by Janay Walker

Created on: June 24, 2009

"Pursuit of Dignity"

Peter had come home drunk again. Miley was sleep, when suddenly she is awaken by Peter roughly rubbing on her chest. She smells the alcohol on his breath and is disgusted. Miley repeatedly asked that he stop, but he excused her request. Constantly showing that he is full of his happy juice he says, "Baby I love you!" She knew that it was going to be a long night because he never uttered those words unless he wanted to sleep with her, or otherwise drunk. She continued to plead for Peter to stop. She tried not to escalate the situation. Miley knew that he was very aggressive when he was drunk, and would tend to lose all consciousness of his strength when he was under the influence of alcohol.

"Peter, please...You are hurting me," Miley said as she tried to choke back her tears.

"Come on...that's alright. You don't love me. When I start cheating on you don't say anything," Peter replied.

Peter would always threaten to cheat on Miley when he was drunk but she never really believed him. On the other hand, Miley was very much fed up with Peter and his alcoholism. She had given up on them, for about eight months now. Peter had lost his 65k salary to the bottle. He went to work drunk one day and someone said the wrong thing to him. That's when Peter beat the guy nearly to death. Shockingly, the guy didn't press charges. So, Miley was left to bring home the bacon and cook it too.

Miley was a beautiful woman. She was tall, a body that was nearly unblemished, beautiful freckled skin, intelligent, and had an immense heart. But there wasn't any space left for Peter in that huge heart of hers. Miley had been seeing Brandon for eight months. They both worked as writers for the same magazine company, Trends. She and Brandon connected on so many levels, that she and her husband never had a chance to, because he was always drunk. They held conversations for hours. They both loved taking long walks on the beach and reciting Shakespeare.

"Miley...I have something to tell you. I don't expect anything from you when I tell you this, but I still must tell you," Brandon whispered.

"Alright. I have something to tell you as well, but you first."

"I'm falling in love with you, Miley. I sat up all night beating myself up mentally, for allowing my heart to be so entwined with a married woman. I love you so much. When, you told me of the time that Peter hit you, how he drinks, how he treats you....Well, I just couldn't help but to soften my heart for such a beautiful

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