Chapter 5

I had a great driving lesson yesterday and Charlotte enjoyed watching me as she laughed and joked the throughout the process. When we came back home, Charlotte went straight to bed while I decided to take a quick shower. This had me thinking that Charlotte might be hiding something because she was acting strange yesterday and she never goes to bed without kissing and touching but this time she just flew straight to bed.

“Maybe I was just assuming” I thought to myself. I decided wake up early and make her some breakfast. I put everything on a tray and headed upstairs to our bedroom. I opened the door and she was already up and reading a book as she always does when she’s not preparing breakfast for me, welcoming me with her big beautiful smile she put her book away.

“This is so sweet of your” she said, as I put the tray on her lap.

“Well, I thought I should kick off your long weekend” my words were accompanied by a kiss on her forehead, I went on the other side on the bed and climbed the bed as she took a bite on the bacon.

“Wow, you do better bacons than me” she said.

“I want to spend time with you this whole long weekend” I glared at her as she was indulging in the breakfast that I made.

She stopped eating and glared at me “what do you have in mind?” she asked.

“Let’s go to the movies” I replied, knowing that she would say no.

“Babe, we got a movie room in this house, with a bunch of movies that you don’t even watch” she reminded me.

I rolled my eyes “You mean the movie room that has turned into a sex room?” I asked with a little laughter.

Charlotte and I never finish watching a movie because she’s too touchy, before we could get half way of any movie we’d be all over the movie room making love. And it has become a normality.

Charlotte laughed without saying a word.

“I’m serious babe, we’re going to the movies today. Finish your food” I commanded as I climbed off the bed.

“Okay my king” she replied as she turned her attention to her food.

I left our bedroom and went to the study room; I opened my phone and dialed Cindy’s numbers. It rang for a few seconds but there was no one picked up, I called for the second time and still no one picked up. I tried for the third time and this time she picked up.

“Hello” Cindy answered the call.

“Your voice is actually nice on the cellphone” I joked.

“Who is this?” she asked.

“It’s Steve” I replied.

“Oh, you” she said with an uninterested tone.

“How are you” I asked.

“I’m alright” she replied.

“I’m wondering why you saved your numbers as Kate while your name is Cindy” I exclaimed.

“What do you want Steve?” she asked with as impatient tone.

“Nothing, I was just checking up on you” I replied.

“Okay, then” she said.

“So…” before I could finish up my words, the call was cut shot.

“Hello, hello, Cindy?” I checked the phone and found out that she hung up “Fuck” I said as I threw my phone the table.

I sat in my study thinking about the fact that I was about to cheat on Charlotte but I was just lusting Cindy, my sexual desire was getting the better of me. Guilt sneaked into my conscience but I justified myself by telling myself that this would be a once off thing. As I was deep into my thoughts, Charlotte came and stood at the door, staring at me without saying a word. I stared at her slim curvy body, her big cerulean eyes and her caramel skin at that point I realized that I was blessed. Cindy was to just pass time; it was just lust but she was nothing close to Charlotte. Cindy was just a book store worker and Charlotte was the self-made kind, what did I want from Cindy? Sex, I guess.

“You look so distracted, what are you thinking about?” Charlotte said as she approached my desk.

“Nothing” I sighed.

Charlotte sat on my lap “I’m going to take a shower; you want to join me?” she added.

“We still going to the movies, right?” I asked as rubbed her shoulders with the palms of my hands.

“Yeah, we are” she replied.

“Okay then, I’m coming to join you” I said looking into her big cerulean eyes.

She kissed me on my forehead “Good, don’t keep me waiting” she said as she got of my lap and walked out of the study room.

I decided to follow her minutes after she left.

1 hour later…

We walked into the complex holding hands, every man couldn’t help it but give Charlotte a glance. Charlotte was a complete beauty; she was wearing a short dress which showed off her slander legs and revealed her curves. I walked like a proud man as some people glanced a couple of times at charlotte with, some people couldn’t help it but to stop and stare at Charlotte. ‘What do I really want from Cindy?’ I thought to myself as I was looking at so many admirable stares that were given to this lady sleeps next to me every night.

“She’s so pretty” a group of ladies whispered behind us as we were standing on the que deciding which movie to watch.

Charlotte chuckled after hearing a few people behind us speaking about her astonishing beauty.

“What do you want to watch?” Charlotte asked.

“Gun powder milkshake” I said as Charlotte took out her wallet.

“It sounds like a porn movie or something” Charlotte giggled.

I laughed “How many porn movies have you ever watched in a movie theater?” I patted her back.

“Well…” Charlotte’s words were cut by a cashier who seemed impatient because we were slowing down the line.

The lady gasped at the sight of me and Charlotte coming towards her. She was a dark-skinned chubby lady. I stared at her she froze and couldn’t say word as we waited for her to start pressing her till.

“Lady? Are you okay?” Charlotte waved her hand over her face.

“Where have you been?” the cashier said looking directly at me.

