Regans: R3- A Cold House
Following entry is compiled from Xander Regan’s Memoir of A Lousy Husband (a work in progress).
I woke up one early morning to find Erica’s side empty I had a feeling something was wrong but still I walk to the kitchen expecting to find her cooking her delicious omelet. Of course it was empty as well.
I settled down on the coach and turned on the TV to catch up the latest news, I’m a lawyer keeping up with the rest of the world is important (Erica doesn’t get it)
I was on leave that day so I don’t need to work. A beep from my PC alerted me that someone had sent me an instant message. It was Crystal; she told me a long story about how she needs Erica to stay with her for her pregnancy and stuff. I told her straight away, ‘go ahead’. It was a lie from her of course, I’ve been with politicians long enough to tell which sentence is true and which is just some sorry excuses. Cut the story short, Erica had packed nothing and move in with Crystal to spite me.
‘Fine’, I had thought to myself. She wants to embarrass me by moving out and prove I can’t live without her? She’s wrong! Or maybe she is right, I’ve discovered my plumbing skill is worst than her (she used to fix that darn basin), I always make the floor wet after showering (mopping water every time after shower is time wasting and annoying). My cooking really bad, despite having all the fresh ingredients and followed her recipes (which I found in a women’s magazine, I don’t know she was a column writer for the recipes pages). I still bombed the dinner, it looked good outside but the taste was like something out of the trash compacter. Darn it!
But down the months, I’ve realized one thing; I treated my wife as a servant. I felt lonely at home after work; I mean I understand how she must have felt when I treated her coldly after coming back from work everyday. She must feel bad when I only approached her when I felt horny. I’m such a lousy husband. What’s the point of working so hard and painted the house so nicely when I’m the only one living in it?
My wife is pregnant with my child!!! I caught her taking out the trash when I went out for a walk (or maybe to spy on her) and I saw her big belly. Gosh her belly is really huge! I dragged her back to our living room to interrogate her maybe but all I could to was staring at her belly and looking at her beautiful glowing face. ‘Can …Can I touch it?’ I said half pleading and half looking like an idiot, to my relief she said yes. I can feel something contacted my palm, is it a hand or feet? I don’t know, I am so excited! We’ve tried so hard in the past and now I’m going to be a father!
She left and never come back even after the birth of our four child. I longed for this house to be filled with our children and hearing her soft tinkling voice.
But for now, I’m alone paying for my past mistakes with no one as company but my green house and my plants. I will get my family back together, I swear.
Family Fund: $ 1273
PS: The Regans’ house is the first house to be fully painted( using their own fund). Don’t worry Beverly I’m not planning to move Erica and the babies back anytime soon.
What a sad update! I can understand though how his wife doesn’t want to be treated like a maid. That’s not a fun life to lead, especially when you’re under-appreciated. But I was hoping the baby would get them back together.
karen: Yeah, it was a bit sad. But Xander deserved it. No worries though, Erica isn’t the most cold hearted and determined person in Passion Island. Thanks for visiting!
Comment by Mandie — February 1, 2009 @ 2:53 am