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Kate woke up the same time every day, she opened her glossy blue eyes to see the time of seven am flashing on her alarm clock. She always beat her husband's alarm of seven-fifteen every day, she sighed inwardly careful not to disturb the blonde adonis sleeping next to her; he would be really pissed off if she disturbed his sleep. Carefully she peeled back the comforter, rolling out of bed hissing under her breath when the springs creaked underneath her wincing briefly when Billy stopped softly snoring for a moment, fear coursed through her at the thought of waking him up so early. She breathed a sigh of relief when he rolled over the other way and continued to snore, as she carefully tiptoed out of their bedroom and into the hallway closing the door softly behind her. Kate did this every day. She got up and put on a pot of coffee so it brewed whilst she switched the television on to keep her company, the news blasting out headlines as she hummed to herself busying herself with making breakfast for her husband. Just as the eggs began to bubble away in the frying pan the phone rang causing her to wince and rush over to grab it before it disturbed the beast in her bed.
‘’Hello?’’ she asked with a whisper.
‘’Kate!’’ her best friend Allie hollered down the line making her giggle slightly. ‘’Are you ready to leave? I want to be on the road by 5’’ she commented, making Kate blanch slightly as her eyebrows drew down.
‘’I haven’t asked Billy yet’’ she replied, hearing her friend groan on the other end of the phone. It was no secret her friend wasn’t a fan of Billy, she thought he was brutish and rude whilst Billy thought Allie was a bad influence on his wife, plus she dressed like a whore something which he had told her more than once, a comment which always left a bitter taste in Kate’s mouth.
‘’Why do you have to ask him? He's not your father’’ she exclaimed tiredly, Kate hearing the busy noise of the diner in the background. Allie and Kate both worked at the diner in town, it was mainly for locals who lived within their tiny cul de sac of a place and was a ten-minute commute by car.
‘’He likes to know what my plans are, he's just being concerned’’ she defended him as she heard Allie scoff, Kate narrowed her eyes as she focused on ensuring breakfast was ready; Billy would be up in five minutes and he liked to have breakfast on time before he left for his work at a mechanics garage.
‘Oh please, more like he wants to control you’’ she stated making Kate bristle slightly at her tone. ‘’Look, it's only for four days I’m sure he can handle being on his own’’ she stated flippantly. If only it were that easy.
Kate rolled her eyes. ‘’He would be pissed to know your even calling here, look I’ll talk to him and get back to you later’’ she promised, fear creeping into her belly at the thought of approaching Billy with the question.
Allie sighed. ‘’Fine, I'm back on break at 12 give me a bell’’ she instructed before hanging up the phone, Kate sighed placing the phone back on the hook just in time to hear Billy getting out of bed. She dished the breakfast up with a slice of toast and set it down on the table, with a mug of coffee and stood back waiting for him. She frowned slightly when a few minutes went by and he hadn’t emerged, usually he just got dressed and put a bit of aftershave on before making his way out of their shared quarters.
She chewed her lip deciding on what to do before she gingerly approached the door that led to the hallway, poking her head around she saw no sign of him. ‘’Billy!’’ she hollered and winced slightly when she heard him shout back.
‘’Jesus fucking christ’’ he gruffed out, as she saw the door to their bedroom wrench open as a mass of blonde curls came into view, his blue eyes pierced hers as he glared at her making her wince and step back from the door. His heavy footsteps came thundering down the hall and into the kitchen area before Kate could take another step he was on her; gripping her arm as his blazing eyes stared into hers. ‘’What have I told you about shouting? You know I can’t fucking stand it’’ he stated.
Kate opened her mouth, her eyes widening slightly as her heart beat out of her chest. ‘’I-I’m sorry, I didn’t want you to be late’’ she apologised quickly hoping to defuse the situation.
Billy snarled at her not letting go. ‘’I don’t need you looking after me, I’m a grown man’’ he reiterated. Yeah, when you want to be Kate thought bitterly for a brief second.
‘’Sorry, it won't happen again’’ she reassured him plastering a small smile on her face. Billy snorted at her, his mouth curling up before he let go of her arm throwing it back at her.
‘’It better not’’ he warned as he walked away to sit at the table. Kate rubbed her arm slightly as Billy began to eat, his eyes focusing on the news. She knew she would have to broach the subject of the weekend away but she was nervous, Billy didn’t like her being away for too long he said he didn’t trust other people around her or their intentions; Allie had thought he was a stupid idiot who just liked to control her. She swallowed slightly as she softly approached him sitting at the table with him, he looked at her glaring slightly out of the corner of his eye, it was unusual for her to sit with him.
‘’Billy?’’ she asked gingerly, as he focused back on the television not paying her attention.
‘’What?’’ he bit out through a mouthful of food, eyes focused on the tv.
Kate wanted to ask so badly but she didn’t know how to put it into words, and when Billy's blue eyes pierced hers with a threatening dark shade, the words seemed to die on her tongue; he was annoyed. ‘’What do you want for tea?’’ she asked cursing herself mentally.
