Episode 3

HENRY'S POV

I patted the air until I found my bed and lay down. I wondered at that moment what I was going to do. I was like a big baby dependent on her, I didn't even know where my underwear was to get dressed. And to eat? What would I do for food without her?

Sometime later, I heard the door open and I heard Camille.

"Henry! Why did you leave by yourself? I was going to come back and help you. Please sit down, you're getting the bed wet."

She asks and I obey, not to mention that I got out of the tub because she took so long that the water was cold. Camille walks from side to side, looking a little trapped. She was different than usual, I could feel it.

After a while she came with a towel and started drying my hair.

"Henry, I'm sorry, I know it took me a long time to get back."

"Don't worry, sometimes I need to take so much responsibility off your shoulders."

"It's okay, taking care of you isn't that much of a sacrifice for me, it's just... I told you, I've been very tired."

Strangely, those words sounded like she wasn't talking about physical tiredness.

I stayed there for a long time, not knowing what to do, but as soon as she arrived, in no time I was dry, dressed and ready. It was bizarre how she had all the control of my life.

Hours passed and as the night deepened I hadn't slept. I could hear the muffled sounds of Camille's crying. It made me feel guilty, but at the same time, I didn't know why. "Why did I feel guilty? I didn't say anything wrong, I just told her things she already knew. I just told her what I had told her before in other conversations."

"Why is Camille acting so differently?"

Once again I acted on impulse, without thinking I hugged her from behind. She didn't react, she just became quieter and her body tensed up.

"What are you doing, Henry?", I asked myself, feeling strange doing that.

I let out my breath and pretending that I had just shown some kind of feeling, I pulled her to me. I kiss her neck inhaling her scent, Camille was extremely careful and smelled of moisturizer and perfume, she wore a soft fragrance that didn't bother me. Actually, her body's scent drove me crazy.

In a second I was ready, the desire was burning and consuming me completely.

I slipped my hand inside her shirt, reaching her breasts and squeezing hard. Her breasts filled my hands, they were firm and full. I massaged her breasts, while pulling her to me, making her feel how hard she made me.

I was like a volcano erupting, crazy to explode inside her, but Camille… Camille was like an icy iceberg.

Little by little, her ice was cooling me down as I realized that she was not responding to my advances.

I ended up giving up, frustrated, a few seconds ago I was really crazy with desire, but without reciprocity, it's no use…

"What's going on, Camille? Are you mad at me?"

I was met with her silence, until some time later she replied:

"I'm sorry, Henry… it's just, my head hurts so much."

"Oh, come on! That excuse is old, tell the truth, what's going on? Are you tired of me?"

Camille's silence and lack of response was worse than her lame excuses. Her silence made me feel her drifting further and further away from me.

"That's not it, Henry. I'm just... I'm just tired." - her voice gradually faded, as if she were really moving away.

"Want to know? I feel relieved that I don't want any more intimacy. I'm relieved that I don't have to pretend to enjoy you anymore."

There was no response from Camille. Which made me more uncomfortable. Of course I lied, I just didn't want to be down, I just didn't want to feel rejected.

Daybreak came and in silence, Camille helped me up, like every morning, she gave me breakfast.

After solving my problem by cutting my hair, she helped me to sit at my desk and went to work.

While she was gone, I tried to study, listening to the books that Camille made a point of recording in audio for me, however, I couldn't stop wondering why she was rejecting me.

And listening to those audios only made things worse, because everything I had to listen to was recorded in her voice.

Tired, I decided to go out for a bit. I walked instinctively to the bedroom door and walked a little, leaning against the walls. With my keen hearing I followed, listening to the voice of my stepmother arguing with my stepbrother.

"Idiot! Idiot! You're an idiot! How could you embezzle so much money at once? If anyone finds out you'll be kicked out of the company! You know very well that the company belongs to that cripple and you're only in front because I convinced the partners?!"

"Fuck it, if they find out, Mom! The ship is sinking! Soon this damn company will go bankrupt and when they find out, you and I will be long gone! I've already cleaned out the entire safe and the money is in a secure account in Switzerland."

"Are you sure we'll get away with this without anyone finding out?"

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