Passage 40

It had been a month since Christopher's confession and he was firmly still on the sofa as he could have went to the guest room they reserved for Chad when he stayed in town but that seemed too much like an defeat and Christopher believed separate rooms were on the boarder line path to seperation in a marriage. He wasn't about to make himself comfortable without Sarah. Every night he crawl into bed when she was asleep and get a few hours of sleep and when she would wake up she would point to the door. He loved Sarah and it hurt him she kicked him out every night when she woke up. But he had to keep trying with her .

He didn't like sleeping away from Sarah and he hated more sleeping on the sofa that was not sleeping friendly since it was stiff and elegant style a gift from Martha to clash with their country style home. It was ment for sitting not laying on. When he went to the sofa he lay sideways before it made him get up and make some coffee and pase the house until he woke up and left the house early.

Sarah always glared when he came back and she was awake acting like he wasn't where she left him. He come home with something from the store when he just sat in the store parking lot until it opened and went in to get an item as soon as he was ready to leave. He had no phone to tell her where he was at and he wasn't going to dignify himself with a handwritten note .

Sarah kept a close eye on Christopher since he was no longer to be trusted. She knew there was only so many OBGYN doctors in the area and knowing the type of woman she was it be a hospital instead of a clinic. Sarah knew call records were traced so she went to a local payphone with hand full of change and her phone as a directory. The only place that had a public phone was a sleezy bar right outside of town.

She made call after call pretending to be Regina to figure out which doctor was hers. As drunken patrons passed her as she tried to cover the receiver between calls. Hours passed after so many calls she lost count of most never heard the name or asked if she to make an appointment.finally after three hours of calls and only a dollar in quarters left she hit one lead.

" Fairview Hospital." A woman answered.

" Hi the OBGYN department, please." Sarah said as the line transferred.

" OBGYN services how may I help you? Another woman answered.

" Yes this is Regina Zehetii. I was wondering when my appointment was . I forgot to write it down on my schedule and lost my appointment card." She said fishing for information.

" It's quite alright , ms. Zehetii. You appointment is scheduled for Friday the thirteenth at ten forty-five in the morning. Is there any concerns the doctor needs to know about?" Said the receptionist.

" No.no. it's all fine. Which doctor am I seeing that day?" Quizzed Sarah. As she was on a roll getting information now she knew the woman's name after she spent hours google searching regina zehettii doing her homework on her husband's lover.

" Dr. Harris. Dr. Lewis is on vacation during your up coming visit." Explained the receptionist.

Sarah felt lucky she got this much information. She grinned as she wrote down this information.

" Alright ma'am you'll be in dock number D4. That will be the fourth floor in spot 4. Look for the expecting mother's spots by the service elevator . Once you check in we will sign off the parking." Said the receptionist.

" Thank you so much. For reminding me of my appointment. I swear I'm losing my memory with this pregnancy. " Said Sarah as she closed her notebook and slid it in her bag.

" No problem Ms. Zehetii. You have a nice day. Bye bye now." Said the receptionist ending the call.

Sarah gleamed as she saw three hours of hard work narrow down her goal. She wanted to meet the woman that stole her husband's attention. She knew the new baby made her physically unavailable but it was no excuse to cheat. Now they have a baby together.

The receptionist face scrunched up in confusion as she hung up the phone.

" What's the matter?" Asked Dr . Lewis as he turned in paperwork to the front desk for filing.

" I don't know. That was Ms. Zehetii. She was actually nice . " She replied to the doctor.

" What do you mean nice?" He said as he was curious knowing the woman since her first pregnancy and now her second one.

" She didn't yell at me. Or treat me like I was an incompetent secretary. Usually I have to remind her I'm a receptionist not a secretary. She even said thank you to me." Said the receptionist now looking puzzled.

" That is something. Maybe the hormones is mellowing her out with this pregnancy. I'm just glad I'll be on vacation this visit. That woman makes you want to rethink your career choice when she comes in." Said Dr . Lewis .

" Or test your gangster. " Said dr. Harris coming in the room as they spoke ." Thanks for that one Dr. Lewis. You so owe me for taking over your patient while you are on a Ms. Zehetii vacation." Said Dr. Harris with finger quotes in the air.

