“Who let you in? And why are you wearing Ariel’s clothes?” I asked Harriet as she continued to hug me really tight. She was putting on Ariel’s white strapless dress; that was probably why I couldn’t recognize her. Or maybe I was too stupid not to discern the love of my life.
“What’s the use for all of these questions? Aren’t you happy to see me?” Harriet squeezed me really tight, leaning her head on my
chest with her eyes
closed. There was so much joy in her face.
I was supposed to be happy to see her like this, but for some reason, I wasn’t. And it was really kind of
crazy.
“I asked you a question, didn’t I? Who let you in?” I couldn’t help but frown. I hated to admit it, but this was sort of uncomfortable.
Harriet withdrew her head from my chest. “What’s wrong now? Why throw these questions at me?”
“Because you know it’s not a good idea for you to be seen around here,” I said, looking at the dress she was putting on. It didn’t fit her one bit; her breasts were spilling out the top, and I was wondering if she had noticed that. “Who even gave you this dress anyway?” I asked in curiosity.
“Oh, this dress?” She looked at her body, quite pleased with what she was wearing. “Don’t you like it?”
“Answer my question, will you?”
“Fine,” she uttered, wrapping her hands around my neck, slowly moving her fingers at the back of my neck. “Well, I spilled coffee on
dress earlier, and this maid called Bridget let me in. Apparently, Ariel lent me one of her clothes.”
my
“Ariel lent you one of her clothes.” I uttered it in disbelief. There was no way Ariel would do that.
I couldn’t actually tell, but I had a feeling Ariel didn’t like Harriet one bit, since she knew about our relationship. There was this time when I accidentally brought Harriet’s lipsticks home, and when Ariel found them, she didn’t hesitate to tell the whole issue to my grandfather. So technically, I wasn’t going to believe what Harriet was telling me.
“Baby, what are you thinking about?” Harriet held my face, putting away those thoughts.
“Are
you
really sure Ariel lent
you
this dress?” I asked again, just to see if this lover of mine was actually in her senses.
Harriet let out a long sigh. “Okay, fine, Ariel didn’t lend it to me; I just borrowed it.”
“Without asking her for permission?” I arched an eyebrow, and Harriet shrugged in response. “Where is Ariel?”
“How in the world am I supposed to know?” She brought out an irritating tone, and I quickly gave her a disgusting look. The moment she noticed that, she had to compose herself. “I’m sorry; it’s just that she wasn’t home when I arrived.”
“Where is she now?” I inaudibly said to myself, my hands fixed
my waist.
“Why are you looking so troubled?” Harriet asked, and I set my eyes on her right away.
“What do you mean
by that?” I raised an eyebrow at her.
“It’s clear that you’re worried about this wife of yours. Do you love her?”
“Why would you ask me such a silly question?” I gave her a cold stare.
She shrugged. “I don’t know; your actions toward Ariel are just so different today. It’s like you’re worried sick.”
I gave Harriet a death stare, and she
“You may go now. I’ll see
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anymore; they don’t suit you!”
tonight at
mediately.
4 Club, “I said, and she nodded. “But don’t ever wear any of Ariel’s dresses
She looked at me, not pleased with m my tone, but she nodded once more and began to walk away. I saw the heart-shaped birthmark on
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her arm, and at that moment, my expression softened. She eventually walked away, and I sighed afterwards.
I burst into the house and made my way to my bedroom. I opened the wardrobe in haste, only to notice that it was still packed full of Ariel’s clothes. Harriet had only taken one of her dresses.
Oh great, Ariel’s clothes were still in the bedroom, so it was obvious she was playing a silly prank on me when she brought those divorce papers. And she had to extend such a joke by not visiting my grandfather. She was a lunatic, but her madness was nowhere
near mine.
****
The day had gotten dark, and I was in Mystery Club, along with Harriet and some of my friends. Harriet was dressed in a sparkling red dress, flaunting her curves, and she sat on me, wrapping her arm around my neck. A lot of compliments were directed to the both of us, and she literally accepted them all. It’s something she was good at.
We were all gathered, playing the game ‘Spin the Bottle’, which we had started about five minutes ago after taking in some mouthwatering wine. Someone spun the bottle, and it ended up pointing at me.
