Perfect Match

Tina’s pov

The bang of the door slamming jolted me and I wiped the tears from my eyes furiously, ‘I was the stupid one for wishing him well in his love life, for expecting that he would be anything other than the asshole he is.’ 

‘Why am I even crying, I should have expected this’ I thought but my tear glands refused to cooperate and the tears kept falling.

I was suddenly filled with anger and hatred for Simon, he turned me, someone that almost never cried into a crying mess, I wiped the tears that were flowing down my face again and again but they didn’t stop coming.

I hated both Simon and his mother for turning me into this, although I wasn’t happy with my parents, it wasn’t that bad because I expected nothing from them, but with Simon, I kept expecting and my expectations kept getting dashed.

I was suddenly filled with hatred for both Simon and his family, I picked up my phone and reapplied for a divorce, I was tired and done with this unrequited love I had for Simon.

My phone rang and it was Alicia, Simon’s mum, I let the phone keep ringing then switched off my phone when it stopped, ‘I was not about to let his mother convince me to stay again.’

T he next morning I waited for the sound of Simon’s car leaving then went downstairs to get the divorce papers from the mail, I went to get my things when I heard laughter from downstairs. 

Simon, my ex- husband was laughing, someone who never had even a smile to spare for me, not even on our wedding day. His laugh, so rich and deep was like music to my ears and it brought butterflies to my stomach.

I followed the sound to see what could have caused him to laugh and my mood soured; I remembered why I was divorcing him.

There was a woman with him, she was also laughing, I hadn’t heard hers over the butterflies I was feeling due to Simon’s laugh.

She was a beauty, her straight black hair and red full lips was all very businesslike but she clung to Simon arm like he was her everything. She clung unto him, kissed him and laughed again.

Simon also held her like his life depended on it, my eyes caught the eye of Sarah, Simon’s girlfriend and goose bumps erupted on my skin, she smiled and deepened her kiss with Simon.

In those few seconds that our eyes met, she had looked me up and down and decided that I was not a threat.

I turned to leave before bitterness and jealousy consumed me but I tripped and almost fell, I glanced at them and saw that they were both staring at me, I turned to face them fully and Sarah placed her head on Simon’s shoulder to stake her claim, she tightened her hand on his arm and smiled at me.

She turned to Simon and asked ‘who’s that lady, is she one of the maids’

Simon smiled at her ‘pay her no mind, remember I told you about her, she’s my wife but no worries, she’ll be gone soon’

The pretentious bitch, I knew that as soon as our eyes locked she knew who I was plus it was kind of obvious from the wedding picture that took over a large portion of the sitting room wall.

She pouted her lips ‘I thought she would have been long gone’ she said as she drew her long finger nails over my husband’s chest.

‘I’m waiting’ he replied her as he held her hands like it was a precious stone ‘I’m waiting for the public to lose interest in us, so it won’t affect stock prices of my company too much’

I watched their exchange and the bitterness in my heart tripled, I thought of staying, fighting for my place in Simon’s life, I knew his mother would support me, but I decided not to go through the trouble, I knew I would be hurt more and my heart would be unable to bear it.

I decided to interrupt their little reunion as I walked down the stairs ‘Simon, you need not go through the trouble of applying for a divorce, I’ve gotten divorce papers and my name is signed on it. You can sign your name on it if you want to or you can rip the paper to shreds like last time, I don’t care.’

I saw Simon expression turn from happiness to rage and he opened his mouth to speak ‘Tina, I’ve…….’

I silenced him ‘Simon, stop it, just stop, I don’t even understand what you are getting at’.

 ‘It was my mistake, marrying you based off your mum’s assurance alone, I was the stupid one, I accept it. So, it’s my responsibility to rectify the mistake, I barged into your life so now I’m leaving’ I say with finality.

‘Sarah, don’t you dare leave this house without my permission’ he says.

I laughed out loud ‘get over yourself, you are my husband not my father’,

‘Also, you don’t have to worry about your company’s stocks, I would stay away from the public view till you’re ready to break the news yourself’

I looked at my hands, only my phone and wallet was with me, ‘it was enough’.

I walked to the door and stopped beside them ‘I would have said have a nice life, but then I wouldn’t have meant it’ I say while looking at them

‘So the both of you, an asshole and a pretentious bitch, such a perfect match’ I look at both of them in the eye, ‘have a not so nice life.’ 

I walked out the door with the sound of Simon threats echoing in my ears

The wind blew that blew through my hair felt cleansing and I felt renewed and trouble free as I took a breath of fresh air.

 ‘Oh!! How wrong I was’