The office all could agree Regina was high maintenance on a normal basis and hell to deal with a baby on board. Dr. Lewis was conveniently out of town when she went in labor with the first child. He dodged the bullet with that one.

Sarah pulled up to the front of the house as she went inside to see Christopher leaned over a laptop looking up properties for his new practice and a legal pad as he wrote down information.

" Where have you been ?" He asked his wife.

" I needed a drink. Not everyday my husband has a wife and a baby momma." She sassed as he closed the laptop to address her.

" When are you going to let that rest?" He said aggravated with it being rubbed in his face .

" Well I will let it go when the baby no longer exists. No take that back when she no longer exists. You don't get to decide when I get to stop being mad at you for cheating on me and getting another woman pregnant in the process. Christ Christopher you daughter is only four months old. You couldn't keep it in your pants for four months after I gave birth. I created life for you and this is how you repay me." She snapped as she glared at him persuing this concept of him ever being forgiven or forgotten.

" Sarah many couples deal with infidelity and they move past it all the time." He tried to reason with her. He knew what he said would piss her off more but it was the truth and she needed to hear it .

" Then go find one of them and let me know how that works out." She spatted out in anger. Sarah kept pushing him away every word he spoke and it was getting exhausting.

" I need your phone. I'm going to the back room for some privacy. " He declared gathering his laptop and legal pad. Hoping she would give him some silence and leave him alone. He had wished she stayed away longer doing what ever she was doing but in reality he needed a phone to make calls because email inquires took to long to get results and a phone was quicker. He had to wrap it up because he didn't want to go through all their savings trying to get his job situation together since Sarah made him quit their only source of income.

" The hell you are . You can make call here while I cook your dinner and pretend to be your faithful wife. You having alone time got you in this situation.* She said shoving the phone in his hand.

" You can't monitor me twenty-four hours a day. You got to let me go places without you watching me?" He exclaimed. She was the one who went out and took her phone with her like a warden holding her prisoner hostage. He couldn't even ask her where she went without being blamed for everything he did to her.

" Why? So you can have hushed conversation and delete incoming text from her. Or who knows who else . Were there others Christopher or was she the first one" She said scorned. " Nevermind don't answer that frankly I don't care enough to know ." She said in finality trying to inflicted as much pain as possible to compensate for her hurt she was feeling. Sarah was never one to fight fair .

Christopher sat down now defeated. He did put himself in this situation. She was right four months was a little extreme for not being able to have sex . Now he was out of a job and trying to get a practice on top of a loan to keep his wife happy. All he gets is constant reminder of something she would have never known if he didn't tell her. Phone calls are subjective but he could have played that off as a client call.

Sarah being mad at him was bad. She probably hasn't told her family yet because of she did he be in divorce court instead of looking for a new job. Sarah's family came from old money. If this got in her families hands it be a scandal that would ruin his families reputation.

His father had no aspiration for Christopher to be anything. Sarah was the one who saw him through laws school and helped him as he struggled tp pay tuition and bills and worked three jobs to scrape by on ramen noodles and tap water. His mother was no better with the triplets she had he hands were full taking care of his three younger sisters that they decided to have at a late age . Allison, Abby, Amber. So his mom wasn't preoccupied with her son with her hands full of being a new mom all over again. When Sarah met him the triplets were starting middle school and they didn't get off on good terms.

Sarah and the triplets were only five years apart in age and she looked at them like her rivals to Christopher. Christopher loved his younger sisters and would drop everything if one ask him to do anything. Soon after they got married she also restricted his contact with his sisters by reminding him he had his own children to care for.

Friday came around and Christopher had a few building to see as he wrote down the gps coordinates since Sarah wouldn't let him have the phone today for business .He noticed Sarah was getting really paranoid lately . He couldn't even breath louder than normal without her hearing him. Sarah called her mom over to watch the kids . She grabbed her bag ,phone,and keys as she had to make it to her and Regina's appointment.

She arrived in the parking deck of the assigned parking area. She purposely parked in the spot with her minivan and waited to confront Regina. She wanted to set eyes on her. Regina pulled into her appointment as she parked behind Sarah's car blocking her. She beeped her hork loudly at the car in her spot. Sarah looked at the woman and got out of the car as she approached the car .

