Faith Smith dressed hurriedly in her room at the command of her best friend who wanted her to follow her to a party that night. Faith had insisted that she would not be able to go as a result of the night. It was too late to go to a party,but her friend had been so persistent. She had convinced her that they were going to have the best fun of their lives so far and with Eunice's angelic tone of conviction, she could not say no.
"Oh! Eunice," Faith said with the hint of sadness in her voice.
"What's wrong?" Eunice asked with concern, wondering how her mood could change all of a sudden.
"My mum. She won't let me leave because it's late. What do I do now? I guess I will just stay at home," Faith answered.
"Come here," her friend urged and whispered in her ear when she got close to her.
"Oh, goodness! I really really love you, darling. You're smart," Faith cheered.
"What do you mean you love me when I am not your lover?"
"Come on, baby. I love as well as whoever my lover is going to be. I love the two of you. Don't you know love does not inform you before it starts living in your house?" Faith said with a grin.
Eunice was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Never mind. Let's do as you planned and get out of here on time," Faith said and wiggle out of the dress and shoes on her and packed it in a bag, then put on her pyjamas.
"Nice," Eunice said and carried her bag in her hand and started walking out of her room while she followed behind.
They met her mother in the living room. "Mum, I am going to see Eunice off. I could stay long cause we still have a lot to talk about. So, go to bed without me, but don't lock the door," Faith said.
"It's late, dear. Don't stay too long, okay?" Mrs. Smith said.
Faith shrugged and frowned as she replied, "Okay, mum. Bye — Oh! I'll be back," she said and went outside the house and out of the gate.
"It worked, it worked!" Faith jubilated as she jumped up and wagged her non-existent tail.
Her friend laughed and said, "You need to get changed, babe. Let's go inside my car," Eunice said and they retreated inside her car that was just a few paces away.
After changing, Eunice drove to where the party would be held. They alighted and walked in with many faces especially those of men glancing their way and commenting on their looks and gorgeous dresses. Faith was putting on a short red dress while her friend was wearing a bum short and a green strapless top.
"Wow! This is really a big house," Faith said without minding the little attention her exclamation brought her way.
"You can say that again, baby," Eunice replied.
"But, wait –," Faith uttered and halted as they got to the center of the hall, standing before each other with a tall wine holder separating them. "Whose party is this?" Faith asked. Wasn't that stupidity to follow a friend to a party that you neither know the type nor the host.
"It's the birthday of Adamson," Eunice answered.
"And how is he to you?" her friend furthered.
"He is – uhm – a friend's boss."
"Oh,my God! Gosh, Eunice," Faith shouted and laughed,but when her friend only laughed too and chose not to reply, she shrugged it off. Her friend could sometimes choose to be crazy.
Faith looked around the hall that was encompassed with so many people as if she was in search of someone.
Her friend noticed that and asked her who she was looking for.
"You know I could find my Prince charming here now," Faith replied with a cute, but childish smile.
Eunice laughed. Faith could be so dramatic at times. She took the word 'Love' as if it was her breathing line. "You'll never change."
"I should be leaving soon—" Faith started saying.
"You definitely can't leave tonight. It's now very late. Till dawn, dear," Eunice informed as she took two cups of drinks from a waiter that passed by. She handed one to her friend who took a sip and sat the glass on the table separating them.
Faith sighed. Her mother should not know she stayed the night out or she was going to be in trouble. It was not her first time not to sleep at home, thanks to the 'bish' she called her best friend. "I need to visit the ladies room," she called the waiter that gave them drinks and asked for the direction of the bathroom.
"You just need to go outside of this hall, turn left, then –" the waiter directed. "Do you understand, Miss?"
With doubt, she answered, "Oh! Yes, thank you so much," Faith thanked and faced her friend when the waiter had left. "Will you be fine alone?" she asked.
"I should be the one asking you that."
"I will be fine. Besides, I will be back in a while." She walked through the crowd and outside the hall. She turned right and started looking for the restroom. She had forgotten how the waiter described, so she walked up to a man who had his back to her.
She cleared her throat slightly and said in her best voice, "Excuse me, please?"
The man turned to her with his hands in his pockets and with a serious look. He was obviously taller than her as he gazed down at the woman before him. He seemed to watch with great interest that widened his eyes but was able to keep them normal so as not to appear strange.
His voice echoed her words to him. It came out of the loveliest voice he had ever heard. He said nothing and kept his serious look as he intently studied the face of the young woman.
