The Perfect Storm
This is my first posting. It is not my first story. My other stories will likely be held up in editing. I needed to use a lot of italics in them and that sometimes causes issues. I'll have to remember that in the future. So anyway, it looks like this will hit the lists first. Much of the premise is taken from an 80's rock song. many of you might figure it out. It's a simple story but I think it's exciting. I hope you do too.
WritersCramp5710
The Perfect Storm
The thunder crashed. Boom! Rumble rumble. "You whore!!! How could you?!!! Do you know what else he said about you?!!!"
Marie could almost imagine. He had told her he would tell her husband Alan about them but she didn't believe he'd actually go through with it. She was horrified and furious. It wasn't supposed to be this way. Now... She picked up listening to Alan's tirade.
"... incredible! I couldn't believe my ears! My wife! A whore! A fucking slut!"
Fury struck her. She jumped up from her seat and smacked him viciously. A flash of lightning and thunder. Flash! Boom! Rumble rumble. "Don't you dare call me that! You have no idea what I did, what I've been through!"
He straightened up. "Oh! Here's where I get the 'it wasn't my fault! It was an accident! It was a mistake!' Really?!!! So tell me about it!!!"
"Fine!!!" She shoved him in the shoulder. "Move! Upstairs!"
"Oh you have got to be kidding me! You think..."
"Get the fuck up there! NOW!!! Anna's room. Move!" A flash. Boom, rumble rumble.
He reluctantly led the way with her all but shoving him along. When they got to the top of the stairs, Marie banged on the door. "Anna, we're coming in!" They rushed in the room just as Anna shut off her computer.
"Geez, mom. Couldn't you wait two seconds? I might not have been dressed."
"This is important. We have something to discuss... as a FAMILY!!!" She snapped at Alan. Rumble rumble. "Sit!" She ordered him. He sat on the corner of Anna's bed.
"I heard all the shouting but, damn! You guy's fighting? Why?" Anna had never seen her parents fight before.
"I have something to tell you, a confession." She took a deep breath. "Anna, Alan is not your biological father." Flash! Boom! Rumble rumble. Anna almost fell over. "I know, it's not something you ever thought you'd hear..."
"Never thought I'd hear?!!! How, mom, how? You guys have been married..."
"Yes, it happened while we were married."
"Oh, God, mom, what did you do???"
She sat on the far side of the bed and sighed. Boom, rumble rumble. "It's a bit of a story, so stay with me. About three years before I got pregnant with you, your dad and I first started trying to have a baby. After about nine months we saw a doctor to find out why it wasn't working. He did tests and we found out your father was incapable of having children. He'd had an accident in the past and... well, the damage was irreparable. So we started looking for alternatives."
"Artificial insemination?" She asked.
Flash! Boom! Rumble rumble. Marie smiled. "We couldn't afford it. Back then it was a detailed scientific procedure, not like today where you can pretty much do it yourself. Adoption was out too. Laws then were pretty restrictive. We had an apartment at the time and we both worked. Both those conditions were unacceptable. They wanted a house with one parent home."
"Jeez! They don't even ask that today."
"The only option was surrogacy either by artificial insemination, which we already ruled out because of cost, or by my having direct intercourse."
Boom, rumble rumble. "Uhuh! No way!"
"Your father agreed with you. I, however, was willing to do whatever it took."
"So you took it upon yourself???"
Rumble rumble. "Pretty much, yes, I did." She paused, letting it sink in. "That came out wrong. I didn't plan it." She paused again. "I had to attend a training seminar in Seattle. I drove since it was cheaper than an air fare. When the seminar was over, I started home. It was late, it was raining heavily, and I was on a secondary road since the main highway was closed for a large accident. I needed gas, and I asked the attendant where there was a hotel I could stay at. There was one up a little further so I went on." She paused again and looked quickly at Alan. He still looked mean, but he was listening.
"I saw a man walking on the road, alone and soaked. I offered him a ride to the hotel. He said he was going there too. As we talked, I realized he was intelligent, well spoken, outgoing, all good things. I also noticed his appearance. He was big and strong, handsome, just... I couldn't help but think, 'This would be a good surrogate', but I didn't have any kind of intentions then."