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The two of us laid on the huge double bed, silently. I couldn’t guess what was running through Johnny’s mind, but on my side, various thoughts flooded my whole mind. What had I just done! Was it worth it! I was a married woman…yes, and I had willingly committed adultery. I tried meditating about what Kenny’s reaction would be, if he found out, and just at that moment, he called.

“Who is that?” Johnny asked.

“Kenny…I can’t talk to him now.” I told Johnny, to whom I couldn’t even look straight in the face. Just after missing two calls of his, we heard a knock on the door something that brought panic between us.

“Do you think he is the one?” I whispered to Johnny.

“Not sure, but higher chances are he is. And there is nowhere he can’t reach in this house.”

“Oh my, what are we going to do? Do not open.” I told him, at this time shivering terribly.

“I have to. He didn’t see me at work that’s why he might be here. That’s if he did not follow you.”

“So, what about me? My bag is in the living room.” I told him. He sat on the bed, face hidden behind his hands. I did not even understand why I was panicking to this extent, yet all I had wanted was fair play. Before I did this shameful act, I had wished he could know as soon as possible. Yes, that’s how revenge is. People have to know but right now, I didn’t want Kenny to know. At this very minute, I thought about how much I loved him, and how much he was unique in every way. Johnny wasn’t even any better than Kenny.

Johnny’s phone rang from the living room. That’s where he had left it. We could hear it right, but he was also scared to go for it.

“Get into the bathroom, and lock from inside please. I’m bringing your bag and shoes.” He said as he left. I dressed up quickly and disappeared into the bathroom. In a few seconds, Johnny returned, speaking on the phone, he threw my bag and shoes inside and I locked immediately.

“Sorry man, I have been deeply asleep.” I heard him say, as his voice disappeared. After a few minutes, I heard the two walking back, talking in silent whispers, then when they got into the bedroom, I heard them crystal clear.

“With the body weakness man, you have to go and start on some other stronger medication.” Kenny said.

“Aaaah, no need to, really. I will be okay. You know I wanted to give you a call in the morning, but I lost it all.”

“Wait, a moment. In here smells some familiar perfume…Johnny….”

“What? Really? What perfume?”

“My wife…she wears that perfume.”

“Really? Then it’s like all ladies love that specific one.”

“Sure, don’t tell me you had a bae inside here…”

“As you know man, it’s really hard to stay alone. Lucky you, you got married and having a better life. Speaking of your wife how is she? Let’s perhaps move to the living room, and we grab something from the fridge.” Johnny said.

“You know I love it here…your living room is as empty as a grave. I can’t sit on the floor man.”

“Okay…so, Dee, and Angel. How are they?”

“Trouble just man. I had kept this away from you, but now it’s high time I opened up. I’m slowly dying inside…slowly…”

“Why man?”

“I’m losing her. I’m soon losing Dee. For a full month now, we have not been talking…for a full month now, we have been living in separate rooms. For a full month bro, I have not met with any woman…you can imagine how I’m feeling inside.”

“Oh my God! Bro, what happened? Why didn’t you tell me? We could have talked to her.”

“I wanted to sort my own issues out without including any third parties bro but it’s now getting worse. She can’t even talk to me, even when I try. The truth is I miss my wife.”

“You are not telling me what happened.”

“Because it’s hard for me bro but to you, I can do express it out. To my wife, it was hard, until I had to put it down in writing. Not even sure if she read that letter.”

I was becoming more interested in hearing this conversation. Where was it heading? What was bound to happen?

“Shila returned from abroad, that same year I got married.” I heard Kenny say.

“What? Your ex Shila? So you reconciled?”

“No…come on bro. I’m not a cheat. Yes, I loved Shila, but when I met Dee, I loved her and only her.”

“So what has Shila got with your marriage falling apart?”

“She called me, as soon as she had returned, and asked to meet with me. By that time, Dee was very heavy. I couldn’t leave her side. I asked Shila why she wanted to meet me, and guess what? She told me she had my kid.”

“What! This is becoming interesting now. Are you sure bro?”

“Yes. This astonished me. How was that possible? and why was she telling me, now after all those years? Had she heard that I was now a married man, so she wanted to set me up? I couldn’t tell. It bothered me so much until I made up my mind not to meet with her. Whatever the case. She even threatened to come and abandon the kid outside my house, so that Dee would know. But still, I refused to meet with her.”

“Anha…what happened next?”

“Dee gave birth, and her mother advised to take her home so that she could give her all kind of support. I was against the idea. I didn’t want Dee to leave. I wanted her to be with me…but they won anyway, and for three months she was gone. Remember, Shila is still on my neck. Therefore, I decided to go meet her, and the kid. I also told her we had to do a DNA test.

On one specific Sunday, I went to meet the girl. The boy looked so much like me, but I still insisted we do the test and that’s the day Dee came back home, without informing me. She called me and asked to talk to the house help since I had left home without informing her, and since I had no lie to tell at the moment, I told her Suzie had moved out. Guess what, getting home, she is right there. She didn’t tell me anything. But I have lived with the guilt of having lied to her…I really wanted to explain to her, but I didn’t have the courage to.”

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“But you would have done so. It’s not that you had slept with Shila after meeting Dee. No. so, I guess Dee would have understood your point.” Johnny said.

“I don’t know why I thought it would be hard for her to swallow it in…and that was not the end of the story. Results returned a few days later, and it was a match. I still met her and we talked about the boy. I promised to take care of him. She told me she had plans of getting married and she couldn’t move in with the boy. We planned a third meeting. Still a Sunday, and that’s where everything fell apart…I was tiptoeing out of the house, early morning, still without informing Dee, and boom! She woke up. I told her I was coming to work. Johnny, I didn’t know Dee would follow me…I was there, sitting with Shila in my restaurant, talking about how we would take care of the kid. Actually, I was telling Shila that I can’t bring the boy to my home since Dee is a first time mother and still nursing. Two kids would give her headache. I was requesting that she takes the boy to his grandmother…and when my girl grows up, I would talk to my wife, and we bring the boy home. But at the moment, I was not ready and guess what happened?”

“What happened?”

“There she was, Dee. Pulling Shila’s hair and punching her like crazy. I had never seen this crazy bit of my wife. At first, I was shocked and speechless until I went, held her and took her into the car. All events of that day were a great shock in my sight. Dee was very sure I was cheating on her but how would I start telling her it was not true? After the first lie I told her and then telling her I was heading to work, only for her to find me with another woman…”

“So sorry bro…”

“And, there, she packed her bags and wanted to leave. I knew, if I left her to leave, I would lose her. I love my wife so much bro…”

“I know bro.”

“So I hid the keys and asked her to stay until she had calmed down. I was ready to explain but she didn’t calm down…she didn’t speak to me, and she has always pushed me away…that’s my state now bro. I spent the whole night yesterday typing all this on paper, printed it out early morning, and went and knocked on her room. She didn’t open. I pushed the envelope under…not sure if she read it. It would give me hope if at all she read it…but I have called, she doesn’t even pick!”

Oh dear, so sorry… I had no idea all this was happening to you my dear. Maybe she read it.”

“But do you think she still loves me. I already feel like I have lost her. Marriage is not easy man…wait…thhis phone!” I heard him say, and that is when I remembered I had not left with my phone to the bathroom. Actually, after he had called, I had just put it on the table, and forgot all about it.

“Johnny! This phone belongs to my wife!” and at that very moment, my eyes became blurry, closed my eyes, and lost it all…