CHAPTER 1

“Am I speaking with Mr. Gray?” A masculine voice asked at the other end of the call.

“Yes please!!" Jonathan responded with an enquiring tone.

“I'm afraid you need to come to the hospital right now. This is Dr. Solomon speaking, your wife was admitted a few hours ago and it is very urgent, she has hospitalisation bills that needs to be sorted out, so your presence is needed right now." The voice said with a hint of urgency.

A feeling of fear and agitation flushed through him and he spoke to the doctor in a stutter, “My wife? How come?"

Jonathan was very sure he left her at home that morning, hale and hearty. She had held his hands and hugged him warmly before he left for work.

“Doctor, is my wife okay?" Jonathan went on to ask.

His palms are already getting sweaty.

“First of all you need to calm down, and then come over to the hospital. That best answers your question.” the doctor added.

Jonathan hung up the call that moment, walking out of the office to the hallways in fast strides.

He had no time to return to the meeting so he simply told the receptionist that he had to deal with an emergency in case his presence was needed. Once that was done, he proceeded to the hospital to meet with the doctor as quickly as possible.

In a few minutes time, Jonathan was already on his way to the hospital, his mind racing with worry as he stepped hard on the accelerator increasing his speed.

His thoughts were a blur as he tried to make sense of the situation. Sarah, his wife, was perfectly fine when he left for work that morning. What had happened?

It didn't take long for him to arrive at the hospital.

Before any other thing, he had to pay the medical fees which maxed out his credit card. Next, he was guided to the doctor's office.

The doctor’s expression was serious, and seeing that increased Jonathan's anxiety, his heart almost beating out of his chest.

“Can I see my wife now?" He asked, a tone of urgency in his voice.

The doctor sighed.

“Of course, Mr. Jonathan, you will but there's something important I need to speak to you about."

Jonathan moved on his seat nervously, and nodded in affirmation to the doctor's words.

The doctor began, “You see... Your wife's test results revealed that she has ruptured corpus luteum and anal fissure."

He added, "I understand that you young people have so much passion towards your partner but we need to discuss avoiding intense sexual activities in the future."

Confusion clouded Jonathan's face. "Doctor Solomon, please, can you bring your words down to my level? I'm not in the medical field."

“Your wife has severe tears detected to be the result of frequent and intense sexual activities." the doctor explained.

Jonathan's face turned pale as he tightened his fist, controlling himself not to make an outburst. His mind struggled to process the information he had just received.

Jonathan knew that he and his wife, Sarah had not been intimate for weeks due to his demanding work schedule. She had even suggested they take a break regarding sexual activities since it wore her off and he obliged in order to please her.

But meanwhile, she was cheating on him while he was away at work, struggling to make ends meet and cater for the family and her lover did not show up, rather he was called.

Jonathan's heart churned.

Infuriated and saddened, Jonathan rose from his seat in a rush, advancing towards the nearest ward. His eyes darted from left to right as he sought for her, terribly heartbroken from the doctor's revelation.

He finally caught sight of her laying on the bed, at the right hand side of the ward with a pale face.

At that moment, her eyes fluttered open as her gaze met his.

"Jon, what -- what are you doing here?" She stuttered in a trembling voice.

Jon was how Sarah addressed him. It was a short form of his name Jonathan.

Jonathan stared at his wife for a few seconds. He couldn't find his tongue as the weight of the situation had weighed him down.

“You've been cheating on me with another man? Who is he?"

“How could you accuse me of such? I would never cheat on you!" Sarah denied.

Her voice was trembling as she spoke, and she tried as much as possible to avoid his gaze.

“ You did cheat on me, didn't you? The doctor confirmed it himself!” Jonathan fired in anger.

He was trying to remain cool, but the fact that Sarah was denying the accusation was more infuriating.

“ I didn't cheat on you.” She repeated, her voice trembling in panic.

Seeing that Jonathan wasn't ready to give in, Sarah’s expression changed.

At first, she panicked, but then decided to play the victim card.

"You are never at home, always working, leaving me alone to take care of our child. I have long suspected you were cheating on me, now that I'm hospitalised, you see it as a perfect opportunity to get rid of me. I never knew you were this heartless!"

Her words immediately became a song on the lips of the surrounding patients and medical staff as they began to gossip.

Some were not afraid to raise their voice as they cursed Jonathan for being a bad husband with a loving wife, that he didn't deserve her.

Sarah's lack of shame annoyed Jonathan and he hated that.

He couldn't believe she played the victim card and tagged him as the undeserving husband, despite the fact that she was the one who cheated on him with another man.

"Do you have an explanation to this?" Jonathan asked with anger as he threw the hospital test report at her.