16: Mesmerized

CHRISTY:

My dear husband was looking at me as if I had grown horns.

“What's wrong?” he asked.

He continued watching me until I got hold of myself while wiping the tears from the corner of my eyes.

"You're definitely drunk," I commented grabbed the bottle from him, and took a sip which I regretted by the way.

It had been a long time since I got drunk and the brandy felt like the first time I had tasted my alcohol.

The strong taste of the alcohol was like an acid in my throat making me cough.

“Easy. I can grab something lighter. I have a lot of ladies drinking inside.”

“I don't need it.”

I shivered as I could feel the remnants of the brandy in my throat. I made a mental note not to drink again. Besides, if I got drunk, I did not trust Everette around me.

"What part was I wrong earlier?" he asked. “Why did you laugh? I don't get it.”

Dang.

I needed water, but I was too lazy to enter the house.

"The part where not all men did is not after sex? Like hello? I've been with countles