Matt’s POV
I woke up before Anna did that morning, I told myself it was because I was in a new house, but my body told me it was because I had gone to long without a drink.
I carefully untangled myself form Anna’s death grip and pulled on a pair of sweat pants. When I was safely out of our room I went down to my office. There was a safe on the back wall that only I had the code to, it came in convenient when you didn’t want your wife to find your stash. Opening the safe I pulled out a small bottle of vodka out and closed the safe again. I took a small sip as I looked down at my desk which was scattered with papers. I had just come back from tour and already I was getting booked up again, the stress was killing me.
“Don’t you like a little coffee with your vodka?”
My head snapped up, Devin was standing in the doorway. His face was completely blank but his eyes were blazing with anger.
“What do you want?” I asked, looking back down at my papers
“You know” Devin said “I had a hunch that you were drinking again, but for Anna’s sake I was praying that you weren’t”
“It’s only a little bit” I told him, capping the bottle back up and putting it in the safe
“Mathew” Devin said “You’re an alcoholic, you can’t have just a little bit”
“Im fine” I said “Dev calm down”
“Matt this is not fine” Devin exclaimed “Your putting your wife and child at risk!”
“Im not putting them at risk!” I snapped, getting angry at his accusation “I’m fine, I won’t hurt her or the baby”
“You had better not” Devin said in a deadly low voice, his face turning just as deadly “Because if you do, I don’t care if you’re my brother I will kill you myself”
We stood there for a brief moment, glaring into each other’s eyes, I had no doubt in my mind that he meant what he said, I felt the same way though.
“Matt?”
My eyes snapped to the doorway, Anna was walking in, dressed in one of my t-shirt and her plush robe.
She looked pretty blurry eyed still so she must have come straight downstairs when she realised I was gone.
“Hey sweetheart” I turned on my smile, wrapping her up in my arms. “Devin just stopped by to see how we were doing”
Devin smiled to, all the anger that had just been on his face melted away.
“Amanda is in the kitchen” He said sweetly “She wanted to see you to”
Anna’s face brightened instantly when she heard that her best friend was here, she wiggled out of my arms and left, a huge smile on her face. When she was gone, both mine and my brothers smiles melted away.
“It’s my life Dev.” I said coldly “Stay out of it”
Devin’s expression darkened
“That is my niece or nephew” he snarled “And my baby sister, your hurt them I hurt you”
He turned and stormed out of the room then, leaving me to glare after him
She was my wife and that was my baby, I would never hurt them.
Anna’s POV
As the weeks went by I noticed the differences in Matt more and more. He was moodier, one second he would be fine and the next he would just snap. He seemed to walk around with a darkness around him and I just couldn’t figure out why. I’m not going to lie, it scared me a bit and reminded me of when he had been drinking, I probably should have admitted to myself what was happening but I just couldn’t, I was so scared. I should have told Devin but I didn’t know how, I knew how much it had hurt his family before, I didn’t want to go through it again, I just hoped that whatever it was that was bothering Mathew would go away eventually.
Okay like really soon.
We were getting ready to go out to a party. One of Matt’s friends from the tour was having it as a wrap up party. As his wife, I pretty much had no choice to go, even if I was feeling like crap.
“Only a few hours” He told me as we got dressed, thank god I could still fit into normal clothes, my little black dress was looking perfect.
“Okay” I said “But when I say home I mean it”
We had finally gotten everything moved into the house so now it really did feel like a home. As we walked out the front door we passed a wall full of family photos.
At the party I met up with some girls that I knew, they were either wives or girlfriends of Matt’s band mates, so we all had a mutual respect for each other and had become friends.
“So are you excited to become a mommy?” Diana, the drummers wife asked
I grinned
“Yeah” I said “It was hard to grasp at first, but now that I have come to terms with it I’m really excited”
“We were so happy when we heard” Terry, another wife told me “You guys deserve it after everything that you have been through”
“Thanks” I told her “Now we just have to see if we are cut out to be parents”
“Oh im sure you will be fine” Diana told me “Matt has a little sister doesn’t he?”
