Rekindled Love

Love On The Brain

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Eddie's POV:

"You—you hit me." Ruby gasps, she's just as shocked as I am. My hand just flew across her face, I didn't intend it on happening, it just did. "Eddie, how could you lay a finger on me?"

I don't know, Rubes. I don't know. "You didn't listen to me, I told you to bring me my damn cell!"

"But I did!" She argues, her hand massaging her cheek.

I can't find a reason, why did I slap her? I'm just so glad Evangeline is out today, I couldn't handle having to tell her why I had slapped her mother. "Don't you fucking talk back to me!" I say, grabbing her from the shoulders. Ruby's eyes go wide, fearful. I set her down, breathing slowly.

What the hell is going on? "Eddie," she says, her tone much firmer then before. "If you ever lay a hand on me again, I'll report you to the police. You will respect me for I have done nothing wrong to deserve this. You asked me for your stupid cellphone and I gave it to you, I did what you asked."

To the police? "You wouldn't dare, Ruby." When did my mouth get a brain of its own?

"Try me," She challenges.

Something inside me stirs, bubbling. And it isn't gas. I lunge toward Ruby, grabbing her from the shoulders again and slapping her. I let her fall to the ground and I climb on her, I take a hold of her shirt and tear it. "Eddie!" She shouts, fear in her voice again. "Eddie!" I lower my head to her and bite her roughly, she screams in agony.

My hand covers her mouth so none of our neighbors would hear her and bite harder. I hear her whimpering in pain, something warm touching my hand. I look at her, tears had streamed down her face. What the hell am I doing?

I frown, "Don't be a fucking wimp!" I punch her and blood gushes from her nose and corner of her mouth.

She kicks me in my private and I tumble to the side. "How could you do this to me, Eddie!?" She sobs, I look at her better. Her shirt is now completely torn, blood from where I bite her is staining itself on the cloth. The bite marks turning a horrible shade of red and purple-black. I can see my teeth marks deep in her skin. I did that?

Her face is stained with tears and blood that has rushed out of her nose and mouth. I did that? I try to open my mouth and say something other than insults but she beats me to it. "I'll fucking report you for this, Eddie!" She hurries away to what I hope is the bathroom to wash off.

I remain on the floor, unsure of what had just happened. I beat my wife, I bit her and punched her. I made her cry..

Why?

I stay in a small corner, glaring down at my fists. They're covered in Ruby's blood. My mouth can still taste the little blood I took out with my teeth from her skin.

How could I have done this?

"Eddie?" Chloe asks, eyebrows furrowed together. "Are you okay?" I ignore the fact that she's wearing nothing but a towel wrapped around her body. I'm not in the mood to fuck her right now.

"Yeah," I say without showing a hint of the guilt I feel for what I did to Ruby. How could I have beaten her that day? How could I have continued to do so? And yet, I fucked her best friend, how much of a coward could I be? "I'm fine, C."

"Then come in the shower with me," She says seductively.

"I can't, I have to get back to the hospital." I say, running a hand through my hair once more. "Palmers family has a surgery for their father, I was the requested doctor."