Second Chance
Slowly I opened the door not wanting to wake my husband, William who was maybe sleeping upstairs already. I walked to the living room to go get the locket, I accidentally left behind. In the locket there was a picture of us together and I cherished it even till this day, I couldn’t go anywhere without it .When I walked in I saw my husband on the couch with my guy friend, Pearce just about to kiss on the lips. I became so shock I lost my grip on my handbag and it fell down to the floor. They heard it but only Pearce turned his face to see me. I didn’t do anything at all, just standing there while Pearce walked to me with a smirk on his face. I knew from the first time we met Pearce was gay but how could he do this to me. Somehow in my heart I felt something was wrong or out of place here. I snapped back into reality and looked at my husband. As soon as I looked at him I see him looking like a drunken man. I knew it; I pushed Pearce away with no second thoughts and walked towards William.
“Are you alright, Will?” I put my hand on his forehead to check whether he had a fever or not. But his temperature was just like mines still why his face was red. Other than an empty cup of coffee on the table I saw no type of alcohol or even smelled any. I looked back at him to see him answer me, Will nodded and smiled similar to a ‘high’ man. After that he leaned his head on my shoulder and closed his eyes.
“Did you drink any alcohol?” I turned my head to face his. He shook his head on my shoulder. “Are you sure?” I put my hand on his back rubbing it. He nodded and turned his face to my neck, kissing it. I blushed and pushed him off by his shoulder.
“I think you should go back to bed.” I said not making eye contact with him but still firmly gripping his shoulder. He softly caressed my cheek with one of his hands and then pushed my chin up so I had my face looking at his. He kissed my lips and looked into my eyes.
“I would only go if you come with me.” He kissed the tip of my nose and gave out a sly grin.
“Hey! Doesn’t anyone notice I’m here?” Pearce put his hands on his hips bending his upper body front towards us. I bend my head down after that looked up at William with a sad smile and kissed him on the forehead.
“Alright, I’m going to go with you but only for a while because I got something to do. After that I will come back to bed again okay.” He nodded and I took one of his hands, putting them on my shoulder for support. I stood up while pulling him up to stand on his two feet. I stopped in front of Pearce and told him to wait. Once I said that I just looked away ignoring his protest.
We both walked up the stairs and I opened the door to our room. We walked in while I turned on the switch for the light and ceiling fan. I slowly pushed the drapes away and I sat down with him on the one side of the four poster king size bed. I stood up only to be stop by William grabbing my hand by the wrist.
“Are you going to leave already?” William looked at me with pleading eyes almost resembling an abandon puppy needing a home.
“No, Will I’m just going to get your night clothes for you to change into from the closet.” I looked at him while smiling, after that I bend down to kiss him on his temples. He let go and I walked to the closet. I got his clothes and put them on the side of the bed.
“Alright then William, here are the clothes you need to change in. I’m going to leave you to take care of that something then.” I straighten up myself and moved out of the room. Then something wraps its arms around me from the back with my waist holding me tight.
“Don’t leave yet you haven’t even helped me change my clothes?” He nuzzled on my neck. I bow my head down holding his hands. The pain of seeing my friend a person I trusted betray me as if it was the easiest thing for him made my heartache. He drugged my husband because he wanted to satisfy himself. Did he do it for that or for something else? I’m I such a horrible person that he would do that? Tears escaped my eyes gliding down to my nose dropping down once on the tip of it. I tried to hold back the sound but weeps still could be heard.
“Please don’t cry, Laura.” He slowly loosened up his hug and turned my body to face his. I wiped the tears off my face and tried to act as if nothing happened. It was a failure because I ended up crying on William’s chest, letting all of it go. “Why are you crying Laura? Did someone do this to you? I will punch the day lights out of him.” I wiped the tears off and grinned at his response.
“No need for that I can do it myself. Now you go change and lie down on the bed. You think you could do that for me.” He hugged me close again before unwillingly letting me go. I gave him a brief kiss on the lips then walked out of the room down the stairs to meet Pearce, who’s sitting cross-legged on the sofa.
