Days were passing rapidly, seconds turned minutes ,turned into hours ,turned into days ,turned into weeks, turned into three months. And still nothing from her husband.

Raven was scared, aggravated, worn out.

What if he had moved on and had a new family in the works? What if her coming to terms was all a waste of time?

Sitting on the couch her children lay peacefully in the playpen before her as she relaxed on the chair next to a healed David.

She had voiced her apology to him everyday for three weeks until he became annoyed with her blaming herself. It was that deranged Stephen that had stabbed him eight times and left him for dead.

Just minutes into their third movie Raven could hear keys jingling at the front of the house while David snores lightly on the couch. Grabbing her pepper spray she made her way into the corridor to check on the sound.

Behind the door stood a darker complexioned version of the love of her life. The sun had darkened his skin tone and he had gained more muscle than he had last time she saw him. She was afraid to move.

Feet stuck to the ground just a few feet away from the man she thought she knew everything about but only knew enough to marry him carelessly.

"Hey baby."

Raven was tired of crying. It wasn't the emotion from the factory of hormones running through her body. Well maybe it was. Just a little.

"Stop crying princess. I'm home now and better. I checked myself into a rehab center and got some help, some that actually worked."

As much as she wanted to believe him she couldn't. He would have to prove it to her.

Stephen took small, slow, staggered steps towards the women he loved so much. And took her into his large arms. Engulfing her small body and kissing her forehead lightly.

He missed the way she smelled, her laugh, her smile, her, her everything. And he couldn't wait to get his hands on his children he knew he had missed so much but he wouldn't be missing anything from this point on. They were his world.

"Baby I'm sorry, for everything. Stabbing David... how is he?"

"He's fine." Sorrow tinted her voice as she spoke quickly regarding her friend.

"I'm sorry for cheating, and leaving you alone, I'm sorry for beating you after giving you permission to sleep with him, I'm sorry for everything I've ever done to you. Just please forgive me. Let me start over."

She nodded. He didn't need to apologize she had already made her decision.

"You didn't have to apologize. I should be apologizing. You were right. I'm yours and I stepped out of boundaries. Disobeying you, cheating, not staying in my place. It won't happen again."

He shook his head. He was loosing her because of his mistakes.

"Baby I don't want you to change anything. I don't own you, you're not property. Your my wife, you have feelings, you have a say so. Just let me know stuff."

She shook her head. There was no way she was changing her mind and going through the trauma he had already caused her once. Again.

He hugged her tighter holding her as close as possible not wanting to ever let her go. But as soon as he did things took a horrible turn. He then realized that Raven was gone.

She dropped her shorts before removing her tank top and sat on the decor table just left of the door pulling him close. She allowed him to touch her and explore her body. Something he hadn't done in a little over nine months.

But the way her body reacted to his touch wasn't the same. She didn't toss her head back at his touch. Her body didn't erupt at his touch. Her skin didn't burn red. She was doing it because he had claimed her. He had almost killed someone because of her.

"As much as I want to I can't. I don't want to."

"You haven't touched me in months E." She pleaded with him as she touched herself.

"I know. But I will when the feelings are real not forced."

"They're not forced E. I just had two kids. And you haven't touched me in forever."

"Are you sure?"

She nods her head yes pulling him closer and caressing his face with her small left hand. He lingers, forehead to forehead with her listening to how uneven her breathing begins to get as he rubs his fingers lightly across her bare thighs.

He knew fore play would get things started and back on track.

Fumbling with his belt she unbuckled it with ease before unbuttoning his pants and dropping them to his ankles. His penis had grown since the last time they'd had sex and she wanted him more than ever.

"No teasing, show me how much you love me. Let's make another baby."

Stephen laughed toying at her entrance. The ecstasy that played on her face while sinful words slipped from her lips almost inaudibly make his erection harder than before.

"Just do it already."

And he listened. Plunging into her with soft strokes. Savoring the moment while the table rocked lightly hitting the wall with each stroke.

Ravens head lay against the wall while Stephens hand play lightly around her neck as his strokes dug deeper into her.

Both struggled to keep quiet as their orgasms began to build. Coming close to finishing his strokes began to get deeper and faster. He held Raven close never wanting to let her go again. Her screams soon filled the corridor and the whole house and his release came soon after.

She was in love again. And in nine months she would be a mother again. Her family would be expanding and Stephen had won her heart again.

Stupid right?

Fifteen minutes of sex and she was in love again. But how could you blame her? He was the father of her children. The love of her life. Her husband.

She couldn't just abandon him. He said he had gotten help. So that meant he wouldn't go on a killing spree because men were looking at her. He wouldn't hit her for talking to men he didn't know. And he wouldn't be cheating anymore.

As the two got dressed a presence watched them. Angry at what had transpired.

How could she ? After everything that happened she just went right back to him like everything was fine.

"David ? Ummmm how long were you standing there ?" She spoke finally looking up and making eye contact with him.

"Not long." He shook his head in disapproval.

"That was fast, I should have know you were still gullible enough to believe the shit that you want to hear. Hell look at how far it got me."

Stephens nose began to flare in anger.

"You're just saying that to upset me. You don't mean it."

His deep chuckle filled the room the three stood in.

"I mean every word. He shot me, beat you, raped you, kidnapped you. And you still wanna keep falling in love with him."

"Can you blame me ? I'm tired of getting hurt. I'm tired of people getting hurt because of me. It's time for me to face the facts that me and Stephen are meant to be together."

No one in the house believed that bullshit. And the more they argued the more Stephen realized how fucked up the whole situation was. He was fucked up. Fucked up his wife and best friends lives. And couldn't change anything about it.

"I'm gonna go Ray, give you and D some time alone. I'm sorry D shit shouldn't have gone that far. I'm better now."

"Yeah I bet, her pussy does that to you."

Raven sat on an ottoman in the middle of the room crying. Hearing David slander her name made her regret everything she'd ever done in life.

"Stop putting me in the middle of this shit. I made a mistake. Sex with you was a mistake. I was lonely and getting cheated on."

"That's all you have to say?"

"Yes because it's the fuckin truth and you know it."

"Whatever, he still can't make you scream like me. The way you moaned, the way you clawed at my back. And you're telling me all that shit was fake? Whatever Raven I'm out. Good luck."

"Fuck you."

"I'm good luv, enjoy."

Her life was spiraling out of control and she was only twenty years old.