Fall

The Truth

"Hello," Hailey's voice comes through the phone. My heart is beating really fast and I felt like the room was spinning. Justin looks like he was ready to drown himself in the pool. "Please hang up the phone," he said softly. "No someone is going to tell me what the hell is going on," I said.

"Bella?" Hailey questioned. "Yes, it's me. I am only going to ask you this question one time and please do not lie to me because I can't handle being lied to," I tell her. "Have you been in a secret relationship this whole time with Justin?" I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. "At first yes but when we became friends and actually started getting close I ending things with him," she tells me. I look up at Justin and my lips quivered. "You lied to me," I could feel my hands getting clammy and I bent over the chair and threw up everything I ate today.

Justin rushed over to me and tried to comfort me. "Get off of me!" I commanded him. "Bella, just let me help you," he tried fighting against me. "Stop, just stop!" I yelled. Once I felt a little better I ran down the path to Ming's house. I picked up the key under the plant that I hid for emergencies. Justin came after me, by the time he caught up I slammed the door in his face. He banged on the door. "Bella opens the door," he banged I slid down the door. "Leave me alone Justin," I sobbed. Ming's bedroom light comes on and she and Michael came downstairs yawning but stopped once they seen me at the door with my knees to my chest staring into the air.

"Bella?" Ming carefully walks over to me and grabbed a blanket to wrap around my naked body. She looks at the phone in my hand. "What happened?" she asks. Michael went into the kitchen and grabbed water bringing it to me. Ming grabs the phone from me and Michael carries me to the couch and lays me down. Justin still banging on the door shouting for me to open the door.

Ming opens the door and steps outside to talk to him. 'What the hell did you do to her?" I hear her ask him just above a whisper. "Ming I fucked up really bad and I just need to talk to her," he told her. Michael watched me with sympathetic eyes from across the couch. "You know I hate seeing you like this," he whispers to me. "I know," I said back to him.

"Come here," he pats his lap. I got up and sat my head in his lap as he softly rubs my back. Ming comes back in and sighs. "I told him to go back in the house," she sits on the opposite couch. "Bella what happened?" she tied her hair up. "He cheated on me," I said horse. "Fuck," she put her head in her hands. "He was cheating for a while and she broke it off when we became close," I continued.

I sobbed into Michael's lap. "Ming am I not good enough?" I ask her. "Bella of course you are baby," she looked as if she wanted to cry with me. Ming hates to see me cry. "Bella he's an idiot," Michael assures me. "Any man that looks at you and doesn't value you as a woman and can't be loyal to you is an idiot," he says tensing up.

"What am I going to do? We have kids together life together. We just moved into this big ass house. I love him with everything inside of me and he's been lying to me for months. he was going behind my back and giving my love to someone else.

"Don't worry about all of this. Get some sleep and we will handle this in the morning," she kissed my forehead and I calmed my breathing.

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"I've never asked you for much," I let the tears slide down my face as I watch the man who was supposed to be my husband sit in the chair not making eye contact with me. "You don't know how fucking embarrassing this is, like God how could I have been so stupid," I let my hands fly down by my side.

"Isabella," he finally looks up at me with so much sorrow in his eyes. "Don't!" I stop him. "Just let me explain please," he begged softly. It looked like he was going to cry at any moment but at that point, I didn't care. There was no way he was feeling how I was feeling at the moment. "You've been going behind my back this whole time and you come and smile in my face and make it seem like you were being faithful," I yell at him.