The day I killed my husband

ch.8

As Elias puts his arm around me, he starts the recording, playing it on the massive television.
We watch as a man breaks through the side window and scurries around, looking through drawers, entering and exiting rooms before he begins up the stairs.
He soon gets to the top and after searching through Elias room, he turns to mine and picks the lock.
As soon as the door opens, Pepper runs out and begins to maul at his leg but it doesn't take long before he grabs a pocketknife from his jacket and slashes her with it.
I watch as my poor Pepper lays on the ground, whimpering in pain.
"Pepper.." I mutter, tears about to drop.
"It's alright, remember, she's gonna be okay" I hear Elias whisper from beside me as he nestles me into his side a little more, holding me tighter.
Usually, I'd be upset, but now I'm kind of glad for his reassurance.
I hum a response and lay my head on his chest.
He cuts off the recording and brings typing on his phone as I slowly drift off to sleep.

*Elias POV*

"That son of a bitch" I think to myself as me and my darling Estelle watch the recording.
As I'm cursing the man, I hear Estella sniffling from beside me.
"It's alright, remember, she's gonna be okay" I say, reassuringly.
"Mhm" she hums as I tighten my grasp on her.
"My Stella.
The thought that anyone could ever even lay their hands on my girl makes me want to hurt them." I look over to her, seeing that she's finally fallen asleep.
'she looks like an angel' I think as I gently pick her up and walk to my bedroom.
I don't want to let her go just yet.
I carefully lay her down in my bed and cover her up.
After kissing her on the forehead and turning off the lights, I enter the bathroom to take a bath.
As I'm sitting in the tub, I get a phone call and quickly answer it.
"What the fu-"
"Boss, we found him." The person on the other line answers.
"His name is Terrence James, one of the guys who works at the bar"
"Kill him." I answer, sternly and after agreeing the phone call ends.
I exit the bath and get into some sweatpants before leaving the bathroom, my Estelle still soundly asleep on my bed as I climb in beside her.
I securely wrap my arms around her and lay down to fall asleep alongside my beloved.

*Estella's POV*

I awake in a comfortable bed, much more comfortable than mine which was weird because I'd sworn I had fallen asleep on the sofa.
I open my eyes and I'm greeting with the sight of a topless Eli sleeping beside me.
After struggling to get out of his grasp, I finally give in and lay back on his chest, where I originally was.
"I'm so embarrassed" I mutter, my face turning a dark red color.
"And why is that?" I hear the groggy voice of Elias come from above me.
I sit there, shocked as he chuckles.
"Go back to bed. It's the weekend." He says, pulling me as close as he can get me.
"If you hold me any tighter I'll be inside of you" I mumble into his chest.
"I'd prefer it the other way around but I suppose that could do as well" he says in a flirty tone.
We sit in silence for a little longer before a phone begins ringing.
He sighs, grabbing it and putting it towards his ear
"What." He demands
I can't hear what the other person is saying but Elias merely shuts off the phone and puts it back on the end table.
"Who was it" I mutter
"Vet"
"Is pepper okay?" I look up at him as he closes his eyes.
His breathing slows down as he shakes his head gently and pushes me closer to him.

I have to admit, he's kind of cute like this.
I give in once again and lay my head against his chest as we fall asleep once more, side by side.
Maybe this life won't be so bad