Not A Second Chance

The thief

I quickly wiped off my tears with the back of my hand but they kept on running down my cheeks, my throat tightened.

I began to wonder...

If I leave him, if I let Thomas go and stop bugging him like he wanted, if i divorced him, then maybe he would hate me less, right?

I could not believe the man i walked down the aisle to meet would treat me like this, they said people change, but was it this fast?, this drastic?, with no reason?.

It was funny how someone who was so stubborn and bent on not letting him go had finally given up.

If it makes Thomas hating me less then I would do it.

For his sake...

I tried to convince myself.

I made up my mind and started packing up, of course, my brain was still working, if I am leaving, I'm leaving with my cars, i took my car keys and was set to go.

Lisa stopped me with a sly grin.

"Wait! The divorce papers"

She handed me a pen.

The maids whispered into each other's ear, some were sad that i was leaving, some preferred to watch as it is none of their business, while some wanted to help me with my bags but they were afraid of losing their jobs.

I put her signature on the papers, i was really hoping that Thomas would stop me from leaving or all of this would be a nightmare or even a prank.

A "wait" resounded in the living room, it was from Isabella.

My heart started beating fast, I could even hear it.

I turned to Isabella with hopeful eyes.

Maybe Isabella wanted to stop me, tell me all of these are my illusions and i should wake up.

False hope clouded my face.

Isabella's eyes fell on my hands.

"Where are you going with all those car keys?!, how dare you try to steal from us you wretched human being!" Isabella deadpanned

My face fell, and I continued down the stairs, ignoring Isabella.

"Thomas, why are you not stopping her?!" Isabella shouted

"They belong to her, she owns half the cars around here" Thomas sighed, bored.

Lisa and Isabella did not like the sound of that, 'where did she get that kind of money ', they were annoyed, but looking on the bright side, they were relieved that I was finally gone.

I called some drivers and had them drive my cars to my garage.

"I never knew I would come back here" I whispered while staring at the villa in front of me.

This city held all my memories, even when driving on the road, the universe was doing its job of reminding me about Thomas's and Lisa's wedding, which was displayed on the bill boards, even the people where not tired of gossiping about it, anytime i passed by I would hear people gossiping about me.

"I heard she is barren. Poor lady"...

I shook my head, trying not to let it get to me.

It's not true...

It's not true...

All of these things were getting to me, should i just run away from all of these things or try to ignore it, it was getting to me, physically, emotionally and mentally.

Words kept on echoing in my head "Run, Run Mel, leave this place, do not look back, get away from here".

It was as if a strong force was pushing me, every other thing was blurry, but a certain slide door was bright, the part was clear to me, I could just leave.

I started running, on getting to the slide door, alarms went wild in a frenzy.

The noise snapped me out of the trance and only then did I realize I was in a mall and a shopping basket was right in my hands with unpaid items.

The mall owner came out while a staff member was screaming the word "thief!" causing people to gather.

"What did she do?.."

"she stole something" words were flying around.

"She cannot accept the fact that she is barren and decided to go into stealing" a woman voiced out.

"So that is the old Mrs Dwayne?! Oh my God"

A gentle voice was heard.

"Mel what happened? What happened to you? Is it true you are suddenly a thief?" It was from Lisa..

The security guards pinned me to the marble floor.

I did not understand how things ended up like this, my head was buzzing, dizzy, my eyes were blurry and glassy. An alluring voice spoke up.

"What is it this time?"