The Bride Who Wouldn't
“How to tell Isaak that she wasn’t even on the pill?
She had been so adamant, so sure that the marriage would never be consummated. Kate wasn’t naive enough not to know that last night had crossed too many lines and as his mouth started nudging her shoulder, as she felt him stir into life, Kate knew that soon this marriage would be consummated.
And then what?
“I’m going to have a shower,” Kate said and moved from his embrace.
In the bathroom, she pulled off her nightdress and jumped into the shower, wondering if last night could have consequences, if she should find a pharmacie but then what? She could barely order coffee in French, how the hell was she going to get the morning-after pill.
Perhaps she should tell Isaak, but she could just imagine the roll of his eyes, or his hiss of irritation at her neurosis.
She remembered his condom jibe, about it being nice to have a year off them, and Kate was suddenly doing her best not to cry as she stood in the shower, because she couldn’t hand... herself over to him for a year—it wasn’t just her body that she’d be loaning out to him, but her heart.MoreLess
She had been so adamant, so sure that the marriage would never be consummated. Kate wasn’t naive enough not to know that last night had crossed too many lines and as his mouth started nudging her shoulder, as she felt him stir into life, Kate knew that soon this marriage would be consummated.
And then what?
“I’m going to have a shower,” Kate said and moved from his embrace.
In the bathroom, she pulled off her nightdress and jumped into the shower, wondering if last night could have consequences, if she should find a pharmacie but then what? She could barely order coffee in French, how the hell was she going to get the morning-after pill.
Perhaps she should tell Isaak, but she could just imagine the roll of his eyes, or his hiss of irritation at her neurosis.
She remembered his condom jibe, about it being nice to have a year off them, and Kate was suddenly doing her best not to cry as she stood in the shower, because she couldn’t hand... herself over to him for a year—it wasn’t just her body that she’d be loaning out to him, but her heart.MoreLess
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