Flashback
I take my shirt off and remove my jeans and walk in , in an attempt to surprise him, we haven't done this in a while, I walk in I shout, "surprise!"
Well he was DEFINITELY surprised, but so was the 18-year-old girl he was showering with.
End of flashback
"Honey I thought you were at my moms house" He said as he hastily covered his body with a towel and hid the girl behind his back.
I didn't answer him, I cannot tolerate cheating. I turned around and packed my bags. Can't believe I wasted a whole two years on this guy.
"Babe no, honey what are you doing" he asks panicking as I wipe my tears with my hand and continue to pack.
"Please don't leave honey please, I'll do anything for you! I'll even buy you a box of those chocolates you love so much!" He pleads and drops to his knees as the girl runs away with a towel rapped tightly around her.
"How long?" I ask, ignoring his selfish bribe. He thinks Im just worth a box of chocolates???Not even a car?
"It's-"
"Don't you dare lie to me" I interrupt, staring at him dead in the eyes.
"It's just been a couple of months-"
"How many" I interrupt again.
"11" he says quietly and starts to sob.
ELEVEN WHAT??
This whole time he's been cheating on me? That's almost a year!
I slap him with the strength I have left and carry my bags.
He reaches to touch his face and winces in pain as blood from my scratch marks begin to come out.
"I'm sorry Maddie, I promise I'll change, I'll even visit a therapist-"
"James..." I interrupt.
"Yes? I promise I'll do anything you want. I'll even-"
"Goodbye"
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"How dare he? He's literally so lucky to have you and he does this?!" My best friend Lucy complains.
"Yeah like WTF!" My other friend Ann agrees.
"Guys let's just stop talking about this. I've already spoken to my lawyer, he's making the divorce papers as we speak, so let's just drop it." I say, rolling my eyes.
I didn't drive all the way here for them to make me feel worse.
"Let's just try have a good time? Ok?" I beg, I really don't want to think about him right now.
"But don't you think you left him too easily? You didn't even let him explain" Tim, my other friend said, reminding me of his existence.
"What? Why'd you say that?" I ask, slightly offended that he's not taking my side.
"I mean... he could have a perfectly good reason." He replied, shrugging his shoulders.
Why are we friends again?
"Nothing can explain what he did to me, I made the right decision."
Period.
"But as soon as you found out you started packing your bags." He tried to justify, slurping his beer.
"He didn't look back when he cheated on me"
"Well yeah but-"
"He tried to win me back with a box of chocolates!" I interrupt.
"Not even a car!" Ann adds, shacking her head in disgust.
That's what I thought.
"Yeah Tim, shut up" Lucy says.
"Fine,fine , let's just leave it alone.
1 month later
I'm staying over at Lucy's house till I get a new apartment. I've also been really sick lately and I've also been getting severe food cravings which is probably because of the heartbreak I've been going through. Even though sometimes I think I might—
"Hey Maddie! How're you holdin' up?" Lucy interrupts, chewing aggressively on her gum.
"Yea I'm goo-"
" so I wanted to host a tiny party celebrating the fact that you're single now and—"
"I'm not ready yet." I interrupt, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Yes you are! I promise it'll be fun" She tries to convince me.
"But I'm really sick."
"Ok we'll go to the doctor today, and if you have a serious-life-threatening condition, I'll cancel the invites."
"Deal."
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"So... what's wrong with me?" I ask the doctor.
I've been watching her for 3 minutes and 35 seconds and I'm kinda starting to get tired.
Yes I was counting.
"So well um..."
"The nurse is coming soon with the results"
"Why can't you just tell me?"
"I'm afraid you'll hate me if I tell you."
Oh no this must be bad.
But what can be worse than him telling me that I can never get pregnant?
Which ended up ruining my marriage...
"No it's fine you can tell me."
"I'm being very serious when I say you'll hate me if I tell you this"
"Ugh fine whatever, please just call the nurse to tell me then, I need to leave as soon as possible, this place gives me the heebie jeebies."
He ignores me and walks out of the room, maybe he's going to call the nurse?
And soon enough a very short nurse comes strolling in, clutching the note book she's holding excitedly and sits next to me.
"Hello darling, how are you feeling?" She asks me, raising her hand to my forehead to feel my temperature.
"I'm actually goo-"
"—So I have the test results!" She interrupts and stands up.
Can people please stop asking about my day if they don't want to know?!
"And what do I have?" I ask, scared.
"Well um..."
I give her a questionable look... do I have cancer? HIV? TB? What??? Tell me!!!
"You're pregnant!"
