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My hands shook while staring at Everette. He and Christina were alike. Those were easy for him to say because he did not know my struggles. “Really? Then, why don't you step out of my house and leave me alone? Don't you come in here so that you will stop seeing me. If I will only cause you stress, then you remove me from your life. You got that?"It was not like I asked them to look for me. I did not. I was already fine with spending the rest of my life with my son and no one else.Everette yanked his hair out of frustration."You don't understand, Beatrice."I smiled bitterly. "Yeah. All of you think I am an imbecile and I don't understand what you are all talking about. It's only my son who understands me. No one else. So why don't you disappear from my life, Everette. Don't you dare come back again. I don't need you. Or any member of the family."Maybe being alone was better. "Beatrice. You don't know what you're talking about. You need us in your life."I averted my gaze. "I kn
THE UNWANTED EX-HUSBAND [86]
BEATRICE:Everette inhaled sharply and there I saw how his face darkened. “You never learned your lesson, Beatrice. How could you still be a fool and love your ex-husband? That man…you and my nephew don’t have any future with him!” he growled. “Stop loving him and move on.”Was I considering Drake to be my husband again? I did not know. But one thing was for sure. I wanted to annoy the hell out of him for barging into my house uninvited and for saying mean things towards me."He is a changed man," I said. "And whether I choose him or not, you don't have a say on that."I bit the inside of my cheeks. What was I doing again? Defending Drake? Really? As if he was already apry of my life again. Everette inhaled deeply and I could feel his disappointment mixed with frustration on his face."You're out of your mind. It's clear Josh is better than your ex-husband.""You don't know Drake."He cursed loudly that I was afraid that Grayson would be able to hear us."Stop defending him, for g
THE UNWANTED EX-HUSBAND [87]
BEATRICE:Josh's smile faltered and looked at me with a nervous expression on his face. My eyes narrowed even more.I do not like it when someone is acting suspicious. I had already had enough of men betraying me.If Josh would betray me in the end…I did not know what I would be capable of doing. "You did not answer my question, Josh. How come you know that Everette visited me? I never said anything like that.""I-I am so sorry, Little One. But that time, I was in your house vicinity to check on you annd found your younger brother stepping out of his car. I became embarrassed and did not continue entering your house. You know how protected he is to you especially in high school.""How will I know if you're telling the truth?" I asked.He chuckled nervously. "Are you suspicious of me, Little One? Is there some harm in knowing about your brother's visit?"I folded my arms in front of my chest. "Why not? Everyone might be a suspect, especially the burglar who was not caught."The smile
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BEATRICE:Josh was dangerously close and even if I was staring back at him, he was not doing anything to lean backward. His eyes continued staring at my lips while shamelessly getting closer and closer. My hands were at my side, not having the strength to push him off. Maybe I want to know if he would really kiss me or not. Would he dare to? In front of this crowd? At the corner of my eyes, no one stopped and looked at us, all of them minding their own business.Yeah. No one was watching us. So, what's the harm of letting this man kiss me and see for myself if I was now ready to be with another man. Maybe Josh was the one who would change my views about marriage and men?Inhaling deeply, I closed my eyes and waited for him to kiss me.Whatever.How would I know if I won't allow him to kiss me? I was single for crying out loud and why would I imprison myself in the past? I waited for his lips to land on mine. I waited, but it already took a couple of seconds, but there was no kiss.
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BEATRICE:That was him! The man who was with me on that night! The fast beating of my heart told me that I was right!I ran after him while Josh was calling me behind. But I never listened to him anymore. Instead, my eyes were glued to the mysterious man who was in my head day by day.I must not lose him!I did tell myself that I no longer cared about uncovering the truth about the reason for my marriage's failure, but then, I have to use this opportunity to uncover the past! Who was I kidding? Knowing the past on why he took those pictures and sent it to my ex-husband was one of the best things to do. What would you get out of it, Beatrice? It was already done. You cannot bring the past anymore. The man stepped into the awaiting car and started the engine and ran away. I was about to chase him, but someone pulled me away and found a car that was about to hit me. The car honked a couple of times out of anger towards me. Do I look like I care? I did not! I want that man!"Beatrice
THE UNWANTED EX-HUSBAND [90]
BEATRICE: I tried to tell myself that I don't owe Drake any explanations, so why did my heart skip a bit when he asked where I was too? Why did it become difficult to answer that question? My mouth opened, but no words would come out of it. Dang it. I looked like I was already outlining the things that I will see in front of my house when I returned. "Are you perhaps with someone else?" Drake pressed, not wanting to let go of the topic. “I hope you will be able to swim.” "Where is the teacher?" I asked, changing the topic. "She already went home when I arrived here. She said she had some kind of emergency in her house. But you did not answer my question, Beatrice." "Are you hungry now, Grayson?" I inquired, still don't have any plans of answering his questions. If I kept on evading it, I looked like I was guilty, right? "I am, MOmmy. Could Daddy come with us? I want to eat with him. What did you cook, Mommy?" "Something delicious. Vegetables. Your favorite." His eyes bulged
THE UNWANTED EX-HUSBAND [91]
BEATRICE:With Grayson gone, my ex-husband could now ask questions which he believed he was entitled to hear, but he did not. But he was not the type who would listen. He was stubborn. Very much hard-headed.Sensing that this would be a long talk, I pulled one vacant chair, and sat, still monitoring my son outside. There was indeed someone who was with him and Drake saw that man too. Seeing he had no reaction to the man, then he might be one of the bodyguards that he was talking about."You won't get any answer from me," I retorted, shifting my attention back to him. "You cannot demand anything from me, Drake.""You're avoiding my questions even if I did not still ask them. Which means that you don't want me to know."I scoffed. "What do you want to know?""Where were you? Why were you late?""You want to know the answer?""Yes. I want to know the answer."Unfolding my arms in front of my chest, I replied, "Fine. I was on a date with Josh." I saw the man whom you thought I was having
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BEATRICE: Josh had a wife? But he never said anything about it. Not about his wife dead. Or even anything about that woman. He was married…Josh…for someone as open as him, I was not expecting that he was also capable of hiding something from me. Why? You think you're the only one who is allowed to keep secrets? the other part of my mind said. Josh was not like that. I thought he was an open book that he was not hiding anything from me. I did not know what was surprising. The fact that Josh was able to hide some important facts in his life while claiming he was pursuing me or that he had a wife and she was already dead while Drake was claiming she was murdered. Josh never said such things. Or anything about his wife. So I don't…Josh being a murderer? Images of his smiling face flashed in my mind. He sure did not look like a murderer to me. I shook my head, refusing to believe Drake's allegations.I was certain if that was true (not being the murderer thingy), Josh was hiding it
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