Gym Class Sorrow [Book 2]

So Tell Me Why Are These Tears In My Eyes

*special one-off Karim P.O.V. *

Karim's P.O.V.

Richard and I were sitting across from each other in silence. He was staring at the floor and I was picking at my wedding ring, trying not to cry.

Broken glass was everywhere from a vase that had been thrown and a chair was in pieces by the kitchen archway. Our house looked like a tornado had been through it. But unfortunately that wasn't the case.

I couldn't sit here anymore, just staring, just...existing. I had to do something.

"I'm just going to clean this up..." I whispered, letting my words drop off. Richard looked up at me and gave me a sad look. The weight of the evening was weighing on me and I felt the tears well up in my eyes.

Before they could fall though, I felt the gentle hands of the man I fell in love with wipe them away. He brought my face level to his and held it there, looking me in the eyes.

"Karim." he said with a catch to his voice. I could see tears welling in his eyes now. "Baby, please. You know I love you, and that I'd do anything to make you happy. They just don't make men like you, you don't know how much I need you. I messed up. I know it, believe me I know it. You have to let me in though, let me explain." He was full on sobbing at this point. He had sunk to his knees and grabbed fistfuls of my shirt during his passionate speech.

I stared down at Richard while he cried and soon felt the tears stream down my face also. I sunk to my knees and wrapped my arms and him, both of us just sitting there crying and holding each other for different reasons.

"I'm not going anywhere. To death do us part, remember?" I pull away and kiss Richard on the forehead. He's shaking and crying hard.

"I'm so sorry. You have to understand. It was four years ago and Jesse was caught in a bad place, it really meant nothing to me, and I'm fairly sure it meant nothing to him also." He said into my chest. Richard cried softly after saying that, but after awhile his cries were replaced with soft snores.
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I placed Richard in our bed and closed the door. I still needed to clean the living room up.

I headed toward the broken vase near our front door. Surveying the damage, I was again reminded of the tornado I thought of earlier. It wasn't a tornado, it was Chris.
*Flashback*
Richard was doing the dishes and I was telling him about some dumb thing that Angela invited us to go to. I got up to help him dry the pan he was holding when all of a sudden a pounding could be heard at our door.

I went to check it only to find Chris standing there. He pushed past me and my friendly greeting into the living room. Richard came out of the kitchen and Chris growled his name. Before either of us could react Chris threw the antique wooden chair that sat by our window at Richard.

" WHAT THE FUCK! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME! I TRUSTED YOU! YOU ASSHOLE! YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING PRICK!" he was screaming at Richard and had tears streaming down his face, a piece of paper gripped tightly in his hand.

"Chris, just calm down and tell us what's wrong." I said approaching him cautiously hands outstretched ready to subdue him if necessary. However, he picked up a vase on a nearby table, left over from our date night a few weeks ago, and hurled it at my head.

I ducked out of the way, but the vase smashed into bits and Chris turned his attention back to Richard.

"You fucked Jesse. You had sex with him in my house. YOU HAD SEX WITH HIM WHEN YOU KNEW I LOVED HIM! I was helping him! He was my boyfriend! He loved me! And you betrayed that! You fucking shit all over that!" Chris snarled and grabbed Richard by the collar.

"Chris, look. I didn't mean to do that to you. I didn't mean to do that to either of you. It was a few weeks after he came home from the hospital, and we both were drunk. I didn't mean for it to happen. You have to believe me." Richard pleaded.

My eyes went wide. I thought Chris was overreacting about something, but its true. Richard had sex with Jesse. I know it happened before we met, but I feel betrayed. He never told me. Chris picks up on that and yells at Richard for never telling me, his husband.

I tune out the argument, until Chris pulls his arm back in a manner that suggests he's going to punch Richard. Secretive or not, he's still my husband and no one touches my man.

I escort Chris from our house and an alarming silence falls on us as I re-enter the living room. Richard is sitting on the couch and a broken vase lays by the door. Our chair lays in ruins by the kitchen. I don't know what tonight will bring but I can feel the tears welling.
*End flashback*
I finished taking the chair pieces out to the trash and sweeping the area where it used to lay. I wasn't ready for bed so I sat in the quiet empty silence of our living room. Today was a crazy day. I know it happened before Richard even met me but I can't help but feel jealous and a bit betrayed. I already know that he and Chris have a past but now I know that so does he and Jesse.

I'm so confused right now. But I'm sure that I love Richard and we will be okay, we just have to get past this.

Tears run down my face.
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Proud of this one👍👍👍
I feel like its long maybe not though...who knows.
Listened to a lot of love songs/cheating songs on this one.
Comment and let me know if I should make Karim chapters a regular thing