Sins of Red #9: Catching My Breath
The pain of being without him was intense. It hurt far more than the slap across my face.
Recap: After being abducted & released by her 1st boyfriend Clive, Rose ‘Red’ Redman had to reveal the identity & background of the notorious noirette serial killer — at large for a few years. Red returned home & chatted to her sister about the olden days with Clive, before heading off for her interview with the police. They questioned Red about her old boss — Jack, and asked why Clive let her go free. Red feels like a suspect.
Catching My Breath
Once I had finished spewing on the police interview room floor, Wilkins suggested I go and clean up in the bathroom.
I was grateful to have a moment alone without the Inspector’s eyes boring into me as if he could see my very soul. After splashing water over my face, I stared in the mirror for ages, wondering why the questioning had made me feel so guilty. Maybe because I lied about the relationship with my old boss, Jack? But he had been such a good friend to me at that time, it felt like I was repaying him by keeping quiet about what turned out to be just a one-night stand.
A few days after Clive had hit me, I did a moonlight flit — well — to be fair, it was in the daytime when he was working at the library. Jack sorted out a small flat over one of the Weatherspoons pubs in our area, came with a van to pick me up, and I became physically free of Clive. That is the only phrase I can use to describe my condition because within a week of leaving, I was distraught and found it difficult to function.
I missed Clive terribly. And was anything but mentally free from him.
Remember, we had been long-term friends before he became my first love. After all, there are plenty of people who — for many reasons — don’t have the best sex life on earth yet still care deeply for each other. Clive had done wrong by hitting me, but even such an act of violence couldn’t erase so many strong memories of all the things we’d shared.
The pain of being without him was intense. It hurt far more than the slap across my face. An ache in my chest led me to hold my left arm over towards my right shoulder, and a constant buzzing in my head nearly drove me insane.
Those who say heartache does not exist have never had theirs broken.
Because my job with the company meant I moved around to different pubs within the area, Clive would struggle to find me. If he was looking. At first, I thought it was a good thing, however, after only three weeks I was desperate to hear his voice, so I rang him.
He sounded relieved, saying he understood why I’d left after he’d hit me, as the trust had been broken. Without thinking, I told him where I was living, and he came over that very evening.
When I opened the door, we fell into each other's arms. I inhaled, taking in his smell. The aroma, which was almost as much a part of me… as my own scent.
I became giddy with anticipation, and the need to be with Clive became stronger than the memory of why I’d left him…
'Catching My Breath: The Sins of Red #9' - Original Fiction by May MoreTo be continued next weekend
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Well it is a breath-taking story indeed, MM. 🖤