I was under the impression that I was assisting my neighbor, but everything changed when I saw the ultimate betrayal through my window.
After going through a divorce, I relocated to a peaceful area in the hopes of finding tranquility. Simply put, I was seeking for a space to breathe; I wasn’t looking for new pals. An alteration occurred, however, when Hazel and Sebastian, her husband, moved into the apartment next door. We immediately became close via conversations over coffee, dining together, and sharing our thoughts on life. She was kind and gave me the impression that I was understood in a manner that I hadn’t experienced in many years.
With his calm, quiet, and polite demeanor, Sebastian seemed to be the ideal spouse. In recent times, however, Hazel has been dropping hints that things were not going as planned at home, particularly with her mother-in-law, Donna. Her suspicion was that Donna was trying to undermine her by causing difficulties, creating rumors, and propagating rumors. At first, I thought she was being theatrical, but then Hazel made a request that was somewhat unexpected.
It was over the phone that she made the request, “Interrupt our family dinner at seven o’clock sharp.” There is no explanation; just a sense of urgency. I gave my consent, not knowing what I was about to enter.
When the clock struck seven, I knocked. Sebastian welcomed me with a smile at the door, but Hazel came out of nowhere, dragged me outside, and hurried me to my own residence. “Come upstairs,” she said, her voice shaking. “You shouldn’t miss out on this.”
The view of her kitchen that we got from the window of my guest room was picture-perfect. As she stood by the stove, Donna was by herself, looking around like a secret agent. After that, we witnessed her pouring something into the dish by shaking it. “She’s not poisoning it, but she might as well be,” Hazel murmured. “This is a possibility.” For the last several months, she has been undermining my cooking. Dishes that are scorched, an excessive amount of salt—she wants me to seem to be a failure.
When I discovered something else, something that was even worse, I was still reeling from the shock. Sebastian was positioned in a position that was dangerously near to Zoey, Hazel’s sister. After joking and caressing one other, they suddenly kissed. It was not a casual peck, but rather a profound and purposeful kiss.
The woman froze. “Not my sister,” she said in a low voice. The anguish that she felt transformed into wrath. She proceeded to take photographs with her phone before turning her attention to me. The situation will be resolved tonight.
She hurriedly returned to her residence and gave me her phone as she did so. She advised me to “stay on the line and record everything,” and I did so.
There, Hazel confronted them in the basement. Sebastian’s face of guilt conveyed the whole message. Attempting to refute it, Zoey stutteringly said. She made the assertion that “it is not what it appears to be.”
But Hazel was not going to accept it. You must not deceive me. I was able to see everything, and I documented everything. You believe that I am a moron?
Following that, she betrayed Donna. It has been your habit to spoil my meals and to disseminate false information about me. You are attempting to make me seem to be a joke. Now I am aware of everything.”
He made an attempt to communicate. “Hazel, this is a difficult dilemma—”
It is not. That is a betrayal. I am sending this message to you, my spouse, and my own sister.
There was no longer any shaking in Hazel’s voice. We are finished. I am going to file for divorce. Is that Zoey? To me, you are no longer alive.
Zora made an effort to apologize. It has just taken place…”
But Hazel would not budge. You have a responsibility to safeguard me. I am the victim of your choice.
They were rendered speechless in that kitchen, and she took nothing except her dignity with her when she departed.
In spite of the fact that her home was dark that night, Hazel’s soul was ablaze with a fresh fire. The whole world shifted in the span of a single evening, yet it was the beginning of something more powerful. It was suddenly clear to her who was genuinely with her, as well as who had never been.
