"What did you just say? You what?" Maureen screeched.
"I said... nothing. Nothing Maureen. Just... get to bed. We'll talk about this in the morning. You both need your sleep. Goodnight. I love you Maureen. Goodnight Brigdet."
Elliot turned to walk out of the kitchen. He needed to talk to his wife tomorrow. There were a lot of plans to be made. A lot of things to be taken care of. He wasn't sure how it would turn out; but he was sure he wanted -- no needed -- to find out.
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"Kathy", Elliot started. "there's something that you need to know. And I don't want you finding out through our daughter."
"What, what is it honey?"
Jeez, this wasn't going to end well
"I'm filing for divorce. I'm... I'm having some feelings that I shouldn't have and I have acted upon them. I need to figure out what I want to do. I still love you and of course I love the kids. I'll be filing the papers tomorrow. And moving out as soon as possible. I'm sorry Kathy. I don't want to hurt you any longer."
Nice going nimrod. You told her all the problems except the main one. You're in love with a child. That's wrong. Just plain wrong. Then why does it feel so right?
Kathy looked at her husband with a sense of regret. "Elliot. I don't know what made you decide this; but I'm glad you did in a way. I was seriously considering it myself. I hate when you come home late, and sometimes not at all. I can't handle all this responcibilty by myself."
"So you thought a divorce would give you less responcibilty?"
"No. I just thought it would make me happier, and as stated, we both still care about one another and the children, it just isn't working for us as a couple anymore and we need to fix the situation."
He hugged her. "Thank you Kathy, for everything: for being my wife, for giving me four wonderful children, and just for being you."
"I love you too, Elliot."
I just wonder if you'll love me when you find out what has happened…
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"Hey… Maureen… I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for the scare that I gave you the other night and I understand if you don't want to talk to me anymore; but for privacy's sake, could you not tell anyone? *BEEP*
Maureen sighed as she heard the loud sound that signaled the end to the answering machine message. She had seen Bridget at school that day; but didn't speak to her, and Bridget had the sense to stay away, or maybe it was self-preservation…
She didn't know who she was more upset at: her father or her friend. They had both screwed themselves up so bad, but they just didn't want to see it. She knew that Bridg had some problems with males, but she never expected something like this. And her father! She'd never expected that. He'd helped put people like that in jail… he'd never been inappropriate with her or her siblings. She had a lot she needed to think about. They hadn't been the only ones affected in this.