Eternally Yours--Chapter 12 Roman Loses It
"Doc let me in." Roman yelled through her bedroom door. "Let's talk about this."
"I can't Roman." she cried laying on her bed and reaching for the picture of John she had hidden in her dresser drawer. "I just want to sleep now."
"Doc, this is ridiculous." he said growing furious with the way she was acting. "One minute, you're telling me that you love me and want to make love to me, and then the next you're locked in your room crying hysterically. What's going on Doc?"
"I don't want to talk about it now." she sobbed holding the picture of John close to her. "Can't we just talk in the morning?"
"No Doc." Roman began pounding on the door. "I want to talk about this now."
"Well I don't." she shouted back over her sobs.
"You know what Doc," Roman began trying to push open the door, "if you don't come out here and talk to me, then I'll break this door down."
John drove frantically towards the penthouse. He looked at the clock and realized that it was kind of late to go over there, but he realized that what he had to say just couldn't wait. He needed to tell Roman the truth immediately. He was so emersed in his thought that he ran a stop sign.
"Damn it." he said when he saw flashing lights behind him. He pulled out of the Jeep while a police officer walked up to his car.
"Going a little fast aren't you buddy?" the man asked glancing into the Jeep.
"I'm sorry officer, I realize that I was speeding and there is no excuse for that..." John began apologizing.
"Mr. Black, I didn't realize it was you." the man insisted smiling. "How are you doing?"
"Fine Jeff." John said realizing that he knew the officer. "How are you doing?"
"I'm okay except for the fact that I'm out in the cold rather than spending Christmas eve with my family." Jeff said tearing up the ticket.
"I know what you mean." John agreed thinking about Marlena.
"Hey, did you and Dr. Evans ever get married?" Jeff asked him.
"Not yet." John sighed realizing that he wasn't in the mood to small talk.
"That's too bad." Jeff said thinking about it.
"Well, actually I'm on the way over to her place now to spend the holidays with her." John explained anxious to see Marlena.
"In that case why don't you head off then." Jeff said smiling.
"I'm sorry about the stop sign." John apologized.
"Don't worry about it." Jeff said walking towards his car. "Just be careful Mr. Black. There's supposed to be quite a storm tonight."
"What?" Marlena asked opening her bedroom door.
"We need to talk about this Doc." Roman insisted pushing his way into her bedroom. "What's going on between us?"
"What are you talking about?" she asked watching him sit down on her bed.
"Why do you jump every time that I try to touch you Doc? We're engaged and I don't think that you should run away from me every time that I want to get intimate with you." Roman said staring her down.
"Roman, I just don't think that I'm ready for this right now." she said closing her eyes. "I think that we are taking this a little too fast."
"Too fast Doc?" He asked amazed. "When we were married, you could hardly keep your hands off of me."
"Well, I've changed Roman." she explained looking into his eyes.
"You couldn't have changed that much." he said standing to face her. "You loved to have sex Marlena."
"There you go again." she said frustrated. "Do you think that I'm just the kind to "have sex" Roman? Do you know how cheap you just made me sound?"
"Well, it's the truth Doc." Roman replied growing angry again. "You weren't exactly the little shy one when we were together. In fact, if I recall correctly, your obsession with it broke up our marriage."
"That's not fair." she yelled looking at him.
"That's it isn't it?" He asked looking her over. "Your sleeping with someone else, aren't you?"
"How dare you." she gasped enraged with Roman. She looked at the fury in his face and she realized that he was nothing like the man she had married years ago.
"That's it." he said looking her over. "You lying slut. You're sleeping with someone else again."
"I think that you're way out of line." she said starting to cry as she smelled the alcohol on his breath. "I think that you've had too much to drink tonight."
"Too much Doc." he said grabbing her and squeezing her arms tightly. "I don't think that I've had enough yet."
"What is wrong with you?" she asked as he moved closer to her.
"My problem is the fact that you won't touch me." he said pulling her towards him and kissing her neck.
"Stop it." she yelled trying to pull back from him.
"Come on Doc." he urged as his hands explored her body. "We both want this."
"Get off of me." she yelled breaking away.
"You cheap slut." he yelled slapping her in the face causing her to fall to the floor.
"Get out of here." she sobbed touching her cheek.
"Oh God." Roman said realizing what he had just done. "I'm so sorry Doc. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Get out of here." she repeated glaring at him.
"Doc, I don't know what has come over me. I'm sorry that I hurt you." he said starting to cry in shame.
"Just get the hell out of here." she yelled crawling over to her dresser and picking up a lamp to throw at him.
"Fine." he said raising his hands in retreat. "I'll go stay with my parents tonight, but before I leave, I just want you to know that I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry for what I did."
"Just go." she said setting the lamp down and turning towards the window as she heard his footsteps down the stairs and out the front door. "Oh God, what is happening?"
John took a deep breath as he knocked on the penthouse door. He knew that Roman wasn't going to like what he had to say, but he couldn't stand to be away from Marlena any longer. He rang the doorbell since there was no answer. After about five minutes he began to worry that something was wrong, so he pulled his key to the penthouse out of his jacket pocket.
John opened the door and noticed that the living room was empty. He looked around and saw the fireplace was burning. He walked over towards the couch and noticed a champaign glass on the table.
"Hello, is anyone here?" he asked looking around the first level.
He walked through the kitchen and Marlena's study and then he decided that Roman and Marlena must have gone out for a while. He was going to sit on the couch and wait for them to return when he noticed a light coming from Marlena's bedroom door.
He felt his heart start pounding when he imagined what Roman and Marlena could be doing in her room. He suddenly felt the urge to run from the penthouse, but he couldn't move. He knew that he had to see what was going on in Marlena's bedroom, so he forced his way quietly up the stairs. He felt his heart beating so hard that he thought it would jump out of his chest when he reached the top of the stairs.
John noticed that Marlena's door was slightly ajar, so he gently pushed it open to look inside. He peered into the room and saw Marlena laying on the bed without her sweater on. He suddenly was overwhelmed with feelings of jealousy as his mind painted in the pictures of what she and Roman were up to. His thoughts of her and Roman came to a sudden halt when he realized that she was sobbing.
John opened the door instantly without looking to see if Roman was around. He was drawn in to her as she cried into her pillow. He looked around the room and realized that she was alone. He moved over to the bed and sat down next to her. Realizing that she hadn't noticed that he was in the room, he touched her hair softly.
"Don't touch me." she jumped instantly retreating from his touch.
"Doc it's me." John said reaching for her again.
"Oh John. Thank God it's you." she said falling into his chest as she sobbed.
To Be Continued....
To Chapter 13
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