Till Death Us Do Part

by V, Krissy

  “That’s fine Tasha, but I’ll still worry about you, you looked so frail this morning, but yet so beautiful. I look forward to hearing from you for coffee” and he hangs up. Why does he keep doing that? Where the hell did he see me this morning, this day just keeps getting weirder! I save his number in my phone, so at least I will know his number to ring him for coffee!

  I walk back into the kitchen and walk in to hear Luca talking to my Mum. “I’m really worried about her, Jean, she’s trying to be strong, but I know she isn’t really” My Mum nudges him to let him know I’m behind him, he turns and says “Tasha, you know I worry about you honey”.

  I smile at him, because I know he does, I walk over to him and hug him “Luca, you are a great friend and I love you, thanks” I have to walk back out of the room because I can feel the tears coming, again.

  After lunch we drive over to my house, we are all very quiet in the car. Luca helps my Mum carry her bag into the house, while she helps me out of the car.

  Luca makes us all a cup of tea and then leaves around 5pm, he knows that Felix is due home soon and he’s not ready to see him yet.

  I rang Felix to tell him that Mum is coming to stay. He wasn’t overly happy! I’m not sure why, because he gets on with both Mum and Dad.

  Felix arrives home and comes into the lounge, he gives me a kiss and gives my Mum a hug. “Jean, I’m glad you’re here, Tasha needs some looking after. She’s been busy with her interviews during the last couple of days, it’s taken her mind off things but she’s not got anything planned now. She has a check up on Friday, that’s it. Can I smell dinner? Something smells nice” he says sniffing the air!

  “Yes, Felix I cooked something, I hope you don’t mind” Mum says and I know that she’s cooked his favourite.

  She disappears into the kitchen and I can hear her laying the table.

  “How are you feeling babe?” Felix says.

  “I’m ok, but I hurt myself after my interview and I got a little bit upset, but I’m ok now” I say.

  He leans down to kiss me again and before he reaches my lips he snarls “I can’t believe you asked your Mum to come and stay here! Did you tell her what happened? Did you Tasha?”

  Did I just hear him right? Is he admitting that he pushed me down the stairs? I didn’t think he would ever do that!

  “Felix I told her that I fell down the stairs because I was drunk, that’s what happened ok” I can feel myself getting mad now. “What is wrong with you?”

  “There is nothing wrong with me Tasha, I’m just making sure you don’t start lying to people that’s all” he starts to walk out of the room.

  “What are you talking about Felix, I fell down the stairs because I was drunk and that’s what I’ve told everyone” I can’t deal with him right now, so I pull myself up off the couch and walk past him into the kitchen.

  Dinner is lovely and Felix is the perfect host, Mum would never have guessed there was anything wrong in my perfect marriage.

  After dinner I say “I’m off to bed, I’m tired, I don’t have to be up early so I hope I have a good sleep” I walk over to Mum and give her a hug and a quick kiss and then do the same to Felix.

  I turn and go upstairs to get ready for bed, I’m just about to turn my phone off when it sounds to let me know I have a text message. It’s from Caleb, what does he want at this time of night? What if Felix sees it? I’m panicking now! I need to tell him not to keep texting me, it will only make things worse with Felix.

  “I’m sorry to text so late but I wanted to make sure you were OK! I saw you this morning outside Blue Eye, I saw you sliding down the wall. You looked very upset”

  I start feeling warm inside that this person I don’t know is so interested in me and seems to care so much about me that they would text me to see how I am. I smile to myself. I really need to tell him to stop texting me though.

  “Caleb, thank you for being concerned about me, I really appreciate it. I had a really bad morning and I hurt my ribs. Then all my emotions caught up with me”

  “I feel like I need to look after you and I don’t know why? This feels really strange Tasha, it’s like fate intervened on Saturday night and introduced us. You fell into my life like an Angel coming to rescue me, I feel like I need to have you in my life, I can’t explain it any better than that.”

