Crimwife by Tanya Levin

Author:Tanya Levin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Black Inc.
Published: 2012-08-30T12:00:00+00:00

Craig told Jess early on that he’d been in jail a few times. She knew all about his past by the end of that first night, when she met him at a club, but she says she didn’t care. She says the music was loud and they had to yell to hear each other. All Jess could see was a six-foot-tall man with big shoulders and huge biceps in a tank top. She says there was a tidal wave of instant attraction. They went home together that night and were inseparable for seven months before he jumped on her head.

By the time she found out just how much jail he’d done, and that his offences were severe and violent, she was already deeply in lust or love, or something in between, Jess tells me. Craig was courteous, insisted she do nothing but be herself, and was, from what she could see, falling in love with her.

“He was such a gentle person,” she says. “He loved spending time with me. When he wasn’t working, he would help me out around the house, and even catch trains with me to run an errand, just for the ride. He switched off his phone when I first met him, and he’d only been out a week. Everyone was trying to get hold of him, but he only wanted to be with me. It was amazing. And the sex was incredible. I think that’s what kept us together the most. He said he had all the patience in the world. We would spend days and nights in bed. He pampered me. He adored me. I’ve never been treated that well before or since, actually.”

While telling her story, Jess’s face warms when she speaks of these days with Craig. You can see she remembers these as good times. Jess is thirty-five, university-educated and works full-time. She is well presented, with big hazel eyes, and friendly, if a bit cautious. There’s no obvious reason why Craig was the first person to make her feel special. Then her nostalgia-filled face turns from smiles to furrowed brows of confusion. She shakes her head, confused, not knowing whether she’s allowed to remember the joy.

“He used to follow me around and tell me how beautiful I was. In the beginning it made me laugh. I’m not God’s gift to men by any stretch. But he was offended if I didn’t accept his compliments, so I did. I let him tell me how this light made me look even more sensational, that I was every man’s dream. That he was the luckiest man in the world to be with someone as beautiful and sexy as me.

“One time this guy came on to me at the bus stop, a creepy old guy, and when I got home I told Craig for a laugh, and he looked at me with a serious face and said, ‘Well you can’t blame him. What man wouldn’t try if they saw you?’”

“They’re old lines, but they work. And he was persistent.

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