Three
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The day went by in a daze, I wished for everything to be false and just a hallucination that I just had.
But the photos and messages in Emily’s phone said otherwise, my husband and my best friend? How could they do this to me?
As I sat in the living shrouded in darkness with a full glass of wine in my hand, I heard a car pull into the driveway. I walked to the window and took a peak and saw Michael walking to the door.
My hands trembled as I stood before my husband, my voice steady despite the storm raging inside me. "You finally have the guts to face me," I said, my words heavy with accusation.
For a moment, there was silence, broken only by the sound of my ragged breaths.
“How long? How long has this been going on Michael?”, I asked. Anger surged within me, hot and potent, but beneath it all lay a profound sense of hurt and betrayal. "How long?" I demanded, my voice cracking with emotion. "How long have you been lying to me?"
"There is nothing to explain," he said nonchalantly, but I cut him off with a wave of my hand.
"There's nothing to explain?" I scoffed, my voice tinged with bitterness. "You've been having an affair with my best friend and you're telling me there is nothing to explain?”,
He took a sit and sighed. “Lilly, I'm sorry okay?”, his voice laced with no remorse. "It just happened. I'm in love with Emily and I want a divorce. I can't do this anymore. I need to be with Emily. I am tired of hiding our relationship”,
The world seemed to spin around me as his words sank in, each one a dagger to my heart. I felt the weight of his confession bearing down on me, crushing my soul beneath its weight.
My breath caught in my throat as the reality of his words washed over me. This is the man I've loved for so many years, the man I vowed to spend my life with, the man I gave up everything for my career and my family, my husband of ten years, who was now leaving me for my best friend.
“How can you stand there and say that to me?”,
“It just happened, I tried okay. After Mia was born I knew I couldn't continue like this. I need to be with my children”, he said.
“Michael don't do this. It's me, Lilly. Your wife”, I pleaded.” we have a son together”,
“What son?”, he scoffed “Some child you picked up? Who knows if he'll turn out to be a druggie like his mother god knows what type of delinquent his father was”, He laughs and says" Ten years lilly, ten years with no child how do you think I felt all those years when my friends talked about their kids. we've tried everything I know there's nothing wrong with me you're the one who is barren you're an in complete woman!",he yells and the words hurt like a rusty blade been driven in my heart but I want to fix my family. “But Emily gave me what you can never give to me and she doesn't deserve this”,
I take deep breaths and say “ And me? I deserve this? you think I never wanted children? I went through all the painful procedures with the hope of conceiving but ended up disappointed how do you think I felt!”.
“It's horrible that it has to end like this but I can't do this anymore”,he said and walked up the stairs.
“You cant do this to me please”, I begged chasing after him up the stairs and into the bedroom.
“Michael stop!”, I held his hand as he began packing.
“You can keep the house”, he said and shook me off pushing me to the ground.
“Mommy?”, I heard Mason’s sleepy voice call out.
" Please Michael I'm begging you let's try and work things out you can't do this to Mason and I", I say as I'm on my knees and beg him but he doesn't even look at me and pushes me away again. He must be confused, we were so happy. How can he just turn his back on me so suddenly? I couldn't understand and a part of me wanted all this to be a bad dream.
“I'm leaving Lilly, I am tired of the secrets, the lies, the double life my kids deserve their father to be in their lives. Think of Emily and how much she has had to suffer she is your friend and if you care about us both then you will try to understand”, he said zipping up his bag.
Mason rushes in and shouts "daddy I'm the one that drew on your papers and not her, I'm so sorry daddy please forgive me",he cried and my heart shattered in a million pieces
“Look here kid I'm not your dad neither is she you mom,so don't you ever call me that!", Michael yelled at him.
I got up and slapped him right across the face “ how dare you! If you want to leave then go! he's just a child for god's sake!",I yelled at him
“Yes he is a child but not mine!"He sneered, “I'll send the divorce papers, sign them and release us both," he said and walked away.
I sat on the cold floor and cried while Mason sat on my lap, trying his best to wipe my tears with his little hands. He is the sunshine that lit up my life in my darkest time, because of him I experienced what it was like to be a mother.
I got up with my son in my arms and got into the bed." Mommy I'm sorry it's my fault daddy left",I hear my son say and it hurts me even more.
“ No, don't ever think that way it is not your fault, your daddy has chosen to leave”.
“Is he going to come back?”,he asked
“No. No he isn't baby,from now on it's just you and me”
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