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His mom
Part 1 Royal gave me a key to his apartment on the very first day we started dating. Not weeks later, not months later, but that same night. He dropped the key into my palm, closed my fingers over it, and said with a soft smile, “Now you don’t have to knock.” At the time I thought it meant trust, something sweet and reassuring, like he was opening his world to me. Later, I realized it meant something else entirely. In the beginning, Royal seemed perfect. He was calm, patient, and the kind of man who never raised his voice no matter what happened. People admired him for that quiet gentleness, but there was always one thing everyone mentioned whenever his name came up: his mother. “Royal is a mummy’s boy,” people would say, shaking their heads with amused smiles. “He does whatever his mom says.” At first I thought it was sweet, because some men genuinely love their mothers deeply and there’s nothing wrong with that. But with Royal it felt different. If his mom called, he answered immediately, no matter what he was doing. If she asked him to come over, he left whatever he was doing instantly, even if he was with me. One evening we were in the middle of dinner together when his phone rang. He looked at the screen and his expression changed immediately. “My mom,” he said quietly, and then he stood up right away. I stared at him in confusion. “But we just ordered,” I said, still holding the menu. He was already grabbing his jacket. “She needs me,” he replied, and just like that he left. I sat there alone, staring at the untouched food on the table, trying to convince myself it wasn’t strange. Another time we had planned a weekend trip together. Our bags were packed, the tickets were ready, and we were about to leave when his phone rang again. Two minutes later he returned looking uncomfortable and said, “My mom isn’t feeling well. We’ll have to cancel.” Just like that the trip was over. I tried to laugh it off at first and even joked about it once. “Your mom runs your life,” I said with a smile. But he didn’t laugh. He only looked down and said quietly, “She’s been through a lot.” I asked if I could meet her someday, hoping it would make everything feel less strange. He paused for a moment before saying, “Soon.” But soon never came. As time passed, small things started bothering me more and more. Royal disappeared often, sometimes for hours and sometimes late at night, and whenever I asked where he had been the answer was always the same: “My mom needed something.” At first I believed him, but after a while it began to feel strange because it was always his mom. Every excuse, every cancellation, every sudden disappearance somehow led back to her. One night I finally asked him directly, “Are you sure that’s your mom calling?” He looked offended immediately and said, “You think I’d lie about that?” I felt guilty the moment the words left my mouth, but the uneasy feeling inside me didn’t disappear. The truth was Royal was always using his mom as the reason. If he left suddenly it was his mom, if he cancelled plans it was his mom, if he disappeared for hours and didn’t answer calls it was his mom. At first I believed him, but slowly it began to feel like something else, like his mother had become the perfect cover. One night we were watching a movie together when his phone buzzed. He glanced at the screen and immediately stood up. “My mom needs me,” he said while putting on his shoes. “Right now?” I asked. “Yeah… she needs help with something,” he replied before walking out the door. Thirty minutes later I called him but he didn’t answer. I called again and still nothing. When he finally returned my call two hours later his voice sounded calm, almost too calm. “Everything okay with your mom?” I asked. “Yeah,” he said quickly. “She just needed help.” Something about that answer stayed in my mind because it didn’t feel right. Another night he sent me a message at 1:30 in the morning that simply said, “Can’t talk. With my mom.” That message made my stomach twist because I couldn’t understand who spends that much time with their mother in the middle of the night. Then there were the messages he received whenever we were together. His phone would light up and he would immediately flip it face down so I couldn’t see the screen. If I asked who it was, the answer was always the same: “My mom.” Eventually I stopped asking questions, but my mind started building a different story. Maybe “mom” wasn’t really mom. Maybe “mom” was just a name saved in his phone. The perfect cover, the perfect lie. And the more I thought about it, the more convinced I became that Royal wasn’t running to his mother every night. He was running to another woman.
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Part 2 Then one evening Royal told me something strange. “I’ll be out of town for two days,” he said casually, explaining that it was a work trip. Two nights away. He packed a small bag and left while I watched him walk down the street until he disappeared from sight. After he was gone I noticed something sitting quietly on my table: the key he had given me on the first day we started dating. My heart started beating faster as I stared at it. Part of me didn’t want to know the truth, but another part of me already believed I did. Before I could stop myself, I grabbed my bag and left. By the time I reached his apartment building my hands were shaking. The hallway outside his apartment was silent, and I stood outside the door for a long moment before slowly inserting the key into the lock. It clicked softly as the door opened. Inside the apartment the lights were dim, but I immediately heard something that made my heart jump—a voice. A woman’s voice. In that moment I felt a strange confirmation, as if my worst suspicion had just been proven right. So I was right. Another woman. I moved slowly down the hallway, following the sound of the voices coming from the bedroom. With every step my chest tightened until it felt difficult to breathe.
When I reached the bedroom door I hesitated for a moment, then pushed it open. And suddenly the world stopped. Royal was there on the bed, and the woman beside him was not another girlfriend or a stranger. It was his mother. Seventy-five years old. But the way they were sitting together, the closeness between them, the quiet whispers, and the way he held her made it painfully clear that this was not the way a son holds his mother. Royal looked up first and his face went pale instantly. His mother, however, didn’t look surprised at all. She simply watched me calmly, as if she had been expecting that moment. Royal stood up quickly and started to speak. “Listen” he said, but she gently placed her hand on his arm and he stopped immediately, just like he always did whenever she told him to. She looked directly at me and said quietly, “You weren’t supposed to see this.” In that moment everything suddenly made sense: the late-night calls, the disappearances, the constant excuses, the reason he never allowed me to meet her. It had never been another woman. It had always been her. My hand slowly opened and the key slipped from my fingers, hitting the floor with a sharp sound that echoed through the silent room. Without saying anything I turned and walked toward the door. Royal didn’t follow me. But just before I left I heard his mother’s voice behind me, cold and possessive as she said, “Leave the key.” So I dropped it and walked away. But sometimes I still think about that night and one question still haunts me. If I had never opened that door… how long would Royal have kept living two lives?
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might be his step mom
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