Love and Food by K.L. Prince Page A

when they started arguing again, as she watches him pull blankets out of the closet.  Was it when they decided to move in with each other full time or before that?
                  They decided to move in together almost right away after she found him bed with Stella.  She thought it was a good idea because she thought that it would be better if she could keep an eye on him, but now she wishes that he could go to his own apartment.  She wishes that she could be alone and think about what has been happening between them.  She wishes that she could escape his presence. 
                  She gets up so that he can make up the sofa for sleep.  She tries to find something to say to calm the situation, but she can’t find any words.  She makes her way to the bedroom and closes the door.  She wonders, is this love?  Do people in love fight the way that she and Kyle do?  Do people in love have abrupt conversations and sleep in separate rooms? She can’t help but doubt it.  She wonders how she can feel so alone with another human being right in the other room.
                  She gets into bed and lies there for what feels like hours.  She can’t sleep.  She goes out to the living room.  Kyle is fast asleep on the sofa and doesn’t budge at her presence.  She wonders how it is possible that he can sleep so easily.  What happened between them doesn’t seem to bother him at all.  It makes her feel even angrier with him.  She wants him to feel as heartbroken as she feels.  She watches him sleep and remembers when he came to her after her discovery of the affair.  He told her that he couldn’t sleep because of his fear of losing her.  That doesn’t seem the case this time around.  The way that he sleeps so soundly, it’s as if he’s getting the best sleep that he’s ever had.
                  She walks back into the bedroom.  She pulls open her underwear drawer and pulls out a business card that she has hidden amongst the clothing.  It’s the business card of a private investigator.  She hates that it’s come to this.  She wants to believe that making the call to the private investigator is what anyone in her position would do.  She wants to believe that hiring a private investigator is something that needs to be done.  It’s a last resort, but a necessary one.  She needs to know the absolute truth.
                  She places the card back in its hiding spot.  She doesn’t need to think about her decision any longer.  When she is alone, she is going to make the call and set things into motion.  She is going to find out if Kyle is being truthful with her or if he’s not.  It has taken a lot of soul searching, but she has come to a place where she is prepared for the outcome, whatever it may be.  She is ready to find out if Kyle has been faithful or if he’s remains a cheater.
     
     
     
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                  “If you thought that hiring a private investigator is what you needed to do, then that is what you should’ve done,” Monica says as they sit in her friend’s apartment.
                  “I think that it is.  Kyle has been acting very strangely lately and I need to know if there is something going on.  I can’t just turn a blind eye, especially after what’s gone on in the past.”
                  “You know what I say, knowledge is power.  If I were you, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night, not knowing.  There’s a lot at stake.  You plan on getting married.”
                  “Oh yeah, I didn’t tell you.  I’ve postponed the wedding.  I just can’t get married when Kyle and I are constantly fighting and I suspect that he might still be cheating.  He accused me of having something going on with Ethan, and you know what they say about when someone is accusing you of cheating, they’re