"I'm Sorry can I help you?" Said Sarah as sweet as possible. As she looked at the woman knowing she park in her spot on purpose to inconvenience her and see if she had claws to rate the threat level his lover was.

" You can help me by moving your crappy vehicle out of my spot. I'm reserved for this spot. Move. Now. With your house wife peice of trash." Demanded Regina.

Sarah glared at the woman remembering her features as she smiled as she cursed Christopher inside her head. Are you kidding me a blonde. What was with Christopher and blondes. Her cousin Lexi was a blonde and he liked her too until Sarah came in the picture what made it worse she was an entitled one too. Christopher was going to hear it now from her. As Sarah looked at Regina she saw glimpses of Lexi in her behavior.

" Maybe I got my ticket wrong . May I see your ticket and you can see mine in return. Just to verify we both get our information correct" She negotiated with Regina trying to stall her from her appointment. He goal was to make her late enough so when she got up to her appointment she would have to reschedule since she knew from experience doctors give you a fifteen minute late window before they give your appointment away .

" I don't need to show you my ticket. Your not security or any one important enough to need to see my ticket. I'm going to call the office and tell them you won't move so I can park in my designated parking spot and your making me late for my appointment." Screamed Regina. She was infuriated by the audacity of this woman trying to talk her out of her parking spot.

" Well to be honest . I can't move with you blocking my crappy vehicle. If you block me on I can't move out of your way now can I . Move so I can move." Sassed Sarah. As she was determined to match venom with venom now she made up her mind she already hated this woman in ten minutes of meeting her.

She wasn't going to like her in the first place but she didn't know the severity of the woman cheated on her with until now. This woman was rude and vile and entitled. She was demanding and attractive. She obviously came from money by her car and jewelry . She didn't know if she envied her for being well off or hated Christopher for chasing a woman so close to Lexi in demeanor that it was sickening. Granted Lexi was a little more subtle and less rude in front of Christopher ,but in private the girl had some claws.

Regina glared at her as she didn't like this woman talking to her like this. She reversed back slamming on the brakes making a screaming stop. Sarah got in her car and reversed our as she tried waving to Regina as a grand gesture of thanks as she saw Regina flip up a middle finger as a disrespectful gesture of her inconvenience . Sarah face soured as she did this as she parked a few spots down. Regina got out as she stomped to the elevator and called it.

Regina turned to get in seeing the rude woman in her spot. She had that spot since her first pregnancy. She mean mugged Sarah as the doors closed.

Sarah hated this woman what was Christopher doing with her. He didn't like the bitchy type of the entitled princess either. She originally just wanted to make her late to ruin her day and make her have to reschedule her appointment, but now she met her this woman was rude and ugly to her. she was pissed off .

A new plan formed in her head as She looked around the dock for any cameras as she saw none. She reached inside her glove box and grabbed a box cutter. She got out of her car as she looked around and went up to Regina car and slashed her tires as the wheels slowly hissed in protest. She smiled thinking that it was enough to exact her revenge make her walk home. Try getting away now . Thought Sarah as she found some satisfaction in repaying the rude woman back for touching her husband. She got back in her car and parked across the ways facing the dock exit. She would love to see Regina face , but she had to be far away from the crime scene as possible.

Being married to a lawyer taught her that. She had a clear view of the exit area. Knowing she have to walk outside to make a call because parking garages has shitty cell phone signal. She waited for Regina . She wanted to see Regina in distress and frustration to make up for the feelings she felt right now at the disappointment of her husbands choices. She wanted to take photos and send it to her make the woman paranoid enough not to see her husband ever again.

Sarah saw Regina as she came out of the parking garage holding up her phone. She was trying to get signal not paying attention to Sarah. she gared at Regina as she held up her phone about to follow her plan to make her paranoid and just then something inside her snapped .

Watching this entitled thieving wench get her way all the time. Thinking how many times she had Christopher her husband. How many days and nights she stole from him. How many whispered calls and text messages roping him in her grasp . How many kisses and tenderness he showed her. Was he the same with her as he had been me. She thought. Or was he raw and savage indulging every forbidden fantasy he desired. What things did she do to her husband as a child laid evident of their affair. Of their love dare she say. The thoughts was maddening .Christopher was hers not hers.

