I Knew My Ex-Mistress Would Lose Her Mind When We Broke Up, But I Had No Idea She Was Capable Of This

Tarah didn’t take it well. She was at the office the next morning waiting for me, drunk and crying. She caused a scene in front of every single one of my employees and keyed my car before driving off in a frenzy.

The texts didn’t stop. I eventually changed my number. Tarah started just calling my office phone line. I changed that too. I couldn’t believe this young woman who could probably get just about any young man to take over my situation was so obsessed with me.

I was okay with the constant pleading and harassment, but I was worried about one thing…Tarah telling Becca. I already destroyed my relationship with my wife and couldn’t afford to ruin my relationship with the other most-important woman in my life.

I started to get paranoid. Every time Becca called me I was sure I was going to hear her struggling to breath, slobbering words through thick tears about how I ruined her life and embarassed her. I had to do something.

A thoroughly sketchy friend from high school gave me a heads up about a low-level private investigator he knew named Eric in a small town up in Maine who would be able to help me keep tabs on Tarah for a while. I wanted to be able to know a little more about the girl so I at least knew where to find her if I needed to meet up with her in a panic and to keep an eye on her at an upcoming engagement party for Becca I thought she would attend.

Things were simple and safe at first. Tarah kept quiet about us as far as I knew and kept her cool at the party even though I was still ignoring at least a few texts a day from her. The private investigator was able to put a tracking device on her car and inform me of where she lived and where she worked. Honestly, it wasn’t that valuable, but it was a nice little piece of information to have.

Overall, all I kept thinking was that as long as Tarah didn’t explode again and do something rash, I was going to be okay.

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