And Then The Devil Cried by Ellie Fox

Author:Ellie Fox [Fox, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

ADAM

I was going through our mail to see if anything important had arrived, when I found those tests. I thought Rho and I had nothing to hide. He never wanted privacy, he didn’t even try to lock his phone in front of me. Not that I had any interest in keeping tabs. Still, it felt nice to be with someone who never gave you the need to feel insecure.

I found a letter from the hospital and opened it. It was some test results and at first I thought it was a routine checkup until I read the notes under the reports of his scans.

The door opened and Rho walked in grabbed me at the waist from behind and held me. Any other day, that would have made us skip dinner and go right to dessert, but that day I merely held up the envelope. “Your tests came back.”

Rho didn’t take it, and instead walked over to the coffee table to pour himself a drink. “Did you open it?”

“Why do you think I’m so pissed at you?”

“What does it say?”

“It says you have COPD.”

“How do you even know what it is?”

“Someone I knew had it, in late stages… it doesn’t matter, Rho! How are you still smoking two packs a day?”

“I’m not afraid of dying.”

“What about me, Rho? Did you bring me here to watch you die?”

“Stop being so dramatic,” he said, and lounged on the sofa. He was calmly drinking and then lit a cigarette and it propelled me into a blind rage. But unlike Rho, I couldn’t yell and scream at him to feel better.

“You’re selfish, you know that?” I couldn’t keep my voice from shaking. “I really thought you were better. I thought you’d be less selfish than every other person who treated me like a whore! Like I only existed for their needs. They always ruled over me but never allowed me to have any form of stability. Who acted however they wanted without ever thinking about me.”

I stormed out of the room and went to our bedroom, which was actually Rho’s but I was so used to sleeping in the same bed, my older room was basically just storage for some of my stuff that wouldn’t fit in Rho’s closet and drawers.

I was agitated. There was a heaviness on my chest that Rho’s words had worsened. That made me question everything. I made the decision to go with him, and now whatever comes would be on me, it would be my burden. I didn’t fear for myself. I was afraid Rho had some latent self harming tendencies that he wasn’t conscious about.

The click of a lighter jolted me from my thoughts. I looked at the dresser, but this time Rho was using the lighter to light up a candle. The subtle infusion of lavender in the air was calming.

Rho set the lighter next to the candle holder and took off his suit jacket. He tossed it on the chair next to the bureau, and he was still loosening his sleeve buttons when he made his way toward me on the bed.

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