My mouth dropped open as I stood there for a second or two and watched my fiancé kiss his assistant. Turning quickly, I rushed out the door as tears streamed down my face.
By the time I reached my car, I was sobbing uncontrollably. “How could he do this to me?” I screamed out as I hit the steering wheel.
Quickly turning the car on, I drove off as fast as I could. The further away I got, the better.
My mind kept replaying Stephanie’s lips on Emmit’s. Shaking my head, I tried to make sense out of what I saw.
How could he do this to me?
To us?
I GRABBED ONTO STEPHANIE’S ARMS and pushed her away as I glared at her. “What in the fuck are you doing?”
Stephanie shook her head and took a step closer to me as I moved back. “Emmit, I can’t hide it anymore. I know there is a connection between us. You can’t deny it.”
I pushed my hand through my hair in frustration as I tried to figure out how we went from talking about a surprise birthday party for Adaline, to Stephanie leaping onto my body and kissing me.
“W-what are you talking about? There is no connection there, Steph, and there never has been. You’re married for Christ’s sake.”
Stephanie’s eyes dropped as she took in a shaky breath. “If Adaline was out of the picture, if she left you, would you want me then, Emmit?”
My eyes widened in horror. “What?”
“She’s going to hurt you eventually. One day she is going to get tired of this life and leave you. But I’ll always be here for you. Always.”
I squeezed my eyes shut as I tried to wipe away everything that just happened in the last two minutes.
As I turned away from Stephanie, I reached into my pocket and pulled my phone out. Hitting Adaline’s number, I dragged in a deep breath. I had to tell her what was happening.
Voicemail.
I tried three more times, and each time it went right to voicemail.
My heart dropped. Adaline never had her phone turned off. I pulled up my mother’s number and hit it.
Stephanie walked up to me and put her hand on my shoulder as I took a step away from her.
“Emmit! How are you sweetheart?”
I didn’t have time for conversation with my mother. I needed to talk to Adaline. “Mom, can you go over to the house and see if Adaline is there?”
“Um—I um, well I can’t do that.”
“Mom, I need to talk to Adaline and her phone is going straight to voicemail.”
“What? Oh God, I hope she’s okay. She left a little bit ago.”
Something inside of me screamed that things weren’t right. Stephanie walked around and stood in front of me as she began to take her shirt off.
“What in the fuck!” I took her by the arm and pushed her out the door. Slamming it shut, I said, “Mom, some crazy shit is happening right now and I need Adaline.”
“Well, if I tell you I’m going to ruin the surprise, but it’s not like her to not answer her phone. Adaline has been planning a surprise birthday party for you. Robby sent her a text saying that Stephanie had dropped the cake off at the shop and that he couldn’t bring it with him because you would see it. So, Adaline headed to the shop just a few minutes ago to pick up the cake.”
Holy shit. This is not happening.
My legs about gave out on me as I turned and looked at Robby’s phone sitting on my desk. I walked over to the phone and pulled up his text messages. There was nothing sent to Adaline in the last thirty minutes.
“Mom, are you sure Robby sent her a text?”