Unfaithful - The Conversation
The movie Unfaithful has a glimpse of the conversation between Edward and Connie Summers after the police came with their second inquiry into the death of Paul Martel.
Connie Summers a devoted loving mother and wife allows her rational mind to be taken over by an irrational impulse that led her to have an affair with Paul Martel a grifter that became a toxic drug to Connie with consequences she never imagined.
Martel's knowledge of seductive words made Connie an easy prey by having her read a simple passage from one of his books …. " This is life eternal….. This, all that youth will give you…..It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friend…. Be happy for the moment… This moment … is your life. Words that clinged to her ... " What about me ... What am I missing
Connie's rational state of mind became consumed with the idea of teasing herself, that tasting the forbidden fruit ….. "It could be something I do for myself"... No one will ever know!
The schoolgirl behavior and fantasies occupied Connies consciousness to the point of making her keep returning until she easily gives all of herself to him and his sexual desires. Martel's sexual control over Connie commanded that she fuck him in the restaurants bathroom stall, while her friends wait for her at their luncheon table. As with Girlfriends gossip , whereby they each proclaimed that they would easily fall on their backs to have sex with Martel if they were in a position ... somehow gave Connie a sense of approval, even with the warning that all affairs end disastrously and everyone gets hurt.
Everyone getting hurt is the conversation
Connie: What happened , Edward?…What did you do?…. Did you hurt him?
Edward: Huh?
Connie: Edward ?…. Did you hurt him?… You did, didn't you?….. Oh , Jesus, Edward…. Talk to me….. Tell me what you did… Connie's actions created a response that she couldn't have foreseen
Edward: No, you tell me what you did…. How you fucked him over and over and over…. You lied to me….over and over and over… Edward's rage coming into full view
Connie: Edward, please…..
Edward: No, you don't talk to me now… I gave you everything… for this family…. Everything…. And what did you do? ….. You threw it all away…. Like it was nothing….. For what? ….. To a fucking kid!… You didn't think I'd know?….. I wouldn't feel it? … I knew it from the very first day …. Because I know you, Connie….. I know you, and I fuckin' hate you!… I didn't want to kill him… I wanted to kill you!... Those words showed Connie what her actions have done to her husband
Connie: Oh, my God, Edward…..Oh my God… Dear God… Connie's irrational self serving actions have come full circle in that her husband will pay the ultimate price for her betrayal and her son's life will never be the same for pursuing pleasure over responsibilities.
Charlie: Mom, Look what I did… Charlies fear in seeing his parents arguing makes him wet his bed
Connie: Honey… that's ok….. That's ok
Charlie: I'm sorry , Mom
Connie: It's an accident…. Everybody has accidents.
Charlie: Why aren't you in. Bed, Mom?
Connie: Charlie, look at me… I want you to know…..that I love you…. More than anything in the world… And I want you to know that your daddy and me both…will always , always love you no matter what, hmm?
Charlie: Ok?
Connie: Ok….. Come on sweetie…. Let's go fix up your bed….. all nice and fresh, ok?
Charlie: All right.
Edward reads the note that he placed underneath the globe that Connie without any fore thought gave to Martel….. If you find this DO NOT OPEN until our 25th anniversary….. to my beautiful wife…. The best part of every day… Why did it come to this... Why wasn't I enough
Edward: You can come on up and clean it off, no? …. come on!... I'm not an ax murderer. I promise….. Thank you
Connie: What are we gonna do?….I'm so scared
Edward: I'll turn myself in
Connie: No… No…. No... Connie's mind turns to her guilt... I did this to us... I ruined everything that was good for this for a cheap schoolgirl thrill... I won't let you throw away your life for my failings.
The following conversation needed to take place before the final scene in the movie ... in order to understand what needs to happen next…..
Edward: I need to understand what made you do what you did….. what was missing between us? … Was sex between us that bad that you need a younger stud to get you off… You have to make me understand … because I don't
Connie: I wish I could explain it …. It 's never been about you … I love you and I always will… This is almost a cliche that I lost myself….. I got caught up in a moment of wanting to be a bad girl for what ever reason... I felt that I was missing out... which is crazy on my part
Edward: Wanting to be a bad girl….. what's that? …. You wanted to be a slut….. a whore… how in the hell could that excite you?... Becoming something your not
Connie: No…. I hated that ….. I didn't want to be just... ordinary,... that life was just passing me by and I wasn't experiencing everything… I got caught up in a rush or a high that felt good for the moment and then when it was over , my mind made it even more than it was and I wanted more… The guilt of hurting you and Charlie made me end it before you did what you did.
