Uncover

Uncover Part III

Ant POV

I heard the front door open. Sarha was only gone for a couple of minutes and I knew for sure that I looked like sh*t. "Hi, pet!" Lisa was too excited to be good. It wouldn't last though and I felt more guilty every second. "Honey, did you cry?" she asked worried and she took me in her arms. "We have to talk." I said. Lisa took a chair and sat in front of me. "How do I even begin?" I cried again. I saw Lisa didn't know how to feel: worried, scared, angry or sad. "What happened?" she asked. "Is there something wrong with Dec?" I rubbed my eyes with the palm of my hand. She could not be serious. "It's how you put it." I laughed humourless. Lisa looked even more confused now. "I'm just gonna say it and you'll hate me." I said, taking a deep breath. "I've been cheating on you." I whispered. Lisa was speechless. "You what?!" she asked, tears in her eyes. "With who? What did that b*tch have more than I have?" she asked. She was furious. I looked at my hands. "Wait. It's Dec, isn't it?" she asked calm. I nodded and cried. "For how long?" she asked, crying. She didn't look that angry anymore. I cried hysterically at this point. I tried to control my breath. After a couple of minutes I was able to speak again. "Dec and I have been together for 22 years." I answered. I saw Lisa didn't know what to say. She expected it to be 1 year, maybe 2, not 22! "Please, don't tell Ali yet." I begged, suddenly realising what I had done. Lisa shook her head. "Ant, I can keep it for myself for one day, maybe two, but I need my friend now." She said. "You understand I can't be with you anymore, don't you?" I nodded. "I go to see Dec, he doesn't know yet." I mumbled. I knew Lisa must have felt a sting of jealousy at that moment. Now I would leave her alone to go to my secret lover.

"Ant, what happened?" Ali asked when she opened the door. "You look like sh*t." "I know I do. Can I just talk to Dec please? I need him now." I whispered. She nodded. "Come in, he's in the garden with Rocky." She smiled. I tried to smile back, but I knew it was a forced one. "What's wrong?" Dec asked me while he took me in his arms. I cried again, for the 20th time that day. "Lisa knows." I said. I felt him tensing up and he let me go. "What?" he whispered. He was upset. "I couldn't do it anymore, Dec. I couldn't lie anymore." I told him. "What's gonna happen now?" he asked. "Lisa and I are having a divorce." I told him. "I do realise that I could lose you too now, I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was about to tell Lisa." I said. Dec hugged me. "I don't know yet what I'm gonna do." Dec admitted. "But you're never gonna lose me, pet, never." He said. We cried in each other's arms.