Caught In a Bad Romance

Prologue

Wendy's POV

"I can't believe you did this!" I yell out. I left work early because I wasn't feeling well and I got the surprise of my life. I went into my bedroom and catch my husband Token fucking my best friend Nichole!

"I can explain!" He says as he puts his pants on.

"What's there to explain? You were cheating on me!" I look at Nichole. "How could you do this? You were supposed to be my friend!"

Nichole puts on of Token's shirts. "I'm so sorry! We're in love!"

My eyes widen. "What?"

"Nichole and I have been seeing each other for two years now. It started just before you gave birth to TJ." TJ or Token Jr. is our two year old son.

"Oh my God! I was dealing with a high risk pregnancy and you were cheating?" I can feel so much anger and rage boiling up inside of me right now.

"That's why I didn't say anything! Your pregnancy was high risk and then you had postpartum depression."

"That wasn't enough for you to stop?"

"I should go so you two can work this out..." Nichole tries to walk out of the room.

"You bitch!" I grab her by the hair and pull her to the ground.

"Wendy stop! This isn't Nichole's fault!" Token pulls me away from Nichole. She uses that moment to escape.

"You're right!" I slap him. "I hate you!" I shove him. "How could you do this to me? To our family?" Not only do we have a two year old son, we also have a 14 year old daughter named Alyssa.

"I fell out of love with you a long time ago."

"What?" That angry feeling has come back. God, I could kill him.

"We started dating when we were young. We started our family young! We were only 21, we're 35 now. We were kids and now we're damn near middle aged! It's no surprise that feelings changed over time."

I start to tear up, but I'm too pissed off to cry right now. "Why didn't you say this before you got me pregnant the second time?"

"I didn't mean to get you pregnant…"

My eyes widen. "You asshole!" I slap him again.

Token shrugs. "Well the truth is out. So now what?" He asks nonchalantly. I feel like I meant nothing to him!

I point towards the door. "Get the hell out of my house! Go be with that whore!"

"Fine, I'll come back for my stuff later!" He walks out of the door. I sit down on the bed, bury my head in my hands and sob. Now what…?

One year later...

One Saturday morning, I decided to get coffee and breakfast at a new coffee shop in town. The kids are with Token this weekend, so I decided to take advantage of my alone time. I'm reading the news on my iPad when I hear… "Wendy?"

I look up and see an old friend…well old high school boyfriend. "Stan?" I stand up and we hug each other. "Oh my God! I haven't seen you since high school!" I gesture for him to sit down and he does.

"Yeah, it been awhile! How are you?" He smiles. I swear he's gotten a lot cuter since high school.

"I'm in a better place now. I got divorced a few months ago!"

His smile turns to a frown. "I'm sorry to hear to that."

I laugh. "Don't be! I didn't realize how unhappy I was until our divorce was final! It's the best thing that could've happened to me!"

"Oh...well then I'm happy for you!"

"Thank you! What have you been up to for the last 18 years?"

"Well I'm working as a fitness coach. I was living in New York, but I decided to move back home. I missed being here."

I can tell he's been working out. He was so skinny in high school, but now he's all muscle. "That's nice, but what about your job?"

"I can do my job anywhere."

"How does your wife feel about the move?"

"I'm not married. Like you, I'm divorced too. Another reason I decided to move back home. Too many bad memories in New York."

"Aww, what about your kids?"

"We don't have kids. Never really wanted them. What about you? Do you have kids?"

I nod. "Yes, I have a 15 year old daughter named Alyssa and a 3 year old son Token. We call him TJ."

Stan seems shocked by that. "Token? You were married to Token Black?"

I groan before answering him. "Yes..."

"Wow, I'm honestly shocked you guys lasted as long as you did!"

"We were together for a long time. I caught him cheating on me with Nichole. Now they're married and he's her problem."

"I'm so sorry. Do you have pictures of your kids?"

I smile. "You know I do!" I pull out my phone and show him recent pictures of the kids.

"Aww, they look just like you!"

"Really? Everyone says they look like Token."

He shakes his head. "I see you, they're you with curly hair and darker skin."

"Thank you! I love hearing that they look like me!"

Stan looks at his watch. "Hey, listen, I actually have to run. Would you like to exchange numbers? I would love to get together and really catch up."

I thought he would never ask! "Of course!" I write down my number on a napkin. "Here you go!"

Stan starts laughing. "I haven't seen anyone hand write their number in ages."

I shrug. "I like to do things old school!"

"Nice. Well, I guess I'll be in touch soon." He kisses me on the cheek. "Later!" He leaves. I smile. This may be the start of something fresh and new…