Chapter 5~
It was ten in the morning when I woke up. The house was quiet so I crept upstairs to see if Tom was sleep in a deep alcohol induced slumber. To my shock he wasn't. He had already left the premise. I made his bed and cleaned up a bit while I had the time to myself. The home smelled of fresh flowers soon, as I went out on the grounds and picked some. It was a gorgeous day and I hated not being able to go anywhere, so instead I opened up windows. I found the stereo remote and turned on some music and began making lunch, hoping Tom would come home soon to talk. I was still angry at him but wanted to know why he treated me like I was scum. I heard the door open and my heart jumped. I came around the corner not to see Tom, but Monica instead. Great... I put on a smile and greeted her, telling her Tom wasn't home and I didn't know when he would be. She walked over to me and sized me up. All I could think is, 'really bitch?' I didn't know what her problem was with me but I was surely about to find out.
"Tommy is my man...So back the fuck off trick!" she was nose to nose with me as she spoke so disrespectfully. Now I would never be a home wrecking type in my life, but the smartass side of me came out and I grinned at her.
"Monica darling if Tommy is YOUR man, then why am I the one fucking him every night and living with him?"
I couldn't help it! She just rubbed me the wrong way and somehow by the way he acted when she showed up the day before she couldn't have been involved with him. He looked disgusted with her. Her nostrils flared as I told her I had been sexually involved with Tom and a fire grew in her eyes. I was actually waiting for the steam to shoot from her ears. I turned around towards the kitchen to finish making chicken salad but she grabbed me by my long locks and swung me into the adjoining wall. She didn't let go of my hair but I turned around and belted her in the gut. I hit her so hard I think I felt her spine hit my knuckles. She dropped to the floor like a sack of bricks.
"Get out Monica..."
I was calm but on the inside I wanted to defile her with every atom in my body. I helped her up and started to walk her out as I noticed my nose bleeding. It dripped onto the foyer floor as I made her exit. I slammed the door shut and locked at as I rushed to the bathroom to aide to myself. I sat on the toilet with my nose pinched, head tilted back when I heard the door open. This time it was Tom. He had finally came home at about one forty five. He saw the blood drops and followed them to the bathroom. The door was ajar so he pushed it all the way open. His face was looked much better than it had been and I could see he removed the stitches himself. He stared at me for a moment and then asked softly,
"Was Monica here recently?"
"Yep...she was. But she isn't here now," I was nasally sounding and it made Tom giggle a bit.
"Is she your girlfriend?" my tone was flat. I wanted to know the truth.
"She told you that?!" his eyes were huge and his voice became angry right away as I nodded my head. "No Jenna that Nicky's dumb bitch. I cant stand her but Nicky's a brother to me." He kept mumbling as he walked out of the bathroom but quickly came back in. this time he looked concerned.
"Look...are you ok?" he asked.
I simply nodded as I checked to make sure the bleeding had dissipated, "She didn't do much damage, just slammed my head in a wall and gave me a bloody nose." I looked at him and played it off as if I didn't have a pounding headache. I walked past him and cleaned up droplets of blood on the floor and in doing so I saw a plethora of shopping bags. I looked at Tom and asked him if I could bring his shopping bags to his room.
"They're for you doll," he tried to be smooth but somehow I knew he knew what he said to me the night before.
"Oh so I'm 'doll' today... last night I was just a bitch," I sounded a bit cold. I stood up and tossed the toilet paper I had used and washed my hands, not once looking at him now. I went to walk past him again but he stopped me and pushed me up against the wall with his power.
"Hey when I do something like this, I expect some respect dammit. I never treat women as well as I have treated you," he wagged his finger in my face as he spoke to me. He let go of me and went into his office slamming the door. I sank to the ground and cried again, what have I gotten myself into is all I could think.
As the night drew on I prepared Tom dinner, blackened chicken alfredo, garlic bread, and a fresh dark greens salad with a homemade balsamic dressing. As I cooked I heard Tony's familiar voice as he entered the home. He went came right into the kitchen, smelling the sauce wafting through. Seeing me in there preparing a wonderful meal made Tony smile, he thought I was a good girl so far and maybe this would work out; even though Tom had made me out to be his house slut basically. I smiled at Tony, putting on a fake happy impression for him and asked him to stay for dinner.