Between You and Me by Lisa Hall

Author:Lisa Hall [Hall, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Ltd
Published: 2016-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

Even though you promise it won’t happen again, it does. When I come home from the supermarket with the wrong brand of nappies, so tired I am unable to see straight, let alone see which brand of nappies I’m picking up, you hit me hard in the kidneys, leaving me feeling winded and sick. By this point, you have already burnt me, pushed me, and kicked me hard in the shins. The full force of a punch to the kidneys doesn’t come as a surprise. Then, one evening you decide to put Maggie to bed. I jump at the chance. You rarely offer to do anything like this, and I don’t like to ask, given that you are at work all day and I am home with Maggie. All those little things like feeding her, bathing her, putting her to bed, feel like they are my jobs to do. You disappear upstairs and I switch on the television. There’s nothing in particular I want to watch but it’s just a novelty to be able to sit and watch something, even for ten minutes. I feel like I haven’t had a chance to catch my breath since Maggie arrived. I am sitting quietly on the couch, watching the BBC News when, bam! A blow to the side of the head and an excruciating pain knocks my world off kilter.

‘What? Charlie?’ I sit up, one hand clamped to my ear, spots dancing in front of my eyes. The pain is unreal, and I swallow hard in order not to vomit.

‘Don’t you ever make that much noise when I’m putting the baby to bed again, you hear me?’ Your face swims into focus, leaning over me as I lie back down on the couch. ‘You fucking imbecile. I try to do you a favour and that’s how you repay me. Well, you can fuck off, I won’t be helping you again.’ You stalk out and I lie still on the couch. With the force of your blow to my head, I suspect you have perforated my eardrum. The next morning, you apologise and say it will never happen again. You tell me you love me.

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