That Fateful Night

Chapter 3

Scarlett's POV

Its been a couple of days since Lizzie started staying with us. Everything has been pretty normal, Rose spent the weekend with her dad, Cosmo went to Nursery when me and Colin were both working. Lizzie is still off work but she should be back to work part time next week. However there is one thing that has been slightly different, and that is Colin. He has been staying late in work and not coming back home until way after both Cosmo and Rose are in bed fast asleep. He has also been acting strange, I don't know how to describe it but it's just not how he normally acts. I'm gonna talk to him about it because it's really not like him to act like this. He's normally more than happy to be spending time at home with his family.

"Colin, can I talk to you for a minute please?" I ask my husband.

"Yeah sure, what is wrong Scar?" He asks looking up from his phone.

"Well you have been acting quite strange recently. You know staying later after work a lot more than usual and just acting differently." I tell him before anxiously waiting for his response.

"It is just strange her being here all the time you know. It's not like she doesn't have enough money of her own to buy another house." He admits before looking back down at his phone.

How dare he say that about her! Yes, she can afford another house but she has went through a serious injury and she needs to have support to help her eecovery. She can't have all of that while living on her own. If he keeps carrying on like this he will be the one needing a new house not her. He has a fucking nerve saying that about my best friend, who has been there for me way before I even knew him. She is the one who helped me through my last divorce, and I really wouldn't have been able to do it without her.

"Colin this discussion isn't finished yet so I would appreciate it if you look at me while I am talking to you and that you stay off your phone." I told him starting to get seriously annoyed at him.

"Scarlett I don't have time for this right now, I need to leave for work or else I am going to be late." He says brushing off what I just said. If you are going to be late get off your phone then!

"Don't you dare fucking do that to me when I am still talking to you Colin!" I shout at him pissed that he's acting so laid back about this while he is the problem here.

"I have already fucking told you Scarlett, I don't have time for this bullshit right now because I am gonna be late to work." He shouted at me before trying to leave the kitchen but I was blocking the kitchen door stopping him from leaving.

"You are not leaving until we get this sorted out, that's the deal you made with me the day you married me Colin Jost." I shouted back at him.

He just ignored me and pushed me out of his way. He grabbed Rose and Cosmo from the living room where they were watching some TV before breakfast. I heard cheers from them. Colin probably just told them that as a special treat daddy is going to take them to McDonald's before school and nursery and that he is also is taking then to school and nursery instead of mummy. I can't blame them for their reaction because afterall they don't know what happened and for them it's just the other parent taking them nothing more and nothing less.

This is very petty of me, but I hope that Rose and Cosmo make a mess in his car with his expensive white leather seats.

After quickly cleaning up pre school/work/nursery mess I eventually started to get myself ready for work. Just before I leave the house I have started a routine of always checking on Lizzie to see if she is awake, which hasn't happened yet but I still check every day. Unsurprisingly she was still asleep so I just left her a note saying that I had left for work and that I would be home a bit earlier today because both Rose and Cosmo finish up school and Nursery a bit earlier today. I left the note on her bedside table before driving myself to set.