Forgiving

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//I am still incapable of checking for grammatical errors all the time. (Not really, I just do not like to reread and spell check), so if you happen to find them, AGAIN, just comment at that particular section. (It makes it a lot easier for me to locate and correct). Don't be a dick about it though. With that being said, here's the next chapter. Read at your own will.

"I was completely devastated. I just couldn't believe what she was telling me. And I'll admit, I denied it in the beginning. It was hard to come to terms with because she's one of my best friends. We've known each other since we were little. Our moms were best friends before we were born and we're damn near the same age so it was only right that we became best friends too. She's never given me any reason to question her so why would she lie to me now? However, I did have to give my husband the benefit of the doubt. Before that day, he hadn't given me any reason to question his loyalty to me. She didn't know him, not like I did. And he and I, we made vows. There was no way I would have married him if I believed in my heart that he could ever do that to me. I wanted to stand up for him, challenge her accusations and I did for about half a second but she came prepared. It was like she had this same conversation with herself and knew exactly what I was going to say next."

"Dinah I know you don't believe it. I mean I have no reason to lie to you but this is a hard pill to swallow. And like I said, I followed him for months before I brought this to you and so I made sure I had proof."

"And did she have proof?"

"Did she?!" Dinah scoffed dramatically, folding her arms across her chest. "She had so much arsenal, if cheating on your wife was a criminal act, the shit she told me would be enough to put him under the jail. And yet, it wasn't enough for me. I still needed him to confirm it so I called him up. He was out doing what, I don't know. I think he told me he was doing a shoot, maybe a show or something, I'm not sure. I don't exactly remember what he was doing. But now as I sit here and think about it, he was probably cheating on me then too. I wouldn't put it past him. Anyways, she showed me the proof and after a while I asked to be alone. She was hesitant and refused to leave but when I want to be alone that's what I'm going to do. I promised to call, she promised to check up on me the next day, we said our goodbyes and I called him. Immediately he denied it."

"Hey baby, I can't talk right now. I'm in the middle of -"

"Are you cheating on me?!"

"Wait huh?"

"You heard what I said!"

"If I did I wouldn't be asking what the hell did you just say."

"I asked are you cheating on me?"

"What the fuck is wrong with you? You can't be fucking serious right now Dinah."

"I'm so fucking serious Cordell. Answer the goddamn question. Are you cheating on me?"

"How you gone call me with this bullshit? You've clearly lost your fucking mind. I'm not about to entertain this foolishness. No I'm not fucking cheating on you."

"For someone who's innocent, you sure sound guilty as hell right now."

"Man get there fuck outta here with that shit. You just pissed me off, I'm heading back to work. I'll see you when I get home tomorrow."

And then *click*

"He hung up on you?"

"He hung up on me. I didn't bother to call him back that day. I sat there trying to figure out if maybe I made a mistake by accusing him. Maybe Briannah was wrong. So many things were running through my mind. But something didn't sit right with me after that conversation and I'm not usually the type to let things that shouldn't bother me, you know, bother me but I couldn't let this go. He wasn't due to return until later on the next day but we had planned to host a Super Bowl party. I thought about cancelling the party, in fact I started to but if it wasn't true I would need a distraction, something to lighten up the mood or something. You can't really come at someone and accuse them of cheating the way I had and then think everything is okay. But if he was cheating I needed to create a buffer, keep him far away from me for as long as possible before I did something I would later regret. So the party was perfect.