Edward: Where was the guilt of hurting Charlie and me that first day, that first day he put his hands and dick into you….. were you that excited that a stranger could have you at will... Why couldn't you come to me to tell me we needed to do something different because things were to... ordinary…... that's what's so fucking hard for me to understand….. I've treated you like a queen and not an Internet whore that fucks anyone on command.
Connie: I wish I could've understood it myself…. It wasn't the sex par say …. It's the illusion... the fantasy... that my mind made it be... that made it so addicting to me…. I take responsibility that I did this to us… I let you think everything was alright even when it was me that was not giving you the attention you would have liked… I know you have gone to porn sites to see what you thought you have been missing. Have you ever had other women because of it?
Edward: No… there isn't anyone that I wanted more than you,... when I did look I tried to see if someone was close to you. I would imagine you doing some of those things, yes, but much of the other stuff is just gross… Did your boy toy make you do things that you would never have done or never did with me?
Connie: Is this your way of finding out what I did do,... so you can punish me or is it that you want me to do more things to you….. You know that in our 11 years of marriage, we've never talked like this…. We just let each day take care of itself ... now we are in the mess we are in.
Edward: As far as other women, you should choose your friends a little better, some of them would have dropped their panties in a minute if I was interested... Remember Bill who I fired….. he saw you with the kid and threw into my face when I was firing him... So many of our so called friends aren't friends … that's the part that also frustrates me about this. Your so called girl friends knew this and were just waiting for all of this to blow up in our faces. Yet you let them believe what they saw was happening….. that disappoints me to no end.
Connie: Why didn't you ever tell me?….. Were you keeping them on the hook if you ever needed a quick lay and want to get back at me?
Edward: Oh, Please ...I didn't tell you because , I didn't do anything nor was it up to me to tell you who your friends are. Anyway , none of them were you and I'm picky as to who I want to have sex with. For your information , I have been faithful to you in all the 11 years... As far as a quick lay... I rather not... I would rather wait for you to be in the mood then settle for second best.
Connie: Since I'm the one that messed everything up are you wanting permission to fuck somebody else to make us even?
Edward: No…. If we continue to talk sex won't be a problem, but trust is a different story…...Can we trust each other?... Without Trust there is nothing keeping us together except Charlie.
Connie: Charlie would be devastated if he were to find out. That's why we can't rush to any hasty decisions about any of this. We have to use our heads to determine the best outcome, for Charlie and for us.
Edward: The police have us on their radar, but they don't have any real evidence, they don't have the murder weapon. They've already speculated a motive, but they haven't charged cause they can't place me at the crime scene. When was the last time you were there ?
Connie: Don't hate me for this ,... but I confronted him about cheating on me with another woman... him cheating on me... that made me even dumber than I was... I left a message on his answering machine , that I couldn't do this anymore and that I couldn't keep lying to my family.
Edward: They can speculate that you had an affair, but still no real proof… I had you followed, but they don't know who I used. This globe is the only real evidence and we have to destroy it before anyone finds out about it.
A crying Connie : Edward , I so sorry I did this to us, can you ever forgive me? …. How could I have been so selfish and stupid?….. I'm so deeply sorry
Edward is torn but his love for his wife is greater. He grabs her and embraces her to try to comfort her and reassure that everything will be alright all the while knowing that this isn't something that will go away.
As they continue their embrace Connie starts kissing Edward as passionately as she can. He has always been the only man she truly loved and her lapse in judgement has made her realize that he would do anything to protect his family. She whispers into his ear…
Please make love to me….. I need you more than I've ever needed you before.
Edward picks up his wife puts her onto to the bed and begins to undress the only woman that he has been with since they got married. He begins to kiss and touch every sensitive part of her body.
