Episode 5

NICOLAS **

Living that moment of conflict, the image of Nataly comes to my mind, she is a beautiful, sophisticated woman. But futile, insensitive who is never by my side. She never celebrated a victory, an achievement of mine, I could never lay my head on her shoulder and cry… I am always alone!

I pour another shot and quickly swirl it in the glass, the drink burns as it goes down, I don't know why I'm feeling like this today… today I particularly wish I had a real partner, and not one of these women who are here at the party that I know that I'll wake up next to her after having sex all night with no strings attached. I take a deep breath and decide to go to the bathroom.

I get up and go along greeting some people, taking some pictures, finally I get to the bathroom. Just thinking that I'm going to face it all over again to get to my table makes me discouraged. I take a deep breath and decide to face it all again.

As I'm leaving... someone bumps into me hard!

EMMA **

The party sucks as always, at our table are present the worst of English society. My husband William has a knack for joining forces with people of no character like those here.

As always, all eyes are on us. William telling his great deeds and doing what he likes most, exposing me as his most valuable trophy. Besides showing me off, he loves to humiliate me, William thinks he's the smartest person on the face of the earth. Being next to him has been an increasingly worse torture for me.

At one point, William leaves the table and I don't even notice, I was distracted, looking intently at the movement the straw makes in the drink that I've been stirring for a while.

My thought is far away, I wonder why I'm still with him? Why do I agree to live this relationship without love, without respect… I live an abusive relationship and I don't have the courage to get out of it!

I hear an irritating voice calling my name non-stop, I come back from my thoughts and see the irritating woman sitting next to me calling me.

Suzzy: - Hey pretty... wake up... you only live in la-la land!

I look at Suzzy upset, I know what she wants is to annoy me and make fun of me as always!

Emma: - What do you want Suzzy?!

Suzzy: - Nothing much, just warning you to be careful pretty... otherwise you're going to lose your man! If he was ever yours!

Everyone at the table looks at me and laughs out loud, it's at this moment that I realize that William is not at the table, I look seriously at Suzzy who can barely stand it from laughing at me.

Emma: - What do you know Suzzy?! Spit it out? Where's William?

Suzzy stops smiling and looks at me ironically.

Suzzy: - Now, pretty, so you didn't see?!

Emma: - I didn't see what Suzzy?… Be direct!

Everyone at the table drops their big smiles, their loud laughter and look at me…so at this point Suzzy has the perfect opportunity to humiliate me even more. Some gesture for Suzzy not to speak, but the opportunity is too good for her, and of course she wouldn't miss it.

Suzzy: - He went to have fun with a real woman, you're nothing but a luxury doll to him, someone he uses to cause envy and admiration, someone he keeps by his side for status. But when he wants real emotion, real pleasure…

Suzzy pauses in her speech, she looks at me with contempt, looks me up and down, takes a sip of her champagne and smiles before answering.

Suzzy: - He's looking out of the house!

At that moment everyone starts laughing again and toasting Suzzy who, visibly drunk, celebrates her perverse comment.

My eyes well up with tears, I know that every word that came out of Suzzy's foul mouth is true, but what hurts me the most is knowing that William shares his infidelity with everyone. Before the tears fall down my face, I get up and leave that damn table. I head for the parking lot, I decide to leave this place now.

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