Elise was at a restaurant with her husband, Daniel, and Marianne, her best friend. “You’re so lucky to have Daniel, my friend,” Marienne said to Elise, while she was playing with Daniel’s feet under the table.
“Absolutely,” Elise smiled.
Then Daniel’s phone got ranged, and he excused himself. As he left, Elise turned to Marianne and said, “I think Daniel might be seeing someone else.”
As Marianne got stressed, and started to sweat, Elise asked from her friend to flirt with Daniel to test him. She wanted to learn the truth.
Marianne agreed, and then Daniel returned. Then Elise’s phone got ranged, and she said before she left, “It’s my mom. She’s not well and needs me. I have to go to her.”
“Of course, go. We understand,” Daniel said, and kissed his wife. After she left, Marianne said, “Well, that’s convenient.”
“Maybe we should cool things off. She might be onto us.” Daniel said.
“She suspects something, but not us. She even asked me to seduce you, to test your loyalty. Imagine that!” Marianne giggled.
“This isn’t funny. It’s getting risky.”
Daniel responded.
“Elise is gone, and we’re here alone. Let’s enjoy the moment.” Marianne ignored his concern.
“How far do we take this?” Daniel said, as he agreed.
“As far as necessary to keep us safe,” Marianne said.
“What if we’re caught?” Daniel was worried again.
“We won’t. We’re careful,” Marianne said.
Few days later, while Elise was preparing her bag for her business trip, Marianne had visited her with a neck pillow. Then she started to talk about her request at the restaurant. “He’s completely faithful.”
“I was just paranoid, then. This is good news.” Elise said.
“It’s perfectly normal to have doubts sometimes. But I’m glad it all worked out.” Marianne hugged to Elise.
“Me too. Thank you for helping me. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
“It’s what friends are for,” Marianne smiled.
“What’s keeping my husband?” Elise said then, and Daniel entered as he apologized for his lateness. While Elise was picking up by a taxi, he was looking at Marianne.
As Elise saw his look towards Marianne, “Yeah, Marianne always picks out nice jewelry.” She said, as she thought that Daniel was looking at Marianne’s pendant.
“Well, that’s my cab. I should head out. Don’t want to miss my flight!” Elise said then, and started to walk out. “Let me help you with those,” Daniel said.
“Take care of yourself while I’m gone. Remember, eat some veggies,” Elise said while hugging to her husband.
“You should eat good food, too. I’ll miss you. Safe travels,” Daniel said.
As she left, Marianne and Daniel rushed back inside “She’s gone,” she whispered, “Yes, she is,” Daneil said.
They filled the bathup, and were playing around. As they stepped into the bathub, they heard the front door got opened. “Daniel? I’m back! I forgot my—”
As Daniel panicked “In here, Elise! Just taking a bath. I’ll be out soon, don’t come in!” He yelled. Marianne dived into the bathub.
“I didn’t expect to find you here. And since when do you like using bath bubbles?” Elise said, as she entered to the bathroom.
“Just wanted to relax a bit. Marianne left a while ago,” Daniel said.
The she pointed the passport, “I accidentally took yours. I found out in the taxi and came back. I’ve rescheduled my flight for tonight.”
“Oh, that’s why you’re back,” Daniel smiled.
“You’re acting strange. What’s going on?”
“Nothing, Elise. It’s just a surprise, that’s all,” Daniel was nervous.
“You seem guilty. Is there something I should know?”
“You should repack. Let’s not dwell on this.” Daniel tried to change the subject.
“We’re not done talking about this, Daniel,” Elise said, and left the bathroom. Then Marianne had the chance to breath.
As Elise saw a pendant, “Why is Marianne’s pendant here?” She said as she returned to the bathroom.
“I—I don’t know, Elise. Maybe Marianne left it by mistake?” Daniel said.
Elise was sure that something was off. “A mistake? How could she leave it here without realizing it? And why would she even take it off in our bedroom?”
“Elise, you’re reading too much into this. It’s just a piece of jewelry,” Daniel said in an awkward laugh.
“It’s not just the pendant, Daniel. It’s the secrets, the lies. I can feel it,” Elise said, as she saw something in the bathub. Then Daniel left the bathub, and wrapped himself to a towel. He approached to his wife, but Elise stepped away, “Elise, I saw how much you admired Marianne’s pendant. I bought one for you as a homecoming gift. I thought it would be a perfect surprise for you,” Daniel said.
“A surprise? Daniel, I’ve only been gone an hour. How could you have possibly bought it in that time?”
“Elise, please, you’re overthinking this. It’s just a gift.”
“A gift? Or a guilt offering? What are you not telling me?”
“Elise, please, this is ridiculous. Let’s just talk about this out in our bedroom,” Daniel tried to take Elise to the bedroom.
“Just a moment longer, Daniel. I need to see something,” Elise responded, as she was looking at the bathub. Daniel knew that he was screwed.
Then Marianne raised her head, as she couldn’t held her breath any longer.
As Daniel was thinking about an excuse, “How long, Daniel?” Elise asked as she was aware of the betrayal.
Daniel accused Marianne with seducing himself, “Seduced? You’re my husband. How could you?” Elise yelled.
“Elise, it wasn’t like that. Daniel, he—he was the one who came onto me first,” Marianne said.
“How dare you? My best friend, betraying me like this?” Elise turned to Marianne. “I can’t even look at either of you right now. Get out. Get out of my house!”
As they started to collect their clothes, “Leave! Now! And don’t bother getting dressed. Let the world see the shame you’ve brought onto yourselves!” Elise screamed.
“I am more than this betrayal,” Elise said to herself as she was looking at the mirror. Then she took her bags, and went to airport, not for her business trip, but to her mother, to calm herself down, and find comfort.
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