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Actions Have Consequences Vol 7: You are a Bitch Doug said, "You don't have to go Helen. You know that, please stay we can work out our marriage." The sad mover so wanted what her faithful husband said to be true. It was not and no matter many stars they wished upon, how many eyebrows they plunk, how coins they dropped in a well, or how many dandelions they blew, the truth would remain. Helen had to leave her husband. The heartbroken woman said, "My love, you know that we have to do it. We do not want to, but we have to. This separation is what is best for the both of us. I went too far with what I did with you and we cannot grow while still under the same roof. The past will hinder us. My leaving is not for my good, it is for the good of us. I swear to you, it is not for good if you still want me after you follow Dr Ricci's suggestion." The desperate man said, "How about that promise you made about making sure I get back to good?" Helen fought the tears in her eyes; she did not want to cry. She knew that if she did, then Doug would comfort her. That would have made her stay. She wanted nothing more than to stay, but knew it would be for selfish reasons. It would only be for 'her' good, not the good of their relationship, or most importantly Doug's best interest. Helen was ready for herself imposed permanent exile from love, to do what was right for the man who would always own her heart. Helen grabbed Doug by both of his hands. "I will keep my word. I will be there for you whenever you need me. Call me anytime, I will drop everything and be there for you. Right now, I just cannot be with you." Doug said, "You are helping me to get better; I need you by my side right now. I know I been acting different. I did not mean that I said 'you are a bitch'." Doug was getting better at controlling his new found anger. He was for once in his life learning to not suppress it, but allowed it to be part of him. Anger was a natural part of being human; it was just people have to express it right. Even now, with the little bit of name calling Doug has done, he was still better than 95% of the public. Doug did not use ad hominem attacks to hurt Helen, but to gain the upper hand in the disagreement. When he allowed his anger to be in control, he would stoop to anything to win. Doug did not like that new fact he learnt about himself. The dirty player knew that attacking his better half, instead of staying on point was a way to get her off track. His loyal opposition being off kilter made it easier for him to win the argument. Helen smiled. "Doug, it is fine that you called me a bitch in the heat of the moment. Plus, face the fact; you are married to a bitch. I am not a good person, never was. You bring out the best in me and that is why you are under the delusion I am a good person. I want to become that person you see me as. I will. I promise if you have not moved on with your life when I am that person, I will be with you for the rest of our lives." Doug shook his head. "Don't leave. We can become better together. I am not going to follow his suggestion. I know who is best for me and I know who my heart and soul wants. You! You are the lady my heart wants, you are the lady that is the best for my soul. It would not be fair to another lady for me to go out on a date with them, while I am in love with you. It also would not be fair to go out with another lady with Marci around." Helen cringed inside when Doug brought up Marci. Helen was the Dr Frankenstein to Marci and now was leaving her creation on her own. She felt wrong for it was hard enough for Doug before he was in touch with his feminine side, to meet new people. Now she believed that he was going to be even more reserved, to protect how sensitive he actually was. Before, he protected himself by just denying expressing his emotions, now he would need to find a new way. Oh how she loved Doug as Marci also! She loved how open her husband was to her when he had that disguise on. She knew that any woman with an open mind would totally embraced Marci; she was so sweet and adorable. She also knew that the wrong woman would use Marci to walk all over Doug. The protective woman would never let that happen. She would do anything in her powers to protect the man who owned her heart. Helen reassured Doug, "Dear, Marci is a great part of you and any smart woman would love to have her as part of the relationship. I will be there for you once you figure out that I am not the one for you. I will make sure you get the best woman possible for yourself. I will always be your protector, your best friend, your confidant and your biggest supporter. I am not saying, I am going back on my word. I am not. I will jump at the chance of being with you as soon as you do what the good doctor wants you to. I am just saying you are right, I am a bitch, and you deserve much better." Doug went to raise another objection and Helen put her right index finger on his lips to quiet him. Doug's protector then tenderly kissed him on the cheek. The heavy hearted woman said, "KidA, we can talk all night, but it is not going to get us anywhere else but where we are at now. I will not become weak and do what I want. I will do what is needed to be done. I will be staying at Julie's, you know where she lives and you have her number along with mine. She knows I told you if you need me not to be afraid to come over anytime night or day. She also wants you to