Candy too (part 2 of Candy)

[OZCPL]

Do you really think that I would let him get away that easy? Justice works in mysterious ways. Wait for it!

I will, thanks Goyse, with pleasure.

[Chrislydi]

WOWWW Great chapter and important talking indeed!!!

I was expecting the law class action would continue to make Todd pay though...

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Do you really think that I would let him get away that easy? Justice works in mysterious ways. Wait for it!

Good news Goyse, justice for Michael and Jill too?

[Asterix42]

WOWWW Great chapter and important talking indeed!!!

I was expecting the law class action would continue to make Todd pay though...

.....

Do you really think that I would let him get away that easy? Justice works in mysterious ways. Wait for it!

Good news Goyse, justice for Michael and Jill too?

Justice for Jeff too, as Tod’s accessory and right hand man?

[Chrislydi]

WOWWW Great chapter and important talking indeed!!!

I was expecting the law class action would continue to make Todd pay though...

.....

Do you really think that I would let him get away that easy? Justice works in mysterious ways. Wait for it!

Good news Goyse, justice for Michael and Jill too?

Justice for Jeff too, as Tod’s accessory and right hand man?

Candy still firmly in the dock then ! *

* (never sure terminology travels so well cross countries) The dock is a place in the criminal courtroom which is set aside for defendants and marks them out from other participants in the trial. It is also occupied by the security personnel who guard defendants and the interpreters and intermediaries1 who may be assigned to assist them.

[Asterix42]

Do you really think that I would let him get away that easy? Justice works in mysterious ways. Wait for it!

Good news Goyse, justice for Michael and Jill too?

Justice for Jeff too, as Tod’s accessory and right hand man?

Candy still firmly in the dock then ! *

* (never sure terminology travels so well cross countries) The dock is a place in the criminal courtroom which is set aside for defendants and marks them out from other participants in the trial. It is also occupied by the security personnel who guard defendants and the interpreters and intermediaries1 who may be assigned to assist them.

Absolutely! She has yet to answer for her extensive record of dishonesty, deception and plotting behind Michael and Jill's backs. Then she spent something like $1,000 on that airline ticket when (according to Candy in chapter 9) "You know that we are not well off. You work very hard, but we still struggle what with the mortgage." So we also have to add theft of their scarce family savings to her list of crimes.

Then there the fact that Candy's been hanging out almost exclusively with Jeff for the past few weeks and been preparing to live a large amount of her time with him in his apartment. So there's also a strong case against her for being a shitty mom and neglecting young Teddy.

It's a long and ugly list of crimes Candy's guilty of, and they're all the worse for having being perpetrated against people who love her. She's just lucky that utter selfishness isn't a capital offense.

[Chrislydi]

Good news Goyse, justice for Michael and Jill too?

Justice for Jeff too, as Tod’s accessory and right hand man?

Candy still firmly in the dock then ! *

* (never sure terminology travels so well cross countries) The dock is a place in the criminal courtroom which is set aside for defendants and marks them out from other participants in the trial. It is also occupied by the security personnel who guard defendants and the interpreters and intermediaries1 who may be assigned to assist them.

Absolutely! She has yet to answer for her dishonesty, deception and plotting behind Michael and Jill's backs. Plus she spent something like $1,000 on that airline ticket when (according to Candy in chapter 9) "You know that we are not well off. You work very hard, but we still struggle what with the mortgage."

Plus, given Candy's been hanging out almost exclusively with Jeff for the past few weeks and been preparing to live a large amount of her time with him in his apartment. So there's also a strong case against her for being a shitty mom and neglecting young Teddy.

It's a long and ugly list of crimes Candy's guilty of, and they're all the worse for having being perpetrated against people who love her. She's just lucky that utter selfishness isn't a capital offense?

I bet if she does one day have to answer for her many crimes, she'll be hoping Asterix42 isn't the presiding judge passing sentence.

[Asterix42]

I bet if she does one day have to answer for her many crimes, she'll be hoping Asterix42 isn't the presiding judge passing sentence.

They say you become the average of who you hang out with. Tod and Jeff are both guys who made their income from exploiting women, lying to them and deceiving them into making porn for profit. Candy knew what they were doing and did nothing about it because she was too excited being pornstar. She's simply not a nice person and, let's be honest, we love her for being the bad girl!

I say convict her and then give her time off for bad behaviour!

