Lies

Emma walked towards the passport relocation and looked back once again at the man who hadn't stopped staring at her. A chill ran down her spine as she walked and boarded the plane, trying to remove the strange man's gaze from her mind.

Three hours on the plane were enough time for Emma to freshen up and change her clothes before reaching home. To her misfortune, the snow season was approaching and the plane was delayed due to the cold and windy weather.

Night had fallen and Emma was impatient to get home, unaware that she would receive a surprise that would change her entire life.

As the plane landed, her phone rang. It was a message from Jimmy...

"Hey, my love, this time you didn't answer any of my calls. Is everything okay?! 🥺" Jimmy sent from his phone, sounding nervous.

"Hi, my love, I'm sorry, I had to take care of a lot of paperwork for university. But tell me, what are you doing? What will you do tomorrow?!" Emma asked, smiling, as she knew she would see Jimmy tomorrow.

"I'm about to go to sleep. I've already changed into my pajamas, had dinner, and I'm going to sleep. You should do the same. Don't forget that I love you, Emma, and you'll always be the love of my life! ❤️" Jimmy wrote, adjusting his bowtie while looking at himself in the mirror, his face sad as he stared at a photo of Emma stuck on the mirror.

"I love you too. I can't wait to come home and talk to my mother and get married!" Emma replied, grabbing her suitcase to get off the plane.

"I also long to see you and talk to you, my love. Rest well. I love you. ❤️ " Jimmy responded with a sigh, as his mother entered the room.

"Jimmy, what are you waiting for? We're running late! Hurry up! Your father will start getting impatient, you know him!" Jimmy's mother said, an elegant woman dressed in a loose black dress, with a diamond necklace and a high and beautiful hairstyle that made her blue eyes sparkle.

"I'm ready, mother. Let's go." Jimmy said, leaving his room to get into the car where his father was already waiting inside.

In the car, Jimmy couldn't stop thinking about Emma and feeling sad about what he was about to do, knowing it would change things forever.

"What's wrong, Jimmy? Why that expression? Get rid of it. We're only teaching you to take responsibility for your actions. And you know I don't want you to talk to Emma anymore. After this, I doubt she will even want to see you." His father said, driving angrily.

"I know, father. There's no need to remind me that I'm the worst person in the world." Jimmy said with a broken voice.

"Well, look at what you did to your girlfriend. Emma just graduated from Harvard. She's a good lawyer and a nice girl to maintain our status, but no..." Jimmy's father said, annoyed, raising his voice.

"Both of you, enough! We already have enough to deal with, so stop tormenting him. And you, Jimmy, it's time for you to tell Emma the whole truth before she finds out in another way..." His mother said, upset.