Chapter 1: A Meaningless Band

Margaret had just recently received the letter from Donald that was originally for Darlene and she had sent the letter to "Hank". Today she was going to meet him over in Tokyo. She had already had her hotel room and woke up to silent, sun filled room. Sighing, she got up and walked towards the dresser while thoughts of doubt flooded her mind.

"Oh, you'll get a laugh out of this. To my dearest Darlene, it has been so long since I last saw you walking on the moonlit beach as the waves go whoosh,"

"Donald." "Oh, I'm sure it was another Donald."

Margaret held back tears as she finished getting dressed and sat down to put on her make up. "This can't be the way it's supposed to work," she said softly to herself. Deep down, she truly believed that. A marriage was supposed to be two people promising to always love each other, and this situation was certainly not a display of love.

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Donald woke up early, just a few rooms down from Margaret without knowing that she was even there. He groggily turned over and let out a yawn. Before him, lay a young girl with shoulder length brown hair. Donald gently put his hand on her shoulder causing her to slightly stir and then open her eyes to let out a yawn.

"Good morning honey," she said as she turned over and wrapped her arms around him.

"Good morning Darlene," he replied right before planting a small kiss on her forehead.

"I had fun last night," Darlene stated with a smile that lead to a kiss between the two.

"So did I but remember my wife? I'm supposed to meet her today for breakfast so you better get dressed and leave," Donald explained as he removed himself from her embrace.

"Why? Is she coming here?" Darlene asked. She sat up and watched him as he got out of bed and started hurrying to get dressed.

"No. I don't know where she's staying. We're meeting at the cafe over by the airport in an hour," Donald answered.

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Out in the hallway Margaret stepped out of her room. She sighed and slowly closed the door behind her before leaning her back against it. "Why does it have to be this way?" she quietly questioned herself.

The sound of a door opening caught her attention. She soon wished that she would have never looked though, for before her was the scene of her husband kissing another woman. Tears swelled in her eyes as she watched the scene before her. The girl walked down to the elevator and Donald walked back into his room, as if nothing had happened. . Margaret just stood there frozen as she remembered their wedding day. Tears now streaming down her face she went back into her room and sat down as she stared at herself in the mirror. She didn't know whether to be more mad at the fact that he was cheating on her, or that he was too into the other woman to even notice his wife standing in the hallway. "Enough of this," she said sternly to herself as she cleaned her face.

Margaret went over to her bed and grabbed her suitcase. There was no way that she was about to stand here and be treated like some rag doll that could just be tossed aside. She had come out here to try and work things out, and with what she had just witnessed, it was quite evident that he wasn't going to be trying at all.

As she rushed out the door, Donald, who was going down to meet up with her, stepped out the door and saw her. He knew that she was upset, so it was obvious to him that she must have found something out about last night. "Wait! Margaret!" he called after her.

Margaret could hear him but didn't care and just kept on walking. Donald ran towards her and caught up to her by the elevator where she had to wait for a minute.

"Margaret," he said grabbing her shoulder. "Why are you here? And why are you ignoring me?" he asked, trying to convince her that he had no idea what was going on.

Margaret quickly turned to him and glared at him."I saw you with her," she sternly announced.

"With who?" he questioned, trying not to seem nervous.

"Does it really matter Donald? We came here to work out our problems! Not to pretend that we're not married! I came here to be with you, but instead I find you with some girl that you probably don't even know!" Margaret angrily yelled. She then looked down to her wedding before she took it off and held it up. "See this? This was our marriage," she explained, and then threw it on the ground. "Now it's just a meaningless band. The way you wanted it."

Donald stood there and stared down at the ring as Margaret silently awaited the elevator's arrival. Once it got there and the door opened, she started to get on, but then stopped and turned to him, catching his attention. "And I was about to tell you that I was pregnant with what I hoped was your first child too," she flatly announced before leaving.

Donald stood there dumbly as he watched her leave.