call her if you need to contact me and I am out of reach. She wants what you want so she is going to help you however she can. Julie is a good person and I should have stayed closer friends with her. I am going to reconnect with her. I will become that better person. I will become that person you see me as. I love you Doug, but right now love is not enough!" Doug fought the tears in his eyes. It was not for he thought crying was a sign of weakness. It was for he knew that Helen would stay to comfort him. If that woman, who was doing everything to muster her strength to do what she needed to do, would stay, if Doug needed her comforting him. Doug wanted his wife to stay on her own free will, not for she broke down to comfort him. Doug, with a new resolution; strongly said, "Mistress of my heart." That is the new pet name Doug gave Helen. "Love will find a way. It is enough when it is true and pure, like ours. I will do what Dr Ricci suggested. I will be as open as I can with the date, but once that first date is over, I am going get you and you will come home with me. We will sleep in our bedroom, in our bed together again. This is not a promise, but me stating the facts!" Helen smiled and said, "I know. I will be around; please come and get me when you finished what you have to do." Helen turned around, in her heart she knew that Doug believed a lie. He thought he knew that what he said was going to come to fruition. She knew better, it would not. The altruistic wife had a plan. She was going to make sure Doug got with the woman he should have had always been with, Maria. ************ After the Foreman's first session; their marriage counselor, Dr. Ricci, made a strong suggestion that the incompatible couple had a "trial separation". Dr. Ricci withheld the fact that he wanted a permanent dissolution of their marriage at the session; for he knew that Doug would just get up and leave when he heard his recommended course of treatment for the loving couple's marriage issues. Dr. Ricci was a little intrigued with Doug. He never met a person who was a romantic at heart and yet was so withdrawn from expressing their emotions. He also was impressed by how strong emotionally Helen was, and how she had the willpower to fight off her demons for so long, until they finally stormed the castle which surrounded her heart. After their session, Dr. Ricci discussed his true findings with the hopeful Helen. Helen was devastated by the results, but knew she had to do what was best for Doug. The healer of emotions was pleased Helen agreed with his diagnosis of the couple's state of their relationship, and went along with the drastic measure he advocated. After hearing the tale of the hell that Helen put Doug through, he knew the couple's relationship was beyond redemption. He was happy with himself that he stayed professional. He knew he could not pass any emotional judgment on either of them. He did hate Helen's actions and also that Doug was an enabler of hurtful abusive behavior. He also knew that they were good people that just got caught in the wrong circumstances. They did not have the luxury of luck looking over their relationship. It was easy to be in a good relationship when things are going well. Life did not go that well for either of them. It did not matter that fate played a cruel trick on the star crossed lovers; they still needed to be apart. This was the real world and most of the time there is no happily ever after, in his opinion. This separation would be made easier on them as he who knew best, for others was orchestrating it. ********** Helen got settled in at Julie's and they quickly picked up their relationship from where it used to be before Helen started to hang out with the wrong crowd, mainly Cindy. Julie was in her mid 50's. She and Helen was both 11th grade English teacher at Shermer High. They worked well together in coordinating that their classes were doing the same course work. They also shared the same taste in literature works and classic movies from the 50's. They both loved the future which never came to be as was portrayed in those films. The future was bright and humans would come together and live as one. They also knew how much those work of art were the stark opposite of the reality of that time. Those two friends started to hang out less when Cindy started to use Helen as her pawn. One thing was Julie never worked out a day of her life. She was active and that was how she stayed fit, so she was not interested in going to the gym. The main reason was that Cindy made a conscious effort to keep those two apart. Julie was optimistic and saw the best in people; those weaknesses would hinder Cindy's corruption of Helen. Also, Cindy knew how straightforward Julie was and if Helen's true friend found out the deceiver's lie, she would had work on clearing it up. Julie would have used direct communication. Helen knew that she had to make the call to Maria right away. If she waited, she would be delayed doing that unpleasant task until she became too weak and followed her desires; instead of fulfilling what was a necessity for her and her 'KidA' to become better. She knew doing the right thing was hard, that why it was not done as often as it should had been in life. Maria was at home when her phone rang; she picked it up and became instantly pissed off when she heard the skank's voice. Maria went on the attack. "What the hell do you want, you fucking skank?" Maria was at least going to get