Must Read: S.e.d.u.c.t.i.o.n - Season 1 - Episode 7

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Must Read: S.e.d.u.c.t.i.o.n - Season 1 - Episode 7

At that instant,Tom realised truelly that an
average human possessed more than one mind;
left and right. His right mind was screaming
relief. He wasn’t married to an ex-gay. He felt
silly for thinking it even for a few moment,then
his left mind kicked in. Linda still went ahead to
bring him to their home even after he told her
not to. He remained his fathers adage that ‘a
man whom his wife doesn’t listen to is an
uncapable man’. He felt so uncapable.
Uncapable enough to not have noticed that he
had slammed the door at the man. Before the
realized it,Linda was already pulling the knob
and ushering her ex in.
‘don’t mind my husband’s manners’ she
addressed her ex in an exceptionally polite
manner which irritated Tom. ‘he loves being
dramatic’. She smiled and peter returned the
favour as he stepped his feet into the house.
‘it’s a pleasure to finally meet you’ he offered his
hands again to Tom like nothing had happened.
‘yeah you too’ Tom feigned a smile and it would
had been better if he didn’t. His smile was
tearful. It was the smile of a frustrated man. He
turned faced Linda and she saw the look but
she wasn’t moved a bit.
‘what’s your problem?’ she whispered
bitterly,making sure it was out of peter’s
hearing range.
‘what’s my problem? What’s yours?’ Tom
snapped a little bit louder but still of peter’s
hearing range.
‘what are you talking about?’
‘you know what am talking about so you can
stop playing dumb’ his frustration grew.
‘i don’t and if you are not ready to be less
vague,then i have a guest to attend to’ she
made to leave but he grabbed her by her left
wrist.
‘don’t you walk out on me woman’ he felt a
sudden burst of confidence. ‘i told you not to
bring him here but you disobeyed’
‘you told me not to,i told you i was going to’ she
struggled in vain to release her wrist.
‘this is my house Linda,i make the rules!’
‘you are mistaking,it isn’t your house. Its our
house’ she forced her hands from his grip and
darted to the living room as Tom reflected on
the whole situation.

He wondered why his home had turned into a
war zone suddenly. He traced his steps and
tried to find any blemish but he couldn’t see
anything he had done wrong. He heard the rich
laughters that came from the living room and
he knew that a whole lot of drama was going to
play out in the next few days.
‘they are married!’ Tom almost screamed in
excitment. ‘this is the best news i have gotten
this week’ he pulled his brother closer and
hugged him.
‘well not exactly. They are only engaged’ he
tried to release himself from the hug but failed.
‘that’s still okay’ Tom whispered ‘it’s better than
nothing’
‘yeah…. Can you stop trying to kill me now?’
‘oh sorry’
Jack could see the colour on his brother’s face
now. He had previously thought that Tom was
getting green maybe due to stress or
something else but he never guessed this.
‘Jack?’
‘yes?’
‘i want you to do something for me. Something
only you can do’
‘Sounds ominious. But i love ominious plus
anything for my elder bro’ he grinned stylishly.
‘i want you to get attached with them. Find out
everything. How close they are? If they would
last or break.’
‘stop,stop… Tom,you don’t feel threatened by
peter,do you?’
‘no…’ he emphasized but Jack always knew he
was lying but he played along.
‘i thought so. Because he’s about to get married
to Anne and you are married to Linda,so you
shouldn’t feel threatened,you know that right?’
‘yes i do’ he went pale. ‘of course there’s no
reason why i should.’
‘Good’
As Jack turned to move,he heard Tom call.
‘Jack…’
‘yes?’ he responded without looking back.
‘Don’t forget what we discussed. Please. Get
attached’
‘it’s my forte’ he smiled dangerously and went
his way.
‘he’s cute’ Ann whispered to Linda who was
seated with her on the couch.
‘who?’ Linda pretended not to know meanwhile
she had been stealing glances at Jack who who
seated on the other side of the room.
‘him. Jack’
‘he’s naughty too and you are married’ Linda
chided but deep within her,she knew she was
talking to herself.
‘about to be and unfortunately,so are you’ Ann
winked.
‘pardon?’
‘you were attentive enough to know that he’s
naughty plus i couldn’t help but notice how
many times you both exchanged looks just now’
she laughed softly. The look on Linda’s face was
priceless. It took Ann less than ten minutes to
notice the atmosphere between her and Jack;
she wondered if she was that shallow and it
seemed Ann read her mind.
‘don’t worry you are not that shallow,i have just
had the experience of dating with hundreds of
guys and flirting with millions of them’. Linda
gave out a smile. At that instant,Jack stood up
slowly and made for the door leading
outside,just then Ann stood up too.
‘where are you going to?’ Linda questioned but
she already knew the answer.
‘outside’
‘hmm,don’t forget what i told you. He naughty’
‘i knew that from the start’ Ann was still smiling
‘and you are married…. Engaged,whatever’
‘yeah,that doesn’t mean i can’t flirst. If you
don’t mind’. She left