Chapter Six
The Blood of My Husband
As soon as I entered our home, Eric was sitting indignantly on the sofa with a medical journal in his lap, waiting for me.
“There you are. I’m glad you finally decided to grace us with your presence, Lilith. Where were you, might I ask?” Eric asked.
“Shopping,” I said.
Eric glanced up at me over his reading glasses.
“You look different. What the hell are you wearing, Lilith? Did you go out in that outfit?”
I heard the pitter-patter of four little feet running across the living room floor.
“Mommy!”
“Mommy! You’re home!”
My two girls ran straight into my arms wearing their cute pajamas and gave me an affectionate hug. Tears came into my eyes. I will never be able to describe the joy I felt, holding my two children in my arms.
“Where were you,
