Chapter 26: Lauren“Craig, stop it! I told you last night I’m on my period.” Lauren pushed Craig’s hands away for the hundredth time and turned back to stirring the cabbage soup on the stove, her head pounding.
“Oh, for God’s sake, Laur, you act like we’ve never done anything when you’re on the rag before. You could at least do something for me. I’ve been away for weeks.”
He grabbed her from behind again and she slammed the wooden spoon down, bits of cabbage and carrots splattering in a greasy mess on the stovetop.
“Do something for you? Do something for you? I’ve spent the majority of the past three days, no, the past eighteen years, doing for you! Doing your laundry, picking up after you, making nice meals, and, and doing things for you in bed when I haven’t even felt like it.”
“Now,
