THE UNKNOWN FUTURE

CHAPTER 33

ONE MONTH LATER
We walked into a restaurant with Terry and I gasped at what lay before me. Roy was busy kissing another woman. I looked at Terry and she looked baffled. She had seen it too. I looked back at Roy and the woman and they had disentangled and were now seated  opposite each other. I choked with tears at all that. Terry looked at me and took my hand. She pulled me to where they were and glared down at both of them. Roy looked up at both of us and he settled his gaze on me. He looked confused.
“Baby, Terry, what are you two doing here?” He asked rising up to kiss me and I pushed him away. I felt a stray tear flowing on my face and I wiped it in an unladylike manner. I looked at the woman with him and she sneered.
“Baby please.” His eyes were pleading with me.
“Really Roy? Is this what you settle for? This thing?” Terry asked shifting her glare from Roy back to the woman. Roy glared at her and shifted his gaze to me. He was waiting for me to say something.
“What do you want me to say? That you look good together? Fine! Here we go. You two look good together. This is what we call couple goals!” I said trying to fight back my tears.
“Please baby! It’s not what you think.” He tried touching me but I pushed his hands away.
“Really now? It’s not what I think? You two were kissing and you tell me it’s not what I think?” the tears had already clouded my eyes and I tried hard to fight them back. The woman stood up and glared at me.
“He is mine bitch! Get that into your thick skull! And you Terry, I know you don’t like me. You and your whole family don’t like me but I don’t care. What matters is my husband and not you people.”
“Husband!” I gasped.
“Just shut up Becky!” Roy bellowed.
“My brother will never stoop low to marry you. He loves her.” Terry glared at her pointing at me. Becky ignored her and looked at me.
“Yes. He is my husband you idiot! We have a son together. So you are the woman that has been sleeping around with my husband? Well, I’m back and you should just pack your things and leave.” She said glaring at me. Roy slapped her and she screamed and glared at me the more. She was his wife? That hurt me more than anything. I felt weak and I couldn’t take it anymore. I had to leave or I would collapse. I had my pregnancy to worry about.
“Let’s go Terry. I just want to get out of here.”
I ran towards the door without looking behind. Terry and Roy were behind me trying to call me back and keep up with my pace. I stopped once outside and waited for Terry to catch up with me. Roy reached where I was and I could see his eyes clouding with tears. He looked at me beseechingly and I glared at him.
“ Please baby. Let me explain this. It’s all a misunderstanding. She is not my wife. You are the one I…”
“Just cut the crap Roy. I'm not interested in your explanation. You don’t have to explain your family life to me. She said enough. I think I just have to pack my things as she suggested.”
“ please baby! Just listen to me. We have a son together but that’s all. She is not my wife. I love you.”
“Can we go Terry? I need to rest.”
“Sure dear. Well, you have really blundered Roy. You are my brother but I’m ashamed of you. You choose that slut over Jackie? Really Roy? You have a good woman but you go looking for her? What do men really want?” Terry was so pissed off.
“Just shut up Terry. Let me deal with this. You need to go home. I will take care of my wife and make sure she is safely at home. It’s not good to get worked up in your condition baby?”
“Condition! What condition?” Terry asked but we both ignored her.
“I’m not your wife! Your wife is inside there waiting for you. Just go back to her. I will go home with Terry. It’s over between us Roy!” I screamed and grabbed the car keys from Terry. I got into the car and held my head in my hands. Roy was kissing another woman! I couldn’t get that off my head. I was devastated. He tapped on the window continuously but I couldn’t bring my head up to look at him. Terry got in and hugged me. I looked at her searching her face for the truth.
“Did you know about this Terry? Did you know that they would be here?”
“No darling. Remember you are the one who suggested that we should hang out here. I can’t do that to you dear.”
“It's okay! Sorry for thinking that about you.”
“Are you going to be comfortable in that house?”
“No Terry. I will look for a place to sleep tonight and I can look for my own place tomorrow.”
“Well! You can stay with me until you settle down.”
“No Terry. You are Roy’s sister and it will be weird.”
“Come on Jackie! I like you a lot. My whole family does. I'm not going to be enemies with you just because of Roy’s stupid mistake. It’s his shit. Let him deal with it. I'm being genuine here.”
“ Thanks Terry. You and Ann are the sisters I never had. I will stay with you.”
“So should we go directly to my place?”
“No! I have to take Braden first please. Take me to Roy’s place first.
We drove in silent and all I did was cry. We reached Roy’s house and Jane hugged me tightly on noticing my situation.
“What is it dear? Why are you crying?” she asked still hugging me.
“It’s Roy Jane. He was kissing another woman. He was just playing with my psychology.” I couldn’t stop crying. I let the tears glow unrestrained.
“What woman? Where?” she was looking at Terry.
“That bitch by the name Becky. I'm so pissed off right now.” Terry said angrily.
“Becky? How? But she is past tense?” Jane asked and I could see her sad expression.
“So you know her Jane? Why didn’t you tell me anything? Why didn’t you tell me that he had a wife? Why did you watch me waste my time with him without saying anything?” I was screaming at her.
“She is not his wife dear. It’s a long story. I didn’t want to tell you about her because she was in the past and Roy should have told you himself. I'm sorry dear.”
“It’s already done Jane. I need to get Braden and our things and we will be out of here.”
I said walking to Jane’s bedroom to get Braden’s clothes and they followed me.
“Where will you stay dear? Why don’t you stay here tonight and get a place of your own tomorrow? Maybe you should let Roy explain things.” Jane said looking at me affectionately. She was always that way with all of us.
“I can’t stay here with Roy Jane. I can’t stand him one more minute. He has nothing to explain. All that was clear. I will stay at Terry’s place in the meantime.” She stood before Terry and took her hands in hers.
“Thanks for giving my girl and grandchild a place to stay dear. God bless you.”
“ Anytime Jane. She is my sister and will still be even in this circumstance.”
We were done with the packing and we took our things to Terry’s car. Just then, Roy drove into the compound and shouted at the gate keeper.
“Don’t open that gate Kelvin!” he bellowed.
“okay sir!” Kelvin said and locked the gate.
Roy walked towards us with anger written in his eyes.
“What do you think you are doing Terry? Just let me deal with my family matters without interrupting. She is going nowhere.” He bellowed at her. I had gotten Terry in trouble with her brother. I wouldn’t let him talk to her that way and it was my fault.
“This is not about Terry! This is about me and it’s my decision! You can’t lock me in your house Roy. I'm not a kid! In case you won’t let us out I’m calling the police on you. Tell Kelvin to open the gate and I will leave in peace.” I said glaring at him.
“ The police can’t do anything to me. You aren’t going anywhere until you listen to what I have to say!”
“Oooh! I forgot you are Mr. powerful. Mr. Influential! Sorry for forgetting that. You can’t force me to talk to you Roy. You are just wasting your time.”
“just let her go Roy! Can’t you see she isn’t in a position to talk to you now? You can’t force her to talk to you. You will talk to her when she is in a position to talk to you. Just give her time to digest this.” Terry said looking at him beseechingly.
He looked at me and swallowed bitterly. He came towards me and I stepped back. He then stopped and I saw some tears drop from his eyes. He signaled to Kelvin to open the gate and got into the house cursing. We got into the car and I broke down in tears. Braden looked at me and rubbed his soft hands on my face. I looked at him and forced a smile. My heart cried for him. We were going through a lot. It was our destiny. We were destined to suffer. Why was the world so cruel. I loved Roy with my whole heart but he had betrayed me.