The Trio

Chapter 21 & 22

Chapter 21

Just as James walked through the door and into the lounge he saw Victoria sitting on the sofa with Alice and Jasper and they were looking at him in disgust as if he has done something terrible.

James then said “Alice, Jasper would you mind leaving the room please I have something to say to Victoria alone”.

As they did as they were told they whispered to Victoria “We are here to support you”.

“Victoria Darling, I have something to say to you which I have been meaning to say for a long time”.

“Don’t ‘Darling’ ME, James” Said Victoria angrily and scared.

“I don’t think you are going to like what you are about to hear from me, so here it goes.  I am having an affair and I am sorry it was never meant to come to this it just happened” said James.

“So are you going to tell me who it is then?”

“There’s only been one person and I think you know who”.

“So all this time when you said you were going into work or ‘on site’ you’ve been seeing this person” said Victoria loudly “and I know this person you say” almost shouting.

“Oh no…I have been working too, you can ask my colleagues if you don’t believe me” James replied “I’ve just been seeing him as well during my lunch break” James added quickly.

“You’ve been having an affair with a ‘HIM!’” roaring the last word then there was a few moments silence then “Oh my god!!!”

“What now! Victoria”

“It’s him isn’t it? That Edward! I am gonna…”

“NO! You are not going to do anything to him and he’s not going to do anything to you either cause I love the both of you” James interrupted “And Yes! It is Edward, I tried to remove my feelings for him but I couldn’t the feeling is too strong”.

“You could have tried harder or just come to me and we could have worked things out, after all that’s what we were planning on doing all along for the baby” said Victoria sounding upset but still looking angry.

“Well I tried to but all I kept thinking about was how you reacted with Edward last time”

“Then tell me why go through with it?” asked Victoria “do you love him more than me, James?” she asked before James could answer.

“Well love has so many meanings and I love you both as equal, but if I had to choose right now I would s…” Victoria cut him off before he could finish.

“James, stop giving me a lecture on love, just answer my question”

“FINE!” James shouted “If you want to know the whole truth, it’s because my heart was only half-full and Edward was the only way to fulfil my heart’s desire right to the MAX”

“So I was right then you do love him more than me”

“Well…right now…yes I do” James answered in his normal tone of voice “But you wanted to know the truth and it turns out I was right that you can’t handle the truth”

Victoria gasped and covered her mouth with both hands in shock to find out the truth then snapped at James “How? ……How could you do this to me, how could you do this to your baby…James?”

Victoria then continued “we were meant to make things better not worse and now it’s just I love you and I always will, but you are making it really hard and it just breaks my heart that I have to share you with another person, not with any person with a friend who loves you too and to find out you need two people in your life to make you happy just sickens me”.