CHRISTY:My phone rang again and without making Mom wait, answered it. “What’s going on?” I asked. “Was that a prank, Mom? Or is this some kind of joke?” My voice trembled in the end as I held my phone close to my ear.My throat went dry as I waited for my mother's reply. “A prank? Is that the result of watching nonsense videos? You think your Dad's life is some sort of joke?” Mom snapped on the other side of the line. Fuck. Oh, gahd. My heart hammered against my chest. Dad and I had no great relationship, but…he was still my parent. I…I did not want anything bad to happen to him. “Didn’t you read my text? I brought your dad to the hospital. You give me money for his hospital bill. You pay the hospital bills,” she reiterated. “Why?” I asked, trying to contain my fear. Outside, my husband had been trying to talk to me, but I no longer had the time to focus on him. Right now, my dad was more important. “Is this serious, Mom, or you are only using Dad to ask for money from me?”I
CHRISTY:It had been three days since Dad's wake. It was supposed to be only a day, based on Mom’s decision, but it was I who insisted that we should do the wake for three days. That would be enough for me to prepare myself to say my goodbyes and memorize Dad’s face. I wanted to look at him even for the last time until I was satisfied. Until I forgive and accept that he won’t ever go back. His dead body was brought to my parent’s home and tomorrow was the day of the funeral. All his siblings had already gathered together except my brother who did not even show his shadow or his family. No one talked about him. It felt like there was an unwritten rule that no one should be mentioning about my brother. Ben.Will he not really see Dad? I understand that he might have ill feelings towards our parents, but those were never enough so that he wouldn't see him for the last time.I closed my eyes for a moment, then opened it again as I continued watching the casket in front of me. My eyeli
CHRISTY:“Kitten…”I shoved my face into my husband's face. “Yes, husband. You heard me right. You can kiss me if you want. You can do anything you want with me. I don’t care. Take me.”Everette gulped. I wished I was more beautiful and sexy so that tempting him would not be this difficult. If I was only leaner, he would easily give in to the temptation, but when it comes to the person whom he did not even have feelings for, it would take a couple of extra efforts. Whatever. Regardless of anything, do whatever you can to tempt him and make him forget about Eden. Can I do that? Eden was…another story. I was never given the chance to become my ex-boyfriend's wallpaper while Eden…my husband had done it without being told. “Kitten,” my husband said with difficulty. “Are you sure about this?”I need to assert more. Having enough courage, I put my hands on his chest and let it rest there, then played with his nipples. “Everette. I need you.”His breathing shallowed. He liked what I
CHRISTY:Your husband could be different, another part of my mind said. Give him the benefit of the doubt.Yes. I should be at least hopeful. I was pulled back into the present when I felt his lips on mine. My eyes widened when I realized what was happening. He was initiating the kiss? My heart thumped wildly and it felt like it was going to burst out of my ribcage. I moaned against our kisses as my hands found their way to his neck and pulled him closer to mine.More! I closed my eyes and savored the kiss. This once-in-a-lifetime kiss only happens rarely. Or once in a blue moon.It felt so good to be kissed by someone you love. Everette… always knows how to take the lead. If earlier I was the one who was taking who initiated the kiss, now it was him.“Touch me, bunny,” I whispered and arched my back. “My body is burning for you.”His hands wandered down into the valleys of my chest and stopped on top of it. Not wanting that it would only stay there, I showed him how I wanted to
CHRISTY:No matter how much I slapped myself, the reality of what happened last night could not disappear as I stared in the mirror. Everette and I just kissed and there were tiny kiss marks on my neck.I shoved myself into the mirror for better access. There it was. The kiss marks. Yeah, but your husband slapped your hand last night too.The smile wiped away from my eyes. Well, that was true.And speaking of my husband, where could he be right now? Did he run away because of what happened? Maybe I scared him?When I woke up, he was no longer around. He never bothered to wake me up? Why? My stomach grumbled and I was reminded that I barely ate anything yesterday since I did not have any appetite at all. I glanced at my clock on the side table. It was already nine o’clock in the morning and the funeral would be at two o’clock in the afternoon. I still had a lot of time to prepare.I smacked my cheeks. Stop daydreaming and move your ass, woman. With that, I grabbed some black turt
CHRISTY:“Raven is kind, bunny. He is career-driven,” I stated which was true. “He never had taken a woman after our break up.” “You’re defending him,” he pointed out. “I don't like it a bit.”“I’m only telling the truth.”“Let’s stop talking about him. He only makes my heart boil in anger.” He scanned his phone and went to his phonebook, intentionally letting me see what he was doing. “I am deleting your cousin’s number for your peace of mind.” He showed me his phone. “It’s already deleted.” “Why are you doing this, bunny? I told you it is no longer needed.”“I just want it.”—-----------------------Dad’s funeral was attended by prominent people in the society including his business partners. Including his wake. For the second time, I sent Ben a picture of Dad’s coffin, but he said he wouldn’t be able to make it and if he could, he would choose not to attend the funeral since there was Mom who would only create a scene when she saw my brother.“You okay?” my husband asked on my
CHRISTY:“Kitten…It’s…Oh, great. Don’t look,” Everette said. His face fell and watched me with seriousness followed by a worried expression on his face. “You’re not going to like what is happening right now. It’s better for you not to witness this.”Those were seriously not helping me at all. Curiosity kicked in, I looked at what he was watching and gasped at the scenario laid in front of us. Mom kissed the young man who could pass as my brother.I felt like my knees gave out and before I could fall on the ground, Everette steadied me.“Hey. Are you okay?”It felt like I could not feel my limbs.“Did we see the same thing, bunny? Or did my eyes play tricks on me?” He looked at me with a sad expression. “It seemed like it was, kitten. We saw the same thing. I could not believe your Mom could do that. I mean…your Dad was only buried earlier.”“So, it was true. Your Mom’s statement.”“You can deal with it when you are already fine. Right now…you can pretend that nothing happened. That
CHRISTY:Mom no longer answered. I thought she put down the phone, but when I checked, she did not. The line was still connected. Mom cleared her throat. "Oh, you saw it? I was about to tell you about it, but then you find out first,” she muttered nonchalantly. I gritted my teeth. No ounce of guilt in her voice? I never thought she could be this evil. She was not like this. "What a liar you are, Mom. you have no plans of telling me. What you are about to do is escape and who knows? Marry that gold digger? He is your sugar baby for crying out loud! He is only after your money!" I screamed, no longer having an ounce of control. Could you blame me? My own mother had betrayed her family over some bastard whom I never knew where she met. "You foolish girl! Shut your fucking mouth!" she chastised. "David would never do that. He loved me."David was his name? And she was defending him?I scoffed. "He loved you? No. You open your eyes. He loved your money. The reason you were always ask