Cherry Chapstick

Chapter 29

My heart sped up and my breath was coming out in gasps. It felt as though I was in a full blown panic attack. My eyes shot up at the owner of the voice and widened in complete shock.

“Just let her go” pleaded Leslie before I had time to respond.

I looked between the two of them unable to move. I felt like suddenly I had been paralyzed, stunned by the sight in front of me.

“Oh no. I think I need to know what’s been going on. How long have you two been doing this? And in this house no less. Tsk tsk. It doesn’t seem to me like that’s something you should be doing considering you’re married.”

The voice seemed to be teasing at some type of unknown consequences. I didn’t want to be here for this but since I had been blocked, I didn’t want to try for the door again. Running through it also seemed foolish.

I watched as Leslie hung her head down, shaking it from side to side.

“You don’t need to know anything. You don’t know what it’s been like for me.”

I thought she would cry but she straightened up and pushed her shoulders back.

“I will do what I want in my house and there’s nothing you can do to stop me. Ashley, you can go get your clothes from the bathroom if you want to. I’ll get dressed and take you home.”

She sounded determined as she looked at me, fire flashing in her eyes. I nodded and was about to make my way through the door when the hand shot out and blocked me again.

“Ashley is your name? Oh I don’t think you’re going to be leaving anytime soon. Not until we have everything worked out here. I asked questions Leslie and I want them answered. Either you’re going to tell me what I want to know or she’s going to tell me. Either way, one of you is going to explain to me what the f**k I walked into.”

I wrapped my arms around myself now aware that I had let them drop down and I was once again fully exposed. This was not the way I had intended to spend my day. It was supposed to be fun and sexy but now there was all this drama and threats added to it. I didn’t even know this person. I felt sick. I wrapped my arms around my waist and bent over a little in an effort to try to calm myself down. I guess this was part of the consequences of having a secret affair; at one point or another it was almost guaranteed that you would get caught. This was it; we had been caught.

“I just want to go get my clothes” I whispered out. I hated the way it sounded like I was whining. I felt my eyes began to burn as tears threatened the corners. Don’t do this, I thought to myself. As if it wasn’t embarrassing enough having the rest of this going on, crying would just be the cherry on top. I straightened myself up and willed myself not to cry.

“Oh, I’ll let you get your clothes soon, just as soon as I find out what happened. I just want to make sure we’re all on the same page. Especially if the truth ever gets out about any of this.”

I watched as the glossy red lips turned into a devious smile.