Stalker (Texting Story )

the truth .

Time flies ...🌹

Clair and James had been  dating for a while now , almost 4 months .
He was everything a girl would ever dream of. He was caring, loving, supportive .sometimes over protective but the most important part faithful . extreme handsomeness to top it all too.

But yet clair wasn't happy . not that she was sad but she couldn't feel the sparks with him.

Love they say makes you cloud nine happy .

But it wasn't her case .

Clair wasn't in love with James . unlike him whom was ready to tie the knot with her .

He was too kind, too nice to her , she couldn't bring her heart to end it .

" summer ?" He said while both of his hands where on the driving wheel.

" yes ? " she took her eyes of the road to look at him.

" are you okay ?" .

" yes " . she kept it brief .

" you are just awfully quite today its not like you ,"

" its nothing really . I'm just kinda tired."

She stretched her arms up hitting the roof of the car letting out a small yawn.

" we can have some rest when we get to my mum's house ,"

They are now heading to his mother's to introduce clair to the family .

He was extremely excited ,she wasn't to say the least .for the first time in her life she's being led and not the leader .

" we arrived Summer ," he oppend the car's door pulling her out of her deep thoughts .

Clair starts examining the house . it looked just like hers nothing special about it , a middle class residence .she was expecting something more fancy and classy due to the fact that James was filthy rich. still it was quite nice and welcoming .

Knock , knock .

It took 2 knocks on the door for it to open .

an elderly lady was on the other side. she had wrinkled features her eyes sparkling just like James's, her hair was as white as snow .

She was Bella , James's mother.

The resemblance is undeniable between them as if she is a an old female version of him .

" mother !" James almost yelled from excitement .

" oh dear James my baby " she said while hugging him tight .a tear escaped her eyes  ,but she quickly got rid of it with her sleeve ,trying to hide it . clair noticed it and found it really cute .

" James , you finally remembered your mother after almost a year " she said while pulling out from the hug .

" well mother I came here to let you know that I found my true love , "

Her expressions changed and went from joyful to confused in a nanosecond.

he stood away to let her see clair .

" hello mother , how have you been lately ?" Clair asked ,with the best smile she could ever offer on her lips .

The women seemed as if she just been hit by a bus .

Jeez .I know I'm younger then him ,but its not that dramatic for her to stare at me like that .clair said in her mind .

Few awkward seconds had passed before James spoke.

" mum ? ,"

His voice seem to have pulled his mother back to reality .

" oh my , I'm sorry I zoned out for a bit . I'm doing pretty well thanks for asking dear . now please come in , how rude of me " she let out a nervous laughter .

They all went in to the living room .

Cozy was the first word on her mind when she entered .

" why don't you guys get to know each other while I go make some tea ," James announced.

" yes sure sweety me and ..?"

" its clair.  My name is clair "

" me and clair have a lot to discuss ," she finished off her words .

" I won't take long ," with that being said he let the room .

As soon as he stepped out his mother took a seat next to clair .

Too close.

she was too close clair thought .

She started scanning her features . clair felt way too uncomfortable to say anything , she just smiled politely at her.

" you look just like her , " she said with a bitter voice and almost teary eyes .

" I look like who ?," clair questioned feeling quite confused .

" James's ex wife "

Clair was clearly shocked .  James never told her that he used to be married .
she didn't know what to say next . she just froze, before questioning the women to squeeze out all the untold truth .

" James used to be married ?" She questioned .

" yes . almost a year ago , his wife committed suicide ,"

" oh that's horrible ! I'm so sorry to hear that !" She sincerely apologized .

" wait here please ." the women requested .

How could he keep such a thing from me !?.
He was married and his wife killed herself ! I can't imagine any girl being sad with him in her life. I mean he is Mr perfect ,but I apparently don't know anything about him after all  .

What did you expect clair by dating your stalker ?

Clair started to analyze the weird situation while doubting her decisions .

Few moments later Bella came in with an album in her hands .
after looking threw some old pictures of naked baby James ,she shifted the pages till almost the end and pointed to a girl in a summary dress.

" that's summer . my Boy's ex wife god bless her soul ,she was so sweet ," she cried .

Clair was even more shocked after she actually saw his ex wife . they were like twins .
If she didn't know better she would of said that its her long lost twin sister,but that's just impossible, she looks older then her .

The same long blond hair the same eyes, the same skin tone ,the same lips, even her dimples were printed as clear as Clair's !

In short, They had the same everything .

Just then she realized that summer wasn't just a nickname he chose for her.  He called her by his ex now dead wife name . he surly wasn't over her .

She decided to bottle it up in her chest until they leave his mother's house ,because Bella really seemed happy to see her son again and clair didn't want to ruin it for her .

The conversations went smoothly from a topic to an other .

after a while clair pulled a small wrapped box from her purse and handed it to Bella  .joyful tears appeared in her eyes she was overwhelmed by Clair's kindness and good taste in jowls .

First impressions matter.