We settled to sit on a roadside bench. Goodness knew how Dale always discovered such silent places. I really doubted if anyone would be able to come here to disturb the serenity we felt. I stared up at the dark sky, sighed, and glanced at him. To get his attention off his phone, I took his hand.
"How's everything going on?" I asked. For some unknown reason, I wasn't feeling the friendship and love between us. I couldn't even tell if I was the one acting like a stranger to him. This guy had been my friend for two years, and had been my boyfriend for six months, shortly before I had gotten married to Ivan. He had always been my greatest supporter, so feeling awkward around him just wasn't right.
He smiled at me, intertwining our fingers in each other. "I'm cool. Just that I haven't seen you in a while. So, what's up wit
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Like the tired and sleepy person I was, I rolled back and forth on the couch, debating with myself on whether or not it was time to wake up. I had had a crazy night, so it felt like I hadn't gotten enough sleep."Are you awake, ma'am?" The tiny voice coming from the side of the couch caught my attention.I opened my eyes a little, peeping through the small opening of the duvet which was over my body. Wait, who was that? Spotting a young, black woman in a casual sky blue dress, something like the maids' uniform, I pulled the duvet off my body swiftly, and sat up."Oh, hi." I tried to fix my tousled hair, smiling like a confused monkey. I was definitely confused. "Do you need something? I'm… surprised to see you here."
I glanced at the door, sitting on a red, lip shaped couch on the balcony of Ivan's room. Feeling a bit disturbed and uncomfortable, I stood up from the couch, walked to the other side of the large balcony, and leaned my elbows on the handrail. I didn't know why, but I was so terrified. My heart had not beaten this hard in a while. How could he think of calling me? I thought I had told him not to attempt to do so, as long as I was still married to Ivan. After a while of debating with myself on whether or not to pick his call, I took a deep breath, and finally swiped my thumb finger across my phone's screen. Yes, I picked his call. After all, Ivan was busy with his work. He probably wouldn't come here. I breathed in. "Hi, Dale. Hi."
Rae°°°°°As I stared at myself through the mirror on the vanity table, I smiled, adoring how cute I looked. Though I seemed so happy, my heart and mind weren't at peace, at all. I was worried about Dale's loneliness, and at the same time, I was scared he could do something terrible. I knew for a fact that he wasn't patient, and that could absolutely be a big problem for us.What would he do? Worst of all, I hadn't been able to speak to him long enough. That annoying freak walked into the balcony at the wrong time. Well, the only thing I was glad about was the fact that Ivan hadn't heard my full conversation with Dale. If he had, I'd be exposed."Now, you're on track." Dora grinned at me as soon as she was done wearing my jewelry. Now, this
One bad thing I knew about Dale was his anger. Whenever he got angry, it was so hard to try to make him feel better. He could go angry for a month, and wouldn't even think of giving me a call. And, now that he thought I was going too far in this game, there was no doubt that he would interfere in this, and even ruin all of my hard work. Gulping, I turned to him. His stare became even intenser, no sign of sympathy or remorse hanging in those eyes. "They won't stop attacking you, will they?" He smirked. "Guess it's because they need their boss to ask them to leave. With a snap of my finger, they'll disappear." I swallowed the lump of tears in my throat. He had planned all this? Being careful, not wanting Ivan to know Dale and I knew each other, I looked away.
Brenda glared as she pulled her arms around her chest. She snapped her neck in the direction of my car window, sulking so much, and tapping her feet against the floor of my car. Whenever she was super upset, this was how she behaved. I let out a sigh, a sigh of surrender. "Alright then. I give up. Bad that you don't wanna come in, but I think I understand you." "You think?!" She snapped, her eyes widened at me. "You're not married to a human! My refusal is valid. Literally, he embarrassed me so much. I just can't imagine going back into that place." I giggled. This wasn't funny at all, but it just made me laugh. "Oh, sorry, sorry." I waved my hands at her to apologize for laughing, trying so much to hold back my laughter. "Okay, girl. I get you. A hundred percent
This evening was a very awkward one for me. Every now and then, Rhonda and I glimpsed at each other. I was really wondering if Ivan noticed how uncomfortable I was beside her. Well, I hoped he didn't notice it."So, how've you guys been?" she asked Ivan.With mouthful of pancake, he mumbled, "Great, great. My business has been going fine, and uh, my mental health has been cool lately."She beamed with a smile. The smile with a devilish intention. "Aw… sweet. I'm happy about that. And what about your social life? How's your—" she glanced at me. "—relationship with her? I believe I can see some improvements. I see you've been—"With a fake cough, I cut her off. I acted like I choke
It had been a while since Antonio came over to my place. I never liked him around because he was either always flirting with the maids or saying crazy things that never stopped boring me. If I hadn't promised myself to not go to work all through the week, I would have surely not have let him come here.He switched on the new phone he had gotten me, gave it to me, and sucked his teeth. "That's it. It's been linked to hers. Any information you need on her phone, you can find it there.""Including her mails and bank transactions?" I asked.He snorted. "Of course. Anything you can think of.""Alright. Will send you the money." I put the phone on the center table, then set my gaze on him.
As Jason packed his bags, getting ready to leave my place, I stared at the phone Antonio had given to me. To be honest, I wasn't willing to go through everything on Rae's phone. Suddenly, I started to feel like I was going to invade her privacy. I couldn't imagine what it'd be like to have someone go through my private messages and calls. That was absurd."You got a new phone?" I looked up at Jason when he asked me that.I nodded. "Kinda."He let out a throaty laugh, dropping his bag on my table. "Why? You've already got one. You're planning to give it to a woman or something?""Not that.""Then?" He gave me a questioning look. Woah, why was he