The Way She Sliced Her Pear

Reese

REESE

"Thanks, Monroe" I said

I put my cell down hearing Kane come in through the garage.

"Who was that?"

"Monroe, I told her our big new with baby number two."

"Oh good, how's she doing?" Kane asked "Is she still mad at Dex for last week?"

"I don't know, but I'm fine thanks! I'm assuming they resolved their issues." "You know how Monroe likes to move along with things." I said

"I just don't know how she keeps putting up with Dex's bull shit" "He's been that way ever since I've known him."

"He doesn't deserve her" Kane said as he fumbles through the mail on the kitchen counter.

"Yea, so did you pick up the pizza I ordered" I asked "I've just been so sick feeling this pregnancy I have no energy to make dinner"

"Yea, I didn't have the hands to grab it out of the truck, I'll go get it." He says without looking up

Sean got up so eagerly to eat his now third dinner that was pizza this week. No five year old would say no to that.

Kane reached over behind me to grab a cup for Sean. With his hand on my upper back and his face came down to give me a kiss. I turned my face away "I just don't want to be touched right now, sorry" I said

"How was work" I asked

"It was okay, not much to say"

"Okay!" "Well do you want to know how my day was?" 

"Shoot" Kane said as he was pulling out some frozen chicken from the freezer.

"What are you doing?"

"Making some chicken fettuccini" he said "I just don't really feel like pizza yet again."

"You could have asked me to at least pull the chicken out for you so it had time to thaw properly." I said with a feeling of guilt

"That's fine Reese, I didn't want you to get sick over it and then complain to me later how you had to make me dinner that made you sick." Kane said as he was moving things around in the fridge. "Where's the heavy cream? I know I saw some in here the other day."

I rolled my eyes and left the kitchen. I felt my top teeth bite over my bottom lip, almost hard enough to puncture the skin. He knew comments like that got to me. I didn't want to admit that he was right but I definitely didn't want to hear it.

I came back into the kitchen after giving Sean a napkin. Kane already had his phone on playing music while he was running hot water over the frozen chicken.

"You know Kane, things like that don't need to be said." "I realize how long of hours you work and how much you like dinner but I just can't right now" "can't you just be aware of how you say things knowing my condition?"

"Condition!" he laughed "You don't have a condition Reese, you're pregnant."

"Whatever Kane, enjoy making your dinner!"

I walked away from him and sat next to Sean at the table in the dining area.

"How was school bud?" I asked trying not to listen to Kane singing to Third Eye Blind.

"Good, we got to paint today" Sean said

"Well that's nice bud"

"Mommy can I see Vance and Mason again?"

"Sean, we were just there this last weekend sweety, we can't go there every weekend." "I promise for another weekend visit soon" "Maybe you can share you train track this time, how's that sound?"

Sean shrugged his shoulders and finished his last bite of pizza.