I follow behind as Tyson sweeped Stella into his arms and rushed her towards the bedroom, the family doctor, Doctor Richard who had arrived as soon as possible directing him.
The sight throws me into a deep thought. The way Tyson looked, the way his body looked, like he was so scared of anything happening to Stella. He has never looked like that with me before. He has never cared for me like that before.
Even the time that I was involved in a car accident while coming from work, and had spent a couple of weeks at the hospital, I don't remember Tyson looking so worried about me.
And the realization hit me. He loved Stella.
At they hauled into the room to treat Stella's bleeding, I remained in the halls, dwelling in my thoughts.
I still remembered the first time I saw Stella. Tyson had informed me that we would be having dinner with someone when he gets home from work. He had only stated that she was the daughter of a very close business associate and they wanted to strike a deal and work together.
What I never expected was to see a very beautiful young blond woman walking in through my doors. She was tall and slim, with huge busts. She looked young and very pretty, far from what I was expecting when Tyson had told me about her.
When we had dinner together, she seemed nice even though I perceived different of her.
Tyson was a beautiful man and over the years, I knew some women wished to be in my place. But that night, I never realized the woman who was going to replace me was her.
Their business plan worked and a few months later, I thought they started getting close.
My suspicion rose a higher level when I saw a earring in his office room couch one day and the earring wasn't mine. What were the possibilities that Tyson had brought Stella into his office and fucked her?
Tyson has a strict rule that doesn't allow any woman into his office when he is dealing with company related matters. I was an exception of course but he never lets us get intimate there. So why was a woman's earrings in his office room?
When I confronted him, he'd only laughed about it and said "come on Katie, don't be jealous over some earring. Any woman could have come into my office and left it there. It doesn't mean anything happened between us."
I had my doubts still but chose to take his words for it.
Looking back now, I'd been right about my suspicions that day. Tyson and Stella did get intimate in his office.
I sank down, tears falling from my eyes.
Tyson and I have been trying to have a child after getting married. I never stopped praying and hoping for the miracle. After eight years of marriage, I would think it's natural to lose faith. Six years into the marriage, it seemed Tyson had lost all hope. He no longer cared for me the way he used to. He slowly shut down and stopped trying. He didn't have the enthusiasm that he used to have, that he used to approach me with.
And suddenly, that light was back in his eyes. And it wasn't for me but for Stella, for the chilled she harbored in her stomach.
Anger surged through me and I scream, throwing my shoe on my marriage framed picture with Tyson which was set on top of the draw table opposite to me.
Deep down I side, I secretly prayed that Stella lost her baby.
After a few hours, the doctor announced that he had been able to stabilize Stella and that she and the baby were out of danger. Even with the amount of blood she lost from falling down, the baby wasn't harmed. Even though she was okay, the doctor demanded Tyson stay with her and with that, I left for my room, to wallow in self pity and cries.
I cried myself to sleep that night.
When I woke up, I tried desperately to understand the concept of my life. Stella has succeeded to replacing me and in the process taking my husband away from me.
The pain was nothing I've ever felt.
Just then, my phone beeped and I saw a text message from Tyson: "meet Stella and I at the Mirage, we're having breakfast together."
My heart sank for the umpteenth time, as I stared at my phone until the screen went out. I furiously started texting him back. I wasn't going to go there and having breakfast with him and Stella.
But I stopped quickly as a thought occur to me. No, I'm not going to keep doing this to myself. Time to go there and show her who I truly am and let her know that she has stepped where she shouldn't have.
