Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Challenging: Day 9

Word Count: 54,010

Summary of Events:
Gabrielle tried to go through the Bible and find scriptures that proved her point against Pastor Scott's, but she didn't really know where to go to find that sort of information. Jennifer was surprised by Nicholas showing up and moving his clothes back in, and then presenting his lawyer and effectively ordering her to leave; thankfully her lawyer had been notified and come along to give her counsel on the matter. Gabrielle and the kids were taken by Mr. Williams to visit Reid, which was an incredibly emotional experience.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Gabrielle looked at Reid. Tears were streaming down his cheeks again. She slid her hands gently around his neck, cradling his skull in her fingers, and raised herself onto her tiptoes.
Reid snapped instantly into position and wrapped his lips around hers. Such passion as she felt from him she hadn't felt since their wedding. Waiting for their wedding had about killed him, and she'd never encountered him as hungry in all of their years as he'd been then — except for now; it was like he was a starved beast feeding off of her lips.
She could tell as he held her tightly that if there would've been a private room nearby with a bed in it he would've taken her there and they wouldn't have come out for hours. Tears leaked from her eyes at the thought of depriving him of what he needed.
Finally Reid loosened his hold on her and she slowly peeled her lips off of his. His cheeks were just as tearstained as she was sure her own were. A sob escaped her lips and a flash of hurt crossed his face.
"I'm sorry Reid," Gabrielle whispered. "I'm sorry that you have to suffer so much. If it weren't for everyone else thinking it ridiculous — if not unwholesome — I would move in here with you and try to ease the pain somehow."
"You would?" Reid whispered.
Gabrielle nodded. "You need it."
"You must be an angel," Reid said.
"I already told you seven years ago, I'm not an angel," Gabrielle said, smiling.
A ghost of a smile came more into Reid's eyes than onto his mouth. "And I still refuse to believe it. And if you keep things up all you're going to do is convince me more that the contrary is true of what you wish to convince me."
"But I should stop hogging you and let the kids get some visiting in before we get kicked out, or turn this into a conjugal visit," Gabrielle said.
Reid gazed at her, hunger seeming to fill his eyes with more life than she'd seen since she'd stepped in the room. "I want it to be a conjugal visit."
"I don't know what would happen if we'd tried to do that," Gabrielle said, sliding reluctantly out of Reid's arms and going over to get Ivy from Mr. Williams' arms. She smiled apologetically, but Mr. Williams shook his head, understanding on his face. He'd practised law for years, he'd probably seen this more than once before."

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