Chapter Thirty-four

Chapter Thirty-four

"Why didn't you even defend yourself? What a fool Joanna is!" Katastrophe asked me as he helped me treat my wounds.
I winced when he pressed my cotton on Lenita's scratch. The scratches she gave me were so bad that she was a witch.
"You're making yourself a martyr by flirting with Justin and Lenita face-to-face and then beating you." He still preached to me and now it's my scratch on my neck that he is treating. I can only close my eyes from the pain of my wound and the alcohol. Next he put betadine on it.
While Dustin was just sitting by my side and watching Katastrophe treat me. He was the one who brought me home after Lenita and I fought. I was bitten my lower lip when I remember what Justin did to abandon me earlier.
I closed my eyes tightly so my tears wouldn't fall completely. I've been crying for a while now and my eyes are hurting from crying but I really can't help myself from crying.
I thought Justin and I were okay? Why is Lenita the one he chose now? It's like he told everyone that Lenita was right and I was the bad girl for both of us.
"I'm really going to hit that Justin when I see him! Why did he leave you, you're the wife! It's so bad!" Katastrophe said before saying goodbye to Dustin that he would just throw away the things he used to treat us. I nodded and Katastrophe remained bowed.
But I heard Dustin's heavy breathing from my side. I would like to thank him for helping me but I don't know if how do I start talking to him, because I'm also ashamed of him because of what happened, he still felt sorry for me. Until it looked like he couldn't stand it anymore and he was the first one to talk to me.
"Are you... are you somehow okay now?" Dustin asked me worriedly. I slowly raised my head from bowing and then met Dustin's gaze. I could clearly see the pity, concern and then sadness on his face.
Before I could answer his question, I hiccupped again and after that I started crying again. I really can't believe that Justin abandoned me like that. He said he loves me too. That man is really a liar!
I heard the panic in Dustin's voice when I cried so he immediately came to me and hugged me tightly. Since my head was leaning on his chest, I cried even more. Why am I crying on Dustin's chest now? But no, he chose Lenita more. I just cry of crying on Dustin's chest until I didn't realize I fell asleep.
I just woke up in the middle of the night because of the rain outside, well, our boarding house doesn't have a ceiling yet, so you can really hear the raindrops. I rubbed my eyes because I immediately felt the pain and for sure they were also swollen from crying earlier.
I just noticed that I was in the room. Maybe Dustin carried me here. Groped I put my phone on my head and it's there. I was just going to look at the time, but I saw that there were about ten messages and many miscalls that reached fifty.
Immediately, my heart beat faster, when I saw Justin's name in my phone log. The contents of his message made me nervous and excited at the same time. I felt the upper deck of Katastrophe's double deck bed move.
Isn't this girl my business? He was absent? I still ask to myself. As far as I know, its days off are Saturday and Sunday, now it's Tuesday. I will ask him tomorrow. I returned my attention to my phone again, I swinipe the screen and immediately pressed my messenger.
Since all the messages were from Justin, I read them alone.
From: Justin
[Joanna.] His first message to me and his next message is after ten minutes. It looks like he was still waiting for my reply.
[Why are you not answering your phone?] This is his second message to me.
[Damn Wife! I am fucking worried! Answer your d amn phone.]
[Please.]
[Wife.]
[I'm sorry Baby, please talk to me. I'll explain everything.]
[That's it! I am here at your outside your house.] I looked at the time of this message. It's now ten thirty PM and past twelve midnight Maybe it will go away because of the strength of the rain. And why does he still want to talk to me and explain. After what happened earlier? It is clear to me that he is choosing Lenita and not me.
I don't seem to have anything to present to the office anymore. I think that when I gather the courage, if I talk to Justin again to say goodbye to him, that I will resign and I will also ask him to file an annulment.
I just hope he agrees to what he wants if it happens so that it's all over. I'm also tired of being hurt and hoping.
I bit my lower lip and then I held my breath so I wouldn't cry. It's hard and I might wake up Katastrophe, he still looks like he's sleeping soundly. In terms of things, maybe if I don't have a problem, maybe my sleep will be good, the rain is so strong outside and it's still cold, it's really good to sleep.
[Babe please, I am sorry. Please let's talk. I love you.] My heart immediately throbbed when I read Justin's message to me. Expensive? You love me you fool?! You can't even stand me!
[Joanna, Wife please... please stop ignoring me.]
[Wife, I love you. Please its making my heartache, please let's talk. I love you. I love you so d amn much.] That was his last message to me and when I checked what time he sent it I saw that it was just past thirty minutes. Sigh.
I wiped my tears with the back of my hand and then I wiped the screen of my phone with my clothes because my tears also soaked it. I slowly left Katastrophe and I's room because I suddenly started drinking.
Since Katastrophe and I had turned off the light in our room, I used my phone's flash light to see where I was walking until I got out of our room. Katastrophe and I are used to going to bed when it's late we turn off all the lights in the house, to save electricity.
I was about to go to where the refrigerator is when I noticed a strong light coming through our door, it's still made of plywood and where did that light come from? Even though it's still raining heavily outside, I don't know why but it's like I'm being pulled to my window to see what's outside.
So that's what I did. I opened the window a little and then look at what's out there. It's impossible to be as bright as a street light, the light of a street light isn't that strong, it's yellow so it's light and weak and even more so it doesn't penetrate our window.
And that's how my eyes widened when I saw Justin outside our house. He was leaning on his car while bent and wet from the rain.
"Justin..."