The Good Life

Chapter 59

”Mar…I still can’t feel my legs..” Bruno rolled over the next morning whining about his run.

”Go take a shower in really hot water and take some of that vitamin c I have..it’ll help. That’s all I can say, boo.” Marla told him kissing him on the cheek watching him get out of the bed.

”I’ll do that after I get Rosie out of bed.” he responded wobbling out of the bedroom with his hurting legs. She started laughing at him uncontrollably.”Hey! That’s not nice!”

”I’m sorry!” she yelled back at him stretching out to get out of bed. She followed him into the bedroom watching him wake Rosie up with ease. She wrapped her arms around his neck putting her legs around him watching his face.

”Good morning, beautiful girl.” he said sweetly to her.

”Buenas dias, daddy.” Rosie answered.

”I’m teaching her Spanish.” Bruno told Marla.

”Yo veo. Está hablando muy bien. Y tu, también…” she told him walking into the kitchen with them.

”Mar..you’re doing more fundraising today right?” he asked her.

”Yeah…and my mom is going to come and get Rosie.” she told Bruno about all the plans for the day which included him being at the studio for most of the day and her out promoting the event she was running in.

Bruno came home late in the evening seeing Marla lying on the couch sleeping with Rosie curled up on her sound asleep as well. He picked Rosie up kissing her on the head not waking her up. She slept as soundly as Bruno did.”What….Brunoo…” Marla woke up squinting her eyes to see him walking away. He’s got her. She thought turning in the other direction to fall back asleep. After falling asleep she felt his arms around her picking her up to put her in bed. She kept her eyes closed pretending to sleep taking in the smell of the drink he had had at the studio. ”B…how much did you drink tonight?” she asked him.

”I had like 2 drinks. That was it.” he told her covering her up. ”Go to sleep. When I brush my teeth you won’t even remember it…” he answered her.

”Mmmmk.” she answered laying her head down falling asleep quickly. She felt him slide into the bed turning to lay on him. ”Bruno…”

”Yeah, Marley?”

”What are you going to write about tonight?” she asked him.

”Shhh. It’s a secret. I can’t tell you.” he answered kissing her head. ”Go to sleep.”

”But Bru….” she begged.

”That’s not even going to work…” he said.

”Fine..I’m too tired.” she answered burying her head in his arms. Bruno waited for her to fall asleep to get up from the bed to write her note. He turned around from the small space he had created to write his notes to her hearing her start to talk.

”Mar?” he asked. ”Are you okay? Marla!” he looked at her body not moving in the normal ways they did. She flipped over in the bed throwing her arms mumbling something in her sleep. He touched her face gently trying not to scare her out of her dream. ”Wake up, baby…” She turned around again stretching her arms out.

”What? I was asleep…” she said quietly not turning to face him.

”You were having a bad dream..that’s all.” he told her kissing the back of her head.

”Quit being such a baby, Bruno. It was just a dream. Geez.” she told him facing the opposite direction forgetting about what had just happened.

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Dear Marla,

Thank you for taking care of me this morning. I don’t think I would have been able to move with the vitamin c you gave me this morning. I still don’t understand how you can run so far. Everyone says I’m the rock star…they don’t know I married one, though. But maybe we can keep it a secret because I don’t think I’d like it if you had groupies. I love you, Mar.

Bruno