She was always the polite one, well mannered and quiet. He did not see this coming. But as she threw the wallet at Diego, he had to take a step back when it hit his chest. You would like to think she was aiming at his heart.
‘Cecilia please take a deep breath and let me speak’ her screams were hurting his ears. This is not the picture he had in his mind this afternoon when he was drinking his coffee, daydreaming about his wife.
‘Let you speak? Well then you may start your explanation now, I’m listening’ her voice was still too high-pitched for a polite conversation. The veins on her neck were showing a pulse rate of a marathon runner.
‘I have nothing to explain to you. Are you physically not able to understand this?’ Now Diego’s voice started to catch up in the screaming race. If there was a third person in the room this would be the moment for making an imaginary bet on the winner of this fight. Upper class screams vs. Arrogant remarks.
‘You wanted me to let you speak, so speak. Can’t wait to hear another lie.’
‘You make it too easy to be lied to.’ Diego couldn’t have rolled his eyes in a more patronising way as the insulting words left his lips. He stared out the window and kept his gaze on the marshmallow-like sky just to avoid Cecilia’s eyes. He always hated marshmallows. ‘I was at Jake’s practising my English. I go there twice a week I told you. I am disappointed in you Cee for accusing me.’ He said and turned around to give her a cold look. It didn’t make her feel what he was aiming for. Instead she flew into a rage and they were back to round one again. Creating a new winning strategy in his mind was more difficult than challenging this time but he succeeded as always.
‘Are you ignoring me now? Diego Sanchez you better not leave the house now or you will have nowhere to come back to!’ she yelled when her husband slammed the front door.
Diego picked up his wallet from the floor on his way out and opened it when he finally didn’t feel Cecilia’s eyes drilling his back. The note from Jake was still there. His blood rushed to his brain as he realised his enormous mistake.
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