[Chrislydi]

They say you become the average of who you hang out with. Tod and Jeff are both guys who made their income from exploiting women, lying to them and deceiving them into making porn for profit. Candy knew what they were doing and did nothing about it because she was too excited being pornstar. She's simply not a nice person and, let's be honest, we love her for being the bad girl!

I say convict her and then give her time off for bad behaviour!

Justice has to be seen to be done, so she should get lots of time off and be bound to misbehave while we all watch her.

[OOAA]

They say you become the average of who you hang out with. Tod and Jeff are both guys who made their income from exploiting women, lying to them and deceiving them into making porn for profit. Candy knew what they were doing and did nothing about it because she was too excited being pornstar. She's simply not a nice person and, let's be honest, we love her for being the bad girl!

I say convict her and then give her time off for bad behaviour!

Justice has to be seen to be done, so she should get lots of time off and be bound to misbehave while we all watch her.

It is amazing folks!!! The common denominator of all our last messages could be JUSTICE for all!!!

Sounds like a new motto for the topic

[Chrislydi]

It is amazing folks!!! The common denominator of all our last messages could be JUSTICE for all!!!

Sounds like a new motto for the topic

Definitely, I'm always a little concerned Goyse might think we don't understand his story, but we do, and it's all about Michael's unconditional love for Candy despite all her faults. It's just we like Candy very bad too.

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Anyone read this thread in the cuckold forum - it's been going for years but only recently updated .

A long stony way by gruenberg, it's so well written considering English is a foreign language for him - highly recommended

This link is to page 5 but read from the start, it's well worth it.

viewtopic.php?t=57837&start=100

[Asterix42]

It is amazing folks!!! The common denominator of all our last messages could be JUSTICE for all!!!

Sounds like a new motto for the topic

Definitely, I'm always a little concerned Goyse might think we don't understand his story, but we do, and it's all about Michael's unconditional love for Candy despite all her faults. It's just we like Candy very bad too.

We like her very very bad!

[goyse]

Justice for Jeff too, as Tod’s accessory and right hand man?

Candy still firmly in the dock then ! *

* (never sure terminology travels so well cross countries) The dock is a place in the criminal courtroom which is set aside for defendants and marks them out from other participants in the trial. It is also occupied by the security personnel who guard defendants and the interpreters and intermediaries1 who may be assigned to assist them.

Absolutely! She has yet to answer for her dishonesty, deception and plotting behind Michael and Jill's backs. Plus she spent something like $1,000 on that airline ticket when (according to Candy in chapter 9) "You know that we are not well off. You work very hard, but we still struggle what with the mortgage."

Plus, given Candy's been hanging out almost exclusively with Jeff for the past few weeks and been preparing to live a large amount of her time with him in his apartment. So there's also a strong case against her for being a shitty mom and neglecting young Teddy.

It's a long and ugly list of crimes Candy's guilty of, and they're all the worse for having being perpetrated against people who love her. She's just lucky that utter selfishness isn't a capital offense?

I bet if she does one day have to answer for her many crimes, she'll be hoping Asterix42 isn't the presiding judge passing sentence.

....

Good one. Poor Candy. See you in a couple of decades girlie!

[OOAA]

Candy still firmly in the dock then ! *

* (never sure terminology travels so well cross countries) The dock is a place in the criminal courtroom which is set aside for defendants and marks them out from other participants in the trial. It is also occupied by the security personnel who guard defendants and the interpreters and intermediaries1 who may be assigned to assist them.

Absolutely! She has yet to answer for her dishonesty, deception and plotting behind Michael and Jill's backs. Plus she spent something like $1,000 on that airline ticket when (according to Candy in chapter 9) "You know that we are not well off. You work very hard, but we still struggle what with the mortgage."

Plus, given Candy's been hanging out almost exclusively with Jeff for the past few weeks and been preparing to live a large amount of her time with him in his apartment. So there's also a strong case against her for being a shitty mom and neglecting young Teddy.

It's a long and ugly list of crimes Candy's guilty of, and they're all the worse for having being perpetrated against people who love her. She's just lucky that utter selfishness isn't a capital offense?

I bet if she does one day have to answer for her many crimes, she'll be hoping Asterix42 isn't the presiding judge passing sentence.

....

Good one. Poor Candy. See you in a couple of decades girlie!

