She Returned From Abroad to Surprise Her Husband… But Another Woman Opened Their Bedroom Door

PART 2:

We’ll tell her when. ‘ Hey, ‘ I’ve been thinking. Let me come to London ‘ next month. Seriously? ‘ Seriously. ‘ Where are you? ‘ Adriana,  I can’t come. ‘ What? ‘ Something happened. ‘ Work again? ‘ No. ‘ Then what? Xavier, what is happening in Lagos? Something is wrong. I’ve corrected the projections.

 Send this version to the client ‘ before noon. ‘ Before 11:00, we are going to get through this. I’ll make sure you have everything you need. Let’s get you home so you can rest. ‘ Thank you so much for being here. ‘ Always. I’ve got your back. ‘ You okay? ‘ Yeah. I just need to finish something. How’s everything at home? ‘ Fine.

 Why? ‘ Just asking. Anything you need to tell me? ‘ No, nothing. ‘ Okay. Are you sure you’re all right? ‘ I’m fine. H  ‘ They’ve extended the project ‘ for how long? ‘ Another month. ‘ I miss you. I miss you too, sir. We need at least 2 days. Fine. Fix it properly. ‘ Where am I supposed to sleep? ‘ Use the master bedroom.

‘ Adriana’s room ‘ for two nights. Madison, she isn’t coming home. Let’s see what’s waiting for me at home. Home. Xavier, who are you? Sorry. Who are you? Where is my husband? Your husband? Xavier? Xavier? ‘ Audriana? ‘ Surprise, ‘ baby. What are you doing here? ‘ Apparently interrupting something.

Madison isn’t my girlfriend. ‘ I didn’t ask if she was. I asked who she is. ‘ Maybe she should know. ‘ Madison. ‘ Know what?  Who is in the hospital? Somebody answer me. ‘  ‘ Your father? ‘ My father? ‘ He’s in Lagos. ‘ My father hasn’t spoken to me in 20 years. ‘ I know. ‘ How do you know? And what does she have to do with my father? My name is Madison.

Your father is my father, too. My sister, half  sister. How long have you known? ‘ You knew I had a sister. ‘ Yes. ‘ And you said nothing. ‘ I was trying to protect you ‘ from my own life. Where are you going? ‘ To see my father. Adriana, wait. There’s someone else you need to meet first. Who? Evelyn.

Who is Evelyn? My mother. And why do I need to meet your mother? Because she knows what happened. ‘ I’m coming with you. ‘ No, you’ve known enough for both of us. Madison and I will go. You look exactly like her. Like who? Your mother. You knew my mother ‘ very well. Then you know she raised me alone. ‘ Yes, but not for the reason you think.

‘ Please don’t defend my father to me. ‘ I won’t. But I won’t lie to you either. What are these? 20 years of letters. Most of them came back. He never wrote to me. He did. What? Not all of them came back. What does that mean? Some were delivered. Adriana. ‘ So you remember my name? ‘ I never forgot you. ‘ 20 years is a very long time to remember someone quietly.

‘ I tried to find you. ‘ Then try explaining. ‘ Your mother didn’t leave because I abandoned you. ‘ She told me you chose another woman. ‘ Evelyn came years later. Your mother left because she discovered what I had done. ‘ What did you do? ‘ What did you do? ‘ I betrayed your mother’s trust ‘ with another woman ‘ with money.

‘ You used the house? ‘ I was trying to save the company. ‘ You used our home without telling me. The investment failed. We lost the house. ‘ So, mom left. ‘ She had every right to. ‘ But why stop me from seeing you? ‘ She didn’t trust me anymore. She believed I would disappoint you the way I disappointed her.

‘ So, she kept your letters. ‘ I didn’t know that then. ‘ You could have come for me. Yes. I should have fought harder. I didn’t. When did you meet him? Almost 4 years after your mother left. So there was no affair. No.Your mother wasn’t a bad woman, Adriana. ‘ She lied to me. ‘ She told you the truth as she understood it.

‘ That’s not the same thing. ‘ No, it isn’t. How long have you known about me? My whole life. Dad kept your photograph. I used to wonder what you were like, and now I’m still figuring that out. ‘ How did it go? ‘ I met my sister. I met my father. And everybody knew except me. Madison found me.

 Your father wanted to tell you himself. ‘ And you agreed? ‘ Yes. At first, I thought I was giving him a few days. Then a few days became weeks. ‘ And every week you chose not to tell me. ‘ Yes. My assistant said this concerns my wife. ‘ Yes. My name is Madison Cole. I believe Adriana is my sister. You understand? I can’t just believe this.

‘ I wouldn’t expect you to. That’s my father and that’s Adriana. ‘ If this is true, Adriana needs to know. ‘ I know. ‘ Then why are you here instead of calling her? ‘ Because my father wants to tell her himself. ‘ I don’t expect Adriana to forgive me. Then why find her now? Because I may not have another chance.

Why didn’t you contact her before? I tried for years. Then I saw she had built a good life without me. Then I saw she’d built a good life without me. I convinced myself leaving her alone was kindness. It was cowardice. I can’t hide this from my wife. I’m not asking you to. Give me a few days. Let me be the one to tell my daughter what I did.

‘  ‘ You decided what I was ready to know. ‘ I thought I was protecting you. ‘ You were protecting everybody’s secrets except your wife’s trust. Adriana, I’m sorry. ‘ I know, but knowing you’re sorry doesn’t make me trust you again. ‘ Where are you going? ‘ Guest room. ‘ Hello. ‘ Hi. ‘ Dad’s asking for you.

How is he? ‘ Better today, but don’t come because you feel obligated. ‘ You didn’t have to come. I know. That’s why I’m here. ‘ I’ve been thinking about what to say to you. ‘ And ‘ I don’t think I have the right to ask you to forgive me. ‘ Then don’t. ‘ Then let me ask for something smaller. Let me know who my daughter became.

‘ You missed a lot. I know. ‘ Should I come back? No. Sit. I didn’t know what you drink. What’s this? Caramel latte. You got lucky.  Do you need help? ‘ Can you cut the peppers? ‘ Yeah. ‘ Smaller. ‘ These are small. ‘ Xavier.  ‘ Yes, Chef. ‘ There’s something else. ‘ What? Nothing bad, but I’m done deciding what you should

know. Everything Madison gave me, every conversation I wrote down, everything  I know. ‘ Why now? ‘ Because it’s yours. ‘ Xavier. ‘ Yeah. ‘ Thank you. ‘ Good night, Adriana. Please don’t pretend you’re strong when we get home. ‘ I’ve been discharged, not arrested.  ‘ Can I call you sometime? ‘ You don’t need permission to call.

‘ Um, ‘ but don’t expect 20 years in 2 weeks. ‘ I won’t. ‘ You said you weren’t hungry. I changed my mind. Order yours.  I used to imagine having coffee with you. Was I nicer in your imagination? Much?  ‘ How’s your dad? ‘ Home. ‘ That’s good. ‘ Have you eaten? ‘ No. ‘ There’s food in the kitchen.

I’ve been thinking about us. Okay, ‘ I understand why you did it. But I still don’t agree with it. ‘ You shouldn’t. ‘ If we’re going to stay married, you don’t protect me from the truth again. ‘ I won’t. ‘ Even when it’s ugly, ‘ especially then ‘ Xavier. ‘ Yeah. ‘ You can come back to our room tonight.

‘ Okay. ‘ I saw it first. And I’m older by four years, not 40.  Thank you for giving me another chance. ‘ I’m giving us time. ‘ I’ll take it. Ready to go home? ‘ Yeah,  let’s go home.  whatever.