However, for what reason didn’t she essentially let me know.
“Is it genuine that you took Reinolds’ proposition?” I had asked while looking at Liz with a frown. I asked as soon as I saw her, the time that we met.
She stiffened when I suddenly asked. There was a thoughtful expression on her face before she answered dismissively, “I let you know I would.”
“You didn’t. You were to consider it,” I called attention to. There was no way she would tell me. If I was not aware of it from other people, would I ever know it? I could not even get a proper answer to it now from her.
I looked at her intently, my displeasure was evident in my expression as I really did not like what was happening, and I will not hide it at all. It might look petty on my part, but I really could not help feeling that something was definitely wrong somewhere.
“What could be thought with regards to Ryan? This is a lifetime
I watched her as she dressed and craved for her more. I didn’t simply need her, actually. I needed her spirit and to be a piece of her. she completed the process of dressing, and before I stood the lady, I had fallen head over heels for on her first day of class.“I might want to leave,” she said anxiously.“Where had all her certainty from the prior night gone? Had I committed an error, or was she driving me away from her since I had gotten some information about her own life? At this point, I had not uttered a word about myself?” I contemplated internally.“Can I basically drop you off?” I had asked her. she checked me out and set aside time to conclude whether or not it was smart.“Alright,” she replied, moving out of the room. I immediately put on my shirt and a satisfactory pair of pants then, at that point, left later her.The climate outside was moist. Lucy moved to the front seat, and fo
LUCYTwo days after I left Ryan’s apartment, he sent me an email about the contest. I looked at the email, rubbed my eyes then looked again.When my eyes landed on the questions, my mind went blank. It felt as if I hadn’t ever stepped into a class.However hard it seemed, I resolved to put my best foot forward and to win this contest. I owed it to my son, to myself, and to Ryan. I also so badly wanted to prove John wrong.I was still going through the questions when Paul walked into the house. He was from practicing basketball, and he had a downcast face.I looked at him once and knew something was definitely wrong. He walked right past me and locked himself into his room.“Paul. Paul!” I called out as I knocked on his door.I heard things being thrown across the room and knew then that he had discovered something awful. I couldn’t figure out what it was, though.Determined not to
Just when I had finally found someone else worthy of my love, she decided to come back to my life.I had received a strange email the night before the contest, and I felt bile rise within me.Dearest Ryan, sorry for not reaching out to you earlier. I have been meaning to text you for a long time back I didn’t have the courage. Am sorry for throwing away our diamond while looking for gold. You were right all along. Can we talk, make amends, perhaps? I am a changed person. Please reply,Xx, NesIn an instant, I had deleted the mail from both my inbox and trash folder.It’s rather too late for that, I told myself.Three minutes to the end of the contest, I felt prouder than ever before. Lucy was leading, and everyone could see that her opponent was losing it. When the time ran up, Lucy was in tears of joy.She had done it, and I knew she couldn’t believe it. She looked at the hall-packed
I was happy that I had succeeded at doing something for Paul and me. It was not easy, but I still managed to do it. That alone was an accomplishment that would make me happy for a while.It was probably corny for others, but I did not care. I’m not the best mother out there, after all, and I know that. At least I am aware of that, and I am willing to improve.“How are you coping up at work?” Ryan asked days later. He continued, “It must be stressful balancing so many things in life.”“It sure is. What pushes me is to do better than I was previously,’ I replied with a small smile. “Can we have dinner sometime? At a place of your choice,” Ryan asked.I had been working my ass off, and I thought I at least needed a break.Besides, since my divorce from John, no man had ever asked me out. Ryan doing so made me feel so young again, and I loved the feeling.We parted once I
“You’re just too stubborn to listen. This is more serious than you think. So many things are at stake here,” I almost screamed.What was so hard in understanding that I was afraid of a relationship with him? I loved him, but love alone is never enough.People still shunned divorced ladies getting into relationships, and a relationship with Ryan would create lots of controversies for me in school, at work, and even in my relationship with Paul.“I have to leave,” I said after I took a bath.He was still lying where I had left him, and with a heavy heart, I bid him goodbye, vowing never to fall into his trap.“You can ignore him. Just attend your classes, then disappear and strictly interact with him professionally. It is that easy,” I told myself.But whom was I fooling?Ryan wasn’t about to accept defeat and what he did next was proof of that.RYANHaving k
“Give me a chance to help you achieve that,” I countered with a smile of assurance. He looked at me for a while before sighing, and then it did to take long for him to follow me into the car.I smiled at him brightly, which earned a roll of his eyes. I was in a good mood as I drove to the field that I had made arrangements for.“Are you for real? Where are we going?” Paul asked when we got to the gated compound. He was looking at me suspiciously as if he had an idea of where we were at and what my goal was, but he still could not believe it.Well, the place was what we needed at this time. Stephan and I had leased it for practice.“We will be practicing here,” I said with a smile, and his eyes widened in unmasked surprise.I don’t know what surprised Paul the most. It could have been that I had used us instead of you or the fact that I had looked for the land. He was silent for a while, even when we got out
“You really need to watch your tongue,” John said sternly while looking at Paul. It was like he was acting as if Paul did not have any other cause, and that pissed everyone off.Paul snickered and looked at him mockingly. He crossed his arms over his chest and said, “Of course, I do. What will you do if I don’t? Absolute fucking nothing. You can’t hurt us. We won’t allow you to. It was stupid of me to call you and ask you to come to watch my game. I should have known you wouldn’t do it. You can’t think straight when you have those pretty and brainless ladies by your side.”John’s look was priceless. My eyes turned to the lady he was with, who looked away when our eyes met. I could not help but frown while looking at her curiously.The lady was looking at Ryan for such a long time, and I could not help but think, who was she to him? It was probably torture for any girl to think of the worse but had no ch
Gerald was the second child in our home, and he had never married. Some of us thought that he might be gay. We did tease him about it or tried to confirm it from him, but he just smiled most of the time.Well, it was not like it would be a bid deal if he was gay, we were just mostly curious about his preference, and perhaps we did not want him to be alone and wanted to help him look for the right partner later on.So yeah, many years passed by without any confirmation from him. Now, at 45, he was yet to introduce even a girlfriend to any of us. He was so committed to his work that we often joked that his wife was his work.“There’s no running away from this,” Josephina said, and her tone sounded so lost as if she had already given up the situation before even trying.“There is. Watch me,” I answered as I disconnected the call.I put my phone on silent and didn’t answer any of her other calls. She called Marietes