Chapter 3
Carly was dressed in the beautiful red dress that AJ had bought for her. Her hair was down and it was curled as it hung past her shoulders. She had spent the past hour trying to get her make-up just right so her bruises weren't showing. She had her red stilettos on and she was ready to go. She had to look perfect. That was another rule. AJ Quartermaine's wife always had to look perfect.
She was standing in the foyer of the Quartermaine mansion. She was applying a little more lipstick as she stood in front of the mirror. AJ came through the door in his gray suit. Carly saw him coming up behind her. He wrapped his arms around her waist. Carly grimaced.
Carly: Careful . . .
AJ: What? Now I can't even touch my wife?
Carly: I'm still bruised.
AJ pulled back.
AJ: Oh. Do you like the dress?
Carly: It's beautiful.
AJ smiled at her.
AJ: I thought you might like it.
Carly: You shouldn't have bought it for me. It's just another thousand dollars down the drain. I won't wear it again.
AJ: Sure you will.
Carly: Don't be too sure of yourself.
AJ grabbed her roughly by the arm and turned her around.
Carly: Ow!
AJ: Don't talk back to me, wife. I won't have that. What do you say?
Carly looked down.
AJ: What do you say?!
He shook her and she broke away from him.
Carly: Go to hell, AJ!
She ran up the stairs and he was right behind her. She hurried into their bedroom and threw her purse down on the bed. AJ slammed their bedroom door and was over to her in a second. He grabbed both of her arms.
AJ: You will never talk to me like that again! As long as you are my wife, you will obey me! You will do as I say!
Carly spit in his face and he hit her hard across the face and threw her down onto the bed. She screamed out and tried to get up but he held her down and began to kiss her neck. She kicked but he pinned her arms and legs down so she couldn't move.
Carly: AJ! Don't! Please stop!
She was crying now and he was about ready to take advantage of her.
Carly: AJ! Stop it!
He covered her mouth with one his hands.
AJ: I'm your husband. You're supposed to let me make love to you.
Tears were running down her face and she just let go. She just lay there as AJ took her and she knew that she couldn't let him do this to her for the rest of her life.
*~*
Carly climbed out of the bed. AJ was passed out on the bed. Carly hurried over to the closet and pulled on a pair of panties and her bra. She slipped into some comfortable stretch pants and a T-shirt. She pulled on her coat and grabbed her purse. She had to get out of there right now.
She made it over to the door and she felt AJ's icy grip on her arm.
AJ: Don't even think about leaving, baby.
Carly turned around.
Carly: I was just going to the store.
AJ: I would think you'd be too tired to do anything after that.
Carly: Well, don't flatter yourself.
AJ's grip tightened on Carly's arm.
AJ: Don't think about leaving me. If you leave me, I'll ruin your entire family. I will dig up all of the dirt on your family and publicize it. I will ruin your reputation and your mother's. And if that doesn't work, don't think I won't start hurting them too.
Carly: Let go of me.
AJ: You think about what I said. You're going to be a good little wife. If not, you won't even see your mother again.
Carly felt sick at the sight of her husband.
Carly: Let me go!
AJ: Go on. Go run to Jason you stupid whore! If you're not back in two hours, I'm going to go visit my dearest mother-in-law.
He let go of Carly's arm and she left the room. AJ hit the wall with his fist and he took a deep breath. He walked over to the dresser where his flask of vodka was lying. He opened it and drank some of it down. He sat down on the bed and just threw the flask across the room. He was steaming mad and he wasn't going to let his wife keep running to Jason every time she was scared. He'd kill her first.
*~*
Jason was sitting on Sonny's couch looking over some files that Sonny had given to him. Sonny was sitting at his desk looking over some other files. Jason's cell phone rang and he answered it quickly.
Jason: Hello?
Carly: It's me.
Jason: Carly? What's wrong?
Carly: I need to see you.
Jason: Are you okay?
Carly: Just meet me on the docks. Please . . .
Jason: No. Stay out of the cold. Meet me at Jake's.
Carly: Okay. I will.
Jason hung up and he stood up.
Sonny: Carly?
Jason: She needs me, man.
Sonny: Okay. But just remember that I'm your boss.
Jason: I know that. I just need to go to her. She needs me.
Sonny: Okay. Go.
Jason left the penthouse quickly and Sonny just shook his head. He wondered just how one man could get so caught up over a married woman.
