Deceitful | Book 3

| T W E N T Y - T W O |

TERENY

"Whoa...and it was him?"

    Jeremy and I were sitting at the kitchen table eating the shrimps that I had left out in the sink to cook. By the time I had returned, he had cooked the shrimps already.

    Britney had one too many scoops of ice cream and refused to eat her dinner so I just put her to bed. Britten was the type of baby to do his own thing. He was asleep on the sofa with the television on Maisy.

    I was still a little shaken up by what happened earlier that I just had to tell somebody about it. More so, I was looking for someone to tell me to call the authorities and have him arrested. But he's Martray's cousin and I don't want any bad blood between us. Not to mention, from what it looks like, the two of them are very, very close. I wanted to at least run this by Martray before I got the police involved.

    "He acted as if he didn't know me from a can of paint, Jeremy." I say before picking up a french fry. Jeremy shook his head and pushed his empty plate aside.

    "Now, let's stop beating around the bush here." Jeremy said to me almost as if he were scolding me. "I know that you're trying to avoid talking about Bruce."

    "Oh God." I mumbled.

   

    "How're you feeling about the situation?"

    "How did Cheri take it?"

    "Not too well. She's even more pissed that she can't take off from work to travel up there. She told me to tell you to keep her posted when you go up there." Jeremy shook his head. "He's young, man. Too young for that."

   

    "He's too young for a lot of things." I say as I cross my arms.

    Although I had just found out that my husband has cancer, I just couldn't let the situation with Gabby go. It's like, yea he has cancer, but that still doesn't change the fact that he cheated on me hours before saying I do. Let's not forget that. And the fact that he had been sleeping with her throughout our relationship.

   

    There's a time and a place for certain situations, but I just can't help it. He still cheated. And by him having cancer, it's not going to change anything between us. I was still angry about it. Sure enough, he didn't deserve cancer, but I didn't deserve to be cheated on.

    "It's a very sad ordeal. I feel bad for him." I mention.

    "Why are you talking like this ain't your husband you're talking about? You still love him, don't you?" Jeremy asked me as if I was being foul or something.

    "Yes, I still love him. But cancer isn't going to stop me from feeling the way that I feel. He still cheated and cancer isn't going to excuse that." Jeremy shook his head.

    "Tereny, you need to talk to him and forgive him or at least get an explanation as to why he did what he did. You can't get closure if you don't talk to him. That is, if you're going to divorce him." Jeremy stood up from the table.

    I didn't know what I really wanted. I was sure I wanted a divorce when I was leaving Georgia, but now, I don't know anymore. Not to mention, him having cancer and all of that. I didn't want to just spring it all on him at once. Plus, Martray was right. We have a son together. A son that needs him.

    "I already talked to his parents and we're going to ride up there tomorrow. We're leaving at five in the morning to get there in time. I think they're preparing him for surgery tomorrow." I explain to Jeremy as he threw his empty plate away.