Fed up with her husband and
the lack of passion in their relationship Shay found solace in her work to keep
her mind off of home. Drowning herself
in work at the clinic she managed to get some much needed clinical notes
done. Day after day Shay tore herself
away from home to escape the hurt she felt inside. Terry tried to get his wife to listen to
reason and understand his side of things.
Shay just would not hear of it; she refused to talk about it anymore and
she did not want to have to fight for respect which she should have already
owned. Terry decided that he would give
it one more try to resolve the misunderstanding. Terry cooked dinner and put a thin tube vase
on the table with a flower in it.
Pumpkin spice scent filled the air along with the aroma of a roasted
hen, string beans, mashed potatoes, and a side of gravy. He figured that this should get her to sit
down and listen to him long enough to state his case.
Shay walked through the door and right
away her life flashed back to happier times when Terry used to charm and woo
her. Her pulse quickened and her heart
pounded as she saw him standing there next to the table with dinner and two
roses.
“Welcome home… come and have a seat,
dinner awaits you.”
Shay did not say a word. She placed her bags on the floor and put her
purse in the chair next to the seat that Terry pulled out for her. They sat down and ate in peace. Terry kept eye contact with her checking her
mood and timing her reactions to his gestures.
Moving closer to her, he put his arm around her.
“I want to explain something to you
Shay… I have tried to be the perfect husband for you but that doesn’t mean that
I am not a man. I may not have done
everything right but I mean well by you.
Please forgive me and take this as a token of my apology.”
Shay lit up like a christmas tree and
she thought about how they made it through times that were more difficult. Snuggling up next to her he nipped at her
earlobe and made her giggle. It was
times like these that made a marriage worth saving. Terry did not expect sex that night but he
sure did hope for it. Shay kissed him
and excused herself from the table. She went
into their bedroom to find rose pedals around the tub with candles flickering;
as Shay turned around there was Terry standing with a her robe and
slippers. Shay looked him over as he
began to recite words he said to her when they first met many moons ago.
Turn Your Lonely Nights Into Something More!
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