Fragments – 3

Chapter 3. The Aftermath

I had a dream. In that dream I had sex with a lovely lady, only that it wasn’t a dream at all- as fragments of memories flooded my head at the events that happened the previous night.

There was this woman named Jana that we just met. Last night, I fucked her so many times in so many ways. And Lily…

Of course my wife was with Jana’s husband. The thought knocked out the sleepiness off me.

“Lily?” I asked. But I was alone in my bed, obviously still naked. I got out of the bedroom and checked the baths, but she wasn’t there either.

Andoon pa kaya siya sa kabilang suite? I checked the time. It’s already six in the morning. Medyo kinabahan ako, at dali-daling naghanap ng damit.

While I was hurriedly putting on a shirt, I heard the door open and thought it was my wife coming in.

No. It was Jana and her husband Jake. They were already dressed up and had a small luggage with them. Jana looked unhappy, while Jake was all smiles.

Jana came to me and planted a kiss on my lips. Then she handed me two keycards. One was for this suite, and the other she said was theirs. She also gave me back the short pants I left in their suite. I checked, and in one of the pockets was my phone.

“Go and get your wife. She’s still in our room. She’s is upset, and while I can understand it, you should know women.” Jana seriously told me. “Mahirap intindihin ang aming iniisip. What happened, already happened. Comfort her, and I hope you both get over it.”

And with that she turned around and started to walk out the door.

“W-why? What happened? Is she okay?” I ran after her.

She stopped and looked at me shaking her head. “No, she’s not okay. She’s mad at me, at Jake, and perhaps at you too.”

Asking too many whys is just plain stupid. Of course my wife is upset. I selfishly left her last night to feed my own lust for another woman. Then I slept the rest of the night and only just woke up. Who wouldn’t be mad?

Outside the door, Jake shook hands with me and said goodbye. He smiled wickedly at me saying “I had a wonderful night. Your wife was amazing.”

Nagpanting ang tenga ko. When I left last night, my memory tells me, he was eating my wife’s pussy. What happened after that?

As I squeezed his hand in anger, I felt something hard within his hand. His smile was telling me that he was giving it to me.

“A little something to remember.” With that he let go, and both of them walked away. Jana looked back once more, and waved at me.

I stood there looking at their figures until they were gone. I looked at that little something in my hand.

An SD card!

Instantly, I had an idea of what was inside it. Kinabahan ako bigla, at nanginig ang aking kamay. Pero I had no time to check it, what matters most is Lily, my precious wife.

I hurriedly got inside Jake and Jana’s room using their keycard. There, inside the bedroom I found my wife sitting on one side of the bed while looking through the window.

The curtains of the room were opened so the sunlight was coming in, filling her face with brightness. But her aura wasn’t bright, far from it. It was more like bottled anger and loneliness mashed up together.

She wasn’t crying, but I think she should have. It would have made sense. She looked broken. What the hell happened?

I sat beside her, and hugged her. “Babe, I’m sorry.”

She did not move nor talk. After a while I heard her murmur, “What are you sorry for?”

“For everything,” I said.

“Then you are not truly sorry.” And with that, she untangled my arms that are hugging her and she stood up.

“Let’s go home.”

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The trip back home was uneventful. Both of us were silent. I was famished as I didn’t have breakfast. So must she be. But we both felt going back home was more important than everything else.

The drive home was 4 hours. It was the most excruciating 4 hours of my life.

And when I was in the intersection that cuts through the apartment we were renting, she finally said some words to me.

“Not here. Bring me to my mom’s.”

So I slowed down and drove the car to the opposite direction, and After 20 minutes I stopped at a two-story house. It was the house where Lily grew up. Lily got out of the car without looking at me. I shook my head and followed her.

As we walked up the steps leading to the house, I heard the front door open and out came Lily’s mother.

Bakas sa mukha nito ang pagkabigla, pero hindi maitatago ang saya nya.

“Lily! Roger! Halikayo pasok”

The mother and daughter exchanged hugs. Lisa, her mother, also gave me a hug.

“Mom, may pagkain pa ba? Hindi pa kasi ako nag-breakfast.” Ang sabi ni Lily ng nakapasok na kami. In fact, dumiretso na kami sa kusina, dahil talagang gutom na.

One thing about this house that I’ve known for years, ay parang hindi nauubusan ng pagkain. Parating may nakatabing makakain kung sakaling may darating na bisita.

“Of course, you know Mommy. Walang pwedeng magutom sa bahay na ito. Umupo lang kayo, ikaw din Roger.” At ilang sandali pa, nakahain na ang simple pero masarap na agahan sa hapag namin.