[goyse]

Candy too Chapter 46

Michael was out watering the plants some four weeks later when Chick pulled up on a Saturday morning. Jeff had gone to work and the girls were out shopping together. Life was good for Michael. It was as it had been before Candy had flown the coup to go on the European trip that didn’t happen except that Jeff was living in one of the bedrooms. He didn’t mind Jeff being there as they got on well together and he now got more time to spend with his wife than he had when Jeff had his own unit.

Jeff now worked managing one of the local sex shops and often spent an evening working which gave Candy an opportunity to join Jill and him for a few hours. Candy was much more settled now and Michael realised that she had not only found a man in Jeff who could satisfy her sexually but one who appeared to love her as he did. Life was looking up but he still had not acted to shut down the class action against Tod thinking that he didn’t want to let his friend Chick down. Sure some might think that it was avoidance on his part but when things were difficult for Michael it was Chick who was there to support him. He actually didn't know how to go about telling him without losing him as a friend so he simply did nothing.

Chick walked over and as they always did they shook hands. “How’s it hanging mate,” Chick asked in his extraordinary way.

“I’m fine,” Michael answered. “Come on inside and we’ll have a beer together.”

“Okay, but I’ve got a favour to ask of you Michael and I’m not sure how you might take it.”

“Well, there is one way to find out, just spit it out and if I don’t start swinging punches you’ll know it's okay,” Michael told him with a chuckle.

“Mary and I have talked about this class action thing and we don’t want to proceed with it.”

Michael stopped and turned towards him and asked, “why? I thought you were keen.”

“It’ll mean that Mary will have to present evidence to the court and although there is a good chance it will be a private hearing it is almost impossible to keep these things a secret.”

“I see, well I guess given you’ve become my best mate I’ll have to agree with you and drop it.”

“I’m sorry, Michael.”

“Oh, don’t be sorry, Chick. You have helped me out and I appreciate it.”

“Well, I tried to help but it’s been difficult to tell you this.”

“Yes, I understand exactly how difficult it must be. But I don’t think you understand what I meant by you helping me out?”

“Okay, well explain yourself.”

“Candy had asked me to drop it and you coming over here today means I don’t have to tell you that I want to drop the case.” Michael smiled then burst out laughing.

“Well, well, I think you owe me two beers for that one!”

“Yep, I must owe you at least two. Let’s go get pissed together.”

Chick put his arm around Michael and said, “Okay, mate, let's!”

….

Michael was out early the next morning. The first task for him was to take a couple of Panadol for the headache. He was about to get into the shower when the phone rang. “Who the hell would want to call me at this time of the morning,” he mumbled to himself as he picked up the phone. “Michael speaking,” he told the receiver.

“I’m sorry to call you this early, Michael but I wanted to catch you before you go to work.”

“Is that you, Helen?” He asked believing he might have recognised the voice.

“Yes, I’m sorry again. I should have announced myself.”

“What can I do for you, Helen?”

“It’s Tod. He has heard that you have been contacting the wives of men like you whose wives have become stars in his movies. He has sought legal advice and it has been suggested to him that he should put an offer in through an intermediator to resolve the issue rather than taking it to court. His advice is that if it is settled out of court everyone wins because it doesn’t hit the news and no one has to pay legal fees.”

“I see. I guess it could make sense.”

“Would you be interested in an offer to settle?”

“We would be interested in looking at an offer but he must realise there would be a couple of conditions that we would insist on.”

“And he would have a couple of conditions as well.”

“Okay, well when did you want to discuss it?”

“Perhaps we could discuss the preliminaries right now.”

“Okay, I’m listening.”

“Tod insists that nobody knows that a settlement has been reached. He also wishes everything to be handled as a cash deal and that there be no public record of it happening.”

“To agree to that we would need an admission to what has happened and a signed confession that would remain in a safety deposit box that gets opened by an officer of the law to become public if he does this to any other woman. That is the only way we would allow the agreement to remain secret. Then there is the matter of taxation that has to be dealt with.”

“The tax thing could be handled by each individual by making a statement that it was a win in some type of a raffle. I would have to talk to him about the other thing but I expect he could be convinced. Do you mind telling me how many women are involved?”

“The exact number at this stage I don’t know but we have made contact with twenty women but not all have responded as yet and a couple of those who have responded are concerned about appearing in court.”

