Off Screen by Josephine Traynor

Author:Josephine Traynor [Traynor, Josephine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Josephine Traynor
Published: 2018-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

By the time the shower’s stopped, I’m still no closer to getting this vice off. I’ve twisted. I’ve turned. I’ve taken everything else off bar the bustier and I’m seriously considering going at it with some scissors. No amount of yoga or forcing myself to bend in positions I’ve never been in is going to get this damned thing off.

“Are you still in there?” Harrison calls, and I have to admit defeat.

“I’ll be right out.” I lie and pull on my baggy sweatshirt. The girls are sitting high and out, and it’s noticeable that I’ve got something on underneath, but it will have to do. I’m a far cry from the ‘sex kitten for her new husband’ effect we were going for as I walk out in my yoga pants, trainers, and join him in the kitchen.

“You look nice. Sporty. What temperature does the oven go on?”

I tell him, and we have to wait for it to heat. Everything else has been organised, so all we can do is either run lines, talk, or ignore each other.

“Wanna play a game?” he asks, and his chirpy demeanour is unsettling.

“Depends on the game.” I close the fridge door, and Harrison sets off to the bookcase in the living room.

He rubs his hand over his chin while he scans for the one he wants.

“Oh, well, we have two choices. Monopoly or Guess Who?”

I give him a shrug and say I don’t mind.

“Monopoly first, then. So shooting went well today. Not sure where they were going with the footage. There’s nice scenery around here,” he says.

I could have sworn he was looking at my chest when he said the word ‘scenery’.

“Oh no. I hate to disappoint you but,” he says, and I brace myself for the hurt.

Don’t cry in front of him. Don’t cry.

“There’s no board. We can’t play.”

Letting out the small breath this python corset is allowing me to breathe, I tell him it’s no big deal. “I packed some cards if the other game pieces are missing.”

Harrison returns the boxes to the shelf while I dig into my suitcase. Another carry over from my grandmother. She used to always pack a deck of cards to while away the time. Leaning over is making me light-headed, and the room spins as I right myself and drop the cards onto my bed. I reach behind myself, and my fingers can’t get the clasps to the right angles to release them. In fact, somehow, the thing feels tighter, and my ribs are screaming.

“Going to hustle some poor sap out of some money?” he asks as he stops at my door.

I drop my hands, and he glances to me, to the cards, then back to me.

“Are you okay?”

The second he asked, I shook my head. The shallow breaths have turned into gulps, and I use the last of my mental clarity to take off my shirt. My breasts are at spilling point, and Harrison’s eyes bog out of his head.

“Stop being a pervert and help me out of this thing.

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