Leaving Oxford City

Celek!

Alice opened the door of her house, she had just finished packing her things.

Two weeks after the incident, she couldn't stand being in this house anymore.

The house that Carlos had originally bought for her as a wedding anniversary gift in the 8th year. Now will be abandoned

Alice had divorced Carlos, 8 days after the incident.

As we know divorce in the UK does not take as long as in other countries in general.

It just has to have sufficient criteria, such as evidence of infidelity, pressure, violence, or others.

And Alice already has proof of Carlos' affair, she's not even demanding money or anything from Carlos, they don't have kids yet, so there's no child custody struggle slowing down the divorce process.

The divorce proceedings, Alice and Carlos, only took a day on the court table, not even more than an hour.

Honestly, from the bottom of her heart, there is a little heavy feeling when thinking about the fate of her household, Alice has to bury the good memories with Carlos.

Alice had wanted to leave this house since that dark day. But she didn't know where her feet would go, so she held on for these two weeks.

And now it was time for Alice to fly free like a wild bird.

For a moment she stopped her steps with a little breath because she was pulling such a heavy suitcase.

"Huftt...." Alice rolled her eyes.

"I hope, I can pass my days in peace there," she said.

Just then Carlos arrived, along with Caroline.

He had just returned from the doctor with Caroline, to re-examine the wound on his arm. Because there is irritation from the wound that begins to dry.

"Alice!" he shouted,

while letting go of Caroline's hand that was wrapped around her shoulder.

"Where are you going?" Carlos asked.

"None of your business!" said Alice.

"You are my wife!" Carlos said.

"Wife?" Alice smiled faintly.

"Don't dream, because we are divorced!"

"But-"

"Aish!" Alice hissed in annoyance then brushed Carlos' hand away.

Carlos was about to chase after her but Caroline stopped him.

She took Carlos' hand then shook her head, signaling 'no'.

Carlos just stared blankly at Alice leaving. He still wasn't willing to let go of the woman who had accompanied him for these 10 years.

But this was Alice's decision, she had to respect it, after all, it was Carlos' fault for having an affair.

***

Now that Alice was on the city bus, the bus started moving, and at that moment, Alice's tears started to fall again.

Memories of Carlos greeted her again, where he proposed to her with a diamond ring. Carlos prostrated himself in front of Alice with a ring from his pocket. "Will you marry me?"

Alice smiled full of emotion, witnessed by her family and friends who attended Carlos' birthday party, she accepted Carlos' proposal.

Since then, her love life with Carlos lasts. They hardly ever fought until the wedding day arrived.

Even during 9 years of being married, their life was still fine, until, in the tenth year, their relationship began to falter, because of the arrival of Caroline.

They should have celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary on October 30, but fate said otherwise because this year would be the end of their relationship.

It didn't feel like 3 hours had passed, the bus had stopped.

Through a journey of 65 miles, she didn't feel like she only had time to think about Carlos.

The man she should have forgotten about.

Arriving there, Alice immediately contacted Felix, and soon Felix came to Alice.

A man wearing jeans and a long-sleeved t-shirt approached her.

"Hey, Felix!" said Alice.

"Hi! How long has it been?" Felix asked.

"About 10 minutes ago," Alice replied.

They hugged for a moment to unwind, then sat in a cafe.

"I didn't expect Carol to be like that, even though you've always been good friends," Felix said, sipping a cup of coffee.

"Ah, forget her, I don't want to talk about the Bitch," snapped Alice.

"Ah, well," Felix suppressed his curiosity, out of respect for Alice.

After returning from the cafe, Alice stopped by Felix's apartment, she stayed there one night, the next day, Felix invited Alice to come to the house he meant.

***

"Are you sure this is his house?" Alice asked.

"Yes," replied Felix.

A medium-sized house, located on the outskirts of London.

The house wasn't too fancy, and it wasn't too bad either, but it was comfortable enough to live in.

Alice couldn't believe that she had gotten a new place to live for such a cheap price.

On the same day, Alice cleaned the house and arranged her not-so-lots of things.

Alice only brought all the clothes she needed and a few things she thought were important.

"I think I'm done helping you clean this house, and I have to go home soon because tonight I have an appointment with someone," Felix said.

"All right, go ahead, and thanks for your help, Felix," Alice said.

Felix nodded and smiled.

"Don't forget, tomorrow you come to the restaurant where I work, I've spoken to my boss, and on that day you can go straight to work," he said.

Alice looked happy, hearing Felix's words, again Felix helped her. Even for work.

"Thank you, Felix, thank you," Alice hugged Felix again.

She doesn't know what will happen if she doesn't meet Felix.

It turns out that not all friends are bad, the proof is Felix is ​​like a kind angel to her.

***

It was getting dark, Alice began to close the door of the house.

Today the wind was blowing a bit hard and brought dry leaves littering her yard.

Alice was about to close the curtains on the windows of the house, but from behind the window, she saw a beautiful woman walking towards her house.

Alice was silent, she was still watching the woman from the window.

Then the woman knocked on the door.

'Tok!

Just one knock, but Alice had already opened the door.

'Ceklek!'

"Ah, hello," the woman greeted kindly.

Although slightly hesitant, Alice also smiled.

"Hello too, good night," she said.

The woman brought a cup of hot tea on a tray and several packets of typical country snacks.

"This is for you," the woman said, holding out the tray.

"Thank you," said Alice.

"May I come in?"

"Of course, please,"

The woman entered the house, while Alice walked behind.

But Alice paused for a moment when she saw the bloodstain on the woman's clothes.

To be continued