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idea up to Jeffrey but he quickly shot it down. There was too much work to be
done at the firm. He couldn’t afford to take a week off for some meaningless
vacation. There would be plenty of time for travelling once they had really
established themselves in their careers.
    It had really hurt her when he said that line about a
meaningless vacation. What could possibly be meaningless about it, if they were
spending time together? And that’s when she started to question the point of
being in a relationship if they couldn’t even spend time together. And
especially on the night that he knew was really important to her.
    Sure, it wasn’t their third wedding anniversary. They’d been
dating for three years but they still were not engaged. And they’d been living
in the same apartment for the last year. But marriage was one of the subjects
that Jeffrey refused to talk about. Every time she tried to bring it up, he
would frown and wave his hands in front of his face.
    A few months ago she happened to see Jeffrey’s phone sitting
on the couch. She didn’t think much of it at first. But then it started
beeping, non-stop. Someone was clearly sending him lots of texts. She thought
that maybe it was a family member or something. His mother had recently spent a
couple weeks in the hospital. And the first thought she had was that something
might have happened to her. So when she went to pick up the phone she was not
snooping on him. But what she saw were definitely not texts from anyone in his
family.
    There were texts from a Jessica, a Mandy, and a Chloe. Her
heart sank when she saw those names. She had to find out who those girls were
and why they were talking to him. The first few messages sent waves of jealousy
flooding through her body. There were some very suggestive texts sent back and
forth, but before she had time to scroll through all of the messages and really
get a feel for the nature of the relationship, she heard the front door
opening.
    For a moment her body froze. Her mind went blank. She had no
idea what to do. She considered running. She considered throwing the phone
across the room. But all she did was stand there while the door opened and
Jeffrey burst back into the apartment. She dropped the phone on the couch in
the exact place where she had picked it up.
    Jeffrey rushed into the apartment without saying anything to
her and nearly knocked her out of the way as he went straight for his phone. He
didn’t even look at the screen. He stuffed it straight in his pocket and turned
to head out again. She thought that was really weird. He never acted like that.
So she decided to call after him.
    “Hey Jeffrey, is everything all right?”
    He turned around slowly and glared at her. Then he sighed
and lowered his eyes. She walked towards him and put her arms around him and
once again asked him if everything was all right. He sighed again before
raising his eyes to meet hers. She grew really worried that something was
wrong. Maybe those texts, at least some of them, did have to do with his
mother.
    “It’s Mom,” he said burying his head in her shoulder. “She
has to go back to the hospital for more tests. The bills just keep adding up.”
     She ran my fingers through his hair and tried to comfort
him as best she could. Then she wiped away a few tears that had begun to form
in his beautiful, light green eyes.
     For the next hour they’d stayed on the couch, talking and
crying. By the end of the day she had completely forgotten about the female
names she’d found on his phone and the sexually suggestive texts that she’d
seen.
    But now all these months later, those memories were coming
back. And she felt as if all of her mind and body were being taken over by
thoughts of jealousy.

Chapter 3
     
    Austin woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of
his phone beeping. He felt certain that it was Tanya. About damn time, he said
to himself. When he picked up the phone, he grunted in disappointment.