My Secret Year

This necklace was everything for me. That’s the last thing I have left from my dear lover back in New York. Sometimes I wish I could stay there with him forever, it was my greatest time of my life.

And back to the dinner. Of course Mr. Kelada noticed at once that the chain was real, and my husband couldn’t even notice that I felt so uncomfortable with the situation. I swear to God that sometimes I feel I got married with the dumbest person ever. They praised the necklace, both of them, while my husband was sure he knew it was an imitation. They kept arguing until my husband “revealed” the truth; he told Mr. Kelada that I had bought that necklace for 18 dollars. Even then Mr. Kelada didn’t back off, and he even got more heated. They were both sure they were right. And then, the bet came up. They bet on 100 dollars for the winner.

It was the moment when these two annoying argumentive people asked me to take off my chain. I have never felt that helpless in my life. After all this is Mr. Kelada’s occupation. Pearls was his specialization. And in a second, he will find out that the chain is real. I tried to avoid and claimed I can’t undo the clasp. And of course I’m a pretty good liar, after all I had an affair for a whole year, and still these four idiots thought I’m just a perfect modest loyal woman.

Unfortunately I gave up and handed the chain to them. I was so nerves, I felt like I was about to faint. Mr. Kelada didn’t need more than a second to see it’s real. He put down the necklace, and in a second he understood everything. I never felt so depends on someone like this moment.

I saw that his hads were trembeling and his face was red,and suddenly I heard him said something I have never heard before from him.”I was worng”. I was in utter shock when he said it. I didn’t like any of this men, but at that moment I felt so grateful. Obviously, my stupid husband was happy to think he was right. I truly can’t stand him anymore.

The morning after that horrible evening I took a 100 dollars bill, I put it in an envelope and I put it under Mr. Kelada’s door.

I did what I needed to do. Most of the people won’t understand that. But keeping a secret like that requires no one to know and be against you, and honestly, that is the hardest part.

I will never forget my favorite mysterious year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNqwItPodeQ

We chose this song because it talks about an amazing love that someone had one summer and the beautiful connection that was between them. As in our story we assume that Mrs.Ramsay had a mysterious and beautiful love with her secret beloved and that it was over she kept thinking about him and remembered only the good moments they had.

In the song it is said:”Had the best time, and now it’s the worst time But we have to say goodbye”.

Like Mrs.Ramsay’s story, it was the best year of her life but she had to move on and be with her husband.