Re: In A Gilded Cage (M/L, Adult, AU) Pt 20 8/7/19
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:14 am
Carolyn More will come out about Max and Liz's break up later.
RoswellFan68 When more comes out about the break up you will know why they weren't in contact. Yes Liz is smart to stay away from Max until her divorce goes through.
L-J-L 76 Serena and Kyle are great friends for Liz to have.
Part 21
Liz walked into her friend's kitchen after seeing their bedroom door closed and hearing a few sounds she really hadn't wanted to. She was glad that Kyle and Serena had found each other. Kyle had never had any luck in love in high school. From what Serena had told her she had been used by boys who just wanted to be seen with her because of her family's money. Liz looked in the kitchen and smiled when she found everything she needed to make blueberry pancakes. She set to work and started a pot of coffee for her friends. She couldn't have coffee because of the baby that didn't mean she was going to make her friends go without. Liz turned from the grille when she heard footsteps behind her.
“Liz, you are a guest you don't need to cook for us.” Said Kyle
“I want to do this. Kyle, I use to help my dad in the Crashdown kitchen before he kicked me out to wait tables. I haven't been able to cook in years.” Said Liz
“Ok do you need any help? It can't be easy with your arm broken.”
“This isn't my first broken arm. Remember when I tried to be a cheerleader in 7th grade?”
“Yeah they put you on top of the pyramid.”
“And I fell off the top.”
“You landed hard and broke your arm.”
“Right.”
“Liz, I got to ask. Do you still love Max?”
Liz closed her eyes and slowly nodded her head.
“Then why did you marry James?” asked Serena joining them.
“James was charming when I met him. Now I know it was all an act. It wasn't just a chance meeting in that coffee shop. He had seen me on campus and decided he wanted me. Not because he liked me. But he wanted me just because he liked how I looked.”
“Liz, my brother wasn't always an asshole. He was a good brother when I was little. It wasn't until he was taken under my father's wing that he became like this.” Said Serena
“I find the idea of him being a good brother hard to believe.” Said Kyle
“It's true. James, looked out for me. In fact there was this one guy I was dating when I was 15. Terrence, he was two years older and on the tennis team. He was from a family with money. I liked him a lot. My parents liked him a lot. What I didn't realize was he was a playboy. He only cared about how many girls he had sex with. I had sex with him. He thought I was a virgin. I wasn't do to the fact I was into partying at the time. He dumped me the next day. All he had ever wanted from me was sex. I actually thought he liked me. James found out and beat the crap out of him.”
“So when he take to beating on women?”
“I don't know. But I get the feeling Liz isn't the first on he's hit.”
“I'm not. I didn't find out until last year he use to hit a girl he dated in high school.” Said Liz
“Carolyn Lewis. Her family has money they dated about a year. I don't know what happened but one day she had a black eye the next she was shipped off to some boarding school out east.” Said Serena
“My guess is your brother gave her the black eye. Maybe she refused to have sex with him.” Said Liz
Kyle looked at his childhood friend. Her lip was split and bruises on her face along with the broken arm told him she was speaking from experience.
********
Max woke to his phone ringing. He answered without looking at the caller ID.
“Hello?” he mumbled
“Maxwell.”
“Michael what do you want?”
“I want to know if you have heard anything about Liz?”
“She is the one that turned in her husband and father in law.”
“That sounds like the Liz that I know. But is she ok?”
“Michael, yesterday morning before he was arrested he beat the crap out of her. Even broke her arm.”
“I hope he rots in hell.”
“I know how you feel. Serena had nothing to do with any of the business.”
“I know that. I actually like that red headed spitfire.”
“Reminds you of your wife?”
“Maybe a little. Uh you wouldn't happen to have Liz's number would you?”
“No. She thinks that it would be best if she and I keep our distance until her divorce is final.”
“So she is finally leaving that bastard.”
“Yeah. Well the fact that she ratted out the guy for giving money to terrorists kind of is a deal breaker don't you think?”
“So is she in protective custody?”
“No. She is staying with Serena and Kyle. From what I heard James the second and third are both being held without bail in some off the books government prison.”
“Really? How you find that out?”
“From Liz. The FBI agents she was working with told her.”
“Good. I'll call Kyle and see if I can talk to her.”
“Michael, I gave Liz, Maria's number.”
“I will make sure that Maria talks to Liz.”
“Thanks.”
