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“Let’s not waste our time, Isabelle,” Morris broke in. “This is not working, you know it. It is over between us. May I break it to you that my sweetheart here is carrying my child? The child you couldn’t give me.”
***
Isabelle was on her way back home to break the good news to her husband when she suddenly changed her mind asking the cab driver to take the next divert and stop at the second block, along the street.
Allison Riley was her best friend and had been very helpful to her and her husband since they started the hunt for a child. Due to their inability to afford the IVF, Allison had volunteered to help and the process was successfully carried out.
So, before going home, she taught it wise to stop by and thank you her dear friend first. On reaching the house, the entrance door was slightly opened. She hesitantly slid it open as she scanned the room left and right from the door. Seeing no one was worried. How can her friend’s house be opened and no one inside?
“Allison!” she called. “Are you in?”
No one answered. She quickly climbed the stairs, hoping she could be sleeping in her bedroom. Along the stairs, male and female cloths were scattered. She guessed maybe her friend had a man in her bedroom and thought of waiting for her in the seating room.
She was already close to the door to bedroom when she turned back to leave. Then, a male familiar voice broke in. she halted, turned and quietly took few steps closer to the door, cupped her ears at the door.
“Don’t worry, baby, my relationship with her ended a long time ago,” the familiar voice assured with a romantic tone. “I’m just waiting for my lawyer to finish with the divorce papers, and that will be over between us.”
“Are you sure,” another familiar voice broke in. This time, a female voice she was trying to get her head around with to confirm if it was exactly who she knew.
“Yes, I’m certain, dear,” the male voice said. “Imagine 5 years with Isabelle, yet she can’t give me a child. I think I have waited for her enough.”
For the past five years, Isabelle and her husband, Morris had being trying to have a baby of their own, but all effort dashed to nothing. Despite their predicament, Morris still showered her with love, always assuring her to be patient and that things will soon turn out as they had wished.
Isabelle couldn’t wait any longer, seeing no reason to. She suggested that they go for IVF. Though Morris agreed to it, but finance became the constraint. Luckily, her friend, Allison agreed to assist them.
**
At the mention of her name, her heart raced like a wild horse, pounding against her chest as if about to escape its bony cage. Out of curiosity, she held the doorknob and without knocking, turned it and bounced inside to behold the greatest shock of her life.
Her husband, Morris Williams was in bed with her best friend, Allison lying beside her, both naked, and covered with blanket.
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