The Marriage Counselor. (Woman x intersex)

eighty-two.

UNEDITED

chapter eighty-two:

Danielle shut her eyes and slowly let out a breath as she backed away from his phone. Her thoughts were growing loud and the sudden rage was waving through her body. She swallowed hard before opened her eyes, sitting down at the table and staring at her hands with a blank expression.

"Where did Nura disappear-Dani?" Nour asked as he walked back into the kitchen. She was as still as a statue, her eyes focused on her hands that were folded together. Nubia just chewed on her grapes while bouncing her small leg.

"Baba.." Nubia giggled while spitting raspberries. Nour slowly walked toward the table, Danielle not moving an inch of her body. He wasn't sure what just happened, his eyes staying on her statue.

"Dani..what's wrong?" Danielle didn't budge, closing her eyes and letting out a shaky breath yet again before she opened her mouth.

"Who's that 575 number?" Danielle's voice was dark, Nour swallowing hard as he grabbed his phone and looked at the message. His face remained calm but Danielle could tell he was holding back an emotion he knew would get him in trouble. His lips twitched at the corner causing her to exhale through her nose.

"Oh that's nothing. Work." Nour scoffed before placing the phone down with the screen against the table. Danielle chuckled before closing her eyes, opening them and glaring at Nour with eyes that scared him.

"Wrong answer. Who is that? You tell me now. Cause we've fought..but you've never seen that side of me Nour and I know..you don't want to see it now. You tell me who the fuck that is!" Her voice gradually became louder causing him to jump as she stood and launched toward him, her hands punching his body.

"I can't believe you! And then you're going to lie to me?! Are you fucking dumb?!" Danielle yelled as she punched his stomach and back.

"Dani stop! Stop! You didn't even let me explain-"

"I've given you three months to explain! That's not enough? Why does it always take me losing my temper for things to come to the surface? I'm tired! Don't you get it?!" Danielle yelled back as the tears streamed down her face. Nubia started to fuss, Danielle wiping her face before grabbing her daughter.

"I'm done. Whoever it is..I don't care anymore. Clearly I'm not enough-"

"I'm not cheating!" Nour yelled causing Danielle to suck her teeth.

"Bullshit. Who says I need you right now?! Someone you clearly have a good relationship with! I didn't even fight this hard with Alfred about cheating. I gave up after that! But you?! You, Nour?! I'll fucking kill you." She growled as she glared up at him with fiery eyes causing him to shut his mouth as he swallowed hard knowing that she was capable.

"Who's killing who?" Nura asked as she walked into the kitchen with Azi who just looked between the two. Danielle's nostrils flared as Nour glared at her with dark eyes, both of them staying quiet.

"Well..guess there's no time for my shit." Nura chuckled causing Danielle to shake her head.

"N-no. You go ahead and tell us what you wanted to say." Danielle breathed as she sat down with her daughter. She avoided Nour's eyes that continued to watch her every move. Azi handed Danielle a cup of coffee but she wrinkled her nose while touching her stomach.

"No thank you." Nour peeled his eyes from his wife to his sister who arched a brow knowingly. She already advised him to tell his wife what was going on but he didn't listen and has dug himself into a deeper hole.

She was nowhere near ready to pull him out of it, either.

"Okay..so I've been talking to Rayan and.. I've officially filed to adopt Sophia as my own." Nura squealed causing Danielle to gasp. Nour didn't react, still staring at his wife who deliberately ignored his eyes as she hugged his sister.

"Oh I give you my blessing one hundred percent. I knew it was coming. You treat her like your own and you're so good with her. The matching dresses at the wedding was telling enough." Danielle squealed as she held Nura who held her back with a smile.

"So many kids. What about me? Am I chopped liver?" Azi asked causing Nura to chuckle as she pouted dramatically.

"Oh you..it's been a pleasure having you here. I'm sure your brother won't mind you staying. Angel and Sage are bringing their oldest here for dinner tomorrow, maybe you'll hit it off with her. She's sixteen." Danielle grinned, swallowing back the sadness that was creeping up on her.

"Mm, maybe. It would be cool. But uh..my brother over there looks like he has something to say. Nura..can we smoke?" Azi pressed causing her older sister to roll her eyes.

"Rhea's gonna kill me. Yeah come on." Nura chuckled as the duo walked off, leaving the married couple staring at each other with unsaid emotions. Danielle slowly walked past, Nour grabbing her arm causing her to pull away harshly.

"Don't. You've got nothing to say, right? I'm through. I'm..fucking through." Danielle hissed before walking upstairs as Nubia cooed in her arms. Nour huffed, letting out a frustrated groan as he laid his head in his hands.

"I told you you can't play captain save a hoe every time. You have a wife and a family. It's not like before." Nura sang as she walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water. Nour just clenched his jaw as he stared down at the floor.

"Do you ever shut the fuck up?" Nour hissed causing Nura to scoff while glaring at her brother.

"You know for someone that cries everytime his wife says something fucked up, you sure don't fall too far from the tree. I'm not your punching bag or your counselor. You wanna take your anger out on everyone and be withdrawn? That's you. But it's not my job to fix it. Not Everytime and not with you acting like that. You didn't even say a word about me adopting Sophia." Nura snarled causing Nour to roll his eyes.

"Whatever."

"Yeah. Whatever, fùcking dickhead. Go tell your wife you've been helping your ex get sober."

"Yo..shut the fuck up!"

The noise of Nour yelling caused Danielle's ears to perk as she froze, staring down at her daughter who chewed on her small thumb. She slowly removed herself from the bed after barricading Nubia that flipped over onto her stomach.

"You don't get to talk to me like that! I'm so sick of you acting like you don't fuck up. You fucked up! You should've left Iyana where she was at! You answered the phone. You got up and went to see when you didn't have to. My wife isn't upstairs trying to figure out what the big secret is. It's YOURS. So fuck you!"