Chapter 1 : Divorce
Feeling drained from the day’s work, Lisa dropped herself onto the couch in the living room for a quick nap. She has left work 2 hours early to arrange a candlelit dinner to celebrate today, being 6 month of their marriage. She was awakened by the sound of the door being opened 10 minutes later. She immediately sat up upon smelling the familiar scent of her husband’s cologne infiltrate the air. She happily walked over to welcome him.
“How was your day?” She asked with a smiling face. Trey ignored and walked pass her taking his seat on the couch.
“Are you alri….” Lisa trailed off when Trey handed her a brown envelope and said.
“Sign it” his voice was deadly, it sent a chill down her spine, he had never spoken to her in such a cold tone, She thought.
“What is it?” She asked
“Divorce papers.” Immediately the word left his month Lisa buckled taking a step back. Surprise written all over her face.
“Wh…at?” She stuttered inaudibly. She wasn’t expecting it. Their marriage was not the lovey-dovey type, but it wasn’t bad enough for her to receive divorce papers from her husband right?
“Yes Lisa, i want a divorce, we never should have gotten married, I’m sick, and tired of you.” he yelled angrily getting up and furiously kicking the center table making Lisa flinch. His words felt like a dagger stabbing her heart. They’ve been in love with each other since childhood, even though they got separated when her family moved from the city. She never stopped loving him. After meeting 9 years later their love rekindled and they got back together, getting married one month after their reunion.
“Trey.., please ”her voice choked.
“I love you, I can’t live without you…..is this a prank?” she said with trembling lips, but with a hint hope still in her voice.
“I can’t keep lying to myself for your sake, just sign the damn thing to save ourselves from this misery.” Trey coldly said.“I want you out of my life, Lisa!”
“Please Trey, you can’t do this to me, if there’s anything I’m lacking please tell me, I will change, for you, but please don’t leave me, I love you.. so much, please, Trey?.” Lisa kept pleading with her husband.
“I don’t love you, Lisa, even when we have sex, I feel nothing.” He said nonchalantly.
“What? Sex? Trey, I gave you my first, we made love just two nights ago?”she questioned. Trey closed the gap between them, his blue eyes dark as they pierced directly into Lisa’s brown ones. Damn! Those fucking alluring eyes, the more he stares at it , the more his hunger for her intensifies, fuck I have to let her go, I hate her. He reached his hand to her waist pulling her closer to his tall and muscular frame. Lisa looked away nervously. Trey tilted her head to meet his lustful? gaze and slammed his lips against hers in a dominating kiss. Lisa stood dazedly at the turn of events. The kiss became intense and she couldn’t breathe, she pushed hardly on Trey’s chest causing him to break the kiss, finally…..Lisa heaved. Trey groan.
“Just like now, It was out of convenience,” He said blankly. Grabbing his suit and keys he said
“I’m going to the old mansion, I can’t stay in the same space with you, you should have that…” pointing to the brown envelope “signed before I come back, you have a week” he said.
“No! Please “ She kneeled down in front of him, wrapped her arms around his knee and begged. “Please, don’t go, I will be a good wife okay?” he forced himself away from her, making his way out, but pause when she spoked.
“I won’t sign it, I will make you change your mind, please stay don’t go” he chuckled at her words, then walked out the door.
Lisa didn’t know for how long she has been kneeling for. But just when she stood up, she felt dizzy all of a sudden and fainted. The last thing she heard was the calling of her name by their house helps.
-/Next morning /-
Lisa abruptly sat up in bed, her heart beating faster, she run a shaking hand through her hair and squeezed her eyes shut, feeling pain from the argument she had with her husband earlier squeezing her heart.
I’m going to make him stay. He loves me, since I haven’t seen him with any other woman and he didn’t say he’s in love with another, there’s a chance. She sat at the edge of the bed and made a call to work her work place and request for a week off. After the call she check the time and it was 7:30 am. Then she remember she fainted last night from crying and kneeling for a long time.
She went through her morning routines and went down to grab breakfast. Upon reaching down she saw the maids avoid eye contact with her.. ‘they must have witnessed their argument from last night.’ She smiles at them and sat down for her breakfast.
Lisa Lynn was the only child of her parents. She lost her parents in a gory accident at the age of six. And was taken into the care of her uncle and his wife. They also had a six years old daughter. Life was hell, living with her uncle’s family. Her aunt and cousin did not miss the opportunity to make her life miserable. That was how she met Trey. He was a chubby cute boy who used to follow her around in the neighborhood. She used to avoid him, but eventually stopped when she saw Trey being bullied by her cousin for been a fat boy. Lisa and Trey became friends after that and it lead to something more. As they grew up, Trey became slimmer, becoming the most handsome and popular boy in school and Lisa the prettiest girl. But at a point he starts to avoid her, she wanted to ask him why he’s doing that, but before she could, her uncle got transferred and they moved. She didn’t see Trey again until they met ten years later at the hospital she works at, when Trey had an accident. She didn’t see him again after he got discharged. A month later, he asked her to marry him out of the blue and she happily agreed. She never imagined he would ask for a divorce after six months of their marriage.
