Till Debt Do Us Part

Fairy tale ruined number 1

Snow’s POV

Snow, don’t wait for me later. Have dinner and sleep early. I know it’s the weekend but I need to work to pay all my debts. Don’t worry I didn’t marry you to drag you on this. This is my problem.

I didn’t marry you so you can help me pay my debts. Okay? I love you, my queen. I am so sorry.

Chaldrex’s letter to me that I found on our side table inside our room.

How can I not think about it? How can I not think that he used me? Even credit card companies are calling me to get payments for his debts. Note: debts. Because they are just too many. I think they are five.

I messed up my hair out of frustration. The balances of his credit cards are 50,000 pesos each. Multiply it by 5 plus the interest rates. God!!!

This is insane, right? How does that happen? How irresponsible of him, right? He should have lived a simple life. Unlike, now. It’s gotten too ugly.

We are married couple for 5 months now. 5 months and I slowly figured out how immature and irresponsible he is. He only wants to be happy and lived his life to the fullest to the point of neglecting other aspects of his life.

Come on! He is not a child anymore. How can he be this kind of man? I never thought of him like this.

We started our relationship 5 years ago. I thought it’s enough to know the person completely. I just thought.

But, I realized that there is no turning back now. I am married to him already. I don’t know what to feel.

But, frustrations and being upset won’t make all these debts go away.

We’re not talking to each other for 3 days now. You can’t blame me for acting this way. I am still human after all.

I get up and start preparing to go to work for overtime when I saw my favorite fairy tale book. Sleeping beauty. I hope this is just a nightmare that can be done and dusted with the prince charming’s kiss.

Who am I kidding? I smiled bitterly. Even if we kissed a million times. These won’t get our situation better.

This is how fairy tale’s happily ever after get ruined to me.

I have finished preparing to go to work when I stumbled across our mailbox. I checked it first and saw credit card bills.

“Early in the morning?!” I hastily threw it and stomped on it. I am so stressed because of these bills when I realized that they have nothing to do with my problem.

“Ugh!!!” I picked all of it and tried to smooth it. I went to my car and put it all in my bag.

“Sorry,” I said to the bills in front of me. I am just so stressed to do that. I patted it and started to go out.

“Let’s go to work and make some money for you all.” I smiled bitterly to myself and took a look at the credit card bills.

Before when I am still in a relationship status. Chaldrex and I use to spend weekends together. Going somewhere. Doing something fun.

Eat somewhere. Have fun! That’s all it is. I thought that’s what we’re gonna do in our entire lives.

This is so wrong. I never thought this is gonna happen. I always thought that happily ever after can be easily achieved after marrying.

But what now? What happened? The story of us is like a tragedy now. I sighed. I even sighed a million times already.

I tried to smile. I hope that this will be over soon. I hope that it’s still till death do us part just like what we have said or vowed in our favorite church. I hope this will not be till debt do us part.

I got out of my car with my bag. I looked at the building where I work. It’s a huge building with 34 floors.

It has been 5 years too since I work here. I got my car because of my work. I am a financial consultant but yet I can’t manage our own financial problem. Or maybe I was thinking of it too much.

But, I always believe that having financial freedom will make your mind at peace. So maybe because of it, I can’t relax knowing these debts of Chaldrex.

Suddenly, someone pushed my back.

“Hey!” I thought I will fall. Thanks to my fast reflex.

“Zoning out, early in the morning eh?” I looked to know who it is.

“Preci...” She is my best friend.

“Why preci? I told you that I don’t like it. Use my second name, please.” She looked irritated haha I got her.

“But why? Your name is Precious. Or you want me to call you Precious instead?”

“No! My name is Precious Jewel. So call me Jewel! Come on! Let’s go in! What’s with you looking at the tower? When you can go inside?” She said complaining.

She clamped her left arm to my neck. She is my best friend since childhood. Actually, Chaldrex, Preci or I mean Jewel, and I are childhood friends.

“So, how are you and Chaldrex? Started talking to each other already?” She asked with her arched eyebrows.

“Well.. I can’t find the courage to talk to him and smooth things off. You know I am still irritated and I felt like anything that will come out of my mouth won’t do any good. So I think being silent for the meantime is the best.” I hesitantly smiled.

We entered the building.

“So, you want to blow some steam with working?” She asked laughing.

“Well, no. But it can contribute to our problem.” Overtime pays are usually double. So, I decided to go to work today.

“Is it okay to ask if.. did he reach out to you and try to smooth things off?” She asked hesitantly.

“He did write a letter to me saying this and that. But let’s not talk about it now. Let’s talk it over later when we’re done working.” I forced a smile to let her know this is not a good time to talk about it.

“Over a drink then?” She asked teasingly and poked me on the side.

“Will see. Okay? But for now, let’s get to work.”