As his lips and fingers wander all over body, his mind starts to wander as to the man he killed because he dared to intrude on a body that belong to him only. Connie sensing what he is going through rolls him on his back and tells him….. Let me love you like I've never loved you before…. She now starts the kissing process from lips, to his neck to his chest , his belly button and reaches his very erect dick and starts to message it, lick it , stroke it and squeeze it. Once it gets as firm as it can be she puts into her mouth so that he can feel her sucking and putting pressure that he is ready to let go , she pulls it out … not just yet…. feel what's waiting for you….. she guides his hand to her very wet pussy where his fingers start messaging her clit.
He turns her over on to her back and spreads her legs and then begins to insert one finger into her and his thumb rubbing her clit. Then inserts his second finger so as to start a rhythmic in and out motion all the while her G spot is getting maximum message. Her grinding hips are in sink with his hands, but now she wants his tongue to bring her to her organism that she finds herself at it's peak. As he kisses and sucks on her labia lips she grabs his head hold it tight to herself as her contractions occur one after another.
She hasn't had vaginal orgasm like this before and Edward knows it and is so excited himself that he has yet to enter her,... tell her to get on her knees because he wants to glide into her from her backside. He wants to be as deep into her as he can all the while trying hold back his ejaculation. Tonight he does what he has never down before as Connie's ass is banging into Edwards groin Edward decides to massage Connies rectum that shows her contractions are starting to once again get intense as before. With each massage his finger goes deeper into her rectum and he begins to feel his dick going in and out. With both her openings filled with him in them his excitement is to much for him to hold back he ejaculates and the tip of his dick gets very large as his sperm fills his wife. Connie is having a similar contraction and having an even greater orgasm than before.
Connie rolls Edward on to his back and lays on top of him so that she can kiss and snuggle into him.
Connie: That's being made love too., with a little dirty fucking… What made you do that, not that I minded, that was intense.
Edward: I've never paid attention to your body as to how it reacts, and seeing how you were starting to contract I thought why not, it's not... ordinary …. You liked it! … it didn't gross you out.
Connie: It was different , I don't know if I want to make a habit of it, but it was very intense. …. I have to ask you …. I sensed that you were letting your mind wander away from me… is that what was happening?
Edward: Once I saw you naked , I couldn't help but think that little prick had you, was touching you and was fucking you…..it just enraged me…..
Connie: Are you going to be able to let it go…. Or will he always be with us when we are making love… he fucked me he never made love to me….there is a big difference.
Edward: We've overcome one hurdle with what we just did, I will overcome this other ….. I promise.
Connie: I never stopped loving you,…. you do know that!….. He was the worst mistake I have ever made , I will spend the rest of our lives proving that to you.
Edward: My biggest concern is that you know I killed someone because of my out of control anger…. How can we get through it?
The following is a resuming of the movies conversation
Connie: No, we can get through this….. We'll take it one day at a time…No one will know
Edward: We'll know
Connie: We could disappear….We could raise some money, sell everything…and just leave the country
Edward: Seorita, Mexico?
Connie: Why not?
Edward: We could get a little beach house…. Take a different name…. People do it all the time.
Connie: What do we tell Charlie?
Edward: Tell him it's an adventure… we could fish all day… We could learn to play the guitar… And I would serenade you to sleep every night…. We'd just live the rest of our lives on that beach….and then when we die, we could just push out to sea….. What do you think?
Connie: It sounds perfect... An illusion and not reality
The film ends with their car sitting at the intersection in front of the Police Station… leaving it to everyone's imagination as to what they do next.
If they were heartless cold blood killers the logical explanation they would run until which time they would be caught giving them no chance at redemption.
The other explanation is Edward turns himself in pleads temporary insanity to Martels flaunting the fact that his wife was nothing but a lonely housewife looking to get her kicks with a stud like himself and that he provided a service he couldn't.
What Connie did was clearly a poorly timed lapse of judgement with a sexual predator that knew how to prey on women's insecurities and give them an illusion of self needs that were magnified. Under any other circumstances Connie would have never placed herself in such a situation but that stars were aligned to cloud her judgement and common sense and she believed she was entitled to a moment of weakness . What is the price that needs to be paid. Martel paid with his life for his choices ,
Does uncontrolled anger warrant the taking someone's life … the right lawyers and a sympathetic jury have shown time and time again for that to be the case