ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Kathy Pov

As I sat at the restaurant waiting for her to show up, I thought of what I wanted to tell her, I wasn’t the one who reached out so I didn’t know what to say to her, what does one say to her husband’s mistress? I didn’t even know how to react to her yet, I will just wait to find out when she arrives, Cross has been calling my phone nonstop since about three hours ago but I didn’t bother to take his call, I hadn’t bother to go back home after I finished at the hospital and had just went around town, going into the hospital earlier for a proper test alone hadn’t been exciting and the doctor confirmed that I was indeed pregnant and the fact that it was still in the early stages I shouldn’t stress myself much or do anything hard to avoid a miscarriage, but the thing is I was already stressed, I know I should try and reduce stress and not meeting Ginna might help but I was too curious to not here what she had to say, I decided that whatever she says I won’t let it get to me much, not matter how hurtful it maybe and I would go back home to Arizona and heal, I am just here to hear what she has to say and also put her in her place, tell her my mind even though I didn’t know what I was going to say just yet, I checked the time it was almost six pm, I told her to meet me here by five pm but she was an hour late, I looked around hoping to catch a glimpse of her but she was no where to be seen, I thought maybe she decided not to show up, maybe she thought it was best not to me up with me after all, I decided to wait for a few more minutes before I leave, my phone started ringing, once again the caller was Cross, I ignored it.

“I am sorry I am late, it took a while to get here, can I order a drink for you?”

She asked in a rather polite tone that gave me conflicted feelings, I just nodded, I didn’t know what to make of her, looking at her, the photos I have seen of her didn’t do her any justice, she was beautiful and was dressed glamorously, compared to my casually and understand dressed self, she looked like a runway model, I know that I am pretty too but right now I wasn’t looking my best so I looked shabby beside her right now, I felt stupid for not at least trying, getting those thoughts off my head I looked at her directly in the eyes.

“So what do you have to say?”

“Hmm, I will take a drink first but I must say, you look nothing like I expected, Cross must have been sleeping when he married, oh my bad I forgot your marriage is a match made, an arranged marriage,”

She said sassily, I couldn’t believe Cross had told her the kind of marriage we had, well I guess that gave her the strength she needed to talk shit about me but I wasn’t going to let her talk me down

“It doesn’t matter the kind of marriage Cross and I have, the point still remains that I am his wife, and I don’t know who you are,”

I said, proud of how my voice came out calm and unbothered despite how disturbed I felt inside.All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.

“I am the woman in Cross heart, and you know that,”

“I don’t, because as far as I know, my husband loves me, and he told me that even before I left home today,”

I said with a smile, I could tell what I said got to her but she was good, the upset was off her face in seconds that anyone won’t have noticed but I did.

“And you believe him? Didn’t you see the photos or the videos? Did he manage to convince you that they were fake? Then you must be gullible because there is no way those are fake.”

“What photos are you talking about? The ones where you guys were making out? Oh, I saw those,”

“Why are you acting so tough, Cross already told me you broke down and was crying and baffling your eyes out and I can even see evidence of that,”

She said and I resisted the urge to laugh out, she was obviously lying, because even though I did cry, Cross didn’t see me cry, except he made things up for her and was playing the both of us.

“Is that what you wish I was doing? Guess what I am not moved and the reason I even looked stressed has nothing to do with your adventure with my husband and everything to do with the fact that I just concluded my semester exams, in fact, I don’t even care what you do, it’s not going to change the fact that you will always be the other woman who my husband clearly wants nothing to do with, which is why you called me here, you want to say hurtful things to me just so I can feel at least the pain you are feeling, I understand the drill girl, but guess what, nothing you say can bother me,”

I said, I couldn’t believe I was saying all those and it seem to be taking effect on her so I didn’t mind even though it felt like someone else was saying those words through me.

“Cross told me you guys are getting a divorce and after that, we will be together, you will be the forgotten woman soon,”

She replied and I could only look at her with pity, she must not be as clever as she looked, she was in fact kind of stupid if she thinks that was met to hurt me.