It has been 2 days since Charlene left. As Nicholas waited for her at home he felt like the world was full of darkness. There were absolutely no light, and now he was the one that's waiting on the sofa, not her. He felt a little bitterness but kept it inside himself. When he looked on the counter there was no food like the other days. "Maybe I did take her for granted…" he told himself.
The truth was he hated waiting. He knew that she have felt the same way. He sat in the exact position that she have sat in for years. He could hear the wind hustling outside, but beside from that the clock is the only thing in the house that seemed to have a mind of its own. Waiting wasn't fun, it was torture. In his heart he felt a little worried for her, and maybe this was how she had felt. As the night grew longer his mind began to flutter. He was thinking of all the possibility, all the things that could happen to her. "Why don't you go and find her then?" He seemed to ask himself.
"Because she left and why should I care if she doesn't? It's not my fault she was acting like a stupid little kid." his ego said trying to convince him to stay back at home.
The house was empty; it felt like a lonely ghost town in those old western movies. Charlene stayed in there every single day until night waiting for him. He finally realized how lonely and alone she must have felt. He was worried about her or was it himself? He hated this feeling of being alone. Wasn't this what he wanted? He looked at the clock as it ticked away into the night. Every second it seemed to remind him of how insensitive he was to his wife. If she was here right now he would tell her sorry, and if she was here right now he would tell her that she was more then just a girl in his life, she was his best friend.
He let out a sigh and looked out the front window again. It was raining really hard. "Where could she go?"
For the first time in his life he wasn't sure if she was going to return to him. After being married for so long every time something happened she would always be there for him. Now when she left he felt like something was missing from his life. But wasn't this what he asked for? For her to be out of his life? For her to have her own path and way?
"You're crazy." He thought to himself, "You don't need her, with her around it would only make you frustrated and mad all the time."
The door bell rang and Nicholas ran straight toward the door. "It got to be her!" he shouted out loud. "Charlene I'm coming…"
As he opened the door it was indeed his wife, but beside her was another guy. She looked up and gave him a sad expression. "I want to get my stuff…" she said, "I'm going to stay with a friend, just give me the divorce papers. I'll sign it right now."
Nicholas felt this angry feeling rushed to his face. "Who's the guy!" he demanded, "Who is he?"
"None of your business…" she said as she entered the house pushing him to the side. She turned back to Kenny, "Wait for me inside, it's raining outside."
"I don't want him in my house!" Nicholas protested, "I don't know who he is."
"This isn't your house! It's our house, and since we are separating I feel like half of it belongs to me…" She continued and pulled Kenny inside, "Make yourself at home."
When she entered the room Nicholas followed her. "Charlene, I…I can't believe you!"
"Excuse me?" She said, "What are you trying to say?"
"You know what I'm trying to say! Trying to make me mad sending some dude into my house!" he shook his head, "We aren't even divorce yet and already you found some other guy."
She took her suit case and packed all her belongings. She looked him straight in the eye, "I'm only taking what's mine, all these other things I don't want. All the jewelries that you have bought for me I would leave behind…" she took off her wedding ring and handed it to him, "Nicholas, I don't need you to live…if one day you find another girl, make sure you don't treat her the way you treat me."
He could see the pain that was still hiding in her eyes. "Do you know how long I've waited here for you, and now all you're going to do is walk out on me!" he shouted, "Don't be so immature!"
"Waited? Don't make me laugh." She shouted back but this time in a disappointed voice, "I've been doing it for years! Why didn't you go out there to find me? If you really cared you would have ran after me to make sure I was okay. It was raining outside, and you knew that I had no money and no where to go! I even f---… Why bother, it's not like you cared."
Charlene walked toward the front door and then out the door with Kenny right behind her. Nicholas rushed up to her, he place his hand on her wrist softly trying to pull her back. "Charlene, you can't leave…"
Kenny gave him a weird look. Nicholas continued and without thinking he said, "If you leave who's going to cook for me. I don't' want a divorce anymore, I don't want anything, I just want you… I love you."
She pushed him away, "No…"
"What do you mean no?" he said in a sad tone, "Please…"
"No! No no no no no! I hate you! If you don't want this to start maybe you shouldn't have done it in the first place! I'm just giving you a taste of your own medicine. You don't love me… you don't even know the real answer. If you loved me, you wouldn't wait until this very moment to tell me this! I've been waiting in the dark for 7 years; ever since setting foot here you had never consider me a wife… All these years it's all about you Nicholas and I have never done something for myself… Now I have the courage to say no… I don't want to be in this kind of relationship anymore."
Charlene ran toward the car. Nicholas was about to follow her but Kenny stopped him. "Get out of my way!" Nicholas shouted, "I need to get my wife back."
"I'm not trying to get between you 2 or anything like that… but I think you should give her some times to think it through. Maybe that's good for the both of you." Kenny shook his head, "I don't want you to get the wrong idea, me and her…. We aren't together, and when she decided that she want to come back, then I would take her home to you. Don't worry."
Nicholas calmed himself down. "Make that a promise. You can't even think about LOVING her in any way, shape, or form. I'm trusting you with my wife, if anything happens to her… I'm going to kill you."
Kenny rolled his eyes. Inside he was thinking how stupid and childish Nicholas was. "At least I'm helping you out buddy." He thought to himself, "Making make stupid promises and threatening me, who the hell do you think you are!"
Kenny shook his head, "Don't threaten me. I hate it when people do that. I would do what I can."
Nicholas gave Kenny a sharp look, "You better not try to do anything stupid buddy… or I swear I'm going to make your life a living hell."
Kenny let out a laugh and headed straight to the car. Nicholas seemed to be like a jealous fool. He knew how hurt Charlene was and he wasn't going to let her get hurt again. Even if he did like her, what's wrong with that? He wasn't killing any one or committing any crimes. Charlene was a gift sent to him from Heaven and he wasn't going to let her go, not like the way Nicholas did.