Novel & Cerita Total Drama 5

It slows right in front of me, and for a second, I think it’s going to stop. Maybe hitchhiking is a better idea than waiting for a cab. I step toward the street—and then it accelerates. The tire sinks into a puddle, and a mix of water and mud explodes straight at me, ruining my immaculate skirt. “Damn idiot! Are you blind or what?” I shout, furious, trying to see the jerk hiding behind the tinted window. The window rolls down slowly. Shamelessly. A long arm appears first. The sleeve of a black suit fits it perfectly, revealing a small but impossible-to-ignore tattoo on his wrist: a Roman numeral five.

Five years of marriage. Then I saw his post. “Happy fifth anniversary to my beautiful wife. Five years with you still feels like the beginning.”I smiled without even realizing it. Today is going to be a good day,I told myself. Damian and I had been married for five years. Five years of loving him, adjusting to him, building a life around him. He had been away on a business trip for months now, and I had been counting down the days to this one. He promised he would be available just this day and I believed him.

He must be awake by now and probably realized I had left. He is the last thing I want to remember, that's if I remember at all. I drop back onto the sofa, my hands shaking. I scroll through the Internet trying to see how badly exactly my reputation has been hit. I click on the top news link from the biggest entertainment channel in the country. DAISY STERLING, THE NUMBER ONE LEADING ACTRESS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY CONFIRMED TO BE SLEEPING WITH HER MOVIE DIRECTOR TO GET LEADING ROLE.