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Chapter 26: Lunch Discussions
Brayden found Meredith sitting in his home office chair. He took a breath and approached her.
“I ordered lunch. Soup and salad. I normally don’t eat a lot of pizza but I do like Gino’s. I’ll get us a pepperoni.”
“Oh. Okay.” Meredith wasn’t sure how else to respond. She wasn’t sure what to even do in this home that was supposed to be theirs. He was a stranger to her and this home was unknown. Everything in it was his. It was all so expensive. While she had thought of enjoying a bath she wasn’t sure when she would have privacy to even take a bath. She didn’t know how much that fancy tub had even cost. She felt like she shouldn’t touch anything for fear of breaking something expensive.
“We can go over particulars durin
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Meredith found Dino in the bedroom near the office. He was curled up in the far corner of the closet as if he were trying to get as far away from wherever he was being held against his will. He looked up at her with his ears back and a sad but angry look in his eyes.“I’m sorry Dino.” Meredith crept slowly towards him. “I had no choice. I had to marry him.” She apologized to Dino and he let her pick him up and hold him close in a cuddle. Involuntarily he began to purr and she was glad he wasn’t going to be traumatized for life over the ordeal. She couldn’t say the same for herself. And poor Dino was going to have to stay locked up in this little room. “Not if I can do something about it.”She sat there with Dino in her lap stroking him and wondering if she would have been better forever obsessing
My Death Contract Chapter 28: The First Night
Meredith sat at the kitchen island alone. She knew she had overstepped with the question. But it was all she wanted to know when she thought about it.She wondered about this man that was her husband. He didn’t show much emotion and was very matter of fact What kind of life would she have? She had made her choice, what little choice she had.Brayden had told her that he made her forget Chad. That the reason she had fallen for him was because she could forget the past. But in truth it was the opposite. Being here in this strange cold condo with things that didn’t belong to her living a lie made her think of nothing but the past. She didn’t want to think of her future because she didn’t want to see how dark it would get the longer she stayed here in this mess. But there was no way out of “death do us part.”
My Death Contract Chapter 29: The Rings
Meredith was falling. She felt her stomach lifting and doing flips and turns in synchronicity to her body as she continued to free fall. She was wearing a blue dress and a white apron. She looked around and saw she was falling through Alice’s rabbit hole. She was Alice. She saw her father on an old tv set in the roots. He was at a dog race with tickets in hand looking nervously out at the field. The shot cut away to the dogs and focused on one that had the lead but was being gained on quickly by the pack.Meredith looked away and along the other side of the tunnel she saw another tv set with her mom sitting at their home office desk. She was calculating something and crying while she did it. The screen blinked in and out like it was losing reception. Meredith felt a tear slide down her own face as she watched until it was nearly out of view.S
My Death Contract Chapter 30: The Routine
Meredith was looking out the window in Brayden’s home office when he brought her attention back to him.“I wanted to go over my routine with you and add a few changes to accommodate married life.” He told her as though they were going over the final details of a business project of some sort. She thought he must see it that way. It was all about business for him. It was a matter of who would become the next CEO, there was nothing more to that. He was married to his work. She figured if he was going to go through with a fake marriage just to keep working harder and harder each day maybe he did deserve to be the next CEO.“Okay.” She finally responded.“Everyday I get up at 6 a.m. and go running on the lake then workout,”
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Meredith sat down on the love seat in Dino’s room while she waited for her apartment to arrive in boxes as foretold by Brayden. She decided she needed to respond to her messages. She picked up the her phone and hit send then waited. “Hello, Meri.” Her mother answered on the first ring. “Why did you make me wait so long. Why are you moving? What’s going on?” “Hello, Mom. Are you sitting down? I have a lot to say.” Meredith responded with a sigh. “Oh?” “First. I know about Dad and the races.” Meredith began. “Oh…” Her mother whispered and audibly sat down. “Mom, I told you to sit down.” Meredith scolded. “I know, I know but I wasn
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“Hey.” Brayden said as Meredith entered the main room of the condo that held the living and dining areas attached to the breakfast nook and kitchen. He was standing before a wall of boxes. “Can you come with me to the truck? I was going to have them send your furniture to the Salvation Army.”“What?” Meredith didn’t want her stuff given away. It was her stuff. But then what use did she have for it in Braydens furnished condo.“Just come look with me.” A couple of guys walked by with stacks of boxes on dollies as Brayden led Meredith by the small of her back. At first she found the gesture comforting then she realized that he was doing it for show. She sighed and went along with him. This was what her life was now. She had bargained with the evil and lost. More like her parents had made the bargain for
My Death Contract Chapter 33: Home Within a Home
Meredith and Brayden finished going through her clothes and were left were her favorite pajamas, a sundress Chad had picked out for her that she couldn’t part with, two pairs of her favorite jeans, a hoodie from the University of Chicago, and her favorite T-shirt. She kept the outfit that Taylor and her mother had picked out for her which Brayden agreed with as it had gotten his attention. She had a pair of black flats that were worn that she refused to get rid of no matter how much Brayden protested, and a pair of strappy sandals. Everything else in her wardrobe remained in the boxes or on the bed where they had been sorting things.It was late. The wardrobe sorting had taken several hours due to Brayden having to convince Meredith to get rid of things reminding her that they would be replaced. They were both worn out and tired of each other. Brayden excused himself to the office and Meredith went i
My Death Contract Chapter 34: Dinner Questions
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