Collette's Property

Collette gave me a sour look and sighed. "You want me to give up my career?" She sounded incredulous. "For what, to make my slave happy?"

Desperately I tried to do damage control. "No, not just that. You'd give it up to establish a sound physical and emotional relationship with two other people which would be very rewarding. You have to give your time to make a deep relationship." I knew as I spoke the words they were having little effect on her.

"What's wrong with our relationship now, you get all the sex you want from me and my slut. I think things are fine as they are, but you must be unhappy or you wouldn't be pushing this." Collette had a point I hadn't considered; was I truly unhappy, or just restless. Is this about the emotional distance I feel from Collette, or is it just about my feelings about liberating Mandy?

I didn't have an answer, but still I pressed forward hoping Collette's resistance would crumble. "I don't think I'm terribly unhappy, but we've lived your full tilt, hedonistic lifestyle for four years now. Isn't it perhaps time to try something else? Doesn't the ultimate ménage a trois sound good?" I was trying to tempt her.

Collette took a moment for thought and I felt like I could see the wheels turning in her head, but I couldn't determine which way they were rolling. "So if I agree to try this we can change back if it doesn't work, if I don't like it?" There was a hint of her sly tone in her voice.

I simply couldn't envision Collette not liking this once she got into it, but I wanted to assure she would give it a fair trial. "Certainly, but you'd have to give it a fair trial. I suggest we lease a place in the country for say a year and at the end of the year you decide, do we stay or come back to the city." I felt a surge of success and I was confident enough in my plan to leave the decision to her as long as she did give it a fair chance.

What happened next may have been fate or well planned by Collette. The truth is I'll never know. There was a knock on the door and Collette instantly gave Mandy permission to enter. It felt to me as if she was relieved to have our conversation interrupted before she gave a final answer.