Beckoned Through The Dark

50 // Lesego // Betrayed

I couldn't believe that Clay betrayed me with Abigail. It was already enough that I had to deal with the fact that he was seeing my estranged twin sister.

But this was different. I was starting to see Abigail as the big sister I never had, and it hurt when I heard that she had a thing with Clay.

When I overheard her speaking to her husband, I felt like bursting through that door to confront her, but I remembered why I was hiding in the first place.

Speaking of her husband, I couldn't believe she was married to Detective Daniels and never said anything.

Clay knew about it too, but never told me. How long were they planning to hide this from me?

I was starting to wonder whether they were still in this to help me or for their own selfish reasons.

The moment I arrived at Clay's, I went straight to the fridge and took out an ice bag for my hand. My wrist still hurt from slapping Abigail.

Clay was not home when I arrived, and I hoped he would stay away for the rest of the night. A part of me wondered if he'd even noticed that I wasn't around, he'd probably spent the entire day with Karabelo like he'd been doing for the past few days.

As if reading my mind, the door opened, and he walked in.

"Where the hell have you been?" He asked in a controlled voice.

Oh, so he noticed.

"Why do you care? I thought Karabelo was keeping you occupied," I snapped.

He looked at me in surprise. "What's wrong with you?"

"You mean besides finding out that my boyfriend cheated on me with Abigail?" I yelled.

He froze as if someone had just poured ice water over him, and the fact that he did not try denying it hurt more. Now I understood how the detective felt.

"How did you find out?" Was that all he cared about?

"Funny you should ask, I heard her arguing with her husband about it."

"Okay," he said with a sigh, bringing his hands to his face. "Listen, it is not...it was just a kiss and it happened months ago when you were in hospital. I swear it did not mean anything."

"Do you have feelings for her?" I blurted out.

Clay frowned at me. "What? Lesego, I just told you it was just a kiss, it didn't–"

"I meant Karabelo," I clarified, a lone tear slipping down my face.

He dragged his breath and pinched the bridge of his nose. "You know what? I'm gonna give you some time to calm down, because I think you are hurt right now."

I didn't even argue or try to stop him, my brain concluded that he was going to her.

I ran to our bedroom and took out my luggage before packing up my stuff.

I wasn't going to stay for this.