Living Separate Lives by Paulette Harper

Author:Paulette Harper
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Thy Word Publishing
Published: 2013-11-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Candace arrived home after her lunch with Kaylan and found it just as she had left it. She walked into her bedroom where she quickly removed her clothes and stepped into the shower. The falling water caused her to relax, enabling her to process what had just transpired.

Her lunch meeting with Kaylan had her re-examining her life, which was filled with so many secrets, secrets that no one else knew, and secrets she’d take to her grave. The guilt would definitely eat her up before she shared with her best friends the double life she had been living.

Her life went on a complete spiral after Derrick died. At least that’s the story she had been telling people for quite some time. Truth was, Derrick really wasn’t dead. He was very much alive, but his identity prevented Candace from sharing with others their love affair. After numerous disappointments in life, she fell into a deep depression, which led to drinking, smoking, and taking all kinds of prescription pills. When she wanted to finally give up on life, she met this incredible man named Derrick, who helped build her self-esteem again. In essence, Candace felt like this was the love of her life, her hero, the man that God sent to be with her.

But even though she felt this way about him, Derrick was not able to fully commit to her as she wanted. He was married, and although he told her that his marriage was rocky and on the verge of divorce, he was still not ready to end it. This was something that Candace could not accept, so she broke it off with him, only to return to his warm embrace again after being lonely for a week. Derrick seemed to have a hold on her, one that she could not let go.

Drinking, smoking, and sleeping around had no limits, where Candace was concerned. She wanted to stop, but the pull was too hard, and the struggle to quit never did win. She didn’t know he was married and had kids, nor did she know to whom he was married. That is until one night when she picked his pocket and found some pictures in his wallet of a beautiful family, a happy family, it seemed. That was the night her dreams ended and the charade began.

As Candace sat in her room, she began to reflect on how they first met. It was a rainy night in December when she decided to grab a bite to eat at Jazzy’s restaurant. The holiday season was in full swing. It was a time for people to shop, eat, and enjoy their families. But not for Candace; she hated the holiday season because she had no one to spend that special time with. Trying to get out of an emotional funk, she grabbed her purse, keys, coat, and umbrella and headed out the door, all the while praying that her car would start.

Happy with the sound of the engine running, she hoped her car would get her to the restaurant and back home safely.

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