It was a beautiful day in New York city. The sun was up, clouds filled the sky, and people started going to work. It was a busy day here in the city. Sophia lives in an apartment home and even though her husband and she were high paying lawyers, they still lived in an apartment. They wanted to move to the country part of New York, but the weren't ready to make that commitment yet. It would mean farther distances to drive to work, and it would mean more money would be spent. They lived well. They had lots of clothes people would only die for, they had a beautiful apartment with variety of beautiful furniture, they had a happy- go- lucky golden retriever name Sal. Sophia's two boys Carlos and Jose , who were turns, went to a preschool the was only a block away.
Sophia and Tyler dropped the two boys off and then made their way to work. The couple had a car, but the often excluded it from their transportation. They often relied on walking to work, even though it was a mile- and- a half away. They would put on their work out shoes and walk to work, once they got their they would put on their fancy shoes that they store in their bags they carried- they both just used back-packs. They knew they got weird looks for the way they did things, but they did it with good intentions and didn't change their ways, and they wouldn't no matter what people would say.
When they got to their work they started working right away. Sophia had a couple friends at the frim and Tyler had one. Tyler and his friend John had known each other for years, and they had just happen to land the same job, just like Tyler and Sophia. Sophia often felt excluded from the circle of three and that's why she kept her three friends- Laura, Mary Kay , and Linda close.
After work Sophia would wait for Tyler, because he would always take his time in packing up, and he talked to John like a girlfriend hadn't seen her friend in years. Sophia would enjoy a cup of coffee ( sometimes two!) and talk to the secretary while waiting for Tyler. Then finally Tyler would come exspressing a sorry look upon his face. He would meet up and kiss his wife and they would leave, but this time was different. This time Tyler had John tagged along and he didn't look sorry at all, instead he looked upset and maybe a little angry. Tyler and John walked in sync, but John's eyes fell on the floor when they met up with Tyler's wife. Sophia met Tyler's eyes, asking what was wrong.
" John got fired, Sophia." Tyler finally spoke up after minutes of silence.
"Whaa- I am so sorry John. What happened?" Sophia offered sympathy
"That doesn't matter. He needs to stay with us a while." Tyler demanded.
"okay." Sophia never tried to take on Tyler.
They three drove to the apartment in Jhon's car. When they got to the apartment the men went into the house and Sophia went to pick up the kids. Once she had picked up the kids , Sophia and the kids started to walk home. When they got home Sophia saw the two boys cooking together. Sophia took the kids to the bathroom and got them into the tub. She left them in the tub and went into the kitchen. She stood there in the kitchen entry for a good five minutes before she spoke up.
" When are we going to talk?" She asked fearing rejection.
"About what?" Tyler asked as if everything were normal.
"Look, it may not be my business why John got fired, but it is my business why he is staying here tonight." Sophia demanded.
"Actually, this is my house and it isn't your busniess." Tyler urged.
"Tyler, it's okay." John came to Sophia's rescue. Tyler gave Sophia a glaring look and Sophia exchanged him a look of victory. "My wife kicked me out." He looked ashamed.
"Wh-" Sophia start to ask why, but stopped when her husband gave her a defeating look ."Okay." Sophia said with a nod and walked back to the bathroom and finished bathing the twins.
The next morning, which was a saturday, was a bright and early one for Sophia. Jhon and Tyler slept in the living room together and sophia let the twins sleep with her. Sophia got the twins ready for the day and got their min sized backpacks for their play date. She cooked them dome pancakes and gave them fresh strawberries. While they were eating she went to clean the living room, in which the boys left a couple of beers and empty chip bags laying. Sophia looked at the pair of men. She looked at John thinking what did you do? Then she looked over to Tyler. She couldn't help but feel nothing but anger and jealousy whenever John was around. Tyler was never himself when john was around. He always bossed her around, was rude, never kissed her and mostly paid attention to John. She didn't like it.
After cleaning up after the twins, Sophia got them ready to go and they left. She took the boys to anothoer boy's house just ten miles from their apartment. THey twins would be their for the day. Sophia went back home immedietly. In that short spand of time, the men had woken up, maybe they were already awake when she and the twins were at home and they just didn't want her to know that they were. When she walked into the door she saw the men sitting on the couch talking. Sophia walked right past them and walked into the kitchen. She started to cook eggs and bacon, and sliced fresh fruit. Once the food was done she put two plates on the table and put the food onto it. IT was like an automatic signal for the boys, because once they saw (or smelled) the food, they came rushing in.
Sophia watched them eat from the sofa. She didn't feel like eating and she didn't feel like doing anything. She just wanted her husband back. She decided to stop whining and turned on the televison. She turned it on the news and watched it while the men ate. Once the men ate they walked over to the couch and sat their. After about five minutes Tyler walked over to Sophia, smiled, then tookt he remote from her hands. He turned the channel to where they could play playstation. He turned the playstation on and put a game in. They then started to play. This made Sophia even more mad, jealous and angry then she had ever been. She jumped up from the couch, started to walk towards the bedroom, then turned on her heels.
"What do you think you guys are doing?" She said calmy, yet with attitude.
"What do you think we are doing?" Tyler snapped back.
"Acting like children and like bums off the street!" She snapped.
"It's saturday. Leave it alone."
"No. I don't think I will." She shot back.
"Sophie leave us alone." Tyler was speaking to her calmly.
"I am not going to lose my husband just because some shuck-face can't keep his marriage straight!" She yelled and with that Tyler jumped to his feeting, defending his best pal. But John put his hand up to his friend and then stood up.
"You don't know what happend. John explained.
"Then why don't you tell me?" Sophia snapped.
"She cheated on me. She is letting him move in. That's it. " He got teary-eyed. Sophia felt bad for the guy,but she still needed asnwers.
"Why did you get fired then?"
"My wife. She used past things against me. Our law firm accepts only the best mannered people, with the highest morality. Let's just say that I wasn't always a respectable man."
"You cheated on her." Sophia whispered.
"yes. She kept it a secret. I guess this was pay back, huh." With that Sophia shut up.
"Why couldn't you just keep your mouth shut?" Tyler looked hurt.
"Because I was tired of my husband treating me like I don't exist."
"is that what you think?"
"It's what I know. Whenever he is around. That's how you treat me. Always."
"Stop being a teenager girl. GROW up!"He shouted and with that the phone rang.
Sophia wiped her cheeks that were now soaked with tears, she then walked past the two look straight at the phone on the counter, she answered the phone. She looked at the floor and then all of a suddenly her face was full of hurt. She covered her mouth and then started to sob.
"When can we come down?" She asked, nodded then hung up.
The two men looked at her like they had just seen a ghost. They exchanged worried looks and looked at Sophia for answers. She sobbed for a few minutes then wiped her cheeks and eyes. She wipe her nose with her sleeve and took a deep breath. She looked at the ceiling and then at the boys.
Then she smiled a weak smile. " My father is dead."
