ASHLEY
I walked closer. I needed to hear what this was all about. I had the right to, if I was marrying this man. If it really was a business call, I'll just casually walk up to him and say I was searching for him. No big deal. It's not like he's cheating. He can't be cheating. Technically, we weren't even dating yet. Let alone dating, I was marrying him, by force. How can he be cheating if we weren't even together yet?
I managed to sneak by a tree behind Isaac's tree. I had to thank Kim Possible for that.
"I can't...I won't...." Isaac told the caller.
After a minute, "No! Alright, fine! I'll do it."
Isaac listened to the caller.
"Yes, yes. I agree."
...
"Okay, bye." he sighed, ending the call. I got up, straightened myself, and put my innocent face on.
What did I understand from that convo?
Nothing. Nada.
Casually walking up to him, I sat down and smiled.
"Hey! I've been looking for you." I greeted.
"I'm sorry. James talks too much. I wanted to tell him I had to get back, but you know how it is with him." he responded.
"James? I thought you had a business call..?" I asked.
"Uh, I did. With James..." he responded, saving himself.
But I was no dumbass.
I can smell a lie from a 100 miles away.
"Isaac, are you okay? You look...down?"
"Yes, babe. Just business. I never wanted this job, you know that."
I'll leave it with that. No need to get too pushy right away. There was something he was hiding.
And I had to learn.
Because, I might marry a man with some deep shit going on.
And while I was expecting a storm.
Little did I know, a superstorm was expecting me.
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Life: Unexpected
RomanceLife. One word. Thousands of meanings. As John Lennon once said, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." For Ashley, life is exactly as Lennon described it.