I stepped out of the car as soon as I turned off the engine. Then, heading to the phone stand, I called the guard. A male voice spoke into the line right away.
"Guard on duty, good evening!"
"Guard, why do you allow a madwoman into the subdivision?"
"Madwoman?" There was a short pause before he spoke again. "Do you mean the woman in her sixties, wearing a black skirt and a brown blouse?"
"Yes!" I replied angrily. I could still remember how frightened I was when she suddenly knocked on my car's door while Kim and I were in the midst of our heated activity.
"She looks like one, ma'am, but she is harmless. Her daughter says she is suffering from a nervous breakdown. I don't understand why but her daughter allows her to wander in the streets."
I pulled my brows together. What kind of a daughter is she to allow her mother to wander on the streets?
"May I know who her family is?"
"Her daughter is Miss Maezy."
I placed my hand in my mouth as I gasped loudly. I couldn't imagine Maezy allowing her mother like that. To think, she wasn't short of money to admit her to a psychiatric facility.
In my discomfort, I called up Kim.
"Why do you allow your mother-in-law to wander in the streets? You didn't even acknowledge her."
"Mother-in-law?"
"Yes, your wife's mother."
"I only have one wife, and that is Jakara. Give me a little more time, and I will throw her out of my life."
"I'm not asking for that."
"What do you expect us to do? To live like a married couple only in the office and fuck someone else at night? Fine then."
"Kim!"
I trembled at the truth he laid out for me. My spine crept at the thought of making love with him during the day but expecting to be intimate with my husband during the night. But how could I say no to Zed? Even if he wasn't good in bed, we still did it on his way.
"II couldn't promise how long I can stay sane in this situation. Can you feel me, Jakara? Can you imagine my restless nights thinking that you're sleeping in his arms? And maybe making love all through the night? You had no idea how many times I am tempted to barge into your door and take you away!"
The tremors I felt spread fast to my whole body. I could even feel it in my heart. Kim's only source of patience was my status, but massive troubles would surely follow once I recover my memories. So, to appease him and prevent him from making untoward moves, I decided to tell him the truth.
"Kim, Zed has a sexual disorder. The only real sex we had happened only once, but it was short."
Silence fell afterward, but then he spoke.
"Explain."
And I did it right away.
"He goes limp in bed. He ejaculates as soon as he touches me. So to avoid embarrassment, he pretends that sex isn't good for pregnant women. And he makes any excuses so that he couldn't have sex with me."
I paused for a while, waiting for what he would say. Then, when he still didn't speak, I went ahead.
"I remained a virgin until the fourth month of our marriage."
"Virgin? We did it over a hundred times, Jakara. Why? Did you bleed on your first night?"
This fact took me aback. Why haven't I realized it?
"No. But why was it painful? What happened back then?" My head started to hurt.
"Stop it, Jakara. You're driving me crazy. You better tell Zed the truth while it's still early."
Kim ended the call without saying goodbye, and I knew it wouldn't be long before the trouble begins.
After taking a meal, I went for a quick shower. And because I still didn't feel sleepy, I took those folders I brought from home. While flipping over the pages, my eyes fell on the birth certificate.
Certificate of Delayed Birth Registration
Of course, I had seen my birth certificate many times, but it only piqued my interest this time. I knew midwives or quack midwives made delays in the past, but I couldn't help wondering what caused the delay. So I looked at it closely, and the complete names of my parents were there.
Setting it aside, I remembered my best friend, Ara. It had been a long while since I talked to her. I had been busy with my new identity, my new job, and Kim that I had forgotten to catch up with her.
"Yen, what have you eaten that you remember me already?"
I laughed. Before I worked for Kim, not a day would pass without talking to her. But someone else took my thoughts and time away from her. And I couldn't tell her it was Kim.
"I'm sorry, Ar. I'm so busy lately that I slump in bed right away after I get home. But why haven't you called me also?"
"Because I'm so depressed. Tim is getting worse. He now sleeps in Maezy's home and doesn't even drop by to see if I'm still alive."
Although Ara and I both worked for Kim, we would no way see each other at work. The company had moved the ESL Center or the English tutorial center to the residential area the company had allotted for its transient Japanese employees. It was located near the beach, a few kilometers away from Kim Yuan's.
"Ar, you're almost eight months on pregnancy, right?" I asked because I wanted to break the news of Tim and Maezy's illicit love after giving birth.
"Yes, why?" she asked, and her tone told me that she was crying.
"Let's go shopping for the baby tomorrow, right after work."
I heard Ara's sobs right away, instead of her usual screams of joy whenever I gave her a gift or offered her anything.
"Isn't it weird? Tim should have insisted by now that it's already time to buy kinds of stuff for the baby!"
To lift her mood a bit, I said, "I'm glad he doesn't because I wouldn't have the freedom to buy the ones I like. Tim is always bound by price and pride."
"Really, Yen?"
"Of course, it's my treat because I got a new job."
"Yeezy! Thank you so much!"
"Let's go to sleep now and see you early in the morning for a walk. Don't be lazy."
"Alright. As long as you'll be with me."
After my chat with Ara, I fell asleep, but Zed's hand sliding on my labia woke me up. I turned to look at him, but my move made him slide his finger deeper. I got annoyed because he never listened. I couldn't count the times I told him not to touch my clit or my nipples directly because it turned me off.
I closed my eyes, pretending I enjoyed it. And soon, I felt his hardness poking on my butt. He then held my hips and banged his member on the base of my ass. Pushing about three times, I then felt him trembling as he perhaps released his cum.
"Thank you, dear. That was so good!"
My goodness, I exclaimed in my mind.