You're So High Maintenance | Jaele (Completed)

23. The Truth Reveals Itself Eventually

⬆️Kerry Washington as Kesiena (top left)
Arica Himmel as Zipporah (bottom right)

We're like halfway through the book, or almost past it. We on the one of the most important chapters of the book!

This chapter is pretty dark. You can't really skip it though, it's really important. Don't say I didn't warn you.

As soon as Kesiena had heard Sotiria screaming at Darius, she instantly wanted to know what was going on.

Darius had just revealed to his middle daughter what had been going on as well as why he was so upset in the first place.

Sotiria shouldn't have screamed as loudly as she did, however Darius couldn't really have blamed her at the same time. She had every right to be mad him and he knew it.

He was mad at himself too.

"Is everything okay here?"

Sotiria didn't say anything. She was furious at her father. Darius was too ashamed to say anything. It was so silent in there that anyone could have heard a pin drop.

Before Sotiria had dared say anything, and maybe make things worse than what they were already, Darius had revealed it.

"I... Kesiena, I seriously need to talk to you about something, alone."

"What is it?"

Darius knew that Sotiria was going to say something, therefore sending her upstairs before she had the chance to ruin anything.

Sotiria had reluctantly listened to him, shooting daggers at him which he had chosen to purposely ignore.

"I heard Sotiria shout. Why did she do that?"

"I'll be real, you know when I told you I haven't been married before a few years back?"

Kesiena had slowly nodded, wanting to know what was wrong about that.

Slowly, Darius had revealed that he had been lying, and he had been married before. He had just lied to protect himself.

It wasn't fair to keep her waiting, so therefore Darius had gotten straight to it. He had been lying about that, because he didn't like his past.

And even though he was doing it to protect himself, as he had initially lied to her about it, Kesiena didn't take it lightly.

She had screamed at him to get out of the house which Darius didn't do because he wanted to explain himself.

Kesiena wasn't having it though. She didn't like liars, most especially her husband. She had tried getting him out of the house with her napkin, constantly screaming at him.

"Kesiena, I can explain!"

"Leave this house and don't come back, you liar!" She had shouted loudly enough for those back at the university to hear.

Darius had begrudgingly listened to her, after defending himself so many times had backfired, with Sotiria coming downstairs after he had left. Kesiena and Sotiria had hugged each over being lied to.

Kesiena's face was flooding with tears, with Sotiria comforting her. Sotiria's sister Zipporah had heard screaming as well, going downstairs from working.

"Why is everyone shouting at each other?" She demanded, as she had come down the stairs. Kesiena had told her instantly that Darius had been lying to her all these years.