I was planning a beach hangout with my friends when my uncle’s wife overheard me on the phone. Next thing, she started begging to come along, claiming she was bored at home. She went on about how my uncle was never around, always off traveling for work and business. She sounded desperate. After much pleading, I gave in. What choice did I really have? When we got to the beach, I noticed something off. She was getting too close to my friend’s plus one. At first, I brushed it off, but the more I watched, the more uncomfortable I became. They took selfies, ran after each other in the sand, rode on horseback together. Still, she’s an adult. I had no control over her actions, so I let her be. Then, she suddenly disappeared. I assumed she had gone for a swim, so I started searching. I combed the entire beach, walked from one end to the other, but she was nowhere in sight. I called her phone—rang and rang, no response. At that moment, panic set in. What if she had drowned? I quickly alerted my friends, and that’s when I realized I couldn’t find my friend’s plus one either. We called his line—same thing. Ringing, but no response. Forty minutes later, she casually strolled back like nothing had happened. When I asked where she had been, she said she went to swim at the far end of the beach—the same area I had searched thoroughly and found nothing. Just a few seconds later, the guy appeared too. At that moment, it became painfully obvious to everyone what had happened. They had gone off to fvck. And in front of all my friends who knew she was married to my uncle. I had never felt more humiliated in my life. I didn’t know what to do. I felt sick. I was the one who invited her, and she turned around and disgraced me like this. I told my friend to ask his guy if anything happened. And his guy said he doesn’t kiss and tell. Now, tell me, if nothing happened, wouldn’t he have just said so? What kind of reply is that if not an indirect confession? I feel betrayed, Angry, Disgusted all at once. In fact, I want to confront her. I’m seriously thinking of reporting her to my uncle. But you know what hurts the most? It’s not even that she cheated, it’s who she cheated with. She had me right there. Me, who had been eyeing her since I moved into their house. Me, someone familiar, someone close But no. She ignored me and went for a total stranger. A man she just met that day Am I that vgly? Am I not good enough? Very cheap, sham3less thing. As3wo! The End Ajebo Writer ©️Kingdavid Chinaeke Ofunne