Submitted to: Contest #306

There's something I need to tell you

Written in response to: "Tell a story with a series of emails, calls, and/or text messages."

Fiction Friendship

This story contains sensitive content

Warning - explicit language and adult themes

From: Jennifer.Green@gmail.com

To: Ange.Watson@bigpond.com

Subject: Something I need to tell you

Date: 07/06/2025

Hi Ange. I hope you are having a great day. Look, I have something I need to tell you, and I can’t bring myself to call. This is really hard, and I know you’re going to be shocked and horrified. Remember last year when I said I was going on a work trip to New York? To help set up the new branch? Well I lied. I didn’t go to New York. I actually went away on a trip with your husband. Yes Ange, Ben. We’ve been having an affair on and off for the past few years. I can’t live with the guilt anymore, can’t bear the lie. I wasn’t going to tell you at all. I had a grand plan to move overseas actually, just get away, start afresh. But after what happened yesterday, I just need to come clean. You know how I’ve been wanting to get pregnant, with the old biological clock ticking along.

Well, I’m pregnant.

I know this is a real mess, and I haven’t even begun to process it all, but I am going to keep the baby. I know we can make it work, I’ll do whatever it takes. I am so sorry.

Yours

Jen

From: Ange.Watson@bigpond.com

To: Jennifer.Green@gmail.com

Subject: Re: Something I need to tell you

Date: 07/06/2025

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t believe I am reading this. I’m in total shock Jen, how could you? I thought we were best friends. I feel utterly betrayed by both of you. Do you realise how much money we’ve spent on IVF??? The anxiety it’s caused? And now this???????????????I’m calling Ben right now.

From: Jennifer.Green@gmail.com

To: Ange.Watson@bigpond.com

Subject: Re: Re: Something I need to tell you

Date: 07/06/2025

Ange, please. I know it’s a lot to take in. I promise Ben and I are over. I will move to another state. But now as I write this I realise, with the baby, I’m going to need the support of family, so I most likely will stay here. But you’ll never see me, I won’t be in your lives at all. What can I do to make things okay?

Yours

Jen

From: Ange.Watson@bigpond.com

To: Jennifer.Green@gmail.com

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Something I need to tell you

Date: 07/06/2025

Well I just got off the phone from Ben. He jumped straight into denial, which made me even more furious. Then he tells me you two haven’t slept together in over 6 months. Oh my God I am SO MAD right now. If you were standing in front of me I’d be knocking you out with whatever I could get my hands on. So, how many periods have you missed exactly? How can Ben be the father? What about that guy you been dating, surely it’s his. In any case we need to work this shit out and fast.

From: Jennifer.Green@gmail.com

To: Ange.Watson@bigpond.com

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Something I need to tell you

Date: 07/06/2025

Ange, I stopped dating that guy ages ago. I just didn’t tell you. He was so needy and wanted me to mother him. Such a turn off. He started calling me all these sooky names like Jenny Wenny and Baby Waby and Sweetie Wheetie. Urghhh He would turn all normal words into stupid words, you know. So no, it can’t be his. This is really hard to say, but the last time Ben and I slept together was exactly 7 weeks ago to this day. Which is about right, as I missed my last period. I haven’t slept with anyone else.

Yours

Jen

From: Ange.Watson@bigpond.com

To: Jennifer.Green@gmail.com

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Something I need to tell you

Date: 07/06/2025

OMG have you ever heard of CONDOMS?? Or was this your plan all along? 7 weeks to the day? Saturday 19th April? Well I just checked my calendar. When I was away, visiting my mother. How low can you get Jen? that’s ABOMIDABLE. You know how sick she is. Taking advantage of me, of the situation, you are a DESPICABLE HUMAN BEING!! Both of you. You deserve each other. Please don’t reply to me. Nothing you can say is going to fix this or make it right. I hope you are satisfied, now that you have COMPLETELY RUINED MY LIFE.

From: Jennifer.Green@gmail.com

To: Ange.Watson@bigpond.com

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Something I need to tell you

Date: 07/06/2025

Ange, I understand how angry you are. But aren’t you glad I told you? What if I didn’t? Wouldn’t that be worse? We both have been wanting to get pregnant for a while now. I’m so sorry it happened like this. Ben doesn’t have to be involved at all. You and him can just go on with your lives. I want this baby Ange. It was meant to be. Written in the stars. I hope after a few days, we can sit down and talk about it, like mature adults.

Yours

Jen

From: Ange.Watson@bigpond.com

To: Jennifer.Green@gmail.com

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Something I need to tell you

Date: 07/06/2025

Oh so you’re calling me immature now? You, the lying scumbag who stole my husband, fucked him RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE, got yourself knocked up, and now you’re taking the high moral ground?????????? You are something else Jen. I always thought you were up yourself with that bloody hoity-toity attitude of yours, just because your father is a hedge fund manager and your mother’s art is on display in the Louvre. WHO THE HELL FUCKING CARES?????????? I always suspected you had a thing for Ben. The way you toss your head about and laugh a little too much at his dumb jokes. I can’t believe I’ve been so stupid. Still, he’s not much better is he? Happy to cheat on me. You two. Scumbags. I mean it now, please don’t reply to this email, or bother to contact me at all. These are the last words you will hear from me, ever.

Posted Jun 13, 2025
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