Jeff starts to round up in his office as he awaits the arrival of his friend. He had called Francis over to have a man-to-man talk with him regarding his sister. After the drunken conversation he had with Rhoda, he decided to give him a chance. Maybe he had actually changed. Maybe what he felt for his sister was real. He decided to give it a trial. And talking of Rhoda, he was still as clueless as ever as to what to do. He liked her, but he very much knew he couldn't start anything new with her. Why?Aside from their open marriage contract, he was still struggling to get himself to trust her. If he must start anything, he has to trust her. And that was a difficult thing to do for him. After the heartbreak from his ex-girlfriend despite how much he loved and trusted her, he couldn't bring himself to do so again. Not even when he had seen her doing 'it' in the bathroom of a bar. He had been celibate for months now and that wasn't easy. He could have chosen to do it outside, but he k
Sharon got tired of dancing in the bar and decided to go outside for fresh air. Her date for the night has not gotten there so she decided to call and wait for him outside. She walked outside and was slapped by the naturally calming air, so she stretched her arms apart and breathed in as much as she could. Her phone started ringing. She brought it out and said, "Hello." It was the person she was waiting for."Why are you not here yet?" She asked and listened to his excuse. She sighed and smiled. "Okay. Don't stay too long, I'm waiting for you." She was about to hang up but brought the phone back to her ear when she heard him talking. "Come on. I don't think we can make use of the bathroom again. The last time, I suspected someone saw us," she said in a low voice and turned around to see if no one could hear her.To her surprise, the phone of the man behind her dropped to the ground and his mouth was wide open. It was obvious he had heard her and that shocked him. She hung up and too
Sharon brought in the brown envelope she had found at her door and walked in. She wondered what was in there and from whom it came from. But after opening it, her curiosity dwindled. She knew who it was from.There were a few pictures of herself in different places and she looked at them in shock. What was shocking was that she had never been in those clothes and had never been to those places where the pictures were taken. She recognized one of the places to be the house her biological parents were living in. That was when everything made sense. How could she have believed they had no child? Every couple wants children. Then, she realized that the reason she was forsaken was because of this lady that looked so much like her. Anger filled her up immediately and she squeezed one of the pictures in one hand. She looked into the envelope again and saw another picture she didn't bring out. It was a picture of her… No, not her. It was a picture of the lady in a wedding dress and beside
Kelly looked behind her to see who Rhoda was referring to. She looked back at Rhoda and touched her hand. "Are you okay? Is he someone you know?" She asked."Yes, I am fine. Excuse me for a moment," Rhoda replied and walked towards Nas and they moved some feet away from Kelly. "What are you doing here? How did you find me?""Good day to you, too," Nas replied, still smiling.Rhoda's heart started melting seeing him smile. His smile had been what she had fallen in love with when she saw him for the first time. She tried to look hard even though she was not. "I'm sorry. I'm just surprised to see you. You wanted me out of your life, remember? You said you never wanted to see me again, so why —""That's because I thought I could live without you, Rho."She loved him calling her that. She always has. And he was doing that on purpose because he knew. "It's been over a year and I can tell you lived just fine. It is so obvious," she said while looking at him from head to toe. She admitted he
After lunch, Rhoda went to the living room to get the book she had left there. She was going out to see Nas later in the evening. She had no idea if that was too soon, but she also wanted to see him. She wanted to know what happened to him. She hated to admit it but she missed him. As he talked to her over the phone, she realized how much she did. Seeing and talking to him re-ignites all the feelings she thought had gone. She had totally forgotten about Jeff. It was not going to work out with him anyway. Other than the question she had refused to give him the answer to the previous day, he had not talked to her as he used to. She could feel he was distant. He wasn't acting like it, but she knew he was.Their so-called 'friendship' was not growing, but it was not stuarting either. She was brought out of her thinking realm by the ringing of a phone. It was Jeff's. She took it and went upstairs to his room to give it to him. "Your phone is —" She opened the door and froze as she walke
Rhoda had suggested that they meet at an eatery or any restaurant nearby, but Nas was against it and had suggested and found a way to convince her to go to his house. When she arrived, Rhoda could not help but look around the house. Not even a single change had been made in the room. It was exactly the same way as it was a year ago. She had her seat as he went to bring her a drink. She clasped her fingers together as she waited. She did not know the reason she was… nervous. She wouldn't say uncomfortable. Nas returned with a glass of strawberry juice. "I'm not sure if you still like this, babe," he said as he placed the cup on the center table. Not at all, she thought. She never liked strawberry juice or strawberry anything, but he did not seem to remember that. She smiled nevertheless and said, "Thank you, Nas." She decided not to correct his memory. It was not like she was allergic to strawberries. But how could he forget that she loved orange juice best? He always teased her wi
Jeff finished his zoom business meeting, shut down his laptop, and went to the kitchen to make himself a cup of tea. It was getting late and Rhoda wasn't back yet. He didn't even know what to think. Did that mean her meeting with her ex-boyfriend was going well? Even after wishing it shouldn't?No one should misunderstand him. He didn't care. She could do whatever she wanted with her life. It was none of his business. He did not give an 'F' about that. Should he just get back to his ex as well? That could make them even. Oh, no! That was a terrible idea. Or could it not be? He decided to go out of his house to look around. Sometimes, he enjoyed the view of his neighborhood so much that he would stroll for a few minutes before going back home.He still liked Karen, but no. She was already his past. He could not even forgive the fact that she was double dating him with an old man. Like, an old man. Didn't that mean the 'oldie' was giving her more than he could? But — Oh, no. He shoul
"Rhoda?"She said nothing even though it was not oblivious to them that she heard all that they said. She only looked from Jeff to his father, then back to her husband. She made an attempt to start walking out of their sight into her room, but stopped abruptly when her father-in-law talked. "Why would you glare like that? I wasn't entirely wrong."That made her more furious. She turned and walked closer to him to give him a piece of her mind. He needed to hear it, but before she could say anything, her husband beat her to it. "You've gone too far, dad. You should take your leave before I change my mind." He was already furious. His father kept giving him surprises after another."Jeff!""Leave. Please " He was already fuming with seeing his ex-girlfriend with him and now he had to do this. He didn't want to do anything to embarrass his father but that would only be possible if he respected himself and walked out while he was still being patient. His father got to his feet and walke