Lilly

THE DIRTY SHIRT CHAPTER 18

It had been an hour since Roman left Lilly in his office. He walked in to discover that Lilly was still fast asleep. He always kept a spare shirt in the cupboard behind his desk he grabbed it as he began to undo his shirt, he was wearing that was covered in blood and he didn't want Lilly to see all the blood. He replaced his shirt and placed it in the bin that had a flappy lid so you couldn't really see inside of it. Just as he placed it in the bin Lilly woke up seeing him trying to dispose of the shirt. "Aw don't get rid of that, it's a nice shirt" said Lilly as she stretched her arms up into the air. "Good evening sleepy head" said Roman as he moved away from the bin, attempting to change the subject. "Why did you put your shirt in the bin" asked Lilly as she stood up and walked towards Roman who was now wearing a grey shirt. "It's got a load of stains on it "said Roman as Lilly folded her arms. "Why don't we take it home and wash it" asked Lilly. "No!" snapped Roman. "Chill out Roman" said Lilly as she sat at the chair behind his desk. "I'm sorry, Lilly I didn't mean to snap. It's just been a stressful day and all your going on about a stupid shirt." Explained Roman as he lent behind Lilly who was still sat at his desk. "I'm sorry, Roman" said Lilly as she swung the chair around as it was one of those chairs that spun. Lilly then stood up and put her arms around Roman. "I love you" said Roman as he kissed her softly on the forehead.

Roman then looked at the clock realising the time it was now eight o'clock. "Lilly, I've finished my work for today, so you get yourself ready to go, I'm just going to the toilet" He said as he left the room.  When the door had swung shut Lilly couldn't help but think "If I wash his dirty shirt, I can get the stain out" she thought as she reached into the bin and grabbed the dirty shirt and placed it into her bag not noticing it was covered in blood. As she began to zip up her bag Roman had come back into the room. "Are you ready?" asked Roman as he handed her coat and they both exited the room as Roman locked it behind him with a key.

Lilly was already standing at the lift. Roman panicked as he remembered that the cleaner was still cleaning it like twenty minutes ago. "Lilly, wait" he said as he arrived at the lift as the door began to open. Luckily it was now clean. "Phew" thought Roman to himself as the couple entered the lift. Roman pressed floor 1. "I thought, we would have a pizza night, tonight" said Roman as he broke the silence in the lift. The doors opened as Lilly and Roman stepped out of the lift. "Sounds, good" said Lilly as the couple headed for Roman's car. Peter was nowhere to be seen he must have gone home already.

It was now about ten o'clock at night as Roman and Lilly sat on the sofa cuddling under a blanket and watching a movie. They had the house to themselves as Oliva and Shelly were still at the Godrey Industries.

The empty Pizza boxes sat on the table and there were two empty cans of coca cola. Lilly looked up at Roman who constituted to watch the screen as Lilly didn't want to look at the screen as it was some sort of gruesome moment occurring. "Sorry, I don't like the sight of gore" explained Lilly as Roman laughed at her. "We can watch something else if you like" he said as he grabbed the remote to change the channel. He then decided to switch off the telly. "Should we go to bed?" asked Roman as he lifted Lilly off the sofa. "Yeh you go get into bed and I'll clean up down here" she said with a smile as Roman kissed her. "Your amazing" he said as he started making his way up the stairs.

Lilly began cleaning the mess off the coffee table as Roman could now be heard upstairs as the floorboards overhead creaked and then she placed the pizza boxes and the empty cans of Coca Cola in the recycling bin which was by the back door when then Lilly saw her bag and remembered the dirty shirt in the bag.

She grabbed her bag and some washing detergent and switched on the washing machine there was some dark clothes already in there so she thought she would put in Roman's shirt to as she pulled it out of her bag, she noticed the blood splatters on his shirt. It wasn't just a small amount either it was a lot enough to make Lilly feel sick because of the smell and the sight.  The look of the shirt also started to make her feel lightheaded as the walls seemed to be closing in. She looked at it with confusion and placed it in the drum of the washing machine amongst the other clothes and switched on the machine and closed the drum door and put in the detergent in the top little draw. She then pressed the button to start the machine and sat watching the water enter the machine as it started to spin.

Meanwhile, upstairs Roman was already asleep. Lilly entered his bedroom and undressed herself and got into bed under the warm covers. "Roman, are you awake" whispered Lilly. Roman said nothing as he was sleeping. Lilly lay in bed tossing and turning all night as she could get the sight of the blood out of her mind. She looked up at the celling as she slowly after a while was able to drift off to sleep.