Working Day&Night | MJ SS

Guilty&The Conscience

1980

Author

"Then you must be seein'
Somebody else instead of me."

Michael sat at the dining room table with a napkin folded in between the cuff of his button-down Oxford shirt. He didn't like putting napkins around his neck like some damn baby bib, but Neicy always insisted that he should since he was a messy eater.

Michael looked down at his smiley-faced pancakes and sighed. He didn't deserve to eat those pancakes at all. Neicy made those pancakes with so much love, and for the man she loved. Not a cheater.

After the puking incident took place last night, Michael decided to confess to Neicy what happened between him and his co-worker. He wanted to tell her last night but didn't have the guts to, especially after puking all of his out.

"Sweetheart, why are you not eating? Do you still feel sick?" Niecy questioned with concerned eyes.

Michael faked a smile before shaking his head.

"I'm an alright, sweetheart. Just not that hungry..."

Niecy laughed a bit while taking a green grape out of Michael's fruit bowl and popping it inside her mouth. "No more drinking for you, Mr. I can't hold my liquor! I still can't believe you threw up in my mouth. We're bonded for life now."

Michael slightly cringed at his actions last night.

Couldn't he believe it himself...throwing up in his girl's mouth? She loved his ass because she didn't even cuss him out. All she did was take care of him as if he was a little child.

She dragged Michael's drunk ass to the bathroom and cleaned him up. She washed everything he threw up on and remade the bed with fresh linen sheets.

Neicy even gave Michael a cup of Alka-Seltzer water for his stomach before tucking him in.

She was such a wonderful woman, and Michael didn't deserve her. Well, that's how he felt, at least.

"Neicy...I wanna tell you something." Michael spoke with a melancholic tone.

Niecy shifted her eyes from a cookbook she was reading to the eyes of Michael.

"Yes, sugar plum?" She said so sweetly, not knowing that what Michael could say would split her heart into two pieces before it shattered.

"I love you with all of my heart..." Michael said as he dropped his silverware against the glass plates. He grabbed Neicy's left hand and brought it to his lips, kissing it softly. "Awe baby, I love you more!"

"That's impossible, Neicy I love you more than any single thing in this entire world. I know that sometimes I can be grumpy as hell. I can be an asshole and unappreciative of the things you
do for me, which is a lot."

Michael sighed before continuing. "I've been stressed out lately, babe, and been taking it out on you. You don't deserve that, and I apologize."

Neicy stared at Michael with a slight smile on her face. Michael's words were thoughtful, but Niecy couldn't help but feel like a dark truth was behind those words, full of light and love. She was scared to find out.