Edna took the lady to a place not too far away from the parking lot. It was quite a distance because she didn't want either Derek or her husband to intrude in the conversation she intended to have with the lady.They both found somewhere to sit. However, the lady didn't look comfortable sitting beside her. She was sure that if the lady had the chance, she would leave the place.Edna had so many questions that she wanted to ask her. She didn't know where to start from but she was going to start anyway.She was surprised that she wasn't overwhelmed by anger. Instead, the only thing consuming her was the confusion of the incident of today.Finally, she first asked, "What's your name again?"Reluctantly, the lady responded: "Anne.""Now, Anne, you'll have to start explaining yourself to me because I can smell something fishy going on around here. I don't know what has been going on between you and Richard but I know it hasn't been something good.All along, I thought the lady with him was
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Edna asked the lady, her tone laced with impatience. It was way over two minutes but she still hasn't heard anything from her."Because I don't know where to begin!" the lady said in a hysterical voice."I already gave you the basics for what you need to say. Use that as a frame," Edna simply told her.This time she didn't make it sound like dhe was tired of waiting for her to begin. She was calm this time around as she wanted the lady to know that she was going to wait for her to speak.It looked like the lady was taking her time to speak but her expression showed that she wanted to say something. And that was what Edna was waiting for.Eventually, the lady said, "The first time I figured out that Mr. Richard wanted me to dress up like Catherine, I confronted him about it.I asked him why he would make me dress up like someone else just to be with him and he told him it was what he loved. Something about it makes him feel fresh."A fetish, Edna thoug
"Richard was never with Catherine?""He was never with her," the lady admitted. "He tried but never got the chance to be with her because she kept rejecting him each time he made an advance toward her.""And how do you know all this?" Edna asked."Because he told me. He was never bothered to mention the fact that he tried getting her but each time failed no matter what he did."Edna noticed the edge in her tone when she spoke. The lady was clearly trying to suck in her emotions but she wasn't handling it well."How did that make you feel?" Edna wanted to know. She was trying to take advantage of the lady's vulnerability and it was working."I've never felt good about it," the lady stated. "It was disrespectful to me because he was always rubbing it unknowingly to my face that I would never be good enough for him. Of course, it hurts to know that.""Yet that didn't stop you from staying with him.""I love him. That's all that matters."Edna shook her head. She couldn't believe her ears
"Okay, okay. I'll speak."It was then that Derek decided to let the man go. But even when he did that, it was kind of rough that the man almost fell to the ground.He watched as the man adjusted the shirt he was wearing in order to look more appropriate. He also noticed the scars on the man's face which came from beating him up.Derek had never been prouder of something he had done than this."It was never Catherine," Richard finally confessed."Then why did you lie to me that it was her?""How on earth was I to admit that I was messing around with someone that I made to look so much like her?""So you're telling me now that you made someone impersonate as my wife just so you could fulfill whatever stupid fantasy of yours, is that it?""It wasn't a fantasy.""Shut up, you idiot!" Derek barked at him. "You shouldn't even have the mouth to talk now that I know all this! I should involve the police at this point."The man didn't seem fazed by his threat of the police. He wasn't surprised
"After blackmailing Catherine and not getting a positive response from her, I decided to stalk her in order to get more evidence about her relationship with that man," Richard stated."What did you get from stalking her?" Derek wanted to know."I was able to find out about her strange movements. She always left the company at noon and I figured it was the man she went to meet each time. But I never got enough evidence to back that up because it seemed she knew she was being followed and so hid her tracks well."So, Nadia wasn't lying about her going out of the company every afternoon, Derek thought. Except that all along, it wasn't with whom he thought she did it with.How was there a man in the picture that he had no idea about? Was this so-called man the reason she attempted an abortion if she actually had one?He still had to deal with the man in front of him first which was why he decided to put off the thoughts from his head for the time being."All this while, and I'm talking ab
"So terrible that you had to delete any evidence you had against her?" Derek asked."That kind of terrible, yes," Richard agreed. "Asides from being a senior manager at the Jackson and Sons Consortium, I don't know if you know that I run a small enterprise with my wife. It's sort of like a family business passed down to us.""Yeah, Edna told me.""Well, I'm sure she forgot to tell you that all of a sudden at some point, our enterprise went from bringing in huge profit for us to almost getting us bankrupt.We went from being a top small enterprise to almost getting the business confiscated from us.""The only thing she told me was that you have neglected the business and it's mostly her doing these days.""She isn't wrong about that. But before I decided to let the business go and focus on my position as a senior manager of the Jackson and Sons Consortium, we lost major deals and potential clients.Not just that, we also lost ongoing clients and every other partner that worked with us.
Night time came and Derek left the office in his car. He had all his stuff packed at the backseat and it almost looked like he was going for a ride out of the city.For the first time in more than a week, he wasn't going to be spending the night in a hotel. After deliberating throughout the evening, he finally decided it was time to go back home.He wasn't sure how Catherine was going to take his sudden return back home. He wasn't even sure if she would be home. But it was time for him to face his fears and get more facts from all of this.Just because of the fear he had in him about going home to meet her, he intentionally rode slowly all the way to the apartment.Normally, he was the type of driver that would wish everyone would be at least a bit faster than normal while not exceeding the speed limit. However, this time, things were different.Eventually, he arrived at the apartment. For about a minute or more, he stayed inside the car without getting down from it.Different thought
The next day, Derek planned a proper meeting with Nadia. He asked her to meet him at any location she pleased and she chose a waffle house for confidentiality.He arrived at the waffle house few minutes before the appointed time and got himself a table while waiting for the lady to arrive.When he checked the time on his wristwatch, he figured it was twenty-five minutes after seven. It was enough time for him to finish up with the little meeting and get home to his wife.Nadia arrived something around seven forty-three, a bit later than the appointed time.Immediately, she apologized, "Sorry for keeping you waiting. Was caught up with a task at work.""It's fine," he told her with a neutral tone as he wasn't even that bothered about her tardiness."Do they have anything chilled here? I'm hot," Nadia announced as she blew on her face with her hand."I'm sure they do. Waiter," Derek helped call the waiter who arrived in a few seconds. "Get the lady anything cold, thank you."The waiter