Drama Kings by Dalma Heyn

Author:Dalma Heyn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2010-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

It happened so gradually, I truly didn’t realize the role I was cast in. In retrospect, I always was aiding Edward in some way—helping him in his business, with his accounts, mostly by e-mail. As I slowly handed over the vertebrae of my backbone to Edward, he became straighter and stronger, but I obviously was losing little bits of what held me up. Like, disks. I didn’t experience it that way, but I did become a little…wobbly. And my back hurt! Like, what was going on here? And you know, I’m not sure he didn’t feel totally entitled to all of me, like it was his due—despite his reluctance to reciprocate, his deference, his guilt.

Winter came and went. She was traveling too much to ask him what was up. She was seeing other men desultorily and focusing on her darling baby girl, not so much a baby anymore at the age of eight, and working ungodly hours at the show. She just liked the EGG, that’s all.

“I loved the sense of calm and quiet surrounding him,” she said. “I loved his slow way of moving, of talking to me when we were making love. I still loved his sweetness—even if it was offered only when it was not needed.”

Over time, though, as nothing much happened from one breakfast to the next, she began to feel vaguely used. But she didn’t quite know what she was being used for—certainly not for sex. She began noticing, too, that on some level, she’d been trying to prove herself to him, to woo him, win him. She did this almost reflexively, not consciously. Consciously, the fact that he wasn’t all that deeply “into” her didn’t fully register; his elusiveness—a wistfulness, really—had become woven into their dynamic. Not accustomed to being incidental in someone’s life, though, she thought that at any moment he’d wake up, drop his mysterious noncommittal façade, and declare himself mad for her.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.