Sitting across the room from her husband, Evelyn brushed her hair with the large silver brush. She hummed a bit under her breath. Oscar sat with his legs straddled. He was shining his boots looking up at her every once in a while, a smirk on his face.
Evelyn looked up at him and smiled. "What you got on your mind, Sweetie?" She asked him.
He shrugged rubbing hard on his boot, his smirk grew wider.
She set down the brush down and laughed. "Something must be on your mind they way your sitting the smirking. Now tell me."
Oscar snickered. "Oh nothing much." He said grinning at her.
She rolled her eyes and got up from the chair and walked over to the closet shutting the door. She jumped as she felt his strong arms around her waist picking her up. "be careful." She instructed.
"Why?" He asked her nuzzling against her neck.
She looked up at him. "Well incase you haven't noticed, I'm pregnant."
"Oh yeah right. Sorry." He said letting go walking away
"Honey I'm sorry." She sighed touching his arm he shrugged away her touch. "What can I do to make it up to you?"
"I dunno." he murmured staring at the floor.
She sighed and sat down on the bed, pulling the covers forward. "Baby come to bed." She said.
He shook his head. "Get some sleep." He said walking out of the room turning off the light.
Evelyn groaned and laid back in bed staring at the ceiling, hearing the front door open and shut.
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Early the next morning the sun was about a half-hour from rising, Evelyn stood by the stove cooking her children's breakfast. She quickly turned around hearing the door open.
"Oscar is that you?" She called out.
There was a murmur of something in the next room. She sat down the spatula, walking out. "Honey where have you been?" She asked.
He sneered at her. "Dat's none of your business." He snarled hanging up his jacket.
His breath ranked of alcohol, she thought she saw some red stuff smeared on cheek. "Is that lipstick?" She asked.
He lifted up his hand striking her hard across the face. "Don't ever ask me dat, bitch!" He shouted.
She grabbed a hold of her throbbing cheek. She watched as he headed to the bedroom. Closing her eyes she fought back her tears.
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Evelyn stood watching as the door shut. Breathing a heavy sigh of relief she sat back on the couch. Glancing up at the clock she sighed again. It would be another half our before Gina would be there. She looked over at Anna and smiled.
Anna walked over to her and climbed on the couch with her. "Mommy." She said quietly sucking on her thumb.
"Hey don't do that." She said pulling her daughter's thumb out of her mouth. "You know I don't like it when you do that." Anna giggled and stuck her tongue out at her. "Hey now!" She shouted tickling her.
"Mommy quit it!" She giggled. This caused her to tickle harder. "Mommy!"
Evelyn stopped the tickling and kissed Anna on the top of her head. "There you go baby." she whispered. Sighing she pulled her daughter to her chest, stroking her hair.
There was a knock on the door. She sighed, putting her hand on the back of the couch helping herself up. Slowly she opened the door. "Klutzy!" She exclaimed.
He looked up and smiled at her. "I couldn't wait to see you again."
Evelyn blushed. "Um c'mon in." She said opening the door for him. "I was going to see you once Gina got here."
"Really?" He asked her softly coming in.
She nodded. "Yeah I've missed you. So um why don't you have a seat?" She asked him.
He quickly sat down not taking his eyes off of her. Anna watched him a strange look on her face. "Who's he?" She asked.
"He's Uncle Klutzy honey." She smiled at him. The little girl nodded.
Evelyn looked at him grinning. She sat her hand on her stomach. "Um can I get you anything?" She asked.
He shook his head. "No I'm fine." He replied. There was a long silence between the two of them. Their eyes never looking away from each other. Evelyn quickly looked down at the ground, touching her chin with her hand.
There was a knock on the door, she smiled and walked over opening it. "Gina." She grinned.
Her friend walked in she glanced at her as she saw Klutzy. "Can't you two keep away from each other for five minutes?" She laughed.
Evelyn blushed. "Shut up Gina." She smirked. She turned to Anna. "How about you go play in your room." She smiled. The little girl nodded and ran off.
Klutzy watched her leave. "That goil looks so much like the two of you."
She sighed and looked down at the floor. "She's got the Delancey temper." She frowned.
He sighed. "Dat's too bad." he replied.
Ani looked at the clock. "You two better leave, Evelyn's gotta be back before he get's home or there'll be hell to pay."
Evelyn nodded grabbing her coat. "And I wanted to talk to you." She added.
Klutzy smiled standing up. "I'd love dat." He walked over and opened the door for her. "Ladies foist."
Evelyn rolled her eyes. "I'm not a lady. I'm Oscar's wife."
"Well yeah them too." He smirked.