“I presume you’re all done…” I slapped Pearce on the face not giving him chance to finish what he said.
“Why Pearce, why did you do this? Did I do something to you that made you do this? We were friends!! We trusted one another!!! I have been there for you all those times so this is how you repay me! Is it? By drugging William so you could enjoy yourself. I even revolted over saying that!” Pearce smirked and grabbed my arm. I tried to yank my hand away but I couldn’t, his grip was too strong.
“Friends….” Pearce scoffed and took a glance of me. “Friends know everything about the person their friends with but you don’t know anything about me.” Pearce twisted my arm and I groaned in pain. Pearce closed my mouth with his hand “Did you know that I kill people for fun?” Pearce whispered to my ear and took a piece of tape, taping my mouth shut. “Did you know every time I go out I always bring rope so I could tie my victims up before killing them?” Pearce took my other arm and tied both of them together. He throws me to the wall and took out a knife from under his pants. “Did you know that I was planning on killing you before we even became friends?” Pearce pointed the knife on my neck. My body was trembling in fear and my eyes were filled with tears. “Scared I see… You weren’t scared before this.” Pearce slowly ran his knife down my neck. I couldn’t move because if I did the knife would cut me. I begged him to stop. “I can’t understand you. Do you want me to stop?” I gave a slight nod. Pearce smirked again and moved backward. “I’ll stop but it won’t be long until you die like the others. Not to waste time I might as well go get your husband.” I shook my head side to side. I didn’t want him to die. “You would rather die in his place. How sweet you would do that.” Pearce said it sarcastically. I struggled to get out of the tight knot on my hands. Pearce slashed my shoulder with his knife. It ripped through my clothes and cuts my flesh. I tried to hold back the pain I was feeling. “Does it hurt? If it doesn’t, no worries because when I’m done you’ll beg for me to kill you.”
Ten minutes later
“It’s amazing. You haven’t past out from all the pain that you felt.” Pierce was playing with the bloody knife while I tried to struggle out if the ropes one last time. I also tried to scream but it was stopped by the tape on my mouth. I couldn’t do anything. I was in pain from all the cuts and bruises, I received from being slashed and thrown around. Blisters formed on the wrist from all the struggling. I looked up to see blurry images I could even barely see the walls. Suddenly everything went dark for me and I fell to my side unconscious. Before I became completely unconscious I hear the sound of someone else being hit by something and fell to the floor. However I ignored it because by that time I could barely even move. I heard sounds of an ambulance and someone begging for me to stay alive. I don’t know why but it gave strength to keep fighting to stay alive.
All I know was that I woke up to see William a sleep on the side of my bed. He was holding my hand. I didn’t want to wake him up. I still couldn’t move too much from all cuts I received but I was grateful for still being alive. I looked out of the window seeing that it was dark. The stars were shinning so brightly and there was a full moon. It was certainly nice to see the full moon again. William started to wake from his sleep and I turned my face towards him. When he finally woke up, he blinked and rubbed his eyes a few times. He looked as he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. “Did you have a nice sleep William?” I asked him, smiling. He was speechless. It was as if words couldn’t express what he was feeling that moment. I hugged him and whispered “I’m so happy you’re alright.” Tears fell from my eyes.
“Hey! That’s my line.” William teased me. I smiled and he hugged me back. “I’m so happy your back. I don’t think I can live without you.” I wiped the tears away.
The next day
“How long did I fell asleep?” I asked William.
“Around 3 days. I felt useless because I can’t do anything but wait for you to wake up.” William looked really depress over the whole situation.
“It’s alright.” I gave him a kiss on the cheek. “Anyway what happened after I fell unconscious?”
“Well I hit Pierces head with a baseball bat and he fell to the floor. After that, you don’t have to worry. All you need to worry is that you should get well soon so we can go on a trip to Hawaii.” William smiled mischievously.
“How about all the work that needs to be done at the office?” I stared at him perculiarly.
“Forget about it for once and let’s enjoy ourselves. We need to use this second chance given by god and use it to the fullest.” He kissed me on the lip. I guess I can put work a side for once.
The End
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