Thank you for reading and reviewing last chapter. I'm glad everyone is liking this story, I'll be sure it stays to everyones liking. Well here's chapter 3, now the story finally begins. Read away and don't forget to review.

Twist of Fate

Chapter 3

Kimiko woke up from the sunlight bleeding from the blinds of the bedroom window. Looked at the time noticing it was time to get ready for work. She got up and grabbed one of her robes and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Her husband had left early for work as normal as she never seen him when she got up, for her that's a relief as their marriage has been edgy of late.

After a warm shower, she got dressed and made her way to the kitchen for some breakfast. It was nothing fancy, just eggs, bacon, and toast. (I don't recommend eating it everyday)

Keiko came out from the kitchen with her breakfast at hand and sat across from Kim at the dining table. After Keiko broke up with her boyfriend, she moved out of his aparment. She asked Kim if she could move in with her and Harold and Kim happily took her in without hesitation, Keiko was like her sister, and would do anything to help her.

"Morning Kimi," Keiko muttered out, not fully awake yet.

"Morning," she replied, munching on a piece of bacon.

"Harold went to work early again?," Keiko asked.

Kim's blood just boiled hearing his name in her presence. Last night they had a fight about their future. More importantly she wanted to talk to him about raising a family, in other words she wants to have a baby. Everytime they get into the conversation about it he makes some lame excuse like "my head hurts right now I think I'll lie down" or "is that all you think about, there's other things in life besides family, so drop the subject."

And it's not just about family, he forgets important things, her birthday, Valentines Day, doesn't even buy at least a card, works on Christmas, and then Kim asks herself why in the hell did she marry this douche bag?

"I don't want to talk about him, can you believe he forgot about my birthday!," Kim raised her voice but continued to rant on" after five years of marriage you'd think he would at least remember that!"

"Okay... sorry, I'll be sure not to bring it up next time," Keiko responded.

"And while were on the subject, why in the world did I marry him?, I wish you would've stopped me, then maybe at least I'd be happy," Kim continued to mouth.

"Well... you seemed happy to be with him, I mean he's handsome, rich, suave, what more did you want? And if you want my opinion you did sort of rush into it," Keiko replied.

Kim realized it was the truth, maybe she only married him because they had similar lifestyles, and not because they had anything in common. They both were rich, could buy anything they desired, and with just with the snap of their fingers they'd get whatever they wanted, in other words they were priviledged. But what Kim wanted more than anything was love and a family, something that money can't buy.

Kim sighed. "Now I'm stuck with a douche for a husband, can life get any worse?," she said to herself.

Keiko shrugged. "Don't ask, maybe things will get better... but I wouldn't bet on it," she whispered the last part to herself.

"What was that?," Kim asked.

"Nothing," Keiko quickly responded, displaying an innocent smile.

"I think I'll take off from work, not to mention he works in the same place as me, so I need at least one day away from him, how about we go shopping," Kim suggested, one of her many favorite things to do, it's more or less her stress reliever.

"Sure, I have nothing better to do, " Keiko replied.

Raimundo sat on the couch in his apartment flipping from one channel to the next trying find something interesting on TV, and sady for him, no luck.

" Uh! nothin good on, what else is new, damn basic cable!," Rai yelled, throwing the remote at the love seat across from him.

He sighed as he lied down on the sofa, trying to clear his mind from problems. Him and one of his best friends Armando, live in a 2 bedroom apartment. It wasn't much to look at but it was home. But with money problems, he might have to find another place to live soon.

"Uh! life is so unfair, first I lose the only girl I ever loved, I move to New York in some broken down apartment, drop out of college just so I can work full time and now I can't even make rent!," he yelled mentally to himself.

"What up Rai man," said Armando, entering the living room.

"Yeah what up, I see your in a good mood," Rai uttered, seeming zoned out.

"Well wouldn't you be in a good mood if ya found the girl of your dreams," he responded.

"You said that about Sophia, Lucy, Lourdes, Angela, Lana and Kara, you can't keep one girlfriend for more than two weeks," Rai explained, with some truth into his words.

"Yeah, well at least I can't get a girlfriend," Armando spat back.

"Yeah well... just shut up!," Rai shouted, knowing he got defeated.

After five years, he still hasn't dated and it was more or less ruining him from the inside.

