Skeletons In My Closet by Dynah Zale

Author:Dynah Zale [Zale, Dynah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-03-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Fists covered in blood, left eye nearly closed shut and his bottom lip split wide open like a banana, Garrett sat at his kitchen table nursing a tumbler full of Grey Goose. Alone and temper still boiling over with anger, he took a swig straight from the bottle. Not a regular drinker, he exhaled deeply to cool the burning sensation on its way down.

Deceived. There was no other word he could use to describe how Richard masqueraded as his best friend and closest confidant for years and then reveals that he was actually a sheep in wolves clothing. Their friendship spanned more than two decades and it had to end like this.

The final remnants of the Grey Goose slid down his throat. The sun reared its head over the east. In a drunken stupor, Garrett staggered into the master bathroom and stared at the marks and bruises in the mirror left on his face from the fight.

Garrett rubbed concealer from Mecca’s make-up tray over his face to try and hide the obvious marks. Afterwards, he realized that the damage was worse than he thought. There was no way he could hide the black and blue marks. He dropped the make-up brush, gently peeled out of his clothes and into his pajamas before sliding into bed with Mecca.

Hours later Garrett’s eye painfully shot open. A beam of sun light zeroed in directly on his pupils. He was never still in bed when the sun was this high in the sky. He quickly turned to look at the clock.

“I’m late.” He jumped out of bed and into the shower. Less than fifteen minutes later he was dressed and racing down the stairs.

“Mecca.” Garrett charged into the kitchen. “Why didn’t you wake me this morning?” He took the mug she was drinking from and took a huge gulp before passing it back to her.

“I called you several times.” Her head buried in the morning paper. “You didn’t budge. Then Joye Anne called and said to let you sleep in this morning.” She lifted her head. “Garrett.” Mecca screeched, “What happened to your face?” She reached over and lightly touched his face. Garrett flinched almost forgetting about the fight, until a pulsating throb surrounded his eye.

“I got into a fight with Richard.” Garrett dropped his head to avoid her stares of disappointment.

“Richard?” That news was stunning to Mecca. “What is going on with you? Why were you two fighting?”

Garrett wasn’t in the mood to talk about it, but he knew his wife wouldn’t leave him alone until he told her the entire story. He pulled out a chair, opened his mouth to start at the beginning but stopped himself when he realized something. “Are we here alone?” He looked around.

“Yes, the baby is with my mother and I just dropped the kids off to school. I took Blair since you were sleep.”

In a panic Garrett raced out the house and frantically backed his car out of the drive way. Garrett pushed the gas pedal to the floor.

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