Delusions of happiness

Chapter 5

(Pic of Martina above)

"Morning" Richard says as I walk into the kitchen.

I'm taken by suprise as I thought he would be gone already.
I see Vincent at the stove, cooking as usual. He doesn't even glance my way as I walk further into the kitchen.

"You aren't gone yet?" I ask Richard.

"I was thinking of taking a day off, to spend some time with my wife"

"Oh..." I say and it's only then Vincent looks at me.
When I catch his eye he turns back to the pot.

"Where are we going?" I ask.

"It's a suprise"

"Do I have to change?" I look down at the t-shirt and jeans I'm wearing.

"Nope, I'll be back" he says before walking off. Maybe to change.

I look at Vincent. "Hey.."

"Mhm"

Why do I even try?

Ten minutes pass and I get up to check on Richard.

"You're not happy" 

I look at Vincent.

"What?"

"You heard me"

"I- you- you're wrong"

He shrugs and starts dishing out food.

I reach our bedroom door and go to twist the doorknob but the door opens before I could.

"Ready?"

"Yeah, we need to eat first" I say and he nods.
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"So can you tell me where we're going now?" I ask as Richard backs out the driveway.

He sighs."fine, my mother's in town, I'm taking you to meet her"

"What, why didn't you tell me beforehand?, look what I have on"

"You look perfect Martina"

I sigh, I hope she likes me.

"Don't worry, she will" Richard says and I realize I said that out loud.

We finally come to a stop at a diner with outdoor seats.

He leads me to a table with three chairs, a woman occupying one of them.
She looks to be in her late 60s.

Her outfit radiates wealth.
And her posture screams authority.

I'm already intimidated.

"Richard!" She gushes and hugs him. She then looks at me."is this her?"

"Yes" he says and she reaches her hand out for me to shake.

"Edna" she says as I shake her hand.
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"So tell me Martina, what do yo do?"

"Well-umm I was a waitress, but I-quit a few days ago." I say leaving out the part where Richard got me fired.

"Hmm" she hums and turns back to her food.

"You like the food honey?" Richard asks.

"Yep" I say even though it wasn't true. I ordered the pasta because it was the only thing on the menu I could pronounce. It tasted horrible though. I prefer Vincents.

"So when do you two plan on giving me some grandkids?" Edna asks.

"Soon mom" Richard asks and I look at him sideways.

We've actually never spoken about children before.
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"I think she likes you" Richard says as he drives off.

Yeah right.

We reach home and Richard immediately goes to his study. After a while he comes out with a sad look on his face and I can't tell if it's fake or not.

"Emergency at work babe, they need me there" he says .

"It's ok"

He kisses me and leaves.

I go to our room and turn on the T.V. After a while I hear a phone ringing. It couldn't be mine, my ringtone is Beyonce.

Richard must have left his.
I look around and spot it on his bedside table.
I pick it up and see that it's a video call.

The contact is 'P'.
That's weird, who saves a name as 'P'.

I answer it to take a message for Richard.
What I see, takes me by suprise.

There, on the screen is Pierson.
Yes, my best friend.

In only a bra.

"Pierson?"
She hangs up quickly.

"Oh, I forgot my-" I look to see Richard at the door.
His eyes go from my face to his phone then to my face again.

"Pierson? Really? My best friend"

"I can explain"

"No, I'm tired Richard, I don't need an explanation"

He steps closer to me and takes the phone.

"Why were you going through my phone anyway?"

"It was ringing"

"Never answer my phone!!!" He says and throws it into the wall.

He steps toward me.

I run.

As fast as my barefeet could carry me.

What have I gotten myself into?

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