Posh||l.t [short story]

Suspicion~T W O

Elaine had dashed down the hallway into the bathroom before her father could see her, she reapplied her lip stick with a bit of a smirk on her face. She knew how much Louis loved it on her, she was playing around with her best friend, Maria, and forgot to take it off one dinner.

She and Louis had only ever kissed lightly and were modest to where they roamed, but tonight was different, Elaine never knew she could be a little devious, or a word she dared to use....sexy.

She wasn't like all of the rich girls in town, they'd sneak off in the night and forget their pearls on their night stands. Some, would purposely wear their corset and underwear under a long trench coat. Those were the daring girl's Saturday nights, Elaine knew this because they'd forget to wipe their nights off of their minds and body's, they'd simply play it cool and recite any scripture on Sunday's as if nothing happened.

She walked casually back to the dinning room, her thin cotton dress almost clinging to her. She walked with more confidence knowing now how much of an effect she has on Louis. She was right because whenever she walked into the room he stopped his ranting and gawked at her.

He could never really get over her beauty, her hair fell in fluffy vintage waves and eye's were such a deep brown. Her skin was pale and fair, the slightest tough to her cheek would make her blush.

As if noticing that were people in the other room, he cleared his throat and starred at his hands in his lap. " So, Trent, I heard Louis here will become apart of your firm once we merge." Jethrow calmly sipped his wine giving off a cool façade, but inside he was trembling, the rag was folded neatly inside his pocket, like the napkin to the right side of his plate. Jethrow is what they call O.C.D now days. he cant have smudges on the china, he cant not have the white glove test on his favorite leather chair. Most of all, he can't have Elaine fooling around with Louis.

He thought she was so naïve for going after him, he thought it was disgusting and idiotic. Though he was one to boil in anger, he kept his mask up as Louis chocked on his water and starred eye's wide to his father. " I...I am?" He never wanted to be really involved with his dad's work, he only hung out there because Home work was too boring for him.

" Well...." Trent started but only ended up shrugging his shoulders. " I never really thought of doing that actually...." The Doncaster boy admits and his father sends him a scalding look. Elaine nor Louis had ever been addressed during these dinners, rarely they'd even talk.

" And that would be?" Jethrow was intrigued to hear his response, he always thought Louis would end up with a shitty job like a rodeo clown. Instead of voicing his thoughts like he would love to do, he rested a rough hand on his chin and starred at him. " well, I'd like to make music" With that, Elaine smiled to herself, she loved that he didn't say business man or doctor, he was unique and that's what she loved about him.

But it was the first time Trent had ever heard about this, and that angered him. " You'll never make it" He cooked up, he baffled by his sons response and was thinking about all the things he would say to reprimand him when they got home. He starred into the eye's that were a copy of his, they were hurt and angry at the same time. He'd seen the exact same look in his ex wife's eye's.

Louis hung his head low and tried to bite in his anger, but it didn't budge. " Mom would've supported me" He stood up in a swift motion and slammed the wooden chair a long the marble flooring. It was a screeching noise, but ended shortly when he stormed out of the front door.

Trent was baffled by the mention of his deceased wife, Louis still thought about her everyday, while Trent was so busy with work sometimes. . . he forgot. " Will you excuse me" he gave a small sad smile and went the same way he son did.

Elaine ached for Louis, she was sorry for him, but also glad the topic changed, she was always tired of hearing about merger, their dad's were both owners of companies that supported inventions, so why not combine and cut the competition by combining? It meant more money.... it wall all too much for her, she didn't want to have so much money, she wanted to work for it and live normally.

but it would never happen, so Louis was the only thing close to normal for her.

" Wanna try some whine?" Her father asked to break the silence, but she smiled and shook her head 'no'. He knew she would play it safe and he saw the worry in her eye's that was for Louis. He took a good look at his daughter.

She looks so much like her mother, the bitch who decided to cheat and tried to ruin my image. I'll dump her out if she stays with him, I don't need her to ruin me like her mother tied to do.

So as if taking matter into his own hands, he gripped the back of her head and brought the wine glass up to her open mouth. Elaine screamed out from pain and tried to push her dad's shoulder but he didn't budge. She's so dainty while he's a brutal monster.

He tilted the glass all the way and the whine rushed to her face, spilling down her neck and giving a red blood tint to her white dress. Gaining some confidence to actually go through with damaging her, her pushed her by her shoulder and onto the marble floor. She landed on her side and let out a faint cry of pain as her bone thumped the floor.

She knew it was going to bruise tomorrow, but she was also wandering why he was doing this to her, as if he knew her thoughts, Jethrow was out of his sheet and smacked the rag from the winery down onto the floor.

" What's this?" he hissed through his teeth making spit fall on her dark lashes. She couldn't find the words to speak as she was still shocked at how the scenery had changed. " Why is your lipstick all over this? I found Louis in the room next to the bathroom and your lipstick smeared on this? I'm not stupid Elaine, I know you're seeing him"

She tried to push up from the floor, but her arms were too weak, she tried again only to be knocked down by her fathers dress shoe. " I know it's not much evidence! But something in your eye's tells me I'm right! am I?" he was red and his teeth could break due to his jaw clenching together so hard they press to each other painfully.

Her lip trembles and soon hot tears have fled her cheeks as she stares at the monster of man. " answer me!" he takes his hand back and strikes her with his wedding ring below her eye. She let's out a groan and her head limps to the floor, her throat is dry and is too stunned to mumbled a word.

He slaps her again when the door opens to a broken in love boy who's world just got a whole lot crazier.