in an open relationship 2

The reporters start asking him questions.

" What are you saying Mr Price, did you hit her ?" .

" No never .there's a day I almost did , it was all psychological abuse".

" This whole time you two were lying to us ?".

" I was . She was forced to ".

" How can you abuse the person you love ,are you admitting that you have some sort of messed up obsessive disorder " .

" OLD To be precise, yes ".

" Did your families know?" .

He clears his throat," let's not involve them in this ".

" So that means they were all in on it? ".

" No they weren't aware . Especially Lauren's family ".

" Yours did then ?".

He speaks closely to the mic ," no comment" , he of all people know that he has already given them the answer .

" What about the wedding?" .

" It's the only part that was real . At least for me it was " he expresses ," Lauren and I were already into therapy trying to fix our relationship".

" Did you force her to it ?".

" What therapy? ,No it was her idea , that's how she found out the truth ".

" Where is she right now ?".

" Irrelevant question. I don't know, the police found her at the Price hall this morning ".

" Are we now allowed to release last night's incident since you have already told us the truth yourself " .

" By incident, you mean the pictures of me getting slapped?, Yes , you may " he says .

" Are you doing this because you want her back because from what we are hearing she has already left you ?".

"Yes ".

" by fixing your relationship you mean you were trying to sway from the fake dimension into a more realer relationship?, is that why you went into therapy"

" This is the last question I'll be taking today . Yes , I realised I couldn't hold myself back anymore than I have , to my advantage I discovered that she was already in love with me ,how ?, I myself don't know, this was before the wedding , things have been good for us the past few months we almost stood a chance but the truth always has a way of coming out" .

He looks straight at me through the screen ,"Lauren, I am sorry for everything, I know no gift , no money ,no lie can undo all that I did to you and believe me when I say I punish myself everyday for it ,I didn't want to open up to you because I knew that you'd eventually come to the knowledge of the truth , I purposely put that barrier between us so you wouldn't get the chance by avoiding to talk about the past or making you to comfortable to talk to me when we were alone , although things weren't perfect we were still trying to get there - I was at peace more than I've ever been in my life , if I could live without you then all of this would be unnecessary, I'm choosing to give up all that I obtained and worked super hard for because of you , I know you hate me but it can't be more than I do myself, I've shyed away from my own heart for so long that I can not do it anymore, all my heart yearns for is you and I understand if you choose to not come back but at least let me know that you are happy where ever you decide to go only then will I stop looking for you , what I'm hoping for the most is that you return home , so we can start afresh , you, me and the baby in our new home , I promise to try my best and be the best husband you and the baby deserve , you are permitted to do whatever you want with me , if you want revenge then you are permitted to take it . However you want . You are permitted to break my heart . You are permitted to turn me into a house help but whatever you do please don't leave me , stay " he commands in a way that makes my insides flatter ,I examine him as the camera draws close to him like in the movie -tears are ready to stream down the cheeks, he gets off the podium without saying his goodbyes to everyone watching, the reporters  close in on him with their microphones attempting to get more answers .