Noah grabbed Paul’s ankle, and he pulled it towards him as hard as he could. It was totally unexpected, and as Paul fell flat on his ass, he shrieked in pain. His tailbone was shattered.
For the first time in her life, Nancy’s reflexes were quick. She grabbed the lamp on the bedside table and smashed the base against the back of Paul’s head, and he went down like a sack of bricks. Then she crawled off the bed and went to sit with Noah. She cradled him in her arms and asked him if he was okay.
Noah did not reply. He was severely injured. His face was bruised and puffy, and there was congealed blood under his nose and mouth.
She ran her hands through his hair as he flickered in and out of consciousness, and she wept over him. “There, there,” she cried. “Everything will be alri
Nancy felt helpless. She worried about Noah constantly, but other than keeping him comfortable, there was nothing that she could do to help him.After the wedding, both couples had settled down in a castle in Kuerto, and they had each chosen a room for themselves on the second floor. Noah, who was still barely holding on, was given the room closest to the bathroom. They had brought Nathan with them as well, but he was put in the servants’ quarters on the main level. A week had passed since the ceremony, and both men had shown signs that their conditions were improving, but the ladies were still nervous. The doctor had said that neither of them was completely out of the woods yet.In the kitchen, Nancy was brewing turkey stock from the bones that had been saved from Thanksgiving dinner. She scooped some out with a spoon, tasted it, and added some more pepp
The servant dropped her eyes, and it seemed that she had been struck dumb.“Well?” Crystal hissed. “Out with it, or away with you!”“M-M-Miss S-Smith,” the servant stammered. “The g-gentleman has been p-pounding on his w-wounds with his f-fists.”“Do I have to do everything myself?” Crystal growled. She gave the servants a dirty look, and then she stormed off in the direction of the servants’ quarters. “I should just let him die,” she muttered. “After all the trouble we went to in saving his life, this is how he shows his gratitude?!?!”When she reached the room that he had been recovering in, she pushed open the door and barged in.
Eric was sitting on the sofa in the living room. His feet were on the coffee table, and he was watching a surveillance recording that had been taken from the room Nathan was occupying. He was watching Crystal’s performance, and so far, he was pleased with what he had seen, that is until he saw the kiss that Nathan had given her.His cold eyes filled with anger, and when he heard Crystal coming down the stairs, he turned and said, “I saw the kiss. Do you mind telling me what that was about?”Crystal’s face turned red from shame, and she said, “He caught me off guard. It won’t happen again.”“It had better not!” Eric growled. He abruptly got up from the sofa, strode towards her, and picked her up. He threw her over his shoulder, and then he carried her into the bat
Nancy was shocked by Crystal and Eric’s behavior. She knew how Crystal felt about him, so it did not make sense that she was letting him feed her.Eric smiled as Crystal chewed. “Do you like it, Darling?”“It’s not bad,” Crystal replied. “But can you please not call me that?”“Alright,” Eric thought for a while, and then he said, “You can be ‘My Little Pretty! ‘Now get me a bowl of soup, My Little Pretty!”Crystal gazed at her fork on the table. “I don’t like that either,” she grumbled.“Be my baby, be my baby,” Eric sang. It was an old Phil Spector song that had been made popular by The Ronettes in 1963. “W
It was not hard for Crystal to get the castle’s fax number. After all, most of the servants knew it, and after making a few calls, she had tickets booked for an eight o’clock flight to Seattle and a copy of the newspaper in her hands.On the front page, in bold letters, were these thirteen words: AND THE AWARD FOR THE MOST UNFAITHFUL WOMAN OF THE YEAR GOES TO:Beneath that, there were a series of indecent images. All of Nancy and Paul’s private parts had been censored, but there was no mistaking that the main person in the images was Nancy. Along with these photos, there were others with Nancy and her mother.Nancy was sitting beside Crystal, and she traced the subtitle with her index finger and cringed. It said: Like Mother, Like Daughter According to the newspaper, a year ago, her mother had an a
Michelle glared at the condom in Paul’s hands. “What’s that for?” she asked.Paul smirked. “With a bit of protection, I think I might be able to manage an erection.”“I don’t want this!” Michelle exclaimed.“Aren’t we trying to have a baby?!?!”Paul sighed and said, “I don’t like it either. But not enough time has passed since your miscarriage. It is too soon to try again.”“But I want a baby,” Michelle whined.“And you will get one,” Paul told her. “You need to be patient, though.”“Fine,” she humpe
Nancy and Crystal stood at the window facing the tarmac, and for a while, they were silent. One plane took off, and then another. Crystal sighed, and in a voice that was barely audible, she said, “This is bullshit….”“You think?” Nancy growled sarcastically. “Who the hell does he think he is? And what gives him the right to fuck with my life like this?”Crystal shrugged. She knew that nothing she could say would help improve her friend’s disposition, so she said nothing.“What are we going to do?” Nancy asked.“We’re not without options,” Crystal replied. “If we took a direct flight to any of Washington’s neighboring states, once we landed, we would have a plethora of options.&rdqu
There was a razor blade on the night table. She looked at it for a minute, and then she picked it up. “To cut or not to cut,” she murmured. “That is the question...” And then she began to giggle.What is it about Shakespeare and me this evening? - she wondered. Still smiling, she brought the knife to her Radial Artery. Back and forth, not up and down - she reminded herself.Just as she was about to begin cutting, someone knocked on the door. “Miss Smith! Miss Smith! Are you asleep?” It was one of the servants.There must be an emergency - Crystal thought, and she immediately assumed that it had