Chapter 5: Goodbye to Winchester City

Nichole and Max held unto each other on the floor, like they were some sort of couple. However, Carmela stood right in front staring at these two betrayal.

“You’ll believe her over your wife?” Carmela strikes her chest, in pain. She couldn’t believe that her husband would voice out at her in such a manner.

To the extent of not letting her say her part of the story.

“Isn’t it obvious? Or do you want us to go to the police station? She can press charges and I would testify as well that I saw you try to hurt her.” Max glared hard at her, his eyes almost piercing out of its socket.

Even though Max and Carmela had been together for 5 to 6 years now, never for once has he ever yelled at her or regarded her resolve useless. The man standing right in front of her wasn’t her husband anymore, but her best friend.

“You tried to kill her. Who knows what would have happened if I didn’t get here early.” The way he spoke sounded like a threat to Carmela’s hearing and by the looks of things, she had to leave unless she’ll suffer the consequences alone.

Nonetheless, she was planning to leave Max today and nothing was going to stop her from leaving that fool. All that was written in Carmela’s eyes was betrayal from her husband.

“Max, you need to believe me I didn’t do that to her.” Carmela wanted to try one last time to see if she could still get a chance to be on her husband's good side.

I mean, he’s the father to her unborn children. If they weren’t on good terms, how were they going to accept their child into the world?

“If you don’t want to bring the divorce letter then leave my house this instant!” Max cared less about Carmela’s emotions. He was done with her and didn’t want to have anything holding them together anymore. He could believe that his wife would want to hurt someone because of their marriage.

He wasn’t sure if he knew the woman he called his wife. Today he was going to let her go, as she couldn’t even bare to conceive a child for him.

What good was it for him to keep her with him? It’s time he let the love of his life go while accepting the newborn he had conceived in another woman.

“Max, you’ll regret every word you said to me,” Carmela swore, before rushing to get her bags from her room.

“I won’t!” Max retorted back.

After she was done packing her bags, she came out of the room and walked into the big room of the mansion.

“My lawyer would get in touch with you, for the divorce papers. I wish you the best.” Carmela felt pain in her heart as she said those words. Was she finally leaving her husband for her best friend?

Why couldn’t she stay more and fight for what was right?

Max didn’t even respond to her as she stood in the room, waiting for him to say something. Her heart sank more as she looked at how they both cared for each other on the sofa, holding hands.

He had finally decided to come out and show Carmela that he was no more in love with her and he was going to survive even if she walked off the face of the earth.

Carmela dragged her bags along as she walked out of the house. In a moment or two, she was at the Airport. She turned around as she took in the scenery of Winchester City.

This was the last time she was going to see this city, as she had vowed to never return. This was a promise she made to herself and she hope she would keep it to heart.

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6 YEARS LATER