Vows of Deception: Something old, new, borrowed, and BLUE... by K. Harris Page A

face, in our home, and tell me that it’s none of my concern if you catch AIDS? So if you bring Mono home, I am just supposed to go to the doctor for my antibiotics quietly. You got life real…”
    “Watch it Danielle you are skating on thin ice. Don’t say something you will regret later. Now if you don’t mind I am going to shower and prepare for my day tomorrow. I would really appreciate it if you cleaned up the mess you made during your little temper tantrum.”
    “Temper tantrum? How the hell can you walk away so nonchalant like it’s no big deal that you are in a committed relationship but step out regularly?” As an extra thought, Danni decided to ask the million dollar question. “What if the roles were reversed? Would you be so understanding?”
    “Easy, I look at you as a child. A dependent. Your little stunt tearing up things in our home further proved my point. I will continue to treat you as such. Rule number one is children are to be seen and not heard. You would never consider stepping out on me. Please! Who would want an immature, loud mouth, and not to mention chubby woman such as yourself?” He annunciated as if she were dumb. “Face it sweetie, you should thank your lucky stars I chose you. Oh and I already had dinner so no need to fix anything.”
    Danni was so outdone at the things he chose to say to her. Her heart hurt tremendously. There was nothing she could do besides shed those stupid unwanted tears. If her self-esteem didn’t suffer before, it has taken a nose dive into no man’s land now. After the verbal abuse from Lamont, the man she swore to love forever had destroyed any light she had in her life. It would probably be better to just end things but she had enough common sense to know that wasn’t the answer. That would only cause those who truly loved her to suffer and she didn’t want that for them.
    Murder wasn’t an option either for she couldn’t see herself serving a life sentence for his stupidity. What man in their right mind pokes the bear when they have already stolen something important from them? An insane man is what. Why, was the question that was nagging her the way he claims she nags him? Why would he throw away years together for flings? How many had there been? Does she know any of them? Does he have feelings for any of them? Why did he even stay with her this long if he didn’t really want to be there? Her mind was made up if he didn’t want her she wouldn’t make him stay.
     
    Danni drove until she was downtown, far away from home. Honestly she hadn’t even realized she had walked out of the house until she was exiting the freeway. The only thing she had with her was her purse. It was evident Lamont could give two shits that she wasn’t there when he came out of the bathroom so she didn’t bother leaving a note. Plus she had been gone for at least twenty minutes and he had yet to call. Pulling into one of the new hotels in the area, she had the valet park her car. Asking for directions to the bar area, she had a seat in the booth furthest in the corner.
    The waitress approached with a gentle, chirpy demeanor until she noticed Danni wasn’t in an accepting mood. Danni tried her best to not be a bitch and just ordered the strongest drink she could muster up. Whiskey sour. One of her favorites when she was in college until Lamont told her it wasn’t lady-like to drink such manly drinks. That was her first mistake as she started to reflect over their time together. She let him make so many decisions in her life. How she dressed. How she spoke. What name she went by. Where she worked. Where they stayed. What she ate and how she ate it. Drank what he said was appropriate. Lamont was a raging control freak and she let her love for him mask the obvious.
    By the fifth whiskey sour, she started to loosen up quite a bit. It had been so long since she had real alcohol. Knowing full well that an alcoholic beverage was the last thing to solve her problems she kept