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Chapter Thirteen
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Nahlela
Nadine and I finally decided to celebrate her “birthday” at Manjong Night Club. Since it was far from her place and closer to mine, the Plan was for her to stay at my place when we got back. That was just a plan because we both knew there was a high possibility that she will end up in the bed of a random stranger even though we preferred not to talk about it.
I was surprised when I saw Timi walk into the club. I didn’t expect him to come over and greet us. When I invited him to join us, I was just being polite and I didn’t even expect him to accept. Before his cousin came, there was no tension because Nadine focused on him but everything changed once Nadine and Brandon started bonding. It was a relief when he asked me to dance because we were just sitting at the table staring at each other awkwardly and saying nothing.
When I wen
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NahlelaI was surprised to see Timi in the kitchen. Even though I had told mom and dad that I had invited hi, I hadn’t. I was even more surprised when he said dad did because dad had not mentioned anything. Coincidentally, his sister was Kadmia’s course mate in the university; we really live in a small world. She tried pretending like she didn’t know me but I didn’t let her. I called her out on it and she finally accepted. I liked her already.For the whole night, I was socialising with guests and making sure they were okay but I kept on avoiding Timi. Even when I spoke to him, I was being formal. I even referred to him as “sir”. I knew it was driving him crazy but I didn’t care. At one point, a white lady whom I had never seen cornered me and complemented my dress. I thanked her and somehow, we started chatting. She told me that she was a designer and she said her daughter was even
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NahlelaMom, dad and Timi rushed into the room at the same time. Before they could start asking me questions, I told them Nadine was behind the kidnapping. Timi said she had called earlier and when he told her I was unconscious, she said she was on her way. Dad immediately called the police and informed them of the new developments, Mom climbed on the bed and kept on hugging me. Timi just stood at one corner and kept on looking at me and smiling. I was so happy and grateful to have them. I told them the full story about how I was kidnapped and how I managed to escape and mom cried all through. I was trying not to cry but she was making it so difficult for me. Timi asked mom and dad to go home and promised to stay with me through the night. Mom tried refusing but we all told her to go home and rest and she said she will be back first thing in the morning. She and
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NahlelaIt was Saturday and I had decided to stay home, clean my house and then cook and relax a bit. Timi had training with the guys and other errands he had to run. I put on the television and the first thing I saw was an advert for sanitary pad. I picked up my phone and checked my calendar. Lo and behold, my period was a couple of days late. No, strike that; It was two weeks late. I started trying to remember all the times I had sex and see where they fell on my calendar, but I had no such luck. I could not remember all the dates. When I finished cleaning the house, I went to the market to buy foodstuff and also some personal items. I went to a medicine store and took five different pregnancy test strips made by five different companies. When I got home, instead of taking the tests immediately, I tried stalling. I put it off for as many hours I could afford but once I was done
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Nahlela“I woke up before Timi and I didn't want to disturb him so I quietly tiptoed into the bathroom and took my bath. I was already late for work so I didn't waste time in the bathroom. When I came back to the bedroom, I was surprised to see that Timi was no longer in bed. The dress I had taken didn't need ironing again so I dressed up and tied my braids in a bun. I didn't even bother with make-up, Just wore my shoes and was going to the living room to look for my laptop and notepad to put in my bag and runout when Timi stopped me&Good morning babe&&Good morning & I answered&Trying to sneak past me huh?&& I'm not sneaking. planned on calling you once I got to work&
