The Woman Who Didn't by HC Michaels

Author:HC Michaels [Michaels, HC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sequel House
Published: 2021-01-21T16:00:00+00:00

17 Days Before The Break

Theo lay by Skye’s side all night, waking every time she stirred, ready to call an ambulance if needed.

He eventually slipped into a deep sleep, disturbed only by a strange buzzing sound coming from the ensuite. It wasn’t a sound he’d heard before.

It was five o’clock, the time he usually got up to do some work in his den before climbing back into bed to wake Skye. He’d slip his hands inside her camisole and run his thumbs across her nipples, waiting for them to harden at the exact moment she opened her eyes. She was always ready for him. He’d heard enough men complain about their wives to know this wasn’t normal. Rin certainly hadn’t been like that. Just one more reason to be thankful for being married to a woman like Skye.

Lately though, he’d been letting her sleep. It would be selfish of him to wake her when she so clearly needed her rest.

“What are you doing?” he asked, opening the door to the ensuite, barely able to believe what he was seeing.

Skye was standing in front of the mirror, wearing only her underpants, holding a pair of clippers in her hand with a pile of blonde hair at her feet.

“What does it look like?” she said, sliding the clippers across her scalp. The left side of her head was completely bald. The right side still had patchy clumps of hair hanging on, stubbornly refusing to fall out. “Oh, Theo. I can’t stand looking at it any longer. You must’ve seen how much has been falling out. Better to get it all off in one go. Then I know what I’m dealing with.”

He thought she’d start crying, but she didn’t. She just kept on with the clippers, turning her head to try to see the back of it. She was just so damn brave. His heart swelled with love.

“Babe,” he said, taking the clippers from her. “Here, let me do it.”

“Thanks.” She offered him a weak smile before bending her head towards him so he could continue what she’d started.

He took a deep breath. This wasn’t a job he’d ever expected to have to help her with. Her hair was one of the things he loved about her. How depressing to have to shave it off. But still, it was only hair. It would grow back. The most important thing was that she got better.

He ran the clippers across her head in lines, evening up the patches as long strands dropped to the ground.

Soon the job was done, and he was left staring at the back of her bald head. It reminded him strangely of when Amber was a baby. It made her seem kind of vulnerable. He ran his hand across her scalp, already missing her silky hair.

He looked in the mirror and saw she had her eyes closed.

“It’s okay to look. He bent to kiss her bare neck. “You’re still beautiful.”

She opened her eyes, blinked at her reflection, then turned to bury her head in his chest.

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