Steve arrived at the headquarters some time later and Junior handed him the package.
"What is it?" Steve asked.
"I don't know, but I was asked to deliver it to you. It's something very light, so I don't think it's a bomb," Junior told Steve.
"I'm glad it's not a bomb," Steve told Junior.
"Excuse me, Steve. I'm going to talk to Tani."
"Ok, Junior, but no dating during office hours."
"But I never did that, Steve. And Tani and I are not dating."
Steve laughed. "I know, it was just a joke. I'm really happy today."
"Good for you," Junior replied and left.
Steve opened the box and what he saw fell like a bomb in his life. "Oh, no!" There was a note. "You don't deserve it." Steve read.
Steve took the box and left the office. He came home and Catherine was in the bedroom tidying up the closet.
"Hey, are you back yet? Are you going to take the day off?" Catherine asked. She was smiling.
Steve opened the box and tossed the pictures on the bed. "What is it, Catherine?"
Catherine took one of the photos and looked at Steve. "Steve, this isn't me."
"How can you say it's not you? It's you, in the clothes you bought three days ago, kissing your ex," Steve told her.
"No, Steve. It's the same outfit, it's a woman with long hair like mine, but it's not me. She's on her back, how can you say it's me?"
"Don't lie to me! How can you do this to me? Did you come into my life to make me an idiot? How you two must have laughed at me!"
"I love you, Steve. This woman is not me. Please believe me," Catherine asked.
Steve looked at her with a look of disappointment and sadness and left the house.
"Steve, believe me!" Catherine asked again, but he left without saying another word.
Steve returned to headquarters, but was unable to concentrate on work. After lunch, he left again and went to Danny's house.
"Hey, Steve! How are you?" Danny asked.
"I look terrible, Danny."
"But why?" Danny asked.
Steve told Danny everything that happened since Catherine's ex-boyfriend arrived.
"Steve, correct me if I'm wrong. You fought with her because you received pictures where Catherine is supposedly kissing her psychopathic ex boyfriend."
"Yes," Steve replied.
"And he made her lose her job, she had to move from where she lived because of his scandals, and now he destroyed her new relationship." Danny said.
"Yes," Steve replied again.
"And are you stupid or what? Don't you realize he's following her? He saw when she bought the outfit and forged a photo with some woman who has the same biotype as Catherine."
"I hadn't thought of it that way, Danny."
"Because you are blinded by jealousy."
"I think I owe her an apology," Steve said.
"That's obvious," Danny replied.
"I need to go home, Danny."
"Go, and don't make things worse. Idiot. You always screw up!"
Steve didn't answer and left. He went home and everything was quiet.
"Catherine?" He called her, but got no answer.
He looked out over the yard and the beach, but she wasn't there, either.
"Cath?" He called her again while he went up the stairs.
He went to the bedroom and the pictures were still on the bed. There was also a note.
"I tried to speak, but you didn't want to hear me. I think I loved you a lot more than myself and that was my mistake, because now I'm suffering too much. I'm not a liar, Steve. Goodbye."
Steve was stunned when he read her note. "No, Cath! Don't do this to me! Forgive me."
Steve got his car keys and went to the airport, but he didn't find her. He sought her out at hotels on the island, but he was also unsuccessful.
"What did I do? I lost the woman of my life."
Two hours before ...
Catherine arrived at the airport and got a spot on a flight that would leave in an hour. She called her sister Camille in tears.
"Catherine, what happened?" Camille asked.
"Yan destroyed my life again. Was it your husband who gave him my address, Camille?"
"I don't know, Catherine. I hid your address, but everyone knew you were in Hawaii. You didn't hide it from anyone. It's not my fault."
Catherine closed her eyes and let the tears flow. "He managed to destroy my relationship with Steve. I had a sea of dreams about him, and everything fell apart."
"And what are you going to do now, sister?" Camille asked.
"I don't know. I don't have a job anymore, I don't have a house anymore, I don't have Steve anymore. I'm going to fly to the mainland and then I don't know what I'm going to do."
"When you know where you're going, please let me know," Camille asked.
"Why ? For Yan to go after me again?" Catherine asked.
"Forgive me, Cath. I wasn't to blame."
"Bye, Camille."
"No, Cath! Wait!" Camille asked, but Catherine had already ended the call and hung up the phone.
Steve tried to call Catherine several times and failed. He then called Danny. "I lost her, Danny."
PS: To you who wanted to read the story "What has life done with our lives?" and I asked you to wait for me to finish editing it, I want to inform you that I finished editing. Thank you for understanding.