Chapter 117

~ Charles

I went to her house first, and she wasn’t home; none of her family members were home, which was strange.

I decided to go to her new office, which was where I got my answer.

“The boss is away on a family trip,” her secretary told me, giving me an awkward look because I was obviously supposed to know that information about my said wife.

If only she knew that it was not always as rosy as we portrayed it on the outside.

I rolled myself out of her new office with a thick cloud of sadness hovering over my head. I was exhausted, poorly dressed, and already making the headlines. If only I achieved something from today’s journey, it would have been worth It, but it was all for nothing.

I returned home in a mood and found my two caregivers drinking on duty. I couldn’t help but get angrier. “What do you two think you are doing?” I yelled at them. “Is this what I pay you for? To drink and get wasted? You are both fired!”

“With pleasure, Mr. Charles McCall,” the freckled-faced caregiver