Sarah gripped the steering wheel as she pressed the gas and speed towards Regina .only meaning to scare her enough to get the point across, but she didn't move as Sarah anticipated .Regina looked up a moment too late as her body flung across the windshield cracking it and she was slung across the parking lot as she landed hard on her stomach . Regina screamed in agony out loud a gutt wrenching scream. Sarah looked in her rear view mirror as she saw Regina laying in the road as she smiled at the sight. I told you I was coming for you and I don't make idle threats. Sarah didn't wait to see if she was dead . She had to go. Sarah actually hit her husband's mistress .she thought of going back to finish her off but chose against it .She had to get rid of the car as she sped away as the concept of running Regina over was a snap decision but now it was done there was no going back. She pulled up to an nearby empty parking lot as she looked at the front of her car.

The only damage was her windshield on the passenger side as a circle formed and small amount of blood on it. She tried to wash it off with the windshield wiper fluid as it just made the blood run down .

She couldn't take it to a repair shop as there would be too many questions asked in the repairs. She immediately went to a back road out of sight of normal traffic as she had to get it together . This vehicle now became part of a hit and run a crime scene she couldn't be seen with it. She had only intended to talk to Regina and it all went horribly wrong.

The woman Christopher chose to cheat on her with was absolutely horrible and rude and demanding what was he thinking of sleeping with her . Sarah knew Christopher's type and she worked hard to keep him interested . This woman was not his type. Was her husband bored with her and went to this horrible woman.

She laughed hysterically as she thought of what she did just a moment ago to Regina. The thought of her flying across the windshield brought a little sense of pleasure and enjoyment to her as she replayed it in her mind.

Then she thought of it . As she looked up for a entry to a ramp. She laughed as she had an absolute insane thought that. Crossed her mind as She took her car on the freeway and got close to the concrete median on the passenger side there was no other options she had to get rid of this van. She jerked the van and corrected it as she told herself not to be a chicken and her plans now was not the time to back out. She had to commit to it if she was going to get away with what she just did.

She closed her eyes and jerked it towards the median thinking if she didn't see it she wouldn't stop herself as she smashed into it as her van crumpled up on one side. And then it spun out of control and flipped over the median all of a sudden and she was upside down as the belt suspended her mid air trapping her inside it. Finally she felt the airbag deployed and her chest whipped back as she smiled bloody mouthed knowing she did it. She reached for her belt as she felt herself fall with a hard thud as her chest hurt from the restraint of the belt as she knew her arm was dislocated from the impact as it hurt with seeing pain. She heard voices nearby as she slipped in and out of consciousness.

She couldn't sleep she was so tired. She had to have witnesses and to distort the body crack in her windshield. The witnesses will also be her alibi. She heard sirens wailing as she tried to close her eyes. She thought you can act for my husband so can I . Did you honestly think I was going to allow you to keep what was mine. She smiled as she realized the pain she felt as she slammed her head on the dashboard .

Sarah saw lights and people pulled her out of the wreckage as she surrended to her exhaustion. She closed her eyes trying to rest from the adrenaline of what just happened. Her heart felt like it was going to pop out of her chest and she began to get chills from the downfall of the adrenaline as exhaustion started to claim her . She barely felt the pain from the crash. Then she felt a vibration and heat nearby as she felt her body being pulled to safety as she slowly felt herself losing consciousness.

Meanwhile Regina held her stomach in pain as she screamed. What the bloody hell just happened ? First off her day was going to crap as she was late to her appointment because some brainless woman parked in her reserved parking spot and then She was came out of the appointment as someone slashed all of her tires and she couldn't get cell service to call the authorities and now someone hit her with their damn car. Regina felt fluid between her legs and rub her hand as she saw blood smeared her hands. She screamed louder now she knew something felt wrong.

She couldn't move she was in so much pain right now . She screamed as she tried to focus where her phone went as she saw the broken contents on the pavement in front of her. Great and they broke her phone too. She thought as she wanted from the pain in her stomach. Who would do this to her as she remembered the wife knowing about her and Christopher. No she couldn't. There is no way his wife was that vindictive.

