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Chapter5
Leona
The next time I opened my eyes, I was in a hospital bed the only thing I was glad about was that my head wasn’t spinning anymore. It took me a minute to analyse that no one was in the room and I sighed loudly to ease the sudden suffocation as memories of last night hit me.
“Leona,” I heard a surprised painful whisper in the room and I shifted my face to look at the other side, where Wilson stood alarmed and guilt–rotten.
I am more calm now than I was last night, or maybe I didn’t have the stamina to do it right now. And I don’t want a headache to begin with aimless screaming.
“Just leave me alone, Wilson. Why am I here with you?” I murmured lowly, but annoyingly.
From the corner of my eye, I could see him come closer and he sat on the chair beside my bed. My eyes started watering with him being so close and recalling why I couldn’t reach over and hug him.
It wasn’t difficult to do, however, it was pointless because the deep feelings of admiration and trust I had for him were rotting and I was able to smell it happening. Nothing is ever going to be the same again. He had spoiled and killed what we had for a moment of satisfaction.
“Leona, you won’t even look at me now, am I that repulsive?” He uttered hoarsely.
I swallowed, sat up and turned to him. No matter how painful it was, this conversation or confrontation, whatever it should be called needed to happen with serious tones.
“I don’t know about repulsion, but when I look at you I don’t know why I feel like you’re a stranger like I don’t know who you are anymore,” my voice broke as I struggled to find the right words to express what I was feeling.
“Because, because, my Wilson, the guy I fell in love with, the guy I married would never do this to he would never even look at another woman let alone,” I flinched at my own words tasting the bitterness of our new reality in it.
me,
“You are right, I don’t know how and why, I keep myself asking the same question over and over again. Maybe, it was stress after Wilona had that accident, maybe it was my job, I don’t know,” He faltered, his eyes cast down, it wasn’t just me who couldn’t look at him, but we both couldn’t‘ old each other’s gaze for different reasons.
“Changes come with life Wilson, I would’ve accepted every change in you but your infidelity. If you had talked to me once, let me know what you’ve been going through and not push me away, I would’ve waited if you had asked me to. You could’ve quit your job, and I would still,” I muttered and he glanced up at that.
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“I would still love you and be with you through it all,” I finished glancing away, not having enough courage to look at the man who I thought was mine and mine alone forever.
“I let the difficult times come between us, that’s my fault. Everything was good but then Wilona had that accident, you needed to be with her more than usual and we started missing out on things as a couple.” He expressed and I didn’t object to his attempt.
“And then Alenia started seducing me whenever she got the chance,” he reflected and I raised a
hand.
“She started seducing you and you didn’t think it was necessary to tell your wife about it?” I inquired, baffled by the offensive information, and he hung his head heaving a breath.
“I started wondering whether I got the position of CFO because of her wrong intentions.” He
continued.
“You could’ve reported her to HR when she first did that. Or maybe you were enjoying it.” I hissed
distrustfully.
“I did not, and I had no choice.” He protested a little bit loudly, his eyes immediately softening as he sighed.
“Oh didn’t give me that excuse, there are a lot of things for a Man who didn’t want her, could do. Like reporting her to her father who is still the boss, or leaving the job which shouldn’t have been much more important than your family,” I argued dismissively.
“I know I chose all the wrong ways but I promise I never wanted her. My five–year contract was near to end and I promise I was thinking about leaving once I had enough money,” he exasperated.
“We planned on having more kids, and I didn’t want to be gone all the time because of a demanding job like I had to while we had Wilona. My daughter couldn’t walk anymore, and you had to take up that job for her expensive therapies, we weren’t able to conceive with stress and I felt like I was failing you guys.”
