Make Me Breathe

Chapter 81

I wake up to the sound of glass breaking. I go into the kitchen and see Mason. And beer bottles. Everywhere. His eyes are bloodshot and he looks like a madman.

"What the hell do you want?" he says

"Why are you drinking?" I ask crossing my arms.

"Because you piss me off"

"Why?" I'm annoyed now.

"Because you won't get help! You left us for 8 weeks! You got upset so you slept on the fucking couch!!!" he tells getting up in my face.

"I left because I was upset and I needed time. You said the break was good for us. I slept on the couch because you threw insults in my face!"

"You run away from your problems!"

"You have no fucking idea what it feels like to be me!!"

"I have to live with you bitch! I know perfectly well!"

"What the hell? There you go throwing insults at me again!"

"Get a grip! Youre being annoying!"

"what?!"

"I hate you! Why'd I even fucking marry you! You're so fucking annoying and you have so many problems attached to you! We can't do anything without you complaining!"

My heart shattered.

"You hate me?" He's just drunk, it's the beer talking.

"Yes. I hate you!"

I stare at him in disbelief.

My husband wishes he never end married me.

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I go to my car and sit, examining my wedding ring.

He hates me.

I have problems.

I'm broken.

I'm annoying.

I'm mentally disturbed.

I recite his insults over and over again in my head before drifting to sleep again.

I wake up and see the clock in my car, it says 2:00. I should go in and see all the damage. I get out of my car and walk up to the front door. It opens before I can open it.

It reveals Mason holding a shotgun.

"Mason! Put that down!" I scream in terror.

He's drunk, and he has a gun.

"Get your fuck ass pussy in here!" he yells and I quickly obey.

he pins me to the wall after closing the door.

"What are you doing?" I quietly ask, terrified.

"Shut up cunt."

He brings the gun to my head and takes off the safety. My heart is beating as fast as a cheetah at full speed.

"Ma-Mason st-stop please." the only reason I'm not screaming is because 1) nobody would hear me because Ben's at work and 2) he would pull the trigger.

"Mason don't kill me." I say looking him straight into his eyes.

"Shut up." he says not as loudly

Silent tears fall from my eyes. As he fixes his eyes on the gun.

"I hate you like fuck. I fucking hate you." he says

Tears fall faster.

His gaze softens.

"Ma-Mason no, please." I beg

I hear the front door open and close, it's Ben.

"MASON WHAT THE FUCK?! PUT THE GUN DOWN!!!!!" Ben runs to Mason taking the gun, I slide my body down the wall breathing heavily sitting on the ground with my head in my knees. Ben pins Mason to the floor, unloading the gun.

"Bethany, are you okay?" I nod.

"Mason what's wrong with you?!"

"I hate her!" his voice weak

"You hate her?!"

I sit there as my heart keeps breaking over and over again hearing those words come out of his mouth.