the pleasure of making sure this woman, who was on an ego trip, knew exactly what Maria thought of her! Helen stayed calmed; she knew she deserved it. The bitch would never get mad at anyone attacking her about her treatment of Doug. "I called to tell you that Doug and I are done. I took your advice and left him. He does deserve someone who is better than me. So, if what you said at the wedding is true, here is your second chance? You are lucky I had only one chance with that wonderful man and messed it up. I WILL make sure you regret it, if you break his heart again." Maria was uncertain what to say. Why would Helen call her and tell her this? A couple of weeks ago, at John's brother weddings, the lady, who wrong the man she should had been with, was remorseful for how she treated Doug. She was also adamant about never putting up the white flag on her's and her husband's relationship. After a couple of seconds of silence Helen said goodbye to Maria. She felt her strength leaving her and did not want the soon to be new owner of her husband's heart hear her cry. Helen wanted to be left alone so she stayed in her room to cry herself to sleep. The door open up and then Julie came in. She did not say a word to her hurt friend. Julie just put her arms around Helen and was there for her. Maria was unsure of if she trusted Helen's words. That deceitful lady could be setting Maria up to be the villain and somehow Helen make herself look better. But what could it be? Maria could not see a trap and that made her more confident that there was one. She did not care if it was a setup; Helen said the right words; so was made the decision to take the chance and went to walk into a spider's web for the chance to get who she thought she should had always been with. ********* Doug spiraled into a depression as soon as Helen walked out the door. He instinctively knew that Helen had no faith in what he said. He could tell that she was defeated. The worse was he knew that Helen felt like she deserved to have no light in her life and to be relegated to the shadows. Doug felt so alone in their house. He knew it would always be their house in his heart and mind. It might had been the house he grew up in, but Helen's presence changed Fort Forman from a Spartan place where Doug senior tried to make perfect little soldiers into a warm homestead. The spirit of the house left and now it felt like a barracks. Doug knew he had to get out and go somewhere, but his old vice of the need for any action to be justified stormed his decision making ability. To do something just to experience it, made no sense to him now, if he has already done that action. His requirement of a need for a reason gave him indecision. A couple of days later, Doug sat down with his notepad to make a new schedule of activities when luck shined upon him and his phone rang. It was John, his best friend, calling to see if maybe Doug and Helen wanted to do something with him and his wife, Janet. John was a people's person and knew he had to fix any ill feeling his wife might of had towards Doug and Helen and vice versa. The last time those four were together, by themselves, so many bad things were said by all parties. John was not going to lose his best friend over that spat. Doug replied was a simple no. John felt lucky and blessed he could speak to Doug and knew that 'no' meant there was something seriously wrong with his friend. He was lucky for he knew the subtle inflection in Doug's voice when he was holding something in and picked up on that right away. John felt blessed for being able to understand Doug meant he had a great person as his best friend, who he could depend on, and that friend could depend on him. John knew that Doug was not a phone person and said, "I'm coming over right now!" Doug asked, "Why?" John knew Doug was saying, 'I want to be left alone so this better be for something more than just hanging out.' John said, "Come on Dude. I know you, something is up, and I want to be there for you and Helen. We are there for each other. That is our thing!" Doug cracked a momentary smile. Being there, yeah that was their thing. Before being with Maria and Helen, it was the only thing Mr. Logic would do without a reason. John needed something he was there no questions asked. Doug said, "Helen is not here." Being fluent in Doug, John could translate that last sentence to what any normal person would have said. 'Helen left me and I want to be alone.' John held back his anger at Helen. That lady has been acting supremely erratic lately and so this was no shock to him. He wondered if she was having an early midlife crisis, or if she just went crazy. In his mind, nothing else could explain why she was doing what she was doing. There could be something wrong with her. Even if she was just a bitch, and John knew she was not, it still was not the time to be mad. Doug loved her and he knew that his loyal friend would defend the owner of his heart. John said, "Come over, I know you have to be hungry." Doug knew that was shorthand for, 'We are going to have a nice dinner and John will do whatever he could to make sure Doug's broken heart was repaired as fast as it could.' Doug said, "See you soon." ********** John was not looking forward to the next couple of months. He knew that he was going to have to somehow juggle being a newlywed, and being there for Doug. It was going to be hard. Janet did not understand or even like Doug. The material girl could not comprehend