I was stuck in the hospital for a whole day. Lyle actually treated me like his wife for once, which I was completely unused to. Even though I tried to be petty and pick here and there, he treated my complaining as flirting and let me be.

 

I lost count of the number of times I had sworn at him in my heart. Even my appetite was affected and all I wanted was for Crystal to swoop in and take Lyle away.

 

My prayers didn’t go to waste. At Lyle’s second visit, Crystal walked in all decked out. Her elaborate outfit almost lit up the room as if she were a disco ball.

“Crystal! What are you doing here?” Lyle stood up nervously and put down the apple he was peeling for me.

“I just wanted to visit Yvonne,” Crystal said and she stared at me like she was trying to bore a hole through me. I lay there, letting her stare me down. I even returned her stare with a goofy smile.

this smile would have seemed like confirmation that I was small fry to her. However, in this context, I knew this

expression darkened

and I sneezed. Impatiently, I said, “Ugh,

 

at me now. “Rest

he shot up and started running toward her. Before he stepped

“Go ahead. If you don’t go now, you might really lose her. You can get tickets to Anglandur any other

 

know?”

don’t bang in the middle of a public park. It pains me to have to bump into that.

not before he said, “Yvonne, give me three days to

and take

once again after he left. I sighed

Lyle going to drown himself in this puddle of infidelity? He was acting as if it were a heroic decision to only remain loyal to one

lose the housekeeper he had for years, but he could very

phone and checked my caller history. Christopher hadn’t

him, but I didn’t even know what to say if he picked up. I ended up sending a text after what seemed like hours of

 

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