As Usual

Sitting on the sofa, in the living room, I called my husband for the third time, yet, I was left on the voice note

'The person you are trying to reach is not available at the moment, leave a message after the bip.' I sighed upon hearing the voice note.

I called him for half an hour now, still I had no answers. I sat there waiting for him so we could have dinner together. I waited for him in the living room for 3 more hours, but my husband never came home. I stood up and walked out of the living room. I went to the kitchen, and packed up the food then arranged it in the refrigerator. When I was done cleaning the kitchen I made my way to the staircase. I was slowly climbing up the stairs hoping to hear him coming in while I was still going up, but nothing. I got up the stairs, then looked down at the living room for a while. I turned off all the lights and went to my bedroom. I went to the bathroom, brushed my teeth and washed up. I walked to my bedchamber, layed down on the bed, covered myself with the quilt, prayed, and closed my eyes. I was not asleep yet when I heard a noise coming from the garage, My husband finally came home. "Ini, are you sleeping?" my husband asked coming into our bedroom, upon hearing him coming in I closed my eyes and slept.

The next morning, I got ready and came downstairs. I was wearing a white asymmetric dress, with white open toe elegant slippers. I went to the kitchen to make breakfast, and as soon as I was done dressing the table my husband came downstairs.

"Good morning." I said, my husband was putting on his watch when he replied, "Good morning".

"Breakfast is ready" I told him, "I will just take a croissant and leave." he replied, walking into the kitchen,

"Can you come back home early today? Or at least tell me if you can't make it." I asked,

"What is all of this about? You know how busy I am. Still I try my best to make it home everyday." He rebuked.

"Then I will not be waiting for you tonight." I asserted.

"What is this attitude about? When is Louis coming back?" He asked, then took a croissant from the plate.

"Tomorrow. " I answered. "That's great, because you need someone to keep you company." He stated.

"I just need my husband to not make me worry about him and just tell me about his important whereabouts." I rebuked.

"Well then I am off." he said, "See you tonight." he continued walking out the entrance door.

After my husband left for work, I had breakfast. At 8:40 a.m., it was time to tackle some household chores. I started with the laundry. I went to our bedroom's bathroom and collected the dirty clothes. Then, I checked the bedroom for any other items that needed to be washed. As I approached the dresser, I noticed my husband's suit hanging from the chair. When I picked it up, a photograph fell from his suit coat pocket. It was a picture of a young woman, around my age. I picked it up and tucked it into my pocket before continuing with the laundry. Once I finished, I headed to my husband's office and placed the photo on his desk. Next, I went to the kitchen to prepare lunch for him. Just as I began, the house phone rang, and I rushed to the living room to answer it.