CHAPTER 2

Serene 

I woke up in a room filled with balloons and red roses the next morning, I quickly sprang out of bed and followed the flowery pattern that led to the room intended for our miscarried child.

My pulse was thumping faster, and I felt lighter; I was certain that my husband had finally come back to me. Without hesitation, I opened the door, but owing to the darkness, nothing was visible.

I turned on the lights and saw my best friend Neina with Nora and Charlotte all beaming and saying "Surprise!" to me.

"Did you do this? I questioned them not showing feeling upset that it was not Diego.

"Yes, my love, we did this to surprise you," Charlotte said as they all embraced me in a hug I wished Diego had given her. After expressing my gratitude to everyone,Me and my companions departed for breakfast, while Nora my maind started to tackle household tasks.

"Where is Diego, Serene? There is no way that I have seen him.” Charlotte asked... 

"Yes, Serene; where is Diego? He is meant to be with you throughout this time," Neina commented. 

I did not know how to explain to them that he had not been sleeping at home since I had a miscarriage, so just stared at them with tears in my eyes; they could tell I was going through hell with Diego and asked me to stay strong, not realizing it was not because of the miscarriage but because of another woman.We finished breakfast and proceeded into the living room, while Charlotte left as her car arrived to pick her up. I informed Neina everything that had happened between Diego and I since my miscarriage, and Neina promised to talk to him about it.

"Diego is being such a moron, after all the sacrifices you have made, leaving you alone in these tough times, I think you should come to stay with me," Neina insisted. 

"No, I will be fine, thank you. I shall see you as soon as I am fully recovered," I promised her. 

"Are you sure he is not seeing another woman?" she inquired, pinching her face. 

"Come on, there is no other lady; his aspirations of becoming a father were shattered,” I responded knowing she would go crazy if I mentioned anything about what I had seen on the tag

"Serene your love for Diego is just getting over you, don't tell you haven't heard anything about what the media is saying ."

“Come on now those people will do anything to get attention and sabotage my husband's reputation,”I responded knowing she might be right 

We watched a movie together before she departed. The house was empty and peaceful again, with only Nora and I inside. "Should I bring you anything, Ma'am?" Nora questioned me as she stood next to me. 

“No, I am OK; just let me know when my husband comes,” I responded. 

A few hours later, as I was going to lock the door behind me to take a shower, when Diego walked in, furious.

"So you have gotten to the point of discussing our intimate affairs with strangers?" he remarked. 

"She is not a stranger, Diego, so please do not start; so you started seeing Nelly again ?"

"Serene, honestly, I find it hard to believe you. Perhaps I should pack up everything I own and relocate,all you talk about is Nelly.”

"Diego! I saw the video of you checking in with her,”I cried out 

"I recently had a miscarriage, and you are having a great time sleeping out without realizing how hard it is for me to accept that I have lost our baby,” I continued 

“Since you believe in the media, you should probably go out my way, Nelly is the woman I never got to have if I,”I cutted him, “Why do you do this to me Diego, I love you for God's sake.”

Diego leaves me in tears like he often does, and I spend the night alone painting creams in red, with a heart breaking into pieces.

The next morning, I awoke to the sound of someone yelling next to my bed.

I looked up to see who it was and saw Diego with an angry expression.

I got out of bed and questioned, "Diego, why are you yelling so early?"

"Seriously, Serene, by now you must be aware that I am Diego Myers, not just any Geologist; why was my hammer not in the bag? I had to use a cheap hammer due to your irresponsible packing," he replied, raising his anger. 

"What, no way I packed your hammer in your bag, yes I did, you can ask Nora, she watched me do that," I replied confidently. 

Diego walked out on me to take a call, which seemed to have melted his mood while I requested Nora to fetch Diego breakfast; he strolled out without touching anything or mentioning where he was going.

I could not believe he would come to dispute about a hammer I had prepared. I opened up my phone to find a message from an unknown number claiming to know Diego's meeting spot with another woman.

"What?"

"Is everything OK, ma'am?" Nora inquired as she stepped in to clean my room.

"Yes, just take that to the kitchen," I responded, referring to the food Diego had not eaten.

i promptly rushed to take a shower and got My pulse was racing harder, and I could not believe what I had just received. I somehow began to distrust the sender, but decided to go see for myself since Diego has been acting up all weird.

I walked downstairs and discovered Nora scrubbing Diego's table.

"Madam, are you going out?" Nora questioned. 

"No, I am just getting something from the drugstore," I lied.

I stepped outside and discovered my favorite Mercedes gone with Diego, so I ordered the guard to fetch me a Fortune and drove to the hotel in the SMS. 

When I reached the hotel, I began to feel awful about having questions about my husband, but became distracted when I saw his Mercedes in the VIP parking lot.

I leaped out of the car and went directly to the room number on the SMS because my heart was beating heavily and the thought of my greatest worries was about to come true.

I was passing the hotel doors till I came to the number on the SMS. I then carefully opened the door and found my husband, enjoying himself immensely with Nelly, his first love in bed.