The Golden Lie by B M Hardin

Author:B M Hardin [Hardin, B M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781548666743
Published: 2017-07-05T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

“Thou shall say what you mean; or just shut up!”

“When did you fall in love with Chevey?”

Dakota looked at me. I tried to look him in his eyes, but his beard kept stealing my focused. His beard looked like an unshaved pussy and just staring at it made me itch.

I mean, I get it.

He was stressed out or whatever, but damn! He didn’t have walk around looking like he belonged in somebody’s bible story or something.

“What?”

“You heard me. When did you fall in love with her?”

“I don’t know.”

“Don’t you think that we are past the lies at this point? She’s dead. Probably because of you. The least that you could do is answer my questions.” I knew that my remark was kind of a low blow, but I knew that it would make him feel guilty and talk.

Dakota huffed. “Remember that day that you were panicking because we were running late for D.J.’s first soccer game, and you couldn’t find his shoes? And Chevey came by to go with us, and she calmed you down so that you could focus? That was the first day that I noticed how genuine and kind she was.”

I remembered that day.

She could always take the stress off of my shoulders. She always had a way of helping me relax. My legs started to shake but I motioned for him to keep going.

“And then a few weeks later, your birthday, at the dinner that I had for you. She was the life of the party that night. I found her jokes funny. Her wit intriguing. I’d never really paid her much attention before. I guess I was just always so damn busy to noticed. But that night, I noticed.”

“And that’s why you tried to kiss her at the party?”

He looked at me confused.

Shit! I wasn’t supposed to say that! He wasn’t supposed to know that I suspected his feelings for Chevey, before she’d died. I needed a lie.

“I walked by the kitchen that night.”

Dakota sat on the bed beside of me.

“I thought I was crazy for thinking that I saw you try to kiss her. I thought I was drunk. I convinced myself that I hadn’t seen it. And I forced myself to forget about it. But now, knowing the truth, you’d tried to kiss her, the night of the New Year Eve party, didn’t you? You were already in love with her, weren’t you?”

For a while he just looked at me.

“No. I don’t know what it was. Or why I started to feel something for her. It just happened. And I don’t want to talk about this anymore Yaya. It was a mistake. If I could take it back, I---,”

Before he could finish his sentence, I slapped him.

“You had no right to do this to me! I was a good wife to you! I loved you! I respected you! I gave you everything!”

Dakota, still holding his mouth, stood up and headed towards our bedroom door.

“Yeah. You did. But for some men Yaya, even everything isn’t always enough.

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