Our Wicked Lies by Gledé Browne Kabongo

Author:Gledé Browne Kabongo [Kabongo, Gledé Browne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrowneStar Media
Published: 2021-02-17T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 30

“I don’t understand,” Alicia said, through quivering lips. “Are you sure it’s not a mistake, some technical glitch in the results or something?”

“No, Alicia. It’s not a mistake.”

“Well, who on our street would Eliot be having an affair with? Faith sounded young and immature. I could tell by the things she said to me. She must be in her twenties. Goodness, what a cliché! The man goes through a mid-life crisis and takes up with a woman in her twenties to make him feel young and vibrant.”

“Not always. There are exceptions to every cliché.”

“What are you saying? What does this information mean?”

Rina looked away.

“You’re scaring me. What else did you find out?”

“I extracted details, down to the actual address.”

“Who is it?” she asked. Her eyes darted from Rina to the screen and back again.

“Katalina Torres DeLuca.”

Alicia shook her head. “No. No way. It’s a mistake. Check again. There is no way that Faith is Kat. Kat wouldn’t say those things to me. She wouldn’t try to steal my husband. Maybe someone visited her house and used her computer to make it look like she’s the one sending the emails?”

“Then the person would have to go to her house every time she wanted to message you.”

She had arrived looking for answers, but she had found only more questions. What Rina uncovered made no sense. There had to be a logical explanation.

“Last week I visited Kat at her office in Boston and showed her the email. She wrote a response and showed it to me before I hit send. How could she have done that if she was Faith?”

“You told her about this?”

“Well, yes. We’re best friends.”

“Oh, Alicia,” Rina said. Her voice oozed with pity. “I tried to warn you.”

“What do you mean?”

“The notes.”

Alicia’s mouth hung open. “You were behind the anonymous notes?”

“Yes. I hoped that you’d see, find out for yourself, but you didn’t.”

“Explain.” Alicia almost growled.

Rina gazed at Alicia with compassion. “Alicia, I like you. You’re a wonderful woman. I couldn’t just sit by and let this happen. You know that Katalina and I have had our differences, but I didn’t just dislike her because she flaunted her looks and her body.”

“Go on.”

“David saw her and Eliot on Atlantic Avenue, outside her office building, kissing, with their hands all over each other. That was two years ago.”

Alicia let out a harsh breath and said nothing. She just stared at Rina. Nausea snaked its way up from her stomach. “Two years? You said two—”

She stalled. Couldn’t get the words out. Too many things were happening inside of her at once. The weight of betrayal pressed down on her as though an African Elephant just stumped on her chest. Alicia breathed in and out, but no matter how deeply she inhaled, she couldn’t get enough oxygen. Her life had turned into a soap opera. Kat was her best friend. No, Alicia considered Kat a sister. Alicia loved her friend. They lifted each other up, supported each other. But this?

“Oh, Alicia, I’m so sorry,” Rina said.

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