The Scar

David returned very early the next day and surprisingly, came with lots of gift bags full of designer dresses, shoes, bags, jewelries and wigs for me. He was all smiles and loving. Called me all the sweet names he hadn't called me in so many years. I acted surprised and asked what the occasion was. He looked at me and asked if it was a crime for him to spoil his wife with gifts. He led me by the hand to the couch and sat down beside me. He apologized for how he had behaved in recent years and that he was under so much work pressure. While I pretended to act surprised, I was also skeptical because I didn't know what he had in mind to do to me. I mean, I've seen so many crime drama where the cheating spouse acts all nice and loving only to kill his or her spouse when they least expected.

Anyways, I decided to play along and was all loving to him as well. I had to be the 'perfect wife' if we ever wanted to get anything out from him, right. I made him his favorite meal which he devoured like one who hasn't eaten in days. That night, he was very gentle with me in the bedroom and had lots of foreplay with me before giving me the best sex in years. But guess what? I was so irritated by it. I felt so disgusted. After he was done and dressed, I offered him a glass of wine which I had laced with a few doses of sleeping pills so he would sleep because if I needed to know anything, I was sure I would find out from his phone.

So, as soon as he was in deep sleep, I turned on the lights to look for his phone, and I found it. But, would you believe that there wasn't a single trace of the said lady and her kids on his phone? It was like he cleared everything in his phone before coming. I was frustrated. But just as I was about to put down the phone, something caught my eye. It was a big scar on his left thigh. For a moment, I felt chills running down my spine. I took a closer look at it and it all came flooding back. I recognized that scar because I gave the bearer that scar. I quickly took pictures of the scar and turned off the lights and climbed back into bed."

Clara look at Winnie amazed and asked, " does it mean you have never seen your husband naked before, for you to have never seen that scar? How is that possible? What about when you guys are having sex?" Winnie wiped the tears flowing down her cheeks as she responded, "believe it or not, I have never seen David naked, not even once. And every time we made love, he insisted on turning off the lights as he 'enjoyed it more in the dark'. I didn't take it seriously as I personally didn't have any problem whether it was dark or in the light. He also made sure to never be completely naked around me. He always had his shorts on." Clara asked her again, "so does it mean he knew who you were all this while and was pretending all along?" "There was only one way to find out and I was determined to find answers, but trust me, I was shattered within me."