Daniel stared at Dennis with a shocked look on his face as he took in all his friend just said. He felt an incoming headache as he tried to process everything.

He brought his hands to his forehead and gave it a soothing massage. "Are you serious?" Daniel asked Dennis who gave him a glare in return.

"Am I the type to joke around with such a thing?" Dennis shot back.

"Chill...I just find it very hard to believe that Patricia would do such a thing. I mean she is one of the most loyal and caring women I know." Daniel said.

"I know right, there must be something wrong somewhere." Flora said

"The only thing wrong is me. I should have looked and payed attention to all the signs" Dennis said dejectedly as he placed his head in his palms.

Flora felt sad for him and felt the need to console him. She stood from her chair and walked to him at the head of the table. She squatted before him and placed her hand on his thigh.

Dennis looked down at her with sad eyes as Daniel just look at them with a blank look as different thoughts ran through his mind.

"I still believe that there is something wrong cause there is no way the woman who has been with you for five years, loving, caring and supporting you through everything can just do that out of the blue. I don't know her but I know women" Flora said.

Dennis looked at her and just shook his head. "You guy's won't understand. I saw my wife cheating on me with some street rat on my matrimonial bed and I received pictures of her with so many men coming out of hotels and in compromising situations. I understand if Flora here doesn't believe me but You Daniel *he points at Daniel* you Know me! You know I don't assume things without evidence and I always think every decision through.

Yet you still think I'm wrong and Patricia has a reason. What type of reason exactly? What reason warrants her to bring her man to my house? What reason permits her to kill my child? My poor innocent child! What have I done wrong? Did I not love her enough? Did I not give her enough time and attention? Answer me Daniel!" Dennis said as tears welled up in his eyes.

Not wanting to look weak and helpless in front of his friends he stood up and made his way up the stairs. He entered his room and slammed the door, locking it behind him.

The sound resonated throughout the house and Flora visibly flinched. She stood up from where she was squatting and sat down on the chair.

She folded her hands before her and sighed as she thought about the pain she saw in Dennis's eyes as he narrated the story to them.

Her heart ached for him and she wished that she could wipe the pain he felt in his heart and clear the bad memories he has. She wished she could replace his sorrow with joy and she wished she could go to him now, but knew it was not the right time.

"Dennis is seriously hurting" Flora said in a quiet voice.

"I have never seen him so...not in control of his emotions and sad. I believe him and feel his pain but I also know Patricia and I know she couldn't have just done this. Something is wrong somewhere" Daniel said thoughtfully

"You might be right but then again a woman can never be trusted, remember that even the devil bows before women.

I believed thesame theory as you at first but after thinking about all that Dennis has said I believe she never loved him to begin with and was just using him for money." Flora said.

Daniel looked at her and shook his head. He couldn't think properly at this moment.

"I should get going now. It's getting late. When Dennis comes down tell him I said all will be well and everything happens for a reason." Flora smiled sadly and stood up to leave.

"I'll tell him that." Daniel smiled and waved at her.

She walked out of the house and once Daniel heard the door lock he made his way up to Dennis's room.

He knocked on the door and received no answer, he tried again nothing. He stared at the wooden door and a sigh escaped his lips.

"Dennis I know you can hear me, please open the door." Daniel pleaded.

About two minutes passed and he heard no movement in the room. He shook his head and decided to throw Dennis's own words at him.

The same words he said to him when the love of his life left him and he was wallowing in self pity and heartbreak.

"Dennis I know you are hurt, angry and feeling lonely at this point in life and I know how dejected you must be feeling losing your wife and child in the same week and both in the most painful way possible.

I can't say I understand cause God knows I've never been through something like that but I've gotten my heart broken before and I know how it felt, it felt as though someone stabbed me in the heart, when Toyin left me back then it felt as thought the emotional wound inflicted on my heart will never heal. What I'm saying is getting hurt so deeply by someone who you've opened up your heart and soul for is painful beyond measurement and you must be feeling even worst than that and I'm sorry that I can't help ease the pain or clear those bad memories for you my friend.

But I can only encourage you to man up and face your problems head on and let all the pain out. You walked away from us and locked yourself in you room cause you didn't want us to see you cry cause you see it as a weakness but have you forgotten what you told me?.

Crying does not make you a loser. Actually, they say that strong people cry. It's okay to shed a bucket of tears because you are hurting. This will help you let out the pain you feel inside. Don't hold back, because repression can make the moving on process slow, It's okay to cry but it's not okay to give up. Stop holding back your tears and locking up the pain, let it out and let it flow." Daniel said, at this point he felt so heavy hearted that he started to shed tears when he heard the sound of muffled sobs from inside the room.

He felt sad and also relieved at the same time for Dennis. As for Patricia he tried to keep her out of his mind for the time being. He needed to concentrate on his friend.

On the other side Dennis sat on the bed with a pillow clutched tightly in his grasps he laid his head on it as tears streamed down his face.

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