Being Mrs Spence

Maxwell drove, Bill sat beside him while Florence sat quietly at the back seat of the car.

Bill was trying hard to keep the car warm with conversation but he seems to be the only doing the the whole talking.

He wasn’t yet aware that Maxwell and Florence knew each other.

Bill asked for her address, Florence was grateful that they will be taking her home instead of dropping her halfway.

She opened her mouth to answer Bill Maxwell interrupted.

“I won’t be driving to her place, I’m dropping her in the next bustop. She should be able to find her way from there… she can call her husband to go pick her from there…”

Bill turned to him and said.

“C’mon Max, it won’t kill you if you drop the fine lady at her place. We are heading home and have nothing special doing this weekend, please let’s take her to her house even if is the closest bustop to her place…. don’t drop her in the next bustop…

“Well Bill, if you don’t have anything doing, I gat lot to do which includes swimming and resting. Even if I don’t have anything at all, I’m still not going anywhere close to her place. She should sort that out. If she can find her way to the field park then she should also find her way home… I’m not her driver or her husband…”

Bill looked at Maxwell shocked. He knew him to be down to earth, kind and always ready to render help. He doesn’t understand what got into him, making him to sound so harsh and wounded.

Bill tries to argue but Florence stopped him.

“Is fine Bill. I will find my way… I appreciate you trying to help. Next bustop is not that bad, I can easily locate my place. Is not really a big deal. Your friend has something eating at him, is okay if he does not feel like it… I do appreciate the effor…Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Maxwell interrupted her angrily, surprising Bill.

“Did you just say I have something eating at me? you are just unbelievable Flox… you enjoyed every damn thing you did back then, you took pride in it and feels unremorseful about it. I don’t blame you at all, I blame myself for being a fool. I blame myself for trusting you, I blame myself for loving you withholding nothing. You are nothing but a pretentious liar. You probably thought you tricked me into doing your bidding, or emotionally blackmailed me but that’s where you lie… I did everything I did for you with a clear eyes and because I wanted to do it. You and your so called husband can go to hell and burn… I really don’t care.

Bill was speechless, he opened his eyes in shock as Florence replied Maxwell angrily.

“What else do you want me to do, I said I’m sorry… I have tried apologising and you said is cool. Why are you still trying to paint my sins on my face? Max, if you think I will burn in hell, you won’t be left out because of your unforgiving Spirit. Why do you pretend to love God, pray, attend church service, read your bible and yet you…

Maxwell shut her up again.

“You want to bring my faith into this, wow… you really do want me to pretend like nothing happened? maybe I should Give you a trophy for the world best lying, deceiving lady. You led me along a no road, left me stranded and move on to the arm of your dear husband, how petty is that. Amazing right? Your Coleman called me a loser, he said I was after his loving wife because I can’t get mine. He is super lucky, because if I laid a finger on him his half remaining Life will disappear. You and your stupid husband are pathetically. you think why I was after you was because I can’t get a single woman to marry?… no Florence. I can get any woman I want, I was only after you because i thought you are worth it but you proved to me that you are worthless…

Bill needed to step in, the heated argument was getting out of hand. Maxwell was speeding angrily as he kept talking.

“That’s enough man, is this the lady you told me about? I’m not aware that you both knew each other. You played a coded one on me and didn’t say anything all this while. please you need to stop calling her unprinted names Max, slow down please before you get us all killed…

Maxwell laughed sarcastically.

“Really… Bill, really? Please don’t tell me what to do… you don’t know what this lady did. You only listened to it as a story, you don’t feel my pain, so stop, just don’t try to tell me what to say and how to express myself. If you want her, please go for her but don’t try to tell me how or what to say… you feel me? I’m serious man. I was broken for weeks because of her, she is a Delilah… she got me, oh yeah, she did got me pined to the ground just as she wanted. She retuned to her husband and left me to go and die… but unfortunately for her I survived. This is the exact thing she did in the beginning. Impatiently broke up with me and went to be with a man that claims to love her better. i should have known… I should have traded carefully. You have never loved or cared for me… it has always been your Coleman. I get it… it all started to make sense after I realized I was being played… you played a smart one on me…”

“, Drop me here, I said I want to get down…” Florence barked angrily as she kept battling with tears.

“Oh Flox, you want to get down now, because you hate the truth, I thought you wanted me to take you to your angelic dear husband…. you changed your mind about it? Hahahaha… What were you even doing at the park, monitoring my life to see if I have moved on? Oh yeah, I have moved on and can give you a receipt of my moving. I’m better off without you… I never needed you in the first place…”

“I said stop the car, let me out… I want to get down Max…” Florence said this time she couldn’t hold the tears.

Bill was trying his best to calm his friend but he seems to be on another level of anger.

He has never seen him so angry.

“Stop the car man, you have said enough… she wants to get down. You are going to get us all killed with this crazy driving of yours. Slow down… Max, listen to me… I know you are bitter, I know you are hurt but you have to let go. Calm down… please… let it go. I’m really sorry for reopening the wound… I never meant to and I’m sincerely sorry…. calm down Max…

He suddenly stopped, put his hand and head on the steering wheel.

Bill volunteered to drive instead because Maxwell was not in the right frame of mind.

Florence wiped off her face as she opened the door and stepped out without a word to any of them.

Before Bill will say something she was far gone without looking back.

A car almost hit her as she tries to cross the road without checking for incoming car.

She screamed out in terror, Bill and Maxwell looked in the direction of the scream and froze.

Maxwell rushed ahead of Bill to the spot, Florence has disappeared within in a twinkle of an eye.

She was gone, waved down a cab and off she went.

Maxwell retuned back to his car, took the passenger sit while Bill drove.

“Hey man, that was crazy… you almost killed that lady. Oh my God… what came over you? You may try to deny it but is quiet obvious that you still love her. You hate the fact that she kept chosing her husband over you, it hurt I know. But despite it all, you still loves her… you really need to let it go… You gave me a scare back there man…”

Maxwell did not say anything, he relaxed his head back on the seat and kept staring at nothing as Bill drove on.

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