Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 12:31:58 +0300
From: Cooper Max <lmd4208@gmail.com>
Subject: The Officers Part 11 (Military)

			   The Officers Part 11


	"You told your wife what!?" Matt whispered furiously, his eyes
drilling into Sam like a jackhammer.

	"I told her everything, well not about you, but everything else
about my bisexual side." Sam stated pointedly, not breaking eye contact
with Matt.

	"You told her everything? Why on God's green earth would you do
that?" Matt replied in a panic, sweat starting to bead on his forehead.

	"Calm down, again, I didn't say anything about you. You didn't come
up at all." Sam said reassuringly, in a calm tone.

	"Yeah you didn't mention me but it's only a matter of time before
she puts 2 and 2 together. We've spent a lot of time together. She's not
stupid. I'm sure she'll figure us out." Matt said with anger and fear laced
in every word.

	"Dude, seriously. Calm down. You haven't even heard how the
conversation went. Before you pack your bags and run into hiding in
Siberia, you might want to hear the whole story."

	Matt just stared at Sam in disbelief; his mind imagining all the
things that could go wrong. After their closest scare with the Colonel,
Matt couldn't fathom why Sam would risk everything willingly.

	Sam went on to explain that the guilt had been tearing him
apart. He hated lying. He hated sneaking. The fun he and Matt were having
was incredible but it was also so contrary to the life Sam thought he'd be
living as a married man. The close call with the Colonel was a shocking
wake up for him; that he was living a straw-house life that could easily
blow down.

	"I knew I had to come clean man. I couldn't keep doing this. I
fully went into the conversation expecting the result would be divorce but
I'd rather be honest and divorced than married and a liar. I'd rather she
hear about this side of my life from me instead of some CID agent or jilted
lover." Sam stated.

	He continued on to say it was the most difficult and scary
conversation he ever had. Sam was expecting fury, tears and possibly even
violence when he told his wife that he had been having sex with men and was
bisexual.

	"So what the hell happened? How did she react? I can't even imagine
having that conversation Ð so awkward, so difficult." Matt stammered as
he started to feel some empathy for what Sam had put himself through.

	"She was furious of course. She was hurt, betrayed but honestly she
wasn't surprised. I guess I only confirmed what she had suspected for a
long time.  You're right, she's not stupid and she did pick up on the fact
that something was off. She had her guesses but never wanted to dig too
deeply for fear of getting the answer she didn't want. She thought that I
was having an affair with another woman at first but quickly realized that
it may actually be verrrrrry different; that it may actually be guys." Sam
stated in an almost embarrassed tone.

	"How did she know?" Matt inquired.

	"Ehhhh, I haven't always been the most careful in the past. Part of
me thinks I wanted to be caught all along so I wouldn't have to keep on
lying. She had seen texts over my shoulder. I guess she even saw me on
scruff out of the corner of her eye once and looked the app up to see what
it was." Sam replied, blushing.

	"Wow, but she never said anything before?" Matt asked.

	"She had asked if anything was going on but never asked
directly. Of course I always denied that anything was amiss." Sam said.

	"So what did she end up saying?" Matt questioned.

	"Well at first she cried and yelled a lot. After she calmed down,
we actually ended up talking for a really long time. We talked through a
lot of what I was feeling with my bisexual side. We talked about divorce
and going our separate ways but then she asked if she thought we could make
it work." Sam said.

	"Make it work?" Matt asked

	"Yeah, if we could still have a relationship Ð an open
relationship Ð where I could have some safe fun on the side with
men. She asked me flat out if I was gay and wanted to leave to find a
boyfriend or husband. She asked whether I did indeed love her and sex with
guys was something that could be part of my life but not consume all of
it."

	"How the hell did you respond to that?" Matt questioned.

	"I said a lot of the same things I've said to you over the last
year; that sexuality isn't black and white to me. I said that I've had
feelings for men (meaning you!) and enjoyed the sex but also loved her and
enjoyed the sex we had too. It was a really long and complex conversation."
Sam said.

	"And!?" Matt inquired.

	"We're going to keep talking, to keep the lines of communication
open but she's not pushing for a divorce. She wants some ground rules and
some expectations but so far there's no divorce lawyers being called." Sam
replied with a bit of a smile on his face.

	"Well that sounds like a crazy situation. I can't believe you'd
tell her. I don't think I could ever tell me wife that. That definitely
took courage or maybe stupidity but either way that was an extreme thing to
do. Where the hell does that leave us now?" Matt murmured.

	"I don't think anything has to change. I'll never tell her any of
your details. She doesn't want names, details or anything like that. She's
not going to be one of those wives that gets off on the sexual aspect of
it. If anything, it'll just hurt her more." Sam concluded.

	"And if she finds out? What then?" Matt uttered.

	"She's not going to run and tell your wife. She's not that kind of
lady. She's not going to tell anyone in the Army because then I'd get in
trouble too. At worst, it'd be awkward if you ran into her,' Sam
speculated.

	Matt stared pensively at Sam. He felt all kinds of emotions. He
felt a little bit betrayed that Sam would take such a risky move without
even consulting him. He felt scared that something bad might actually come
from this revelation. He felt guilty that he was still lying to his own
wife and risking his future with her, his kids and even his career. Part of
Matt even felt terrified that he would lose Sam; that some how this
revelation would be a wedge between the good thing they had going; that
their connection would have to stop.

	`Why the fuck am I so worried about losing him? Did I actually
think that we'd end up together? Did I want that or better yet do I want
that?  Months ago I wasn't even really into guys and here I am
contemplating having a future with one? That doesn't make any sense. This
is all so confusing. My wife finally arrives next week. How the hell is
this entire going to work with her added into the mix? Maybe it's time to
end this for good. Has this connection run its course?' Matt thought to
himself, a deep pit forming in his stomach.

	"This is a lot to process man. I don't know what to think or feel.
I'm kind of overwhelmed with it all." Matt proclaimed as he stood up
abruptly.

	"Where are you going?" Sam interjected, worriedly.

	"I gotta get out of here. I need to clear my head and process of
all this." Matt proclaimed as he walked off quickly without saying good
bye.

	Sam didn't stop him. He was feeling exhausted and overwhelmed too.
He needed to process Matt's reaction and think how all of this was going to
work.

	Sam was lost in thought when a text message jolted him back into
consciousness. Sam looked down at his phone and panic surged through him.

- My name is Colonel Gorham. I'm a colleague of Colonel Fenzel's. I will be
in your area of operations this week and we need to talk. Ð The text
message read.

	`Oh sweet baby Jesus what does this guy want? Just what I need on
top of all of the rest of this; another problem.'


	Sam stood up and jogged off in the direction that Matt had taken.
He needed to tell him about this latest situation.

			 ---- To be Continued ---