A TRAIL OF BETRAYAL

PROLOGUE

It all happened that fateful afternoon after I met with some of the investors from the PR team. I decided to surprise Dutch, my husband in his office for I had booked a reservation in a luxury hotel, a luxurious hotel in New York.

I have planned so much for this night because I wanted to share the news about my promotion with Dutch. Smiling to myself I sent him a text

“I can't wait for you to see what I have planned tonight, I love you baby” I sent this cute message to Dutch as I packed my bags and left the office.

Driving home I imagined the whole night and how he was going to be excited about my promotion.

“Honey! Honey !! Honey!!! “ I screamed but got no response. It was closing hours and I was surprised to see that my husband wasn’t back from the office so I decided to give him a call. I called several times but got no response.

I decided to go to his office to see what kept him besides its closing hours. Getting there I’m surprised to be stopped by his receptionist Kiara “Good day ma! I’m sorry but you can’t go inside” She said

I asked “Why can’t I go see my husband” Still perplexed about what was going on here, I decided to just go in and meet my husband.

As I opened the door, I’m beyond shocked at the sight of what I saw. Dutch was having s*x with his secretary Mia the one I constantly complained about.

Tears rolled down my eyes at the sight of this scene. Several emotions came into my mind for I was beyond shocked.

I had no idea what I was going to do after that that moment as I walked out of Dutch’s office

He runs after me but I completely ignore him as I moved toward my car

“Why will he do this to me? “

“What exactly did I do wrong ?”

Those were the questions that occupied my mind as I drove back home that day

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“And that’s how I walked in on my husband having s*x with his secretary,” I said as tears dropped down my eyes.

“Omggg that’s so terrible Stacy! I’m so sorry you had to go through that my love “ Brenda said as she pulled me close for a hug

I jolted out of my thoughts immediately and I hugged Brenda with tears rolling down my eyes.

I know you might be wondering how we got here. Brenda has been my best friend for 5 years. She has been with me right from when I got married to Dutch 3 years ago and when I had my first son as well.

Brenda is like a sister to me. She has been with me through thick and thin.

Our friendship is one of the things I hold on to because she treated my son Wilmorth just like her child.

Brenda on the other hand is a widow and doesn’t have a child. We met here in New York at an exhibition where we exchanged a few pleasantries and we just clicked.

During my divorce with Dutch, Brenda supported me throughout the whole preceding and during my break out with my husband which was not an easy process for me.

After what happened with Dutch, I promised myself I wasn’t going to be involved with any man, I did not want to go through the betrayal I faced in my previous marriage.

The hurtful part of my past was when Brenda and I found out Dutch was getting remarried a few months after the divorce.

And yeah you might be wondering who was he getting married to? He was getting married to his so-called secretary Mia.

This came as a shock to my best friend and me because we knew exactly how quick it was for him to move on considering the fact we have been married for so many years.

After my ex-marriage issue, I had focused on making a good life for my son and me. I kept more time on my work and all thanks to Brenda for her support.

“So do you plan on giving love a second chance Stacy? “ Brenda asked to my surprise.

“Of course not! Why will you even ask me that Brenda ?” I replied

“You don't have to block your happiness and love life totally because of what happened in your previous marriage,” Brenda says as she tries selling the idea of me getting love again which I was completely not in for.

I have a long ass day tomorrow and I will be going to bed right now. “ Goodnight my love! Will be going to check up on Wilmorth tomorrow at my mum’s house” I said to Brenda as I walked towards the bedroom.

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The alarm rings so loud as I stretch my hand to switch it off. It's a new day and I have quite a series of activities to do today so I had to be up early.

I stood up from the bed switching off the alarm while I picked up my phone from the table to check the time.

“Darm itttttt! It’s 7:30 am “ I said rushing out of bed as I take off my clothes in a hurry. I had to get to the office in the next one hour or I will be on the latecomers list which I dread so much.

Yeah, Brenda is still asleep cause she was up all night watching her favorite series. I rushed out of the bathroom, attempting to put on my panties and my other clothes

Finally, l was ready so it was time for me to rush out .I’m gonna be skipping breakfast due to no time but I will probably stop at the cafeteria in the office.

“Brenda I’m leaving!!!!! See you later today boo” I grabbed my keys quickly and rushed Into the car

“Gosh I’m late it’s 8:30 am and I’m not close to the office yet” I said as I drove very fast.

Later in the day while attending to some files, I got a text from Brenda

“Hey boo! Wanna come for a party later tonight? It’s gonna be fun and please don’t say you are not going!”

Unfortunately, I was about to say “No I’m not interested” but she already pleaded I should not say no

So I decided to give it a try after work besides Brenda is going to be there so I’m fine.

I was done with work so I headed home while texting Brenda.

“Hey boo! What time are you gonna come pick me up from my house cause I’m just heading home “

I sent this text to my best friend with no idea of what to wear actually.

Getting home, I decided I was going to put on a dress I had gotten a really long time ago. Brenda and I never really go to parties so I was totally surprised she was asking us to go to a party later tonight

I was curious but at the same time I have had a hectic week…so going to a party wasn’t much of a bad idea.

I got home and my phone rings ….

“Hey, booooooo!!!! I got your text at work today about the party” I said to Brenda on the phone as I opened the door and walked toward my room

“Yeah a colleague of mine is having a birthday dinner and she said I can come with a friend plus I know you have had a stressful day so how about we go have some fun,” Brenda said and we both laughed cause yeah my best friend was right after all.

We got to the party and the decorations were so pretty, it wasn’t so colorful but the whole gold and white theme was amazing.

“This is beautiful” I said as I took a walk down admiring the whole theme the event planner played around with.

“Omggg I'm so sorry” I said after realizing I bumped into a young dark man putting on a black suit looking towards me . It appears we spilled drinks accidentally on each other.

“It’s fine! I will just go to the bathroom and clean myself up and yeah you should too” he said. I stood there surprised for a minute wondering how I bumped into this man and why was he so he gentle towards me

I decided to go to the rest room to get my dress cleaned when I remembered what had just happened

“Gosh!!! I’m such a mess! How did I even let that happen? I guess I got distracted!” I said shaking my head in disappointment.

Getting out of the bathroom , I bumped into someone and to my surprise we met again…..

But this time something was different.