Just then she felt a splintering pain in her stomach as she recognized contractions . She reached between her legs as red blood covered her fingers as the pain came back and she cringed screaming in pain then she felt it the fetus shift down . She screamed trying to hold it in like she could save it . She screamed louder .

" Someone help me.ahhhh. Hahaaaa. Aaaaahhhhh!" She yelled for anyone to help her as she was losing her and Christopher's child in the street alone.

Regina wailed and cried realizing what had happened. She had lost her and Christopher daughter. She had just found out that day the gender of the baby. She was so happy as she heard it's strong heartbeat. She reminisced the moments earlier her happiness now all gone as she passed out from the pain and loss of herself.

She woke up hours later the sound of a beeping noise coming from a heart monitor It made her still as she stared at the ceiling knowing what just happened to her. She was gone. She sat in the hospital room as she layed on her back as the beeping noise of the heart monitor was her a ticking reminder that it was hers alone.

She cupped her belly with her left hand as her right arm was broken and her hip shattered in the accident she did this as a delayed reaction of her usual motion to touch the baby while pregnant. But she was not there anymore. Tears welled up in her eyes as there was a food tray placed on the side of her bed as it grew cold as she refused to eat. Then a fit of rage overwhelmed her as she threw the tray against the wall .

Meanwhile Sarah layed in the hospital room . She stared up at the ceiling with massive headache and every beep and noise amplified like a bad vibration echoing and bouncing of all the surfaces of the room. Had she sustained a concussion to be so sensitive to light and noises. She remember laying on the side of the highway as someone held her in there arms on the ground. That was the last memory she had .

The searing pain echoed in her head as she moved her hands to touch her face. It was bandaged . What the hell happened to her face ? She touched it as it was painful to the touch and half her face was wrapped . What happened she didn't think the crash was that bad. Yes she was speeding to get maximum impact to hide the evidence of her van prior crimes, but when did her face get hurt. She looked down at her arm as burned marks showed outside the wrappings slightly.

Then she remembered the explosion behind her back the feel of the heat on her as she was pulled away by a good Samaritan. She didn't anticipate her car blowing up to hide the crime she did, but it panned out well.

Christopher came home as Mrs. Kirkwall paced worry. Christopher decided to stay the night at a friend's house instead of on the sofa where he had been for the past month. He didn't want to deal with Sarah and her accusations. He secured a business now just waiting for the loan to pass before he can apply for permits .

" Christopher, where the hell have you been?" Screeched Mrs. Kirkwall.

Not her too . He thought as he was growing tired of all the questions and accusations. " I stayed out with a colleague of mine." He said daring not to tell her he quit his job and looking to open a practice . Living off of his savings and 4 o 1 k pension until his practice was up and running. If he did he would have to deal with Mr. Kirkwall and his mighty lectures of a mans responsibility, duty and honor . Then he would try to take over the situation by offering money to float them . That in return is a forever reminding debt you owed him even if you paid back the money. It was worse then involuntary servitude to borrow money from that man.

" Sarah didn't come home last night and she isn't answering her cell." Panicked Mrs. Kirkwall.

" What do you mean she never came home?" He responded .

" I expected her back at five yesterday afternoon and then you didn't come home I thought you took a date night dinner while I was watching the kids. But when I saw this morning there was no calls or text. I started calling her and she hasn't responded." Said Mrs. Kirkwall now over stimulating herself.

" Did you call her friends, hospitals, dispatch?" Quizzed Christopher.

" Good idea. You call the dispatcher and I'll call hospital and then we will circle her friends last." She said in a take control tone.

" I can't . Sarah has the only phone." He said softly.

" What happened to your phone?" Mrs. Kirkwall asked now starting to get suspicious.

Christopher contemplated in his head to tell her the truth or a lie . The truth might bring up red flags and alert the entire kirkwall army to the front line of the Dayo residence.

" It got stolen a month ago. Since it was a newer model phone it won't be replaced until it is back in stock." He tried to get out of her accusing stare.

She set her mouth in a fine line as she didn't like that he didn't know where his wife , her daughter was and no one told them about there problems. Sarah usually told her mother everything and if it was concerning she tell Mr. Kirkwall . Something was going on. She couldn't put her finger on it yet but she was going to get to the bottom of it. But right now she had alot of calls to make. She needed to find her daughter , Sarah.