It was a pleasant day in Chelsea, the birds were singing, and Athena was preparing Adam Jr. and Happiness for their day in the kindergarten. Adam, Athena's husband, was preparing himself for gym and he was verry happy.
To be honest, Adam was happy because today he was going to see his daughter Rose that was flying to England from South Africa. It has been two years that Adam saw Rose for the last time when he fought to South Africa with Athena and the kids to go visit one of his siblings on Christmas.
Adam Jr. and Happiness were playing in the living room waiting for their mother to finish preparing breakfast so all of them could eat as a family. Adam was climbing the steps to meet all of them in the kitchen when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.
"Adam, are you expecting anyone today?" Athena asked Adam with an expressionless face. She was confused because they don't normally receive guests so early in the morning and most of the time Adam informs her if he´s expecting someone to meet him in the house.
Since he owns a gym in London, he normally have his meetings with potential investors in the house or in a coffee shop close by, but they always passed through the house to come meet him since most of them don't know Chelsea the same way he knows it.
"I don't recall have any meetings this morning." He replied with a cold gaze. He doesn't recall meeting a investor but he knew that it could be Desire Shaw by their door. 'Is she so dumb to come and knock my door knowing that this could ruin my marriage? God, please, don't be her at the door!'
Desire Shaw was one of the clients that Adam's gym has that requested for him to be her personal trainer. He's verry popular among the fitness influencers, so he didn't thought too much about it and accepted her request. They became close and they had sex that resulted in a child that this year is 3 years old. He never confessed his sins to his wife Athena because he knew that in the minute he said the words 'I cheated on you and had a child' would meant the end of everything including his business.
"Happiness, dear, can you go open the door for mommy?" Athena asked her older daughter looking to Adam. She understood that he knew who was at the door due to the fear that his eyes transmitted.
"Yes, mommy!" Happiness took Adam Jr. with her because she didn't want to see the two parents fighting in front off them.
Athena looked at Adam with a cold gaze and asked, "Are you sure you don't know who's at the door?"
She knew for some time that her husband was strange for some months, and she was suspicious of a potential cheating. She was just waiting for him to come forward and have the balls to tell her the truth. But he never did it so she thought that was a problem regarding the gym because lately he has been stating that the gym has some financial problems. Plus, she has her own business too and she understands the obstacles that comes when you decide to do things on your own.
"I'm sure. I don't know who's at the door."
"Since you say that you don't know, lets go check it together."
Adam became anxious when he heard what his wife said and was afraid of what he thought it was, was really what he'll see at the door.
Adam and Athena went together to the leaving room were they found Happiness and Adam Jr. playing with their toys.
Athena looked confused and asked Happiness, "Where's the person that was knocking the door?"
"She is still outside. We did not allow her to enter because we don't know her. You told us to never allow strange people to enter in the house without you knowing. And since you looked upset in the kitchen, we did not want to disturb the two of you."
Athena was stunned with such reply. She did not knew that Happiness already understands when someone is angry. Plus, she didn't even knew that her expression was too obvious for a four-year-old child understand.
"You did well." Athena said squatting to face Happiness with a big smile on her lips. "I wasn't angry, I was simply shocked because we are not expecting any guests today." She added giving a kiss on Happiness cheek.
Athena got up and looked at Adam with a 'I am going to kill you' look and Adam simply downed his head in an apologetic way.
She opened the door and found a beautiful black woman with a mixed child in her arms. She was confused at the beginning because she didn't understood why the woman was knocking her door.
"Daddy!", the child said looking at Adam with her small arms on the air, waiting to be picked.
By Athena's look Adam could understand that she was livid and if she could, she would kill the three of them: him, the child and Desire.
"Please, come in." Athena looked at the two unknown guests with a faint smile and give space for mother-daughter duo enter their home.
She looked at Adam with an expressionless face and entered into the house were Adam hurriedly followed her. He was scared that Athena will do something that will regret later.
Athena went to the kitchen and took her phone that was close to the cooktop and called Emeka Jr., her brother, that lived a couple blocks down from her.
Emeka didn't took much time to pick her sister call.
"Emeka, have you left the house?" She asked him with tremble voice.
"No. What is going on? Why do you sound like you want to cry?" He asked worriedly because he thought that something happened in the house.
"I'm having a small fever, that's why my voice sound like I want to cry." She replied knowing that his brother will understand what is really going on.
"Okay. I'm coming to pick the kids so they can all go to the zoo." Emeka replied understanding exactly what she meant with her sentence.
When they were kids and something was wrong with her, to avoid the parents understand what really happened to her, she used that line to make them more relieved. But, the brothers already knew that something was wrong because when she has fever, her voice was still strong as when she is not sick.
"I'll let them know that you are coming to take them to the zoo." Athena replied to her brother with a sad voice.
"Don't be like that. I am sure is a misunderstanding." He tried to comfort his sister even if he does not know about the situation.
"I hope you are right." Athena said in a hopeful tone.