when the house phone rang Annabelle was
startled and immediately looked over to
the phone this is the phonecall she'd
been waiting for for hours she noticed
that her hands were shaking
uncontrollably when reaching out to grab
the phone she wanted to know she really
did but she has never been more afraid
of anything in her life she slowly moved
the phone up to her ear hi this is
Annabelle
a voice answers back and then within
seconds tears welled up in her eyes and
everything in front of her turns black
Annabelle and her husband Gerald
were wedded in their early 20s and have
been married for 10 years or so by all
accounts they seemed to have a pretty
normal marriage and a normal life the
main difference between the two was that
Gerald was highly introverted
whereas Annabelle was more of a free
spirit and always lived in the moment
this gets her a lot of attention in most
circles and makes her quite popular with
everyone even though Annabelle was
playful
she was always loyal to her husband but
that all changed during a festive office
Christmas party there was a man named
Jack that worked at the same real estate
firm as Annabelle but they never
actually spoke to each other before but
one Christmas party they somehow got to
know each other as apparently he was
just as much of a free spirit as she was
and was always a center of attention
they instantly clicked at that party and
talked all night long about everything
and nothing they soon began talking more
in the office and meeting up for work
made lunches it was still pretty
innocent until they exchanged numbers
and as they started texting each other
the conversation started getting flirty
aníbal was so conflicted
but she had strong morals so it was at
the point in time she let him know that
she was happily married and didn't want
to go further with his relationship Jack
being a confident man who can't take no
for an answer was even more inspired to
try harder and become the man she
couldn't resist the more time they spent
together at work slowly he began to
break down the walls she built around
her she got herself into an emotional
affair and she didn't even realize it
when he gave her a surprise kiss at one
of their work mate lunches she knew he
had her and she couldn't come back from
it the affair turned physical pretty
quickly and seemed to be going full
speed ahead as they continued their
office romance meanwhile things at home
began to unravel her husband started
noticing a change in his wife's behavior
as she seemed to be getting colder and
colder and wouldn't be as intimate as
she used to
even their conversations were becoming
short and stagnant as she always seemed
irritated for some reason he started
getting suspicious when he noticed
purchases of lingerie that she had never
shown him as well as other questionable
transactions
he was confused and just had to confront
her
he tried to ask what was going on and if
their marriage was in trouble but
somehow she convinced him everything was
fine and the purchases were for a
relative she was helping Jarrell didn't
have a reason not to believe her because
she was always faithful to him for the
past ten years so he took her at her
word and left it as is at this point all
she could think about was jack and how
much more they had in common than with
her husband soon after Jack announced
that he was leaving the company to move
across the country and wanted her to go
with him at first she refused this
couldn't be the way she leaves her
loving husband but as history has shown
he had a way of convincing her in the
end she left her husband and moved to
start a new life with her new lover
gerald was completely devastated by this
betrayal Annabelle's mother and sister
begged her to go home to her husband
they kept telling her that he is a rare
find amongst men a loving and dedicated
husband who'll do anything for her and
this road she's on will only lead to
tragedy
but unfortunately when you're rolling
high on emotions you never see the
wisdom and good advice and you always
choose to go against it
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of course not long after she moved in
with him
Jack's behavior towards her started to
change he wasn't as passionate about her
as before and was even looking at her as
if she was a bother
one day she gets home early from her job
hunt and she found him in bed with a
prostitute she was enraged by the sight
but his response to this rage was
indifference instead of shock or fear he
didn't even seem to care it was like he
wanted to get caught when she asked why
he did it he said because you were
suffocating me I can't even imagine what
it was like for Jared Oh since you were
with him for such a long time
how could he handle someone like you for
so long I would never know humiliated
ashamed and jobless she moved back to
her mother's place Gerald as the good
guy that he is tried to convince her to
go counseling together as they had
invested 10 years into this relationship
and built a life together but Annabelle
was at rock bottom she felt such guilt
and shame for throwing away such a good
marriage for a mere cheap thrill and
couldn't bear the thought of how much
she had hurt him so she refused
some time went by and she started
getting sick for more than a month
she had a persistent cough so she
decided to go to the doctor to her
surprise he confirmed that she had
caught tuberculosis and advised her to
go for an HIV test hours passed and the
suspense was unbearable the fear was
already so overwhelming but to add the
anger she felt towards herself was
practically unbearable though she prayed
for it to not be true she felt like she
would have deserved it after what she
did to him like it was her punishment
after a while she got a phone call and
the new she received completely
shattered her the test came back
positive from this point on she was
drowning in depression and this sped up
the rate of infection quickly to
full-blown AIDS not long after that she
was soon hospitalized and Jerrold her
husband generously paid for a private
room for her and then all
around-the-clock nursing service he even
visits her to wash her hair and her feet
when he was there she would never look
him in the eyes as her shame was just
too overwhelming she felt so bad that
she even felt the need to skip her
medication to attain her untimely death
faster the nurse asked her why she
stopped taking her medication
and she told her the reason was she
wants to die faster because she believes
it is the only way to free her husband
of a wicked woman like her she told her
that she knows for a fact that he won't
touch another as long as she is still
breathing so her death would be her gift
to him which would allow him to find a
woman more worthy than herself one who
would make in her world as he would hers
one day her mother and sister arrived at
the hospital to find her husband drying
her hair he had brought her scented soap
and her favorite shampoo which would
normally lift her spirit but she had
such a faraway look in her eyes coupled
with her bone like weight loss it was
like looking at a moving corpse
it took Annabelle a good minute or so to
recognize their presence in the room and
she greeted them with a small sad smile
they exchanged greetings with her
husband as he thought to excuse himself
in order to give his wife privacy with
her family her sisters suddenly rushed
after him to speak about something they
were just outside of the private room
and properly assumed they couldn't hear
them but that day Annabelle and her
mother learned how quiet hospital wards
can be because sound seemed to travel
more effortlessly there than anywhere
else
her sister wanted to know how he was
doing so she asked him how he was coping
and if he needed anything that he never
had to hesitate to ask then she asked
him a burning question that she wanted
to ask for a while
why are you not angry at that point her
mother tried to distract Annabelle to
prevent her from hearing what was coming
next but she weakly raised her thin arm
and told her mother she wanted to hear
his answer his answer was I wish I knew
I know I should hate her and my anger
would be justified but watching her
suffer makes me want to take her pain
away
I just want to hold her and let her know
it's going to be okay during this
exchange the mother couldn't help but
stare at Hannover she noticed tears
running down her sunken cheeks as she
listened to the conversation and
muttered to herself such a fool
I'm such a fool
she turned around and looked at the
table were wedding fields were lying as
well as three envelopes she planted them
and
our letter she wrote for them
one was for her mother and sister the
other was for a possible
last was to go to the woman who'll marry
her husband after she was gone
her mother was taken aback by the last
statement but she assured her that she
didn't want to cause any more misery
which should be hers alone but this was
her way of contributing and possibly
protecting her husband's future
happiness she also told her mother that
not a day goes by that she wishes she
didn't go back to that office party that
she should have stayed home that night
and shared a cup of tea with her husband
just like he wanted people always say
that the grass is greener on the other
side but sometimes it's a hard lesson to
learn that it doesn't matter how green
the grass you imagined it to be you
should be grateful and feel blessed for
all the wonderful things that you have
in your own life if you let go of what
you have and try to keep searching for
greener pastures you may instead just
find rotten soil and pests this is an
example of just that a story of a woman
who follow that belief and suffered the
consequences leading to her untimely
death
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