Deceit

“Why is Jimmy running around naked outside?” Anne asked her husband as she smiled innocently.

She knew darn well! Her husband had come home early that day without warning her. She had bolted upright from her tangled bed, had thrown Jimmy off her body, and told him he had to leave. Jimmy ran to the second story bedroom window, leaping to the ground, twisting his ankle. Butt naked, he limped down the street, pausing only to catch his breath.

Anne’s husband, John, laughed as he saw him trying to escape down the street. “He must have been in bed with some housewife! This ought to teach him.”

How did John come to that conclusion? Well, he had come home even earlier than Anne realized, having a delicious romp with her best friend who lived down the street. Anne’s best friend, Jenny, was the wife of Jimmy. Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!