I’m a traffic cop, but my wife Alice has been trying to get her driver’s license for two years and still hasn’t passed. I always comforted her: “It’s okay if you don’t pass. I’ll be your driver for life.” One day, ten minutes before my shift started, she sent me a message saying she was going to the driving school to practice. What I didn’t expect was that during my patrol, I spotted a car illegally parked. I went over to investigate. Just as I was about to knock on the window, the car started shaking. Through the blurred window, I saw a couple having sex inside. Then the woman changed positions, pressing her hand against the glass. When I saw the ring on her hand, I froze. I recognized the engraving on that ring instantly—it was the unique design I had created for Alice. In that moment, my brain seemed to stop working. I pulled out my phone and called her. The phone rang many times, but she still didn’t answer. My eyes never left that shaking car. After seeing the tangled figures of the man and woman inside, my hand unconsciously clenched into a fist. The woman’s wild behavior in the car was completely different from the shy Alice I remembered. Finally, probably finding the ringing too annoying and disruptive to their passion, the instructor reached for the phone to turn it off, but Alice quickly stopped him. “Don’t. You can’t turn off Torres’s call, or he’ll worry about my safety. Don’t talk—I’ll just say a few words to him.” The instructor cursed unhappily: “Bastard, always interrupting my fun.” Alice covered his mouth with one hand while answering the call with the other. “Hello! We’ve only been apart two hours and you miss me already?” Her familiar voice came through the half-open window. My breathing quickened as I struggled to control my emotions. After calming myself down, I asked her: “Why did it take you so long to answer?” “Because I was practicing driving! I didn’t have time to answer!” “Okay, I need to hang up now, or the instructor will scold me again. You wouldn’t want to see the instructor waste time scolding me, would you?” Before I could speak, she said “love you” and hung up. I didn’t know what words could describe how I felt at that moment. I didn’t have the courage to go confront them, because Alice and I had come so far together—it hadn’t been easy. I didn’t want to witness with my own eyes the girl I cherished losing her pure and beautiful image. Just as my eyes were turning red, my colleague Mark arrived. “Torres, what’s wrong with you?” I smiled bitterly and shook my head: “Nothing, just got some sand in my eye.” “That’s good then. Let’s go!” “That car up ahead is illegally parked. Look how violently it’s shaking—the people inside must be up to no good.” “But it’s our duty, so we have to go check for violations.” As soon as Mark finished speaking, he smiled and his eyes lit up. “Let’s see who’s so bold.” He had already walked over, and I followed closely behind. As we got closer, familiar moans came through the slightly open window. I clenched my fists so hard, nearly losing control, when Mark knocked on the window. “Who is it! So rude.” The startled couple inside quickly separated. The instructor grabbed his jacket while cursing and covered Alice’s body with it. When they saw it was traffic police, they quickly opened the car door and stopped the curses on their lips. Alice didn’t dare look at anyone, hiding behind the instructor the whole time. “Sir, you’ve parked illegally here.” “You can’t park within fifty meters of an intersection. Besides the points deduction, you’ll also be fined.” Before Mark could finish, he smelled alcohol. “Have you been drinking?” As an instructor, he knew what drinking and driving meant. Alice quickly looked up to defend him: “We didn’t drink and drive—we just drank for fun.” “Yeah! This is one of men’s pleasures. As a man, you should understand this fun.” Mark said seriously: “Since you’ve both been drinking, you shouldn’t drive. Get out, we’re towing the car.”
