I looked at David with gratitude and admiration. He was the only one who understood my pain.“Look, OK, I have to tell you something. Something that you won’t believe. Something that will change everything,” Henry said over the phone and I felt a chill run down my spine.What could he possibly say that would make things worse than they already were?“What is it? What do you have to tell me?” David asked, sounding curious and wary.“It’s about the boy. It’s not mine. I know he’s not mine. I can prove that he’s not mine because I’m not able to produce children. I’m infertile. I borrowed a sperm box from somebody else. I don’t know who the person is but it doesn’t matter now. I did something terrible and that’s how she got pregnant with a child that is mine but at the same time not entirely mine. So I don’t really care about the boy. I’ve never cared about kids. I’ve never cared about having any kids but I thought I could see a future with Jane but it was all very far-fetched, you know m
He was slightly annoyed, I could notice that. But he didn’t hesitate to patronize me just because I was rich. After all, he also decided to collect the money at the end of the day. So did he really care about me or not?I took the money from him without saying anything. Yeah, I’ll take every bit of it unapologetically because none of this is my business, OK? But I will continue to talk some sense into his head because obviously he’s got none to spare.“Please come back quickly and explain to your wife. Make peace with her. Make sure you righten your wrongs. Make sure you straighten your crooked paths and all will be well with you.” He continued. “How do you intend to do this shit?” David asked. He looked genuinely concerned now.Everywhere fell dead silent.“Everybody knows you, Henry. Everybody knows you’re a top business tycoon. So how do you plan to disappear without a trace?” He asked.“you know… I care about anything else besides your lectures? I’d rather be going now. I have a
Very typical of him to follow me. Not like I expected any less though. “Jane! Jane! Wait!” He shouted after me and I ran into my room as quickly as I could and shut the door firmly. I didn’t lock it but then he didn’t dare to try and open it on his own.“Please. Jane! I know I can’t say anything to justify my actions but please. Hear me out,” he pleaded from the other side of the door while I carefully sat down by the door and buried my face in my palmsI started sobbing and crying my heart out.Everything went silent the moment I started sobbing. I actually thought he had left me in the room to cry peacefully. I angrily hit my hands and my legs in a frustrated way, because yeah, I was truly and deeply frustrated because of everything that was going on in my life at that point. I was even contemplating becoming a nun for a while, so that I would have peace of mind and I wouldn’t think about any man or whatsoever. But yeah, that life was not for me. That’s basically why I had not ve
But of course, I knew better than to take my life. If there was anything I would never do in this world, it was definitely not taking my life. It was something that was ingrained in me as a child while growing up. No matter what it was I felt I was going through, all I could do was cry. Even if I cried for days, for weeks, for months. But one thing I wouldn’t do was to take my life. Because I did not give myself life. It’s not that I believed in God or any other creator for that matter, but I knew I was not the one who gave myself life. It would be rude, extremely rude, to take the life that someone gave me as a blessing. I would feel hurt if I gave someone life and the person decided to take it by force. It didn’t make any sense to me to do that. It doesn’t make sense. It will never make any sense to me. So suicide was off the chart, even though I considered it a couple of times. It didn’t matter as long as I didn’t do it.At that point, I needed therapy. But the therapist Henry h
Maybe I was wrong about Landry all this time. You know, I started to regret the times that I told my sister she shouldn’t tell me anything more about Landry. She was so into the idea of us becoming a couple, a relationship, actually. She was so into it and she tried to entice me about him, but I didn’t listen because I had a big head. And now she’s off somewhere enjoying life with Landry’s brother David, and I am here with no Landry, still no husband, no son. It was a terrible thing to think of. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy, and that’s just a fact.“But what if that is the only way I know how to punish people?” I said curtly, but I was still being sarcastic and somewhat joking a little bit. I did want to grab his head and strangle the life out of him, but at the same time I was grateful to him for not doing everything Henry told him to do. “Will you open the door for me? No, I mean you can start with your punishment right away.” He said and I couldn’t believe it, but I
I felt dizzy for a while because I was so confused. I was usually the one who said I love you first in all my relationships. I was usually the one who made the first move, probably because of my desperation. I hoped so much that this man wouldn’t see through my desperation, that he wouldn’t see how desperate I was to find somebody to love. But obviously, I was wrong because he saw it. Why would a man be telling me that he loved me on the very first day we met? And given the circumstances surrounding it, it was a big lie, at least in my ears. What did he mean by love at first sight?“Jane, Jane, did you hear what I said?” David’s voice woke me up from my little mini trance right there. I didn’t even realize that I had drifted off from the normal conversation that we were having. But in truth, I didn’t know what to reply to that because obviously, I didn’t love him. But I did have a little bit of liking for him. And if there’s anything I’ve learned over the past few months, it’
“Oh, not so fast, David,” I said, holding up my hand. “Not so fast. You have to take it easy with all this flattery. I’m very quick to fall in love, haven’t you noticed that?” I teased him and he looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes. His smile matched his eyes, bright and warm. It was one of the most brilliant features about him. Was I falling in love again? I had just promised myself that I wouldn’t fall in love so quickly, but I couldn’t help it. This man was amazing. So good looking… Even more good looking than Henry and Rick combined. And I had a very high affinity for very good looking men. And to be honest, at that point, I didn’t really care. I just felt that I should live life and just be who I wanted to be, when I wanted to be, and how I wanted to be.“Oh, I have noticed,” he said, leaning closer to me. “We did have quite the chemistry there when I first walked into the room. When I got coffee with you, you know… I felt it. It was kind of obvious. But I didn’t think anyth
“Why don’t you call them to know what’s up?” He asked, looking at me with concern. I shook my head.“No, no, no, no. We already spoke about this. We discussed it. It’s OK. They will have to be the one to call me after the mission is complete. I can’t call them now. It would be destroying something in the mission.” I said, biting my lip nervously. I was already tapping my feet fast on the ground and grinding my teeth anxiously. Just remembering everything already brought a knot to my stomach and a lump to my throat. And I guess he noticed, because he reached out to my hands and took them in his. He rubbed them gently and gave me a reassuring smile.“It’s OK. I’m sure you’re going to get the text soon. But I need to ask you some questions. I don’t know if it will be OK for you to answer them for me.” He said and I looked at him. I hesitated a little bit, because I didn’t say I was going to trust anyone with the information that I had. But I was willing to give him a small chance. May