A Heartbroken Birthday

SELENA’S POV:

THAT SAME EVENING:

“You know it’s weird to just watch naked people. We will be ready for all your questions downstairs. So….Get out.” Sandra snapped and pushed me out of the room.

So I walked downstairs almost falling, because my eyes were blurred with tears and I could feel physical pain in my chest. 

How could they do this to me? Was this how bad betrayal felt? 

After a few minutes, they walked down stairs hurting me even more as they shared a kiss and walked hand in hand, wearing one of the cute brown matching pajamas I had gotten for David and I. David wore the pants and Sandra had on the shirt which stopped mid thigh.

“How long has this been going on?” I coughed out with my voice extremely low as they took a seat, Sandra placing her legs on David’s thigh.

“For a while now. Even before I introduced you two, we’ve been having a whole lot of amazing sex everywhere. We might or might not have had sex in your matrimonial bed while you were mourning your annoying grandma.” Sandra responded proudly, and David continued rubbing her feet, staring at me with a stupid smirk on his face.

“You two are kidding right? This is a bad joke? You wouldn’t do this to me, you two wouldn’t hurt me like this.” My voice cracked and I looked into David’s eyes literally pleading.

“A few months ago in this beautiful, romantic house, we conceived a beautiful baby which is now growing in my lady’s belly. There are no jokes here, love.” David finally spoke, crushing me further as he rubbed her belly and Sandra grinned looking at me.

“IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE?” I found myself yelling and David stood up laughing boisterously.

“Selena, you must have forgotten I own this, and everything else you think you own! Remember you signed everything to me because you loved me so much, I own it all, your father’s company, your parents home. EVERYTHING BELONGS ME!” He used his pointing finger to push me back, disrespectfully and Sandra giggled.

“Lord, this is so hilarious. We often joke about how you keep telling me everything is perfect in your marriage while he tells me how he’s not only disgusted by you, but how much pleasure he derives from letting you know who’s boss and putting you in your place every time you think you have an opinion. I’m just so happy the cat is out of the bag, I was honestly so sick of you.” Sandra laughed, picking up her phone.

David chuckled, adding, “I feel the exact same way!” Going to bring something, a paper that I didn't notice in one of the chairs. He gave it to me and I saw it was a divorce paper and I looked at it for a minute  before  looking at them.

“After everything I’ve done for you two, this is how you repay me?” I wiped my tears and inhaled sharply.

“I have only shown you two nothing but love! I centered my entire life around you two and gave you everything I had.” I sobbed and heard Sandra mumble with her eyes still glued to her phone , ‘You bet you did.’

They didn’t even care about how much they were hurting me, I was so confused on what I could have possibly done for them to treat me this way and hurt me. Rage and betrayal fueled me, so I pushed past David and latched onto Sandra pulling her by the hair.

“You were like a sister to me! I trusted you with everything and gave you everything!” I screamed with the pain in my soul and Sandra screamed in pain while David grabbed me roughly, pulling me away from her not before I ripped out a part of her. 

Was that an extension or her real hair? But her loud wail let me know otherwise.

I couldn’t even process everything because the next thing I knew, I was met with a familiar hit on my cheek and he was now dragging me out of the house by my hair which was in a ponytail, through the cold tiled floor and when we got out he didn’t stop despite my pleadings, he dragged me through the concrete ground until I was out of the gated compound. And with that he held one of my hands roughly and signed my own signature on the divorce paper I had flung away when I attacked Sandra. I know I was pathetic, I had taught him my own signature. I was blinded by my love for him.

“DAVID!!” I shouted, feeling burns all around my body as he turned around to head back inside waving the divorce papers in the air.

“Don’t even think of coming to wherever I am, to the house because I WILL call the police and you will be jailed for trespassing. Nothing anywhere belongs to you, they are all mine including this coat on you.” He yelled and returned just to take off my coat, ignoring how hard I was biting his leg.

“Stupid thing!” He winced kicking me like a dog after roughly taking the coat off of me

“You are never going to be anything or amount to anything, how does it feel knowing your grandma was right about me all along?” He laughed and my jaw was hurting from his affliction and my crying.

“You know what? I’m certain in a matter of days, you are going to die and I can’t wait to get called to identify your body and play the widower. Goodbye, Selena. Thanks for the wealth and making my greatest wish of putting a rich girl in her place come to light. See what the gutter feels like!” He shut the gate and I wailed.

“David….David…” I cried lowly, trying my best to rise up and speak loudly but I was drained…too mentally and physically drained, so I fell asleep like a street dog in front of the gates near the beach. Before I had dozed off, David’s words hunted me.

If I couldn't go back to the house, where could I go? Would I continue sleeping on the road here, begging the two people who had betrayed me for food, shelter and clothing? What am I going to do?

However, I couldn’t tell how long I had been on the floor in my short dress when I heard my phone ringing loudly but it had jolted me up and interrupted the unexplainable dream I had.

Wasn’t my phone in my coat? Thankfully he didn't take my phone  away.

I sat up seeing my phone on the floor next to me and a number I hadn’t seen in a longtime. I hastily picked it up and cleared my throat but before I could speak, he interrupted.

“Happy 21st birthday beautiful Selena! Sorry it had taken me so long to call you in a while, I do have a surprise for you!” Our family lawyer spoke cheerfully and it was then I recalled, it was really my birthday and I had been so preoccupied with the two who betrayed to even recall.

This call however changed my predicament and it could be thanks to the three people— my mum, dad and grandma, I had seen in my dream, waving at me.