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this.” My throat tightened at the end of my sentence. “Until now, anyway.”
“ I’m sorry. Is hard for me, too. I send you e-mail today. You see it?”
I sat on the bed in our guest room and glanced at the family photo of me, James, and Jimmy when he was in the first grade. Those were the days. So where had my happy family gone?
“You still there?” He sounded worried. The stress had to be getting to him, too.
“ Yes, I’m here. I got the e-mail. What was that all about?” I darted my gaze away from the family photo or I’d start crying. My situation was so different now. I wanted my old husband back. The one who adored me. But it wasn’t to be.
“ My wife. She get online when at her mom’s home and she look at cell phone bill. She see phone numbers she not recognize. She think maybe something wrong because number on my phone are calls more than one time each day. And calls are short. She is very smart.” Did I detect a hint of pride in his voice? Should I care?
For once I was thankful that I had an electronic voice on my cell phone and not my own. Good thing I hadn ’t upgraded my service. “Is she suspicious?”
“ I think her mother ask her questions and make her think. My wife, her mother hates men, had many marriages and all divorced. My wife not ever want divorce. She not want to be unhappy like her mother.”
“ What should we do?” I held my breath, wondering what he’d say.
“ I must still see you. But now I call you from work or from home so phone number not shows up on my bill. Will this work for you?”
I noticed the more nervous Tony seemed to get, the more grammatical errors he made. Knowing I should just break it off didn ’t make it any easier to do. Maybe I’d see him just one more time. What could it hurt?
Not sure I liked waiting for his call, I decided I really had no other choice if I wanted to see him again. It was hold my breath and wait, or no more Tony …period. I decided on the first. Because I wanted Tony again, even if I only saw him one more time. “I think so. When can I see you again? Where can we meet?”
“ That is good news. My wife, she stay a few more days at her mom’s house. She say baby is not feeling well so she not want to drive back until baby’s ear infection clears. She say three more days and then she come home.”
“ What about her job?” I could’ve sworn he said she worked.
“ My wife make her own schedule. She have much vacation and sick time so if she need time off she get it.”
“ Oh, so tomorrow then?” I stood and peered out the door to make sure my husband hadn’t heard me. I saw him flick out the light in our bedroom.
Good.
“Tomorrow is not good for me. I work double shift then I must pack some things. If I not have this done when my wife comes home, she will be angry.”
“ Can’t you tell her you didn’t feel well or were busy or something?” Dang, did I just sound desperate or what?
“ My wife get very crazy when she angry. I not want to make her mad. Is scary.”
“ You’re scared of your wife?” That was the first time I’d heard a guy admit it.
“ Is not scared for me, but she make threats. Say I never see my son again. I must not lose my son. He is very important to me. If not for my son, I would not be with my wife.”
“ So you’re going to stay in an unhappy marriage just for your son?” Whoa. That was sheer martyrdom, in my not-so-humble opinion. But then again, I was in the same boat, wasn’t I?
“ I must. I not want my son to grow up and hate me, for my wife will do this to me.”
“ How awful.” I couldn’t imagine being in such a vulnerable position. “Maybe we should break it off now before she finds out. Then you won’t lose your son. I don’t want that to happen to you.”
“ But I must see you. I make time. You come to house day after tomorrow, yes?”
I thought about my schedule. “I think I can figure out a reason to leave the house. What time are we
“ I’m sorry. Is hard for me, too. I send you e-mail today. You see it?”
I sat on the bed in our guest room and glanced at the family photo of me, James, and Jimmy when he was in the first grade. Those were the days. So where had my happy family gone?
“You still there?” He sounded worried. The stress had to be getting to him, too.
“ Yes, I’m here. I got the e-mail. What was that all about?” I darted my gaze away from the family photo or I’d start crying. My situation was so different now. I wanted my old husband back. The one who adored me. But it wasn’t to be.
“ My wife. She get online when at her mom’s home and she look at cell phone bill. She see phone numbers she not recognize. She think maybe something wrong because number on my phone are calls more than one time each day. And calls are short. She is very smart.” Did I detect a hint of pride in his voice? Should I care?
For once I was thankful that I had an electronic voice on my cell phone and not my own. Good thing I hadn ’t upgraded my service. “Is she suspicious?”
“ I think her mother ask her questions and make her think. My wife, her mother hates men, had many marriages and all divorced. My wife not ever want divorce. She not want to be unhappy like her mother.”
“ What should we do?” I held my breath, wondering what he’d say.
“ I must still see you. But now I call you from work or from home so phone number not shows up on my bill. Will this work for you?”
I noticed the more nervous Tony seemed to get, the more grammatical errors he made. Knowing I should just break it off didn ’t make it any easier to do. Maybe I’d see him just one more time. What could it hurt?
Not sure I liked waiting for his call, I decided I really had no other choice if I wanted to see him again. It was hold my breath and wait, or no more Tony …period. I decided on the first. Because I wanted Tony again, even if I only saw him one more time. “I think so. When can I see you again? Where can we meet?”
“ That is good news. My wife, she stay a few more days at her mom’s house. She say baby is not feeling well so she not want to drive back until baby’s ear infection clears. She say three more days and then she come home.”
“ What about her job?” I could’ve sworn he said she worked.
“ My wife make her own schedule. She have much vacation and sick time so if she need time off she get it.”
“ Oh, so tomorrow then?” I stood and peered out the door to make sure my husband hadn’t heard me. I saw him flick out the light in our bedroom.
Good.
“Tomorrow is not good for me. I work double shift then I must pack some things. If I not have this done when my wife comes home, she will be angry.”
“ Can’t you tell her you didn’t feel well or were busy or something?” Dang, did I just sound desperate or what?
“ My wife get very crazy when she angry. I not want to make her mad. Is scary.”
“ You’re scared of your wife?” That was the first time I’d heard a guy admit it.
“ Is not scared for me, but she make threats. Say I never see my son again. I must not lose my son. He is very important to me. If not for my son, I would not be with my wife.”
“ So you’re going to stay in an unhappy marriage just for your son?” Whoa. That was sheer martyrdom, in my not-so-humble opinion. But then again, I was in the same boat, wasn’t I?
“ I must. I not want my son to grow up and hate me, for my wife will do this to me.”
“ How awful.” I couldn’t imagine being in such a vulnerable position. “Maybe we should break it off now before she finds out. Then you won’t lose your son. I don’t want that to happen to you.”
“ But I must see you. I make time. You come to house day after tomorrow, yes?”
I thought about my schedule. “I think I can figure out a reason to leave the house. What time are we
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