He shook his hand while trying to stop the sting, “See what you make me do? Why you always have to pluck my fucking nerves? Why can’t you leave shit alone when I say so? You make me so fucking mad I can’t see straight! Shit!”
Kevin left the room.
He makes me sick, Cheryl thought as she walked into the bathroom to wash her face and calm down. I’m so sick of this. As she turned toward the mirror, she shook her head.
“When are you going to leave him? He slaps you around whenever he gets the inkling to, and it’s not even like he cares about your feelings,” she said out loud.
As she started to giggle, she felt as if she was losing her mind.
Kevin went to the den and poured himself a drink.
“Shit! Ungrateful! That’s what she is.” It wasn’t like she could hear him screaming to himself. “Why can’t you just take no for an answer? Always nagging me! I said no the first four times you asked, yet you had to keep pushing me!”
He took a gulp from the glass and sat it on the table and walked quickly back upstairs.
“Look, maybe you can go with me sometime, but stop acting like some spoiled brat that can’t get her way. If and when I want you to go with me, I’ll take you. You understand?”
He was speaking to her as if he were speaking to a three year old.
“Who are you talking to?” she shouted.
“Who do you think I’m talking to?”
“Let’s see, it’s you and me in here. Now who do you think I’m talking to?”
Cheryl brushed by him and he grabbed her arm. Cheryl pulled away from him. He spun her around and before she could say another word, he slapped her so hard she bit the inside of her mouth.
Kevin shoved her against the wall, and as she tried pushing him away, he slapped her so hard she saw blackness for a split second. As he started walking away, Cheryl mumbled.
“What the fuck did you say?”
“Nothing,” she whispered
“Don’t try and whisper now, if you got shit to say, say it out loud!”
“All I said was, why you always gotta be pushing and hitting on me?”
“Don’t you ever fucking question me,” he said, slamming her against the wall, over and over again. As she tried to walk away, he pushed her once more, this time sending her to her knees.