  Wow, this is moving in a direction I hadn’t thought of. Just tell him Tasha, tell him to stop texting you! I can’t! I want to know what he has to say.

  “Caleb, I don’t even know anything about you and I’m not sure I should. As for fate, I wish I hadn’t tripped and spilled my drink on you, because I wouldn’t be in so much pain now”

  “Did you hurt yourself when you fell into my life? I thought you had an accident?”

  “No, I hurt myself later, but if I hadn’t tripped and talked to you, I wouldn’t have argued with Felix, my husband, and I wouldn’t have fallen down the stairs”

  “I can see why you wished you hadn’t met me, but let me tell you that fate had it planned anyway and we will meet again, soon, very soon Tasha”

  “What do you mean?”

  “You’ll see when the day comes, now go to sleep my beautiful Angel. Sweet dreams, I’ll wait for coffee”

  “Night Caleb”

  Why is he texting me? What does he mean “fate intervened anyway”? I lay in bed thinking about Caleb, he seems to care or is he just screwing with my mind. I try to picture him but my mind is a bit fuzzy from the tablets and from being drunk when I met him. I know I should have told him not to text me, what if Felix finds out? I can’t believe I have to worry about Felix finding my phone. I should have told him not to text me. Next time! I delete his messages just in case!

  I slowly drift off and have an erotic dream of a faceless man, who is looking after me and whispering in my ear “I love you Tasha, I’ll take care of you.”

  Chapter 13

  I WAKE TO FIND FELIX getting dressed for work “Morning Felix” I say drowsily.

  “Morning Tasha, I hope you take it easy today, you’ve got your check up on Friday, you want to make sure you’ll be well healed by then”. He comes over and kisses me and whispers in my ear “I hope your Mum isn’t staying too long Tasha”

  What!! “Why? She’s here to look after me” I say trying to sit up.

  “That’s my job. I’m your husband!” he seems angry and I don’t want Mum hearing him raise his voice at me.

  “OK Felix I’ll suggest she goes home tomorrow, but if I know Mum she won’t go until after my check up on Friday”.

  “Just convince her!” he walks into the bathroom and I stare after him. He’s never had a problem with my Mum before.

  When he walks out of the bathroom I still can't believe what he said. "Close your mouth Tasha it doesn't suit you, unless you want my cock in there" he starts coming towards me. Did he really just say that? I close my mouth anyway, that's the last thing I feel like.

  "Shame I was just thinking about how it would be to have your mouth around my cock. Actually, open your mouth again Tasha" he's still coming towards me and he's opened his zip and pulled his cock out, it's big, hard and angry looking. I open my mouth and he slides it in. I try to protest but he just grabs the back of my head and starts to thrust his cock in and out of my mouth.

  "Tasha oh my god that's so good, you were always good at blow jobs, who taught you?" he slams his cock to the back of my throat and I start to gag "How many men have you done this to?" he pulls it out and slams it back in, it hurts, it's so far back in my throat and I'm not in the right position to open my throat to take all of him, I have tears falling down my face, it's hurting my ribs because I'm twisted in the bed. "You're a slut that's what you are" he rams his cock back in again, harder than the other times and I can feel myself start to gag "Take everything you slut" he says as he spurts his cum down my throat. He pulls his cock out of my mouth and then turns and walks back into the bathroom.

  When he comes back in he gets his shoes on and at th
e door he turns to look at me and says "Don't forget what I said about your Mum Tasha, sooner rather than later” and he walks through the door and closes it. I start sobbing quietly because I don't want Mum to hear me. What has happened to the man I married, why does he seem to hate me?

  I can’t believe how he has changed, why does he hate me so much? I thought he loved me. He’s changing in front of my eyes and he’s scaring me. When will this stop?

  I pick up my phone when I've finished sobbing, I don't know why I do what I do next but I need someone to confide in, someone who doesn’t know Felix, someone who will listen to me when I talk. So I send a text.

