The ultimate insult

As soon as Chris stepped out, Chase shaking his head, he said “Uh-uh…I need a DNA test,” suddenly handing the baby over to Valerie as if it had burnt his palms. Barely a minute before he had taken the baby from Chris and asked him to step out. Even though Valerie was still weak and in immense pain for her Caesarean, she somehow found a bit of strength to sit up on the hospital bed, her eyes wide open in disbelief of what she had just heard.

“A DNA test? I’m sure it’s another one of your childish tricks to just get attention because we both know this baby is yours,” Valerie told him calmly, holding her baby.

“No! I don’t know that. This baby could be Chris’. That’s what I have to be sure of , if this baby is mine or Chris’ or somebody else,” Chase claimed.

“Have you completely lost your mind? Chris has been nothing but …”

“You know what the tragedy is, Valerie? You just forget too soon. That’s your problem! I rescued you from Chris’ snipers when they had almost killed you. It is I who spent six good months taking care of you whilst you were in that comma. I could have just left you for death because you were a complete stranger to me, but I didn’t. It is I who paid the hospital bills. It is I who gave you a new life. Where was your hero, Chris, when l was there for you? But after all that, this is the thanks I get.”

Valerie stared at Chase in disbelief, she couldn’t believe that he was playing victim after all he had done. “Oh, and suddenly you have forgotten what you did? You rescued me and I was grateful for that. I did nothing but love you. Until you did what…should I remind you? Brought your ex-girlfriend into our home and lied she is your cousin. Fucked your ex-girlfriend right in our kitchen and showed no remorse after I caught you red handed and it was only three days before our wedding day. I gave you a chance to correct your mistakes and instead you sent me a letter, the audacity? A letter, and you told me clearly you had chosen Dora your ex-girlfriend over me? As if that wasn’t enough, your lovemaking video landed on the internet, you fucking another woman, three days before our wedding, have you any idea how much you humiliating that was for me? Then you are here, playing the victim?” Valerie argued.

“Okay fine, Valerie,” Chase thundered. “ I’m the bad guy, that’s what you want right, so fine. I’m the bad guy, I’m the cheater, I’m the insecure one, I’m the evil one…fine. But by all means let’s pretend you and my twin brother were not fucking in your so-called office the other day. And if you could do that in an office, I wonder what happens in that secluded uptown mansion where you both live together, just the two of you?”

Valerie was astonished by Chase’s revelation. She wasn’t aware that Chase had seen her with Chris and how.

“Surprised? I was coming to you so I could apologise and saw you all over each other,” Chase said, growing his face in disgust.

“Ohh is it? Why the sudden remorse? Was it because you were humiliated to death and you had finally got into your head and realised that all Dora wanted was to find a way get back at you for what you did to her in the past,” Valerie said mockingly.

“It doesn’t explain why you would be having unprotected sex with my twin brother, when you had my baby in your womb?” Chase hollered.

“Did that hit a nerve? It shouldn’t, because that was almost five months since you had dumped me.”

“You know Valerie, back then when you fed me that sob story about Tasha framing you because she thought you were having an affair with Chris, I actually believed you. I thought Tasha had been wrong and mistaken. But no, I do know now you really were having an affair with Chris whilst you posed as his helper and you still are. No wonder you were so hell-bent to ruin their union that you had to crash at their wedding. Tasha was absolutely right to device that plan to get rid of you. It’s sad you didn’t die, its sad I’m the one who saved you, except that’s on me now. I will just say it as it. You are a slut, Valerie. I call a slut, a slut! A slut, that is exactly what you are!”