a lot and she would be fine. She had promised herself that she would no longer take the pills she was taking before the move, as when faced with the story of the girl’s haircuts, she realised there was a massive problem. The fact that she had slipped into alcoholism didn’t seem to her to be a worry because everyone had a drink or two, but she had made a decision to begin to cut down soon. This was a new life, and she wanted to enjoy it, not just exist in it.
Marcus poured them a drink, and they began watching a movie. Then he moved closer on the lounge and made his intentions clear. This was no surprise, but now it was different, sort of, although Candice was concerned that this may be all he wanted her for. She thought she would test her theory and hold him at bay for a while, finish watching the movie and drink a little wine, but Marcus was insistent, so for the first time,
Candice and Marcus were intimate with each other without any money changing hands. Afterward, they watched the rest of the movie, drank three bottles of wine between them, and ate from the cheese platter. Candice thought it wasn’t too bad and that this just may work out.
When Candice checked on her children, they had fallen asleep on one of the beds, reading together. She simply covered them with a blanket and went to get ready for sleep. Candice wasn’t sure what the sleeping arrangements were to be for her and Marcus, but it wasn’t long before it was made clear. Marcus told her that he snored terribly and felt she should have her own space, at least until they both felt they wanted to sleep together all the time. Candice thought this a good idea, so she went to the gorgeous room he had readied for her. With that, they said goodnight.
Candice got up a few hours later, unable to sleep, and she wandered around the house taking in her new home and getting used to the idea that this was now hers, with a man she really knew so little about. She was sure this had to be better than the life she was living, and she already felt more comfortable, as though she had managed to get away from something that was so wrong for her and her girls. Thinking of her children and wanting to check them again, she went to their room, but upon trying their door, she found it locked, which was very odd. Perhaps she had accidentally locked it when she left them that evening. She turned around and walked back to her room, unearthed her hidden vodka, turned on the television in her room, and quietly watched, under the blankets in bed, and drank until she fell asleep. Her dreams that night were troubled and frightening.
In the morning, Candice woke up, looked at the clock, realized where she was, and panicked. It was ten o’clock and the children weren’t ready for school. She should have been up hours ago. She got up quickly, her head spun and she sat back down. Then she started again. When she was dressed, she left the room and went straight to the girls’ room, but they weren’t there. She hurried to Marcus’s room, and he wasn’t there, either. When she reached the kitchen, she found a note in Marcus’s handwriting telling her the housekeeper had taken the children to school and he had gone to work. The note also said that he knew how tired she was, so he had let her sleep and he would see her later.
Candice had no idea where Marcus worked or what he did really. She only knew he was a very wealthy businessman. She didn’t know what time he would be home or what time the housekeeper would be back, so she went into her bathroom, had a shower, dressed, and began to unpack her clothes and belongings into her new rooms. Alongside the walk-in wardrobe, almost an entire room of its own, she placed a water bottle. In the water bottle was a liquid other than water, and in this way, when the housekeeper, Elsie, arrived, Candice would look like a normal person drinking water, not a woman who couldn’t go more than a couple of hours without alcohol.
Marcus came home
Marcus poured them a drink, and they began watching a movie. Then he moved closer on the lounge and made his intentions clear. This was no surprise, but now it was different, sort of, although Candice was concerned that this may be all he wanted her for. She thought she would test her theory and hold him at bay for a while, finish watching the movie and drink a little wine, but Marcus was insistent, so for the first time,
Candice and Marcus were intimate with each other without any money changing hands. Afterward, they watched the rest of the movie, drank three bottles of wine between them, and ate from the cheese platter. Candice thought it wasn’t too bad and that this just may work out.
When Candice checked on her children, they had fallen asleep on one of the beds, reading together. She simply covered them with a blanket and went to get ready for sleep. Candice wasn’t sure what the sleeping arrangements were to be for her and Marcus, but it wasn’t long before it was made clear. Marcus told her that he snored terribly and felt she should have her own space, at least until they both felt they wanted to sleep together all the time. Candice thought this a good idea, so she went to the gorgeous room he had readied for her. With that, they said goodnight.
Candice got up a few hours later, unable to sleep, and she wandered around the house taking in her new home and getting used to the idea that this was now hers, with a man she really knew so little about. She was sure this had to be better than the life she was living, and she already felt more comfortable, as though she had managed to get away from something that was so wrong for her and her girls. Thinking of her children and wanting to check them again, she went to their room, but upon trying their door, she found it locked, which was very odd. Perhaps she had accidentally locked it when she left them that evening. She turned around and walked back to her room, unearthed her hidden vodka, turned on the television in her room, and quietly watched, under the blankets in bed, and drank until she fell asleep. Her dreams that night were troubled and frightening.
In the morning, Candice woke up, looked at the clock, realized where she was, and panicked. It was ten o’clock and the children weren’t ready for school. She should have been up hours ago. She got up quickly, her head spun and she sat back down. Then she started again. When she was dressed, she left the room and went straight to the girls’ room, but they weren’t there. She hurried to Marcus’s room, and he wasn’t there, either. When she reached the kitchen, she found a note in Marcus’s handwriting telling her the housekeeper had taken the children to school and he had gone to work. The note also said that he knew how tired she was, so he had let her sleep and he would see her later.
Candice had no idea where Marcus worked or what he did really. She only knew he was a very wealthy businessman. She didn’t know what time he would be home or what time the housekeeper would be back, so she went into her bathroom, had a shower, dressed, and began to unpack her clothes and belongings into her new rooms. Alongside the walk-in wardrobe, almost an entire room of its own, she placed a water bottle. In the water bottle was a liquid other than water, and in this way, when the housekeeper, Elsie, arrived, Candice would look like a normal person drinking water, not a woman who couldn’t go more than a couple of hours without alcohol.
Marcus came home
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