The Trio

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

The next morning when James woke up he lifted his head up off his development designs and rubbed his eyes to clear his vision and looked around the studio and saw it was empty so then he walked slowly to the toilet to freshen up then he put on the coffee maker. Once he has had a strong coffee he suddenly remembered that he has a decision to make and started to get a migraine, so he thought long and hard then picked up the phone and started dialling.  When the phone started to ring he started to have second thoughts then he quickly slammed the phone down and put his head in his hands and think who is the right one for him.

Then something clicked inside his head and he started to dial a number again and it started to ring, it only took a few rings before it stopped and no one spoke for a minute.  Then suddenly the silence was broken by a soft harsh voice of a female which responded “James is that you?”

James was happy to hear her voice again it made him feel safe and so his response was “Yes Victoria darling, it is me James, your loving husband who loves you very much”.

“James, where are you I am worried and please don’t tell me that you are with Edward” said Victoria harshly.

“No sweetheart, I am not with Edward I am at work and have been here all night doing designs and some thinking” said James desperately.

“I should hope not, you should know better by now, but at least I have better hopes for our marriage working although it’s going to take a very long time to repair the damage he has caused” said Victoria harshly with a little hope in her voice.

“So are you saying there’s hope that we can work it out together, especially with Edward inadvertently out of the picture” said James slightly happy.

“Well as much as I would like this to work out, not just for our sake but for our baby’s sake too, I just find it hard to give you another chance now, especially when you went behind my back…I don’t think I can take anymore disappointment” Victoria explained.

After Victoria had said that she put down the phone and made herself a sandwich for lunch and poured herself some juice and slowly ate her way through thinking what James would do now.

Back at work, James also put the phone down and made himself a coffee and started to think again with another migraine and he waited till he had finished his third coffee before going back home to talk to his wife and sort things out.

Later that evening James had come home and went straight upstairs to have a shower, not even saying ‘hello’ to his wife standing in the lounge.  After his shower he dried himself off and pulled on his boxers and put on his white plain t-shirt and went downstairs to the kitchen and poured himself a glass of white wine then sat himself down on the sofa and said to Victoria “we need to talk”.

“Yes we do and I think I should start first because I have been thinking long and hard about this, it has been hard for me, I have been trying my hardest to fight for you but now I am just tired of it, it is just too hard” Said Victoria.

There was a short silence before she spoke again.

“James darling I have been thinking about this for a while and believe me when I say this, I am only doing this as a last resort….I think it is time to get a…”

James cut her off before she could even finish the sentence and said “Please don’t Victoria, I will be a good husband and father”.

“James…..darling I love you and I always will, but those are just words coming out, I am going to need more than that” said Victoria.