Lahat ng Kabanata ng She Returned After Five Months With a Child: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

I came out of the airport, but the car was gone. It was two o'clock in the morning, and the streets were empty. I had to walk all the way home, shivering and pulling myself as close as possible.My belly was aching, and sweat poured down my forehead. Yet, and yet, the memory of what I saw chilled my heart more than the cold could. Ten years. We went ten years without any children. The Willoughbys did not like that at all.They told everyone I was sterile. They told everyone I was ruining their daughter's future. Of course, they were oblivious to the truth. I was a healthy guy, but their daughter refused to give me a child.Every time I said I wanted one, she, in disdain, said she hated children and the role of a mother. But the night before she went on a business trip, she was unusually nice to me. She promised me a better future and even talked about children.I thought she was having a change of heart.Well, I was stupid. She was only learning how to be a mother for her lover. W

No response. I then told her I had proof of her infidelity, so she either signed the papers, or I would see her in court. Eventually, I was going to get discharged, and just when I was going through the paperwork, Rochelle called.Furious, she asked, "Are you mad? I can't believe you're throwing a tantrum like a child! Divorce? What, you think you're the center of the world? I told you I'd end this relationship once I deliver his baby."What more do you want? You can't force everyone to do things the way you like! I'll pick you up later. We're having dinner with Queenie. Let this go. Don't make me choose. I can't."She kept stressing how Samuel and I were both important to her. Nope. Reality told me I was just a free manservant for her, and one who had about as much dignity as a doormat. On the day of our wedding, she left me at the altar just to assuage the crying Samuel.Samuel and I shared the same birthday, yet she only remembered his. Me? "Sorry, I forgot. I'll make it up to y

Rochelle stormed out of the room and did not come back for two weeks. Then, out of the blue, in the dead of the night, Queenie called me.A reluctant Queenie told me that Rochelle got herself blackout drunk and wouldn't stop calling my name. She demanded that I pick her up.I said no."It's the dead of the night. You're right beside her, if I'm not wrong. Just take her to your place and host her for the night. Or just call Samuel."I was being honest. Without a third wheel, also known as me, the couple could have a heart-to-heart.Rochelle came home not too long later, looking cold. She tossed her alcohol-stained clothes into the bathroom and took a shower before sliding into my bed.This was awkward, but I did not have the energy to start a quarrel, so I pretended to sleep.…She started acting strangely the next few days, coming back home every single day. She'd also make breakfast before I even woke up, and take me to and from work.My colleagues noticed the gifts she'd bee

That caught Rochelle by surprise, and she quickly pieced together an explanation. "That's not what… I mean, I wasn't… No, we'll talk when we get home. I'll pick you up."My buddy's house was a stone's throw away from my workplace, so I didn't say no to her offer. Then, Rochelle came bearing a bouquet of roses. "It's Valentine's, Timothy. Let's go on a date."Yeah, she was obviously trying to get back into my good books. I looked at the bouquet and darted backward, pinching my nose. "I'm allergic to pollen. Not like you cared, though."…It was the third year of our marriage. Rochelle forgot a file for a meeting, and she called me. She wanted me to take that file to her. I did, but once I got into the conference hall, I was met with a dozen pots of flowers in full blossom.My respiratory tract closed up, and I fell down to the ground, spasming before I could finish one sentence.Rochelle spared me no pity. Right after I was dragged back to life, she yelled at me from the ward's

Samuel whipped out a knife from his back and lunged at me. I could not move out of the way in time, so I closed my eyes, making peace with my eventual fate.I heard the sound of blade ramming into flesh, but the pain did not come. My eyes snapped open, and I saw Rochelle. She showed up out of nowhere, and she had a hole in her stomach, blood gushing out like water from a geyser."Are you okay, Rochelle?" Stunned, Samuel tossed the knife away and darted over to Rochelle.Rochelle punched him away and turned around. Though it was hard for her, she hugged me. "Timothy, are you alright?"My mind was blank, and tears came to my eyes. The crowd called the cops, and an ambulance came soon after. They carted her away on a gurney, but she extended her arm and tried to hold my hand.I looked at the bloody stamp on my arm. Not now. I could not leave her to fate, so I followed the ambulance to the hospital.…The stab ran deep, and she was hit at a dangerous spot. The surgery took a long