An Affair While Dying

Arlene Gettys

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The door to hell locks from the inside. People are there, because they want to be. As humans they were selfish, deceitful evil beings. They were their own gods.
Meet James, a racist sexually addicted malignant narcissist who's been deemed the master of gaslighting.
James has enjoyed the spoils of wealth during his twenty-eight year marriage to Alyza, heiress to the Rockschild fortune. When he is diagnosed with a severe form of terminal cancer and given less than two years to live, his wife rushes to his side. However, James is determined to have one last affair.
When Alyza learns of his affair with a young, Jamaican con artist, she decides to cheat too.
Now everyone is sinning, but someone will die.

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• Fiction
• Arlène
• Arlene

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• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 23 février 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669867944
• Langue: English

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An Affair While Dying








Arlene Gettys



Copyright © 2023 by Arlene Gettys.

Library of Congress Control Number:
2023903258
ISBN:
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978-1-6698-6793-7
Softcover
978-1-6698-6795-1
eBook
978-1-6698-6794-4

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Rev. date: 05/01/2023





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Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1 James
Chapter 2 Alyza Jane
Chapter 3 James
Chapter 4 Alyza
Chapter 5 James
Chapter 6 James
Chapter 7 James
Chapter 8 James
Chapter 9 James’s Illness
Chapter 10 An Affair Revealed
Chapter 11 Alyza
Chapter 12 James
Chapter 13 Alyza
Chapter 14 James
Chapter 15 Alyza
Chapter 16 James
Chapter 17 Alyza
Chapter 18 James
Chapter 19 Alyza
Chapter 20 James Meets with His Father
Chapter 21 Alyza Meets Mrs. Robe
Chapter 22 Group Therapy: The Caregivers
Chapter 23 The Other Woman
Chapter 24 Alyza
Chapter 25 Church
Chapter 26 Alyza
Chapter 27 Alyza
Chapter 28 James
Chapter 29 Alyza
Chapter 30 Alyza: The End
Chapter 31 Arnesta and Her Father
Chapter 32 James: The End











This book is a work of fiction. Details of episodes of mania and depression are real; however, all events, names, dates, and places are of the author’s imagination. Any similarity to real-life people or events is purely coincidental. Good fiction makes us think and provokes emotion, thus teaching us empathy and compassion.










To my paternal grandmother, Emma Gettys-Roberson.
You always taught me to not let any grass grow under my feet. Your advice was always “Try Jesus, baby.” When I didn’t know to pray, you prayed for me. I think of you daily and will always love you.
“Grandma Emma”
March 16, 1916—June 6, 2016












A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
—James 1:8 (KJV)



Acknowledgments
I first thank God for His grace, mercy, and sending me peace during the darkest of days. Due to the storms of life, it took seven years to complete this short writing. But He is faithful, and I thank Him for completion.
To my Lizzy, thank you for always being you and standing up for what you believe in. You are a resourceful person and an extremely strong woman. I’m anxious to see you as the determined, dedicated politician you’re destined to become. Continue to follow Christ, and there’s no limit to where you’ll go.
To Fred, my Marine & Army National Guard Soldier (not many mothers can say that huh?), thank you for always seeing the bigger picture and helping me keep my head on straight. You’ve been a true protector of your family and your nation. You are wise beyond your years. Keep God first as you continue your adventure-filled life traveling the world.
To my Very Best Friend, thank you for praying for me as you’ve advised and counseled me through the most difficult times. I’m blessed to have met you at my favorite place (the library), on the right day at just the right time.



