Assume everyone will disappoint you, and you will never be disappointed in your life.
I wiped the tears in my eyes as I looked outside the taxi I boarded. The sky was dark and by all indications, rain was about to fall.
The wind was blowing around and people were running to find shelter. Who would want to be beaten by rain? No one except for a broken hearted girl like me.
Nicholas had just ended our relationship. Not directly though, he actually accused me of being the person behind what happened to me that day.
He said he was told I hired the thugs to chase and rape me. When I tried to defend myself I just broke into tears, and he used my weakness against me.
How stupid was he to believe I could do such a thing to myself and for what reason? If I needed someone to make love with me, I would better do that without anybody knowing. But I wasn't that kind of a person.
Hence the idea of hiring thugs to rape me was just a
Few weeks after the unfortunate event that occurred between me and Nicholas, I decided to quit the job. I sent a resignation letter to the company's email address and waited patiently for confirmation.I thought Nicholas would deny the letter and call me to apologize for everything, just like I hoped and waited for him to come seeking for forgiveness or to call and mend our relationship but that didn't happen.In less that twenty-four hours, I received an email telling me my resignation letter has been approved and signed by the CEO. And that a sum of five hundred dollars would be sent to my account as payment for the days I worked for before quiting the job, and another five hundred dollars as grant to help settle my bills.You couldn't imagine how hurt I was, it was obvious Nicholas had nothing to do with me anymore. What pained me most was the fact that he couldn't allow me to come get my stuffs, he sent them over the following day with a goodwill
In all the days I spent at home doing nothing, Steven was always around trying to make me feel less lonely. Well I wouldn't say always around me since he used to go to work, he was an engineer and owned an automobile repair center. Sometimes he would come in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon and sometimes in the evening. And when coming, he would come with flowers. He was such a nice guy, and was also funny. Always poking fun, making me smile or laugh my intenses out. And sometimes taking me out to watch movies, see animals in the zoo, the pictures in the park and many other things. On one occasion, we drove past Nicholas's apartment and when seeing how my mood changed he asked what was going on. Then I told him nothing. You know how persistent he could be right? He pressurized me until I eventually told him we recently drove past Nicholas's building. Guess what? He wowed and then
Steven became so very close to me, I was even beginning to forget about all that Nicholas did to me. Nicholas's love was still intact in my heart but I was beginning to find peace with his absence in my life. In everywhere, there are people that would cause you pain and people that would heal you. Steven was among the healers, he healed my heart and made me accept all that had happened to me. It wasn't easy accepting the truth but it was worth the challenge. Everyday, he would tell me to release all the negative energy in me and set them free. And to leave my past behind so I could focus on the present. Every time I recalled his timeline advices, I would heave a sigh and smile. I didn't know why he was always being nice and helping me out but I guess he was just trying to be a good friend. Good friend? Wasn't that an understatement? Well I didn't really know exactly what to say about that but he was really kind and friendly, no
Steven's mom was a very wonderful woman, she was so welcoming and supportive. Whenever Steven poke fun at me or tease me, she would retaliate on my behalf and would defend me at all cost. She said ever since I came into Steven's life, he had changed totally. He used to be depressed sometimes and lonely but now he was always happy, energetic and funny. He could now poke fun unlike in the past. When it was time for me to return back home she gave me a necklace which Steven's father gave her when the were dating, she told me it was a sign of love and trust. She also told me she trusted me with her son. Like seriously? Well, it wasn't as if Steven and I were dating so why would she gave me that? I had wanted rejecting it but something told me not to, I didn't want to sound somehow to her. I also didn't want her to think somehow about me. Steven drove me home while gisting me about random things, work, friends, and so on. He was good at gisting, he would b
Finally, my car had been returned back to me. Yes, Steven did it. He repaired everything for me, leaving no stone unturned. Seriously, to say I was happy is an understatement. I was overly happy, in fact I didn't even know when I jumped unto him and gave him a warm hug. I really missed my car, you know? I quickly snatched the keys away from him and ran over to the car, "I missed you!" I uttered giving it a hug like a psychopath or something. Steven only gave me a smile. Thus, I hopped inside. Just when I ignited the engine into action, I signalled him to join me on a ride but he shook his head and told me to go on. "Just be carefully, okay? I don't want you crashing again" he added. "Okay, got it. See you soon!" I uttered and winked at him before shutting the door off and accelerating away. How I missed my car! I swung into the highway and began speeding like never before, ignoring the fact that I might be chased by cops for driving at a very
Seeing Lena with Nicholas yesterday was painful, so painful that when I returned back home I cried uncontrollably. It wasn't the first time, but the first time in a while. I shouldn't have went into the restaurant, I shouldn't have checked on them. And Lena even had the guts to look into my face and tell me trash, like it was funny. Well I had showed her it wasn't funny by giving her a resounding slap. After which I left in tears and met Nicholas outside making his call. When he saw me, he quickly ended his call and tried to stop me but I was unstoppable. I ran over to where my car was, stormed in and quickly drove away. I could see him in the rearview mirror shouting my name, and Lena coming out of the restaurant but I sped away. I needed comfort so I called Steven and told him to leave whatever he was doing at work and meet me at our house but unfortunately that didn't happen. He told me he had to fix something very important and that he would come back whe
The flashdrive that was sent to me contained a lot of pictures of me which was obviously taken by one of the guys that raped me. There was nothing more in the folders apart from my pictures, which left me with no clue as to who the sender was but I guess the person was trying to tell me he or she knows something I didn't know about. I ejected the flash and went straight to Zoey's house to ask more about the person that gave her the flashdrive, unfortunately she went out with her niece which means I would have to wait for her to come back. While strolling back home, I looked around the street to see if I could find any lead. Someone must have seen the guy right, or was it just Zoey? I thought to myself. I was expecting Zoey's mom to know something about the man but unfortunately she didn't, she told me she wasn't even around when the man came. I didn't want to bother her more so I left without asking more questions. On reaching home, my mind to
Few days passed and yet, Officer Mike was unable to find any lead. However I'd already settled my mind on one suspect, Lena. Even though I had no evidence, I believed she was hiding something. I started suspecting her the day we talked on phone about the flashdrive. I mean, she gave a witty remark on it. And like I once said if she was behind something, she would give or make a witty remark about it and if she was innocent she would abruptly deny it by swearing with her life. Not enough for an evidence right? But I just didn't know how to trust her anymore, she probably did everything just to be with Nicholas. I never really suspect her this much but now I did. Steven warned me against confronting her but somehow I felt that was the best thing to do. Hence I personally called her and told her I would like to see her. She gladly fixed a date and time, and then I chose the position. It was at one of the coffee shops around the airport. We met an