Episode 6 - Stalking the Cheater.

Once he got back home, James’s mood had changed a lot, now that he had a plan in his mind. He stepped up, greeted the security guard and went up to his apartment. His wife was already up and running, and it seemed like she had just taken a shower. His face fell as he saw her walking towards him. Ignoring her, James sat near the shoe rack and began to take his shows off. “Baby? Has your mother left us already? I saw what delicious breakfast she has cooked for us.”, Rachel said, to which James merely nodded. Looking at her, he realized she was all dressed up and going somewhere. “Why are you dressed up in the morning? Are you headed somewhere?”, he asked in a cold voice.

Rachel sighed and put her hand on his shoulder as she said, “Babe, I know that you work very hard to provide for our family. So I wanted to help out too. I am going to look for jobs starting today. In fact I have a job interview in half an hour”, she smiled. James couldn’t help but think twisted thoughts, “She can’t fool me anymore, she must be going off to spend time with her lover! Shameless woman”. “Oh and by the way, little Benny is already in preschool, today so you don’t have to worry about him. Just go over at one o’clock to get him”. James nodded gruffly as he made his way towards the couch. Lighting a cigarette he plopped down, and Rachel came and sat down beside him.

Snuggling up, she said, “Babe?”, she whispered gently as James continued to ignore her. “Babe listen.”, she urged as he glared at her, sharply. “Did you cheat on me or didn't you”, he asked once again, but this time, calmly. Rachel backed off and said, “Babe I swear I didn’t. Cross my heart and hope to die”, she said flirtatiously. “Cut your nonsense Rachel. I don’t believe you anyway.”, he said gruffly. “Believe me or not, I will prove my point one day you’ll see.”, she said, as she bent down and kissed James, “I have to go now baby, I have my job interview soon. See you tonight!”, Rachel said as she moved to leave. “Oh by the way, babe, Is your familial plot in the town going to be seized right? I heard they are offering a million dollars for compensation?”, she inquired.

James knew that his mother had told his wife about the property, but now he could piece it together. That was why she was acting so nice all of a sudden. Money. “Yeah and my mother wants to give the capital to me for my business and re starting my company”, he said softly. “Re starting your company only to have it fail once more? No thanks. Don't make that mistake ever again. You don’t really have it in you after what went down with your old one. Besides, your name in the industry is completely ruined after the fraud case. Do you think people would want to conduct business from someone like you?”, she said condescendingly. “I have a plan, Rachel and I know it’s gonna work out” , he said but was immediately cut off by Rachel who said, “I disagree. This is nothing but a waste of time and you are not gonna do this again. I suggest you sell this house and buy another bigger one.”

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James felt humiliated by his wife. How could she underestimate him so grossly? He was not a fool for sure. He knew just how capable he was. “Oh come on James, we have to move out of this small apartment. Even Benny is growing up and needs his space. And we would actually be able to use the money to save and create a college fund for him.”, she said, as she finally walked towards the door. There was nothing wrong with what she was saying, but there was everything wrong with what she was implying. She was implying that James was incapable for beginning again. This hurt him alot, but he chose to hide what he felt. “Think about it honey! Your decisions will affect all of us, yeah? Okay i really gotta go now. Bye bye, see you at dinner”, she said walking out through the door. He couldn't believe her audacity. Instead of addressing the accusations, she had insulted him yet again! She absolutely didn’t feel any gratitude that he was still providing for the family by working hard and delivering food from dawn till dusk. James calmed his emotions down and decided to venture out again, not for work. He was going to follow his wife.

James checked his wristwatch to exit in secret so that he could tail her around in the perfect time frames. He exited fifteen minutes after his wife, went down and watched as she got into a car that was parked at the gate of their apartment.“But we don’t have a car”, he thought as he saw the car peel off from the apartment complex. He slowly went to his electric scooter and sped off before her, trying to catch up and tailing her every move. He wanted to overtake the car and look at who the driver was but that would give him away and would ruin his plan so he just followed tailing from a considerable distance behind the car. The morning rush hour of vehicles almost slowed him down but he was determined to not lose sight of the car, and so he successfully managed to stay tailing behind it.

After half an hour, the car finally stopped and pulled up in front of an expensive looking hotel. “Must be a five star hotel. It’s been a while since I’ve come to one of these”, James thought as he gaped at the magnificent building in front of him. During his time of prosperity, meetings and parties at five star hotels were common, and he took going to these places for granted. He was realizing how valuable those experiences were. But what was Rachel doing at a five star hotel so early in the morning? “Didn’t she have a job interview?” , he thought. The door to the car opened and Rachel came out from one end and a pot bellied man came out the other door. He proceeded to go over at Rachel’s side and held her hand and kissed it, then he proceeded to grab her hand and led her into the hotel, leaving James too stunned to say anything.

Parking his scooter at the designated spot, he rushed into the hotel and started searching for that man and Rachel in a frenzy. That man must be the one that hit my son“, he thought.”. He needed to find out where they were headed. James’s heart pounded in his chest as a whirlwind of emotions passed through head. A barrage of questions formed in his mind, “Who was this guy? What was he doing with Rachel?” But the one question that rang over and over again in his head was that of betrayal.

“How could she do this to me?”