I knew something was wrong. The signs were there if you looked closely enough. She was on her phone ALL THE TIME. She went to the toilet with her phone, even showered with her phone. She was constantly typing furiously away at the phone, smiling all the time as she typed away. You know that kind of smile I'm talking about. The flirty jokes smile you do when you're flirting with someone. Inwardly I fumed. And fumed. And fumed. It was eating me up but I am a typical African black man. I will not show the woman that she's gotten to me. Nope, not at all. And anyway it's not like we were married or something.
Mandy was my first Tinder relationship. We had been dating for close to a year after an intense three week courtship after matching on Tinder. She was, and still is a very sexy girl. Petite body, small boobs, witty and sexy. She had a dark skin tone, Lupita Nyong'o style which I absolutely loved. She accentuated her skin tone with an African swagger that was distinctive and stylish. I loved watching her dress up in the morning. All corporate-like, white blouse and a matching grey skirt suit were her favourite. She finished it off with brown high heels and well tended dreads that gave her a unique sultry sexy African look that I just loved. She was constantly late for work in our first few months dating as every time she'd get dressed she would get me so horny that I'd jump on her, hike her skirt up and pound her pussy hard and fast till we both came.
As time went by and things mellowed, we also mellowed. The sex life was ok, nothing spectacular. Relationship was ok, nothing spectacular. In hindsight, that was the problem. Everything was OK, nothing spectacular. Deep down inside I was bored to bits but I'd never admit it to her and I guess she was as bored with the relationship as I was.
The first time I noticed something was wrong was when I woke up in the middle of the night to find her cuddling on her phone, the bright light on her phone illuminating the dark room. Mandy was a sound sleeper, she was asleep within five minutes once her head hit the pillow. Staying awake two hours after we 'went' to bed was unheard off. We didn't live together, we weren't ready for that yet. I went to her place over the weekend because she didn't like my bachelor pad. When I asked her who she was chatting to she hurriedly switched off her phone and turned around to face me, telling me she couldn't sleep and was browsing Twitter. I knew that was bullshit but what could I do?
My opportunity to find out what was going on presented itself a week later. She forgot her phone at home when she went to work. I only found out because she wasn't replying to my messages and I called her office line. As soon as I hung up the phone, I dropped everything I was doing, gave my boss a dodgy excuse about some emergency at home and I took the rest of the day off.
I immediately headed to her place. The feeling of doubt and dread couldn't leave me. I had to find out who she was chatting to. I knew she didn't have a password on her phone, nor did I. It was something we agreed on when we first started dating. No secrets between us.....haa, the irony was laughable now.
I got to her house around 2pm. Got in with the keys she'd given me. Found her phone in the bedroom pedestal with the charger still plugged in. Logged onto her Whatsapp and immediately messages started flooding in from a guy called Jason. My feelings of doubt turned into horror, anguish, anger and jealousy as I read through the messages. They'd been chatting for 3 weeks, sometimes chatting from 6am in the morning to 11pm at night. The chats were a mix from the generic, 'how was your day', to the steamy, 'I like it hot, wet, dirty and wild.'
I couldn't believe this was the same Mandy. When we met, she was all about trust and honesty in a relationship now, less than a year later, here she was shamelessly flirting and sexting with a nerdy sounding guy called Jason. I could feel my anger boiling over. I felt like a incompetent fool, cuckolded by my girlfriend who would rather chat to somebody else than make love to me.
I sent the entire Whatsapp message to my email address, put back the phone as it was and left the house. I stewed in my car for a bit and then decided to go to a bar. It was a Friday so by 5pm the pub was full of the normal weekend. What was supposed to be a couple of beers turned out into a tequila filled binge drinking session fueled by vengeful thoughts of how I'd beat up Jason and dump Mandy.
I left the pub totally drunk, five hours after I got there and drove to Mandy's place. Staggered in dead drunk to find her on the couch, snuggled in her sofa, heater on, warm blanket around her, a glass of wine on one hand, phone on the other hand.
'Who the fuck is Jason?' I shouted at her as I walked in the house. No preamble, no greeting. Straight to the attack.
She looked at me in surprise.
'What?'
'Jason. You've been chatting with him for weeks now. Don't deny it, I read your Whatsapp,' I shouted. 'You've been making a fool of me for weeks. Telling me you're not horny while you're busy sexting with Jason. Would you rather fuck Jason?'
'You know what, fuck you!! How dare you go through my phone? Yes, I'd rather fuck Jason. He's hotter than you,makes more money, doesn't drink all the time like you do, isn't boring in bed...I'd rather fuck him. I haven't but I'd rather fuck him anytime.' She angrily shouted back.
I stared at her in shock and anguish.
'You know what. Call him. Call him. Right now. Let him come over and fuck you then,' I said shouted angrily.
'Fuck you...you know what. I'll just do that. He's been wanting to be with me but I've refused because I have a boyfriend...fuck that. I'm calling him now,' She said. Her fingers went into overdrive as she texted Jason.
'You're full of shit. Talking about trust and honesty while you are busy sex chatting with everyone on the net. I'm done with this shit.' I said as I walked off to the bedroom.
'Jason will be here in ten minutes, get your things and get the fuck out before he comes.'
'Fuck you and fuck Jason. I'll take as much time as I damn want,' I said as I angrily packed my clothes into a plastic bag. 'You know what, I'll even wait for Jason and give him a piece of my mind,' I said.
'Haa....Jason will beat your stupid drunk ass if you try something.'
"We'll see about that,' I said grittily.
Three minutes later, while I was still furiously packing my stuff, there was a knock on the door. Mandy was up in a flash, running to open the door. I stomped over to see this Jason guy for myself. Inwardly I was hoping he'd say something stupid so I had the excuse to start a fight. The alcohol in my blood wanted retribution.
Jason stepped in the lounge and embraced Mandy. I looked at him and immediately knew there was no fighting happening that would be started by me. He was huge! Like 2 metres tall, broad shoulders, narrow hips, dirty blonde hair and totally white. I stared in shock as I realized Jason was a white fellow. I had never bothered to ask Mandy and she hadn't bothered to tell me. Not only was he a white dude, he was a very good looking and massive dude who would totally wipe the floor with me if I tried anything stupid. I'd seen his type many times before in pubs. The pumped up white rugby boys, moneyed and itching for a fight at the drop of a hat. My paunchy 1.8 metre frame was no match for this guy and I knew it. I stared at him speechlessly as he stared at me with a slight smirk on his face.
'Mandy says you want to talk to me, I'm here.' He said.
I just stared at him speechlessly.
'You got a problem with me chatting up your girlfriend?' He taunted.
Mandy smirked at his side, clearly enjoying my discomfort.