Capítulo 21: Drunken Folly (2)
He was confused.
He had a hangover which made his head feel like it being split in the middle.
But that was not the worse thing.
The worse thing was him waking up naked with a woman who was not his wife.
He tried thinking back to the night before, he's head accompanied by a massive headache, but he did not care. It was more important to figure out what happened. After thinking long and hard, he was able to remember some fragments of memories from the night before. He remembered a woman approach her in the bar section with her drinks in her hand. She was familiar to him therefore he let her stay to have chat. She was also in their team, a researcher who was famous for being smart and beautiful, and most of all single. This made every capable male research to woo her, they wanted to the boyfriend of this beautiful researcher. They all tried their best but each and every one failed.
He remembered having a pleasant conversation with her. She had a pleasing personality and was easy to talk with. That was the only thing he remembered. Timothy tried massaging his temple as he looked at the woman beside him. He must have drunk too much for him to black out and not remember anything. He did not wait for Elaine to wake up, he looked for his clothes that were scattered on the floor and wore them. After which he bolted out of the door.
He was so ashamed of what he did that he spent every day and night with his research unable to look into his wife's eyes due to his conscience. He would pass by Elaine once in a while, but the woman was too shy to even maintain eye contact with therefore he also avoided her thinking it was only a one night stand and did not mean anything to her. In his heart, he felt more relieved if that was the case.
He wanted it to be a one-night affair that was due to their drunken folly.
But it seems everything has a cause and effect. No matter how much you disregard or avoid a situation, it will one day hunt you and kick you from behind once you took your guard down.
It was the night Elaine approached him outside of the building with tears almost dripping from her eyes. With a trembling voice and a pleading gaze, she said something that made his world turned upside down.
With a soft voice and while holding onto his clothes she said, "I think I'm pregnant. I'm one week delayed." She was looking downwards afraid to look into his eyes while she told Timothy the truth. Her hands were trembling and her shoulders sagged. Although she was holding Timothy's clothes, it seemed she did not have the strength to properly stop him if he decided to run away.
Timothy felt his heart racing mad, unable to believe what was happening. His expression was one of utter disbelief.
For once in his life he made a mistake.
This mistake was something he could never had dreamt or imagined making.
He loved his wife dearly, no matter what difficulties they were facing right now, he knew that they would be able to fix everything in the end. But now it seemed it was impossible as there was a life, a living being inside Elaine, and he was the father.
He could not accept it as he stood outside with Elaine in front of the building while his mind went blank from the utter shock he experienced. It was then that from who knows where the paparazzi's took pictures of him and Elaine together. It was unfathomable for him to be in the eyes of the paparazzi's as he was not someone famous or newsworthy. It was by pure coincidence that a passing paparazzi took his picture and made a news article about him. He thought it made sense because, at that time, talks about Anne was still circulating in the media. She was still the number one trending topic of discussion.
The picture taken made them look like they were very intimate. The angle made it difficult to see the truth behind the picture taken. From the angle, it seemed like Elaine was holding his hand. Just this single movement of the camera lens made the effects bigger. It made the lies they spread into the tabloids feel more truthful.
This was also the reason why he could not pacify his angry wife as he went home. It had already been a couple of hours and the news had already spread like wildfire on the internet. Once he got home even Anne was aware of the photo taken.
His mind was a mess at that time so he could only leave with regret as he was not able to explain what happened. In truth, he did not know how to explain himself.
What should he say?
That he got a woman pregnant?
He was so drunk that he did not remember anything?
It was due to depression that he drank too much and it was the alcohol to blame?
No matter what he says, they were nothing more but shallow excuses. He did something despicable and all he could do was run away from the circumstance afraid to further hurt Anne in the process.
Original novel by Chuchuwachuwa
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Capítulo 22: Widespread (1)
Elaine took out a handkerchief from her pouch to remove the blood that was on Timothy's face. However, before she could even reach his face, a hand stopped her midway.
It was Timothy's.
Elaine who looked worried with moist eyes opened her eyes wide while looking at Timothy. She was petrified in her spot as all she could do was worry at the man in front of her. The man who is considered to be the father of her unborn child. She could only bit her lips as resentment filled her face. She took her hand away while not uttering a single sound.
Timothy saw her reaction. Now he felt he was bullying this woman who did nothing wrong. Although they were both drunk and he woke up at her place, he thought it was his fault that everything happened. Because of his drunken stupor, he was afraid that he had his way with her as she was also drunk herself.
There had been this awkwardness between them as he tried to avoid her, but at the moment he was in trouble, she was the only one who stood her ground trying to protect him. Timothy felt lost with what he was supposed to do. On one hand, he truly loved Anne and wanted to be with her. On the other, Elaine was pregnant and he had to be take up responsibility as a man.
He did not know how Elaine felt about him, but basing it on the last couple of days. He was sure that she was somewhat fine with the idea of him being the father of her child. The only problem was he was married. If it was just child support, then he was willing to support the child and even her to have a better life. However, if she decided that she must get married to him due to the baby, then it will be a difficult matter.
Anne was already furious with him just by the spreading news on the tabloids, what more if he told the truth. Timothy knew that it was one of Anne's inferiority complex, not being able to bear a child. He could not fathom what kind of reaction she will have once she knew that he got the woman in the photograph pregnant.
Timothy took a deep breath and looked at the woman in front of her with an apologetic look. He really does not know how he should deal with this. Now things are becoming complicated as Connor had shown himself. Especially with what he was asking off from him. He could still hear the last words Connor said, "If you can't take care of Anne, then don't you dare show your face to her ever again."
This made him realize that he was not really doing everything he could to help Anne, rather he was escaping from reality. He was avoiding the consequences that he needed to face.
Timothy sighed. It sounded like he wanted to dispel all the burdens in his heart, but he was unable to. He faced Elaine and said with the calmest voice he could muster. "We should talk about what arrangements we should have for the child…"
He paused for a bit before continuing.
"But not right now. This is not the place to talk. I'll go ahead to the infirmary. You should return." After Timothy said this, he slowly stood up using the walls as support as he limped away to the infirmary's direction.
He dragged his aching and bruised body. It took him every effort he could muster before taking the next step moving forward. He could only grit his teeth with the pain he was feeling. He could still taste the blood from the cut he received from the brutal punch to his face. He wanted to spit it out, but in the end, decided to swallow it as this place was nowhere appropriate to spit anything out. His brows were furrowed and sweat oozed out from every pore of his body. This was how much his body was trying to tell him that his body has reached the limit, he was exhausted.
Original novel by Chuchuwachuwa
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