You are still the best

Sharon and Hyde (not real names) were neighbours from childhood; their likeness for each other was always there from when Hyde fought anyone who looked for Sharon’s trouble till adulthood when they realised that what they felt for each other was more than meets the eyes.

It was Hyde who took away her innocence, right under the staircase; it wasn’t planned she was sent on an errand and she went through the back stairs. At that same time, Hyde came through his own back door and they bumped into each other, to make it worse or better (depending on how you see it) there was no light. (Up NEPA!)

It was mutual, no words said, it just happened and they both felt very good. It was a month of torture as both hoped and prayed that Sharon was not pregnant; finally the wait was over and they were overjoyed and promised not to do it again till they were ready for marriage.

Their relationship grew even stronger till Matty (not real name) the new girl whose family had just moved into the street took an interest in Hyde, who wouldn’t? Hyde was too fine then. Matty was carefree and kind of wild; when other girls still pretended to be innocent, she took pride in being referred to as the “bad girl”; she did the chasing and it excited the boys.

Like many other boys, Hyde could not resist Matty, Sharon caught them at that same spot where she gave in to Hyde and she was heartbroken for months. She lost a lot of weight and couldn’t tell anyone what she was going through.

Fast forward to adulthood, Hyde and Sharon got married, six years into their marriage; on a certain day Sharon reads a text from a lady on her husband’s phone. She saves the number on her own phone and forgets all about it. Some days later, Hyde tactfully walks out from the room to take a call, Sharon also tactfully checked the number and it was the same number.

Two weeks later, she read another text from the same number, “You are still the best”. She checked to see if this number was on a particular social media platform; lo and behold, with her best smile and looking even more stunning was Matty!!!

Sharon has moved out of her home with their four year old daughter, she says it could have been more tolerable if it was another woman but not the same woman who humiliated her years ago. She wants to file for a divorce.

I know how she feels and I may be wrong but I really do not think that it is enough reason to divorce Hyde who has been asking for forgiveness ever since.