Days have passed since Shadow's imprisonment. Which turned to weeks. To months. And even years. Laura missed her husband. Their friends, and her mother visited her, keeping an eye on her wellbeing on the request of Shadow.

Laura visited her husband in jail every other week, and they spoke on the phone nearly every day. It was like clock work. And her depression was getting worse, but she kept her promise to Shadow.

Tonight, she got home from a God awful day of work, she was tired, but when she opened the door, looking to pour herself a glass of wine when she stopped dead in her tracks. "No." She said shaking her head as tears filled her eyes.

There laid Dummy on the ground. And Laura could see her cat wasn't breathing.

Laura got on her knees and checked on her fur baby, a bit of hope that she could save her. But she was cold and stiff. Laura got up, went to the bathroom cabinet, got a older towel to cover her cat. She then poured a full glass of wine.

She called Audrey, but she was working, so Laura called Robbie, asking him to come over and help burry Dummy. He hurriedly agreed to come over. So she got out of her work clothes, she put some pj shorts and a tshirt. She cried to herself as she leaned against the kitchen counter.

Dummy was the only thing she had to take care of to even think about staying alive. A reason since Shadow still had a few more years. She's raised Dummy since she was a kitten. And though Laura knew she was old, she wasn't expecting her to die so soon while being healthy.

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Laura stayed in the kitchen while Robbie burried the cat out back. She was on her fourth full glass of wine. She was drunk and upset. She wiped the runaway tear as Robbie walked back in. He looked at her with such sad eyes.

"I burried her by the tree line back there, so you can... I don't know... visit her? If you want to?" He offered. She nodded looking at the ground, finishing the last of the glass. She heard him walk over a bit, so she looked at him.

He opened his arms for a hug. He waved her in, she gave a small forced smile, putting the glass down going into his arms. Robbie hugged the tiny brunette, rubbing her back, while she wasn't aware of the thoughts in his mind.

"Thank you Robbie." She mumbled against his chest, closing her eyes and nuzzled him. He made her look at him. "I'm always whiling to help you Laura, I care about you." He told her. She gave another small forced smile.

He looked at her a moment and thought 'to hell with it.' He claimed the soft lips he wanted to feel on his for so long now. She was his forbidden fruit. His best friend's wife, and his own wife's best friend. But he's wanted her for so long now.

She shook her head. "We can't Robbie." She mumbled against his lips as she kept kissing him. He picked her up and put her on the counter. "Let me help you forget." He told her. "Let me help you feel good." He kept going.

She was so drunk and emotional she didn't stop him. She didn't really remember a lot of it. She remembered muttering Shadow's name, but she had passed out during it.

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She hadn't really spoken to Robbie after what happened between them. She was wanting to forget about it. She knew she had to tell Shadow. She felt guilty about it. She wasn't in the right mind. She was lonely, drunk, and emotional.

She stood at her sink looking out the window as she thought of how to tell her husband she cheated on him. It will break his heart. And she didn't want that.

She heard the door being knocked on, so she put her coffee down, and headed to the door. She sighed seeing that it was Robbie. She opened the door, and moved out of the way as he let himself in.

"I came to check on you, you've been ignoring my calls and texts. Audrey and I was worried about you." Robbie said looking at her. She looked very pretty today, but of course she was always that way to him.

"Robbie... You didn't come here to check on me, you came to fuck me again." She told him flat out. She wasn't in the mood for bullshit.

He reached out and stroked her face. "Is that so bad? I really care about you Laura." He told her kindly, looking at her lovingly. She gently moved his hand off her. "I'm not sleeping with you again. Last night was a huge mistake, I was drunk and emoitional. I will not be cheating on my husband ever again, and you are my best friends husband." Laura told him.

He opened his mouth. "Look, we are going to forget this ever happened. We can still hang out... but think Audrey should be here." She interrupted him. She shook her head. "I need you to get back to your wife. I have to get ready, it's Shadow's visitation day and I want to get there on time." She said walking away.

Leaving the lovestruck Robbie standing there in her kitchen where he had sex with her just the other day.

'You'll be mine soon Laura.' Was his thought when he left the house.

Laura looked at Shadow as he was brought into the room. She hated seeing him like this. She felt even more guilt eat at her being. She was an awful wife to this man. When all he has ever done was try to be a great husband to her.

He smiled brightly at her, she was like a light in his darkness. He hated what the other inmates said about his wife. But it wasn't like he could do anything about it. He was hoping to get good behavior and get released early.

Shadow sat in front of his wife.

"Hi puppy." Her voice was so sad today. "What's wrong baby?" He asked. "Something happened the other night. What I am going to tell you... I feel awful for.." Shadow notice she was trying to not cry. She looked away a moment.

"Dummy died the other night." She started. "Oh no... I am so sorry baby." He reached over to take her hand but the guard called out to make him stop. She saw that he looked so tired, and she decided that she will tell him another time.

But she never told him