“Who? Me” I pointed at myself.

“We looked for you everywhere, we thought you were dead” she continued as confusion clouded me.

I glanced at Charlotte and then stared at the cashier “You must’ve been…” Charlotte cut my words pulling to the next cashier.

Charlotte paid for our movie and the lady’s words still occupied my mind, I stared at the lady and she kept on staring at me. Cynthia Smith was written on her name tag, the lady kept on glancing at my direction as we were waiting for our movie. 

“Babe, don’t you think that this lady can help with my memory problem?” I asked Charlotte as I stared back at the Cashier.

“Can we talk about this after the movie?” Charlotte suggested.

I did not want to ruin her mood so I just nodded and I continued giving the cashier a curious stare. I knew at that moment that if I wanted to remember anything about, she was my stepping stone. A sense of relief clouded me as I saw a lead that was going to be the way to remember who I really way.

“Hey, our movie is about to get on. Grab my purse” Charlotte said as she picked up the snacks.

I followed her into the movie theater.

After the movie we walked out of the theater and I glanced at the cashiers and there was no sign of Cynthia Smith, I assumed that her shift might have been over. We got to the car and Charlotte drove off, as we were on our way home, I kept on glancing at Charlotte as she drove us home in a Ferrari.

“Your movie wasn’t bad” she said with her eyes locked on the road.

“Babe, don’t you think that the cashier could help out” I changed the topic before it could get anywhere.

“Help out with what?” she said with a deep sigh.

“With my memory, maybe she could help me remember some stuff” I explained with a calm relieved tone.

“All you care about is your memory” she yelled at me as she increases the speed to express the fact that she was annoyed by the fact that I mentioned my memory.

“But… I thought that you wanted me to know what really happened to me” I replied with confusion all over me.

“No, I’m tired of you” she exclaimed.

“Why are you…” she cut my words as she stopped the car at the gate of our home.

“Am I not doing enough for you?” she asked with a furious tone.

“You are…” I replied but she still cut my words with her furious anger.

“What the f*ck do you want from me?” she yelled at me, then got out of the car and slammed the door.

I was left sitting alone in a Ferrari without words to express my confusion. Charlotte was a wonderful woman but the only ugly thing about her was her temper, I guess that’s what made me chase Cindy around. I got out of the car and ordered one of the drivers to drive it into the yard since Charlotte just left me at the gate. I stood at the gate and the I spotted a strange lady that I’ve seen before standing at a corner staring at me. I approached her but before I could get where was standing, she disappeared. I looked around and she was nowhere to be found, deep down I felt like she was a ghost because this was the second time, I actually had an encounter with her. I got into the house and headed straight for the study room; the study room was the most peaceful room in the house.

It was now night time and since Charlotte got into the bedroom when we came back, she never got out. I went to check up on her but she was already fast asleep, I turned walking away avoiding waking her up.

“I am afraid Kat is going to know what’s going on. No, he’s going to know, I must leave him” Charlotte mumbled in her sleep as I was about to walk out the door.

I stopped and listened to what she was saying but she was silent once again. ‘Whoever this Kat was, she surely has a big history with him’ I thought to myself. I did not want wake her up so I went downstairs and looked for her laptop. I found it on the kitchen counter where she loves putting it. I turned it on, and began to search for the folder that was written Kat but I couldn’t find it. She must have deleted it or something, she always got moody in the mention of this name.

“The must be some sort of history between this person and Charlotte” I assumed as I grew more curious. I went to the study room and opened a cabinet where Charlotte kept all her files. I opened the files one by one, in the first two files I found nothing but I opened the last fine and I found receipts of cash deposits which had dates that indicated that they happened in three consecutive months.

  “But this time, Charlotte and I had already met and she never left the house back then” I spoke to myself with a low voice.

I got clouded by confusion as I took out my phone and captured the receipts for future reference. I continued to page through the file, and I found a page full of names and their addresses. I just took pictured of all the names and addresses that I came across in the file, as I continued to page through, I kept on coming across more suspicious things that Charlotte was in to some shady business.

“This explains why she always gets furious when I mention this name” I thought to myself as I took the files and put them back where they were. I walked out of the study room clouded with confusion, feeling like I didn’t know who Charlotte was. Whatever she was hiding was really huge.

“Was her little sister really at university? Why doesn’t she come back home during school holydays? What about her parents? She doesn’t speak much about them.” Questions struck my mind as I tried to connect the dots. Who is this Charlotte and how does she make so much money? Maybe the book store is really one of the ways to launder money” I continued thinking to myself.

It was now late and I went to sleep in one of the spare bedrooms since Charlotte and I had a huge fight earlier, so she wouldn’t want to see me waking up next to her the next morning. I lied on the bed with my eyes wide open for hours, imagining the secrets that Charlotte has and with the voice of that strange woman striking my head. I realized that it was now time for me to do some digging. I checked time on my phone and it was almost midnight so I just closed my eyes until I passed out.