Mitchell did not find Sarah's whereabouts when he arrived at his residence. Only Thalia came to welcome him home happily.
"Daddy … you are finally come home. Thalia got tired of waiting. Moreover, mom hasn't come home since this afternoon either."
Thalia's words, of course, startled him. How could Sarah leave Thalia with only the maids(?) Meanwhile, her job was only a housewife and nothing else.
"Where's mommy, honey?"
"Thalia doesn't know, Papa. Arriving at the house earlier, Mommy left without being escorted by the driver."
"Didn't she say anything before going to Thalia?"
"No, Dad. Oh yes, Thalia has good news. Today there is a new teacher and Thalia's new homeroom teacher. Her name is Mrs. Deswita. She is very kind to Thalia."
Mitchell, who already knew about it from Devan and had also met the person his daughter was referring to, chose to pretend not to know.
"Wow, that's very good news. Hopefully, Thalia can be more enthusiastic about coming to school with the new teacher."
"Of course, Daddy. Thalia can't wait for the morning to see her."
In the midst of the fun of Mitchell and Thalia joking, Sarah entered in a hurry. She didn't realize that her husband had come home and walked to her room to clean herself.
"Where have you been? Is this how you behave at home when I'm not home from work?"
"M-mitchell… y-you…"
"Leaving Thalia with just the maids until this late. If you can't be a responsible mother, I'd better take Thalia to my parents' house. They can still educate the child."
Without giving Sarah a chance to defend herself, Mitchell got up from the couch and took Thalia in his arms. He paused for a moment. He let go of Thalia's hand and then walked over to Sarah.
"Never again enter the master bedroom from tonight on. I don't want to share a room with a woman who shares sweat with other men. Disgusting!"
Mitchell walked back to Thalia and took her hand again. Joking around as if nothing had happened.
Not without reason, Mitchell said that to Sarah. Without the woman saying a reason, he already knew where Sarah had gone.
The red spot on Sarah's neck proved something she had suspected all along. Mitchell was not ignorant. Everyone has often talked about his wife's behavior out there. However, he pretended not to care.
"I'm getting more and more convinced that you're not as pure as you look, Sarah. It's just that, I didn't expect you to be good at hiding your bad character from everyone. You cunning!"
Mitchell chose to sleep in another room where there was a small bed where he used to rest when he had a lot of work. However, going forward, it seemed that he would be spending more time in this room.
He was so disgusted to see Sarah's body that had been touched by another man's skin. The thought of Sarah coming home tonight after sharing her sweat and giving up sexual desire with someone sickened her.
A curious question came from someone when he decided to accept his parents' advice by marrying Sarah in the midst of despair because of the departure of his ex-fiancé who he loved so much.
"Are you sure that the fetus in Sarah's stomach is your flesh and blood? You've only been married a few months. Meanwhile, Sarah's belly looks bigger than her gestational age.
"What do you mean? I really don't understand."
Devan … Della's business partner and friend and he was the first to raise the question. He didn't understand, or rather was stupid to believe what Sarah said about their first night.
The first night?
Mitchell remembers, at that time, after their celebratory wedding party held by his parents, someone gave him a glass of water which he drank immediately until there was nothing left.
But, after that, Mitchell felt heat all over his body. Not the usual heat. Because, at that time, he felt an extraordinary passion that was unbearable and had to be channeled to someone immediately.
Without shame, he whispered something into Sarah's ear, who was legally his wife, and took her to the room the hotel had prepared for them.
"Hahaha, looks like the groom can't wait to rip Sarah's pleasure hole. Cheer up, Mitchell… show your might."
He ignored the taunts of his parents and some friends who saw him pulling Sarah's hand, who was still wearing her wedding dress. In his mind at that time, he just wanted to immediately finish the desire that suddenly came.
Without warming up, Mitchell attacked Sarah, who was very confused at the change in her. However, a second later, the awkwardness between them turned into soft sighs and then turned into muffled screams as the two were released again and again. Then later, both of them fell asleep because they were tired.
The next morning, Mitchell woke up clutching his aching head. It was more surprising when he saw Sarah, who was fast asleep and also herself naked on the bed.
"Damn it! What have I done? Why am I in the same bed as Sarah? W-what, Sarah and I have… no! This can't be happening. Our marriage is only temporary. Sarah and I shouldn't have had this relationship. I just love Della Hernandez ."
"Good morning Mitchell..."
He was surprised when he heard the voice of Sarah who had just woken up. Staring at Sarah's blushing face with embarrassment and covering her naked body with a thick blanket.
"S-sarah… s-I'm sorry. Th-it's not what you think. I-I… argh! Who was the person who gave me the drink last night?"
"Mitchell, never mind. It's already happened. I-I'm sorry too. I should have stopped myself from seeing you last night. But… I'm scared. What if I get pregnant? We do this when I'm fertile."
"I-I'll take responsibility. Don't worry, Sarah. I should be the one apologizing for involving you in my family matters."
At that time, Mitchell was like an idiot. Just believe in the words and attitude of Sarah, who seems perfect to play a role.
Sure enough, two months later, Sarah admitted that she was pregnant. Stupidly, Mitchell believed it. Moreover, his family was also very enthusiastic when Sarah announced her pregnancy in front of the extended family who were currently gathered at her parents' house.
"Congratulations to both of you. Mama and papa didn't expect to have grandchildren so soon. This is really happy news for our family, Sarah. Thank you. You are indeed my favorite daughter-in-law."
Mitchell wasn't too enthusiastic about Sarah's news of the pregnancy. Because pregnancy is still a big question mark for him. However, he didn't want to disappoint everyone who happened to be there and still greeted the news with a smile on his lips.
And now, Devan's words at that time replayed in Mitchell's mind. He sensed that something was wrong with Sarah's behavior. Secretly, he wanted to do something to prove his suspicions.
"DNA testing is the only way to prove my suspicions."
Mitchell tries to contact Devan to help him do a DNA test on Thalia. However, his friend was very difficult to contact. Suspicions arise if Devan is spending the night with the female teacher. For some reason, jealousy arose in him.
"Damn it! Why am I thinking about Deswita and Devan? Actually, what is the relationship between the two? I suspect they have a special relationship. Argh, why should I care?"
Mitchell chose to close his eyes and think of a plan to prove his suspicions. Hope tomorrow morning everything will be back to normal and fine. He would also think about how to approach Deswita, Thalia's new teacher – her daughter.
"We will meet again soon, Deswita…"
***
"What did Mitchell mean by that? Did he know anything?"
Sarah chose to leave the living room after Mitchell,her husband and Thalia were out of sight. She entered the main room and intended to clean herself as her husband had told her.
How surprised Sarah was when she saw a lot of brownish red spots all over her neck. She also saw the marks on both of her breasts.
"Damn you Abraham!! Are you doing this on purpose to embarrass me in front of Mitchel? You'll see, I'll do the math with you later!"
Sarah was very angry and also embarrassed. Abraham seems to have done this on purpose to show Sarah's ownership of him.
She promised in her own heart that she would make a reckoning with the man who had been her lover all along.
"If the big secret I've been keeping all this time is exposed because of you, I won't stay silent. I'll make sure you rot in hell if Mitchell divorces me."
Sarah immediately cleaned herself up. She rubbed hard on the areas where there were red marks from Abraham's actions. However, no matter how hard he tried, the red mark didn't go away either.
This time, Sarah was truly afraid of losing Mitchell. She was afraid that her husband would tell their parents about his affair, and break up their newly established business relationship, and Sarah was sure that her parents would hate her for the rest of her life.
"Abraham… I'll kill you! Damn you!"