As promised, this chapter is a bit hotter with graphic sexual depictions. It also has a pretty rough fight that some may find disturbing. Sorry if it makes you cringe a little. As always, comments are always welcome as long as they're constructive. Abuse and general stupidity will be deleted without consideration. Enjoy!
"Would you like a drink, Sam?" the Veronica-creature asked its stunned guest across from it at the alabaster table. In front of Sam, both his favorite IPA and a tumbler half full of single-malt scotch over ice appeared out of nowhere. A glass of white wine materialized in front of the vision that had taken the form of his estranged wife and the unholy vixen took a large slake from the goblet. Sam looked at both alcoholic beverages at his setting then opted for the harder of the two and took a sip.
"I know what you like, Sam," the demonic beauty said with a wry smile. "After all, we were married for thirteen years."
Sam took another sip of the scotch then smiled back at his host. "May as well enjoy it, right? I mean, My God, if I'm going to hallucinate before I die then it should be a happy vision. Although I'm not sure why
you
would be in my last thoughts after what happened."
"You still don't get it, do you, Sam?" the red-haired apparition said as it leaned in closer across the table. "You were
dying
out there in that desert. Three broken ribs, one had punctured your left lung and blood was filling it. You had a concussion, and you were heavily drugged for almost three days.
I
sent Phineas out there to save you. God was nowhere to be found." The Veronica-creature rose from its stone chair and walked around the table and sat in Sam's lap. "Tell me, Sam, if this is a hallucination, and you truly hate me after the events of the past few days, then would your mind allow me to do this?"
The creature moved its face to Sam's and grabbed the back of his head. It planted its lips to his then kissed him deeply, snaking its tongue into his mouth to intertwine with his own. Sam tasted the wine on its lips and felt the familiarity of his wife's affection. It broke the display of affection then peered its green eyes into Sam's deep brown orbs.
"This is reality, Sam," the sexy demon spoke as its hand wandered down to Sam's crotch to feel his growing arousal. It then moved its hand up to his face and gave his left cheek a light slap. "So, let's get on the same page, shall we?" it said with a stern look as it climbed off Sam's lap and returned to its seat on the other side of the marble-like table.
Sam reached for his scotch and took another long draught before replying. "OK, I'll play along, Ronnie. You made yourself quite clear with your intentions and actions a few days ago. What more do you want from me? My permission? My subservience?"
"I think you know by now that it wasn't me in your house when that all went down, Sam." it replied knowingly. "But I did witness it all. As Phineas told you earlier, we've been watching you for some time now. You've had it rough for most of your life, and this was one more kick to the midsection, literally, that you did not deserve, don't you agree?"
Sam had never been much for feeling sorry for himself no matter what his situation, but he contemplated the creature that appeared to him as his cheating wife's words as he formulated his reply.
"Yeah, I guess things weren't especially great growing up," he responded, swirling the frozen cubes in his amber-filled tumbler while recalling his less-than-ideal upbringing and his recent mental breakdown that led to current events, "but things got better as I got older."
"Did they?" Veronica-creature asked. "You were a good football player, Sam. Why is it that no college recruited you or even offered you to walk-on? Why haven't you received a promotion or even a raise at your job in over three years? And do you really know how long your wife has been sleeping around on you? It's longer than she let on, Sam."
"She... You... whoever you and she are, told me that it had been a year with Erickson," Sam staggeringly stated. "Are you telling me that they... you were..."
"Longer than that," the demon interjected, "and before that with others. Remember her trips out of town to 'visit family'? All the overnight shopping excursions with her friends? Lies and excuses to throw you off so that she could meet her lover
du jour, mon ami.
"
Sam felt the nausea rise in his gut once more and he hung his head and hyperventilated in hopes of keeping his recent meal down. "Thank God we never had children," he said wiping the flop sweat from his brow.
"She's been pregnant five times since you two married," it announced matter-of-factly.
"What?!" Sam exclaimed, eyes wide. "Five times?! She... she told me she couldn't get pregnant. I saw... I saw the test results from her doctor..."
"A forgery, a ruse," the hellish being explained. "She was sleeping with her gynecologist too. Right there in the office. There's some closed-circuit video footage if you want to see it. He actually knocked her up once right there in the stirrups. Erickson once, another guy one time also, on one of her nights away."