“And before I knew it, I had hit ‘Send’.”

There was a brief nod before Doctor Shah said , “Young man, you’d better start from the beginning.” And it all just began to pour out.

Here I was Prashant Gupta, a Forty something  CFO of  MNCorporation,  sitting in the plush office of Doctor Sudesh Shah telling him the story of my life.

“Before I go ahead Doctor, let me assure you that I never meant for all this to happen. It all happened when I came home unexpectedly from work.

“Till a few months ago, I was living the life of my dream, happily married to my childhood sweetheart Savita and the father of two simply adorable children. We were married for ten years , my kids were doing well at school, I had a great job and my wife was following her passion with her own little business of interiors.  We were truly living a charmed life. Or so I thought.  You know how it is at work. As I went up the corporate ladder, the hours became longer and Savita used to joke that I loved my job more than I loved her and was more familiar with airport lounges than my own home. Even the children started singing the same song .

Doctor, I tried hard to keep everyone happy.  It was tough. My boss was a bitch and refused to let me off early. I think she was a sadist and the more I told her I needed to go home early, the longer she’d keep me at work. So you see in July I was away in Delhi for a meeting and was supposed to return home late the following day. But the meeting got over early and I wasn’t expected back at work so I thought I’d surprise my wife by returning home earlier than expected. I went straight to the airport and got the last seat on the earliest plane back. I knew the kids would be at school and I was happy that I’d  be able to spend the whole day with Savita. A day which would be a bonus.

I was excited and could hardly contain myself . I was dying to see the surprise on her face as I went home. I didn’t ring the door bell because I thought I’d surprise everyone at home and was amazed to find the living room empty. Our bedroom door was shut so I thought Savita must be inside, probably watching TV or just lounging around or even meditating.Not wanting to frighten her, I slowly opened the door and I got the shock of my life. There was Savita in our bed with the Yoga teacher! Luckily they were too busy and didn’t see me. So I hurriedly shut the door and went out of the house. I felt sick and threw up in the potted plants in the passage.

I wanted to run down the stairs and all the way to Delhi but somehow I braced myself and rang the doorbell. Within minutes Savita came to the door and I put on a smile and said ” Surprise!”

“Oh my God Peechoo!” she shrieked and was all over me like an over eager teenager. ” I’m sooooo happy you’re back. What a lovely surprise,” and she dragged me into the house.  It was  hard for me  to control my emotions but I managed to act equally delirious at seeing her and was amazed how she could switch so seamlessly from one man to the next. ” I’ve just finished my Yoga class,” she babbled on and on as the Yoga teacher appeared behind her. It took a superhuman effort for me to prevent myself from strangling him and hugged her back instead, more tightly than I normally did.

” Ok Madamji, I’ll see you on Wednesday,” said the Yoga teacher as he slunk out of the door and Savita literally jumped into my arms. ” You can’t imagine how happy you’ve made me darling…..It’s been so long that you’ve done something so impulsive and loving,” and she plastered my face with hundreds of kisses.

I can’t tell you doctor, how I managed to control myself. All the while she went on and on about how excited she was at seeing me, how thrilled she was that I came home early, while all along my head was pounding as though it would burst. Somehow I forced myself to be equally enthusiastic and passionate about seeing her. But all along I could see that scene in my head – the two of them cavorting in our double bed!Strangely enough, that night we had the best sex ever but my mind was spinning out of control.

After much thought, I decided to get my own back. I had to burst Savita’s bubble as she had so callously burst mine. I wanted to shame her as she had shamed me. I thought for days what I could do when suddenly the thought struck me. As soon as the children’s school broke up for the mid term break, I sent them all off to Singapore. They were thrilled to go and so was I. I got the detective agency to install some CCTVs in the house to record all the goings on in my home.

A month later I looked at the tapes and once again I nearly gagged. It was like seeing a porn flick and the star of the show was my beloved wife Savita, the respectable society lady with the perfect family. I was livid with rage and could hardly stop my hand from shaking as I uploaded all  the clips onto my computer and sent it as a Must See to all those on our mailing list, both her friends and mine. As I added each name, I felt my anger slowly dissipate. I almost had a change of heart but I couldn’t get her perfidious act out of my mind and before I knew it, I had hit ‘Send’.

Now doctor, this wretched lady has now not only served me a Divorce notice but she is claiming that I have publicly humiliated her and caused her mental anguish and torture! I just can’t bear it any more……..