Well, it was too good to last. Our peace and tranquility got blown out of the water today in a huge kind of way. The first bad thing in a serious of disastrous events happened at about 5 this morning when i awoke after less than an hours sleep from a horrendous nightmare. Sweating and crying i crawled out of bed and curled up in J’s chair in the living room to try to calm down. This didn’t have the desired effect since i was very shortly struggling with a terrible flashback. i don’t remember anything after that until about 6:30 when disaster number two began.
Marcie called me in hysteria. Franklin had not come home all night and she was worried sick. i, having sit through my share of sleepless nights waiting for Iris to show up, reassured her that i was sure that everything would be fine. Franklin would turn up. Calm down. Shh. Boy was i wrong. i finally extracted myself from this conversation with soothing promises that it would be okay, and that i would call her immediately if he called me. i finally stated bluntly that my breast was hurting and i thought i had a spider bite on it or something and i would call her back after i had checked on it.
Disaster number three… when i looked in the bathroom mirror, inspecting the “spider bite” i found, to my horror, the words Bad Cunt carved there. FUCK! i knew that i had done it, even if i had no recollection of doing so. DID totally sucks. But, damn, this is just horrible. i know it will leave a scar and what a fucking awful thing to be scared with. Not to mention how J would feel… and if i didn’t think something up to get rid of it how on earth would i ever explain it to my daughter. Complete hysteria ensued but was interrupted by disaster number four.
Marcie called me back, this time almost incoherent in her anguish. Pushing my own huge problem aside for the moment, i soothed Marcie and finally extracted the story from her. The police had called. Franklin had been arrested for shoplifting. A freaking $2 bottle of computer duster. i didn’t know if it was worse that he had stolen or that he was stealing an extremely dangerous inhalant. Fuck. And, moral concerns aside, i had to question the intelligence of a 6′2″ 350 lb young man with an afro (not exactly inconspicuous, you know) trying to steal something from a place with video surveillance at 2 in the morning when there were pretty much no other shoppers. Yeah, the kid was already high. Double fuck. After pep talking Marcie through the decision to leave him there until her asshole husband could go get him i hung up the phone.
i went back to inspect the disgusting mess on my tit and had just finished working myself into a state of panic when i heard J come in the back door. i stood paralyzed in the bathroom a moment, thinking about how horribly disappointed in me he would be. Wild thoughts of hiding it flew through my head for about two seconds before i slapped them away as lunacy. Dishonest lunacy to boot. Feeling like a condemned woman i met him in the kitchen and confessed. He wasn’t happy, but to my immense relief he wasn’t livid with me either, since i had no recollection of doing it. Then Brad popped out of the bed like toast from an overenthusiastic toaster.
He was out of school today for a teacher’s workday. That meant after having slept for less than an hour, being in an extreme state of emotional distress about this disfiguring obscenity and worried sick about Marcie and Franklin, i got to keep the human version of Tigger from the Pooh cartoons all day. Joy.
Both of us being somewhat on edge J and i ended up trading harsh words before i packed up Brad and went over to Vanessa’s for help with him. J needed his sleep. So off we go. Once there, things calmed down for a while and Brad was actually very good, thank god. Hostetter was at work, so i didn’t have to deal with that asshole and Vanessa was in a good mood. Just as i began to really relax disaster number five landed.
We heard from Marcie’s best friend (incidentally also a very good friend of mine) Brenda. Brenda said that Franklin had arrived at Marcie’s work in the custody of his father and proceeded to curse Marcie horribly in front of the entire parking lot. A customer had called the police on his cell phone and they were dispatched to break it up. At this point she also revealed Marcie’s suspicion that Franklin had been smoking crack or crank with said dickhead father. (WHY HAS SHE NEVER LEFT THIS ASSHOLE???) He had threatened to hit Marcie and even told her that he wished she had died instead of our mother. i suppose i have never mentioned Franklin much here, but let me just say this is TOTALLY out of character for him. i was as surprised as i would be if J came in one day and said he were ready to get in touch with his submissive nature. This is really a sweet kid, and i was blown away. Having seen both Marcie and Vanessa act this way in the grip of heavy drugs, i began to be convinced that Marcie’s suspicion was correct. Vanessa later told me that he had said something very indicative to her a few weeks ago. When you factor in his drastic weight loss (about 100 lbs in 6 months with no real diet plan) you begin to get the picture. i suppose we have all been in denial. Anyway, Brenda said that Marcie was beside herself and could i please go get her. Of course i would. i had to… no matter what i had going on, Marcie needed me.
So Vanessa, Brad and i piled into the Bronco and boogied over to Hostetter’s work where i dropped Vanessa off. She had an appointment with her therapist, and i did not want her to miss it, since i cannot possibly cope with any shit from her at the moment. Then Brad and i picked up Marcie, who was understandably a mess. i took her over to Brenda’s work and we sat in the Bronco for the hour and a half it took her to get off talking. Marcie revealed that in addition to this problem with Franklin, she found out that the asshole was having an affair. i tried to be reassuring while privately thinking that Marcie was trapped in one of the outer circles of hell. i truly think that this is the biggest crisis that her family has ever faced, in a long line of drama. By the time Brenda finally came out to join us, Marcie was much calmer, but still obviously in a horrendous situation. i don’t know anymore on this… and i’m dying to find out… Marcie needs a damn home telephone.
Anyway, i got home in one piece, and toughed out the next three hours with Brad. He was actually really good today and i am eternally grateful to him. J finally stirred at about 4:45 and asked why Brad was still home since his respite care worker should have picked him up at 4. He got up and called her. Seems her car had broken down, and she had tried to call but i had been gone most of the day and J asleep. He made arrangement to drop Brad off at her house and off we went. When we finally got home, instead of comforting each other after a truly fucked up day, we began to snap at each other.
Finally, we ended up in the bed and J decided to whip me. i was resistant to the idea but was tired of arguing and i got him the black flogger. He proceeded to stripe me unmercifully drawing screams from me. Finally though, it all worked and i was flying high on endorphins. He got out the vibe and had me use it while he continued to whip my back really hard. At this point licks that might normally make me shriek only felt comforting. i had my first shuddering orgasm and lay panting as he worked over my back and ass.
Then he whispered, “You are not a bad cunt, you are my cunt.”
i whimpered.
“Say it,” he demanded.
“i’m your cunt,” i whispered.
“Louder.”
“i’m your cunt!”
“Louder.”
“I’M YOUR CUNT!”
“Keep saying it.”
So, he continued to whip me, harder and harder, and i repeated “i’m your cunt!” over and over until i was in the grip of another shattering orgasm. i lay panting on the bed as he drew the vibrator from me and tossed it and the flogger over the side of the bed. He drew me in and whispered to me. Telling me i was his. His baby, his love, his wife, his cunt, his everything. i wasn’t bad. He stroked me and soothed me. And, amazingly, even after all this shit, i felt really wonderful. Loved, cherished. i snuggled him and whispered my thanks, my love, and my undying devotion. He promised to take care of me.
He later said that he was revoking all my earned privileges and we would start our process over due to a severe mental health foul. i have to say i agree with him that our progression got seriously derailed, and i am grateful he is willing to start over.
And, i still feel really good… amazing what endorphins and the love of a truly awesome man can do for you.