Do or Die by Rita Harling

Author:Rita Harling
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Y BOOKS

I drove Robyn to school one day and headed back to the house. The driveway was filled with cars. It was so packed it was difficult to get the car in. As I tried to park, my wing mirror rubbed against Brian’s car, leaving a scratch about the size of a hairpin. I went into the house and told Brian. He was having a bath. When I told him he went berserk, and with one punch he put his fist through the bathtub. I said nothing and walked away, leaving Brian in the bathroom swearing at me and calling me names until he was distracted by a phone call. He got out of the bath, dressed and left the house. Thank God.

There were many times that Brian lost his reason over small things. His temper was getting out of control and he became harder work as time went on. I had arrived home with Robyn and Conor from shopping one day and came in as usual by the back door. It was dark and hard to see until the sensor light came on as we walked up the drive. Nothing seemed unusual as we hurried to get in out of the cold. It was only when I opened the patio door that I could see that everything from the letter shelf was strewn all around the kitchen. I told the kids to wait outside the house and I went in to investigate.

It was obvious that the house had been burgled. I was nervous that there might still be an intruder in the house. I turned on every light as I passed through the rooms. It was clear that there was no one in the house, so I gestured to the kids to come in. I rang Brian and told him. Then I asked if I should ring the gardaí. He told me not to and then said he he would be home very shortly. I didn’t clear up the mess until he had seen it. As I passed from room to room, I tried to put together a list of what was actually missing. There wasn’t an awful lot of damage, but there was one thing that was puzzling me — there was no sign of forced entry. How had they got into the house when it was all locked up? No window was broken and no door had been forced. I noticed that all the locks looked fine and hadn’t been damaged.

Something else had me puzzled. As I looked through the list of things that were missing, it appeared everything belonged to me. Some of my jewellery was missing as well as my music system, and so on.

When Brian came home, he walked through the house without saying a word. I on the other hand, was ranting about what I noticed was missing. Then I pointed out that it was only my belongings that had been taken. Brian went into manic mode. He got so annoyed that he picked up one of the pine dining chairs and smashed it to bits on the tiled floor.

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