***All sexually active characters are of age, 18 years old at least, and all sexual activities are consensual. Enjoy!***
Aniya Milosevic is visiting her ex-husband, Tibor Milosevic, in prison today, sitting across a table from him to catch up, "...should have her granddad around. I know she'll love it, and she's young enough it won't be weird introducing you to her."
Tibor asks, "What about Mia? I can't imagine she wants me anywhere near her or Kisha after what I've done."
Aniya answers candidly, "That is something for her to decide. Mia is happy with work, and with a girlfriend, and she loves Kisha, and she's living back at home in her old room. We keep each other good company."
Tibor tells his ex-wife, "All I want is to say how sorry I am to her. I've had so long to think about it... Feels like forever..."
Aniya says, "I miss you. I still love you. We can make it work. Let's see if we can get you early release, and we can be a family again."
Tibor thinks things through for a moment before saying, "I want to talk with Mia first. If she says no, I understand." He then asks, "He's not around anymore?"
Aniya answers, "Owen? No, he vanished without a trace or so much as a goodbye. At least with you, I know where you are."
Tibor jokes, "It's not like I have a choice in things," sharing a brief, quiet laugh with his ex-wife, "Is that why you want me back? Because you're lonely?"
Aniya sighs, "Look, Tibor, darling, I know I did you wrong by leaving you for another man just because the sex was better, and I'm not going to sit here making excuses..."
Tibor astutely asks, "But?... Sounds like there's a, 'but,' coming..."
Aniya responds calmly, "I was a bitch. I am a bitch, but I still love you. I really regret what I did to you, and how that affected you and little Ludmila... Mia has forgiven me, and we are so close, I love it, and I love her. We are a happy family, and, I have my needs taken care of, so, I want you to come home because I miss the romance, and I miss you, how you were... before I hurt you..."
Tibor pouts, mulling over his ex-wife's words, "We both have regrets, and, we both should forgive. We were so sweet together back then, weren't we?"
Aniya recalls, "Yes, it felt so good, especially with little baby Ludmila... Watching her first steps, and hearing her say, 'I loves you,' as her first words... How we used to dance in the living room, and have candlelit dinner dates... Times we went out for picnics on the heath..."
Tibor smiles, flushing in his face as tears fill his eyes, "I do miss you."
Aniya wipes her own tears from her cheeks, laughing a little as she says, "Yeah, I was fucking stupid to leave all of that... If I could go back, I would've told him to fuck off... I can't go back though, but I can promise to be better... We did promise each other, remember, for better or worse... We've been through a lot of worse... We deserve better..."
Tibor nods in agreement, "If Mia wants it, then we can make a case for parole. Otherwise... I just don't want to ruin her life any more..."
Aniya reaches for Tibor's hand, rubbing her thumb on his knuckles, looking into his eyes, saying, "We'll see what she says." She takes a moment to decide how to say what she wants, "You know how I said my needs are taken care of? And, how you call me a whore?"
Tibor urges her, "Go on?"
Aniya explains, "Just, I've been making money showing my naked body to the internet, and pleasuring myself while I do it."
Tibor swallows, taking a chunk out of his pride as he almost chokes, "I don't mind... I don't care, really... Maybe a little, but, being in here talking with everyone else, I realise that promiscuity isn't taboo anymore. I've been rather old-fashioned."
Aniya smiles, "I love old-fashioned. It's romantic." She decides again how to confess her deepest secret to her ex-husband, "Mia and I... have been... close... like," miming her hands pressing together, and making kissy faces.
Tibor looks confused and hurt as he asks, "She likes that? Well, she has a girlfriend, which is something I'm adjusting to, but at least she has given us a grandchild... heh, there I am with those old-fashioned values... I'm trying here, to be better... I accept everything you two are, because I'm lucky to have two great, beautiful women in my life..."
Aniya smirks playfully, "Yes, you do. I'm going to make sure you get what you've been missing out on. I'll talk with Mia. I love you," getting up to love as her allotted visiting time expires.
At home, Aniya awaits her daughter, watching over her granddaughter whilst the toddler's mother earns a living. Mia Milosevic, 21, arrives home, greeting her daughter, "Hi, Kisha!"
Kisha cutely says, "Hi, Mommy!"
Aniya informs her daughter, "She's been a delight as always... We need to talk alone," saying to Kisha, "You be a good girl in here while I talk with Mommy in the other room, yeah?"
Kisha promises, "Okay!," continuing to play with her toys while the grown-ups go into the kitchen away from the little girl's ears.
Mia enquires, "What is it?"
Aniya admits, "I've visited your dad today."
Mia feels betrayed, "How could you? After what he's done."
Aniya tells her daughter, "I know what he did to you, but I still love him, and I miss him, and he wants a second chance with you. He says he's sorry, and I believe him."
Mia grinds her teeth as her mom's words seep in, "I suppose I understand that... Doesn't excuse what he did to me..."
Aniya adds to her daughter's sentiment, "Nor what I did to him... I feel responsible for what happened with you two. I... know how you feel, but, I want him back in our lives. Not just for me, or you, but for Kisha also, so she can know her granddad. I want to push for early release, but I want you to talk with him first. He wants you to decide this, and, he's prepared to stay if that's your wish."
Mia mulls over the idea, shrugging, "He can rot in there for all I care... but, I should give him the courtesy of condemning him face-to-face..."
Aniya asks, "Are you mad at me for seeing him?"
Mia nods, swallowing down an urge to cry out, mumbling, "I'm not mad. I get it... I don't have a good memory of him, even going all the way back to when you left, which I don't even remember that far... He's always been a disappointment, but, I suppose he did support us for all those years; even with the minimum of effort... Still can't have been easy... He never earned my money, so I don't know how he did it when I think about it, and afford his drinking," laughing at the memories of her drunken father slumped around the house.
Aniya says, "He made it work because he loves you. He worked hard, in a hard job, making shit money. He used to come home so sore and aching, with blisters and calluses on his hands, and he did it for you. He always did it for you, before you were even here, when I was pregnant. He worked harder, and longer, to give you what you needed. It was a sacrifice he was willing to make."
Mia whimpers, holding her breath to keep from crying as she says, "I never knew him like that. He only showed me how bitter he was, and rageful, and, when he forced himself on me that first time, I had a thought that I was shocked it hadn't happened sooner. Whatever good he did for me, I will always know the bad he did to me more."