Prologue
“Hi, my name is Jay, and I’m a sex addict.”
“Hi, Jay,” the group members replied.
“I want to thank you all for allowing me to attend today. I’ve struggled with lust and the inability to deny the company of multiple beautiful women all my life. Just always thought I was the only one. I think I want help. I love my wife, so I do believe I want this behavior to stop. Over this last week, I’ve slept with four hookers and watched, oh, I’d say about twenty-five hours of porn. I even rented a hotel room just so I could watch uninterrupted.”
“Well, Jay, sounds like you are really battling, buddy. But you’ve just taken one of the hardest steps a man can take on his journey of healing. If you stick with this program, you’re going to find that coming here and acknowledging that you do have a problem is the best thing you could have ever done. Your battle may not look like any other man’s in this room, but that’s OK.
“This addiction is in the mind, and it’s deeper than seeing a woman and lusting about how it would be to sleep with her. Obviously, your resources are greater than most men. I could never afford the hookers and the hotel rooms.” The man laughed.
“Money can make the mind believe that only you matter,” he continued. “Once you’ve indulged in sex at one level, resources, time, and opportunity can later help take sex for you to a shameful level of no return. This group strives to stop you from going to those levels, before you destroy your family, ’cause that’s rock bottom, man.
“I’m not going to lie to you. It’s going to take a lot of work, starting with admitting to a whole lot of childhood stuff, which, if you’re like most of us, you’re probably not ready to do. But if you are willing, I can recommend a center that offers a fourteen-day intensive program. A few of us have gone through it already—”
“Whoa, wait a minute,” I interrupted. “I’m not going to be put away in a nuthouse for fourteen days. I’m a man doing what men do, and I really don’t think my childhood has anything to do with it. Just like every other man in the world, I love looking at and sleeping with beautiful women. Besides, if being in a loony bin for two weeks is the magic cure , why did only a few of you do it, yet you are all still in these damn meetings, which are rather long, I might add?”
“Unfortunately, there is no cure. I wish there were, man. It’s about stopping the destructive behaviors, finding the root cause of your addiction, and having a solid foundation for lasting recovery,” the man answered.
“That sounds like a lot. Listen, I was only here because I have this eerie feeling that I will be caught soon. Full disclosure–I just want to tone it down a little. I’m not ready to quit cold turkey. I just don’t want to cheat as muc h.” I initially thought these guys would understand, but the main guy wouldn’t let up. He was so judgmental.
“What do you mean by ‘as much’? If you are a married man and have had that much sexual contact outside your marriage in the last week, it should be evident that this is no easy feat. Addiction tries to control your mind, man. If you’re ready to change, no amount of sex is acceptable, especially outside your marriage. And if you’re doing this much with other women, brother, you can’t be taking care of home. The first step for me was to accept Jesus as—”
“Hey, man, you can stop right there. If you’re going to bring religion into this, I gotta go! Hey, guys, maybe this isn’t for me. Thanks for nothing.” I hissed.
I can’t imagine why he’s bringing my wife into this shit. “ And I take care of home!” I shouted as I pounded my chest with the palm of my right hand. “There is absolutely no way my wife would ever step out on me!” I yelled, then wondered why I’d allowed this guy whom I didn’t know to piss me off. There were two subjects that were never up for discussion with me—my wife and Jesus.
And just like that, I’ve successfully completed my first Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting. All I learned was that I had more going for myself than either of the guys in that group. I looked down at my crotch and then jumped up to leave. This place they use to hold these meetings is a dump anyway.



CHAPTER 1
James
Sexual Addiction
My real name is James Curtis Higginbottom-Rockschild. I actually hate when people call me Jay. I only attended the Sex Addicts Anonymous group last night so if my wife ever catches me, I can say I am already getting help. Truth is I’ve cheated on my wife every single day for the majority of our marriage. It seems I’ve always been involved in some type sexual tryst or other.
Over the next few hours, days, weeks, months, or years it takes you to read the content of this book, you are sure to learn to hate me. I just ask, while you’re reading (and judging), put yourself in my shoes. What do you do when you are married to one of the most beautiful, successful women in the world—a woman so beautiful that when she walks into a room, both women and men stand to greet us to compliment her on how gorgeous she is?
What do you do, as a man, when you feel no one sees you, no one hears you, and most importantly, no one respects you because their focus is always on your wife? You are just the husband . I’ll tell you what I do: I act out, as a man, in the ways I’m about to explain.
Cheating is a habit I’ve perfected to help me cope in this high-class world in which I don’t feel I belong. Most people think I’m living the American dream. I’m white, successful, handsome, and married to a superwealthy woman. B