This is Halloween by Moore James A

Author:Moore, James A. [Moore, James A.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Haverhill House
Published: 2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

IX

The day had been calmer than Lacey expected, and Burt and Teresa were getting along. Her sister had promised a surprise before the end of the night and both of them were waiting patiently for the announcement.

In the meantime it was just nice to relax.

Burt was in a remarkably good mood and that was close to a miracle these days. Just the night before he’d come home in as dark a mood as she’d seen in a while, earlier than expected and angry at some poor schlub who’d had a house fire or was claiming he had, at least. She hadn’t expected him home until after nine, but he made it home in time for dinner and did his best to be good about it.

So he only hit Melissa three times when she brought home the disciplinary report from school for talking in class.

Lacey closed her eyes and forced the thoughts out of her head. She didn’t want to dwell on Melissa crying in her room, when she was out for the first time in weeks and everyone seemed like they were having a good time.

She loved her children. She loved her husband. Sometimes he had to discipline the girls, and maybe more than if he’d had a son, true, but sometimes it happened.

Lacey thought about how it would be when her daughters were allowed to date and felt a tremor in her stomach. Enough. Think of happier things. Don’t ruin this day, damn it all. Don’t you dare go all emotional when he’s finally in a good mood.

Still, she had to chew on her nails, wondering if he was ever going to go too far, wondering why it was that sometimes he took the girls to the cellar and locked the door before he meted out punishment. And that thought, oh my, that thought was enough to make her stomach seethe with acids.

But he was in a good mood, damn it all. And it was so rare to see him when he was happy and smiling and not just waiting for more bad news. It had to be something that she had done, something that was wrong with her. That was the only reason Lacey could imagine for him to be such a (cold-hearted, sadistic little prick!) stern man. It had to be something she had done, and sometimes she wished he would just (keel over and fucking die!) tell her so she could make it right. She did whatever he wanted her to do at home—barring a few times when she got absent minded and forgot to make what he’d asked for in the dinner department—she was a tigress for him in bed, or submissive depending on what he wanted, and she took care of his children, took care of him to the best of her ability.

And God damn you for not noticing or caring!

And she did it because it was the right thing to do, her only way of making his world a better place. Burt deserved that.

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