Her Redemption

7. Explosion

Warning: heavy abuse

I startle, wiping my face and trying to calm my heavy breathing.

Melissa comes up to me ignoring his presence and takes me to my room.

I shower and get dressed making myself presentable and hide the hickeys that mostly likely he already saw.

Why is he here? He's never been here before. We haven't talked in days and the last time we spoke it was when he touched me.

My hands tremble in fear as I apply makeup all over again to hide the puffiness in my eyes from crying.

"I'll be back." Melissa says leaving to go get snacks and water for me.

Not even a minute later, the door opens again but instead of being Melissa with food it's Enrique.

I watch him in the mirror as he saunters to me. He shakes his head disapprovingly and cracks his knuckles. He's not drunk. He's just angry. Angry and disappointed. And honestly I don't know what's worse.

"Tsk tsk tsk." He eyes me through the mirror,a face full of disgust. Trapping me against the vanity my back to his front."How is it fair you get to fuck men but you can't even fuck your own husband?" His tone calm and demeaning.

Enrique chuckles dryly "you're disgusting Emma. I saw the way you looked at him." He pulls my hair back—his nose gliding my cheek. I wince in agony as tears prick my eyes again.

No don't cry, don't be weak.

"You're pathetic. I came here to surprise you since I haven't seen my wife and I come here to see you being fucked instead."He takes ahold of my neck from behind and grasps my chin in his other hand forcing me to look in the mirror.

"You're a disgrace." He spits on my face.

"A shitty wife, a terrible mother, useless of a human being that sells her body to make money. How repulsive." He raises his voice."I doubt Tommy is even mine from how slutty you are." He slams my head against the mirror repeatedly as I hear a crack.

"I don't want you to ever come back. We're done." He angrily shouts. "Sell you're worthless body, take your son—I don't care. You're an embarrassment to my name. We're done." He throws me against the floor and walks out of the room leaving me completely breathless.

I don't know how long I lay there as my body is wailing in pain but nothing comes out of my mouth.

"Oh my god!" Melissa shrieks running to me, dropping the food and water as she sees me shaking on the floor.

I don't know how to feel. I don't hear anything she says as I repeat his words in my mind.

You're pathetic

You're disgusting

You're a terrible mom

I sob silently, curling myself into a ball on the floor.

I'll never be enough.

I'm not enough.

I'm a slut.

I'm disgraceful.