A month had passed. Kelsey was taking Angela to John's so he could watch her during Kelsey's shift. She knocked on the door. John answered it.
"Hi." He said.
"Hi." They went in.
"Hi Ohn I miss you." Angela said.
"I missed you to." John said.
"Ok, mommy has to go." Kelsey said.
"Ok mommy." Angela said. Angela hugged Kelsey and kissed her on the cheek. "Love you mommy."
"I love you to."
"Have a good day Kelsey." John said.
"I will." "I'll be back by seven."
"Alright."
As the day became night was storming really hard with lightening and thunder. The diner was still packed. The power went out. It'd been out of about a half hour. No one good place an order or make a sale since everything was done electronically. The manager told everyone to go home. Kelsey and Brittany were getting there things together in the back.
"Tell Angela I said hi." Brittany said.
"I will." "I'm not picking her up yet."
"Where are you going?"
"Just home to spend time with Zack." "It hasn't been just the two of us in a long time."
"Have a nice night off."
"You to."
When Kelsey pulled in the driveway she was confused. She pulled next to car she'd never seen before. She went into the house.
"Zack." "I'm home." She said. "Zack." She went back to the bedroom. She opened the door. She saw Zack and a woman she'd never seen before laying in bed asleep. Her jaw dropped. "Zack!" She yelled. That woke them both up.
"Kelsey." Zack said shocked.
"What the hell is this?!"
"You're early."
"Is that all you have to say?!" Kelsey looked at Sierra. "You get out now." Sierra got up and dressed and left. Zack got up and put on his boxers. "How could you do this?!"
"I'm sorry."
"You bastard." "We've only been married two months and this is what you do?!
"Sierra doesn't mean anything to me."
"Sierra?" "That's the little bitch's name?"
"Kelsey calm down."
"I will not calm down." "I defend you to people all the time." "They say you're a loser, no good, a deadbeat dad." "I always say no." "I always say Zack loves us."
"I do."
"You have it pretty good don't you Zack?" "You do whatever the hell you want while I kill myself every day to support us." "You son a bitch!" She smacked him in the face as hard as she could. He looked at her holding his cheek.
"You bitch!" He backhanded her as hard as he could. She fell to the ground. She looked up at him shocked. He never hit her before.
"What?" "You hit me first."
Kelsey got up and left. As she was driving she could already see in a bruise starting to form on her cheek in the rearview mirror. She went to John's and knocked on the door. He answered it.
"Hi." "You're early." He said. "Oh my god, Kelsey, what happened?" He said noticing the bruise on her face.
"Nothing I'm fine." She went inside.
"Hi mommy." Angela said.
"Hi."
"Mommy gots a booboo."
"I'm ok."
"Angela stay in here and watch TV." John said. "I'm gonna talk to your mommy in the kitchen."
Kelsey and John went into the kitchen and sat down.
"Did Zack do that to you?" John asked.
"Yeah." "The power went out at work because of the storm." "They sent us home early." "I wanted to go home before I came here to spend some time with Zack." "I went into the bedroom." "He was there with another woman." "The woman left." "We started to argue." "I smacked him and he backhanded me." "I fell." She started to cry. "I still can't believe he did it." "He's never hit me." "I guess I deserved it though."
"No you didn't Kelsey."
"I hit him first."
"That doesn't matter." "A man should never put his hands on a woman."
"I'm gonna take Angela and go to a motel."
"No." "You're gonna stay here." "I insist."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes." "Tomorrow I think you should go to the police."
"No."
"Kelsey he hit you." "You can't let him get away with it."
"I can't." "I'm to ashamed."
A few hours later Kelsey was in the upstairs hall. Angela was already asleep. Kelsey was going into the guestroom. She saw John in the hall and stopped.
"John I just wanted to thank you again, for letting us stay here tonight." She said.
"You're welcome." She hugged him. "I'd never let anything happened to you or Angela."
"I know." "I'm glad I have such a caring friend." "Well, goodnight."
"Goodnight." She went in the guestroom. John was to his room.