RED - A billionaire Dark Romance

Ten

BRENDA PARKER

My head was aching, a thousand doubts swirled in my mind, two years of suffering at this man's hands, paying for sins that weren't mine. I close my eyes, I think of my brother, how he must have suffered for loving someone and not being able to have her and had to go to the extreme of running away. I open my eyes and anger begins to take over my being, my brother died because of that bastard, it was his fault, Sebastian's fault. I get up from the couch and start pacing the room, I have to get rid of this man, but how? As?

I can't find a way out, my despair starts to rise, I need to do something, but I'm so afraid. My hands start to sweat cold and shake. Images of him hitting me appear in my mind, I see myself being beaten without being able to defend myself, my heart flutters, I put my hands on my head in despair, the sound of the slaps echoing in my head. I get down and squat down against the wall, I make movements back and forth, with my hands over my ears, I didn't want to hear. No, no, don't hit me anymore. I repeat this several times aloud until I calm down.

After a few minutes, I calm down, get up and decide to call my friend Kerry, I need to tell someone this, ask for advice. I make the call and she immediately answers.
"Brenda, I'm glad you called, it's been a while since we've spoken."
"I need to get something off my chest."
"What did your husband do this time?"
"Can you come here at home?"
"Of course, I'll just pass some patients that I would attend to Dr Kraft in the afternoon, there aren't many so you can relocate them."
"I'm sorry, if it's not possible...
"No problem, I'll go there, friend is for those things.
"Thank you! See you later."

I hung up, Kerry is an excellent friend, always ready to help. I decided to go to the kitchen to tell Herminia that my friend would come and ask her to prepare a snack.
"Herminia, my friend Kerry is coming to visit me this afternoon, she makes us a Lunch."
"With pleasure, Ma'am, Dr Kerry is always very kind." "Thank you!"
I left the kitchen and went to organize things, I still hadn't checked that everything was in order in the house. I spent the last hour organizing things, Mary had already set a table for me and Kerry to have lunch.

The doorbell rang, I got up to answer it, but like magic the butler appeared and opened the door, I just waited at the entrance and soon my friend came in.
"Kerry, glad you came."
The butler, waiting for my friend to hand him her coat, Kerry looked at him and smiled.
"Do you speak?"
I smile inwardly, every time Kerry comes over to the house she teases the butler. She was looking at him waiting for a reaction, but the man was still in the same position.
"I give up, take my coat."

My friend came towards me and hugged me.
"How are you? What did your husband's monster do?"
"Let's go to my private room, there's a snack for us there, we can talk freely."
"Ok, let's go!"
We went to the living room and then sat down, my friend commented.
"I practically had an interview downstairs, by now your husband even knows what I had for breakfast."
"Sebastian says it's for security, so all security and no one enters the building without his permission."
"Your husband is kind of sick, buying a whole building just for him to live in."
"That's why I only have you as a friend, I don't even have a neighbor."
I smile. On the one hand, it's good, having a neighbor is sometimes annoying. I laughed, Kerry is always very lively and she knows how to relax me.

Without realizing it, I started to arrange things on the table, for me there's always something out of place, Kerry kept looking at me like I was crazy.
"What are you doing?" I looked at her and was embarrassed.
"Just setting the table, these cutlery are not lined up perfectly."
"Brenda, it's perfect, you don't need to fix anything."

I lowered my head, my friend took my hands that were resting on the table.
"Brenda, raise your head, he's not here, relax."

A tear started to run down my face.
"Kerry, I find out something about my marriage... "Want to talk about it now?"
"I need to talk, I need blurt out and ask you for advice."
"I am here."