The Confession
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 91
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
Debbie froze, her hand mere inches away from a cowering Dr. Horn and nurse Tuesday. The entire overpass had gone silent as the terrified hospital worker let it slip that his supposed 'savior' was having an affair. The giant's eyes widened and so too did her partner's.
Debbie pulled her hand back placed it on the ground. "What did you say?" She must've heard wrong.
"Christian..." Steve tried to warn the desperate man but he promptly ignored as the doctor spilled his guts.
"Steve and Beth are having an affair!" He repeated. "They were sucking face at the Susan Murphy hotel!"
"It's true." Nurse Tuesday finally spoke, her voice soft and scared. "They're closer than they should be."
Steve looked at the two, hurt by their betrayal. "I should've never picked up the phone!"
He looked at his giant wife who was now staring at him with a mixture of hurt, confusion, and anger. He couldn't exactly deny what Christian revealed because it was absolutely true. He and Beth were having an affair and it'd been going on ever since Debbie first got locked up.
"Is it true?" The older woman finally asked.
"Debbie..." He began.
"Is. It. True?" She repeated a little more forcefully.
Steve sighed, looking ten years older. "Yes... It's true."
Debbie felt her heart spit in two.
*Clap*
*Clap*
*Clap*
"Well, well, well." Erica clapped. "Looks like I was right after all. What did I tell you Deb, the longer you were locked up, the sooner your husband would forget about you. You were so adamant that he wouldn't but as it turns out, hero man here has been putting his beef in someone else's taco."
Steve winced at the dark-haired giant's phrasing. "It's not like that."
"Then what's it like?" Erica challenged. "Cheating is still cheating you dog."
"Steve..." Debbie had tears forming in her eyes. "Why?"
The doctor-professor felt like a real heel but he was a man of responsibility. He wouldn't lie anymore. He decided to come clean. "Because you hurt me Debbie. You betrayed my trust and then left me all alone with the fallout. I've always been your partner but you haven't always been mine."
Debbie winced.
"You think that you were the only one affected but you're wrong. When you turned yourself in you weren't the only one who suffered. I was blackballed by half of the scientific community, people that recognized me on the street turned their noses up or threw things at me. I was held responsible for your actions Debbie. I inherited your sins."
Erica was listening with rapt attention.
"I was falling apart and the only one who was there for me was Beth. She held me together when I was braking down and honestly if it wasn't for her we probably wouldn't be having this dialogue at all. Yes, we're having an affair, yes it's been going on for a while now but what did you expect. You left me! I begged you not to go but you still did anyway!"
"Steve... I had to for all the families-"
"Fuck them!" He exploded. Shocking everyone present. "I needed you! I needed my wife! Instead you abandoned me and got locked up and for what?! For what?! To team-up with mental nutcase?! To betray me again?! To kill more people?! Are you so weak willed and stupid that you'd actually put your faith in a woman who nearly killed our son?! Have you really lost your fucking mind?!"
Dr. Horn felt all the color drain from his face.
Nurse Tuesday gripped the man for dear life.
Erica felt her eyes bugging out.
Debbie froze completely.
Debbie pulled her hand back placed it on the ground. "What did you say?" She must've heard wrong.
"Christian..." Steve tried to warn the desperate man but he promptly ignored as the doctor spilled his guts.
"Steve and Beth are having an affair!" He repeated. "They were sucking face at the Susan Murphy hotel!"
"It's true." Nurse Tuesday finally spoke, her voice soft and scared. "They're closer than they should be."
Steve looked at the two, hurt by their betrayal. "I should've never picked up the phone!"
He looked at his giant wife who was now staring at him with a mixture of hurt, confusion, and anger. He couldn't exactly deny what Christian revealed because it was absolutely true. He and Beth were having an affair and it'd been going on ever since Debbie first got locked up.
"Is it true?" The older woman finally asked.
"Debbie..." He began.
"Is. It. True?" She repeated a little more forcefully.
Steve sighed, looking ten years older. "Yes... It's true."
Debbie felt her heart spit in two.
*Clap*
*Clap*
*Clap*
"Well, well, well." Erica clapped. "Looks like I was right after all. What did I tell you Deb, the longer you were locked up, the sooner your husband would forget about you. You were so adamant that he wouldn't but as it turns out, hero man here has been putting his beef in someone else's taco."
Steve winced at the dark-haired giant's phrasing. "It's not like that."
"Then what's it like?" Erica challenged. "Cheating is still cheating you dog."
"Steve..." Debbie had tears forming in her eyes. "Why?"
The doctor-professor felt like a real heel but he was a man of responsibility. He wouldn't lie anymore. He decided to come clean. "Because you hurt me Debbie. You betrayed my trust and then left me all alone with the fallout. I've always been your partner but you haven't always been mine."
Debbie winced.
"You think that you were the only one affected but you're wrong. When you turned yourself in you weren't the only one who suffered. I was blackballed by half of the scientific community, people that recognized me on the street turned their noses up or threw things at me. I was held responsible for your actions Debbie. I inherited your sins."
Erica was listening with rapt attention.
"I was falling apart and the only one who was there for me was Beth. She held me together when I was braking down and honestly if it wasn't for her we probably wouldn't be having this dialogue at all. Yes, we're having an affair, yes it's been going on for a while now but what did you expect. You left me! I begged you not to go but you still did anyway!"
"Steve... I had to for all the families-"
"Fuck them!" He exploded. Shocking everyone present. "I needed you! I needed my wife! Instead you abandoned me and got locked up and for what?! For what?! To team-up with mental nutcase?! To betray me again?! To kill more people?! Are you so weak willed and stupid that you'd actually put your faith in a woman who nearly killed our son?! Have you really lost your fucking mind?!"
Dr. Horn felt all the color drain from his face.
Nurse Tuesday gripped the man for dear life.
Erica felt her eyes bugging out.
Debbie froze completely.
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