Episode 12
“We need this job now more than ever before, that’s the only way we can make ends meet” she explained trying to reason with him.
Jeff could not bear the thought of his wife having to travel with another man for any reason, he knew how randy men could be and he couldn’t imagine her being exposed to the kind of temptation he had faced earlier that day. Normally, he would have asked her to reject the promotion or quit her job but with his current jobless situation there wasn’t much he could do, he felt helpless.
All sorts of thoughts began creeping into his mind, why had her boss chosen her out of all the staff for the promotion? and why did she agree to travel without discussing with him first? Could it be possible that there was something between them?
“Franklin was right” he said getting up angrily, “how do you mean?” Lara asked looking confused, “you women are all the same” he said walking away without looking back, “I should never have rejected Ellen’s offer” he mumbled to himself picking his phone out of his pocket and dialing a number as he opened the door and walked out…
“Where are you going?” Lara shouted running after him, “you’ve barely touched your food”, “you can go ahead and eat your food, I’m not interested” he said holding his phone to his ear and waiting for Franklin to pick, unfortunately, he didn’t answer his phone, he reluctantly turned and walked back into the house.
Lara eventually succeeded in making Jeff see reason with her, at least to an extent before they went to bed. Jeff didn’t hide the fact that he wasn’t happy but he had no choice. “So who’s going to look after Jojo while you’re away?” He asked Lara, “Lola of course” she replied, “hasn’t she been doing that all this while?”
“have you stopped for a second to think about how Jojo would feel with you being away from home? You’ve never left for so long without her” he asked, “Jojo will be fine”
Lara assured, “I’m only going to be away for a few days”, “okay” he replied shrugging and turning his back towards her as he settled to lay his head down to rest without saying another word, not only was he concerned about Jojo, he was also worried about himself, Lara had never spent a night outside his house since they got married, he was more worried about how he would cope without her than how Jojo would.
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