11

Adeline

I was having lunch with Maria and Susana, and I could see on Maria's face that she wanted to tell me something, but was waiting for her colleagues to leave. I was anxious to know, so I left the table and went to a corner of the room, waiting and staring at her. She understood and went to meet me.

"What do you have to say to me?"

"Sidney is married!"

“ What? My heart froze. He had told me he was single. For this I did not expect.

“ The wife came to visit you today. A woman of Latin origin, must be from Chile. She's kind of weird, but I don't know… I thought I should know.

“ Not necessarily. He's a patient like any other…” I said, trying to hide my agony and shock. He lied to me, and what pissed me off the most was that I had given in to his seductions. I felt like an idiot.

“Adeline, we both know that's not true.

“Of course it is… I don't even know why you're telling me. What I have to do with it? I kept denying it even though I was dying of jealousy.

"Friend, I heard you two t