The Rescue

The Rescue

Michaella walked into her apartment, expecting to prepare for an anniversary surprise night for her husband. What she wasn't expecting was to hear a woman's voice coming from her bedroom. She hadn't expected to hear them laughing and talking about how he was using her. It was the last straw though, and she wouldn't take any more from him. Michaella would get out of this marriage and make changes to her life. He was known as Thumper to his friends. He worked when he wanted to, knowing he really didn't need the money. Thumper lived in a quiet little town keeping mostly to himself. Usually uncomfortable around women who wanted just a physical relationship, he felt an immediate connection to the woman he bumped into. When he found out she needed a friend, he was there for her. When she needed protecting, he was there too. Michaella never imagined how her life could be turned upside down with a cheating husband and divorce. She also never imagined how it could be straightened with the right man. The Rescue By Eleanor Jane AuthorHouse Copyright © 2017 Eleanor Jane All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-5246-9578-1 CHAPTER 1 Letting herself into her apartment, Michaella set her suitcase down and laid her keys on the entry table. It had been a long three weeks, and the last three days had been extremely extensive. Putting in long hours didn't bother her, she wasn't afraid of working, like her husband seemed to be. She wanted to finish up the current contract as soon as was humanly possible so she could get home early to set up an anniversary surprise for her husband. They would be celebrating their fourth in a few days and she wanted to make it one to remember. Working away from home had become her norm over the last year or year and a half. She was getting tired of it, but this was her job and she had become very, very good at what she did as a consultant for her company. The company, Severs Consulting, had grown exponentially after she joined it. As a development consultant, Michaella went to her clients' companies and evaluated their processes to see where improvements could be made to make them more efficient and cut costs, but not always cutting personnel. Most companies didn't want to eliminate personnel, since most of the companies were family oriented. She loved the freedom of being out at the client's locations, viewing their operations, meeting their people and getting to know the internal workings of their companies. Michaella had started as an intern, working as a requirement for one of her business classes; they saw some new potential in her and offered her a full-time position working in a new department they had just decided to start. Michaella was intrigued, accepted and started as soon as she had graduated. It hadn't taken long for her to move up the ladder in that consulting department to become the senior manager, finding new clients, working to create a team of amazing consultants that had grown from two to fifteen. Now she was the vice president of the division and her future with them could only get better. Michaella had called Eric several days ago, to tell him that she wouldn't be home until Saturday so he wouldn't know something was up, and make the surprise even better. She was planning a special dinner then they would spend the rest of the night in bed, bath and more. She had been pleased when he said he had an interview today and it looked really promising and he would soon be working again. Not trying to be a hard ass because he hadn't worked in almost three years, Michaella had come across a position which could be just what he might be looking for if the current interview didn't pan out. It seems like she was always carrying him. First in college and shortly after they had gotten married. He always seemed to stay positive and was always looking, interviewing and starting some new position, but couldn't seem to choose the right job, having bad luck or something would happen and he would be laid off. Michaella worked hard in college to keep them both in the black; it wasn't easy with his spending habits. Eric had continuously told her he would pay her back, make it up to her, just waiting until that special job came along to make him a bread winner. It just wasn't in his nature, she had decided. He like to be taken care of. She had been doing it so long, it had become like he was a child not a partner. Well, they would talk this through after her surprise and get back to where they had been when they first met; have him being more considerate of her and be that attentive person she knew he could be. Her being away all the time didn't help, but that too was about to change. She was so caught up in her own thoughts she almost didn't hear the laughing going on in the apartment, in their bedroom to be specific. She stopped in her tracks and listened to the voices. It was Eric, no doubt there, the other voice was familiar too. It was the laugh which gave her away. Gloria. Her frie