She moved away from him as he was closing in on her. She moved to sit down and when she saw her husbands eyes again they were no longer sad but dark and intense. He repeated again but this time more firmly and with a tinge of anger Who was on the phone Alicia? She knew he knew who it was. Gold must have made sure of it. Will she said softly.
Before she knew it he in front of her, took hold of her by both arms and she was off the sofa. Before she could utter a word his lips were on hers, angry, desperate and rough. Never had Peter been so rough with her – it made her think of his prostitutes and that set her off - She pushed at his chest as hard as she could but he just held onto her more tightly. She finally managed to turn her face from his and delivered her second slap to her husband. He flinched which seemed to wake him up from wherever he had gone. He backed off just as quickly as he had arrived in front of her. He moved away from her right to the other end of the room breathing heavily upper body bent. God he was hurting and she knew it. Was this payback time?
"Im so sorry Alicia" said in a strangled breadth. The thought of his wife leaving him from Will made his blood boil not at just Will and Alicia but most of at himself. God he had messed up big time and his life was slipping through his fingers. In desperation he had kissed his wife not knowing whether it was the last time he would get to but also to make her feel something anything – lately she had been distant towards him and nothing he did seemed to get to her. They were both merely existing in the same house. Anything close to passion had come when he had questioned her about the condoms he had found. Though it was a heated exchange he was almost relieved he had been able to provoke some response from her. Since then they had been back to square one.
She knew he was feeling terrible and looking at him so vulnerable there in front of her broke her heart. "its ok Peter". He looked at her then and said " you know deep down I knew you wouldn't come up on the podium" "Peter" she said. "No let me finish" he held up his hand. " Alicia, I messed up but we need to move on from here" Im trying everything in the book but am getting nothing back!" he said a little more forcefully. She sat down so he did too but kept his distance. God knows I want this to work if it means me not running ill do it but you have to realise and know my family is my number one priority and Alicia…he hesitated before he said the words "I love you…why don't you belive that? Don't tell me there's no chance..he was rambling now but he didn't know what else to do. He suddenly looked up from his hands – a though hit him from the blue for the first time, Do you love him? he asked.