needed to rest to make sense out of everything. The rain continued to lull her to sleep. Tina finally succumbed to it.
****
Her cell phone vibrated and woke Tina up. She sat up, blinked, and glanced down at her watch. It was three a.m. She slipped the phone out of her pocket and looked down at the caller ID. Kevin? Why is he calling? Is he sick ? Tina quickly answered the phone. “Hello?”
“Thank God,” he said.
“What’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong? We’ve been trying to find you for hours,” Kevin said. “Alexis is hysterical. She’s says it’s not like you to ignore your calls and just disappear.”
“I didn’t disappear,” Tina replied, waking up fully. “I just went somewhere so I could think.”
“What happened after I dropped you off? Did you confront him about his infidelity? Did he hit you?”
Tina tried not to cry, but Kevin sounded so concerned.
“I will kill him if he touched you,” Kevin replied.
“No, he didn’t touch me,” Tina said. “He was just screwing some woman in my bed.”
“What?”
“I walked in and caught him on the down stroke,” she said, trying to laugh through her sorrow. “No wonder we haven’t had sex in months.”
Kevin cleared his throat. “Well, he’s a fool,” he replied. “Where are you?”
“At the office,” Tina said. “I had nowhere else to go. It was still raining when I arrived and I guess it just lulled me off to sleep.”
“How do you feel?”
“I’m crushed,” Tina replied.
“But you knew he was cheating on you.”
“Yes, but I guess it finally hit home when I saw him doing her in my bed. I can put up with a lot of shit, but that just took the cake. I saw them and something inside me snapped.” She sniffed back the tears.
“Don’t cry, darling,” he said. “I don’t like it when you’re sad.”
“I don’t want to cry, but the tears won’t stop,” she told him. “It hurts so badly.”
“Do you want me to come to the office? You shouldn’t be alone at a time like this.”
“No,” Tina said. “I’m okay.”
“No, you’re not. Can you drive?” Kevin asked. “You can come over to my place and I’ll put you in the spare room. Erik is going to come to that office sooner or later looking for you.”
“But I don’t have any clothes. I left everything and just drove away.”
“Don’t worry about that now. I won’t ask any questions. I’ll just be here if you need to talk.”
It was the best offer she’d heard all day. “Yes, I think I better come there. I don’t think I can see him just yet.”
“Take your time. I’ll be waiting for you to arrive.”
“Okay,” Tina said. “Do you have tea?”
Kevin chuckled. “Yes, any kind you desire.”
“Oolong,” Tina replied. “I think I need something to relax me.”
“Come to me. I will help you relax.”
“I’m on my way,” Tina said. She disconnected the call, grabbed her purse, and left the office.
****
Tina sat inside her car outside Kevin’s apartment, watching the rain beating against the windshield. What am I doing here ? It was four in the morning and most sane people were asleep. She reached for her cell phone and dialed Kevin.
“Hello,” he said.
“I’m here.”
Kevin told her the code to punch into the pad to open the gate.
“Thanks, I’ll be up in a minute.” She hung up and drove the car closer to the gate. Tina got wet as she rolled down the window to enter the code, but she didn’t care. The gate opened slowly and then she drove through. Kevin lived on the sixth floor of the building. Tina parked in a visitor’s spot and climbed out of the car. She was soaking wet by the time she reached the building. The access door unlocked and Tina entered, dripping water as she walked. She trembled as the air hit her wet skin. With her luck, she’d probably get pneumonia. Tina walked to the elevator and pushed the button. The elevator arrived quickly and she stepped inside and pressed the button for
****
Her cell phone vibrated and woke Tina up. She sat up, blinked, and glanced down at her watch. It was three a.m. She slipped the phone out of her pocket and looked down at the caller ID. Kevin? Why is he calling? Is he sick ? Tina quickly answered the phone. “Hello?”
“Thank God,” he said.
“What’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong? We’ve been trying to find you for hours,” Kevin said. “Alexis is hysterical. She’s says it’s not like you to ignore your calls and just disappear.”
“I didn’t disappear,” Tina replied, waking up fully. “I just went somewhere so I could think.”
“What happened after I dropped you off? Did you confront him about his infidelity? Did he hit you?”
Tina tried not to cry, but Kevin sounded so concerned.
“I will kill him if he touched you,” Kevin replied.
“No, he didn’t touch me,” Tina said. “He was just screwing some woman in my bed.”
“What?”
“I walked in and caught him on the down stroke,” she said, trying to laugh through her sorrow. “No wonder we haven’t had sex in months.”
Kevin cleared his throat. “Well, he’s a fool,” he replied. “Where are you?”
“At the office,” Tina said. “I had nowhere else to go. It was still raining when I arrived and I guess it just lulled me off to sleep.”
“How do you feel?”
“I’m crushed,” Tina replied.
“But you knew he was cheating on you.”
“Yes, but I guess it finally hit home when I saw him doing her in my bed. I can put up with a lot of shit, but that just took the cake. I saw them and something inside me snapped.” She sniffed back the tears.
“Don’t cry, darling,” he said. “I don’t like it when you’re sad.”
“I don’t want to cry, but the tears won’t stop,” she told him. “It hurts so badly.”
“Do you want me to come to the office? You shouldn’t be alone at a time like this.”
“No,” Tina said. “I’m okay.”
“No, you’re not. Can you drive?” Kevin asked. “You can come over to my place and I’ll put you in the spare room. Erik is going to come to that office sooner or later looking for you.”
“But I don’t have any clothes. I left everything and just drove away.”
“Don’t worry about that now. I won’t ask any questions. I’ll just be here if you need to talk.”
It was the best offer she’d heard all day. “Yes, I think I better come there. I don’t think I can see him just yet.”
“Take your time. I’ll be waiting for you to arrive.”
“Okay,” Tina said. “Do you have tea?”
Kevin chuckled. “Yes, any kind you desire.”
“Oolong,” Tina replied. “I think I need something to relax me.”
“Come to me. I will help you relax.”
“I’m on my way,” Tina said. She disconnected the call, grabbed her purse, and left the office.
****
Tina sat inside her car outside Kevin’s apartment, watching the rain beating against the windshield. What am I doing here ? It was four in the morning and most sane people were asleep. She reached for her cell phone and dialed Kevin.
“Hello,” he said.
“I’m here.”
Kevin told her the code to punch into the pad to open the gate.
“Thanks, I’ll be up in a minute.” She hung up and drove the car closer to the gate. Tina got wet as she rolled down the window to enter the code, but she didn’t care. The gate opened slowly and then she drove through. Kevin lived on the sixth floor of the building. Tina parked in a visitor’s spot and climbed out of the car. She was soaking wet by the time she reached the building. The access door unlocked and Tina entered, dripping water as she walked. She trembled as the air hit her wet skin. With her luck, she’d probably get pneumonia. Tina walked to the elevator and pushed the button. The elevator arrived quickly and she stepped inside and pressed the button for
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