THE OTHER MRS KINGSTON, I never knew

Leaving in pieces

My eyes began spinning around, my heart ached from emotional pressures that I had been suppressing, my foot hurts already, my lungs stitched tightly to my rib cage there by letting out hot air. My lacrimal gland was ready to open its tapway, but the eyelids shut its out from rushing.

“ His words pierced through my heart like a knife, sharp and ruthless.

An obstacle? A woman who never brought good to him? The weight of deception and betrayal settled deep down my heart. I became speechless, found my way out of his presence, went straight to my room, shut the door, and sat on the floor helplessly while I thought about my life and how we arrived at this junction.

Tears that I had been suppressing streamed down my face until my eyes became blurry.

“ I can't believe that my marriage of four years just ended. All I have done in this marriage was to keep giving my energy, love, peace, and body.

Going to Berlin was under agreement. Kingston supported me. I never knew he wanted my absence to execute his plan, but he would have told me, we would have resolved this menace and everyone goes on freely. If he had chosen another person, it would have been more understanding, but the fact he chose my friend “ Dokay”. Why she? Why someone close to me? I have been living in deception all this while and I knew it not.

I led out a loud shout and cried so heavily that my breath almost left me .

I picked up my phone and checked the time, then opened the website of the airline I use , booked my flight to Berlin. I can not stay here any longer, though the weekend is not over yet.

but I can't. I thought to myself, then struggled my way to the bathroom, had my bath and waited for the dawn to break, so I could leave. It's Sydney. I know no one around here, and I am surprised Kingston already has a mansion here.

My phone beeped twice. I checked, and it was a message from the airline stating my flight has been rescheduled for 4:30 in the evening, not the time given to me earlier, … this is not going to work,

“ I can't stay here to face any more mockery or humiliation”. I searched for some hotels nearby. I would rather spend the remaining time in a hotel than face Kingston and Dokay in the morning.

I grabbed my little box of clothes, got hold of my sleeveless shirt and jacket, and didn't bother to wear any heels. “ I have spent all my life dressing up just so I could make my husband happy, but he threw all that into the wind. What the point? “ I asked myself.

All I wanted now was to disappear far away from Kingston and start my life over again .

I picked up my box and off I go, left the room to the balcony, pushed my way through out of the main building. His guests has all gone into the hall, music bustling from their end, I walked from the main building to the exit gate which was quite a little distance, stood and was waiting for a cab, got intercepted by a cab rider.

“ Hello ma'am, where are you going at this time of the night? He asked .

“ I am going to the Samydue hotel. Please can you take me there? I asked him but the way he answered me made me a bit uncomfortable, but I couldn't help it. I had to leave Kingston’s premises before he stops me.

When we arrived at the hotel, I went straight to the room I booked online. I was a bit relieved that I left Kingston's hour glass mansion. He should enjoy his new wife while it lasts.

I settled in, no strength to bath again, then I fell on the foam. The softness and smooth texture of the bed made me feel better and calm. I went down memory lane, the whole scene playing out hard in my head, didn't know when I started shedding tears again, I clinged to my bed until I heard a knock on my door.

Then I became startled, “ who could that be by this time, my heart pounding, nobody knows I am here, then who is this person? Another knock came landing on the door, I exhaled slowly, stood up , and grabbed the handle of the door, I asked, who is there? There was a minute of silence before I heard his voice, “ Barbara please open the door.”

It was Kingston. How on earth did he know the hotel I lodged , did the hotel management do this? While I was confused about how he got the hotel and even room I booked, he called out again, “ Barbara please, just give me a minute of your time.

“ Kingston, I do not know how you got to find out where I lodged, but please I don't feel like talking, it almost few hours to morning. Go and meet your wife, I shouted, but he kept begging that I open the door, which I slowly opened, at least let me here what he has come to say, or maybe he has come to give me our divorce papers, but I will gladly sign it.

I opened the door and he walked in just the way he does. He looked more handsome than he always did.

“It's my birthday, you ruined it but I forgive you," he said.

I was staring at him, while he stood at the entrance of my door using his back to lean against the door.

“ You forgive me? Kingston what exactly are you forgiving me for, is it the fact that you humiliated me today?

“ Barbara I did not come here to banter words with you,” he said while moving closer to me, but I had to step backward , I just can't imagine being in the same space with a Man, I once called my husband. Now all is a mirage.

Kingston, you should be with your darling wife. You don't belong to me anymore. If you have the divorce papers, please bring it forward, I promise to sign it, I can't hold you back.

“ Barbara , he called, now looking all remorseful, “ I love you.” I was shocked and at the same time thrown in disbelief, what? You do what? I exclaimed , folding my hands against each other.

“I was about explaining things to you but you left , " he whispered . “ oh yeah, wow that sounds good, " I laughed .

He moved forward, then I took a step backward again, making me lean on the wall in my room.

He moved forward again then I let out a stern warning to him, “Don't you ever come close to me, Kingston” but he was not ready to listen instead he came closer, holding me against the wall, and covering the little space between us, his lips looking all soft, “ Barbara tell me you don't want me and I will walk out of that door without coming back, he said.

I could not believe that my body was about to betray me, I was mute, couldn't chase him out, I was filled with anger, betrayal and love, all trapped into one bucket.

The scent of the very perfume I suspected was his, filled my nostrils, his hands reached for my waist slowly, but deliberate.

His touch melted my heart. This is one year I had this closeness with my husband. He brushed the strips of my hair making its way to my face.

“ Baab, I missed you, please don't go. I was going to say “ hush , get off me.” But he held me close tightly.

Our bodies robbed against each other, my muscles got weak, I wanted him more than anything. He lifted me into his arms and carried me to bed.

Barbara , he whispered, “ I love you, should I continue? I didn't see any reason to answer that question. Instead, I made my way through his muscular body, pulling his shirt off that he could not resist. He found his way to my underwear. The ground was wet and the thrust was made deeper , filling in the ground , and that made me scream out his name so loud enough. I enjoyed every bit of his touch.

"I got up in the morning to find an empty bed. “He must have gone back to his home, I smirked. "What was I thinking that got us to have s*x last night?” I got up from bed, ready to take a shower, went to my table to get water, then I saw a note on the table. First I feigned ignorance, but something pushed me to pick up the note and low. It was Kingston's handwriting. “ Barbara , please forgive me, I was unable to tell

You this physically. That's why I left this note, Dokay is pregnant.”