Boredom

Chloe had to get used to the transition from a life as a single model, full of parties, attention, and tension, to a life as a married housewife. Her volunteer work did her good: she was very committed to others. However, she did miss some excitement in her life. She spent most of her time at home. The two had everything right, but their relationship still started to show cracks… Because she was at home so much, she had a lot of time to think between household chores. She realized that she was not completely satisfied with the current way her life was going. Her husband traveled a lot and earned the money, while she was at home a lot and bored. Here and there Chloe was offered a modeling job, but this was not enough. Chloe desperately needed more variety and excitement in her life…

Away from home a lot

John was also not completely satisfied with the current situation. Although he now held a very important position and earned a lot of money, there was something missing in his life. He began to realize more and more that that “something” was Chloe. He was sometimes away from home for a long time, so it took weeks before he saw the love of his life again. What also didn’t help was the fact that Chloe didn’t like pictures or video bubbles. This would make it a lot easier for John, because then he would get to see his wife again. He decided to insist on it once during this business trip. He missed her terribly. Little did John know that this request would turn his life upside down…

The photo

The couple had just called for half an hour while John was boarding his next flight. Chloe had been on the way home during the phone call and now plopped down on the couch. Suddenly she received a message from her husband, who had to be on the plane by now. “Would you please send me a picture of yourself? I miss you terribly and it pains me not to see you these next few weeks. Please.”, John typed. He then put his phone on airplane mode and fastened his seatbelt carefully. The plane started to taxi and prepared to take off. He had no idea what awaited him…

Taking a picture

Chloe read the message with a frown on her face. A picture of herself? John knew she didn’t like that, right? She was a professional model, she saw herself often enough already. She wanted to keep work and private life separate. Chloe intended to decline the request. Then she realized how John must be feeling. Lonely and alone, in a foreign land, far from home. The least she could do to satisfy him was to send a photo. She posed for a selfie, took a few, chose the best one and sent it to her husband, accompanied by a heart emoji. She had only forgotten one detail…

No way back

After she sent the photo, Chloe took another good look at it. She looked good and couldn’t believe that she wasn’t being offered more modeling jobs. In the past, she even had to reject them because she no longer had time for new jobs… Then suddenly she noticed a detail that shocked her. “Oh no!”, she yelled out loud, starting at her phone in the living room. She’d noticed something she knew would anger John. Her fingers quickly tapped the keyboard of her cellphone, until the screen suddenly went black. Her battery had died. John was going to land and see the photograph. There was no going back…

Landed

Once landed, John took his phone off airplane mode and a big smile appeared on his face. He had 1 new message from the love of his life. He opened the messaging app and saw the beautiful photo of his beautiful wife. Deeply in love, John stared at the screen. Her beautiful smile, her beautiful eyes, her shiny hair… Suddenly John’s heart skipped a beat. What was that? His heart began to pound in his throat. He had noticed something in the photo that had really shocked him. What did this mean?

The finishing of the story is in the next page…