“Okay, well they would probably change their minds if this is handled quietly. Would that be correct?”

“Possibly and maybe even likely, I’d say.”

“Tod suggested a number of 5 million dollars total which would work out around two hundred and fifty thousand each family impacted.” Given how quickly she had worked out what each would receive it told him that it was highly likely she already knew that twenty women had been used against their will.

“I can see now why he would want to settle out of court then.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“The legal advice that we received suggested a million each plus costs would be a likely settlement through the courts. Traditionally the legal people tell you a low number so there is no disappointment involved.”

“I’m not sure he could raise twenty million dollars and most certainly not more.”

“I’m still listening Helen. I have no plans to hang up on you. I know this must be particularly difficult for you. Did you want to discuss it further with Tod?”

“Michael, would you mind calling me Leslie. That’s my real name. I use the name Helen in business so that I can keep my business and my private life separate.”

“Sure, Leslie it is.”

“Okay, I’ll discuss it with Tod and tell him that the minimum you will accept is twenty million total and see how he responds then I’ll get back to you.”

“Can I suggest that you tell him what the legal people told us that number rather than saying it is the minimum that is acceptable? My view is that had this gone to court there may have been criminal charges laid. There is also the impact on the wives and the potential impact on your business and quite likely Tod would have ended up bankrupt. Our key aim is to ensure he knows it must never happen again rather than trying to send him bankrupt even though some severe financial retribution should be involved.”

“Okay, I think I understand. Just to check my understanding to not be repeated to anyone else. You hope he suffers severely financially but not destroy him entirely and he is to never do it again.”

“That sounds fairly close to the picture that I formed during discussions with others on the matter, yes.”

“Okay, in that case, I’ll tell you that he has assets around fourteen million. If we got him to settle for twelve million, it would mean six hundred thousand each and Tod would have adequate funds to set up business again. Then there is the question of him coming back into the country again.”

“No one that I know of would want to stop him from coming back into the country again.”

“How soon would you want an answer?”

“I will put a hold on things until we hear from you. It was suggested that the sensible thing for Tod to do was to try to settle out of court. This will not be a surprise to anyone.”

“Was there anything else?”

“Yes, from a personal Point of view, I’d like to see all the videos of Candy withdrawn from sale.”

“That could be difficult. Some will be in entertainment rooms around the world.”

“I understand that and I realise the ones already sold cannot be withdrawn from sale but the ones not already sold can be. Tod would know who he sold videos to so it should be possible. That would be a condition of my agreement to any settlement. Others may seek a similar clause in the agreement to settle.”

“Difficult but not impossible, I guess.”

“What our agreement should include is a clause that after a certain date if Candy’s video is found to be still on sale then it gives me the option of making Tod’s confession public. I wouldn’t be surprised if others would ask for the same clause.”

“Tod will not be impressed but I’ll tell him that it is an essential step to reaching agreement. Was there anything else?”

“No, I don’t think so.”

“Good. I’ll call you in two or three days.”

“Fine. Thanks for calling, Leslie.”

“Thanks for listening. Have a good day.”

“The same to you, Leslie.”

….

“Hello, Chick. Michael here. I have just had Tod’s ex-wife on the phone wanting to discuss an out of court settlement that remains confidential.”

“What did she offer?”

“She suggested around two hundred and fifty thousand each but has gone away to talk to Tod to get it increased.”

“Shit, that’s a lot. Should I let the others know?”

“Not yet. We can do that once the numbers are worked out. There will be a couple of conditions involved, the main one being that we don’t reveal that a settlement has been reached.”

“That would mean he could do it again.”

“No, that will be one of our conditions, a signed confession that goes into a safety deposit box to be only opened by an officer of the law if he repeats it.”

“Who would be the officer of the law?”

“There is only one that I know of who could be trusted to do it right. His name is Chick.”

“I’m honoured to hear that.”

“And so you should be. Look, I’ll talk to you more once there is an offer presented. Perhaps as you suggest we could send a letter out to the others to tell them that an offer is likely to be made in a couple of days which would eliminate the need for the wives to appear in court or the names to become public? That should get the other women interested again.”

“Sure, I’ll do that.”

“Catch you later.”

“Yea, enjoy your day, Michael and thanks for that.”

[Asterix42]

Another interesting chapter that leaves nothing now unresolved or unforgiven.

