The Love From Vengeance

“Goodbye, my babies. Take care, and remember, Mommy always loves you!” I exclaimed happily to my little children on the phone. We were having a video call.

“We love you too, Mommy! We love you too! I can’t wait to see you!” Janice said before ending the call. That was my little daughter. Lukel was the name of her twin brother. Yup, those were my two adorable children.

They were both in Canada, living with Andre’s parents. I had decided not to bring them along for various reasons.

I was lying down on my bed when I heard a knock on the door. “Come in, it’s not locked.”

The door opened, and Andre stepped foot inside the room, dressed in his pajamas.

“You’re still awake?” I asked, sitting down on the bed.

“Yeah, I’m not feeling sleepy,” Andre answered, walking close to me. He looked kind of tired and exhausted. “Does your leg still hurt?”

“Not that much. The pain has gone down.”

“Oh, right,” he said inaudibly. “There’s this company I just finished discussing with, and we’re going to start a project with them, probably around next week.”

“Business discussions; no wonder you were asleep,” I teased him.

“It’s not that; I’ve just been thinking too much,” he explained.

“What’s the problem?”

“Well, there’s this lady who I’ve been spending so much time with lately.”

“The one you’re texting always, right?” I gave him a silly laugh, accompanied by a

grin.

He laughed softly. “Yes, the one I’ve been texting always.” The cast on his face didn’t look so good, and I didn’t like that at all.

“Come sit down next to me.” I patted the bed. Andre sighed and settled down on the bed, a few inches away from me. “I think the big man’s more comfortable now, right?” I joked.

“Yeah, I guess,” he said softly, smiling narrowly. I could tell that was a forced expression.

“Okay, so tell me what’s going on? Did anything bad happen to this lady? Did the two of you get into a heated argument or something?”

“No, no, it’s not that.”

“Then what is it?” I asked him curiously.

“Turns out she has

stared at him for a moment. “Wait a minute, hold on. So the girl you like, spending most of

today,” he answered. “And you want to know the most confusing part? This lady

what now?” I raised an

didn’t just want to jump into a

when was

know.”

of your

playfully pushed my face. “I just wanted us

nodding. “So how did you find out that this girl

the wonderful moments, I… I just don’t even know what to say.” He sighed, running his hands through

hair.

I said, placing my hand on

something else that’s crazy?” He looked

a minute. You guys had

“Yes.”

boyfriend?” I took my hands off his shoulder and

the side

girl.” I furrowed

whatever,” he said nonchalantly. “But it’s just so painful, you know. It was

playing with you.” I nodded with my arms crossed. “And I’m

mall, bought different clothes for her, got her a

trailed off as he stopped counting with his fingers. He looked at me. “Yeah,

hope things are becoming clear now.” I sat next to him. “She was just

she would do that,” he uttered in a

just have to. I

introduced myself, but he just gave me a

know Andre Jones, owner of The Vitality

head. “Don’t start praising me

the truth. That girl was acting friendly all because of the money. She’s a gold digger, and you need

to be

your heart broken. And if

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you’re right,” Andre said, tilting

would visit us so late at night, especially when

Andre, and he shook his head, still trying to figure out what was going