After having her breakfast, she decided to start her plan to win her husband over. She dialed her husband secretary and inquire about his schedule for the day.
“Hi, Lucy. Good morning” she greeted.
“Good morning, madam” the secretary responded in her professional tone.
“I want to know your boss schedule for today?” She requested.
“Madam, the boss cancel all his appointment till afternoon, to plan a surprise for you at Leisureq 5 star hotel.”
“Really? Thank you “she immediately hangs up the call feeling overwhelmed with joy, she knew Trey loves her, he didn’t mean anything that he said. She smiles, quickly making her way to her car to drive the hotel.
LEISUREQ HOTEL
Lisa got out of the car, without taking her bag along. She grabs her phone and slammed the car door hastily.
She taps on the screen of her phone to call her husband, while walking towards the hotel lobby, but stops to dial her husband, when she sights him. She runs to catch up with him but stops in her tracks when she notice he was with a lady. What really caught her attention is how Trey wrapped his arm delicately around her waist with a gentle smile he never showed her through out their marriage, not even when they made love did he smile to her like that. Her heart shattered into a million pieces, as she watch them enter the elevator.
Tears welled up her eyes but she kept it at bay. ‘No, Trey… loves me, I won’t jump to conclusions,’ she consoled herself ’yes, maybe that woman is helping him to plan my surprise, yes, calm down Lisa’ she inhaled and exhaled anxiously.
She walks over to the receptionist and asked of her husband room number.
“Hello” Lisa greeted warmly.
“Hi, how may I help you?” The receptionist asked with a forced smile.
“May I please know my husband’s room number?” She asked
“May I know your husband’s name please?”
“Trey Collins” Lisa answered. The receptionist did some stuff on her monitor for some minutes, look up at Lisa and did something again before saying.
“I’m sorry madam, your husband is not booked in our hotel.”
“Oh…? but I just saw him enter the elevator, this were he’s planning the surprise” Lisa said
“Ma’am, does your husband knows you’re coming?” The receptionist asked. Lisa was gonna say no but decided against it.
“Yes” Lisa said avoiding eye contact with the receptionist.
“Okay then, your room number is 308 on the ninth floor.” She said handing her a key card. Lisa thanked her and left..
When she got to the room number stated, she pushed it open without knocking when she saw the door was ajar. There lights was on, she wondered why? she thought the lights are usually turned off during surprises? well maybe her expectations are high. She checked around but there was nothing. She decided to check the bedroom and started to feel nervous out of the blue. She opened the door and her heart shattered at the sight before her. She was in so much pain, struggling to breathe, she leaned her herself to the door frame for support.
“No! No! Trey….!“ tears runs down her cheeks, “ it can’t be!” she muttered dejectedly, shaking her head at the sight of her husband making out with another woman on the bed, even though they were still in their clothes.
Startled by her voice, the two stopped what they were doing and Trey turn to see Lisa at the door.
“What the fuck are you doing here!?” Trey asked yelling at her coldly.
“What I’m I doing here?” She repeats his question her heart unable to contain the hurt she’s feeling.
”I should be asking you that? Trey, what are you doing here with another woman? huh!?” She yelled back, as she walked closer and slapped him across the face. Trey wasn’t expecting Lisa to slap him. He used to go home drunk and would purposely provoke and irritate her to give up and ask for a divorce on her own will, but she never did and would keep quiet through all his tantrums. She raising her hand on him, was quite a shock to him.
”How dare you cheat….”Lisa trails off when a familiar voice shouts at her. Even though the last time she heard it was 2 years ago, hearing it again sent chills running down her spine. It’s the voice of the person who turned her life into a worst nightmare since her childhood, her tormentor.
”How dare you hit him?” She was focused on Trey that she totally forgot about the woman who was in bed with him. Now looking at the woman who lays in bed with her husband, she was shocked. Lying in bed with her husband is her cousin Valerie, the girl who use to bully Trey for being too fat and ridiculed him. How did they end up here, Trey hated Valerie when they were little. She was dumbfounded.
“What the hell is going on here!?” She yelled angrily, going towards Valerie and dragging her out of the bed by the hair.
”You slut, how dare you seduce my husband!?” Lisa kept pulling on Valerie hair as she try to remove her hair from Lisa’s grip. “Of all the men you can have, why go after my hus…..”
SLAP!
“What’s wrong with you!!” Trey growled
Lisa’s hand moves to her cheek upon the impact of the slap, tears dripping down her cheeks. She turned to face her husband who just slapped her for her cousin’s sake.
“Yo..u s..slapped me?” She asked with trembling lips, staring at her husband’s face stunned.
”Because of her?”she asked not believing that Trey slapped her, and that because of Valerie.
“I will fucking do it again if you dare lay your hands on her again.” He said through clenching jaw, towering over her. ” you do not want to try me!” He warned pulling Valerie into his arms.
”Are you okay?” He gently asked her with a tender expression making Lisa’s heart ache.
Valerie took everything she cherished away from her since when they were little but not this time, not her man, no she won’t give up without a fight.