"Man don't tell me you still in love with this Kimiko girl, she's married, taken, get over it man life goes on," Armando told him, giving Rai the cold truth.

Rai sighed. "I know that, it's just hard to face the truth, I missed my chance, if I wasn't such a coward back then, just maybe we would of been together but I doubt it though."

" Well maybe, but you have to remember you said she's rich, so the chances are she might of not saw you as boyfriend material. I'm not sayin she's like that, but like I said she probably wants someone who shares her lifestyle," Armando stated.

"I guess your right, I still feel bad for leaving without a good bye, I even missed her wedding but I couldn't bear to see it happen," Rai explained. "Do you think I was wrong?"

Armando put some thought into it then answered. "Well it was wrong without sayin goodbye, but you did have a reason though, and if you did attend the wedding, you might of done somthing that you might of regretted, so in a way I think you did the right thing."

"Thanks, I guess," Rai murmured, he didn't think of it that way.

"But honestly you should of kept in contact with her, after all you were a close friend, and you did a bad job in that area," Armando added.

"Yeah thats true but I don't have her phone number, so there's not much I can do there," Rai said, with a guilt look on his face, he had been a bad friend.

"Any way man, you can't keep sitting here sulking for a girl that you'll never have, forget her there's plenty of chicas out there man, " Armando explained.

Raimundo nodded his head. He understood that, and his friend is right it's about time he got up and move on with his life.

"Your right, you know what I think I'll go out tonight, maybe I'll find a girl that's 10 times better than Kimiko and my problems will be over!," Raimundo expressed, getting all hyped up in his own words.

"Well it's sounds a bit farfetch'd but it just might work," Armando slightly agreed. Man I hope I said the right things, last thing he needs is his heart broken again, he's suffered enough.

"You still have Angela's number?," Rai asked.

Armando looked through his back pocket and pulled out an adress book, flipped through the pages until he came by Angela's number and handed it to Rai.

"Thanks, at least I won't be alone this Friday night," Rai mumbled while dialing Angela's number.

Kimiko opened the front door with 6 shopping bags at hand, followed by Keiko with same amount. Keiko plopped down on the couch, looking tired and exhausted.

"Do you ever get tired of shopping?, I think it's about time you find another hobby," Keiko complained, rubbing the soreness from her arms.

"Well it satisfies me more than Harold could ever do...," Kim stopped in mid sentence. "Uh... sorry, you didn't need to know that," Kim quickly said.

"No I did not need to know that, uh!," Keiko riposted, with a disgust look on her face. "Last thing I need to be reminded of is relationships."

Keiko wasn't the type who wanted pity, but Kimiko couldn't help but feel bad. Keiko broke up with her boyfriend of two years, finding out he was cheating on her. She came home one day while checking messages on the answering machine, finding messages from at least 10 different girls, most of them she never heard of.

She didn't pay no mind to it much thinking maybe they're just friends from his job or something. Until one day she found out he was more than just making friends. She found him in bed naked with another women under the covers. She packed up and left, not bothering to let him explain.(What is there to explain? "It's not what you think," how many times have girls heard that one before?)

"So did Robert ever called you back," Kimiko questioned. She didn't want to upset her, but curiousity seem to always get the best of her.

"Many times, and as far as I'm concerned it's over between us," Keiko replied, with her eyes closed, trying to forget the past. "Right now I hate men."

Kim laughed a little, she had to agree with that, but at least Keiko had freedom. She isn't married. "Be happy you're not married to an jack ass, but don't worry you'll find the right guy, give it time."

"I guess, but for now I'll just enjoy being single while I still can," Keiko rejoined.

Kim nodded. Then Kim's cell phone went off, digging it out of her purse, she checked the number. Right away she recognized the number.

"Hello"

Yeah I know. Why the hell did you cut it off there? I was going to write more but decided to end it on a cliff hanger, but I won't leave you in suspense for long. I hope you enjoyed reading it, it took me a while to write this. Right now I just typing what comes to mind, and so far I have to say it's workin out well cause usually I plan chapters, so I took a different approach. Next chapter I hope to get in soon, but as I said I have a busy schedule, so I'll try to get some work in on this story so bear with me. Don't forget to review, I enjoy reading what you thought about this one. Until next time Peace!

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