A hundred apologies for not updating for so long. I happened to have the worst writer's block ever. I will try to update as often as I can from now. Thank you so much for reading.
________________________...My eyes twitched as I waited for my husband to get home. The rest of the boys had come home and Zoe had gone home with Kevin. Eric and Ashton had lingered for a while before I finally got tired of them and kicked them out of the apartment. But I knew that Ashton was at Eric's apartment, the two of them ready to intervene if something happened. They really seemed like they expected me actually to backhand my own husband. Men were so dramatic. "Rowan not back yet?" Gabby walked out of her room with her phone and an empty jug. "He said he is with Frank and Frank confirmed." I shrugged. "But I wonder what they are so busy discussing." "Huh."Something about that tone did not settle well with me."What?""Nothing." Her reply was sing-song. "Talk to him."For some reason, I felt as if my sister was scurrying back to her room to safety.I sighed.It sucked to not have any memories of the past years. If only there was a way to save it.Huh... Of course there
______________________...Ki woke up in the dead of the night. I stumbled out of bed and onto the nursery, but Gabby had beat me to it. She was cooing to her niece, saying sweet nothings. "I want you to be at your best behavior now, Ki." She murmured. "Your Mommy is going through a terrible time." I remembered how Gabby said that she would always be on my side no matter what happened. I wonder why she would then hide the truth from me like the rest of them. The same I needed to ask of my mother, my father, and all my other friends. I hoped they all had some reason that I could learn to forgive because right now, I couldn't help but despise all of them the same way I despised Rowan. But I did not want to do that to them. I did not want to push away everyone I ever loved even though that's what my brain was telling me to do. I sighed and left, not wanting to disturb the niece and aunt's time. Also, because I was exhausted from everything I had learned today....A week had pass
________________________...There was no better place to meet, so we decided on the apartment itself. Ki was pretty cranky due to the pain and fever post-vaccination. The doorbell rang, and I felt nothing but dread as I walked over to open the door. Gabby was not home, so there was no buffer whatsoever if there was going to be an argument. But I hoped that, for the sake of my daughter, I would be able to keep a calm temperament. The door opened to reveal Rowan. He didn't look like his usual self. He had bags under his eyes, and it seemed like he had lost weight and hair. "You look like shit." The words came out of my lips before I had a chance to put a hold on them. Rowan smiled tiredly. "You don't look that great yourself." I rolled my eyes as I held the door open for him to come in. "I brought this." He held up a bag from a famous toy store. "You can give it to your daughter when she wakes up," I told him. He nodded. Both of us settled down on opposite sides of the couc
__________________..."You lied?" Eric was off his stool at the revelation."I had no choice." I tried to defend myself but it was not of any use."Of course you had a choice. You had a choice to be honest about everything from the beginning!" Eric anything but screamed. Frank gave him a warning look and Eric nodded, sitting back down on his stool and turning to me. "I agree that at the time, we all sided with you. But we are not the ones responsible for the spectacle that your marriage has become. You have no one but yourself to blame for all of this."I sighed, playing with the drink in my hand."I know that. And I won't try to blame this on anyone else like I used to do. If there's one thing this marriage has taught me is that I need to be accountable for my actions and the repercussions of bullshit actions won't be pretty."Frank sauntered over with a nod. "At least you got something out of this marriage. I don't think Rory is going to let you have anything else.""You must be
_________________________ . . . "Rory, do you even hear her?" Sonya yelled as she came down the stairs, stomping her thigh-high boots. I looked up from my laptop and lifted my hands, shrugging. "I didn't. What's going on?" I asked as I closed my laptop and got up from the living room couch. "She's being disgusting. That's what! I am sixteen years old. What does she take me for?" Sonya came to a stop in front of me and pointed at the stairs where I saw no glimpse of her mother. I knew better than to listen to a sixteen-year-old's one side story so I waited for her mother and my mother-in-law, Elizabeth Keller, to come down the stairs. "What's going on, Beth?" I asked her, a small smile playing on my lips. Teens and their mothers made up for some fascinating drama, and I missed that experience with my mother because I was in a boarding school on another continent, but watching Elizabeth and Sonya fight over the smallest things was very endearing. "You need to come upstairs and
~2 years ago~"This is such great news!" Bianca Stanley, my best friend, squealed as she jumped around in our apartment. I rolled my eyes, sitting back on the couch and resuming the movie I was watching."I know." I smiled. "Dad finally thinks I am ready to face the world."Bianca stopped hopping around and looked at me with a wide smile on her face and pride in her eyes. "My baby is all grown up." She sniffed dramatically as she wiped away invisible tears making me roll my eyes. "You make Momma hen so proud.""All right drama hen. Sit down!" I patted the spot next to me on the couch. She sat down excitedly and gave me a side hug, not failing to rearrange a few bones in the process. She had too much strength that she wasn't aware of."We will go clubbing!" She exclaimed. "I will inform all our friends and we will go clubbing to celebrate you finally getting the job that you wanted in your dream company."She was already on her phone as she spoke and I knew better than to try to talk h
_________________________...~The present~"I want a divorce.""What?" "Is there any connection problem, Rowan? Did you not hear me clearly? Should I text you instead?" I sass, rolling my eyes. "I think there is, Aurora. Because you clearly could not have just said what I think you did." Obviously, what I said must have gotten rid of all of his sleep because his voice is clear and alert now."Try listening more carefully now Rowan. I said I want a divorce." "Excuse me?" The indignancy in his voice makes me almost want to snort. He is reacting as if he did not see that coming despite his actions."You heard what I said, Rowan." I roll my eyes again as I take the turn to our penthouse. "I am going into the apartment and packing my bags right now.""We signed a contract!" There is shuffling on the other side and panic in his voice. He cannot get a divorce now, because if he did, then Simon will pull out all the investments he has made for the new project.It is one of the reasons
_________________________...Bianca and Roselyn wanted me to move in with them until I find a place for myself. They said that it is my apartment and Bianca and I used to share the place before my marriage. But I refused, feeling that I should not invade the privacy of the married couple. And also because I may be the landlady but they are tenants who pay their rent on time.My first thought was to stay at a hotel until I found a place, but then I realized – why should I pay to stay somewhere when I have a friend with a uselessly big condo all to himself?Eric is out of town due to a conference but on calling him, he informed the security guard to let me borrow the spare key he had. The idiot asked me to try to clean up the place while I am staying over, but I have a feeling that he was saying that just to lighten the mood.He might be a monkey and a complete womanizer – worse than my ex-husband-to-be – but he is an amazing friend and he knows to respect people, unlike my ex-husban