one person could ever be to Josh. Second only to you, my sweet Kimmy!" he hisses as he slides into Kimmy's over-soaked sex... Kimmy cums at the invasion and the realization that she was indeed wounding poor Josh deeper than Devlin ever could!
Tim ziegler
The thing i don’t understand is the lack of dialogue between Josh and Kimmy over Devlin,even a little argument.
JamesIsAsleep
Grade A drama writing, KT! I am with Chinook, Amy's dynamic really helps amplify the reptilian brain in Kimmy, even if Kimmy herself won't be so direct expressing how she feels (though she has been lately), Amy helps say it for her, provide a nice land strip for Kimmy's depravity.
Chinookfan72
i’ll also agree.. That would be the best backdrop... Husband finally opens up about his bully. then the wife opens up..for the bully.. good shit.
Chinookfan72
I loved the inclusion of Amy into this chapter, it would have been nice to get her perspective on Kimmy situation a bit more, and perhaps have her cheerlead Kimmy a bit, but the eavesdropping from Josh is more important. Perhaps we’ll get another check in with Amy after the deed is done on Monday to compare notes on Devlin’s stroke game. Looking forward to Amy being included in a three way on Kimmy and Devlin’s first trip to the UK.. Is Canada restricting travel to the Europe like the US is? stupid virus.
Wess
Same page as Glauc. Don't want Josh telling what he suspects or knows. But another bullying humiliation story would be the perfect backdrop for Kimmy to let Devlin leave her in an exhausted and amazed heap on his bed...of course wanting more.
BNR
Just saw this post! About to read the chapter! SO EXCITED!!! XD
Glaucon
Yes Josh, please, tell her a little bit more. Tell her about some direct bullying by Devlin the night before she goes all the way with him. I love where this is going.
