Obsession

18

As the days went by the couple was yet to fix things. Stephen had moved into the guest room across the hall and Raven was still too afraid to utter a word to him. From time to time David would come and visit her and she would get excited yet she still refused to speak. She would lock herself in the room for hours and not leave unless David was there to bring her food or make sure she was comfortable.

Stephen has began his counseling but Raven was still pushing for a divorce. She had slid the papers under his door one night expecting him to sign them but it only made him angry.

He had been begging her for almost two weeks to accept his apology and let him back into their room. At this point the marriage was as good as well null and void. Stephen has broken the vows he had made to someone who adored him even after all he put her through.

The time was now 9:00 and Raven had decided that it was time for her to began swimming again. Mid swim the backyard lights shut off leaving her in the dark alone. Something grabs her causing fear to race through her body but she can't scream. The person caresses her face and plants love pecks on her lips.

She had longed for this feeling, her husbands kiss. A kiss that left her speechless. One she knew had a heart full of emotions in it.

"I knew that if you saw me coming you would have been upset and left, but I can't keep living like this Ray. Can we please work this out? Without you there's no me. I can't sleep and I damn sholl can't stop thinking about you so please?"

At this point she didn't know if it was just her hormones making her cry or if she really believed what he was saying.

"As long as you keep working on you, we can work on us."

He embraced her tightly and she could hear his sniffles in the dark as she uttered those words. He never realized how hard it would be not to hear her voice. He missed it, loved it, couldn't live without it.

"I'm sorry that I had sex with him...."

She states as they make their way back into the house.

"Don't even worry about it. I fucked up and I tried to blame you for my mistake. And honestly I realized how less of a man that made me. I need to man up. Can't have my son acting like the old me."

"But it's something we need to talk about, get it off our chest you know?"

That's what Stephen was afraid of. The situation was over with almost three weeks ago. In his opinion there was nothing left to talk about. They had both cheated, said some things they didn't mean, and both ended up hurt. He had been telling his counselor about the dreams he had been having about the two. The images of David stroking his wife lay lodged in his mind making him dream of it almost every night.

"I don't really want to talk about it Ray."

"I almost killed myself because of it. So we're going to talk or I'm going to leave. I'm so fucking tired of negotiating with you when you fuck up." She says while flopping on the couch.

"You're right. I'll go first."

She looks at him while he sits in front of her playing with her legs, rubbing them ever so lightly under her towel.

"How many girls?"

"Four. One here three in the states, but they meant nothing. I was just stressed Ray, we've been going through it and soon I'll be a father of two. I don't know how to be a father. My dad left when I was eight and I only saw him in the summer."

He watched as the tears streamed down her face. He was tired of hurting her. She deserved to be treated like a queen from this day on and she would be.