The Dark Affair

The next morning

The next morning she gets up she is so tired from the night before that she surprise she fell asleep
But she knew she had to get up and fix breakfast and get her daughter ready for work. She rolls back over gets under the covers but the alarm goes off again.

"Ah this is not going to be my day she says."
She gets up walks downstairs rubbing her eyelids trying to remove the crust from them.

"Well good morning beautiful."

"What what are you doing ?"
"Look mommy daddy made breakfast "
"Yeah honey I figured that with all the commotion last night that you probably didn't get much sleep so I decide to get your little twin here ready for school and for once cook for you"
Isn't that right sweetie?"

"Yes daddy Tiffany says"

"I hope you don't mind but I made her chocolate chip pancakes"

"John! " You can't give her chocolate first thing in the morning!"
Claires face became so red and she was enraged when she heard him make that statement.
"Don't you know the teachers won't be able to handle her today?."

" Tiffany no more pancakes I will fix you cereal ok?"" And you Mr." "No more of your bright idea of fixing breakfast got it? "Or at least not for your seven year old daughter."

"And can I have ice cream too mommy with my cereal?"

"No ice cream sweety not before school but if you hurry and get your things together then you can have some ice cream money for school how does that sound?"

"But I want ice cream now" Tiffany begins pouting. "Tiffany listen to you mother she's right it's way to early for ice cream and no crying." What does daddy always say about crying?"

"That big girls don't cry Tiffany says"

"That's right and your a big girl now her dad says right?"

"Whoops says"John while he rolls his eyes and he  looks his at his daughter and winks while he drink his coffee. Tiffany is wiggling around on the stool that she turning around in circles in.
Claire pauses and takes a look at her daughter and thinks the sugar rush has already begun.

"Here honey have some coffee you look like you need some John says."

Claire grabs the remote for the TV presses the power button the TV comes on first thing she hears is the weather.

"Today's broadcast. "We have a very little chance of rain today and and light precipation this morning. We believe that we have seen the worst of the storm."

"Temperatures will be at an all-time high today between 67-72° degree it will be warmer today with a mild afternoon with the Sun peaking it's head out. "This will likely be for the next couple of days."

" So if you want to make plans to take your family to the park or do any outside activities it's safe to go ahead and make those plans. "

Although it's not quite time for sun tanning their will be some rays that should come through the clouds." I'm Claudia Shultz Chief Meteorologist back to you at the studio Rob"

"Thank God I don't thank I can deal with another day of rain Claire says to her husband that storm kept me up all night." Or was it something else? John says." What an odd comment Claire had thought to herself.

The telvision had continue broadcasting the news in the background.

"This just end a body was found this morning in park of east ridge road police are saying the body was a very grotesque scence to look at and aren't releasing any information as to the name of the suspect or what happened. Investigators don't know if this is a part of the series of murders that have been going on this city but they say this one seems a little bit different and they are waiting for homicide to approach the scene."

"Honey turned that up John say." Claire pressed the volume button on the remote ."

"All we know is that the body is that of a white unknown male between the ages of 34-and early 40s thats all the information that the crime scene investigators are releasing to us, their are no causes of death that yet been reported. "

"But we here at the Channel 7 we are live on the scene and we will keep you updated with more details to come. "Back to you at the studio"

Claire turns the TV off and says. "I hate death but inside her heart she was hoping it wasn't her ex because he fits the description and he has been missing and hasn't contacted her in a couple of days" So many thoughts ran through her head.

It had gotten to the point that after the break up he would still call and he would always say"

" I love you even though you stopped loving me."

He would even send flowers to the office and still try to convince her to leave her husband but she wouldn't give in."

She missed those big blue eyes but she knew she would have to shake the feeling of lust if she was ever going to salvage her relationship with her husband.

"Yeah I have seen my fair share of death also John said being in the military it seems like the harder you search for a peaceful resolution other countries want nothing but death and war."
I often wonder why but it took me 10 years to finally get the answer I was searching for."

"And what answer did you come up with?"
Claire asked intrigued by the conversation.

"That the reason that the other countries wanted death so much and not peace is because we were forcing our way of life on them and being bullies."

"Could you imagine all your life you had lived one way and then here comes a nation of people invading your land telling you what your going to do and how your going to do it?"

"This is why I couldn't serve anymore and I had to resign. Weapons of mass destruction my butt we were the weapon and we were the destruction ha what a fool I was for so many years."

Claire had never heard him speak so passionately about any topic other than sports and abortion clinics.

"Well honey I would love to finish this conversation but I got to get Tiff to school and I'm already running late she says."

She kisses him on the lips and said. "I love you" then she runs and grabs the keys off the kitchen counter where she never had placed them to begin with something she thought also was strange and she yells up the stairs.

"Come on Tiffany or your going to be late for school."

"Coming Mommy"

Her daughter says as she is trotting downing stairs with her purple unicorn book bag. She grabs her by the hand opens the front and off they went. She get in the van after buckling her daughter's seatbelt. She speeds down the roadway and finally makes it to the school. She puts the vehicle in park and waits for the teacher to come to the curb and get little Tiffany out the car. Claire presses the unlock button and the door to the minivan slides open.

"Your late again" the teacher exclaims." I know I'm so sorry rough night Claires says." The teacher rolls her eye and says umm hmm sure." C'mon Tiffany we wouldn't want Mommy being late for work now would we? The teacher says in condescending tone."

"Bye sweetie" Bye Mommy."
"Honey don't forget your favorite bunny."
" It's okay Mommy Sammy is my new friend I don't need that toy anymore."She pauses and ask the question. "Tiffany who is Sammy? ""My new friend mommy he goes everywhere that I go."

"Mrs. Clayton the children in the class are waiting on me and it's normal for kids her age to have imaginary friends." So if you don't mind I would like to return to my duties." Oh yes but of course I do apologise."

Tell Mommy bye Tiffany."

"Bye Mommy." Claire tells her daughter bye
and presses the lock button and the door to the minivan closes. She sits for a moment trying to get her thoughts together before going to work.

She ask ourselves the question Could it be that my daughter has an imaginary friend by the name of the same guy who I cheated on my husband with the irony she thought is this my punishment God?" She then puts the car in drive then drives away.