Michael walked to the elevator and pressed the ground floor button. As the doors closed, he leaned on the wall and closed his eyes, his hands in his pantsuit pockets. He was gradually slumping inside himself and he didn’t want that and so tried his possible best not to think or be emotional. The elevator dinged and he jumped slightly, waiting for the doors to open. As it did, he walked out and smiled at the nurse there. He heaved a sigh and quietly walked out of the hospital. The sky was dark but with the help of the street lights, he could see how bright everywhere was, too bad he wasn’t as bright as it and really wished it would go dark and moody like he feels.There weren’t much people on the street and he loved it like that, he took a step and then slowly strolled along the street. He was like an empty vessel walking through the street. His mind was deeply preoccupied with the memories of his wife. From the very first day he had met her when he was thirteen, he had been smitten by
Sasha was discharged later in the evening and Sapphire and Chris were the most happy when they were going home. Right in the car, Sapphire had started telling her about the things that happened in the school back when she was not around and Sasha listened attentively to her with a smile. Michael was the one driving and Chris was sitting in the front seat with him because Sasha wanted to stay with Sapphire.He glanced at them from the rearview mirror, a smile playing on his lips as he felt his heart swelling in happiness. Although Sapphire wasn’t as moody as Chris during Sasha’s absence but he hasn’t seen her talk and laughed so much since she wasn’t around and that made him understand that she had missed her mother too but just wasn’t as obvious as Chris.When they got home, Hannah welcomed them and let them know that dinner would be ready soon while she went upstairs with the kids to freshen them up. Sasha went straight to the living room and sat on the couch with her head relaxing o
Michael sat in his study room going through some office work, it’s been six days since Sasha came back home, she haven’t brought about her break again but things hasn’t been smooth between them still. She hardly talks to Michael unless it involves their children and whenever he tried to raise a conversation between them, she either says she was not in the mood or she ignores him or walks out. Michael would be a liar if he says it doesn’t affect him, but he refused to give up or force her to speak to him.A knock on the door distracted him and he looked up at the door and ushered in, “come in.”The door pushed open and Sasha walked in fully dressed. Michael raised an eyebrow noticing her dressing, he was surprised for he had no idea she was going anywhere today also because of the fact that she hasn’t gone out for the past six days. Sasha stared straight at him, “we are leaving, I just thought you should know.”“I don’t understand,” he said, standing up, “what do you mean by ‘we are le
Sasha sighed, she ran her fingers through her hair and licked her lips before glancing up at Vanessa, she didn’t know what to say. Possibly because that the past seven days she had been thinking the same thing, she had been wondering if maybe she and Michael weren’t meant to be, maybe they weren’t destined to be and now Vanessa had said the same thing. Maybe that would explain why they can’t be happy together, why every little thing was a problem between them. She just couldn’t say anymore and to be honest, it has been weighing her down, especially what would become of her kids if she and Michael were to divorce.Vanessa could see the stress she was going through and she sighed, “I’m sorry, I told you I was not asking you out to talk about Michael but he seem to be the only thing we have been talking about. What would you like to have?” she smiled and picked up her menu.Sasha exhaled and picked up hers but ended up picking their signature steak and Vanessa picked the same as well. Th
Two weeks later, Sasha had to take the kids to the park as per their request. They have been begging her for it since the week before and she promised them on Saturday, Sapphire had made the wish that she hope Michael would come with them but Sasha acted like she didn’t hear her because she had no thought of calling him.During the past week, Michael has been doing everything to get her to come home but her decision has remained the same, she wasn’t yet ready and she wants to be sure within herself that she can live with his overprotective nature and constant demands that he knows where she was at the moment. She may have found that sweet before but not anymore. They really need to see past their differences and Michael has to let go of his past attitude. She has never told him that and she had no idea of doing so either. She was tired of being the one to tell him what to do for their relationship to work.As they drove into the park, she said to the children, “remember the plan, stic
Sasha’s felt like her jaw dropped to the ground as she stood staring at Michael who obviously was anxious about her reply and nervous as well. She closed her mouth, opened it to speak but ended up closing it again. She licked her lips because for some reason it seemed chapped, then she bit her lower lip and shook her head softly with a light chuckle. She took a deep breath and blew out through the mouth before looking up at him again. She chuckled once more and shook her head again. She blinked and looked into his crystal blue eyes one more time, “let me get this straight,” she finally found her voice, “you want us to start from the very beginning, like…we don’t know each other.”“Yes,” Michael replied, glad that she finally said something, “the truth is,” he chuckled lightly and bit his lip, “I have never dated anyone in my life before and…I just realized that I would really love to have that experience. But I don’t want to have it with any other person, just you. You are my first ev
Sasha parked in front of Friendly Zero, the new club that Janet insisted that they must attend as she has always wanted to check it out but didn’t want to go alone. She pulled down the visor and checked herself one more time on the mirror and pushed it back up. Then grabbing her clutch and phone, she killed the engine and climbed out of the car.She was the first to arrive among her friends and she loved that, for once she would be the one complaining of them keeping her waiting. It wasn’t long, she saw Janet pulling in and she grinned at her. Janet laughed seeing that and immediately after parking, she got down and went to her. “What is the matter Sash, why are you here already?”“Do you know how long I have been waiting?” she pretended to be angry.Janet laughed, “good for you, at least for once, you will be the one waiting.”Sasha grinned and glanced at the club door where two bouncers were attending to the long queue, “are you really sure we can get in there?”“Of course, why can’
Sasha opened the door to the man standing outside dressed in a black blazer and white polo underneath and blank pants. He looked so different from the always in suit businessman she has come to know and she couldn’t not notice how handsome he looked.Michael was struck by the beauty of the lady in white in front of him; the gown she was wearing was among the recent things he bought for her during the time he got something for the kids. Never in his life had he imagined that she would wear anything from there anytime soon. Her hair was up in a high ponytail with few tendrils dropping at her cheeks, she smiled at his perusal, slowly biting her lower lip. “Wow,” was all he could say.“Wow what?” Sasha asked, feeling all giddy inside. This wasn’t the first time Michael was taking her out to eat but it was the first time he was picking her up to go on a date. She had sent the kids and Hannah to her mother’s place because she has been complaining that they don’t spend time with her enough t