I nodded
“Well then you guys know how to deal with little kids” She said
“That’s different” Terry told her “This is parenthood, not a babysitting gig”
“They will still be able to do it” Diana argued
“Well of course” Terry said “I’m just saying it’s going to be hard”
I bit my lip
“Look” Diana pointed at me “Your making her nervous”
“I’m not nervous” I contradicted “We will be fine”
Terry laughed
“Here’s a news flash honey” she said “I have two kids, my husband is the lead guitarist for your husband’s band. He was gone for most of the first year of our first’s life”
“And he’s not an international superstar” Diana pointed out
I swallowed hard, feeling my hands get clammy
Okay now I was nervous.
A hand touched the small of my back and I whipped my head around, relief flooding through me when I realised that it was Devin.
“Excuse me ladies” He said, flashing his most charming smile “But I need to barrow Anna for a few moments”
Devin lead me off to a table that hadn’t been occupied, he pulled out my chair for me and we sat down.
“What’s up?” I asked, tucking my hands under my chin
Devin grimaced
“You need to take Matt home” He told me “Now”
“Why?” I asked, glancing over at Matt who was talking to a few of his friends
“Because he’s been drinking” Devin said coldly “You need to get him out of here before anyone notices”
I sat back in my chair, feeling like someone had just sucked the air out of my lungs. I started shaking my head back and forth
“No” I mumbled, feeling tears prick my eyes “No no no”
Devin reached out and took my hands
“Anna listen to me” He said “I will follow you home, Amanda is with me. When we get to your house we will deal with this but I need you to stay calm so we can get out of here”
He pulled me in close and kissed me cheek
“I got you baby sister” He said “It’s going to be okay”
We stood up, Devin gave my hand one final squeeze before we walked over to where
Matt was standing. As we got closer I could finally see it, the look in his eyes, the way he stood, when I got close enough I could even smell it.
Oh god
It was true.
“Honey” I said sweetly, walking up to Matt and touching his arm “I’m not feeling well, I think we should go home”
Matt looked at me, disappointment clouding his features, but when he looked into my eyes I could see his change, I could tell that he knew that I knew.
“Alright” He said, clearing his throat
Out in the parking lot Matt pulled his keys out, I reached out and made a snatch for them but he pulled his hand back.
“What are you doing?” He asked, getting slightly angry
“What am I doing?” I demanded “What the hell are you doing Mathew?”
Devin and Amanda came out of the house, Amanda was running in her heels to keep up with Devin’s angry strides.
“Stop it” He snapped as he came up to us “Before you cause a scene”
Matt glared at me before getting into the driver’s seat, people were starting to come out of the house otherwise I would have argued with him but now I couldn’t.
Getting into the passenger seat I angrily slammed my seatbelt down. Matt started the car and we left , Devin and Amanda stayed right behind us.
“I can’t believe you” I said bitterly “You son of a bitch”
“Oh don’t even” Matt snapped “You don’t know what the stress is like”
“Stress?” I repeated, my voice rising a couple of octaves “My god you have been doing this for years, you want to know stress? How about being pregnant with an alchaholic husband?”
“I’m fine” Matt snapped “Your overreacting”
“I am not overreacting!” I yelled “You need help!”
“I’m fine!” Matt yelled
I shook my head
“If you don’t get help” I said in a deadly voice “Im leaving”
Matt snorted
“Like hell you are” He told me “Your pregnant”
“Yeah” I said “So that means I’m not the only one you’re going to lose, again”
I saw the pain flash across Matt’s face, I knew that was a dangerous subject.
“Im fine Anna” He told me “Im not going to change”
“Fine” I said “Then I want a divorce”
Matt’s hands jerked on the steering wheel and for a brief moment we swerved into oncoming traffic, only now did I realise how fast we were going.
“No” Matt said, his voice raising “You’re not leaving me”
“Stop the car Matt” I cried, starting to fear for both of us
“You’re not leaving me again!” Matt roared
“Stop the car!” I shrieked
“NO!”
Just then a dear jumped out onto the road, Matt’s eyes were on me.
“MATHEW!” I screamed
Matt’s head snapped forward and he jerked the steering wheel again, this time we didn’t swerve back into our lane, between our speed and Matt’s alcohol intake we were launched right of the side of the road.
The last thing I remember before the car crashed was Matt’s arm flying out to hold me back from hitting the dash board.
And then everything went black.
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