However reluctant Alice was, she had to follow the rules. The moment she got out of the car, she almost screamed. Because when she saw my back, it was so familiar. Her breathing became rapid, and she stood there anxious as a startled bird. Just as she was about to call my name, the instructor suddenly picked her up. “Darling, let’s go!” “There’s a hotel nearby. We didn’t finish our fun earlier—we need to finish the story.” Alice jumped down anxiously, her face deathly pale, staring at my back. The instructor followed her gaze, first stunned, then laughed heartily. “Don’t worry, it’s not him. If it were, he would have come over to catch us already.” After hearing this, Alice’s worries disappeared. “Right! It can’t be my husband.” “He should be home resting by now.” “Send him a message saying you won’t be home tonight, that you’re staying at a friend’s place!” Alice nodded with a blushing face, then sent me a message. After Mark finished writing the ticket, he handed it to the instructor. “Fine me then! At least I have a beauty to keep me company tonight.” Watching their departing figures, Mark sighed. “Whose wife is that! Shameless, cheating behind her husband’s back.” He didn’t know that standing in front of him was the husband of that cheating woman. I chose to swallow this humiliation in silence. Fortunately, Mark didn’t know Alice, or tomorrow everyone would know about Alice’s affair. When I got home, I saw our wedding photo that once made me feel happy. I walked over, took it down, and smashed it to pieces. Glass shards pierced my flesh, but I felt no pain. Because my heart hurt ten thousand times more than my hand. Just then, my father called. I picked up the phone with my bloody hand and answered, but lost my ability to speak. My father on the other end didn’t notice anything wrong. Instead, he lowered his usual domineering tone and spoke gently. “Torres! Do you really love her that much? But I found out her family has never been satisfied with you. They think being a traffic cop is embarrassing for her. I also discovered that her whole family is materialistic and greedy. That’s why I didn’t agree to you marrying her and wanted you to hide your identity to test them for a few years!” “Anna would be a much better match for you.” “Dad, I agree to marry her now!” My words made my father freeze for a moment on the other end, his breathing heavy. “Give me three days. After I handle everything here, I’ll come home for the arranged marriage.” After putting down the phone, I received photos from Alice of her and her friend. This was to prove she wasn’t lying, to make me trust her. But now I know she’s been lying all along. These photos were arranged in advance. I suddenly realized that all those nights she didn’t come home, she must have been having an affair with the instructor. No wonder she hasn’t passed her driving test after two whole years. It’s not that she couldn’t pass—she was deliberately delaying to have an excuse to cheat. Standing on the rooftop, I smoked all night. The smoke stung my eyes painfully. The dark night seemed ready to swallow me whole, leaving me desolate with nowhere to escape. I think it’s time for our marriage to end.
The next afternoon, Alice finally came home exhausted. As soon as she saw me, she got excited and jumped into my arms like a clingy cat, wrapping her legs around my back and refusing to let go. “Did you miss me?” “It’s all Ruth’s fault. After her breakup, she kept asking me to stay with her so she could sleep. I was afraid she’d do something desperate, so I had to stay with her.” “But I was also afraid of neglecting my baby.” “Give me a kiss!” Just as her lips—those lips that had been dirtied by the instructor—were about to touch my face, I instinctively felt disgusted and pushed her away. Alice trembled violently, her face slowly turning pale. “What’s wrong with you?” As tears were about to fall from her reddened eyes, I took a deep breath. “Nothing, I have a bit of a cold. I don’t want to infect you.” When she heard the word “cold,” Alice reacted as if facing a great enemy. She rushed over, full of guilt and remorse, and hugged me tightly again. “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault for not taking care of you.” “You’re sick, and I ran off to take care of Ruth.” “I’m not going anywhere today. I’ll stay home with you.” For the rest of the day, Alice did as she promised, transforming into a caring wife, looking after me in every way. She fed me by hand, told jokes to cheer me up. If I sneezed even once, she’d rush around frantically. Watching her in the kitchen making cold medicine for me, with warm sunlight falling on her, I fell into deep thought. If only she hadn’t lied and cheated—we could have kept going like this. But love was already covered in scars. While making the cold medicine, she was secretly sending romantic messages to the instructor. I don’t know what he said, but it made her visibly restless, as if unsatisfied. After coaxing me to sleep, she quietly went out. I grabbed my jacket and followed her from a distance, watching her jump into the instructor’s arms as they kissed passionately. They immediately rolled into the bushes, using the darkness as cover. She didn’t know that I had been recording everything she did. Leaving with a heavy heart, I finally made up my mind to leave her. On the third day, it was her mother’s birthday. Alice wanted to take me home to celebrate with her mother. As soon as we entered, my mother-in-law looked at me with contempt and disdain. Even though I was carrying expensive gifts, she still couldn’t change her disgust toward me. Alice sweetly called out: “Mom.” Only then did my mother-in-law’s expression soften a bit. But just then, Alice’s brother John arrived with Alice’s driving instructor. “Sister, look who I brought—your driving instructor! You’re so bad at driving, you should get closer to your instructor. Then he’ll teach you better.” When Alice saw the instructor, her eyes lit up immediately, and the desire buried in her heart began to stir. The instructor also looked at her with heated eyes. John smiled and brought the instructor to my mother-in-law. “Mom, don’t think he’s just an instructor—he’s loaded! He has dozens of properties and an eight-figure bank balance. Being an instructor is just his hobby.” As soon as he finished speaking, my mother-in-law’s face lit up with a brilliant smile. “I didn’t expect someone so young to be so successful!” “Not like certain people, just a traffic cop with no future. How can someone like that provide for a family?” “Mom, I won’t let you talk about Torres like that.” Whenever Alice heard others humiliate me in public, she would defend me. “Everyone has their own aspirations. What’s wrong with being a traffic cop?” “If he hadn’t saved me that year, I would have died on the highway.” My mother-in-law was about to say something when the instructor played peacemaker and stopped the argument. “Auntie, you look so young and beautiful. You don’t look like you’ve had children at all. You look like you could be Alice’s sister.” My mother-in-law was so flattered that she kept serving him food and pouring him drinks, constantly pushing Alice toward him. If this were before, I would definitely feel sad and dejected. But not now, because I no longer cared. After dinner, John forcibly dragged me out for a walk. He had always mocked and ridiculed me, so this definitely wasn’t simple.