One of my friends clapped right away. His name was Daniel, and let’s just say he was the crazy guy around here. He was handsome and won the hearts of so many girls; he was literally a player.
“Okay, Luke, it’s time to throw a serious question at you.” Daniel grinned mischievously, with his hands clasped together.
“How serious is it?” I quizzed, with a huge smile on my face.
“How beautiful is your girlfriend?” He asked, still grinning.
Really, really beautiful,” I answered without hesitation.
“Yup, you got your answer.” He pointed at me, while Harriet kissed me on the lips. I couldn’t help but rub her butt, and she gently rocked it on my crotch, causing me to get hard.
“So Luke, you tell us… how did you meet Harriet?” Daniel asked. Harriet chuckled at the question and handed me a glass of liquor.
I took the glass from her hands and drained it. I exhaled deeply. “As you all can see, Harriet saved my life.” I smiled at Harriet, who gave me the same expression before pecking me on the lips.
“She did?” One of my friends, Bryan, asked, as everyone was kind of shocked at my response. They were probably thinking she was Wonder Woman or the female version of Hercules at the moment, but that wasn’t the case.
Twenty years ago, on Christmas Eve, I was kidnapped by a group of men, and so was this girl; we were both little at the time. The kidnappers held us captives for days; I even missed Christmas.
Those moments were really dark, but they eventually came to an end. This little girl found a way to escape, but she was too afraid to make a move. So I was the only one who escaped, and I had to inform the police about everything.
By the time we got to the location, no one was there. The kidnappers had left, along with this little girl. There was this heart-shaped birthmark on her arm, which I kept in my memory.
As I lived my life growing up, I searched for this person. Years passed, but one faithful day, I stumbled upon Harriet, who was singing at the bar. She had the heart-shaped birthmark on her arm, so it was obvious she was the little girl at that time. And from that moment on, I decided to be her man and vowed that I would not let go of her. But then Ariel had to come into the picture.
Thinking of Ariel, my face darkened, and my joy vanished. And then I noticed the look on Bryan’ face; it was not normal.
“Shit!” Bryan came out, reading whatever text he had gotten on his phone.
“What’s the problem?” Daniel asked. Everyone looked at Bryan in curiosity. I could see that.
“One of my friends ran into Miss White at the airport!” Bryan answered and gave me a knowing look.
“Who?” I quizzed myself, not believing my ears.
“Ariel Walker. Oh, sorry, Mrs. Reynold, your wife,” Bryan replied, loudly to a certain degree.
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I couldn’t help but wonder why that lady would make her way to the airport. Was she planning to leave the country or what? What the hell was she thinking? My grandfather would definitely not want this.
My phone started ringing, and I took a look at it. Oh sh*t, it was my grandfather. I looked at Harriet, and she didn’t utter a single word: she was waiting to see what I would do.
I answered the phone call, and my grandfather barked, “You good for nothing, fool! You’re planning to divorce Ariel? Are you kidding me?”
His voice was just too loud for everyone sitting around us to hear him. I got up right away and began to walk away, with the phone still pressed to my car, but Harriet held my hands tight. I turned around and looked at her; she didn’t want me to leave her presence, but I pulled my hands away from hers and went to a quiet spot to continue the call
Idiot! Are you still there?” My grandfather wanted to know if our call was still ongoing.
Yes, grandpa” I answered quietly.
“Can you please explain to me what the hell is going on?!”
“It’s nothing to worry about, grandpa. Ariel is just throwing a tantrum; ignore her, she’ll calm down in a few days.” I tried to calm my grandfather down.
Then why is she at the airport? Did you drive her away so that you could marry that woman? I told you, as long as I’m alive, there is no way, no goddamn way, that I’m going to let Harriet get married into the Reynold family! Never!”
“Is she really planning to go to the airport?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.
“Fool! She’s already at the airport!” My grandfather snapped. “Now you better make things right, or else you’ll regret it!” He ended
the phone call.
I let out a deep sigh after that. Having knowledge of Ariel being at the airport really left me uneasy, honestly. And I didn’t like this feeling one bit. But if she was at the airport, then I shouldn’t still be here anymore.
As I was about to walk to my car, Went suddenly appeared in front of me.
Luke, where are you going? She asked, crossing her arms.
“I don’t have time to
me to talk right now, Harriet. I was about to tread away, but she still blocked the way.