Surprised to see Michael is still referring to Candy as his wife. She spends all her time with Jeff, only deigning to spend a few hours one night a week with Michael and they apparently no longer spend any one-on-one time together at all. Given the lack of dialogue between them it's unclear what their relationship now is, though it's pretty clear Candy is Michael's wife in name only and is living as Jeff's wife as per the plans she made with Jeff for their future. From what is written about their lives since Candy returned from the porn studio, it sounds like there’s nothing left of her marriage to Michael that's worth a damn, beyond living under the same roof!

[Chrislydi]

Loved it Goyse,

Thanks for all the time and effort you put into that, an imaginative solution and it's always really appreciated. I always look forward to reading your continuing epics, hope you never retire from writing.

Of course it looks like it's scuppered my plans to be the UK film and distribution agent for all of Candy's porno products, film and otherwise. Maybe Jeff can step in and come over instead of Tod? To be honest I may need him on the filming and editing side of things anyway, i've had a word to Dirty Den down our local and he's assured me that he's ready to step in and give Candy the experience of a lifetime. Anytime, anywhere, any place, and at only a moment's notice, were his exact words, reckons his cock is 25 inches long and twelve inches thick too - although I suspect that might be the whisky talking.

Tell Candy the UK side of the operation is all set to go, as long as it's Jeff doing the editing and Dirty Den doing the fucking.

Postscript - Tell Michael anything as per usual, no need for him to know, or his mate Sergeant Chicken Chops.

[OZCPL]

Great work Goyse

Asterix42

Surprised to see Michael is still referring to Candy as his wife. She spends all her time with Jeff, only deigning to spend a few hours one night a week with Michael and they apparently no longer spend any one-on-one time together at all. Given the lack of dialogue between them it's unclear what their relationship now is, though it's pretty clear Candy is Michael's wife in name only and is living as Jeff's wife as per the plans she made with Jeff for their future. From what is written about their lives since Candy returned from the porn studio, it sounds like there’s nothing left of her marriage to Michael that's worth a damn, beyond living under the same roof!

Hi Asterix
Did you read the last chapter too quickly or did I.
At the start of the paragraph -
"Life was good for Michael. It was as it had been before Candy had flown the coup to go on the European trip that didn’t happen except that Jeff was living in one of the bedrooms. He didn’t mind Jeff being there as they got on well together and he now got more time to spend with his wife than he had when Jeff had his own unit."
I felt it indicated that Life was now nice for Michael.

[Asterix42]

Great work Goyse

Asterix42

Surprised to see Michael is still referring to Candy as his wife. She spends all her time with Jeff, only deigning to spend a few hours one night a week with Michael and they apparently no longer spend any one-on-one time together at all. Given the lack of dialogue between them it's unclear what their relationship now is, though it's pretty clear Candy is Michael's wife in name only and is living as Jeff's wife as per the plans she made with Jeff for their future. From what is written about their lives since Candy returned from the porn studio, it sounds like there’s nothing left of her marriage to Michael that's worth a damn, beyond living under the same roof!

Hi Asterix
Did you read the last chapter too quickly or did I.
At the start of the paragraph -
"Life was good for Michael. It was as it had been before Candy had flown the coup to go on the European trip that didn’t happen except that Jeff was living in one of the bedrooms. He didn’t mind Jeff being there as they got on well together and he now got more time to spend with his wife than he had when Jeff had his own unit."
I felt it indicated that Life was now nice for Michael.

Yes, but "good" is a relative term and "he now got more time to spend with his wife" is measured against the zero time Michael got to spend with Candy while she was living with Jeff, and against her spending most of her days with Tod before the "Europe trip". It's notable that this chapter tells us Jeff "often spent an evening working which gave Candy an opportunity to join Jill and him (Michael) for a few hours." As nothing else has been mentioned about them spending any time together, this seems to be telling us that outside those few hours, Jeff is always with Candy and Michael has no time alone time with her any more. Any relationship beyond that "few hours" is left to the readers imagination.

All said and done, the best evidence of character relationships in stories is the one-on-one conversations and interaction they have. Since her return from the "Europe trip" Candy and Michael have had virtually none at all. Ergo; they have no relationship.

[OOAA]

AMAZING chapter!!!!! Great Leslie! Ane even greater Michael!!!

