Affair with Mrs Maximoff

10

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Audrey

Its been two..dreadful weeks of this trial. Two weeks of friends..neighbours..anyone being questioned. So far neither side seems to be winning. The longer this goes on the more my mental state gets worse. I havent eaten in a while and I don't sleep. I fell asleep for about 10 minutes last week but a nightmare scared me awake.

I stand next to wanda in the waiting area waiting to go into the court room. Its full of people wanting to watch the event and full of friends and family of both sides. My hands start shaking as I start to feel my heartbeat in my head. I squint my eyes at Matt as he talk at me. The words go in muffled as I stumble into wanda.

Wanda puts her arms around me to hold me up as my legs start to go weak "Honey..Audrey.. are you okay?". I look at her as I try to speak but my words come out slurred as my eyes start to shut. My body weight drops on her as I pass out.

I wake up sat on wanda's lap my head is rested on her shoulder as she runs her fingers through my hair. "Wands.." I mutter as I sit up. A juice carton is pressed straight to my mouth and I take tiny sips of it. "You looked drunk or on drugs..the press have probably already come to that conclusion. What were you thinking?" Matt tells me.

I look down at wandas hands in mine as I start to cry. I hear Matt sigh as wanda hugs me tight. "She hasn't been mentally okay..is there any way this could be postponed?" Wanda asks trying to calm me down. Matt shakes his head "you know what the judge is like".

Everyone in the court room stares at me as I walk past them and to my seat. I hear people whispering as I sit down and I look at my hands. People who I spoke to or saw me the day that Michael was killed. I sit silent the whole time.

"Your next witness?" The judge asks matt. Matt looks at me then jen. I sit staring at a space as matt stands up. "Your honour may I approach?" He asks. The judge nods and I watch as matt goes to the stand and says something to him. "I don't care if she's not mentally stable. You get her on the stand now" I hear the judge say.

I rub my eyes and I stand up "Matt..its fine". I'm lead to the stand and I sit down. Matt stands up and walks over to me. "Can you tell me about your full day on the day that Michael was killed?" He asks. I nod "I.. was woken up at about 6am by my daughter who was two months old at the time. I got up and I fed her. My sons woke up at 8.30 and I got them dressed and ready. At about 4pm Michael took them to his parents. I..got a knock on the door just after I put my daughter down for a nap and it was Wanda bringing some cupcakes over that the kids made at a her house".

I take a deep breathe before I start speaking again "We..were talking about why I stopped seeing her and I heard Michaels car pull up. I told her she had to leave and she did. I could hear Mike talking to wanda and then he came in. He..started screaming at me and asking if I was sleeping with wanda again. I told him no and to be quiet because hannah was asleep". Matt nods and signals for me to continue.

I close my eyes as I keep speaking "he slapped me and shouted for me to..loose my attitude. He woke up hannah so obviously she started crying. He got annoyed and said I'm gonna kill that n brat. He started walking to the stairs and I spotted a shovel so I.. hit him. He screamed and turned around to me. He grabbed my arm tight and panicked and hit him again. I kept..stabbing it into him to keep him down. I only stopped because I could hear my daughters screaming getting louder so I.. went to tend to her. I got her into the back of the car and I took his body to where it was found..".

Matt nods and I watch as he walks over to a table. As soon as I spot the bloody shovel I panic. Flashback after flashback fills my head and I scream. I fall off my seat and I curl into a ball. I hear two sets of heels rushing towards me and two arms wrap around me. "Your okay honey..its over" Wanda whispers to me.

After a while of me being comforted I'm finally sat back in my seat. I look at the other lawyer as he walks closer to me. "When did you know you had killed your husband?" He asks. "I..uh..w..when I put the shovel down and he didn't get up again" I stutter out as I wipe my eyes.

"Why didn't you stop after the second hit..after the first stab..second stab?" He asks. I feel tears rush to my eyes "I wanted him to stay down. I was scared he would get back up a..and hurt me and my daughter". The lawyer goes back to his seat and sits down looking pissed off "thats all my questions".

I look over to wanda when the judge says "courts over for the day..the jury will now make a descision". I get up and I walk back over to my table. Wanda rushes around to me and hugs me tight. "Lets get you home sweetheart" she says as she leads me out. We say goodbye to matt and jen and she drives us home.

I spend the night watching TV with my kids and memorising their features incase this is the last time I see them. I take them up to bed and wanda puts hannah to bed for me.  We meet back in the living room and we lay together on the sofa.

After half an hour of her quietly laughing at the TV and me staring at a space i turn around to straddle her. I smash my lips against hers and my hands grip onto her hair. Wanda's hands rest on my waist as her tongue pushes into my mouth. I start trying to grind on her thigh which fails because of the trousers she has on and my pants.

"Wands.." I whine out getting frustrated. "I know honey.." her hand slides under my skirt and into my thong. I throw my head forward against her shoulder when she starts to slowly rub my clit "Fuck!". Her fingers start to move faster against me making my mind go to mush.

I feel tears rush to my eyes and I let out a sob as one falls. Wanda's hand moves away from me as I try to muffle my cries in her shoulder. "W..why did you say.. stop?" I whimper out. She sighs and moves me to sit up properly. Her hands cup my face and she rubs her thumbs over my tears tearsoaked cheeks "your crying sweetheart. Your not in the right mind for sex and I'm not going to do anything whilst your not".

I feel a sense of relief fill me. Michael wouldn't have stopped..infact he never did even if I was crying. Wanda saying that made me feel like I was safe..I am safe. "Thankyou.." I whisper laying down on her. "For what?" She asks running her fingers through my hair. "For making me feel safe" I tell her whilst closing my eyes.