• Brandon had already left for rehearsal 2 hours ago so I was home alone sitting on the couch watching a repeat of The Real Housewives : New Jersey this show seemed so ridiculous at times but it was hilarious to me I honestly don't know why I need something else to occupy my spare time maybe I'll open a shop downtown.. But will my shop sell ? I thought to myself. I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and jotted down some ideas I could at least get my business started I thought about opening a flower shop but that's too typical plus there are a million flower shops around here to begin with so on to the next idea a little clothing boutique wouldn't be hard to start thing is that I need a co owner and I knew exactly who I wanted to run the shop with me... Valary Sanders I thought to myself. I had to make a few arrangements before coming to Val with my idea pitch I hope she's on board with this this will also give us the opportunity to bond because I really admired her style and how she carried herself in a graceful manner.
  
  I continued to get more ideas and jot them down as I went along I had so much faith in this that it would consume my life before I had time for anything else Brandon had to hear my pitch as well I need some critique from the hardest critic I know and that's my husband he's not the best critic but he tries to be so I can at least give him effort for trying to give me his best critique I sat down on the couch trying to scramble ideas together and have my sale pitch ready I decided to run over my sales pitch again in my head to make sure everything was in order. This is what I have written down so far...

• Go over sales pitch with Valary.
  
• Convince my husband if this is the best choice.
• Set out blueprints for renovation
• Ask Valary if she wants to co own the boutique
• Come up with a name for the boutique
• Hire employees
• Start a welcoming committee

I don't know if starting a welcoming committee is the best thing because I'm opening a clothing boutique not a retirement home for the elderly I had just prepared the essentials when Brandon walked through the door with a busted up lip I turned my attention to my husband who had been groaning in pain on the couch.

"Honey you look terrible what happened ?" I rushed over to his side.

"I got into a fight with a drunk guy on the street but I'm going to be alright." Brandon replied.

"I'm going to help you get cleaned up." I ran into the kitchen and grabbed the first aid kit from the cabinet and rubbed Brandon's face with alcohol and placing a bandage over his bruised cheek.

"I will let you read my sales pitch in the morning you need to get some sleep and so do I." I helped my husband upstairs and kissed him goodnight and drifted off to sleep... What else could go wrong ? I thought to myself.

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• The sun had come up earlier than usual I covered my eyes from the blazing sunlight peaking through my dark curtains I decided to pitch Brandon my sales proposal as soon as he was awake and alive right now he looked pretty exhausted with the night he had so I decided to let him sleep a little bit longer before I had pitched my sales proposal to him.
  
  I dialed Val's number before even thinking about what I was going to say I heard a male voice on the other line he sounds very groggy and tired.
  
  "Hello ?" Matt said
  
  "I was calling for Val is she awake yet ?" I said biting my lip.
  
  "No who is this ?" Matt asked
  
  "This is Ashley Saller Brandon's wife." I said
  
  "Oh how are you doing ?" Matt asked
  
  "I'm doing okay." I replied
  
  "I'll tell Val you called when she wakes up." Matt said
  
  "Thank you." I said
  
  "Goodbye." Matt said
  
  "Goodbye." I said.
  
  I hung up my phone and placed it back into my pocket and proceeded to the kitchen to make a few more calls before settling down in front of the TV and flipping through mindless bullshit once again everyone seemed busy or just not wanting to answer my phone calls... This is starting to get irritating I thought to myself.
  
  
  I wanted nothing to do with TV today so I went downtown to shop for items on my grocery list so far I had a blank piece of paper with nothing written on it not how I wanted this grocery shopping trip to go so I jotted down a few items on the list this is what I had so far..
  
  Eggs
• Bacon
• Toilet Bowl cleaner
• Milk
• Beer

I checked off everything on my list before going through checkout and paying for the items I saw Michelle in the same grocery store with a baby around her hip and someone resembling Dan following right behind her I stood there in complete shock as they held hands and smiled at each other I need to tell my husband about this whore.

I ran through checkout like a moving train people were crowding around me which seemed so ridiculous but it was actually a great idea I didn't want Michelle or Dan seeing me here I got out of there as soon as possible I raced home to find a note posted on the fridge that read :

Gone out with Alex be home when I can I love you
- Brandon
I placed the note in my pocket and carried in my grocery items and placed them on the kitchen table and grabbed a bottle of wine from the cabinet and made my way to the living room and flopped down on the couch before I could relax I heard a knock at the door. I made no hesitations about answering the front door but I was down to about 3 glasses of wine at this point I was already drunk whoever was at the door could wait.

Notes

Here's an update c: Chapter Eleven will be in Travis's perspective.