how Doug was not driven by objects. Janet did not trust or like him; she took his detachment from emotions as him hiding something. She did not like that she could not read him. Lastly, he was a freaking boy scout; he was too good to be true, that just confirmed her notion he had to be hiding something. John thought back about the last time he had to perform open heart surgery on his best friend. It was because of his sister. Ohhh, he still got mad at her for what she did. She broke up with Doug, but that was not the reason John still got mad at her. Couples broke up all the time; it was the natural ending of a relationship to John. He believed that nothing last forever, so what made love any different? Nothing. Love would end also in his mind. The rationale for his anger at his little sister's action of breaking up with Doug, was the justification behind her doing so. Maria was young, and with being young, she was also stupid. She broke up with her perfect man for she wanted to sow her wild oats. The adventure seeker thought that she would get Doug back when she was ready to settle down. He warned her, many times, not to do it. She went against the unwanted advice of her older brother. If just making that fool hearted decision was not bad enough; it was how she did it. She ripped Doug's heart out. Doug came home from college every weekend to help his newly divorced mom with her sons and spend some time with his main squeeze. Doug went to pick up Maria for their date and she told him that they were broken up. That she had a date with someone else tonight and was running late, so she could not talk about it. She then told Doug she would always love him. Doug's heart crumbled to dust when he heard the news. He stayed stoic, showing emotions would not had done anything to change his reality, so he held his love, anger, rage and hate in. He told Maria that he understood and left. Maria was so relieved that she did not lie to Doug. While she did lie, but that was by omission so that did not count in her eyes. The next few weeks were hard for Doug, and also John. Doug did not know why he was single and it drove him crazy. He did nothing wrong and he believed that those two were so happy together. He opened up around her and she was one of the few people to know the real Doug. She was shocked but loved Doug's mischievous side. John thought that he would never speak to his sister again. That would have happened, but Doug met Helen. She brought that spark back into his friend. He was so relieved for he really thought his friend was becoming a robot. He could not stand that he had to watch his friend become even more detached from the world. Maria, on the other hand, was devastated when she found why Doug was not home every weekend. How could her brother keep that information from her? It spoiled her plans of getting Doug back after she was done playing the field. If she knew that Doug even had a date with a girl, she would had called him and got back together right away. The first words between the siblings, since Maria tried to put Doug in storage, were when Maria confronted her brother. Maria demanded, "Why didn't you tell me? You let the man I love start to date another woman!" John said, "No, you let him date another woman. You broke up with him; he was free to live his life. Do you really think that Doug was just going to pine over you and not move on with his life?" Maria did think that what was going to happen, and it would have if life did not find a way to destroy people's plans. Maria said to her brother, "Still, I am your sister. You should have been looking out for me!" John replied, "I was. Remember, I warned you not to break up with my best friend. Yet, you knew better. You broke his heart for some fun. Now like Doug would say, 'actions have consequences', so you took a stupid chance and you lost a great man. You are a great woman, Sis, just young that is not your fault. You will find someone else." He continued, "I am done talking with you about this, and oh, do not try to do anything to ruin Doug's happiness. I do not want to have to clean up yet another mess you made. If you love him, and you want him to be happy, like he is now; then leave him alone. He would be torn between you and Helen; and he can't handle that." Maria knew her brother was right. She messed up and she had to live with it. Maria never found a man who could compare to the ghost of Doug Foreman. What made it so hard was, Doug was still a part of her social life; he was part of her family. She had to see how Doug treated Helen and then look at how her man treated her. Her man would always have paled in comparison to Doug. John told Janet the news and she was happy. For some reason she thought that Helen would get custody of their friendship in the divorce. Her happiness was short lived when her husband informed her that Doug was on his way over. Then the happiness returned for she could still be friends with Helen. She would go see her now; she could even hook her up with Carl. Janet called Helen and asked her if she wanted to go out for drinks. Helen politely declined. Janet then told Helen she knew about her and Doug. Helen then said, "Then you should know it is not for the best if we hung out anymore. Doug and John are best friends and seeing you would just remind me of what I lost. Take care, my friend." After Helen ended their friendship, Janet said, "Hey Dear, Helen doesn't want to see me anymore. She said I would