The Perfect Plan- Ch. 2

Chapter II- The Final Installment

Of course it would have to be a few months after the wedding, maybe 7 or so: avoid suspicion and still be entitled to a large portion of the marital assets. How would she do it?

That was the easiest part of this plan, actually. He was on heart medication and had been for quite sometime. Heart problems ran in his family. It was a large dose and heavily regulated. If he took even half a pill more than the designated amount he could go into cardiac arrest. Maybe they’d have a few too many drinks one night and he might accidentally take one pill too many. The ring sparkled at her again and she smiled.

The wedding was beautiful. Standing up at the alter in her $16,000 Oscar De LaRenta gown she smiled at him and internally started her countdown. At the reception everyone kept telling her how beautiful she looked and what a good match this was, only validating her plan even further.

When the marriage truly began he was at work a lot while she lived in the lap of luxury which meant boredom, constant boredom. She took up hobbies like photography and painting, calling back to her college days when she feigned creativity and passion. Even those triflings became dull. Whenever he came home and they’d sit together having cocktails, recounting the mundane adventures of his day, Lisa thought “Maybe this isn’t so bad, companionship, comforts.” This optimistic mood would last about two hours and then he would do something to put her steadfastly back on track: snort with laughter at his own not funny joke or spend twenty minutes trying to make her cum, give up, get on top and finish himself off in 30 seconds where he promptly would roll over and fall asleep. Asshole, she would always think. As the months wore on and the routine of their life continued Lisa felt herself become more like a drone and less like a human. Her resolve couldn’t get any stronger. It’s either him or me she thought.

Seven months, 14 days and some odd hours after they tied the knot the plan was in motion. He had had a particularly grueling day at work and had no problem accepting the scotch neat on top of scotch neat she kept handing him. She had seen him take his pill that morning but not the final one he took in the early evening. She handed him one now, he was already pretty buzzed and he swallowed it down with a gulp of scotch. His speech continued to slur as he ranted on and on about his day. Two hours later and he was a complete drunken mess. Casually she handed him another pill saying “Oh, you forgot to take your pill this evening darling, here you go.” He grabbed it, waving it around as he shouted about a deal that had gone sour, popped it in his mouth and downed his previously full glass of scotch.

The pills were quick. Twenty minutes later he was passed out on the ground. She gave it another ten minutes before calling 9-1-1 where she said she had been in the bathroom when she had found him unconscious on the living room floor.

Chapter III

Standing in the hallway of the hospital surrounded by his family she was in shock. Shock that everything she had fantasized about was coming true. His family mistook this shock for grief and clung to her crying, thinking they were commiserating with her. This is the huddled group the doctor found them in on the cheap sofas in the lounge when he told them that her husband was gone. “In his drunken state it seems he took one too many heart pills. With his weak heart it was just too much.” His mother burst into a fresh round of sobs. The doctor put his hand on Lisa’s shoulder which made her jump out of her stunned trance. “I’m very sorry for your loss.” She looked up at him and started to have trouble breathing. It had happened, she was free. Everything started to go fuzzy, she tried to get up and walk but the world was shaking. The floor started to move towards her then everything went black.
When she woke up she was in a hospital bed with his whole family surrounding her, smiling. “Wha-what happened?” she asked slowly sitting up.

“You fainted,” she looked over and the doctor was there checking her stats. “But everything is all right. In fact, wonderful I’d say.”

Then his mother blurted out through her tears “Congratulations, darling!”

“Huh?” she said confused and groggy.

“You’re pregnant!” she said wet with tears and a huge grin on her face.

Oh fuck, Lisa thought.