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“TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED…” “Well?” Zach pushed. “What is this about? What have you been up to? Speak for goodness sake!!!” Cathy looked as if she would crumble into rubble where she stood: her face was pale – she seemed about to give in. But she threw her head back in defiance and looked straight at her husband. “There’s nothing to tell you, Zach.” “Oh really? There’s nothing to tell? There sure is a hell of a lot out there, darling wife. There’s a lot about you and your amorous affair in my absence. What? Is he the one sending you the mail?” “I have nothing to tell you. And I can handle this on my own!” Cathy threw the words at Zach and started to walk out. As she passed by him, he grabbed her arm and whispered, “If you walk out of this door, we are done!” “Watch me, Zach,” she replied in the same tone, and yanked her arm from his grip. She walked out of the room, out of the house and got into a taxi before she broke down in tears completely. Her marriage was crumbl

IN SEARCH FOR ANSWERS “What happened to you, Dale? You were such a kind and wonderful man to me…” Cathy said with tears in her eyes. Her heart was breaking as she looked at the man who once held her heart and love for her in his eyes. She wondered why fate had played with them so. She wished she could undo time and wait for her husband… Her husband! Of course. He was the cause of this mess. He should have told her of his mission, no matter how dangerous it was. At least she would have had the patience to wait for his return. Oh what a mess… she began sobbing. “Cathy… Cathy…” Cathy heard her name in a distance, but she felt too weak to respond. She felt a calloused hand wipe her tears, and she opened her eyes to see her husband looking down at her with worry. He dropped a light kiss on her cheek and smiled. Zach waited for Cathy to fully wake up before helping her out of bed and into the filled bathtub. He eased her into it and began massaging her. He could not ask her abou

“LET’S MAKE UP” Zach was actually not asleep when Cathy returned. He had been waiting for her and only pretended to be sleeping in order to give her some space. He had heard all her movements, and he had deliberately put his arm around her and whispered that he loved her. What he did not understand was why she cried her heart out till she fell asleep. What had happened to her while she was out? What had happened while he was away? Why was she not wearing her ring still? Did any of it have to do with the supposed friend called Dale? If thinking alone could produce answers, Zach was sure he would have had his fill of them already. He watched over his beloved wife for some time before spooning himself behind her and he also fell into a worried sleep. Before long, it was daybreak. When Zach awoke, Cathy was not in bed with him. He looked long at her part of the bed as if that would make her appear there. He wanted to hold his wife, kiss her, do a lot of wicked things to her but he

THE DNA OF LOVE Every relationship begins with love. Every relationship is sustained by love. Everything good or bad done has love in it. Even the worst kind of hate has a root of love that went wrong. Love is a package of feelings and actions towards an object of attraction. We want to keep our love affair going for as long as possible but sadly, that does not happen for some of us. Love seems to die off and we wonder why we found our partners attractive in the first place. In this piece, we are going to meet the components of love that make every relationship work and last. To start with, love does not die. Anyone who has ever loved truly can attest to this. There might be a reason why the pair cannot be together but deep down, the love is still there. How is that possible? Before anyone can confidently say they are in love, or they love someone, whatever emotion it is should have these three elements: passion, intimacy, and then commitment. Let’s discuss them. PASSION