"Please, be the one for me"

Chapter 5 - Roger's 'redemption'

TW- Mentions of suicidal thoughts!! Please read with caution <3
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Siobhan stopped shouting and stared, her face turned pale as he began to walk forward and raised his hand. She panicked and ducked but he just put his hand on her shoulder.

"I'm..sorry Siobhan." Her mouth held agape and he walked away.

Siobhan stood there in shock for a while, she fully expected Roger to attack her but maybe her outburst changed him? She watched as he left the room and went down the stairs, she had never seen him so calm. Especially after she literally said she hates him.

A short while later Siobhan was sat in her bed racking her brain trying to figure out what to do now, Roger seemed nicer but she still couldn't trust him, he'd need to do more than say sorry once to make up for all the shit he put Siobhan through.

"Darling I made you some tea and a snack!" Roger walked into the bedroom holding a tray with tea, scones and biscuits and placed it on the bed next to his fiancé, beaming.

Siobhan didn't respond, only stared at him, confused as to why he's taken up pet-names now. He kissed her on the cheek and she gasped slightly, it actually felt... loving. Roger left the room again, now whistling a tune happily.

The woman was still in shock but started to embrace Roger's newfound kindness. She had mixed feelings about how he was acting around her now but Siobhan would be lying if she said she wasn't enjoying it, it felt nice to finally have a loving partner, even if she wasn't fully comfortable trusting him.

A few days went by filled with love, gifts and attention from Roger, after the second day Siobhan really started to trust him and she started to reciprocate hissing actions with homemade food and and expensive gifts with her 'allowance'.

About a week after Roger's somewhat redemption, he practically ran out of the room mid-movie and left Siobhan alone to take a phone call. Siobhan tried not to think too much of it but after he was gone for a good 20 minutes she got suspicious and snuck out to his office and watched from the doorway as he paced around, looking annoyed.

"I. Don't. Care. I've told you a million times KILL HER. I've been occupied. God I have to do everything my self!" Roger hung up and slammed his phone against his desk, Siobhan quickly went back to her room, pounced on the bed and acted like she hadn't heard anything. Roger walked in a few seconds later and quickly grabbed a coat.

"Roger? Is everything okay?"

"Not now, Siobhan. I need to go out."

Siobhan's heart sank a little more as he said her name, he'd stopped using pet names and looked just as angry as he had the week before. Had he gone back to his original self..?

A few minutes later Roger was out the door, Siobhan heard him on another call saying,

"I have everything I need. I'm going over to the bitches house. No, Siobhan knows nothing, I acted all lovey dovey to her all week so she'd stop snooping through my shit and trust me. I'm going to kill Linda without her trying to stop me."

She panicked realising he was talking about Vivian and she went to get her phone to warn her but it wasn't on Siobhan's bedside table.

"ROGER." The poor woman screamed in her head. She was still trying to process that Roger hadn't changed and was trying to think of a way to warn Viv but with so many thoughts she couldn't concentrate on anything. After a short while Siobhan gave up and just cried. Vivian was gone, Roger was back, she had nobody. The one man she was meant to spend the rest of her miserable life with was a psychopath and she was helpless.

About an hour later Siobhan heard the front door open and slam shut behind Roger. Siobhan still had some hope he hadn't killed Vivian but when he walked into the bedroom covered in blood her heart sank.

"Roger.. are you okay?" Siobhan asked, acting like she knew nothing. It took everything in her not to break down as she helped him undress and ran him a bath. The man accepted her help but wouldn't talk to her or answer any questions.

Later that night Roger had gone to bed, now that Siobhan was finally alone and unoccupied in bed the weight of Vivian's death hit her like a truck. She sobbed quietly in the bathroom while Roger slept, she knew crying would do nothing but she felt so helpless and alone that all she could do was bawl. Until she had an idea.

The woman knew it was stupid as she ran to the edge, she couldn't bear to be without Vivian any longer and Roger going back to his old self just weighed her down even more.

"SIOBHAN!?"

She snapped her head around and stopped walking, a woman ran up to her and Siobhan wiped her tears on instinct, hiding her face as the woman got closer

"Oh my god, Siobhan are you okay?? I've been looking for you.."

Siobhan looked up, confused at those words. Charlotte looked at her, a bit surprised but with empathy in her eyes.

"Charlotte..? What are you doing here?" Siobhan managed to whisper through tears.

"It's Vivian.." Siobhan interrupted her

"I know. She's dead."

"What?"

"What."

"She's not dead Siobhan.."

"Oh" Siobhan felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders and her tears stopped immediately.

"Why did you- oh. Right." Charlotte looked down and waited for Siobhan to say something

"Charlotte, respectfully, what the hell is going on."

"Vivian reached out to me saying she couldn't get ahold of you.. Roger went to her house. I'm assuming that's why you thought she was.."

"Yeah. So are you going to explain?"

"Mhm.." Char didn't appreciate the sass but she was happy to see Siobhan acting as usual, she was really worried for the woman but seeing her act normal was comforting, Viv meant a lot to her.

"Roger turned up to Vivian's house with a g-"

Charlotte was cut off as her phone rang, Siobhan sighed and rolled her eyes but Char handed the phone straight to her as she answered it.

"Hello?" Siobhan said exasperated

"Bon Bon!?"

"Viv!?" Siobhan's eyes lit up and Char watched with a wry smile.. she knew what was coming.

"What the hell is going on Viv?"

Vivian's happy tone dropped immediately, she was ecstatic to hear Siobhan's voice but it didn't last long.

"He killed my fucking son."