  “Morning Caleb, I feel like I can talk to you when I can talk to no one else. Can I ask you a question?”

  “Morning Tasha. You just made me very happy by saying that to me. You can ask anything. Fire away!”

  “Are you or have you ever been married?”

  “No I'm not and no I never have. Why?”

  “I wanted to know if you thought it was right for a man to get married and then totally change almost overnight. Is this normal?”

  “I don't know Tasha, but I know I wouldn't change who I am for a woman, you either love me or you don't. Be more specific and I'll see if I can help you”

  “I just wondered if a man thought that when he got married he could have sex anytime, anywhere, with or without consent”

  He doesn't reply straight away and I think maybe I've done something wrong, maybe I shouldn't have asked that question, it's very personal.

  “Caleb, I'm sorry just forget I asked”

  “Sorry Tasha I was just trying to understand your question. Are you telling me what I think you're telling me?”

  “I’m sorry I shouldn’t have said anything Caleb, just forget that I said anything. I have to go my Mum is waiting for me”

  “Trying to change the subject Tasha? Ok just remember I’m here if you need someone to talk to. I’ll always be available for you”

  “Thanks Caleb, I don’t know why I feel I can talk to you about this, but maybe it’s because you are a stranger to me”

  “I don’t want us to be strangers for ever Tasha, but fate will intervene. I hope your day gets better Tasha”

  “Thanks Caleb, have a good day doing whatever it is you do”

  I climb out of the bed, delete his messages and put my phone in my pocket and start to make my way down the stairs. I can hear Mum in the kitchen making coffee, she is humming along to the radio.

  “Hi Mum, how did you sleep?” I ask as I walk into the kitchen.

  She turns to look at me, “Very well, although it was strange sleeping without your father” she smiles at me “How about you sweetheart?”

  “I slept well too, I think the fact that I knew I didn’t have to get up early meant I had a good nights sleep. I think Kammie is coming over today to keep us company”

  “Great, I love her, she keeps me laughing” Mum says smiling. “Now, will you show me your bruising sweetheart so that I can rub some arnica on it. I know you don’t like my homeopathic remedies, but it will help the bruising to go down quicker”

  “I’d like that, I hate looking at it. It reminds me of my accident and how clumsy I am” I say turning to go and help myself some coffee.

  “Yeah you have always been clumsy Tasha, I can name at least 50 situations that you dropped things or fell over.” She laughs as she starts to recall them “I don’t remember you falling down the stairs before though.”

  We sit reminiscing for a couple of hours, we eat breakfast and drink loads of coffee while we chat.

  Before we know it there is a knock at the door and Kammie lets herself in. She just walks in all the time, it’s as if she lives here.

  “Hey Tasha are you up and decent?” she walks into the kitchen before I have time to get up and go and meet her.

  “Hey Jean, how are you, its good to see you” she walks over and kisses Mum on the cheek.

  “Hey Kammie, how are you? How’s your love life? Come tell me some of your dating stories, they always make me laugh” Mum says.

  “Thanks Jean, I don’t know whether to take that as a compliment or not” Kammie laughs.

  We spend the next couple of hours laughing along with Kammie as she tells Mum her dating stories. We don’t see the time passing us by, then before we know it its 4pm. Kammie jumps up and says “I have to go I’m meeting Luca for a drink” she winks at me.

  I sit there with my mouth open and then I start to smile “We haven’t finished this conversation and tomorrow we will have this conversation again and we will start with Luca, we need to know everything. Don’t we Mum?”

  “Oh yes girly, tell us everything tomorrow. Oh I can’t wait to hear this gossip, Luca is one hot dude” Kammie and me both turn our heads abruptly to look at Mum and then the three of us burst out laughing.

  “Don’t get up Tasha, I’ll let myself out. Jean I’ll see you tomorrow and let the gossiping commence.” She stands up and walks out of the kitchen and then out of the house.

