Damaged Goods •Keith Powers•

Chapter 1 • Flashbacks

•Author•

Keith Stared Down At His Wife From Their Bedroom Window. He Watches Her Grab Her Belongings And Get Out Of The Car To Make Her Way In Their Two Story Home. He Sighed Heavily. He's Hoping She Had A Good Day At Work And That She's Calm.

Harmony Struggles To Get In The Door Of Her Home As She Carries In Her Stuff From Work. She's Had A Long And Hard Day And Her Temper Was Through The Roof.

"Keith!" She Yells Out As She Slams The Door Closed.

Keith Slowly Comes Out Of The Master Bedroom And Stands At The Top Of The Stairs. When Harmony Notices Him Standing There, She Puts Both Hands On Her Waist And Stares Up At Him As If He's Stupid.

"Well Hello To You Too. You Ain't Hear Me Struggling Dumbass. Go Get The Groceries Out The Trunk." As Keith Comes Down The Stairs And Past Her She Slaps The Back Of His Head. Keith Pretends To Be Unfazed But It Actually Hurt Because Harmony Is Very Much Heavy Handed.

Keith Grabs All The Groceries With Both Arms And Closes The Trunk, Making His Way Back Into The House. He Walks Into The Kitchen And Sets The Bags Down. As He Starts Putting Everything Away He Thinks Back. Back To When He First Met Harmony.

It Was Senior Year. Keith Was Quite Shy But Lots Of Girls Had A Crush On Him. He Was Awkward And Had Few Friends. Two To Be Exact, And Even To This Day, They Are His Only Friends. Harmony Was Well Known. She Was The Party Girl, She Was Sweet And Got Along With Everyone. No Matter How Much Girls Wanted To Hate Her, They Couldn't Because They Had No Real Reason To.

Even Though Keith Stayed To Himself And Was Different Than Most Guys, Harmony Found Her Self Heavily Attracted To Him So She Made The First Move. They Have Been Together For Jus About 4 Years Now. For The First 2 Years They Were Off And On Then Had Broken Up For 2 Years. After Much Begging Harmony Was Able To Get Keith Wrapped Back Around Her Finger But Now She's Abusive, Possessive, Demanding And Domineering.

These Past Two Years Have Been Hard For Keith. He's Unhappy In His Relationship With Harmony But Can't Leave. She Won't Let Him. He's Tried Plenty Of Times And The Last Time Keith Tried To Leave, Harmony Threatened To Kill Herself.

Keith's Thoughts Were Interrupted When Harmony Came Into The Kitchen.

•Keith•

I Watched As Harmony Slowly Came Into The Kitchen, Glaring At Me. She Crossed Her Arms And Leaned Back On The Table.

"Where You Been All Day Keith?" She Asked.

"Went To Work, Then To The Basketball Court."

"With Who?"

"Luke And Woody. Who Else?"

She Raised An Eyebrow. "Excuse Me."

"I Uh... I'm Sorry."

"Mhm. Did You Ask Me If You Could Go To The Basktball Court With Luke And Woody?" She Asked As She Said The Guys Names In A Mocking Tone.

"Baby You Were At Work And-"

I Was Nervous And She Cut Me Off.

"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN! I Know How Luke And Woody Are. They Flirt With Anything That Has A Vagina And I Don't Want You Out There Thinking That Shits Okay."

"But Baby-"

"Shut Up Keith!"

The House Was Quiet. She Continued To Glare At Me.