MY MARRIED MAN

WHY?

At seven o'clock, I'm sure she ain't asleep, she's probably waiting for me on the coach. I walk in hoping she wont do her normal routine, her interrogation. Sophie is the curious type always wanting all the gossip and in details.
"Spill" she says standing from the coach.
"Go slow, you won't even ask how I'm doing?"
"You are standing right in front of me, it's obvious you are fine"
"Ok , I guess that's another way of saying I care Kaityln"
"Don't be sarcastic, tell me want I want to know"
"Why?You never tell me everything"
"Because I don't have to, I let you see it for yourself, like me banging Charlie"
"I'm going to assume you didn't just say that"
"Ok what did he do and didnt do"
"I told him I love him"
"You do realise that's messed up, but depends is it true, is that how you really feel? "she sits and I lie on the seat across hers.
"Well he said it first this morning when we were making love"
"So in Short you had sex"
"Yeah we did"
"I knew I needed to buy wine, luckily I did and now you've given me the occasion to taste it, we should toast"
"To what exactly? "
"Let's be honest, we are both glad that it's still working"
"You gross little bitch"
"I see we agree"
"Is this soon? , Am I now hooking up"
"Well it's better than  nothing" she says handing me a glass of wine.
"Come here" I move to her seat
She places her head on mine and cuddles me.
"If you don't test the waters, how will you find your right one? "
"I guess you are right"
"Remember, I'm here for you."
"Sophie, you are irreplaceable "
"Yeah I'm aware but know Charlie is on his way here, he's spending the night"
"On second thought, I have to sleep, I gotta thing in the morning with Nick, say hi, goodnight"
"Are you avoiding my boyfriend?"
"No of course not, just exhausted"
"I hope so , goodnight Kaitlyn"
I dash out before he shows up, Charlie.I lie on my bed hoping liam had heard me, he didn't reply, should I be worried? . If he didn't hear me, then he must think the worst already.
My morning was the usual, my annoying alarm makes it worse. I prepare as fast as I could for work, I didn't want to see Charlie. I hate the guy. I sneak out of the apartment and drive to the restaurant, Nick is there having his morning meeting with the cooks.He sees me from a far and wraps up his meeting. He smiles approaching me with two drinks in his hands.
"What's that"
"A morning whisky"
"Hmm, I so need one shot right now, Charlie slept over last night"
"Why cant you just tell her the truth"
"Because it will kill her , I know he's going to hurt her again, so I'll just wait fot that moment"
"Make sure she doesn't find out in the same way as i did,you can't hide it forever"
"I don't want to think about it right now, so fill me in on our business"
"Oh yeah your boyfriends party is tomorrow night"
"Did he email the invites"
"Yeah this week on Sunday"
"Today is Friday, I didn't get one"
"Get what exactly"
"The damn invite"
"Are you sure, I wasn't invited, thought he invited you"
"I'm not, invited, why? "
"Well in his defense, he's just knowing you"
"That didn't seem to be a problem yesterday when he was making love to me"
"" so you had sex , that's not bad"
"Can you focus on what's important here"
"It's just as you called it, a damn invite, why is it important?, We already know it's a slow boring business party, why would you want to go to that"
"Well, I just want to be there for him, I'm so going to that party,and in my defense, it's only for final touches whether he wants me there or not"
"I'll take you, just incase you are thrown out"
I spend the day at the restaurant helping out. I leave exhausted and get home, praying that Charlie was gone. I park my car and walk to my apartment only to find a bisque of white tulips (my favorite flowers) and a teddy. I pick them up, open the door, and place them at the glass table next to a note from Sophie explaining herself, she's spending the weekend at Charlie's, clever, she knows I'd stop her. I look at the teddy, it's brown in color and has a card swinging from it's ear. I pluck it ,
Hey Kaityln,
Just want you to know, that I love you too, Goodnight baby
Liam.
For a moment I forget he has pissed me, well I'm glad he had heard me. But he aint getting of the hook easily. Why am I not invited?