[Chrislydi]

"Life was good for Michael. It was as it had been before Candy had flown the coup to go on the European trip that didn’t happen except that Jeff was living in one of the bedrooms. He didn’t mind Jeff being there as they got on well together and he now got more time to spend with his wife than he had when Jeff had his own unit."

Isn't the elephant in the room how she has treated young Teddy? Candy was all set on a month long? trip to Europe to promote and perhaps make a few more porno films with Tod. When it was apparent this isn't happening, getting back to Teddy seemed to take a backseat in her efforts to seduce Jeff and find an adequate replacement for Tod' - her sex life comes first.

She finally gets back after God knows how long, presumably Teddy is still with Michael when he and Jill haven't been off playing with Chick and his Mrs, no idea who was minding Teddy. (Tbf he probably wouldn't recognise Candy anyway) His biological father isn't coming back anytime soon and he must need a mother, so what does Candy do, she goes to Jeff's new apartment and helps him settle in, far more important than her kid, leave him with Michael and Jill if they're not too busy doing other things.

Eventually Candy makes an appearance when Jeff moves in with Michael and Jill, still not much mention of Teddy, but perhaps Candy also spares him a few hours now and then, when Jeff isn't keeping her busy, or it doesn't dig into the few hours per week she spares keeping Michael happy.

Mother of the year she certainly isn't, would Teddy have been better off with any other mother? Almost certainly.

Candy really isn't very nice at all.

[Asterix42]

"Life was good for Michael. It was as it had been before Candy had flown the coup to go on the European trip that didn’t happen except that Jeff was living in one of the bedrooms. He didn’t mind Jeff being there as they got on well together and he now got more time to spend with his wife than he had when Jeff had his own unit."

Isn't the elephant in the room how she has treated young Teddy? Candy was all set on a month long? trip to Europe to promote and perhaps make a few more porno films with Tod. When it was apparent this isn't happening, getting back to Teddy seemed to take a backseat in her efforts to seduce Jeff and find an adequate replacement for Tod' - her sex life comes first.

She finally gets back after God knows how long, presumably Teddy is still with Michael when he and Jill haven't been off playing with Chick and his Mrs, no idea who was minding Teddy. (Tbf he probably wouldn't recognise Candy anyway) His biological father isn't coming back anytime soon and he must need a mother, so what does Candy do, she goes to Jeff's new apartment and helps him settle in, far more important than her kid, leave him with Michael and Jill if they're not too busy doing other things.

Eventually Candy makes an appearance when Jeff moves in with Michael and Jill, still not much mention of Teddy, but perhaps Candy also spares him a few hours now and then, when Jeff isn't keeping her busy, or it doesn't dig into the few hours per week she spares keeping Michael happy.

Mother of the year she certainly isn't, would Teddy have been better off with any other mother? Almost certainly.

Candy really isn't very nice at all.

So true.

Suspect Candy may have put him up for adoption. After all, for Candy, having Teddy had nothing to do with her wanting a family with Michael. Remember how Candy never told Michael when she was pregnant, he figured out himself when she was 3 months gone. When Teddy was born her first act was to call Tod, who arrived at the hospital before Michael even got a chance to speak to her. Then Tod was spending his days with Candy and Teddy so he could bond with them as a family, which Candy didn’t tell Michael about until it was a well established routine. Candy then told Michael that she was determined Teddy should know who his biological father was and why he was different from Michael and that she’d already agreed this with Tod. She also made arrangements behind Michael’s back for Tod to provide baby gear and an education fund.

While Candy was busy every day bonding Tod and Teddy with her as a family for the first year of Teddy’s life, Michael was mostly having one on one time without Candy as; “A standard pattern was developing for them. Michael would come home. He would go up to see Teddy, if he wasn’t already with Candy. Michael would check if Teddy needed changing and if so, he would bring him out to be with his mum and dad. Michael didn’t know that if he needed changing in the hour before Michael got home Candy would leave him to allow Michael to do it because she knew he liked dealing with Teddy.

After Michael had changed Teddy, he’d play with him for a while then take him back to his cot. He would sing a song to him or read a storybook to him until he was fast asleep, then Michael would return to Candy to take her up to bed.”

So for the first year of Teddy’s life, Candy was busy building a strong family bond between Tod, Teddy and herself, and that is the only family unit she’s ever invested any time or effort into. Michaels always been the evening nappy changer and bedtime story reader/ babysitter and not much else as far as Candy's been concerned. (Let’s not forget that previously when infatuated with a lover Candy’s solution to giving Michael some quality one-on-one time was to suggest he could do the weekend grocery shopping with her.)

