Submission

Moving on out

Maddie woke up to an empty bed, she stretched her arm out to feel the sheets, they were cold, just like last time. .

Her purse was on the night stand, along with a pair of sweats and a hoodie that by the looks of it was his, and way too big for her small frame.

On top of the cloths there was a note.

Maddie sat up and reached for the note.

[Good morning my love, I had your Car brought here, the keys are in your purse, I had an early meeting but I told the chef to make you anything you want. You can wait here or go home, but we will talk later]

Maddie threw the note on the bed, he was delusional if he though she would stay there or even eat breakfast!

Maddie got in the oversized hoodie, it went further down her thighs than some of her dresses.

She put the sweatpants on, thank god for strings, or they would have fallen right off.

She rolled the pants legs up, and put on her high heels from last night.

She didn’t need a mirror to know she looked ridiculous.

She found a hair tie in the bottom of her purse and made a messy bun before exiting the bedroom.

Maddie managed to sneak down stairs and out the front door without getting noticed, and sure enough, her car was parked right outside.

Had he stolen her keys and gotten someone to pick it up?

Maddie shook her head, she didn’t want to, nor cared to know, she just wanted to go home.

She got into her car and as she turned the ignition her phone rang.

Maddie held her breath as she rummaged her purse, if there was a god, she hoped it wouldn’t be him calling.

As she fished it out she saw it was Alison, Maddie breathed a sigh of relief as she picked up.

“Why didn’t you tell me??“ Alison screamed just as Maddie put the phone to her ear.

“Aw!! Tell you what?” Maddie asked, rubbing her ear.

“That you were moving today?? I’m outside your house wanting to know if you wanted to go to brunch and there is a moving truck outside! Your dad told me you were moving into Richard’s house today” Alison said, making Maddie’s mouth fall to the floor.

“He what?” Maddie asked, unsure of if she actually heard what she just herd.

“He said you changed your mind and couldn’t wait, I didn’t even get a chance to buy you a housewarming present” Alison said in a disappointing tone.

It took a minute for Maddie’s brain to compute, there was a moving van at her house?

She had been married to that bastard less then 48 hours and he was already going back on his promises!

And her dad had folded like a cheap lawn chair.

Maddie scoffed, go figure she wouldn’t get 5 seconds of peace.

“Hello?? Maddie are you there??” Alison questioned, Maddie had completely forgotten she was still on the phone.

“I’m here, yeah we talked about it last night and I guess Richard pulled the trigger” Maddie sighed, it was the best lie she could come up with and thankfully Alison bought it.

“So where are you now? “ Alison asked had Maddie looked up at Richard’s house and answered “I’m at Richard’s”

“Great! The moving truck is all packed up, so I can follow them there and I can help you unpack!” Alison exclaimed, hanging up the phone.

Maddie sighed, what the hell was she going to do now..

She got out of the car and with heavy steps, walked back into the house.

Maddie went through the rooms upstairs, there were 4 guest bedrooms, an office, a library and his master bedroom.

Maddie contemplated asking the movers to move her stuff into a guest bedroom, but that would make Alison suspicious, so she would ask them to put it in Richard’s room, and then move the bare necessities into a guest bedroom once Alison went home.

But what if he got mad at her for it, last night happened because she got him mad, what would happen if she disrespected him in his own house..

Maddie didn’t want to find out, maybe it was safer to ask if they could make some kind of deal, where she would live there but only if she got her own room?

Maddie walked back to Richard’s room and started looking around.

She knew where the door to the bathroom was, so the other one had to be the closet..?

Maddie opened the door, and it was in fact the closet, only one side of it was occupied, leaving an entire wall of hangers drawers and shelves bare.

Had he cleaned it out this morning, had he done it in way in advance or was it always like that?

Maddie sighed, he was such an f*****g enigma, she never knew what the heck he was thinking and it bugged the hell out of her.

Maddie heard a car pull up and looked out the window.. yep! it was a moving van, followed by Alison’s banged up Toyota.

Maddie started to run down the stairs when she realized her ridiculous outfit.

She quickly slipped out of her high heels and opened the door barefoot.

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Maddie guided the movers to Richard’s room, Alison gushing over the interior all the way.

Maddie didn’t own a lot of things besides cloths, school stuff, and some pictures of her mom, and Alison.

So the movers didn’t stay long.

Maddie chucked her memorabilia into a drawer and they started on the cloths in the closet.

“I can’t believe you got married and is now living with your husband” Alison sighed, every day something new was happening that she hadn’t seen coming.

“I know, I’m trying to keep up myself” Maddie shrugged apologetically.

The truth was, she felt suffocated, she desperately needed time to sort her emotions before she exploded.

The only reason she wasn’t a incoherent yelling screaming mess, was her fear of what he would do to her if she made him mad, and fear of Alison knowing the truth..

She needed to stay sane, if that was even the case anymore, but she had to believe if she kept her cool, she would figure out a way out of this mess.

A few times the realization that he would most likely expect her to share his bed willingly after last night had scared her.

She might have wanted to get off in the moment, but that didn’t mean she wanted him!

What happens last night, how he forced himself down her throat ignoring her pleas, almost choking her, he had to know he hurt her.

How he hadn’t cared for the pain he caused, the physical or the mental part of being handled like that.. he couldn’t possibly think she would play house with him after that.. could he?

Maddie thought about it, he called her his love, he had wanted to marry her, forced her to wear a ring, he had moved her in here not even discussing it with her, or had at least expected her to comply, because he could have locked her in his house if he wanted to, but he left, and even brought her car here.

He was a walking contradiction, his action always on either side of the scale, ruthless and savage, yet oddly tentative like last night in the shower.

Did he feel remorse after what happened?

“Earth to Maddie?? You have been folding the same shirt for 20 minutes and I’m already done” Alison chuckled, waving a hand in front of Maddie’s face.

Maddie looked up, surprised to see all her cloths were out of the boxes and hanging neatly.

“Jason wrote me, Richard invited us for dinner, and they will be arriving soon, so can I borrow a dress? And I think you might need to change too” Alison laughed, pointing her phone at Maddie in her oversized cloths and snapping a pic, pressing her phone and writhing a minute she got a reply.

Alison red it and chuckled “ Jason said your husband says he looks good on you”

Maddie instantly got flashbacks to her on her knees last night with his gigantic form draped over her as he took her from behind.

Maddie shook her head trying to remove the images before telling Alison to pick what ever dress she wanted.