Cheri's New Rules by Morelli Markie

Author:Morelli, Markie [Morelli, Markie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Blushing Books
Published: 2017-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

When he returned carrying two cups of coffee, Chéri took note of the serious expression on his face. After handing one to her, he moved behind his big desk and sat with a sigh.

“What’s this all about, Michael?” she asked before taking a sip.

He grimaced as though hearing her call him by his name instead of daddy was painful and for a second she wanted to go and crawl onto his lap.

“First of all, I want to apologize for the way I talked to you yesterday. I was totally out of line and quite cruel. I’m sorry,” he stated simply, looking into her surprised eyes. “While it’s true we had problems in our marriage, it was unfair of me to lay them all at your feet.

“For years I was a passive observer, unsatisfied with the status quo but unable or unwilling to do anything about it. I’m not sure which,” he admitted. “I should never have allowed things to deteriorate to that point.”

“Why didn’t you, do something I mean?” Chéri asked.

“I don’t know, maybe because the boys were still here and I figured it would get ugly, or maybe because I just stopped caring somewhere along the way. It wasn’t until they left for college that it really hit me. It was you and me. This was our life, for better or worse. I couldn’t face another twenty or thirty years of living in this big beautiful house with a woman who barely knew I existed.”

“Michael, that’s not fair. It wasn’t like you paid a whole lot of attention to me either,” she insisted.

“I know, in fact, I tried not to,” he admitted. “You see you were a reflection on me. The sweet, funny girl I’d married had become mean-spirited, demanding and cold. I felt responsible. Had I been a better husband, taken more of an interest in what was going on around here I might have been able to change course. Instead I came home, ate dinner and went to my office.

“It was ironic on so many levels. I was a man who sat in judgment on others, granting divorces to couples who could not seem to work out their differences, and at home, I ignored every issue as though it would disappear on its own. I just want you to know I accept the blame for what happened to us,” he said sadly.

“It wasn’t entirely your fault,” Chéri stated honestly. “I could have tried harder to make time for you too. When the boys started school full time and I decided to go to work, I sort of lost something in the process. Between my job, taking care of the house, the boys, and school functions, it all became too much. I was exhausted. I remember praying you wouldn’t reach for me in the night,” she whispered, hanging her head.

“Was I such a lousy lover?” he asked.

“No, just quick,” she said blushing, “as though it was something for you to check off your list.”

“Funny, I thought the same thing about you, your Sunday night chore.

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