03

''It's good to see you man."

His friend Quinton dabbed him up as he walks into their offices.

''Yeah it is good to be back,hated being in that place. I owe Mimi big time,I would still be in there if it was not for her.''........

''I was with my wife on that night officer. I left the office at six then met up with a friend. At eight I left him at the bar and went straight home officer.''

''Oh really,if we called your friend and wife they would be able to corroborate your story?''

Ethan nodded his head yes and the officer left the interrogation room to make a phone call unbeknownst to Ethan. He came thirty minutes later and took him to a holding cell without any explanation. He tried asking questions but he was shoved into the cell where he slept overnight. The next afternoon he was release but not before the officer threatened that he might have gotten away this time,he was not going to rest till he was behind bars for good.....

''Damn that guy really has it in for you.''

''And he would have succeeded this time. I cannot believe I have been so stupid as to let a woman almost destroy my life.''

''What really happened that night?''

Quinton questioned his childhood friend who seemed hesitant. He did not know who to trust anymore except his wife.

''After I left here I went over to Cathy and like usual we had sex till late. At around nine she got a call from her ex boyfriend who had apparently been stalking and harrasing her ever since she ended it. She ignored the calls until I answered,the dude and I cussed each other out. Cathy somehow convinced me to go beat him up and we drove there at around midnight. When I got there the guy pulled a gun at me but I managed to take it from him and out of anger,shot him three times in the chest. We left the scene after and three days later the police came knocking at my door. Luckily the twins were with the wife. Do you know who told her I was in jail?''

''No one,she found out when the officer called her to ask her where you were that night and somehow she  managed to corroborate your story,I heard that it was exactly as you said it. As if you guys had practiced your story and we both know you two have not really spoken since she moved out six months ago.''

''I guess we have that telepathic connection. She is a true definition of a ride or die....."

He sighed thinking of their past years.

" ....To be honest I was scared shitless. After how I had treated her,I doubted that she would have my back and when the officer took me to a holding cell I really thought it was over.''

Quinton sat quietly listening to his bestfriend verbalise his regrets. He never understood what his friend was thinking when he chased his wife out of their marital home but then again for the past eight months,his highscool friend was not himself .