The Twin Bed (Wrong Bed)
Nosebleeds

"Ke... A goof? What mistake do you mean, Cat?"

Caitlyn closed her eyes and exhaled with a sad look on her face. "Alice, do you remember when we were in Jersey. A nightclub waitress and a hotel attendant have seen me with Edrick?"

"Yes, I know that. Then what happened after that? Is my suspicion of you guys right? Have you guys spent the night together?" alice asked while frowning. His heart also thumped at the confession of Caitlyn.

"Come, Alice. At that time we were chatting at the club while drinking a little alcohol."

"A little alcoholic drink? Don't you know you'll never be strong on alcohol? You could lose control, Cat. Why would you do that? Why do you dare to talk to a man over a drink of alcohol?"

"Let's see Alice, I felt so frustrated at thinking about my problem with Jeff, so I vented my frustration by chatting with Edrick who happened to apologize to me" Caitlyn said in a soft tone.

"So, is my suspicion right? Have you spent the night with Edrick?"

"I don't know either, Alice. I was so drunk that I didn't know what was happening to me. When I woke up, I was already inside the hotel, but by then my clothes had been torn apart. Then when I went into the bathroom, I saw some red marks on my chest and some parts of my body" Caitlyn said, shedding tears.

"CHUCK!" shouted Alice.

"So you really made a mistake one night with Edrick?"

"I don't know Alice. There are some parts of my body that indicate that Edrick has touched me but when I open my core, I find no trace of the liquid left by Edrick."

"Oh I know, Cat. So chances are Edrick didn't do that. He still knows the limits when he touches you, Cat."

"No Alice, if she knows the limits then she won't touch me" Caitlyn grumbled.

"Cat, you better not say that. We don't know what really happened between you because you were drunk. Especially if you are drunk, you can act out of bounds, I suspect if it turns out you were the one who first seduced Edrick. As for now, I can see Edrick's attitude is very different from what it used to be. He is now slightly away from you and begins to know the limits of his attitude as a man to a married woman. Can't you feel that change in attitude, Cat? Did you never realize that? Edrick's changed, Cat!"

"So you're accusing me if I'm the cause of all this, Alice?"

"No Cat, all the possibilities could have been. And you better not think about that because I don't think Edrick is the old Edrick. You better think about how to live with Jeff in the last few days without him seeing that bite mark that Edrick left on your body!"

"But how is Alice? I don't know, it's even a very impossible thing. When I was at home Jeff would always ask me to make out and have a husband-and-wife relationship with him, and if I constantly refused him, he said, he must have been suspicious and it's possible he could have known the truth between me and Edrick" Caitlyn said, nibbling her lower lip.

Alice breathed her long breath. "Looks like we don't have a choice, Cat."

"What's the solution, Alice?"

"This solution is actually very risky, but it's the only way you can avoid Jeff."

"What is that, Alice?"

"Look, like you're doing now. Dodge Jeff by leaving the house. It's the only way, even though it means you're giving up your husband to live with another woman, even worse chances are that it could happen between the two of them, Cat."

"Yes, that's the possibility."

"No way, Alice. Didn't you say that Jeff loved me so much? I'm sure he couldn't have stabbed me in the back."

"But all the possibilities could have been Cat. And you have to think about the worst possible. Try to think, Jeff is a grown man and you've been leaving him for a week and not having sex with him. While Amber looks a lot like you, think about it Cat. Jeff's chances of being tempted by Amber are huge."

Hearing Alice's words, Caitlyn fell silent. 'What Alice said was true. My position is now like the fruit of simalakama. However, after all I had to make a decision to save the integrity of my household, although that decision was also not the best decision because the worst possibility could still happen. Oh Jeff, Amber, can I trust you?' Caitlyn Mumbles.

"Then what's your decision Cat? Go back home and let Jeff see Edrick's bite marks or stay here and let your husband rooftop with another woman?"

"Everything's really risky, Alice. But if I go home, and Jeff sees the marks left by Edrick, then my household will be over in a moment, and I'll choose to temporarily evade Jeff, because that's the best choice right now."

"Although that's the same as letting Jeff go to Amber?"

"Alice, there's still a possibility of Jeff being loyal to me, and I believe that," Caitlyn said with a wry smile despite her struggling heart.

...***...

While Jeff who came out of his room rushed to Amber's room to see the situation. "Amurin!" call Jeff when he knocks on the door.

TOK TOK TOK

Repeatedly, Jeff knocked on the door of the room but there was no answer. "Is Amber still mad at me?" said Jeff. Finally, he opened the door to the room.

FLECKISH

The room also looked dark. Jeff turned on the room light and saw Amber who was still asleep in bed. Jeff then approached Amber's bed and sat down beside her. However, how surprised he was when he saw Amber sleeping on the bed with fresh blood flowing from her nose.

"Ambers! You're Amber's nosebleed!" scream Jeff.

"Amurin!"

However, Amber was silent. Jeff patted his cheek, but Amber still did not open her eyes.

"Amurin!"

"Ah looks like she fainted," grumbled Jeff as he looked at Amber's face which now looked so pale.

"I need to get Amber to the hospital right now!" said Jeff. He then lifted Amber's body from the bed and carried her into his car.

"Amber, what really happened to you Amber?"