LIGHT

CHAPTER TWO

Before leaving the restaurant she
paid all the bills of the items the young lad had destroyed and his hospital bills.
As they stepped out of the restaurant, her kids were curious to know what she told the lad that made him relax and pass out. hje said "he isn‟t epileptic like people say, he was just passing through a phase in which he needed somehow to show him care, love and kindness and all everyone did was to yell abuses at him. No one understood him but I did, that‟s why I remained where I was when he charged straight at me and I just told him "be calm, I know this is not who you are. I understand what you are passing through" and he passed out.

They left the restaurant because
she hated the way security personnels gathered her after the scene asking her frequently if she was hurt or felt any pain. It made her feel awkward,
especially how everyone was looking at her like she was some sort of celebrity (which she was anyways). She wondered when and how she would finally fit into her celebrity life because
she hated almost everything about it.
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Walter knew he should tell her off
but couldn‟t, he wanted more of her, she just had this magical aurora around her that made him so helpless When he was with her. Vivian (Ashley‟s supposed best friend) wanted Walter all to herself, she
knew she wasn‟t doing the right thing but she didn‟t care. She wanted him, his money and everything that belonged thim. She didn‟t actually love Walter, she got attracted because of his money and gave him promise of love and affection.
He in turn showered her with gift items and money.
They were both naked having sex
(not making love because none of them loved themselves) in Walter‟s room. Not caring about Ashley coming to her because they thought she would spend her usual four (4) hours before coming home. They didn‟t know amidst their fun the incident which occurred in the café
brought Ashley a little too early.

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She drove into their luxurious
home and came down with the kids
walking straight into servants greeting from almost everywhere. Walking into the guest room, no sign of Walter nor the business partner. She called a servant and asked if Walter was out, he said "I last saw him in his library with a guest". She thanked him and headed for the library, still no sign of them. The kids had gone to their rooms by now and she felt a little drowsy and headed for her room. She turned the nob of the handle and just then.....

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She left quietly as she came
because they were actually too
engrossed with each other to notice her.
Her heart notched, the dizziness
increased a thousand times, she
couldn't breathe properly, her sight
blurred before her, she felt her body
quavering, tears beginning to flow, then she fell. Walter heard it and came to check the cause of the noise. One look at her didn't hide anything from him. He knew she had seen him and Vivian together. He came closer to her trying to reach out to her and was stammering as he said" it's not what you think honey".
She didn't reply, she felt like
disappearing immediately." Tell me it's all a dream, that it never happened that I just had a bad dream, that everything is actually OK?" He couldn't look her straight in the eye. She grabbed him and yelled" How could you, c'mon Baby we had talked about your numerous extra marital affairs, you promised to quit, why my best friend and you chose to desecrate our matrimonial bed,why
couldn't it be someone else and at a
different location, it wouldn't hurt so deeply like it did right now, you didn't
even think twice at least for the kids
sake, just why?" She sobbed silently.
Guilt flooded him suddenly looking at the woman whose eyes looked tired and desperate, who was always her usual quite self, who doesn't always show her affection in gestures, who made him say 'yes' when he wanted to give up already, who forced him to fight for what she rightly believed was his reason for living, who made him stronger by her love because her love for him was greater even than the love she had for herself, who made him go in search of his dreams and who was the mother of his adorable kids. He broke down and cried for the first time in his life( perhaps).Vivian came right after him not fully dressed and found him on the floor crying like a 16 year old staring at the stair way. She looked and saw Ashley the lady who she was supposed to be her best friend and instead of feeling remorse she blurted out "hey bitch, you might be his wife but I own him nevertheless". Ashley looked at Vivian with such glare that could kill, she felt the anger, hurt and flaring in her insides. She stood up wanting to kill them both instantly with her bare hands but changed her mind and went downstairs.
Memories came flooding back, yes
she knew of Walter‟s several
extramarital affairs with various women but one of the rules of the marriage was never to talk about it. This one was different of all people, her best friend and she thought. "what a slut she is".
Also of all places, her matrimonial bed where they shared such intimate, beautiful unforgettable moments. It had been a long while (2 years actually) since they last savored those moments because he always refused to touch her.

„„This is the darkness i saw earlier, it has finally come to my home" she said. She got up and went to the orchard to clear head up. As the servant opened the door she felt his curiosity b his stare and then Walter appeared from nowhere on his knees begging her not to go. She didn‟t say a thing to him instead walked out on him. When she got to the orchard

very sure no one was watching her, she collapsed on the floor and let all the tears out (sometimes crying helped).