Christian’s voice was cold and his demeanor frosty. Serena instantly knew he suspected something. She had two options; to continue her deception or come clean and admit to her affair. She decided to maintain silent about Nicholas. Christian was obviously upset and had been drinking, and even though he had never been violent towards Serena she didn’t want to risk inflaming the tense situation into a fully fledged blazing row.<br/><br/>“Church?... It was OK…” replied Serena, turning away from her husband, as she placed the car keys in a bowl on the top of a kitchen cabinet, so she didn’t have to look him in the eye. Christian continued his interrogation of Serena’s church visit, asking about the sermon. Again Serena avoided eye contact, preparing herself a cup of coffee. “The sermon?... Do you know, I can’t remember… It must have been really dull…” she answered, trying to sound as relaxed as possible even though she could feel herself tensing.<br/><br/>Then Cristian delivered his trump card, revealing Sarah, another member of the church congregation, had called by and had commented on not seeing Serena at the service. Christian’s voice was now tinged with anger as he accused her of lying and demanded to know where she had been. If Christian had taken a calmer approach Serena may have admitted everything and they could have discussed the problems within their marriage. Instead, the enraged outburst only served to intensify the resentment and growing dislike Serena felt towards her husband. She decided she was going to make him suffer, let him see what it was like to be plagued by the feelings of jealousy and suspicion just had she had after seeing him flirting around women like Amanda and all doing those extra hours at work.<br/><br/>Serena focused herself and felt a sense of serenity flow over herself. She was to be the one in charge, she would be the one controlling things from now on. She slowly turned and gave Christian a withering look. “Who the hell do you think you are talking to?” Serena said in a slow forceful manner. “If you must know I was at church. I was late getting there because of traffic and then struggling to find a parking space. The reason Sarah didn’t see me was that I was sat at the back. I didn’t want to disturb people with my late arrival…”.<br/><br/>Serena saw a flash of doubt in her husband’s face. Her explanation had been plausible and he wasn’t so sure of himself. Serena turned away from Christian to hide the smile that spread across her lips. She was enjoying seeing him squirm and decided to go on the offensive. Spinning around she walked over to where he sat and took the empty glass from his hand. “Huh… What’s this a mid-life crisis?... Getting steamed at midday and getting paranoid about me?... Maybe it’s me who should be suspicious… All those late nights at work with that tramp Amanda… And now I find that Sarah has been calling around while I’m not here… So don’t you dare start making accusations... Just what do you think I've been doing anyway!?”.<br/>