remind her of Doug. What is so special about Doug? There has to be something up with that. He does the right thing all the time." John just said, "I know him doing the right thing almost all the time can be oh so annoying. Trust me he does not. He has a side to him which is mischievous and playful. He is just the most reserved person until you are comfortable around him. Trust me, give him a chance." Continuing, "Like I said, he is on his way over right now. I will call Maria, and we will all head out to eat. Trust me and just be open to him. He will grow on you, and you will be amazed how charming he can be." The foursome went out to eat. Janet was astonished, that even with how heartbroken Doug was; he was a little charming. Okay, he actually made a couple of witty remarks and made sure Janet knew he was listening to her. The reason why the downtrodden man was able to be somewhat cheerful was Maria and John. Doug did not want to let them down, he knew they needed to see he was going to be fine, and he was going to be so, if not for himself, then for them. More importantly, he was going to do so for Helen. She needed him to shine, for her to gain her shine back. It was a catch 22 for Doug as could not shine if she did not shine. He fought hard that night to find a way to catch a sparkle, and did so when Maria asked him out. Maria was the only woman in the world who he could give a fair chance to on a date. He loved her with all his heart and soul, until one day she did not return his love. He knew that those feeling, which were in a coma for years, could come back. He quickly said 'yes', and told next Saturday. Maria agreed as long as she got to pick where they were going. He did not want those feelings to come back, but he wanted the date he had to have with another woman, to be a real one. It would not be fair to Helen if it was not. She needed to know that Doug would choose her over anyone. ********** Date night was upon Doug and he was excited. He knew he was being true to his word and would soon get Helen back. Doug was going to be open to the date might just be great. He knew it was a small chance it would. Yet he still remembered that out of the blue, Maria just ended it with him. He forgave her, and was over being jilted, but he hadn't forgotten it either. He was not confident in Maria would enjoy herself; once they were out, Maria would remember why she broke up with him. Doug had no idea where they were going tonight, the only hint he had was dress casual. He did not mind for it was Maria. He trusted her and knew whatever they did, it would be fun. The agenda for the date would be something they would both enjoy. At least he would get to reconnect with a dear friend. Doug arrived to pick up Maria at her parents' house, and she was stunning! It was just a casual blue and white stripe jersey dress with some flats; her long brunette hair was in a ponytail and had big hoop earrings. He loved how she used to wear her hair in a high ponytail, and this outfit was something she would have worn while in high school. Maria knew what she was doing when she planned this date. Yes, the outfit was something she would have worn in high school, and this was the first time she had her hair in a high ponytail in years. She knew how much Doug loved her hair up. He said it made her look elegant because of her long slender neck. That the seductress went with the look she knew Doug would have found appealing on her, was not the only trick she had planned. She knew how much of a sentimental person Doug was, so she planned them to relive their first date. She told Doug she had something to do at her mom's so he even had to come pick her up where he did on their first date. Then it was off to play some putt putt golf and a pizza at Monticello's Pizzeria. The night was going wonderfully, better than either of them could have hoped. Doug loved that Maria wanted to relive their first date. Maybe he was wrong, and Maria was going to enjoy their night out together. Doug was enjoying himself, but had mixed emotions. He also thought that maybe Helen was right, she was not the woman for him. He thought that, until actually on this date, he would get her back. The thought of losing Helen hurt him, but he knew that in a way, she has already moved on from him, so he had to move on from her. It was part of his logical thinking. They were eating pizza when Maria, while laughing, said, "Oh, I messed up so bad by breaking up with you! I was so in love and happy to be with you, but I wanted some fun before I settled down. I am sorry that it took so long for us to get back together, but I am not going to make that mistake again. I love you Doug. I always have." Doug put down his slice of pizza, and he got a blank expression on his face. He just found out why Maria, the first lady who owned his heart, broke up with him. It was for she wanted to date other men! She wanted to have fun! That moment Maria broke his heart again. He did not want to talk about it. He wanted to get as far away from Maria as soon as possible! Doug motion for the waitress to bring the check and told Maria the date was over. Maria said, "What is wrong my love, we were having such a great time? Oh, you still have feeling for that skank; she is a bitch and just played with your heart? I would never do so." Maria made two mistakes. First, she attacked the owner of Doug's heart and, second, she had lied. She did play with his heart. It was over a decade ago, but those