It’s more like a brunch, I corrected myself. Despite our silent disagreement, we had a hearty breakfast, with Mom Lisa asking us about our honeymoon at the side.

Of course, we only shared most of the good things, and strayed away from mentioning even about the last night at the hotel, much more about the couple we befriended while we were there.

After breakfast, Lily got up and started walking to the second floor.

“Mom, I’ll sleep here for today. So tired,” she said.

Sa second floor ang dating kwarto ni Lily. Napag-usapan na namin na after nang kasal, yung solong kwarto nya ay para sa aming dalawa na. Kapag mag-e-stay kami for a night dito sa bahay ng mama nya, then doon kami matutulog.

Susunod sana ako kay Lily nang maalala ko na hindi ko pala nabitbit ang luggage namin at andoon pa sa kotse. Kaya nang akmang aalis ako palabas para kunin mga gamit namin, tinawag ako ng mama nya.

“O Roger anak, saan ka pupunta?”

Sasagot sana ako, pero inunahan ako ni Lily. “Mom, he’s going back to the apartment. He has work to do.”

“Agad?” Lisa was shocked.

Napakamot na lang ako ng buhok. Looking at Jana’s angry eyes, it was clearly her way of rejecting me. My heart sank, pero hindi ako nagpahalata kasi andoon ang mama nya.

“Opo mom, may emergency sa work. Candice called, yung assistant ko, saying it was urgent.” Pagsisinungaling ko pa.

Ang totoo, may extra 2 days pa kami before kelangang bumalik sa work. Kasama yun sa hiningi naming leave, in case mapagod kami coming from the honeymoon.

It turned out, kelangan nga namin ng extrang time. Hindi lang kami napagod, parang nawindang ang mundo namin. Lily, obviously took the harder hit, and I pray that whatever’s on that SD card would shed light to the problem.

“Roger, is that Candice the tall lady with blonde-dyed hair?” Mom Lisa asked me as she led me out of the house.

“Yes, opo. She attended the wedding as well.” I nodded.

“Well, Roger just a piece of advice from someone who’s been there. Lily doesn’t like that girl. Perhaps because she seems too wild and unnecessarily too close to you. If you can avoid it, just don’t mention her in front of your wife. Keep distance if you can. I know you’re a good person, and won’t hurt Lily.”

Malaman ang sinabi ng Mama ni Lily. She could feel something is wrong with us even if we don’t admit it. Lisa is sensitive to these kind of things. She, as somebody who went through hell with Lily’s father, before they (Lily’s mom and dad) decided to separate and have their marriage annulled. I heard Lily was just in high school then when her parents called it quits.

Lily’s older sister, whom she didn’t get along with, went to live with her father. And Lily chose to be with her mother. They eventually lost communication. Mom Lisa tried to locate her other daughter, but it was like they disappeared from the face of the earth. It was for this reason that Lily had to ask her maternal uncle to walk her down the aisle in our wedding.

I assured Mom Lisa that my life was only for Lily, and that any other women would never be able to get in the way of our marriage.

Mom Lisa bade me goodbye with satisfaction. I drove to the apartment in a hurry. I felt skittish and nervous just thinking about the content of the SD card.

When I reached the apartment, I got in right away and even before taking my clothes off, I retrieved my laptop and turned it on. I slid the SD card into its slot, and impatiently checked its content.

Just two videos. I nervously clicked on the one with filename 1, and saw it was just around 40 minutes long. The other one was bigger in size, so I assumed it was longer than this one.

When the video played, I saw Lisa on a large bed right away, which I assumed was the one in Jake and Jana’s hotel suite. She was totally naked and looked flushed.

The video zoomed in on my wife’s face, prompting Lisa to cover her face.

“Stop it. Please.” I heard my wife complain.

Then the guy said (which I could tell was Jake), “Don’t worry! We will delete it naman afterwards. Besides, this is your phone.”

Lily frantically covered her face, and as much as she could of her naked body. I took note of her breasts, and notice her nipples were erect. Perhaps it was just recently sucked or licked. I also caught a glimpse of her bushy pussy that looked drenched.

After a minute or so, Jake put the phone down, facing the bed. I could clearly see Lily just lying there. Jake got back to bed on top of Lily. Jake tried to kiss her, but Lily dodged all of his attempts. His lips instead landed on her neck.

Jake didn’t mind the clear rejection. He continued to land some kisses on her neck, which made Lily moan. All this time, Jake was fondling her breast in circular motion. Parang naghuhulma ng pandesal.