Unresolved Issues by Wanda B. Campbell

Author:Wanda B. Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2012-08-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Staci hadn’t had been home five minutes before Derrick walked through the door, still carrying the boxed roses. She wasn’t surprised at all. She knew he’d show up if only to make sure she wasn’t with Malcolm.

“I knew I should have changed the locks,” she said and rolled her eyes at him. He followed her into the kitchen and watched her take items from the refrigerator for a sandwich.

“Staci,” he began, his tone solemn, “I don’t want to fight anymore. I want to talk to you. I need to talk to you.” When she didn’t respond, he added, “I bought these for you.” He held the boxed roses out to her.

She accepted the box. “Thank you.”

He thought her hostility toward him was softening until his eyes followed her to the garbage can. There, she opened the box and dumped the roses into the can, then continued making her sandwich. His cheeks burned, and his nostrils flared.

“Staci, why did you do that?” he asked in a controlled voice.

“Because I don’t want anything from you, and I don’t want you. Now would you please leave my house?”

“Staci, I’m still your husband, and this is still our home.”

“Oh really? If this is our home, why have I been the only one living here for four months? I can write you a check right now from my trust fund,” she said nodding toward her purse, “for your half of the house. As for you being my husband, that shouldn’t be too hard to fix considering we’ve only been married eighteen months.”

“What are you talking about?”

Staci thought she saw hurt in his eyes, but she didn’t care. “I’m talking about reaching an agreement on how to divide our marital assets for the divorce.”

Derrick turned his back to her. When she saw his broad shoulders slump, she almost felt sorry for him, but she was used to him running away from her. She expected him to run out the door any second. She continued eating her sandwich like he wasn’t there.

“I don’t want a divorce,” he said sullenly.

“I don’t understand. You don’t want to be married, at least not to me, but you don’t want a divorce?”

“Staci,” he begged, “I do want to be married to you. That’s what I came to talk to you about, among other things.”

“Isn’t this ironic? You finally want to talk to me, but now I don’t want to listen. Save it for your next wife.”

Derrick sighed and massaged his temples. There was no getting through to Staci, at least not tonight. She wasn’t just being stubborn, she was angry and bitter.

“Staci, I will give you space and time, I owe you that. But we still need to talk.”

Staci set her sandwich down and folded her arms. “Derrick, you can’t give me back what you owe me. You can’t give back eight years of my life. You can’t replenish the energy I’ve wasted on you. You can’t replenish all the tears I’ve cried for you. You can’t reset the times you pushed me away and ignored me.

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