wounds were just reopened for Doug. He finally found out why she left him. All this time he believed that he was not good enough for Maria, but now, he found out he was just not good enough to have a good time with her!" Doug coldly said, "The date is over. It was a mistake for me to go out with you. You are not the person I thought you were. Let us just leave it at that." Maria said, "I deserve to know why, at least tell me why?" Doug said, "Trust me you do not want to know." Maria not wanting to lose this second chance at first love said, "Please tell me. I need to know if it was something I did or else if that whore broke your heart so bad that I need to wait longer; for I have waited over 10 years for this, and would wait as long as I have to, to be with you again." Doug anger grew when Maria called the Mistress of His Heart a bitch. "Maria, never call Helen that again. She is a great woman, especially when compared to you!" Maria assumed she knew what was wrong; Doug still had feelings for Helen and wanted to stay loyal. "When Helen called me and told me she left you, she told me not to break your heart. She is not coming back to you, Doug." Doug told her, "You're right, she is not coming back. I am going to get her." Maria then said, "Get over it, she cannot treat you as good as I can treat you when we were going out, or how great I will treat you when we are together again. We are supposed to be together!" Doug just couldn't believe his ears, "Oh yes, you treated me so good that you planned a date with someone while I thought everything was fine between us. You broke my heart by breaking up with me and having a date line up for that night. I felt so insignificant. All this time, I thought that I was not good enough for you. I was wrong; it was you were not good enough for me. You will never be good enough for me. Now let us drop this before I say something you will regret hearing." Maria thought Doug was blowing out of proportion what she did years ago. She could not understand that for Doug this was new to him. Maria thought Doug was displacing his anger at Helen onto her. "Listen here, that was the past, and you know you are not mad about me breaking up with you. You are mad that bitch broke your heart and she is not here for you to take out your anger on. Now quit being a girl about this and let us get back to our wonderful date!" Doug hated that Maria told him to quit being a girl. He knew he had a feminine side, at least for now. It was a way for him to be calmly connected to his emotions. Oh, he would give anything to be wearing at least some panties now! Maria did not know she just insulted him for who he was. Doug looked at her with fire in his eyes. Maria never saw this side of Doug and did not know what to expect. The volcano of emotions erupted and spilled lava of rage onto Maria. "Yes, I am a girl for I have feelings, and would not let you, who I just found out, is so self centered, not to play with them. You are trying to play with them now. Telling me what I am upset about. How dare you, you did something wrong and think I would be fine with it. I am not! You know that actions have consequences. You discarded me to have fun. If I knew that before, you asked me out on a date, I would had told you no. You want our relationship to be about what you want, that is not a relationship. It is about putting what is best for the other, and also, the relationship above one's wants. Helen left me for she believed that was what was best for me, she did not want to, but that wonderful lady knew she needed to." Doug got up and went to the hostess to get the check and paid it. He threw some money on the table for a tip and told Maria he was leaving right now and he would drive her home as long as she did not say a word. The car ride was silent. Maria could not believe the sins from the past came back to haunt her tonight. She did not think it was a big deal that she was not upfront with Doug so long ago. She believed that once Doug cool down, he would hear her out, he was logical after all. After dropping Maria off, Doug went to go home. He was not in the emotional place to go get Helen. He wanted to be left alone. He would do it tomorrow morning, if he did it at all. Doug was having doubts about if Helen would come back. Helen told Doug she was a bitch and maybe she was right. After all, Doug was not good at seeing the worse in a woman who owned his heart. The only two who ever did, played with it. He past a bar on his way home; and thought about Maria talking about having fun. He could have fun, so he pulled in the bar's parking lot, and went in to have a good time. All he did was got drunk and stewed about his life. He could not believe how hurt he was. He was coming around to Helen's way of thinking about her being a bitch. Doug made a decision; Helen said she would always be there for him. He needed her to hear him out and hey, he could stop over Julie's anytime so why not now? Doug did not know how flawed drunk logic could be, so he went with his spur of the moment plan and called for a taxi to take him to have it out with Helen. By the time the taxi pulled up to Julie's home, it was 1:00 AM. Doug staggered to the door and rang the doorbell. He was so ready to tell Helen what was on his mind! Helen was still up so she looked out the peephole and saw Doug using his arm to stay vertical while he legs was swaying. The concerned lady open up the door and was met with the strong stench of