52 Living with the Conseque…
- Living with the Consequences
Llam
Maria left the room, and I remained motionless. What the hell just happened?
I could still feel the sting on my cheek from her slap. This relationship had reached a point of no return. I didn’t know when everything changed. She was right. I was a damn indecisive man who didn’t know how to fight for what he wanted. But remembering my baby’s little face made me want to fix my life. That child deserved the best version of me.
T’collapsed onto the bed and grabbed my phone. The answer I was expecting arrived, but I didn’t feel like
responding.
My wife’s words echoed over and over in my head. My entire life, it had been so comfortable to let others decide for me, allowing myself to simply drift along with the current.
Maria had set her sights on me, and I hadn’t done anything to reject her advances. Annie fell in love with me, had no idea why, but when we were discovered, I agreed to be with them both without fear of the
consequences.
It was time for me to analyze my feelings and decide what I wanted and what I was going to do.
The only thing I was sure of now was my son, and I was going to fight for him. I couldn’t believe Maria called him a bastard. I knew she was furious, but that didn’t give her the right to call my child that.
I sighed heavily, thinking that my life had to change. Unfortunatel, hese changes meant removing some things or people from my life..
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I stormed into the guest room, furious. I was so angry with my stupid husband. Husband, as if. He only saw- me as an intruder who came to ruin his marriage with that i*** Annie. But I had to find a way to spoil their newfound motherhood for a while. I knew that soon I would be kicking him out of my life, but I couldn’t leave without making their new “happiness” over the arrival of the “little monster” bitter.
Every day that passed, I hated this Annie more. I had to control myself because Liam drove me crazy.
I sent Albert a message.
“Are you awake?”
To my surprise, he read it immediately. I saw the “Typing…” indicator appear, and I smiled maliciously.
“Yes, I’m still awake.” I think I have the solution to calm things down.
“I was thinking about your proposal. I agree to go on a trip with you. We just have to arrange things so that it looks like it’s for work.”
“Okay. We’ll plan it out tomorrow.”
I closed the conversation and put the phone aside. Before returning home, my lover asked me to travel with him, and I wasn’t sure about accepting. Still, I noticed that more and more often, my blood boiled when I
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- Living with the Conseque…
argued with Liam. I needed to get away to think everything over and make decisions with a clear head.
And what better way to leave than with a rich, handsome millionaire who was crazy about me?
I got into bed to sleep. I was actually very tired. I got another message. I thought it was Albert again, but it wasn’t. This time it was from my biological ‘mother.”
“Tomorrow I start working in your in–laws‘ kitchen. The papers I took went through without a problem, so I’ll keep you informed of what’s going on in that house.”
I turned off the phone. I liked to think that everything was working out in my favor. I knew that sooner or later, was going to get a divorce, but for now, I was going to make everyone very unhappy. I was going to become your karma, dear Liam.
Liam
I got up early to go to the gym. It had been days since I’d been able to work out, and right now, I needed to drain all the negative energy I had inside me.
I was still trying to process what happened last night. I didn’t think I had ever had an argument like the one I had with Maria. I had always avoided problems, but it seemed that my character was the first thing I had to change in my life.
After a grueling routine, I grabbed my things to go take a shower. As I passed the living room, I realized that Maria was already up..
I tried to ignore her, but she stopped me.
“Can we talk?” she asked meekly, very different from our fight yesterday. I sighed heavily as I looked at her
and told her yes.
“What do you want to talk about?” I asked as I settled into a chair at the breakfast bar and took a sip of
water.
“Well, I actually wanted to apologize. I was wrong last night. It’s true that I behaved very badly, but you have to try to understand me. I was furious about the whole Annie coming back thing and especially with a child of yours. I know how much you longed to be a father, but I wanted to be the mother, not your ex’s obsessive girlfriend. I’m sure that with that child she’s going to try to lure you back, trying to take you away from me. I know it wasn’t right the way I called the child, but it was the heat of the moment. I really don’t think that
about him.”
I watched her as she spoke, and I didn’t know if she was being sincere or if she just wanted to get away with it because she knew she was wrong. I watched her express herself, and I couldn’t believe she was the same furious girl who was capable of slapping me.
“And so?” She asked me, but I realized I hadn’t heard half of what she said.
“So?” She looked at me desperately, but I needed to know what she wanted.
“Yes, what I asked you. If you’re going to let me meet your son.” When she finished her sentence, I opened my eyes wide at her intentions.
“No, I won’t do that, and Annie wouldn’t want that either.” I stood up so as not to be near her. “She doesn’t want you near our son, and I’m going to respect her decision on this.”
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I saw her face start to flush. But amazingly, she recovered immediately.
“Well, maybe in the future, you’ll change your mind.” She was about to leave, but I stopped her at the door.
“By the way… Mom was very uneasy because she says you told her you wouldn’t let her meet her grandson… what did she mean? Because she and everyone now thinks you’re pregnant, when we both know that’s impossible. Or do you have someone else? She stood still, her back to me, but she soon turned around and answered me playfully
“Well, I didn’t actually tell her I was pregnant. If she assumed that, it was her fault. What is true is that I wanted to annoy her because of how badly she treated me the day we met. I’m sorry if there was a fnisunderstanding with my words.” She kept smiling, but I noticed that she wasn’t sincere. But I had no way of Verifying how things were since I only had the facts that both parties told me.
“It’s okay. I’ll clear up the misunderstanding with her. Are you going to work?” Maria nodded and looked at her
watch.
“Yes, and by the way, I’m late. See you tomorrow.” She knew I wouldn’t be back until early the next day. Now she must understand that the life of a doctor’s wife is like that. The time we can give them is limited. She kissed me and went back to the room to get ready. I knew I didn’t make her happy because neither was I. During the time we were apart, what we had was lost, and we could never get it back. At the time, I thought we could. I thought nothing had changed and that the feelings were the same. But now I realize I was confused. Annie’s tenderness and love touched me, and that’s why nothing was the same anymore. Now I understood, but there was nothing I could do. I had to live with the consequences of my mistakes.
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