Brittney Drake fished her keys out of her purse. She took a deep breath, preparing herself in case her lazy husband had done nothing all day.
Brittany understood government lab jobs were hard to come by but it had been almost 4 months by now.
Brittney Drake was 36 years old, five food six inches and 115lbs. She wore her dark red hair parted in the center and held back from her face in a messy bun. She wore a button up shirt, a blazer, slacks, and a pair of flats that were killing her feet.
Brittney had taken the office job until her husband Arthur found a new job.
"Hi honey, any luck with on the job search?" She asked out loud as she entered the apartment.
No answer. "Where was he?" She grumbled to herself.
In the den he was sitting on the couch with his headphones on and was playing the newest Duty Calls. He yelled calls to a Goose? or someone named Mouse. Fuck it she didn't care she had enough.
She stomped over and yanked the power cord out stopping his game.
"This? This is what you have been doing?" She yelled as Arthur turned to see her. Arthur looked at her confused. "just taking a break, job searches take a lot out of a guy," he said shrugging.
"I just can't anymore, do something useful and make dinner while I shower!" she said as she slammed the door.
Arthur stood up and sighed. She didn't understand. If you work for a secret government lab you can't put it on your resume.
A lot of place won't hire you if there is a five year gap in your job history.
Arthur tried to explain this to Brittney, but it just fell on deaf ears. She refused to understand. And Arthur was tired of trying to make her see.
His lab, the lab he used to work was making a special pill for the government.
Once taken it would make the subject very suggestive like a super hypnotized state. The government would give them to captured terrorists and tell them they were a mole or sleeper agent for the government and be happy to tell them whatever they knew.
A whistle blower and a video shut the lab down.
Arthur had smuggled out a few pills mixed into his daily cholesterol medication and nobody was the wiser.
Arthur heated up the soup, made some grilled cheese sandwiches and waited for Brittney to return from the shower. They had been on a tight budget and their meager dinner was the result.
Brittney returned from her shower in an oversized hoodie and pajama pants. Arthur sighed, she was as sexy as the refrigerator.
He remembered her when they first got together, her in sundresses, naked Sundays, the 'Xs and Os' tattoo on her side that he used to start at her lips and kiss down.
Brittney had lost interest in her husband over the last months. The spark in his eyes gone. She was going through the motions. She had divorce papers in her bag and just needed the right moment.