EPISODE 5
By: Loudest Thoughts
“Trust is like a pencil, when the edge gets broken, you can sharpen it to a point, but once it gets to the extreme where there is nothing left to sharpen; you lose everything or you tell yourself I got to keep trusting”
I can still recall yelling when I got home one evening.
“Babs, where were you today?” I said with a snort.
She glared at me in disbelief, “I spent the entire day at home doing your laundry.”
“Are you lying to me right now?”
“When have I ever lied to you Clyde? And where is this coming from?”
“I saw you at Mr Biggs today with Dr Livie, your gynaecologist.”
She was just staring at me and making my blood boil.
For what seemed like she wasn’t going to respond, I reached out to her, “Come here!” I dragged Barbara by her hair towards me.
You’re hurting me, Clyde.” She finally found her voice.
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“I told you not to see Livie anymore.” I thundered.
“I didn’t.”
Babs said in a faint voice. I finally let go of her hair.
“I informed you earlier today, that I was going to stay home and neither do I have anything doing with Livie.”
“Oh, you two are now on a first-name basis.”
She shook her head.
“Ask Mrs Ibe next door; she was outside doing her laundry too.”
“You l………” Before I could finish my sentence, she cut in.
“You are reacting without a cause Clyde.”
“Am I?” I said with an angry tone.
“Call Livie and ask him when he last saw me.” “And how do you not understand that I love you and I don’t need to see other men?”
I glared at her breathed in for a second and the frown on her face earlier vanished.
“I said, stop seeing Livie?
“What is the real issue here, Clyde?” “Because you seem to be making all these accusations about Livie and I, that I’m beginning to think, you have another problem.”
“I’m not going to repeat it again. Stop seeing Livie.”
She smacked her lips.
“Is this the reason I traveled so far?” You have a problem Clyde.”
“Don’t speak back at me?” I yelled.
After a brief exchange of words, I decided not to eat her food that evening and took over the guest room for a week.
To be continued
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