IZZY'S GONE

I watch Izzy fidget. Even in the pool, it’s like he can’t stay still.The clouds are the only reason he’s come in here in the first place, so my eyes find the clouds, spotting the clouds and pointing them out to him. With every shape we find, I swim closer to him, he has his eyes on the clouds the whole time, but he still swims away from me. “Is that… what do you call big rat?” I point out to a vague shape, swimming towards him, his brows furrow as he tries to understand what exactly I’m talking about. I swim to him, he does a weird kick in the water, waddling away from me.Almost as if he can sense me coming. “A rabbit?” he asks in pleasant surprise. What surprises me is the soft chuckle he gives. I smile at him. He didn’t give that to Daniel. Pleased with myself, I start coming up with other animals.“That’s the fake horse one, the ones in the stories?”He presses his lips together, a smile playing on his lips, the sight is absolutely cute.“You mean unicorns.”I snap my finger

WHAT AM I?

My first thought when I find him and his things missing is that something must have happened to him. I’m not a very deep sleeper, but after the wine and the activities from yesterday, it’s no surprise I slept through everything. The locks aren’t tampered with, I return to his room, eyes sweeping the entire place, top to bottom, in case I missed anything the first time I checked.There’s nothing but the lingering smell of him.My hand goes slack on the door handle, instinctively I know he’s gone, left while I was still in bed. He made the bed perfectly, no crease, that’s how I know he was carted away.He left willingly.Maybe something happened back home that he had to leave immediately, with no time to explain, the fact that he had time to make the bed perfectly, makes this theory invalid. Still, I refuse to believe that he could have woken me up for this emergency and chose not to. I dial his number over and over. Izzy doesn’t pick my calls.If something happened to a member of h

WRAPPED AROUND HIS FINGER

Inviting Izzy to come watch my match was spur of the moment. It just slipped out of my mouth and I didn’t want to take it back. Nobody ever came to watch me fight, and that didn’t matter before him. “Don’t touch him.” I warn Daniel, ignoring the churn in my stomach at the thought of leaving the two of them alone again. Then I look at Izzy, his eyes as he’s watching me with a mix of fascination and awe… Now is not the time, still, I jolt in my pants.“We get it, he’s your husband. Go make me some money.” Daniel tells me.I search Izzy’s eyes, waiting for his confirmation that it was okay to leave the two of them. It’s his word that matters, his comfort, if he asks me to stay, I’d stay without a second thought. He gives me an affirmative nod, eyes shining with something, I’m unsure what it is.And that’s when I go.I’m charged tonight, because in the crowd, Izzy is watching. I’m lighter on my feet, energy buzzing through my finger tips down to my toes. I bounce on the spot, shaking of

WHAT IZZY DOESN'T KNOW

The call about Izzy comes three days later.An unknown caller, with Mackayla still at large, I never changed my phone number, I never declined calls from unknown callers. “It’s Izzy.” Courtney’s panicked voice comes through the speakers, jolting me awake. “Something…something’s happening. Oh god, it’s happening again.” Her voice is trembling, it’s clear she’s crying.At the mention of Izzy I’m already on my feet, shoving on jeans I’d left on the bed, heart running wild with fear. Something has happened to him. I should have called.Why was I waiting for him to call first?! It’s Izzy we’re talking about.I rush out of the apartment without bothering with socks, getting a taxi to his place is difficult. In this side of town, there’s hardly ever a taxi. And so I run most of the way, running through the dilapidated part of town, over the bridge, my stamina is great, but the fear that something has happened to him… my lungs threaten to explode. When I finally find a taxi, my leg bounce

FAN MEET

“Today’s lunch is turkey sandwich.”Izzy stills upon getting caught sneaking out of his room like a rat. I stare at him from above my nose, hands crossed. He looks like a rat alright, hunched, nose first, left leg stretched in a bid to tip toe soundlessly. But I’d been waiting for him.This morning I barely missed him after his run, I met the sound of his door shutting once I got back from the gym though. It should have been enough. But it’s not, nothing short of kissing him, having his beautiful eyes on me would ever be enough. So, here I am, dangling turkey sandwich in front of his face, hoping he’d latch on to it.He sucks on his teeth thoughtfully, hand going to his stomach. “Still full from breakfast,”I narrow my eyes, feeling myself get irritated.“You’re still full of what? Air?”He made the smallest, saddest bowl of cereal for breakfast, just so he’d duck in fast enough. I watched from the doorway, so he’d eat something at least. He had smiled in accomplishment to himself,

All Chapters of The Temporary Husband: Chapter 91 - Chapter 95

IZZY'S GONE

WHAT AM I?

WRAPPED AROUND HIS FINGER

WHAT IZZY DOESN'T KNOW

FAN MEET