“Seriously Luke? You’re just going to leave us?”
“Well, I have no choice, Harriet!” I screamed, and after gazing at her, my tone softened. “I have no choice.”
She sighed. “Okay then,” she uttered before walking away. I looked at her as she made her way to the club. Her eyes met mine, bur she took her gaze away.
I shook my head, not liking what was going on around here. I burst into my car and drove home.
There was no doubt that I was uneasy about this whole Ariel situation. What in the world was wrong with me? I never loved her; I despised her so much. So why was I feeling troubled with this? Oh yeah, it was because of my grandfather. That man.
I tushed inside the house and saw one of the maids walking with some sheets folded in her hands.
“Where is my
wife?” I asked the maid.
“Your wife?” She gave me a perplexed face. “I thought you guys were divorced.”
“What did you just say?”
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“Oh, it’s nothing; it’s just that I saw some divorce papers in your room that clearly showed you guys signatures.” She shrugged nonchalantly. “Oh well, I got to go now.” The maid ambulated towards the door while I headed to my room.
I went to the wardrobe, and some of Ariel’s clothes were still there. In fact, all her clothes were still there. It was just how I left it earlier today. And that could tell that she had not come home ever since. Or maybe she did, but didn’t pack her stuff.
I called Ariel, but I couldn’t reach her. Who knows? Maybe she must have blocked me. I did a lot of wrong things to her, and she was only trying to cease all of that. But why now? Why didn’t she do this earlier on? Why didn’t she just continue to live her normal life with me?
My phone began to ring, and as I looked at who was calling, I refused to answer. It was my grandfather. The moment I saw his name pop up on my phone, his words echoed through my mind: “You’ll regret it!”
It was more like a threat, and trust me, that man could do something crazy, not caring whether he was related to you or not. That was his dark side, and no one wished to put him on that side. Like I said before, that man could do something crazy.
My ex
gaze shifted to the nightstand in the room, and I saw a document right on it–our divorce papers. I slowly woke up in that direction and took hold of the papers.
I went through it, and my eyes caught my signature, harking my mind back to the time when I had signed it as she requested. I didn’t even think for a second about what the outcome would be. Now look at my grandfather, who is troubling me seriously.
Just take a look at what Ariel has done. She was about to bring chaos into my life and wanted to make sure that I just resided in darkness forever. But that wasn’t going to happen. There was no way she would ever prevail over me. No matter what the situation may be, I must conquer her. Who the hell did she think she was to miss me like this?
I threw the paper away and saw the card on the floor–the card that I had given her after I finished signing the divorce paper last night.
With my eyes fixed on the card, I traipsed closer to it and squatted. Slowly picking up the card, I couldn’t help but stare at it. And I was quite surprised that Ariel didn’t carry it along with her. Or maybe she forgot. Nah, she couldn’t forget. She threw this on the floor to disrespect me. What a dark mind she had. But I was not going to let her get away with this
My grandfather called again, and I ignored his calls. At the moment, I was not up for any sort of insult or thunderous and antiseptic screams. He was calling because of that good–for–nothing Ariel, and I hadn’t even gone to look for her at the airport.
I lit a cigarette and blew some smoke to ease my mind. After that, I began to call Jack, who eventually answered the phone. On my way home, I told him everything, and he said he would search for Ariel at the airport. So now, I wanted to know if he was actually keeping up with his words.
Yes!
“Yes Luke?” Jack uttered, and there was no doubt that he was in a noisy location.
“So, have you seen her?” I asked, blowing up another smoke.
“Well, our people saw Mrs. Reynold at the airport.”
Then bring her back,” I enjoined him without hesitation.
“Well…” Jack paused, leaving me in suspense.
“Well what?” I quizzed him out of curiosity, but he didn’t answer for a minute. “Well what?!” I snapped. I was about to lose it.
“Mrs. Reynold has already boarded the plane and taken off,” he told me. “She’s left, bro; she’s left.”
I hung up as my cigarette fell from my hands. I was speechless, anger flooding every part of me. And with a loud cry, I flung my phone to the wall, causing it to break.
Ariel was really serious about the divorce. No
What was my grandfather going to do the moment he realized that she had already taken off?
I gave him a puzzled look. “What the heck is she doing there?”
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