es

en hit with a hammer. The room smelled of cum and alcohol, nothing like the warmth of our main bedroom.

uest

ll p

earn. Her perfume had been heavy, clinging to my shirt, her laugh loud enough to drown out the noise in my head. A

se it was far from Aloe. I didn't want the questions. The quiet accusations. The way her eyes co

t, it wa

the main room expecting to find Aloe there. Maybe sitting with that stiff posture

oth. Her pillow was exactly where it always w

inside m

. Even the terrace, where she sometimes went to cool off, was deserted. Ea

t. The guard was leaning against th

ght?" I asked, my voice low but s

"No, sir. Not since

voided my eyes. My patience was already thi

footage,"

der than usual. The hum of the equipment filled the air as

n our bed..mm but it was filled with cries so I skipped till wh

ic. My jaw clenched. Who was she talking to, without my permission, I'm sure

saw her last ... but I paused when I saw her suitcase, half-open on the floor, clothes spilling out everywhere. A

en. And there was a Black SVC which she entered after a littl

my body was bracing for somethi

can't, she can't spend more

tepping into the car. The Aloe I knew or thought I knew would never vanis

verywhere around me, because I got inside the main bu

ed you to trace something for me. Last night, A

aid. "Give me the time and the phone

ootage, then called her phone digits for him. I c

ike eternity. "The call came from B

ill

s impo

on replied. "That's

ot without an invitation. He meets people at his vill

"All I know is what

word, my grip tightening around t

ucking enemy. And A

ike boiling tar. It wasn't the fact that she'd left

room, and made myself a promise...

e earth. She could hide behind

d with a signature on some divorce papers, she's stil

hs I could go yet.... She's about to bring o