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PRETENCE

Akilah quickly hung up her call when the slamming of her front door startled her. Curious she hurried to the front door to enquire about the noise and a visibly angry Tor walked over to her and stood towering over her. As if to intimidate her but she knew her husband and was not scared by him.

'' Why are you slamming doors?'

" What the hell is wrong with you?"

" What?"

'' Why did you go over to Amara's to cause havoc?"

" Your mad because of your mistress?"

" Why were you at her store and why did you vandalize it?"

" Is that what she told you?"

" What were you and my mother thinking? What if she called the police on you?''

" I knew she wouldn't, after all she's in the wrong."

" You're wrong!"

These were all the questions he was asking himself as he drove home.

'' I was hurting. I needed to do something about it.''

'' Then hurt me not her property, I'm the one who did wrong-''

'' I know. I honestly went over there to talk to her but just seeing her reminded me of what you did and I just lost it.....''

Tor sighed . He did not expect for it to go so smoothly and  understood where she was coming from but her actions might just have cost him his relationship with the twins.

''.....  I'm sorry. I did not think about that but I can go talk to her and apologize to her.''

'' You are not to blame for that and there's no need for you to go talk to her, I'm the cause of this whole mess. My lies are the reason I cannot see my children, why you're hurting and I can't blame either of you.''

'' We all make mistakes, she cannot keep your children from you."

" She's mad it's expected."

" That doesn't mean she should use them to hurt you, they're your children too, right?''

'' What?"

" It just seems to easy to keep them from you."

" What kind of a question is that?''

'' I just mean you did live in different areas?."

Tor had his head on her breasts as she sat on his lap but quickly sat up after her statement.

'' What are you implying?''

'' I'm not implying anything but did you think to have a DNA test after they were born?''

'' I don't need to have a DNA test done. I know they're mine and I hope that's not what you said to her?.''

'' I'm worried about you and as a mother, I would never say anything bad about a child. No matter who their mother was. She might have taken me asking her about her children as me being negative but I said nothing bad."

" I really hope you didn't."

" I didn't! You know I'm the victim here too and you're acting like she's the only one going through it. I'm hurting too."

" I'm just stressed about-"

" About her!!? How do you think that makes me feel!?''

'' Look I'm sorry. For everything.''

He said pulling her into a hug after pecking her lips. She sat back on his lap as he pulled out his laptop and showed her a planner his assistant had found. Akilah felt triumphant because her act had worked. He had forgotten all about Amara and those bastard children. Tor was hers and only hers.