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.

I was small fry to her. However, in this context, I knew this

expression darkened and

to choke me and I sneezed. Impatiently, I said, “Ugh, I don’t like that smell.

 

was practically hissing at me now.

faintly, and Lyle did too as he shot up and started running toward her. Before he stepped outside, he turned back to glance at me as if

don’t go now, you might really lose

 

did you know?” Lyle asked

I said, “Next time, don’t bang in the middle of a public park. It pains me to have to bump into that. Cleansing that scene from

said, “Yvonne, give me three days to settle everything, okay? I won’t

come and take this absolute fool

into silence once again after he left. I sighed softly, completely at a loss

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

housekeeper he had for years, but he could very well

my caller history. Christopher

I ended up sending a text after what seemed like hours of typing and erasing, only to settle on a lame ‘Have

 

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