alcohol. Doug was drunk. He looked at her and said, "You are right. Helen you are a bitch!" Actions Have Consequences Vol 8: Night of Reckoning Helen was sitting in Julie's living room on a Saturday night watching some of her favorite comedy clips on YouTube. She was too nervous, upset and excited to sleep. The nerves came from tonight was judgment night. The lady stuck in limbo would know her future with Doug. It was going to be a night of reckoning or redemption for the fallen angel. Helen did not know which night would be for the best for her, or Doug. If it was a night of reckoning she would get what she deserved. With how she treated Doug and her trust issues she knew she was not worthy of his unconditional love. If it was the night of redemption she would also get what she deserved. There is not one person alive who was worthy of pure unconditional love. Being not worthy of unconditional love does not mean that no one should get it or give it. It means that it can never be expected from another. Doug deserved what was best for him, and Helen believed she was not, so it might be best for him if he did not show up tonight. Then again, it might be the best for him if he did show up; Doug knew himself better than anyone else. Her husband told Helen that his smile became the biggest it ever was when she came into his life. John reaffirmed that fact when bought up Doug saying it. Even Maria, Doug's ex, said it was true. Helen could tell the old owner of her man's heart was a little jealous that Helen was able to make that special smile and she was not. Maria's resentment of Helen's ability to bring out that special smile in Doug always perplexed the lady in waiting of her fate until her and Doug went to John's wedding. That was where Maria gave a confession on why she did not like to see that smile on Doug's face. Maria thought she should be the one who can give Doug that smile; she wanted to be the one who watched over Doug's heart. Helen's possession of the knowledge that Maria wanted to possess the power only Helen had was the reason Doug was on a date with his ex tonight. Helen called Maria and told her rival for Doug's heart, that she was not the owner of it anymore. Helen pleaded with the lady who was looking for true love to go find her treasure. Helen then gave a dire warning of ill fortune if the seeker of love lost was to destroy what she was looking for. As each moment passed, Helen knew that the chance of the night of reckoning was upon her was increased while the hope for the night of redemption was decreased. She knew that she would not know if it was the night of reckoning until it was over, for her personal redeemer would not show up to absolve the sinner from her transgression. Then the patient woman heard the doorbell, it had to be her husband. Helen's spirits were lifted as she rose from the couch. As she went to get the verdict, Julie came downstairs while putting on a robe. She could not sleep also. Helen's old friend and new roommate wanted to know the fate of the two lovers. Julie did not know the details of what has happened between those two, it had to be bad. She also knew that they both loved each other with every ounce of their existence, and they belonged together. She was going to do everything in her power to make tonight the night of redemption. Helen was concern when she saw Doug was using his arm to lean against the doorframe and he was swaying. She quickly opened up the door to check on her man. The smell of stale alcohol and cigarettes stumbled into her nose and her concerns for his well being went away, he was drunk. If tonight did not hold the fate of her world in balance, she would have laugh at seeing Mr. Self Control so out of it! Before she could greet the man who would always own her heart he said, "You are right. Helen, you are a bitch!" Helen was hurt when she heard those words. She knew they were true, but they still hurt her. It was for 'KidA', her personal knight who slay any dragon that came into the kingdom of her heart, lost his faith in her. Doug did not hold his allegiance anymore with her and he was storming her castle to take back what was rightfully his, his heart. Even with being the owner of another's heart, a person knew it was only temporary. The person who heart it is was, would always truly owned it. The heart would only be on loan and was a major responsibility, for the new owner was in charge of taking care of it. Helen did not; she knew Doug was right in his action of taking back what was rightfully his by force. Julie could not believe she heard Doug right and said, "What?" Doug smiled when he saw his and Helen's friend. He then came into the house and said, "Oh hi there Julie, I did not know you be here. Oh yeah! You live here. You, you are a nice lady. Now Helen, Helen is a bitch. Sorry, I forgot what did you ask me?" Julie knew she was soon going to be enervated dealing with a drunk Doug. Drunken people were draining enough for sober people to deal with. Now one which is mad is even worse. Then to top it off, she knew Doug long enough to know he could not hold his liquor. He was only a social drinker, so he had no practice in being drunk. She was going to drive Doug home, but first she wanted to calm him down. Julie believed that no one deserved to be talk to how Doug just did to Helen. It was for Doug's best interest that he did not drink, he belittled people when he was drunk. Julie with an air of authority in her voice said, "Douglas