"Why Can't It Just Be Me?"
My neighbor is known for his inability to stick to one woman. Though he's engaged to a decent lady, his door keeps swinging open to different women. The sad part? This isn’t new. Several women have walked away from him even after getting engaged, all because of this same unfaithfulness.
His current fiancée, however, had chosen a different approach. She noticed how frequently ladies called him, how flirty his behavior seemed, but she decided to stay calm. Maybe it was love. Maybe it was hope. She wanted to trust him, to believe he would change.
Then came the day everything fell apart.
That afternoon, she decided to surprise him. She had stopped by an eatery to get his favorite cookies, something small to show she cared. But fate had its own surprise waiting.
There, right at that same eatery, she found him laughing, relaxed, and enjoying the company of another woman. A woman he had sworn he wasn’t seeing. Her heart froze, not just from the betrayal, but from how comfortably he was lying to her.
He was stunned when their eyes met. No escape. No explanation. Just guilt hanging heavy in the air. The other lady, unaware or unconcerned, got what she came for and left.
Later that evening, he came afraid, begging for forgiveness.
He looked her in the eyes and said he wanted their relationship to work. But she shook her head slowly and whispered:
“You lied to me, Henry. She’s not skinnier than me. She’s not as cute as me. So why... why can’t it just beeeee meeeee?” she screamed the later part.
Then she asked the question that silenced him:
“Have I ever been unfaithful to you, Henry?”
He said nothing.
I guess his silence meant remorse but the same thing happens almost often.
Thanks for reading
@ritaetim