the hall. She stopped outside the room careful that no one could see her.
“Now you see that I’m all right you can leave,” Eric told her. Elsie was due any minute and the last thing he wanted was for her to find Maggie here.
“Eric, please. When I saw you on TV all I could think about was the last time we talked.”
“When I told you I forgave you?”
“You didn’t mean it,” Maggie wiped at her tears “you only wanted me to leave.”
“Like now.”
“Eric, I just want to be here for you”
“I have a wife for that I don’t need or want you here Maggie. Listen, Elsie will be here soon and the last thing I want is for her to see you here. I almost lost her once because of you, I won’t do it again”
“I didn’t mean to cause trouble then.”
“And now,” he questioned as he rubbed a hand over his forehead he was tired and wanted to lie down but he didn’t want Elsie to see him in bed. No he wanted to be standing strong for her.
“Now I want to make sure you’re ok. That you’re on your way to healing.”
“That isn’t your responsibility.”
“I feel like it is. I feel like I NEED to make sure you are ok. Coming back from something like this can cause so much pain.”
Eric rubbed his leg, “yeah it can” he said “listen I gave you absolution in Tennessee. I’m done with this conversation and you,” he slowly walked over to her “if you think by helping me that I will give up my wife and children you are sadly mistaken.”
“Those aren’t even your children.”
“How-” Eric stopped “my mother”
Maggie nodded, “yes she called me and told me how Elsie treated her when she came to your home and how the children aren’t yours.”
“Did my mother tell you how to find me?”
“Yes”
He turned from her, “leave”
“Eric, let me”
He rounded on her “let you what help me? Why in the hell would I let you help me? You continue to take my mother’s lead. You continue to listen to whatever she says” Eric told her. He was positive whatever happened with Elsie was completely his mother’s fault.
“Eric, I was with you for two years.”
“And you left for money,” he raised his hand “I heard you the last time you explained everything and I get it. Helping your brother was important and I’m glad Carlos got the help he needed. You hurt me and Elsie healed me. She and our girls healed me and I will not give that up for anything. Now please leave before she comes. I need my wife right now Maggie not you.”
“I-”
“Believe he has asked you to leave several times,” Elsie said as she walked into the room she was done listening it was time she stepped in. She walked over to her husband and wrapped an arm around his waist, “are you supposed to be out of bed” she questioned as she saw the fatigue on his face.
Eric looked at his wife, she had bags under her eyes, he placed a hand on her cheek “how long has it been since you slept.”
“That Mr. Reynolds was not the question,” Elsie said as she reached her hand out and ran her fingers lightly over her husband’s bruised cheek.
“I hate”
“Shh,” she placed a single finger over his lips. “I’m fine you’re not. I can see the sweat on your brow we are getting you back to bed.”
“Bossy,” he said as he kissed her finger.
“Really?” Elsie said with a smile as she removed her finger, “come on” she said as she turned them towards the bed. The bandage on his leg looked as if it was seeping blood. Once she had him settled, she would get a nurse to come in and change it.
Eric sat on her bed, he looked at his wife; she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He placed a hand on her cheek her image, her smell had been what kept him going. Determining him to get back to her and their children, “Come lie down with me.”
“I’m not sure that is allowed.”
“I got an extra large bed so it could be. That was the reason I wanted you to come by yourself,” he told her. Mara
“Now you see that I’m all right you can leave,” Eric told her. Elsie was due any minute and the last thing he wanted was for her to find Maggie here.
“Eric, please. When I saw you on TV all I could think about was the last time we talked.”
“When I told you I forgave you?”
“You didn’t mean it,” Maggie wiped at her tears “you only wanted me to leave.”
“Like now.”
“Eric, I just want to be here for you”
“I have a wife for that I don’t need or want you here Maggie. Listen, Elsie will be here soon and the last thing I want is for her to see you here. I almost lost her once because of you, I won’t do it again”
“I didn’t mean to cause trouble then.”
“And now,” he questioned as he rubbed a hand over his forehead he was tired and wanted to lie down but he didn’t want Elsie to see him in bed. No he wanted to be standing strong for her.
“Now I want to make sure you’re ok. That you’re on your way to healing.”
“That isn’t your responsibility.”
“I feel like it is. I feel like I NEED to make sure you are ok. Coming back from something like this can cause so much pain.”
Eric rubbed his leg, “yeah it can” he said “listen I gave you absolution in Tennessee. I’m done with this conversation and you,” he slowly walked over to her “if you think by helping me that I will give up my wife and children you are sadly mistaken.”
“Those aren’t even your children.”
“How-” Eric stopped “my mother”
Maggie nodded, “yes she called me and told me how Elsie treated her when she came to your home and how the children aren’t yours.”
“Did my mother tell you how to find me?”
“Yes”
He turned from her, “leave”
“Eric, let me”
He rounded on her “let you what help me? Why in the hell would I let you help me? You continue to take my mother’s lead. You continue to listen to whatever she says” Eric told her. He was positive whatever happened with Elsie was completely his mother’s fault.
“Eric, I was with you for two years.”
“And you left for money,” he raised his hand “I heard you the last time you explained everything and I get it. Helping your brother was important and I’m glad Carlos got the help he needed. You hurt me and Elsie healed me. She and our girls healed me and I will not give that up for anything. Now please leave before she comes. I need my wife right now Maggie not you.”
“I-”
“Believe he has asked you to leave several times,” Elsie said as she walked into the room she was done listening it was time she stepped in. She walked over to her husband and wrapped an arm around his waist, “are you supposed to be out of bed” she questioned as she saw the fatigue on his face.
Eric looked at his wife, she had bags under her eyes, he placed a hand on her cheek “how long has it been since you slept.”
“That Mr. Reynolds was not the question,” Elsie said as she reached her hand out and ran her fingers lightly over her husband’s bruised cheek.
“I hate”
“Shh,” she placed a single finger over his lips. “I’m fine you’re not. I can see the sweat on your brow we are getting you back to bed.”
“Bossy,” he said as he kissed her finger.
“Really?” Elsie said with a smile as she removed her finger, “come on” she said as she turned them towards the bed. The bandage on his leg looked as if it was seeping blood. Once she had him settled, she would get a nurse to come in and change it.
Eric sat on her bed, he looked at his wife; she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He placed a hand on her cheek her image, her smell had been what kept him going. Determining him to get back to her and their children, “Come lie down with me.”
“I’m not sure that is allowed.”
“I got an extra large bed so it could be. That was the reason I wanted you to come by yourself,” he told her. Mara
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