Chapter 48: Jealousy(2)
"Same cabin?" Tony asked Cindy with a chuckle.
He could never get tired of hearing the "mischiefs" of Marcella. She hasn’t changed much.
Why would she create rumors by going into the bathroom stall with another woman? She knows what other women are like.
Cindy saw the smile on Tony’s face. She had shared a lot of meals with Tony. It was not that easy to see him smile. But occasionally, she had seen him with a bright smile on his face; just like now.
When she talked about HER.
Sparks of jealousy sparked from the bottom of her heart. She wondered if Tony had only used her to get news about HER. He never ever liked her. As the fort she built in her heart developed cracks of uncertainty, anger, and shame kindled the spark of jealousy, arousing a fire that engulfed her rationality.
She couldn’t hold the façade of her femininity anymore. Her eyes turned distant although her lips were curved up.
"You know, that other woman, Gloria... she’s fishy, you know?" Cindy said. "She’s married for more than five years and she does not have a child yet. I heard it was not the husband’s fault but she... does not like being intimate with her husband. Her words, you know. I heard it myself. Times are changing, Tony, and no one knows who is what anymore. I heard there are some people who are attracted to the same sex and..."
Cindy paused seeing the smile on Tony’s face vanishing.
Tony cleared his throat. He might not understand very well every nature of fair sex, but he could see that Cindy didn’t have any reason to give up these details to him. She was not talking about Marcella directly, but by throwing gossip about her friend, she was surely trying to instigate something.