Laura was so confused as she stared at Tonia, what the hell was this woman saying? “Is this why you came to my room tonight?”Laura asked Tonia
“Don’t okay dumb, are you fucking my husband?”Tonia asked Laura again and a chuckle escaped her lips.”Why would you even ask me that question?”Laura asked her
“Just answer the damn question Laura,”Tonia yelled, causing Laura’s frown to deepen as she flinched and stepped backward.
What sort of question was that? Laura couldn’t understand why she was being questioned by Tonia about sex with Christian. Even though she did have sex with Christian, she couldn’t tell Tonia about it.
Even if she was his wife, she still didn’t have the right to barge into her apartment to ask her this silly ridiculous question. Laura wouldn’t tell her that she was having sex with her husband.
“I have other things planned for tonight so please leave Tonia,”Laura said and opened the door for her to leave.
“You have been ignoring my questions and asking me to leave but you have not even tried to tell me that I am wrong in any way. Did you fuck Christian?”Tonia asked again
“I have not given you a response because you haven’t said anything to me too, why did you ask such a question, Tonia?”Laura asked back
“I might look like an insane person but I know what I am saying. This is my husband we are talking about here and I know how he smells after sex. I can swear I perceived his scent from this room the other time”As soon as Tonia said it, Laura stood there frozen as the two of them stared at each other in silence.
Neither of them said anything to the other, Tonia was staring at Laura so hard, it was as if she knew that Christian was truly here and they had sex. And Laura didn’t know what to say because it seemed like she might blurt out the truth as she talked.
But just then, one of the twins rushed into the room and began to tug at his mum’s shirt, “Mummy mummy”He kept pulling at her clothes and Laura heaved a sigh of relief, happy that this way, she wouldn’t need to talk to Tonia.
“What is it, honey?”Laura turned to ask her son who was now crying.
“My brother is a sick mummy,”Her son said, still sobbing. It was as if something in Laura’s head just clicked together.
“What happened to your brother? what exactly is wrong with him?”Laura asked
“He is a burning hot mummy, you need to call the doctor, call daddy to check on him,”Her son said and Laura pulled him closer for a hug.
“Don’t panic baby, everything will be fine. Lead the way”Laura said and the small boy left the room for his brother’s room.
Laura turned to Tonia who was just staring at them taking in everything that had just happened. Thankfully her son came at the right time even though she didn’t like the fact that he was sick, it was the perfect excuse to leave Tonia and ignore her questions.
“We will probably have this conversation later Tonia, I have to attend to my son”Laura made sure she left the room and then locked it before rushing upstairs to the twin’s room to check on them.
When she got there she realized that her son was boiling up and was cold so he was truly sick. She was wondering how a boy who was so energetic during the day was now on the bed shaking from the cold.
So she quickly called for the doctor to come and check her son because she was beginning to get worried. The doctor arrived shortly and he gave her son an injection and some drugs he was supposed to use after he had eaten starting from the next day.
Her son was down with a fever and the fact that he was so energetic hours ago was part of the signs, if she had not quickly found out tonight, it would have gotten worse overnight so Laura thanked his brother and put the two of them to bed.
The doctor left after monitoring him for some minutes and making sure that his fever was down. Laura was so worried and she sat by her son’s bed using the wet cloth to massage his body and head. Later she finally kissed him goodnight and left the bedroom.
When she got back to her room, Tonia was no longer there, she was gone.
*****
Tonia watched as Laura left with her kid since one of her babies was sick and she felt bad for coming to accuse her without any proof that she slept with Christian. She felt like a fool who just came to make claims instead of going on with her normal life and minding her business.
Laura must be so pissed at the moment, Tonia hoped that her son would be fine and then turned to leave the hallway when she stepped on something. She looked down at the shiny object, thinking it could be an earring probably for Laura so she bent down to pick it up.
Her eyes widened when she saw what she stepped on, she remembered these cufflinks because she was the one who got it for Christian during their anniversary last year. It was one of the numerous gifts and Christian wore this particular one after that time. If he wanted to lose it, he could have lost it in their room so why was it at the entrance of Laura’s room?
That could only mean one thing, that Tonia’s suspicions were tight after all and Laura just played her for a fool. Christian came here and they had sex and he must have dropped this either in the heat of making out or when he was leaving the room. Now this wasn’t just useless claims, she had proof and was going to make sure Laura paid for trying to make her look like an idiot.
Feeling suffocated about everything, Tonia rushed upstairs to take her phone, she couldn’t keep it to herself so she placed a call to her friend Glory because she wanted to tell her. Glory happened to be at a bar in their neighborhood so it made it even better. They agreed to meet up in an hour and Tonia got dressed, didn’t say anything to Laura before heading out to see her friend.
It only took five minutes for Tonia to get to the club, she found Glory who was on her third glass of alcohol but not completely wasted, they shared a hug and Tonia sat down before asking for just one shot of tequila.
“I have to be home before Christian gets home and he shouldn’t know that I drank,”Tonia told her friend
“You will be home early, what’s up? what couldn’t you tell me over the phone?”Glory asked Tonia
“I have a feeling that Christian is cheating on my glory, I mean I know he is cheating on me”A frown appeared on her lips
Glory stared at her in surprise, “Are you sure you are telling the truth? Christian loves you and would never hurt you Tonia”She said
Tonia was glad that her friend trusted her husband but at this point, she was sure. She brought out the cufflinks and dropped them on the table.”This is for Christian, I got it for him last year”Tonia started
“So”
“I suspected that he was having sex with Laura because I know how my husband smells nice after sex and I perceived that scent around Laura’s area today so I confronted her and she made me look like a fool. I found this in front of her bedroom and this is evidence that Christian was there”Tonia revealed.
Her mind was blank for a few seconds as she tries to gather that bit of courage to speak , she needed to open up . She felt that need to say much and express the entire situation to her as it seemed like the best way to salvage the fact that her mind was running blank at that moment, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that fear as well.
“What do you want to do about this though?”Glory asked and Tonia drowned the tequila shot and hissed. She wanted to order another one but she decided not to.
“I am going to confront Laura again tomorrow morning, she lied to me about fucking my Christian,”Tonia said and Glory was silent for a while.
“But you know that Christian lives in that house and he might have gone to Laura to speak to her, maybe his cufflinks fell in the process and Laura wasn’t lying about them having sex Tonia”Tonia couldn’t believe her ears.
“Not you too glory, I thought that you of all people would believe me but you are asking me to forget about it because I might be overthinking?”Tonia got up from the stool in anger.
“Tonia, I didn’t mean it like that”Glory tried to defend herself but Tonia didn’t give her a chance.”Coming to you was a bad idea, enjoy the rest of your night glory”And with that Tonia walked out of the club, not forgetting to drop the money for the tequila.
She knew what she felt and the cufflinks only made her see the truth, Christian was fucking Laura.
She stood there Shocked at her discovery, the cufflink fell through her finger and rolled away…
A tear ran down the creek of her eyes, “why.”she muttered.