A Loop of Misconceptions

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Marcus Ellish confronted his wife of seventeen years when everything gelled in his head.

The tension in his arms told Alicia that he was trying hard to control his anger.

Marcus may appear reserved most of the time, a workaholic even but it does not mean he wants to be kept in the dark, unaware of what is going on behind his back, especially if this concerns his children and wife.

He was a person who rarely gets angry, but when he does, the world around him shakes and trembles.

Marcus values honesty so much.

It was what kept their marriage going for seventeen years. He and Alicia had never kept secrets between them. They started out as strangers in this marriage, which progressed into friendship, to later became the foundation of a beautiful relationship.

To learn that she was keeping a secret this big - anger simmered inside him.

Alicia bit her lip. She felt ashamed.

She kept silent, not knowing what to say, looking helplessly at Noah.

"I told h