Foreman, you do not talk to anyone like that around me, in my house or ever! You should know better. Sit down, stay quiet and I will get ready to take you home. Now, apologize to your wife, this instant!" Doug looked at Julie and could not understand why the referee of the talk between him and Helen called him for a foul. Before he could start to even form, let alone give, a response, Helen said, "Julie, I deserved this. Please stay out of this." Julie was so devastated for at that moment she thought that Doug was abusive towards Helen. That him saying 'bitch' was not a slip of a drunk's tongue. It seemed normal and Helen had grown accustomed to taking her abuse from her abuser. Her friend was a battered woman. After she took him home, she was going to make sure that Helen was mentally, physically and emotionally fine. She could not believe that Doug had a Mr. Hyde inside. Julie replied, "Helen no one deserves to be abused like you just were. I will do everything to make sure that Doug never harms you again. People who abuse others are low." Helen looked down, and Julie thought it was for shame. Helen's gal pal was right about the shame, but not the cause of it. Julie believed the shame came from others knowing Helen was a battered woman; it was from now Julie was going to know that Helen was the one who battered Doug. The guilt ridden woman wanted to withdraw from this conversation. She knew she could not; she had to set the record straight. Helen had to make a confession to her female confidante. Helen looked back up and, with disgrace in her voice, told Julie, "Doug never abused me, I abused him. That is why I left him. I did not know I was abusing him, but I mentally and verbally abused him. I almost up it to physically abuse and that is where I saw what I was doing. I thought it was my right to do that to the man who trusted me with his heart. So, yes, I am a bitch and Doug have the right to call me what I am. He came over to be done with me and he has the right to get all the venom he has in his soul for me, out." Doug being drunk and not being himself raised his hand. Julie wanted him to be quiet, but so wanted him to say what was on his mind. Those two were so off topic in his mind. Doug wanted to get the conversation back on track. He needed to tell Helen what was on his mind. Helen saw Doug with his hand raised and said, "Yes, Doug, what do you want?" Doug looked at Julie and said, "Is it fine if I talk?" Julie felt so bad about the ill will she felt for Doug and felt like a hypocrite for she only had ill will towards Helen's actions. Before she said yes Helen said, "Doug you never need to ask permission to talk ever again. You are free to do what you want when you want." Doug replied drunkenly, "Thank you Helen, the Bitch. I wanted to ask permission for Julie is nice, not like you. Like I was saying before I was rudely interrupted by the nice lady, Helen you are a bitch, but you are my bitch. You are the best thing which ever happened to me. Yes, we both messed up. I said both. I should have stood up to you before it got out of hand. I was too worried about keeping my word, to correct you from doing what was wrong. You did not see the abuse as abuse for I was allowing it, and you thought it was for the greater good of the relationship and me. You were looking out for me by trying to make me a better person. I know you will never do it again, for we are both getting help. Tonight I went on that date and was enjoying myself. I was enjoying myself so much that I thought we were done. Then it happened, Maria told me why she broke up with me like it was no big deal. She did so just to have fun with other men. She had no remorse for her actions. I know you will always have remorse for what you did and that is why you are the best for me. You wanted to right the wrong you did. So, come back home with me; let us keep on working on getting our relationship as strong as it can be." Helen thought that was the sweetest thing any man ever said to any woman. It was to her, for it came from the defender of her heart. She was now in the unfamiliar position of being the one who could not express herself with words. With tears running down her face, the rightful owner of Doug's heart said, "I will my 'KidA', I love you and we will get back to good together." As Helen went upstairs, she told Julie she would be back tomorrow to get the rest of her belongings. There was no way that Doug was not going to help his better half, so he corrected his wife by saying 'we would'. While Helen was changing, Julie apologized to Doug and told him that if he ever needed help to make sure he contacted her. Doug smiled at Julie and said, "Julie the Nice, Helen would never treat me that way again. She is facing her demons, like I am mine. Together we will be strong enough to get each other back to good. Together we will make sure we will always look out for what is best for the other." That night was both a night of reckoning and redemption. Helen paid for her mistreatment of Doug by admitting it to her best friend. She owned up to what she did and who she was. Doug paid for his by putting keeping his word over the good of his wife. They both were saved from the errors of their ways by admitting to another. They both now knew the severity of what they did. They would put more emphasis on getting better. Helen came back down, and those two went to their home and for the first time in months slept the night together in their bedroom.