The simple fact is that since she first started seeing Greg, Candy hasn’t really given a shit if she spends any time with Michael or not. Neither has she wanted her son to see Michael as his father. With Tod out of the picture and Candy being 100% focused on what Candy wants out of life, i.e. sex and nothing else, it makes sense that she’s probably either left Teddy with his real father, Tod, or adopted him out. Outside of being a useful tool to keep Tod in her life, Candy has no use for the boy in the selfish, self-centered world she lives in.

Mind you, if Candy’s running true to form, Michael probably finds out that she’s given Teddy away some weeks after she’s signed the legal paperwork. He probably came home to find a CPS car backing out of his driveway with Teddy in a car seat being taken to a foster home, ‘cause that’s the sort of woman Candy is.

[Chrislydi]

Tbh I think its been more than a little remiss of Michael to have not called her out on her disgraceful parenting skills. She seems to have little or no motherly instincts, putting Teddy right at the bottom of any lengthy priority list, he's almost an afterthought. Not too sure on the US (that's where she lives I think), but you would think social services might have her up on some child neglect charge the way she's shaping.

She should be renamed Candy Houdini after escaping criminal proceedings so surely she'll escape social services too, if any kid should be put up for adoption it's Teddy - escape the parents from hell.

To be fair to the mother of the year, aren't we all missing the obvious solution to Candy spending more time with her little boy?

Candy’s solution to some quality mothers/son bonding time for her little boy is obvious, allow little Teddy to toddle behind her when she does the weekend grocery shopping

[Asterix42]

Tbh I think its been more than a little remiss of Michael to have not called her out on her disgraceful parenting skills. She seems to have little or no motherly instincts, putting Teddy right at the bottom of any lengthy priority list, he's almost an afterthought. Not too sure on the US (that's where she lives I think), but you would think social services might have her up on some child neglect charge the way she's shaping.

She should be renamed Candy Houdini after escaping criminal proceedings so surely she'll escape social services too, if any kid should be put up for adoption it's Teddy - escape the parents from hell.

Good comment, but when could Michael have done that? He likes to avoid public drama and Candy never lets him have a single moment alone with her.

Perhaps he should send her a sternly worded text message?

Though for Michael, the message would probably be more like: “BTW love, sorry to bother you while you're with Jeff. But when we had our "us" time last weekend, with all the rushing between aisles to get Jeff's favorite beer and snacks and with all your texting to make sure you got the brands he likes, I didn't get a chance to ask. Where's Teddy?"

[goyse]

Once more I will be absent for a while so I will post the next chapter to keep the conversation going.

Goyse.

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Candy too Chapter 47

Three days passed and Leslie had not called back. By the Friday evening which was the third day, Michael had decided that Leslie had only been feeling him out for her husband’s benefit so he decided to forget it and move on.

On the fourth morning, the phone rang at seven-thirty. Michael was sitting in his office at the time. He lifted the phone and stated, “Michael speaking.”

“Michael, it’s Leslie here. Tod has an offer to make to you and any others who are party to the class action.”

“Okay.”

“He has suggested as a start that two of the women should be excluded from the class action because they knew exactly what they were getting into and were paid. For the others, he proposes a payout of no more than five hundred thousand dollars paid as two payments of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars each, the first upfront within a week of the signing of an agreement and the second payment some six months later.”

“Please continue I’m still listening.”

“He agrees to the requirement that he does not record any woman for the purpose of selling the videos and the withdrawal of the Candy series from sale. As a measure of good faith, he has already sent requests to have them removed from sale to everybody he has provided copies to with a statement that it will be deemed illegal to sell the videos from this day forward.”

“Has he agreed to provide a signed confession with a bond to be held should he break his commitment?”

“Yes, he has agreed but will not agree to two million. He believes that is much more than it should be and has suggested one million to be held over for just five years within a joint account with you where neither can withdraw the funds without the other’s signature.”

“Why with me?”

“He says you are trustworthy.”

“Why would he believe that?”

“He said that Candy trusted you implicitly and of all the husbands you are the only one that he believes would be trustworthy. I have to admit that you have been straightforward in your dealings with me as well and I thank you for that.”

