CHAPTER 36

The dinner turned out to be great in the end and they all had a quality time despite the tensions that already were there. After dinner Selena disappeared but he didn’t worry much because this was also home and no one will surely cause her any harm.
“Your wife has been gone for long now. How about you go and check up on her, I wouldn’t want anything to happen to my grandkid,” his mother suggested.
“Okay, I will go and look for her and don’t worry as long as I am here, nothing will happen to her,” he said and kissed his mother on the cheek.
He left the room and began to walk around the house in search of his wife but he couldn’t find her inside so he went outside. He heard her voice in the garden so he walked in that direction.
As he walked there, he realized that she wasn’t alone but his stepsister Wendy was also there.
“I have never seen such a hypocritical person like you before. So you finally managed to trap him with this pregnancy nonsense? Is it even his? I doubt if the two of you are even sharing a bed. Why would he even get intimate with you in the first place when this whole thing is just a charade?” he heard Wendy throwing accusation on Selena.
Why was she doing that to his pregnant wife?
Sean was so angry and he was ready to settle this matter once and for all. His wife was a fragile woman and she wasn’t able to handle such matters like this. As he took long strides towards his wife, something unexpected happen.
“Oh Shit! Do you know how long I have tolerated you Wendy? It has been so damn long that I too was getting tired of faking it. I have no beef with you but you just can’t stop yourself from finding fault with me all the time and that doesn’t bother me because I am used to it.
What I do not tolerate is for you to insult my husband and my baby. What do you care whether we are intimate or not? Should I film a video and show you just how crazy my husband gets whenever we make love?
Maybe I should do that and show you how he got me pregnant. As for the charade thing, what do you care? If it hurts you so much then find yourself a husband and marry too.
I didn’t cause you to divorce your ex husband so don’t try to offload your unhappiness on the rest of us. Leave me and my family alone, if you can’t stand us.
I am pregnant and if something happens to my child because of your harassment I will make sure that you will never peace in your entire miserable life!” Selena said on top of her lungs.
It was the first time he had seen Selena exploding like a bomb like that. He didn’t know she was capable of uttering words like that or getting angry to the extent of revealing such intimate information or provoking someone as crazy like his step dad.
“How… how dare you talk to me like that? I am older than you, so show me some respect!”
“I will show you some respect the second you start to behave like an adult. I don’t care about the reasons why you hate my husband so much. Your family has got so much money; do you find it so horrible to share it with one extra person?
I don’t want to fight with you for any reason Wendy. I just wish that one day we will see eye to eye and have a normal conversation like sisters in law. I am sorry for how I spoke to you just now but I have to leave. My husband will worry if I am gone for too long,” Selena said and without waiting for Wendy to have another outburst, she left.
Sean hid by the corner and watched with pride as his wife walks away. He was proud of her; she had managed to stand herself against that bully and won. This was a day he would never forget. He was going to reward her but for now he had something else to do.
He walked towards Wendy who was still fuming with anger and he stopped right in front of her.
“You really deserved that,” he said while looking at her.
“You heard everything she just said. You see, she is a pretender!” she yelled and he smiled at her.
“I will be honest with you; her behavior just now really shocked me. I have always wished that she will explode like that one day and now she did it. I am happy that she offloaded the things on her chest and it is time for you to do the same too.
We might not see each other eye to eye but let us not involve innocent parties into this. I really hope that we can live together and just be together without anyone fighting. Even if we don’t like it, we are still a family and I hope that you can see that.
If I ever done you wrong in the past then forgive me,” Sean apologized which was a surprise to both him and Wendy.
“Why are you apologizing?” Wendy asked him.
“Being with Selena had made me see the world in another way. She taught me that the world isn’t all black and white but it is colorful. She taught me how to love and to forgive. I want to live my life peacefully with her now and I don’t want any more fights between us. It is time we put all this behind us, don’t you think so?” he asked her and saw her looking at the sky. He could tell that she was thinking and pondering over it which was a good sign.
“I am tired, I want to go inside,” Wendy said escaping from the issue at hand.
“Have a good rest then,” he said and walked away first.
It was a good thing to leave her alone like that, maybe for once in her life she will think things through for the better and maybe for once after two decades they can all have a peaceful meal together at the same table.
He walked inside the house and spotted his wife busy talking and smiling with his stepdad. She was one of a kind, she was lovely and free to everyone. He just hoped that they will all see what a kind creature she was and stop criticizing her.