I went to a nearby restroom. When I came back to call John, I heard him on the phone saying: “Alice, just relax and make babies with George!” “You’re addicted to his wild ways! You’ve been wanting to dump that loser anyway!” The smile on my face disappeared instantly, and I turned back immediately. But outside the room door, I heard the sounds of Alice and George, while my mother-in-law had also gone out to give them privacy. I staggered backward, took off my unique wedding ring and threw it on the ground, leaving in disappointment. This time Alice didn’t call to find me because she was immersed in her love affair. Her whole family had conspired to deceive me. I couldn’t swallow this humiliation. I immediately called my father and told him to stop helping John. With his worthless abilities, he couldn’t get anywhere without backing. Until dawn, Alice still hadn’t called back. Today was the day we would part. I signed the divorce agreement and left it on the bed. Just as I walked out the door, Alice rushed back. “Why did you come back alone without telling me?” “Did Mom say something to you again? Don’t take it to heart. We just need to live our own lives well.” As she spoke, she walked over and hugged me. But all I wanted to tell her was that we would never live those so-called good days together again. Just as I was about to be honest with her, her phone rang and interrupted what I wanted to say. After taking the call, Alice smiled and pulled me out the door. “Come on, my friends are calling me to a gathering.” At the restaurant, Alice’s friend Lester came over. “Well, well, Alice, you’ve been getting plenty of action from your man lately—you don’t need me anymore, huh?” As soon as she said this, all her friends burst into laughter. They looked at me with eyes full of both sympathy and mockery. I clenched my fists tightly, and a voice in my heart told me: “You’re leaving soon anyway, so just spend one last day with her. Part on good terms!” But just as we sat down, afraid I might catch on, they started chatting about Alice’s affair history in Spanish right in front of me. “How thrilling! I thought you were really bad at driving, but turns out you deliberately didn’t want to pass.” “Hasn’t Torres ever suspected you?” “Alice, was having sex in the car unforgettable for you?” Alice laughed heartily and answered: “Of course! It was George’s idea. He said since my husband is a traffic cop, we should deliberately park illegally to see if he’d catch us. The thrill of it is something you can’t understand.” “Torres never caught me once, but that annoying Mark kept catching us.” “And you should talk—you’re no angels either.” I suddenly stood up. I couldn’t listen to such filthy talk anymore. This action scared them, thinking I might understand Spanish. But I had learned Spanish to accommodate Alice. I wouldn’t reveal this though. I just made an excuse to leave. Alice didn’t even give us a chance to part amicably. After leaving the restaurant, I walked straight out, where a Rolls-Royce was waiting for me. Before leaving, I called Mark and told him to bring the gift I prepared for Alice to my house tonight. Mark was thrilled that I was finally willing to let him visit and meet Alice. As he said I was finally not hiding Alice anymore, I had the driver start the car, threw my card out the window, and bid farewell to the past completely. When night fell, Mark arrived with the gift box. “Torres, where did you run off to? Your phone’s been off—you almost scared me to death…” Alice opened the door to find Mark’s smiling eyes. In that instant, both of them froze completely.
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