ManyWriters

After my wife's 44th affair, my father was hit in a car accident. When I found the perpetrator, my wife emerged disheveled from the passenger seat.
I stayed by my father's side at the hospital, while she accompanied the perpetrator at the police station during questioning.
When I refused to settle, she grabbed her thermos and smashed it violently against my head.
"He's a lawyer. Do you want to ruin his entire career? What's wrong with you?"
I calmly wiped the blood from my head, watching her panicked face as realization dawned.
This wasn't her first affair, but it was the most serious one.
My mind flashed back to our fifth year of marriage, when she grinned at me and said:
"Don't you get bored sleeping with just one person for the rest of your life? To be fair, I won't care what you do either."
"I give them sex, but I give you love."
Later, I did as she wished and got together with the girl she herself had introduced to me.
Yet she ended up on her knees begging me to come home.

After the Wife's 44th Affair

A pair of round eyes were staring at me.


I turned over weakly, lying flat on the bed.


Gazing into the void, lost in thought for a long time.


Suddenly, a pale arm reached out in front of my eyes.


I didn't answer, just staring straight at her.


"Oh, you mean that? I have no money, I need money." She smiled at me casually.


I deepened my voice, about to get up and leave this messy bed.


"Yesterday was my first time," she suddenly spoke up.


"My grandma is very sick, seriously ill, but my parents don't want to treat her anymore. I was raised by my grandma. Everyone else can give up on her, but I can't!"


Her voice was a bit choked up, and my body suddenly stiffened as I stood with my back to her.


I thought again of that torn final work. I was also raised by my grandma. Everything about her means the world to me.


I lowered my eyes, "Give me your phone."


Chapter 6