Chapter Seven
"Please hold on"
Jane said in a controlled polite voice. She slammed the phone down on the counter causing Liz to raise an eyebrow.
"I'm almost afraid to ask, but who is it?"
Jane spun to her
"Why are you afraid?"
"Because you look like you are ready to punch somebody in the face and I don't want it to be me"
"It's Rebecca"
Jane said in a venomous hiss. Liz's mouth made a small 'O' shape and watched as Jane stalked over to the door and pushed it open. Burning and slashing words were on the tip of her tongue, but she saw Eddie curled the best he could into a ball and they melted away like a chunk of chocolate on the 4th of July. His face was pale and Jane now noticed was covered with fading ugly yellow bruises. She didn't have to heart to wake him up, so she slowly closed the door and picked up the cordless phone.
"I'm sorry Rebecca, but Eddie's is in the shower now, I'll be sure to tell him you called"
Before Rebecca could say anything else, Jane clicked off the phone and sighed deeply.
"Why didn't you tell him?"
Jane sent Liz a quiet look as she nudged the door open to see Eddie shift in the bed and moaning softly. Liz's face was flooded with sympathy and she bit her lip. She rested her head on Jane's slim shoulder.
"You really do love him don't you?"
Jane looked over at Liz's wistful look
"Yeah, I do. But where did that come from?"
Liz sighed and lifted her head off Jane's shoulder. She tied her hair back in a sloppy bun and walked to the wide window that looked over Manhattan. People rushed across the sidewalk barely sparing a glance to the other people, save the men who stared at the women wearing short skirts.
"Look at them,"
Liz said sighing. When Jane came to her side, Liz wrapped an arm around her waist.
"What about them?"
"Well, they're all hurrying to places they really don't want to be. The man on the bicycle nearly twisted his head off to stare at that impossibly gorgeous blonde in pink latex"
Jane turned to Liz and raised an eyebrow.
"Liz what are you talking about? You're not making any sense"
Liz shrugged delicately
"Oh well"
Before leaving, Liz turned to Jane
"You love him right?"
"Huh?"
"Eddie, you love him right?"
"Of course"
Jane was really confused; Liz had never acted like this before
"Then it will all be okay"
Without another word, Liz silently closed the door. Jane sat on the couch with her legs folded under her for a while before Eddie woke up.
"Hey"
He said as he came up and kissed her on the back of the neck. She looked up at him like a little girl might have looked at a sparkling Christmas tree. His hair was mussed from sleep and his eyes were half- closed and made him look, if possible, even more sensuous.
"You got a call while you were sleeping"
He raised a dark eyebrow
"Who?"
Jane looked hesitant, but when Eddie poked her in the side and made her jump and squeak.
"It was Rebecca. She said you wanted her to call"
Eddie paled a little and Jane started to bit her lip
"Eddie, what the hell is going on?"
The sharpness of Jane's tone made Eddie look genuinely hurt
"What do you think is going on Janey?"
She shrugged
"There's nothing, absolutely nothing going on, Rebecca is getting married and she wanted to tell me. That's all"
As well as he could, Eddie hobbled back to the bedroom and slammed the door.
"Please hold on"
Jane said in a controlled polite voice. She slammed the phone down on the counter causing Liz to raise an eyebrow.
"I'm almost afraid to ask, but who is it?"
Jane spun to her
"Why are you afraid?"
"Because you look like you are ready to punch somebody in the face and I don't want it to be me"
"It's Rebecca"
Jane said in a venomous hiss. Liz's mouth made a small 'O' shape and watched as Jane stalked over to the door and pushed it open. Burning and slashing words were on the tip of her tongue, but she saw Eddie curled the best he could into a ball and they melted away like a chunk of chocolate on the 4th of July. His face was pale and Jane now noticed was covered with fading ugly yellow bruises. She didn't have to heart to wake him up, so she slowly closed the door and picked up the cordless phone.
"I'm sorry Rebecca, but Eddie's is in the shower now, I'll be sure to tell him you called"
Before Rebecca could say anything else, Jane clicked off the phone and sighed deeply.
"Why didn't you tell him?"
Jane sent Liz a quiet look as she nudged the door open to see Eddie shift in the bed and moaning softly. Liz's face was flooded with sympathy and she bit her lip. She rested her head on Jane's slim shoulder.
"You really do love him don't you?"
Jane looked over at Liz's wistful look
"Yeah, I do. But where did that come from?"
Liz sighed and lifted her head off Jane's shoulder. She tied her hair back in a sloppy bun and walked to the wide window that looked over Manhattan. People rushed across the sidewalk barely sparing a glance to the other people, save the men who stared at the women wearing short skirts.
"Look at them,"
Liz said sighing. When Jane came to her side, Liz wrapped an arm around her waist.
"What about them?"
"Well, they're all hurrying to places they really don't want to be. The man on the bicycle nearly twisted his head off to stare at that impossibly gorgeous blonde in pink latex"
Jane turned to Liz and raised an eyebrow.
"Liz what are you talking about? You're not making any sense"
Liz shrugged delicately
"Oh well"
Before leaving, Liz turned to Jane
"You love him right?"
"Huh?"
"Eddie, you love him right?"
"Of course"
Jane was really confused; Liz had never acted like this before
"Then it will all be okay"
Without another word, Liz silently closed the door. Jane sat on the couch with her legs folded under her for a while before Eddie woke up.
"Hey"
He said as he came up and kissed her on the back of the neck. She looked up at him like a little girl might have looked at a sparkling Christmas tree. His hair was mussed from sleep and his eyes were half- closed and made him look, if possible, even more sensuous.
"You got a call while you were sleeping"
He raised a dark eyebrow
"Who?"
Jane looked hesitant, but when Eddie poked her in the side and made her jump and squeak.
"It was Rebecca. She said you wanted her to call"
Eddie paled a little and Jane started to bit her lip
"Eddie, what the hell is going on?"
The sharpness of Jane's tone made Eddie look genuinely hurt
"What do you think is going on Janey?"
She shrugged
"There's nothing, absolutely nothing going on, Rebecca is getting married and she wanted to tell me. That's all"
As well as he could, Eddie hobbled back to the bedroom and slammed the door.