Thea"I took an entire day off because you wanted to spend time with me. But I don't think you're in a good mood", John says, looking at the TV screen. I'm sitting beside him on the long couch and his hand is placed on my shoulder. There's barely any gap between us. In fact, I'm half-seated on his lap. After the kids left this morning with Tiffany for school, I asked John to manage to take a day off so we can enjoy a movie. I couldn't take myself out of those thoughts. And I knew if I again invest all my time in everything other than my family, I won't get another chance to fix it all, the way I got right now. It's been an hour since we began watching a film and I was kind of invested in that until something came up inside my head again. "No. I just—" I pass him a smile. "Nothing"He pauses staring at me for a couple of seconds. "I think you're getting bored with this movie""No. It's good. It's actually good", I look at the screen and suddenly get confused. "Well, what did just ha
Thea"I'm sorry. I can give it to Mrs Thea Allen Fox only", the man in the black suit with a file in his hand says. He doesn't look like a courier guy either. I reach there and find John standing in front of him and Tiffany right behind John. I look at her and mouth, "what's happening?"She shakes her head whispering, "no clue""I don't understand why anyone would send a notice from the court for my wife", John blurts out. "Are you sure it's for her?"I freeze for a whole second after hearing that. Letter from the court for me?I shake my head in disbelief when the man shows us the envelope. There's my name written on it. "Thea Allen Fox. Is this the right name?" The man asks. "Yeah. Yeah. It's— it's my name", I almost choke on my spit, wondering what's this about. John looks extremely confused as I take it and sign the receiving paper. The man leaves right after leaving that to me. "I don't understand. Why would you get such a thing?" John shrugs."I'm confused too", I look at t
Ivanna"We'll need another week of observation before we can let you know if the transplant has worked or not. Hopefully, there is a high chance that it has worked", Dr Decker says on the face time. We're standing in the cabin of his assistant while listening to him through the screen."Thank you so much", Christian says. "We can't wait to have the result"The call gets disconnected as we finish some discussion with Dr Edvin who's taking care of Chrissie's case right now. Then we walk out of the cabin. Christian's phone beeps as I begin to say something. He looks at the screen, a line of distress forming on his forehead. Then he sighs deeply and puts the phone back in his pocket. I look at him while walking through the corridor, waiting for him to say something. "What's that about?" I ask."The attorney's assistant. He mailed the notice. It's successfully sent to Thea", he says. I nod, looking down as we walk near the yards. Christian looks outside, watching Chrissie stroll near
IvannaRight now, we're still standing by the corridor, looking at Chrissie. She turns to us and waves from distance and we do the same, smiling. "You were so right", Christian says as his eyes remain darted in Chrissie's direction. "I never thought that way. Now when I imagine not doing anything about it, I can only feel the grudge she would have if she ever got to know I gave up easily"I tighten my grip around his arm and smile audibly. "You know how much courage it took me to bring it up again?""Why?" He laughs, rubbing my shoulder."You were kind of blown up that night. I needed that gut to talk about it again", I chuckle."Come on. That's nothing to be afraid of. You are saying it as if I scare you", he looks down at me, frowning.I nod, "oh, yeah? You don't know how scary it is for me every time you freak out"He rolls his eyes as if I have said something tremendously unfair. "What?" I exclaim. He shakes his head. "Nothing. Just wondering""Wondering what?""That I look sc
Thea"Thea!" Tiffany bangs on the door abruptly, bringing me back to my senses. I immediately grab the papers and rush towards the bed, then I put them under the mattress again hurriedly. "Thea, open the door"She keeps screaming but I make sure she can't find anything. I don't trust her or anyone with such stuff anymore. Especially when she seems to be so freaked out on me all the time. I take a deep breath and release it before she screams again. This fucking woman! I gasp under my breath, "no one's dying, Tiffany. Can you just stop screaming", I yell at the top of my lungs. She finally stops screaming as I surge towards the door and open it. She's standing like a statue, gawking at me. Then she moves her gaze from my head to toe and vice versa as if she's scanning me. "What?" I roll my eyes, crossing my arms at her.She then peeks inside without even answering me as if she's looking for someone. "For fuck's sake, Tiffany", I shrug. "What are you doing?"She hesitantly pulls bac
TheaI clench my fists, gritting my teeth when her words echo inside my head repeatedly. The effect of her words has been so rough and shitty on my sanity that it freaked me out right away. I just didn't know how to react to her blunt confession. Did she really confess that she loves John? She literally dared to love him? I can't believe it. I can't believe the audacity to have such feelings and even confess that to my face. And she must have thought she shut my mouth. She's definitely wrong in that case. She can't shut me down after slamming that fucking confession on my face. Fuming in immense anger, I rush out of the room, following her. I find her running down the stairs and reaching the living room. "Tiffany, stop!" I screech, from the stairs, gazing at her.She turns around, slinging her bag on her shoulder."Not now, Thea. I have to pick up the boys from school", she groans.I ignore her words and come downstairs. As soon as she turns to move, I grab her arm and yank her asi
Thea"You knew?" My voice comes out as a whisper, yet it's filled with disbelief and surprise when I shake my head, wondering if I have heard anything wrong. "You knew all that time?"John pauses for a couple of seconds before he lowers his eyes, letting out a deep sigh. He doesn't respond. And with every passing second of his silence irks me, makes me fum in immense anger. What was he doing the whole time when he got to know that bitch has set her eyes on him? He continued to keep her in my house and let her go near my kids. And he didn't even find it better to let me know. "John! I'm asking you something", my voice booms around the house as his eyes roam around. "There's no need to scream in front of a bunch of servants!" He grunts his teeth. "I always make sure I'm not hurting your sentiments in front of anyone. Shouldn't you be doing the same?"There's harshness in his voice this time. And I regret doing so while I also notice the cleaners looking at us. I look away and grab th
TheaIt's been a while since the ugly fight we had. I feel miserable. Slumping onto the couch and looking up at the ceiling, I spend the entire afternoon. John didn't show up downstairs after that. Ryan and Kevin came back home but I didn't see Tiffany coming inside. I didn't talk to them but I overheard them talking about her. She dropped them at the gate and went somewhere. Good for her. I hope she's gone for good. I'll prefer not to see her face at all after knowing she had been lusting over my husband. Nonetheless, I feel awful after that heated argument with John. I should have controlled myself. He has never been so disgusted and annoyed after any argument we had. I know the reason. This time, I brought up the kids. I literally compare myself with them. I don't know how that thing came up inside my head. I should have shut my mouth. However, it's not like I didn't mean that. I definitely meant that. He is always biased towards the kids and I know if anytime he has to choose bet