Dedicated to Greene14, who requested this story, and came up with the idea.
We were at the pub. We had gone out to have abeer and have a good time - and then we had a fight. A stupid, bloody fight. Today, I canât even remember what it was about. It ended with me leaving her alone in the bar whiel I went to the menâs room. I was pissed off, and a little drunk. Not so much that youâd notice, but enough to be aggressive, and certainly enough to lose my judgement.
When I returned, Elizabeth was seeking comfort in the arms of a stranger. There was a small dance floor in a corner of the pub, and she was slowdancing with a tall, black, bald bloke. I pretended not to see them, and had me another beer. She was trying to make me jealous, but I wouldnât fall for such a cheap trick. A few minutes later, when she hadnât come back, I turned around to see what in hell she was doing. She wasnât there. Neither was her "friend".
Irritated, I got up and searched for her in the back rooms. She wasnât in the hallway, and not in the pool table room. I looked around, and saw the door leading in to the bar ownerâs private quarters. It said NO ENTRANCE on a note taped to the door, but I didnât care. I opened the door and walked out into a hallway full of boxes and crates. I heard voices from upstairs,a nd ran up to the second floor. I kicked in the door - and there they were. Elizabeth and that bloke she had been dancing with. They were sitting on the bed, him with his arm around her.
"What the hell are you doing?" I yelled.
Thatâs when I got hit over the head with a beer bottle. I sank to my knees.
"You git!" Elizabeth screamed. "Donât hurt him!"
I was too much in pain to make out what answer she got, but it must have calmed her down, because she didnât do anything to help me when her flirt and his friend, a rasta bloke, lifted me up, put me ina an armchair, and tied me up with a pair of nylon stockings. Everything was a blur, but I could tell that the three of them were sitting on the bed, talking. From what I understood, the blokes were trying to talk Elizabeth into getting back at me for the fight we had had.
Man, the lines they used! All the old clichĂŠes came out; "a fine woman like yourself should be treated with respect!", "you oughtta teach your man a lesson!", "show him that he doesnât own you", and "enjoy yourself at the same time"; and in between those lines, they told her how sexy she was, how hot she looked. Elizabeth had had enough beers that night to put her usual "bullshit detector" out of order. She was swallowing every word they said.