  When Kammie has gone, we go into the lounge and sit down "I haven't laughed like that for ages Tasha it was good fun" Mum says smiling at me. "How are you feeling baby girl?"

  "I'm OK Mum, the pain isn't so bad now and if I keep on top of my tablets then it keeps the pain away. I've got my check up on Friday and I'm hoping to go to work on Monday" I say.

  "Well fingers crossed they say you can" she stands up and starts walking into the kitchen "I'm going to make dinner, will you come keep me company?"

  I nod and stand up to follow her. I get the feeling she wants to say something "Mum are you ok?" I touch her on her arm.

  "Yeah I am, I just don't like to see you in pain, you look so unhappy and I want that pain to go away. I love you and don't want to see you suffer. Is Felix looking after you?" She asks and turns towards the fridge.

  Thank god she can't see me because I visibly flinch and hold the countertop.

  "Yes of course he is, he loves me and is very good at looking after me" I try to smile while I say this.

  "Good, he's a good man Tasha you'd be wise to hold onto him" she busies herself in the fridge getting out food for dinner. I know if Mum knew the truth she would take me out of the house and never make me come back but I know she wouldn't believe me, he's perfect in everyone's eyes.

  After Felix comes home we have dinner and then we all sit down to watch TV. "So what are your plans for the rest of the week Jean?" Felix asks looking at me.

  "Well I'm going with Tasha to her check up on Friday and then if the doctor says she can go back to work then I’ll go home. Are you looking forward to having her on your own Felix?" She winks at him.

  "Yes, I want to look after her like a good husband should" he smiles so sweetly I think I want to vomit. Everything he says these days has a hidden meaning meant especially for me. I am starting to hate being on my own with him, he’s making my skin crawl, but then when he is being nice to me I love him so much. I’m confused!

  The rest of the evening passes without incident and then we go to bed. Felix doesn't say anything about Mum but just kisses me goodnight as always.

  Chapter 14

  IN THE MORNING I wake up after he has left. After what happened yesterday morning, I’m quite happy he’s gone when I wake up. I turn my phone on and I see I have a text, it's from Caleb. I get excited opening it.

  “Morning Tasha. How are you feeling? I didn't hear from you yesterday so I left you alone but I just needed to know you're ok”

  “Morning Caleb. I feel a bit better today, I’m not as stiff and sore. I have a check up in the morning and I'm hoping to go back to work on Monday”

  “That's great. How are things at home? Any better?”

  “Nothing much going on but my Mum is here until the weekend. What have you been up to this week Caleb? Anything exciting which can take my mind off me!” I want to move away from the subject of me and Felix.

  “Well other than having you fall into my life and
totally upending it, my week has been pretty boring. Lots of meetings, evening functions and a lot of thinking about you. Especially after yesterday! Are you sure you're ok?”

  “Lots of evening functions sounds like fun not work!”

  “Believe me Angel it's not fun being nice to people all night when you don't want to be there”

  Did he just call me “Angel” I like it!

  “You must have a good job if you're schmoozing all week lol”

  “You could say that, it'd be more fun if you were going with me. Sorry I know that's inappropriate but it would definitely be more fun!”

  I know I should tell him now! Tell him to stop texting me. Felix would probably kill me if he saw him texting me. Go on Tasha, tell him!

  “Now, now Caleb! Are you working right now? Where are you?”

  “Changing the subject again I see! Yeah I'm sat in my office, it's on the top floor and I'm looking out over Bristol City Centre. It's gorgeous. What about you Tasha?”

  “I'm laid in bed getting the energy to get up and start my day”

  “Wow! I'd say that view is better than mine any day. You shouldn't tell me you're laid in bed, that's hard for me to hear and not picture. What are you doing to me?”

  “Sorry I didn't think about it like that. I'm laid in bed with 10 layers of clothes on and a face pack on ha ha. Is that better?”

  “Ha ha no! Now I can only imagine it's like pass the parcel peeling off a layer at a time lol”