erl

sharp and endless then the stars

peak from his phone, the next my face was burning, my head snapping to the side. Yet

he floo

in on itself, my palms scraping the ti

by g

her

of my lungs. My chest tightened painfully as I gasped, sucking i

cheating. I'd kno

ight made him sick to his stomach. Ever since he told me he couldn't be

never complained I

ment to another

ing I had just lost

I finally managed to lift my tear-stre

slid over me like I was nothing more t

At least now you know. I do

ng about the weather killed something insid

loving husband turned into

fore I could stop it. Sobs wracked my

I wailed, my heart squeezin

ed, even as he watched me fall apart. "Ser

verything you wanted even with all your shortcomin

re?" he roared, so loud I flinched violently. "Yes-tell me! Who got f

est h

nant while we're still married?" I rasped out but he didn't answer Instead, he tu

g the words out despit

It hasn't even been a year.

on't d

his head as his cold eyes sna

ing the same child you killed with your carelessness and use him to emotion

me like a blad

r me once again. Since the tragedy, Marcus had never missed a chanc

it wasn't en

alots of things I still couldn't understand or explain till this day but because

of time, I would sacrifice anything I repeat anyt

fused to listen to any explanation I had to

it were to be in the past I'd have but not today. Today was

ething that hur

when I finally found my voice My hands trembling beside me. "God

have seen

e reached for a shirt from the wardrobe besides us, slipping his arms into it and buttoning it

t keep a child but could only keep adding weight-Heaven knows I tried to love you again like I used to,

as he finished buttoning up,

s. So instead of blam

e turned and

or as sobs tore out of me uncontrollably, his words

passed before exhaustion fi

ggily, my head pounding as though someone was beating a drum inside it. I looked at t

0 p

r in the first place. The memories came rushing back at that Instant sharp and unforgiving of how Marcus' words had w

he spot where I had hit my foot earlier still stung b

n the atmosphere told me that obviously

arkling except for the dining table where the plates I had se

washing them in the kitchen, the pain in my foot tried to act

y feeling tired and exhausted one of the disadvantage of being fat but the

jumped

us wa

ng him again stirred different emotions inside me fear, pain, confus

going to

change everything about our marriage defini

re but now there was another woman and a child

he div

he--Marcus stepped out, tall and still so devastatingly handsome

oor like I'd expected Instead, he

ment and that was when I noticed something my

relaxed as if she was a queen while Marcus moved to opened the door for her

t to another woman It was the face of the woman as s

ssa

painfully as the

and not just that she was also his ex-girlfriend. The one who had ditched him and went overseas for reasons only God kn

cus over after Vanessa break-up as it happened he had been so madly in-love with her

ime but at the the worst possible moment just when m

d when and how did th

ed as realizati

her end of the line,

t be her..

leading her in. One arm wrapped around protectively and possess

ded for the stairs without M

t was going on but I was just too hesitant to accept things as expected he ignored me but I

rcu

g we talked about?" he finally stopped to look at

mistress into our home when we're still married!" By now I could feel the corner of my e

m his side Vanessa let out a disdainful scoff

tangling in his voice and expression as he spoke. "Jesus, Bev. I'm one step away from kicking y

Maybe give her time to absorb things since she's clearly slow to do so." Though her voice sounded swee

urse she didn't have to say much just one words from her

er" Marcus nodding dismissively fortunately s

s watch with balled fist and heart constricting painfully

ve your things to the guest room. I won't be sharing a bed

e house and hell I never saw it coming I looked at Marcus, desperately for help at least the last

ught he was actually going to help me I was i

he doesn't want to share a bed with

eared down the corridor wh

nt, I knew I had