Richard trying to get my contentment & Mary's handy advices
Mary - my cousin, who is younger than me by 10 years, is very smart and cunning. I would even say, she surpassed me in these qualities. Mary, knowing that I'm going through difficult times in my relationship with Richard, was trying her best to help me out. Honestly, I will never forget those pieces of advices and step-by-step instructions she gave me, as they helped me a lot. How they helped me, you will know later. But now, let's come back to me and Richard. The next morning was a disaster for me. I mean, how can you have feelings for the person who is behaving like an asshole? I was feeling disgusted. I woke up and was feeling as if I didn't sleep at all. My neck was paining. Apart from this, I noticed Richard trying to make approaches towards me by trying to hug me. I couldn't believe it. Oh my God, after his recent behaviour, how could he even hope for closeness. I grabbed his hand abruptly and pulled it aside. Without even looking at his face, I could understand that he felt disappointed. "Are you going to be like this now or should I get a mistress?", he uttered. I was shocked. Totally shocked. "What do you expect Richard? You expect me to forget last night and act as if nothing happened?" I shouted. Next, Richard expressed everything he thinks about me. Well, This time I was disappointed, honestly. Richard: "You are acting as if you are the best woman in this world. You think it's right to scold your husband at every tiniest mistake he does. You are always busy with your work, never even trying to give me time. You don't want children. I'm sorry to tell you this Melanie, but I don't love you anymore" WHAT?! All I could say at that time, was a simple and short sentence but which carried great meaning behind it: "I hate you!" I realised, Richard wasn't even surprised by hearing such a "pleasant" utterance. Without saying a word, he just quickly got up from the bed, wore on his clothes and headed towards the corridor. "The rest of the things I'm gonna take later" was all that he could say to me. I had some sort of emptiness as well as misery in my heart. Not because I regretted the harsh words with which I might have hurted him. Not because I realised that this is most probably gonna be the end. But because I understood, that all these years I wasn't enough for Richard and that all these years went by uselessly. By thinking this, my heart was bleeding. Was it really my mistake that I couldn't keep the two of us happy or did I tie the knot with the wrong person? These type of questions didn't leave me the whole day. I was broken. Deeply broken. I was too busy with these thoughts, that I didn't even notice how the phone rang. After finally realising that someone is calling me, I ran out to the living room to pick up the phone. "Hallo sweetie, whats up? I heard a familiar voice. It was Mary. After a short pause in the call, Mary, with a less cheerful voice, uttered, "What happened? Are you fine?" I forgot about everything and cried out as loud as I could - "I'm not well Mary. This is the end of our story". "What?? Which story and with whom?? Did that piece of shit miffed you again?? Tell me Melanie!" shouted Mary.
"Our story, Mary. My story with Richard. He left me today morning, blaming me with all the sins. He said, I've been a bad wife to him all these years". "Wait Melanie, let's meet in our usual cafe after 30 minutes, as I get free. I want you to tell me everything from the beginning. Okay??" Mary shouted again."Umm, okay, Mary, see you at St. Patrick's cafe soon" I hung up the phone. Eventhough I didn't feel like seeing anyone and just wanted to fall on the bed with tears, I forced myself to get ready. Soon, just after 30 minutes, me and Mary were already sitting in the cafe and I, with tear-stained eyes was narrating all that have happened. After I finished my speech, Mary looked down, as if she was thinking. Finally she started talking. "My dear, whatever I'm gonna tell you now, might surprise you or even make you shocked. But believe me, this is the best solution I could think of. Now listen, I will give you step-by-step instructions on how to behave with Richard. Yes, you heard me right. And you're gonna perform everything as I say". I nodded my head as I was in such a deadlock, that I was ready to do whatever anyone suggests me, especially that it was Mary, who always knows everything better than me. "My dear" Mary continued, "You have to behave as if nothing happened. You need to show him, that you stopped caring about him and his hurtful statements. Be yourself, don't pretend, nor be rude or mannerless, but at the same time try to create such a scenario, where he will be surprised seeing you cold-minded. You get what I'm saying? Well, tomorrow he will probably come to take his stuff. You shouldn't cry, argue or fight with him. And most importantly, don't try hitting him, please. These all things never work out, believe me. Greet him with a nice smile on your face and confirm whether he came to take his things. He will say yes. You are gonna stay as cold as ice. You will say: "Okay dear, here are your things, I prepared your luggage." Yes Melanie, it might seem weird to you, all that I say, but try doing everything as I say and later you will understand why you needed to follow my instructions. Richard, will most probably try to hide his astonishment. It's alright, you are on the right track. You gotta also ask when you two will go to court. At this moment, be especially careful, most women give up at this point, and start crying when they ask this question. It becomes a great loss for them, as their beloved ones immediately understand their feelings because they are able to read that out from their eyes and face. For the sake of God, Melanie, you don't do that. Anyways it's already late, I have to go. If you are not against, let's meet tomorrow to discuss the rest things". All I could do was to silently show my agreement. Both of us left the cafe, while each of us thinking about the same thing.
"Our story, Mary. My story with Richard. He left me today morning, blaming me with all the sins. He said, I've been a bad wife to him all these years". "Wait Melanie, let's meet in our usual cafe after 30 minutes, as I get free. I want you to tell me everything from the beginning. Okay??" Mary shouted again."Umm, okay, Mary, see you at St. Patrick's cafe soon" I hung up the phone. Eventhough I didn't feel like seeing anyone and just wanted to fall on the bed with tears, I forced myself to get ready. Soon, just after 30 minutes, me and Mary were already sitting in the cafe and I, with tear-stained eyes was narrating all that have happened. After I finished my speech, Mary looked down, as if she was thinking. Finally she started talking. "My dear, whatever I'm gonna tell you now, might surprise you or even make you shocked. But believe me, this is the best solution I could think of. Now listen, I will give you step-by-step instructions on how to behave with Richard. Yes, you heard me right. And you're gonna perform everything as I say". I nodded my head as I was in such a deadlock, that I was ready to do whatever anyone suggests me, especially that it was Mary, who always knows everything better than me. "My dear" Mary continued, "You have to behave as if nothing happened. You need to show him, that you stopped caring about him and his hurtful statements. Be yourself, don't pretend, nor be rude or mannerless, but at the same time try to create such a scenario, where he will be surprised seeing you cold-minded. You get what I'm saying? Well, tomorrow he will probably come to take his stuff. You shouldn't cry, argue or fight with him. And most importantly, don't try hitting him, please. These all things never work out, believe me. Greet him with a nice smile on your face and confirm whether he came to take his things. He will say yes. You are gonna stay as cold as ice. You will say: "Okay dear, here are your things, I prepared your luggage." Yes Melanie, it might seem weird to you, all that I say, but try doing everything as I say and later you will understand why you needed to follow my instructions. Richard, will most probably try to hide his astonishment. It's alright, you are on the right track. You gotta also ask when you two will go to court. At this moment, be especially careful, most women give up at this point, and start crying when they ask this question. It becomes a great loss for them, as their beloved ones immediately understand their feelings because they are able to read that out from their eyes and face. For the sake of God, Melanie, you don't do that. Anyways it's already late, I have to go. If you are not against, let's meet tomorrow to discuss the rest things". All I could do was to silently show my agreement. Both of us left the cafe, while each of us thinking about the same thing.
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