CHAPTER 5 On the same day

Tyson’s POV

I had just finished with a meeting and was preparing to head home. I checked the time on my phone and it was 4:15 pm April 20th, then it dawned on me.

Today's my late son Ricky’s anniversary. I quickly rushed into my car and went to a toy shop, got him his favorite iron man toy, and got a bouquet after that. I headed to the cemetery to visit his grave, Ricky was such a lovely soul.

He was the happiest thing that ever happened to Adina and I until he lost his life to an operation on this same day five years ago. I got to the cemetery and was about to walk to his grave when I met his mom already there.

I didn't want to go any closer because she wouldn't be happy to see me here, till this day she still blames me for my son's death. I quickly stood by a corner as I watched her shed tears and talked to him like he was sitting right next to her.

Hot tears escaped my eyes as I stood there watching her, some hours later she was done and was about to leave when her eyes met mine.

She marched towards me and started hitting me really hard accusing me of being the cause of our son’s death.

“How dare you come here, huh? How dare you come see him today? Who gave you the right to even come here? ” I said, hitting his chest profusely.

“Have you forgotten five years ago when my son was in the operating room, when he needed his daddy the most, when he cried to me asking where his daddy was, I couldn’t say anything?”

“I couldn’t look him in the eyes to give him a straight answer, because how could I tell a five year old boy that his Dad was with his mistress while he lay in the hospital in distress. How could I Tyson? How could I tell him that his dad was a liar, a cheater and a freak huh? How could I tell him that Tyson?”

“And now you still have the guts to come visit him huh? How dare you? ”

Another stream of Tears rushed down my eyes as I watched her vent her anger in me.

“It was a misunderstanding Adina, I can explain,” I said amidst teary eyes.

“No Tyson, I don't want to hear any bullshit from you”

Adina’s POV

I continued venting my anger on Tyson wishing he would just accept the fact that it was all his fault. But instead he stood there telling me he could explain, saying it was just a misunderstanding.

What could he possibly explain?

********* Flashback (April 20th) *******

“Ricky? Ricky? Ricky please stay with me okay? Mommy is here with you okay, Ricy?”

“Mommy? Where's daddy?” he said in a weak tone

“Ricky daddy is on his way okay? Daddy would soon be here okay? Just be strong for Mommy, okay honey.”

“Ma’am you can go in, allow the doctors to take it from here.”

“No I want to be in there with my son, he needs me”

“I'm sorry ma'am but you can't go into the ICU”

“Ricky?” I yelled.

Why the hell is Tyson not picking up? I've been calling him for some time now and this is the fifth time and he keeps shutting my call. So I decided to try one more time.

“The user you're trying to call is currently switched off” the customer care voice sounded from the other end.

“What? Now his phone is off? Where the hell is he?”

I paced round the hallway stealing a glance each passing minute looking at the ICU waiting for the doctor. Just then a message popped on my phone. It was from an unknown number, who could this be? I thought. I opened the message to view its content and to my surprise,

In a few minutes I stood dumbstruck staring at a sex video between Tyson and Sophie. My phone dropped from my hands in an instant as I gasped in shock drawing other attention to me.

My heart shattered in a million pieces as I couldn't wrap my head around what I just watched. I mean I get if Tyson doesn't love me but why would he betray his own son in such a manner when he needed him most? Why Tyson? I suddenly started feeling dizzy

As if the nightmares weren't enough the doctor walked out from the ICU and gave her yet again another heartbreaking news.

“Doctor, how's my son?”

“I'm sorry madam but we couldn't save him, he suffered from a very critical internal bleeding and died during the operation.”

“What? What do you mean you couldn't save a five-year-old from dying? What sort of a hospital is this huh?”

Immediately I felt my whole world crumble as the last thing I remembered was the lights fading out.

******** back to reality ********

“Why do we always have to fight every time we meet, huh? I don't believe you have only hate for me Adina. In France we had a very memorable night, did all that really mean nothing to you?”

“Yes Tyson, we sexed and so what? Huh? it all meant nothing, and besides I did pay you, or didn't your fiancee give the money to you?”

The shock was evident on his face the minute he heard that. I just stood there staring at him in disgust, pain and hatred.

“You don't deserve to be here, you don't deserve to bring anything to my son, Tyson.”

“He is also my son, Adina.”

“That was before you abandoned him Tyson, Ricky stopped being your son the minute you abandoned him to sex your mistress.”

And with that I grasped the Iron Man toy from his hands and dropped it on his feet, stepping on it before turning to leave.