“Thanks, I’ve tried to do it right. Who are the two women who he wants to delete from the deal?”

“You’re not going to be happy when you hear this. It’s Candy and the policemen’s wife, Mary. He says he paid them a wage to appear in the movies.”

“Candy did mention that he paid her a small amount but says it was to help him with secretarial duties.”

“He claims that it was to make the movies.”

“How often have you caught Tod out telling lies?”

Leslie hesitated before she asked, “How often have you caught Candy out telling lies?”

“I can say honestly that I haven’t but I have known her to not tell me something that she didn’t want me to know.”

“All right, so you think Tod is lying. Why would he do that given he is offering a settlement?”

“He may see me and Candy as the instigators of his present problems so wants to do us maximum damage. Maybe he thinks it will all fall apart if I get pissed off and pull out.”

“That’s quite possible and seems likely actually given the circumstances. So what happens now?”

“He would have expected it to go to court so I guess nothing changes if a settlement is not reached and nobody is going to agree to leave any of the ladies out. So I guess our discussions are finished. I’ll talk to the lawyers this afternoon.”

“He says there is proof that he offered both Candy and Mary money.”

“That is not up for debate. As I said, Candy told me that he offered her payment for secretarial duties. If he has the proof then let him produce it and we’ll see exactly what was said. If he can show me where he told Candy that he was going to pay her for blue movies to be sold through your sex shops then I’ll walk away.”

“No, the movies were not sold through my sex shops.”

“Well, there you go. Where do you think I purchased my copy of the Candy series?”

“You purchased them through one of my shops!”

“That’s correct. The young lad told me that Tod told him that he must do as he asked or he would make damned sure that he got the sack. The lad was left with no option so it wasn’t his fault so I hope you don’t cause him trouble. He’s a good honest lad. He didn’t want to do it but couldn’t afford to lose his job.”

“Okay, so how do we handle this then?” Michael recognised a hint of concern in her voice so he knew that Tod was in for a dressing down.

“My suggestion is that you tell Tod that an out of court settlement is not possible if he attempts to leave Candy and Mary out unless he presents his evidence to you. If you sight evidence that Candy agreed to be paid for the movies and not for secretarial duties then I’ll produce evidence to you that is not what happened.”

“How could you do that?”

“Someone made a mistake. It was probably Tod himself but I can’t say that for sure but it allowed me to purchase the tape where they discussed Tod and Candy going to Europe including him asking her would she go with him to take minutes of the meetings.”

“Can I see it?”

“When you’re available, I’ll play it for you but you can’t have a copy. The original is locked away where it can’t be accessed. Obviously, that was necessary should this get to court.”

“I’ll talk to Tod.”

“Good. Have a nice morning, Leslie.”

“You have a nice day too, Michael and thank you. By the way, the answer to your question is, yes, I have caught him out many times telling lies so I believe what you say.”

“Thanks, Leslie and I’m sorry if I have caused you any distress.”

“You have told me a couple of things that I find embarrassing but I can give you an assurance that I will deal with it the right way and no one will lose their job over it.”

“I expected that. If I didn’t trust you, Leslie I would not have told you and I would not be discussing organizing a deal with you.”

….

“So what happened with the discussions with Helen?”

“Helen has gone away to clarify a couple of points with Tod and she’ll come back to us. I believe a settlement will be struck. Did you get any answers from the girls?”

“I’ve heard back from everybody. Two have said they don’t want to know about it but with the others, they seem keen given they will not have to appear in court.”

“It seems strange that two don’t want to know about it?”

“I think they are the couples that have split up and the girls don’t want their new partners to know about their past.”

“I guess that makes sense. Let’s go have a cold one, mate before the girls get home.”

“I thought you’d never ask.”

[Chrislydi]

Thanks Goyse for posting yet another wonderful update.

I must make it clear that I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into this. You constantly produce inventive twists and turns that keep the interest going. Most of the posts afterwards are not meant as serious criticism, they're not criticism at all tbh, just a little bit of fun at Candy's expense.

You see you make your fictional characters so real they end up having their characters ripped apart, that's really a great credit to you, the author. - I am a real fan of your writing so never get discouraged by any rubbish posted - most of it is just light hearted and not meant seriously.

Hopefully your break is for enjoyable purposes but even if not, then I hope it brings nothing but good news. I look forward to whenever you can continue your writing and wish you all the best.

Chris.