"Are you sure you can do this, Janet?" Brad asked her late one Friday evening.
"Yes Brad, I believe I can." Janet insisted.
"Well, okay. Just come in here whenever you're ready." Brad said and sat on the couch to watch some TV.
Janet grinned to herself as she walked into their bedroom and picked up the pink Victoria's Secret bag lying on their bed. She too had decided to go and make some purchases of her own earlier that day and was determined to prove to Brad how far she had come since her therapy with Dr. Maxwell had begun.
"Won't my darling be surprised now?" she said to herself as she pulled the contents of the bag out and laid them on the bed.
She carefully laid out fishnets, stiletto heels, a black mini skirt, and a skimpy red halter top. As she slipped off her shorts and t-shirt and began dressing up in the sexy clothes, she thought of how Brad would react when she made her appearance in this getup. He had been extremely supportive of her as she went through her therapy and hoped he would enjoy this surprised.
"Well, here goes nothing." Janet said to herself as she finished applying her bright red lipstick and straightened out her fishnets one final time.
"Are you ready now, Janet?" Brad called out from the living room.
"Yes, my love. I'm coming." Janet said and made her way out of their bedroom.
Brad was flipping through the channels on their TV and had just come upon the Lifetime channel when he heard Janet approach the living room. Looking up, he just about dropped the remote and fainted when he saw the clothes Janet was wearing. He couldn't believe that this was his wife standing in front of him that moment.
"Janet…is that you?" Brad asked with a look of total shock on his face.
"Yes, my love. It's me." Janet said and moved sensually over to Brad on the couch.
Brad's mouth hung open as his hands moved across Janet's face and body, wanting to make sure this was indeed his wife in front of him. He just couldn't believe that this was the same woman who wouldn't even look at a pair of fishnet stockings a few months ago and now was actually wearing them.
"Oh my, I can't believe it's you." Brad said and planted a soft kiss on Janet's lips.
"Surprised, aren't you?" Janet asked.
"Oh, I'm more than surprised. I'm proud of you too as well." Brad replied.
"Really? How so?" Janet asked as she curled up next to Brad on the couch.
"Two years ago, you wouldn't even be caught dead looking at a pair of these things." Brad said, pointing to her stiletto heals. "But now, you're all dressed up and finally faced your fears." he added.
"I didn't do it for me, I did it for you." Janet replied.
"You did it for both of us, hun." Brad said, wrapping his arms around his wife.
As the two of them snuggled up on the couch and began to watch a movie on Lifetime, Janet felt pretty proud of herself for what she had accomplished. She knew she was very close to moving on with her life, but there was one more thing that she had to do before she could really say she moved on.
