Chapter 18: Chapter 18
Richard walked into the bedroom, dropped his briefcase and went into the bathroom to take a shower. While in the shower, he couldn’t help but imagine how sexy Tracy looked in the dress she was wearing. He kept wondering what went wrong in their marriage that turned them into being the way they are now. If things were different like when they just got married, nothing would’ve stopped him from taking her right there in the living room.
He got out of the shower and wore a white T-shirt and black sweatpants. He heard a knock on the door so he went to get it. It was Anna, she came to let him know that dinner was ready and that Tracy was waiting for him in the dinning room. Richard thanked Anna and closed the door. He began contemplating whether or not to go have dinner. This was weird and at the same time surprising, to find Tracy home, not to even mention waiting for him so they can have dinner together. He wanted to just go to bed but his stomach was saying otherwise, so he decided to go have dinner and just ignore Tracy.
He went downstairs and found Tracy at the table like Anna had said but her expression was different and unreadable. He decided to ignore it and sat down. The table was filled with mouth watering dishes.
Anna served the meal and continued with her other duties. The table was quiet. Richard stole glances at Tracy who barely touched her food and he wondered why.
After dinner, he went to his study to review some cases he had at hand. While on that, his mind went back to Tracy, he needed his wife badly but he needs her to feel the same way so she doesn’t reject him. He dropped the files and decided that he needed to get some rest since it was already late. He walked into the bedroom and found the bed empty but he heard the shower running so he knew Tracy was in there. He got on the bed and a few minutes later, she walked out of the bathroom in a cream nightwear.
She climbed on the bed, turned off her side lamp and whispered goodnight to him. Richard thought to himself if what he had said earlier was the reason why Tracy was silent all through the night. He so desperately wanted to hold her or even say he was sorry or something else just to make things alright between them, but he decided not to, so as not to say the wrong thing. Tracy has her days for drama, maybe, this wasn’t her day, Richard concluded before slowly drifting to sleep.
Emma on the other hand tried to get some sleep but it was useless. She wondered what Tracy’s marriage to Richard was like for him to reply the way he did earlier. She came to the conclusion that she was going to call Tracy the next day to ask her for some insight as to how her marriage to Richard was, so she won’t get caught, because she couldn’t risk going to jail. After hours of trying to get answers to her questions all inside her head, Emma turned to find Richard quietly asleep. She took in his face with much interest and wondered why Tracy couldn’t be with her husband. He looked so innocent and from the few hours she had being with him, he seemed nice, even though they never got to talk. She stopped herself from staring any longer, reminding herself that this was someone else’s husband and that she really needed to get some sleep to prepare herself for what tomorrow brings. She laid back on the bed and stared at the ceiling for a while before letting herself get consumed by sleep.