CHAPTER 6: LADY

I feel my phone vibrating beside me that is why I slowly pick it up. I am sleeping and I am still sleepy when I try to open my eyes just to check who is calling me. I suddenly woke up when I saw a man standing at the door looking at me. My visions are still blurry that is why I haven’t seen his face clearly. I stand up to check who the man is and how he got inside but he has suddenly gone. He was gone in an instant. I checked my phone and I saw ten missed calls from Mark and none from Duke and eleven messages from Mark and none from Duke. I ignore Mark’s messages and calls because I feel like I will cheat on Duke if I will entertain Mark.

I took a deep breath because I am expecting a call or a message from Duke but he is not calling or even messaging me. I checked the time and it is already ten o’clock p.m. and Duke is not yet home. I tried to call him but he is not answering my call. I put my phone down when I noticed that the door in the guest room near the balcony was open. I went inside there to check because for all I remember I closed the door and locked it before I fell asleep but the door is open and the windows are closed. I went to the balcony and checked if everything was fine. The wind blew cold and it was kissing my face. The surroundings are so quiet. Everybody is sleeping now and you cannot hear a single voice from the neighbor. The streetlight facing our balcony is the only light that is open. I looked down when I noticed a man wearing a hood, smoking beside the white car that was parked in front of Angel’s house. I didn’t see his face because the hood is covering it and I don’t know if he owns the white car because I haven’t seen it parked there before and I know it wasn’t Angel’s car but I know he is watching me even though I can’t see his face totally. He is watching me like I am at the center stage and he is in the audience. I feel like there is an energy connection between us that makes me scared of him. I hurriedly went inside and locked the door. 

“What are you doing there?” Duke asked me when he saw me rushing from the balcony.

“You scared me,” I told him and I touched my heart that beat fast. Trying to calm myself down.

“I saw a man standing and smoking at the front of Angel’s house, looking at me,” I said and we both looked outside the window and the man was no longer there even in the white car. 

“Let’s go and sleep,” He said with his tipsy eyes. He went to our room and I followed him.

“Are you drunk?” I asked him but he didn’t answer me. He is pretending again that he can’t hear me.

“Where did you drink?” I asked him but he didn’t answer. I got curious because for all I know he is out for work but he is drunk now.

“Duke” I call him but he lies down on the bed without minding me with his back facing me.

“Duke” I called him again but he is really not minding me.

I looked at her and remembered what Angel told me. The signs that Grey is showing, the signs of the cheating man. He falls asleep without even saying goodnight to me or even kissing me. I miss those times that he is sweet to me because right now he is so distant and estranged. I feel like I don’t know him anymore.

“What’s the problem?” I asked myself because suddenly he changed or he already changed a long time ago and I am just blind to see it. I watched him sleeping when suddenly his phone vibrated. I slowly took his phone from inside his bag beside the bed so that I would not wake him up. I tried to open his phone but there’s a password on it. Hoping and praying that God will let me guess the password so that I can check who is calling him and all of my questions will be answered. I know I am not ready but once I found him cheating on me. I will let him go even if it would be hard for me. I try to guess the password all over until his phone locks for a couple of minutes.

“What are you doing?” He asked irritably and he grabbed my phone.

“Why are you holding this?” He asked again but I didn’t answer because I don’t know what to answer.

“Don’t touch my phone ever again?” He said and he lay down on the bed again facing his back to me. 

“I just want to know who is calling you,” I told him

“It is none of your business,” He said and his phone kept on vibrating and I grabbed it beside him to check who was calling him. I stand up and I am about to go out when he pulls me and grabs his phone but I tried to hide it behind me, which makes him mad.

“Give my phone back!” He shouted but I didn’t want to give his phone back because I  wanted to check who was calling him. He is still trying to get his phone but I am not giving it to him.

“I want to answer your phone, what is the password?” I asked him while still holding his phone. 

“Who keeps on calling you?” I asked him and I am about to cry because why does he need to hide it from me?

“It is just from work” He answered but I know he is lying because he is not like that before when someone is calling him from work he is answering it in front of me. 

“Give it to me,” He said but I still hid his phone behind me. I don’t want to give it to him unless he will answer it in front of me. We are in tension because of the phone call that he doesn’t want to answer. We are fighting now because he is keeping a secret from me and I know he is mad at me now for not giving his phone back but I am mad too because I am getting paranoid because of what he is showing me.

“GIVE ME MY PHONE!”  He shouted at me but I didn't want to give it to him. He tries to grab it from me and I accidentally drop his phone to the floor. The call is gone and he looks at me. I saw the madness in his eyes and he pushed me. My waist hit the edge of the mini table and I fell on the floor.  The blood slowly flows to my legs and I can't stand up. I am in pain right now. I looked at him and I saw his eyes wide open and his jaw dropped when he saw the blood flowing from me. I know he was surprised and so am I because I have been delayed for two months now and I wanted to tell him about my delay but he doesn’t have time to listen. He is not always home which makes me think that he is not interested in whatever happens to me.

“You’re pregnant?” He asked me but I didn’t answer. 

“Yes, you’re pregnant,” He said and He immediately carried me and we went to the hospital.