ExcerptMichael,I don’t know how you are going to take this but I will have to say it. I have been unhappy, very unhappy. I don’t know what I did or where I went wrong but you have been hurting me. I try to live with it, like it is all a phase and it would stop soon, it would go away soon but it just keep getting worse. Why won’t you trust me? Why are you finding it hard to believe a word I say? I know I hurt you by lying to you five years ago but that was then Michael, I vowed not to do that again but it seemed that even though you have said that you have forgiven me, you haven’t actually forgotten and you judge me by my past mistake and it’s hurting me, Michael, it’s depressing me.I have been seeing a therapist and she advised me to do this, said it will help us both. I am not leaving you Michael, but I am going away for a while. If you can’t handle the kids please take them to any of our mothers, I will only be gone for a while. I figure we both need a break, especially you; you
Michael drove into his property and parked in front of his garage, not in the mood of driving in. He watched from his rearview mirror how the automatic gate closes and sighed. It was such a tiring day at work and he could feel his head exploding with the news Gary just provided him with and the question was still eating him up, who is responsible, who could it be? He groaned softly and ran his fingers in his head tiredly before reaching for his briefcase and stepping down from the car. He locked the car with the remote and walked to the front porch, climbing up the stairs tiredly. In front of his front door, he heaved a deep sigh and put on a smiling face for his family before pushing open the door to see his daughter running up the stairs and turned at the sound of the door opening.“Daddy’s home,” Sapphire shouted running back down the stairs and Michael placed his briefcase on the floor and squatted down with his arms open wide for her to run into. He picked her up with a little la
Days passed and Sasha would be a liar if she said she doesn’t notice the change in Michael. And even though she tries not to let it affect her, she was really afraid of him going back to how he was three years ago. It had been hard to get Michael to stop worrying about her after the Craig incident, he was always in doubt of where she was going and always believe that she was lying to him. It hurt her because she knew she was responsible and that she broke him with her lies, she could still remember their last encounter in his family house that finally got him to change.Three years ago:Michael parked in front of his parents mansion, Sasha was sitting beside him but she had said nothing all through the ride. He sighed and asked again for the tenth time, “are you okay?” and as always, she responded with a nod which was a clear sign that she was not okay. They both climbed out of the car and entered the house. Vanessa was smiling while holding the twenty months old Sapphire.“You are he
Sasha parked in front of the Blues, she started contemplating if she had done the right thing, maybe she should have called the girls and tell them she can’t make it. The last thing she wants is to give Michael more reasons not to trust her and to think that tonight was so similar to the night it all started, the night everything changed. She had lied going to a girls night out that night and tonight she went on a girls night out but for real this time. Will she blame Michael if he thinks she is lying? But she had been going out with her girls before so why would tonight be different? Except for Michael going back to how he was three years ago, things were perfectly normal.What did she do wrong that cracked him up again? What could she have said? She knows she had not gone out on a date without him around or without her friends or even their parents, so what exactly went wrong? The blaring of her ringtone woke her up from her thoughts and she sighed and brought out her phone from her
Sasha stopped in front of a newspaper stand and bought the morning papers, scanning through the front page, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing, when did it happen? How come she doesn’t know of this? She glanced at the date and found out that it has been on the news for the past two weeks, the date struck her. That was the period Michael started acting up and then within a few short seconds, she finally figured it out after putting two and two together. No wonder he changed, no wonder he went back to stalking her, doubting her. It turned out this was the news and he didn’t tell her? He hid it from her and he punished her in the process.Anger boiled inside her and she couldn’t take it as she started her car and drove with one destination in mind: Brown’s Empire.As she drove into the building, she parked at the lot and grabbing the morning papers, she climbed out of the car. She stepped into the reception and all eyes turned on her before, “Good afternoon, Mrs. Brown,” started ra
Sasha entered her bedroom after putting Sapphire to bed again, she had knocked on Chris’s door but he did not let her in and when she entered, he had been asleep so she didn’t bother to wake him again. She was glad to find the room empty and wished it would be like that for the rest of the night. But her prayer was not answered because Michael entered ten minutes after her. She was still on the bed when he entered, not in the mood to go to bed yet. His suit jacket was folded on his arm and his shirts buttons were almost all opened and his other hand was in his pant pocket. He rested on the closed door and watched her. She didn’t say anything to him and pretended like he was not there but that was really impossible, his presence was the last thing anyone can ever ignore. It was like that from their first marriage and it had remained like that.“Why do you want to meet mom?” he asked few minutes later.Sasha said nothing and just lay on the bed, covering herself with the duvet.“Sasha,
Gary parked in front of the garage and wanted to get down and open the backseat door for Michael when he heard, “don’t worry, I will get it. Go home.”“You okay, Michael?” Gary asked, he knew he was not okay and for the first time since they became friends, he was lacking on what to say to him.“Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?” Michael asked, opening the door and climbing out of the car. Gary glanced at the envelop lying on the seat and sighed, Michael had refused to show him what was inside but he knew whatever it was, was not something good and he just hoped that it had nothing to do with Sasha.Michael picked up the enveloped and put it in his briefcase before walking over to the house. He climbed the stairs on the porch and as Gary turned the car, he honked at him but he didn’t glance back and Gary had to sigh and drive off. Placing his hand on the door knob, Michael closed his eyes and heaved a deep sigh before turning the knob. He pushed open the door to see Chris sitting on the dolphi
Sasha was confused at what Gary was saying and she didn’t hesitate to ask him, “I don’t understand.”Gary pinched the bridge of his nose, “you have to forgive me but I really need to say this, sometimes I think you are dumb, Sasha.”“Excuse me?”“Yes, I mean forgive me but it’s the truth. Think about it, this same man is the reason you are having issues in your marriage and you happened to meet him, it didn’t occur to you to tell your husband, tell me, what is the different from five years ago? I thought you would have learnt your lesson. The way things are right now, you should run to Michael for any little thing. Craig escaped from prison, no one knows how he did it but Michael is suspecting that there is a corrupt cop or cops because he noticed that whenever he brings up Craig issue, they would blow him off which is the main reason you should be wary. He had Fish following you before not for any reason but to keep an eye on you but you didn’t want that and just when he pulled Fish