‘’The fuck do I care?’’ he snorted as he turned away from her to focus on the tv once more. Kate bit her tongue caging what kind of mood he was in and it wasn’t a good one, but it never was anymore. She decided not to add anything to the conversation not unless she wanted to end up with another bruise to add to the collection. She sat in silence for a few moments thinking about the trip and Allie, how she would have to tell her she couldn’t come, when suddenly Billy stood up clearly done with eating, Kate stood up to out of habit.
‘’I won't be back for dinner probably, it’s a Friday Malc always makes us work late’’ he stated as his eyes bored into hers a look of indifference on his face.
Kate raised a brow, he seemed to have been working late a lot recently. ‘’I thought the mechanic's shop closed at four’’ she blurted out, eyes widening at the mistake she made. Billy looked at her in disbelief, the fact she had the audacity to even question him got him pissed; he huffed before glaring at her as he slowly approached her, Kate took a step back fear creeping up the back of her neck as he came to stand in front of her.
‘’It’s a good thing you only work in a shitty diner then isn’t it sweetheart?’’ he sneered the nickname like it was poison on her tongue, Kate hated it.
‘’I-‘’ Kate went to apologise but it died on her tongue when he roughly grabbed her arm again, squeezing it until pins and needles hit her; she held back a cry knowing it would only annoy him more.
‘’Who the hell were you talking to earlier?’’ he asked lowly, making her blanch at the undertone of his voice.
‘’My mom'' she lied quickly, after all these years she learned how to get around Billy when he was mad and lying was always a good option.
He quirked a brow, his piercing gaze never leaving hers. ‘’You sure about that?’’ he drawled, a dangerous undertone to his voice.
Kate nodded. ‘’Yeah, she wanted a recipe for some cake’’ she replied.
‘’At seven in the morning?’’ he asked sardonically.
Kate shrugged. ‘’She’s an early riser’’ she stated.
Billy huffed. ‘’You wouldn’t lie to me would you?’’ he asked lowly still gripping her arm, whilst the other grabbed her face.
‘’No’’ she lied meekly, his piercing blue eyes staring at her making her quake under his gaze.
‘’Well..you know what happens when you lie’’ he threatened making her gulp, she did know and it was never good. He stared at her for a few moments before his hand let up of her face as she slowly stroked it before letting go of her arm. ‘’I’ll be back around 7’’ he stated gruffly before sauntering away from her and through the front door, Kate winced as it slammed behind him. No kiss or greeting of goodbyes, this is the way it always was.
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Kate decided to do some laundry, to try and pass the day away. She knew it was slowly coming up to mid-afternoon time which means it would be 12pm before she even knew it and she would have to let Allie know about her decision. She noted the time on the clock situated at 11 am; Billy would be back in eight hours which gave her plenty of time to ensure the house was in order. Rifling through the dirty laundry, Kate sighed at the amount she had to get through before deciding to throw it in the washer, she decided to go through the draws just incase Billy had put back any clothes that could do with a wash; a habit he always did.
She reached down the back knowing he liked to shove it out of her sight, mainly to stop her nagging; pausing when she felt rough material under her hands, she gave it a tug hoping to free the material that had snagged itself at the back of the draw pausing when she snagged it out of the draw and into the daylight of their bedroom. It was his jacket; She wondered briefly where it had ended up, Billy loved to wear denim and this jacket he had since he was 18 years old, it was tight and showed off his impressive stature.
Kate raised a brow briefly, wondering why he decided to hide something he loved so much; but she paused feeling the breath being knocked out of her as she spotted the red lipstick stain on the collar that was definitely not there the last time she saw him in it. Kate’s breath hitched as she felt the colour drain from her face before quickly throwing it on the floor as if the garment was diseased. It had to be a mistake Kate had decided, she owned at least six pairs of lipsticks all in different shades, not that she could remember she didn’t remember the last time she wore lipstick.
Quickly, she grabbed her make up bag that was situated on the side, pouring all the contents onto the carpeted floor as she rifled through her lipsticks. One lipstick was a pale shade of pink whilst the the other was a darker maroon red, as she got to the last lipstick Kate prayed with all hope in her that this would match the bright and ghastly red on Billy’s jacket, with trepidation and shaking fingers she opened it only to feel disappointment ripple through her stomach, a nude shade. Kate realised that none of her shades matched the stain on Billy’s jacket, as she let out a loud sob tears falling down her face at the realisation. He had to be having an affair. Kate crumpled onto the floor not believing her discovery, she knew Billy could be an asshole at times but they had been together for five years now and they were married, she thought he had outgrown that phase of his life.
Kate stopped sobbing, anger suddenly coursing through her; how fucking dare he do this to her? After all, they had been through. She fisted the jacket in her hand as she marched to the phone dialling the diners number.
‘’Hello?’’ came the familiar voice which made Kate breathe a sigh of relief.
‘’Allie’’ Kate stated. ‘’I’m in’’ she stated. Fuck him, if he could play away and mess around then so could Kate.