"you're talking like there's more than one of us." She pouted. Ani watched them with interest.
He sighed. "C'mon lets just go." He said.
Evelyn looked up at him and smiled. "What you got on your mind, Sweetie?" She asked him.
He shrugged rubbing hard on his boot, his smirk grew wider.
She set down the brush down and laughed. "Something must be on your mind they way your sitting the smirking. Now tell me."
Oscar snickered. "Oh nothing much." He said grinning at her.
She rolled her eyes and got up from the chair and walked over to the closet shutting the door. She jumped as she felt his strong arms around her waist picking her up. "be careful." She instructed.
"Why?" He asked her nuzzling against her neck.
She looked up at him. "Well incase you haven't noticed, I'm pregnant."
"Oh yeah right. Sorry." He said letting go walking away
"Honey I'm sorry." She sighed touching his arm he shrugged away her touch. "What can I do to make it up to you?"
"I dunno." he murmured staring at the floor.
She sighed and sat down on the bed, pulling the covers forward. "Baby come to bed." She said.
He shook his head. "Get some sleep." He said walking out of the room turning off the light.
Evelyn groaned and laid back in bed staring at the ceiling, hearing the front door open and shut.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Early the next morning the sun was about a half-hour from rising, Evelyn stood by the stove cooking her children's breakfast. She quickly turned around hearing the door open.
"Oscar is that you?" She called out.
There was a murmur of something in the next room. She sat down the spatula, walking out. "Honey where have you been?" She asked.
He sneered at her. "Dat's none of your business." He snarled hanging up his jacket.
His breath ranked of alcohol, she thought she saw some red stuff smeared on cheek. "Is that lipstick?" She asked.
He lifted up his hand striking her hard across the face. "Don't ever ask me dat, bitch!" He shouted.
She grabbed a hold of her throbbing cheek. She watched as he headed to the bedroom. Closing her eyes she fought back her tears.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Evelyn stood watching as the door shut. Breathing a heavy sigh of relief she sat back on the couch. Glancing up at the clock she sighed again. It would be another half our before Gina would be there. She looked over at Anna and smiled.
Anna walked over to her and climbed on the couch with her. "Mommy." She said quietly sucking on her thumb.
"Hey don't do that." She said pulling her daughter's thumb out of her mouth. "You know I don't like it when you do that." Anna giggled and stuck her tongue out at her. "Hey now!" She shouted tickling her.
"Mommy quit it!" She giggled. This caused her to tickle harder. "Mommy!"
Evelyn stopped the tickling and kissed Anna on the top of her head. "There you go baby." she whispered. Sighing she pulled her daughter to her chest, stroking her hair.
There was a knock on the door. She sighed, putting her hand on the back of the couch helping herself up. Slowly she opened the door. "Klutzy!" She exclaimed.
He looked up and smiled at her. "I couldn't wait to see you again."
Evelyn blushed. "Um c'mon in." She said opening the door for him. "I was going to see you once Gina got here."
"Really?" He asked her softly coming in.
She nodded. "Yeah I've missed you. So um why don't you have a seat?" She asked him.
He quickly sat down not taking his eyes off of her. Anna watched him a strange look on her face. "Who's he?" She asked.
"He's Uncle Klutzy honey." She smiled at him. The little girl nodded.
Evelyn looked at him grinning. She sat her hand on her stomach. "Um can I get you anything?" She asked.
He shook his head. "No I'm fine." He replied. There was a long silence between the two of them. Their eyes never looking away from each other. Evelyn quickly looked down at the ground, touching her chin with her hand.
There was a knock on the door, she smiled and walked over opening it. "Gina." She grinned.
Her friend walked in she glanced at her as she saw Klutzy. "Can't you two keep away from each other for five minutes?" She laughed.
Evelyn blushed. "Shut up Gina." She smirked. She turned to Anna. "How about you go play in your room." She smiled. The little girl nodded and ran off.
Klutzy watched her leave. "That goil looks so much like the two of you."
She sighed and looked down at the floor. "She's got the Delancey temper." She frowned.
He sighed. "Dat's too bad." he replied.
Ani looked at the clock. "You two better leave, Evelyn's gotta be back before he get's home or there'll be hell to pay."
Evelyn nodded grabbing her coat. "And I wanted to talk to you." She added.
Klutzy smiled standing up. "I'd love dat." He walked over and opened the door for her. "Ladies foist."
Evelyn rolled her eyes. "I'm not a lady. I'm Oscar's wife."
"Well yeah them too." He smirked.
"you're talking like there's more than one of us." She pouted. Ani watched them with interest.
He sighed. "C'mon lets just go." He said.