Deception

"I trusted you" he says softly with tears in his eyes. "I trusted you" he says again even more softly this time. She is standing in front of him staring at the floor below. He sits on the chair in front of him and buries his face in both his hands. She looks at him. He seems to be in lot of pain. She wants to hold him and say something to him, but she is afraid. She is still standing at the same place looking at him. There is silence in the room.

The silence is broken by the beep on his blackberry. It's a new mail. He moves his hand slowly off his face wiping his tears and looks up at her. He raises his right and to pick up his blackberry from the table while still looking at her. This time it's not tears in his eyes, it's contempt instead. She hasn't moved a inch, still standing at the same spot. He checks the mail. "This was only expected", he says with an unusual calmness in his voice. He looks up at her again and says, "look what have you done" and throws his blackberry towards her. She is caught by surprise and cannot catch it. The blackberry drops on the floor. She bends on her knees and picks it up. The screen is broken and it is switched off. She tries to switch it on. "It's not switching on" she looks at him and says, still on her knees "I am sorry".

"You are sorry?" he says, "of course you are. For what? Breaking my phone or ruining my life?" She has never seen him so angry before. She gathers all the courage and speaks, "what was it about? I mean the mail." "I have been fired from my job for selling company secrets," he answers without any expression.