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A Terrible Surprise
Regina Mills, a 26-year-old teacher, strolls through the airport. She had just arrived back after a four-day trip with her history students. It was amazing to see the kids actually appreciating the subject and this made her smile even more. She was happy to be back, excited to see her girlfriend of six-years, Mal, which is why she was surprised not to find her waiting at the arrivals gate. Looking at her phone and realizing it was indeed dead, she decides to grab the train and as the station is just around the corner from her house. “Maybe Mal got tied up at work,” she says to herself as she makes her way to their house.
Regina and Mal met in their first year of University. They immediately hit it off, due to the fact that they were both Americans living in South Africa. Their friendship soon turned into a romance filled with expensive dates and lavish gifts and Mal doting on Regina as if she was a queen. Regina loved the attention and she gave everything she had to the relationship. Mal was now a successful Chartered Accountant and the work kept her extremely busy; she often worked late nights and weekends. Regina did not mind, she did miss her girlfriend and their sex life took a hefty knock, but she loved Mal. Regina had been working at Enchanted High school in Johannesburg, for the last three years. She loved everything about the job; the school the staff the kids, everything was perfect.
Regina struggles to pull her luggage up their front steps, but eventually she gets everything inside. She closes the door and happily removes her coat and hangs it in the closet. She takes a deep breath and walks up to the bedroom. The moment she gets to first floor, she hears it. There is someone in her bedroom. When she opens the door, she is shocked into an utter silence. In their bed, Mal is busy riding a middle-aged man, and moaning at the top of her lungs. Regina doesn’t know what to feel as she stands there, looking at her girlfriend. She turns around, ready to close the door and walk away, when she remembers something. Taking a deep calming breath, she walks into the room and straight to her night-stand, snatches the photo of her parents, and walks back out. She feels the tears streaming down her face as she drives, but doesn’t pay them any notice for now. She books herself into a hotel and starts making some calls, first to her a moving company and then to a few old friends.
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Now, three months later, she’s unloading the last box from her car and peering up at her brand-new little house. It’s been a struggle to get here, but she’s glad she made the choice that day.
Mal tried phoning her, begging her, pleading and then eventually placing blame and throwing insults. She refused to see her in person and did not answer any of her calls. She wanted a clean break. When you see the person, you were in a relationship with cheating on you, it changes you and Regina was not willing to sacrifice her dignity for a person like that. She arranged for all her belongings to be packed up and stored until she could find a new place. She, regretfully, quit her job after Mal started showing up at school and decided to start fresh. An old University friend of hers got her an interview at her school and they immediately hired her. Everything fell into place and now here she was; a new house, a new job, and a new city. Things were looking good.