Carly was dressed in the beautiful red dress that AJ had bought for her. Her hair was down and it was curled as it hung past her shoulders. She had spent the past hour trying to get her make-up just right so her bruises weren't showing. She had her red stilettos on and she was ready to go. She had to look perfect. That was another rule. AJ Quartermaine's wife always had to look perfect.
She was standing in the foyer of the Quartermaine mansion. She was applying a little more lipstick as she stood in front of the mirror. AJ came through the door in his gray suit. Carly saw him coming up behind her. He wrapped his arms around her waist. Carly grimaced.
Carly: Careful . . .
AJ: What? Now I can't even touch my wife?
Carly: I'm still bruised.
AJ pulled back.
AJ: Oh. Do you like the dress?
Carly: It's beautiful.
AJ smiled at her.
AJ: I thought you might like it.
Carly: You shouldn't have bought it for me. It's just another thousand dollars down the drain. I won't wear it again.
AJ: Sure you will.
Carly: Don't be too sure of yourself.
AJ grabbed her roughly by the arm and turned her around.
Carly: Ow!
AJ: Don't talk back to me, wife. I won't have that. What do you say?
Carly looked down.
AJ: What do you say?!
He shook her and she broke away from him.
Carly: Go to hell, AJ!
She ran up the stairs and he was right behind her. She hurried into their bedroom and threw her purse down on the bed. AJ slammed their bedroom door and was over to her in a second. He grabbed both of her arms.
AJ: You will never talk to me like that again! As long as you are my wife, you will obey me! You will do as I say!
Carly spit in his face and he hit her hard across the face and threw her down onto the bed. She screamed out and tried to get up but he held her down and began to kiss her neck. She kicked but he pinned her arms and legs down so she couldn't move.
Carly: AJ! Don't! Please stop!
She was crying now and he was about ready to take advantage of her.
Carly: AJ! Stop it!
He covered her mouth with one his hands.
AJ: I'm your husband. You're supposed to let me make love to you.
Tears were running down her face and she just let go. She just lay there as AJ took her and she knew that she couldn't let him do this to her for the rest of her life.
*~*
Carly climbed out of the bed. AJ was passed out on the bed. Carly hurried over to the closet and pulled on a pair of panties and her bra. She slipped into some comfortable stretch pants and a T-shirt. She pulled on her coat and grabbed her purse. She had to get out of there right now.
She made it over to the door and she felt AJ's icy grip on her arm.
AJ: Don't even think about leaving, baby.
Carly turned around.
Carly: I was just going to the store.
AJ: I would think you'd be too tired to do anything after that.
Carly: Well, don't flatter yourself.
AJ's grip tightened on Carly's arm.
AJ: Don't think about leaving me. If you leave me, I'll ruin your entire family. I will dig up all of the dirt on your family and publicize it. I will ruin your reputation and your mother's. And if that doesn't work, don't think I won't start hurting them too.
Carly: Let go of me.
AJ: You think about what I said. You're going to be a good little wife. If not, you won't even see your mother again.
Carly felt sick at the sight of her husband.
Carly: Let me go!
AJ: Go on. Go run to Jason you stupid whore! If you're not back in two hours, I'm going to go visit my dearest mother-in-law.
He let go of Carly's arm and she left the room. AJ hit the wall with his fist and he took a deep breath. He walked over to the dresser where his flask of vodka was lying. He opened it and drank some of it down. He sat down on the bed and just threw the flask across the room. He was steaming mad and he wasn't going to let his wife keep running to Jason every time she was scared. He'd kill her first.
*~*
Jason was sitting on Sonny's couch looking over some files that Sonny had given to him. Sonny was sitting at his desk looking over some other files. Jason's cell phone rang and he answered it quickly.
Jason: Hello?
Carly: It's me.
Jason: Carly? What's wrong?
Carly: I need to see you.
Jason: Are you okay?
Carly: Just meet me on the docks. Please . . .
Jason: No. Stay out of the cold. Meet me at Jake's.
Carly: Okay. I will.
Jason hung up and he stood up.
Sonny: Carly?
Jason: She needs me, man.
Sonny: Okay. But just remember that I'm your boss.
Jason: I know that. I just need to go to her. She needs me.
Sonny: Okay. Go.
Jason left the penthouse quickly and Sonny just shook his head. He wondered just how one man could get so caught up over a married woman.