Chapter 5

Whitney crept back into her home, she tried to be as discreet and quiet as possible. She figured Chad would still be asleep. It was a Saturday and Chad always went into work at noon then his regular 5 am on the weekdays. But to her surprise she was wrong. Chad in fact was wide awake.

Just when she was about to hit the last step leading to the bedroom, Chad came out, scaring her. She put her hand on her chest and sighed. She didn't even know what to say, or if she should speak. But before she could even open her mouth Chad spoke first. His tone was calm but the look he was giving her was anything but calm.

"where were you?"

"Um… I was over Theresa's."

"you were with Theresa?"

"yeah"

"okay."

That was it, he knew she was lying. She looked guilty but he didn't press on. He smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Walking pass her, heading down the steps.

"you hungry, I uh made some pancakes and stuff in there. Miles has already eaten."

Whitney was dumbfounded she didn't know what to think from his behavior.

"Uh no I'm good thank you."
She tried to force a smile.

Maybe Chad had really changed, she thought. This was certainly a new side of him. She walked into her bedroom and begin to undress just as she was taking off her top Chad's cell phone rang. She was hesitant to pick it up but after a quick glance over she saw the coast was clear and decided to answer it. But as she reached for the phone Chad came into the room and quickly grabbed the phone.
"Hello Chad Harris Crane speaking… oh okay hold on for a sec."

He looked at Whitney and grinned.

"Baby it's just a business call, I promise."

"Oh…. okay. I was gonna hand you the phone."

"Hey man let me call you back."

"you talk to you're business partners like that."

"Baby… I know it's gonna take time with you trusting me again. But you gotta try. And know that there are no more secrets between us. I love only you."

"I sorry, you're absolutely right I was about to answer you're phone because I wanted to know if…."

"there was another woman calling. No Whitney I told you I would never lie to you again. And I meant that."

"Why did you cheat on me? I mean what made you do it. Was I not good enough, is she prettier than me…."

"No, no, no one is more beautiful than you. Not even Halle Berry herself, well maybe just a little bit…

'Uh you…..

He giggled and she smiled. He kissed her forehead holding her close in his arms.

"I… at the time I needed something and she was there. I guess I was so attracted to her because, she actually reminded me a lot of you."

"Oh see this is just…"
She got up and proceeded to walk away.

"Whitney wait, wrong thing to say."

"yeah you think"
"No but what I meant is that. You know I can't explain it. You know believe me I never meant to hurt you and seeing the look on your face felt like a million knives stabbing through my heart. I would do anything take that all back."

"Did you fall in love with her?"

She said with tears swelling up in her eyes, she was scared to hear the answer.. When she walked in on him and Trish what she saw just wasn't sex. The passion in his eyes, the way he didn't take his eyes off of her. It was the same look he used to give her when they made love. So it couldn't have just been sex.

FLASHBACK

"oh Chad!"

"Mm Give it to me Trish."

The door slowly crept open. Enough for Whitney to see what was going on but being that Chad and Trish were so busy they didn't even notice her standing in the doorway, or that the door had even opened.

"Oh Chad…. damn baby"
she whispered

He grinned and kissed her lips so passionately. Whitney gasped and put her hand over her mouth. That's when Chad saw her and she rushed out the room..

Whitney came back to her senses looking at Chad dead in the eyes, He still hadn't answered her question.

"Did you fall in love with her?"

He opened up his mouth to speak but just before he was about to utter his answer his cell phone rang again. He took it out of his jean pocket and answered it without even looking at who it was.

"Hello"

Whitney sighed and shaked her head as she walked out of the room.

"Whitney!"
He called after her but she kept on walking.

"Is this a bad time?"

"Trish"

"yeah it's me, I'm sorry for calling you but I really needed to tell you something really important."

"Trish right now is not a good time"

"I know and I understand that but…. Oh My God!"
the phone had went dead. Chad tried to call out for her but heard nothing.

"Trish! Trish!" He tried calling back but her phone went straight to voice mail.

"Hey baby girl, remember me?"

"Mac!"