The Fractured Wife

Chapter 14

Roma had been avoiding Lucien for the last week since their night together. She was mortified when she had woken up to find herself entwined with his body. She had jumped out of the bed quickly covering herself with the blanket she kept on the chair beside her bed.

“ Lucien you need to get up and dressed before my sons come home!” Roma panicked starting to her closet and disappearing into the bathroom to get dressed. She was worried what Grant would say if he came home and found Lucien in his home. 

Roma kept replaying the previous night over in her head and was so confused as to her feelings as she unconsciously brought her fingers up to her mouth. She shivered, remembering the kisses and the need that they both felt when they were together. “Did he really say that he loved me?” Roma thought to herself as she gathered the courage to leave the bathroom. 

She started running the cold water and leaned over the sink to throw some water onto her face. She grabbed the towel from the towel rack and dried her face. Roma straightened up and straightened her clothes before going over to the bathroom ready to talk to Lucien and telling him she can’t be with him. 

Roma’s heart broke when she opened the bathroom door and noticed that Lucien wasn’t there anymore. Where his head was a note addressed to her. She sat on the edge of her bed and with shaking hands, she opened the note and began to read what it said.

“Roma I know that you will feel guilty about last night and what happened between us. Believe me when I tell you that I’m not sorry as I needed you just as much as you needed me. Remember I’ll always be there when you need me. 

Be safe and I’ll see you around.

Lucien x”

Roma didn’t realise that the tears were running down her cheeks as she held the letter to her chest. She felt guilty for letting him leave without facing him, but her feelings were all over the place.

Roma went downstairs and into her kitchen. She knew the boys were going to be home soon and she needed to start doing the housework before they came home. “Come on, Roma, get your butt in gear,” she whispered to herself. She started wiping down the counters and putting the dirty dishes in the dishwasher. She went through the house but left the living room till last. Roma couldn’t get the images from last night out of her head. “I really need to accept it since I can’t change it.” Roma thought as she walked into her living room. Roma looked at the couch where she and Lucien shared their need for each other and shivered as she could still feel his hands all over her body.

Just as she finished cleaning and putting her cleaning tools away she heard her son Conan running up to the door excitedly. “Mummy, Mummy guess what I did yesterday. Charity’s mummy and daddy took us to pick apples and then we made apple pie,” Conan said jumping around the hall, trying to kick his shoes off. “Charity and I ate it all tho till our bellies were about to explode,” Conan said will puffing his belly out. “ We then watched films and played lots of games, mummy, charity wanted to watch girl films but I didn’t want to,” Conan pulled a face at the thought of watching chick flicks. Roma just laughed at her son’s expression as she helped him take off his shoes. 

After Conan went up to his room Roma was making lunch when Grant came home. “Hi honey, how was your night?” Roma asked but knew she had to talk to him about the other day.

“It was great mum, we just hung out and stuff,” Grant said looking around uncomfortably. 

“Grant, about the other day,” Roma started to say, “ I know it looks bad when you saw me kissing Lucien after the accident….but I want you to know that it won’t happen again. It was a spur of the moment thing as I was emotional. I gave him a hug for saving Conan and it just happened,” Roma said holding her breath and looking at her son. 

“ Mum, be careful as I don’t want to see you getting hurt especially after what happened to dad. I want you to be happy and if that means having Lucien in your life then….” Grant had his sentence cut short as his mum gave him a hug which he returned.

“ Thank you grant for understanding. If you want to the 3 of us will do something this weekend, like the cinema or get stuff to pig out on at home,” Roma said smiling holding grant’s face in her hands.

“That sounds awesome mum,” Grant said as he pulled away from his mother and headed up to his room.