Tabitha
“I’ll see ya’ll in the morning. Don’t forget I’m
* bringing doughnuts!” I call out as I walk out the
back door.
I walk to my car, wrapping my jacket closer
to me. Even though it’s April and we should be
getting warmer around here, the evening can still
get chilly. I get in and turn the heat on, hoping
that the car will warm up in the ten minutes it
takes me to get home. Living close to work has
some advantages, but heating up and cooling
down a vehicle isn’t one of them.
I think about the finishing touches I have to
make on dinner and hope that Kyle is happy with
the chicken and dumplings I’ve made. He’s been so grumpy lately that I’m wondering if there’s anything I could do that would make him happy. He’s saying it’s all related to this case he’s taken
on, but I don’t know if I believe that. Kyle has
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always been one to hold things in since we were
kids. I thought that over time he would get better
about letting me share his burdens, but no such
luck. He was as closed off as he’d ever been,
and maybe even worse.
People in town liked to think that we were
the perfect couple. We met as children and grew
up together as friends. Then once we were older,
we became a couple. Kyle was with me when I
lost both my parents during our senior year of
high school. He stood with me while I tried to get
myself together after such a tragic loss. The
people in town thought that made him a saint
and made his ego grow all that much more.
I love Kyle. That’s something I don’t doubt,
but I don’t know that he loves me in the same
way. I’m always the one that works at keeping that spark alive in our relationship. I make sure to do everything possible to make his life easier
and happy. The only thing that I lack is giving
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him children. We tried for years and when we
were unsuccessful; I suggested seeing a doctor.
Kyle wouldn’t hear of it.
“The whole town will know what a failure you
are in that area! I won’t have you embarrass me
like that!” He had yelled at the mere suggestion.
I had never felt lower in my life. Kyle had
always told me it was my job to keep the house
in order and to give him children. He said as long
as I would do that?
we would be perfect. I knew
very well the community would watch and wait
for the new Pressley to make their debut. It
seemed like such a simple task, but I wasn’t able
to do it. Over the last few months, Kyle had
gotten angry at the fact that I wasn’t getting
pregnant. He swore it was my fault and that I
needed to get my act together.
The problem of children seemed to be the
only thing that was ever there. We never fought
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except for that. I never felt like he was stepping
out on me or hiding things. All in all, I thought we
had a great marriage. I just needed to figure out
how to give him children. Easier said than done,
right?
I pull up to the house and see the garage
door is open and Kyle’s car is already in there.
He’s home early. Kyle rarely gets home until
around seven at night. Hope floods my system
as I think that maybe he’s home to spend some
time with me. I haven’t seen him much over the
last few months and I miss him. I haven’t said
anything because I knew he was under a lot of pressure with this case. Tonight, I will work hard
to give him what he wants most, a child.
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