Max hung up and went to take a shower. He had to go pick up his jeep before going to work.
TBC
RoswellFan68 When more comes out about the break up you will know why they weren't in contact. Yes Liz is smart to stay away from Max until her divorce goes through.
L-J-L 76 Serena and Kyle are great friends for Liz to have.
Part 21
Liz walked into her friend's kitchen after seeing their bedroom door closed and hearing a few sounds she really hadn't wanted to. She was glad that Kyle and Serena had found each other. Kyle had never had any luck in love in high school. From what Serena had told her she had been used by boys who just wanted to be seen with her because of her family's money. Liz looked in the kitchen and smiled when she found everything she needed to make blueberry pancakes. She set to work and started a pot of coffee for her friends. She couldn't have coffee because of the baby that didn't mean she was going to make her friends go without. Liz turned from the grille when she heard footsteps behind her.
“Liz, you are a guest you don't need to cook for us.” Said Kyle
“I want to do this. Kyle, I use to help my dad in the Crashdown kitchen before he kicked me out to wait tables. I haven't been able to cook in years.” Said Liz
“Ok do you need any help? It can't be easy with your arm broken.”
“This isn't my first broken arm. Remember when I tried to be a cheerleader in 7th grade?”
“Yeah they put you on top of the pyramid.”
“And I fell off the top.”
“You landed hard and broke your arm.”
“Right.”
“Liz, I got to ask. Do you still love Max?”
Liz closed her eyes and slowly nodded her head.
“Then why did you marry James?” asked Serena joining them.
“James was charming when I met him. Now I know it was all an act. It wasn't just a chance meeting in that coffee shop. He had seen me on campus and decided he wanted me. Not because he liked me. But he wanted me just because he liked how I looked.”
“Liz, my brother wasn't always an asshole. He was a good brother when I was little. It wasn't until he was taken under my father's wing that he became like this.” Said Serena
“I find the idea of him being a good brother hard to believe.” Said Kyle
“It's true. James, looked out for me. In fact there was this one guy I was dating when I was 15. Terrence, he was two years older and on the tennis team. He was from a family with money. I liked him a lot. My parents liked him a lot. What I didn't realize was he was a playboy. He only cared about how many girls he had sex with. I had sex with him. He thought I was a virgin. I wasn't do to the fact I was into partying at the time. He dumped me the next day. All he had ever wanted from me was sex. I actually thought he liked me. James found out and beat the crap out of him.”
“So when he take to beating on women?”
“I don't know. But I get the feeling Liz isn't the first on he's hit.”
“I'm not. I didn't find out until last year he use to hit a girl he dated in high school.” Said Liz
“Carolyn Lewis. Her family has money they dated about a year. I don't know what happened but one day she had a black eye the next she was shipped off to some boarding school out east.” Said Serena
“My guess is your brother gave her the black eye. Maybe she refused to have sex with him.” Said Liz
Kyle looked at his childhood friend. Her lip was split and bruises on her face along with the broken arm told him she was speaking from experience.
********
Max woke to his phone ringing. He answered without looking at the caller ID.
“Hello?” he mumbled
“Maxwell.”
“Michael what do you want?”
“I want to know if you have heard anything about Liz?”
“She is the one that turned in her husband and father in law.”
“That sounds like the Liz that I know. But is she ok?”
“Michael, yesterday morning before he was arrested he beat the crap out of her. Even broke her arm.”
“I hope he rots in hell.”
“I know how you feel. Serena had nothing to do with any of the business.”
“I know that. I actually like that red headed spitfire.”
“Reminds you of your wife?”
“Maybe a little. Uh you wouldn't happen to have Liz's number would you?”
“No. She thinks that it would be best if she and I keep our distance until her divorce is final.”
“So she is finally leaving that bastard.”
“Yeah. Well the fact that she ratted out the guy for giving money to terrorists kind of is a deal breaker don't you think?”
“So is she in protective custody?”
“No. She is staying with Serena and Kyle. From what I heard James the second and third are both being held without bail in some off the books government prison.”
“Really? How you find that out?”
“From Liz. The FBI agents she was working with told her.”
“Good. I'll call Kyle and see if I can talk to her.”
“Michael, I gave Liz, Maria's number.”
“I will make sure that Maria talks to Liz.”
“Thanks.”
Max hung up and went to take a shower. He had to go pick up his jeep before going to work.
TBC