He Said He Loved Her, But Then She Checked Social Media

As she scrolls through her husband’s Facebook, Lola’s hands tremble, and her eyes water. Adrenaline floods her system and it pumps and beats likes it’s trying to escape. Her body wants to either run far far away or pick up the phone and call her husband; the man who she thought loved her.

But instead, she remains where she is. All she can do is stare lifelessly at a picture of her husband; fixated on the brown eyes of the man that just broke her heart.

She always thought his eyes were golden, but looking at them now she could see no trace of the vibrancy they once held, no trace of the 16-year-old boy she once knew.

The Perfect Couple

As soon as Lola laid her eyes on Matthew she knew right there and then he was “the one”. Whenever he looked at her it was as if every ounce of breath was taken from her lungs floating into the air like midnight smoke.

Whenever he kissed her it felt like the world stopped, leaving just the two of them to wander the earth together. And whenever he held her face between his hands it felt like he was untying all of her knots. Yes, Lola was in love. And so was Matthew. Or was he?

Spending Her Days Alone

For housewife Lola, she often spent her days pacing around their four-bedroom home, waiting for Matthew to get back from work. And more often than none, she tucked into her microwave meal for one with a candle flickering and a jazz playlist lingering in the background.

Despite this, Matthew was a good man. He liked to work hard to treat his wife. But Lola had no idea what he would treat her to next. And it was something she would never ever forget.

A Hidden Meaning

One warm summer evening Matthew arrived at home fresh from the office. He was armed with a bouquet of Lola’s favorite flowers. But Lola’s suspicion around. She knew he only bought these flowers when he had done something bad. When he was about to break some news to her.

He had bought them her when her childhood pet passed away when he forgot her birthday because of a “big important meeting.” So what was his reason this time?

How Would She Cope?

“Texas!” Lola proclaimed. “They want you to go to Texas?” Lola’s heart stops at the thought of her soulmate being hundreds of miles apart. “It’s only for a month,” he replies, rubbing her shoulders and kissing her forehead.

“It’ll fly by, it’ll go by so quick!” he says, trying to reassure her. But how would Lola cope without him? Moreover, how would he cope? Matthew insisted that everything would be fine, but in reality, everything would not be fine. Far from it.