"If you can just spare a few minutes, I will be very grateful if you can show me the restroom," Faith asked in a polite way, but the man did not say anything,but averted his gaze instead.
'Oh, God! Please, answer me. I really need to use the bathroom,' Faith thought, but stayed calm still. 'Can he not talk?' she wondered in her mind.
" Hello? Please, it is kind of urgent," she replied but still, no words came out of the man's mouth. She could not help but stare at him, though. He was extremely good looking.
'Oh, my God! What kind of a man is this? Vampire? Goblin? What kind of animal could be this good looking, serious and probably – mute? Oh! It's a fish,' Faith thought within her and scanned the man from head to toe.
The man squeezed his face as he looked at her one more time as she checked him out. Didn't she say she needed to use the bathroom urgently? He wanted to tell her, but he could not form any word out of his mouth at that moment.
'Can a fish be this tall and straight? He's neatly dressed,' Faith scanned and pouted her lips. 'I am sure he would be strict at something,' she concluded.
The man looked at her intently as he tilted his head to a side in thought. He shifted his eyes to her lips and looked deeply. Something was strange. How come he could hear the woman talking without her mouth dancing out the words?
"Hey, Miss," a young man said to Faith, admiring her from head to toe and lucked his lower lip. "Wow! You're gorgeous," he added in appreciation of her beauty.Faith turned away from Mr. Fish to where the voice was coming from behind her. 'Oh! He must be from the family of apes. How can he be so ugly? Ugh!' she pondered as she shook her head and her face expressing discomfort.
Faith Smith turned from side to side as she was sleeping soundly on a Monday morning. She had turned off her alarm when it had gone off since she was so tired from the previous day's night party.She had sneaked in at dawn when her mother was probably still asleep. Her prayer was for her mother not to notice that.
Ava knelt before her parents in their luxurious sitting room, pleading with tears. She had been begging for their approval of her courtship, but her parents, most especially her mother, wouldn't yield to what she was saying. Her mother kept telling her to find another man that was suitable for her."Mum, I love this guy. He is the only one I want to spend the rest of my life with. No one else," Ava persisted.
'Driver?' Faith wondered as she entered into the gate of the big firm called Anderson consults. She found herself looking in amazement at the big firm and had her mouth agape after entering the front gate."Hey! Where do you think you are going that you just enter like that?" A man in a security uniform said to her, making her turn back and glare at him.
The strict man, also Mr Fish, stared at her rather expressionless. He took his seat once again with a calm gesture to the seat before him, which was separated by a large desk.Faith shut her mouth and went to sit on the offered chair, but not tearing her eyes away from his face. 'Mr strict fish,' she concluded the name in her mind which, to her surprise, made the man look back at her after he had looked a
Desmond was quite shocked,so he quickly looked away so as not to appear weird. He was quite cynical about who the thought belonged to. Was it his? The grumpy lady before him had not uttered a word to him for a few minutes now. She had not opened those lips that looked cravingly soft.But those thoughts seemed to be hers? He had heard her thoughts again. It was so confusing. He could not get it off his mind, since it had neve
Ava sat surprisingly with Gabriel before her parents. She had been really amazed and glad when her mother had called her to tell her to invite Gabriel over to their house. She had told her that she'd approved of her relationship with the man. Ava could not have been more elated.Now, they were just listening to her mother as she repeated what she had told her daughter in the presence of them all which made Ava smile broadly with j
Desmond smiled as he listened to Ava explain what had happened to him. He had not believed it at first, thinking that the simple method could not have worked that easily. He became convinced as a result of the smile on the lady's face. It was not faked, but a genuine one, meaning that the method had actually worked. All he could see on her face was happiness, pure happiness. And that was what he wanted for all his 'patients' as a 'doctor.'
"What! They were lovers? Are you kidding?" Faith exclaimed as she set down a cup of coffee on the table for Desmond. He had just told her what she could have never imagined in her wildest dreams. How could her best friend and his best friend be lovers? Well, they used to be. But no one told her. Eunice never mentioned that, but she remembered her sulking over an ex that she didn't know and her friend didn't want to talk to her about it. But to imagine that to be Adamson? Wow! She remembered when they had gone to his birthday party. She had asked Eunice if she knew the celebrant, but she had said Adamson was her friend's boss. Desmond nodded. "I'm not kidding." "Oh, my God! When did you know? And why didn't you tell me?"
"I do, Desmond. And yes, I said so, but I was only trying to come up with excuses not to love you because you don't love. You stopped loving. I didn't plan on falling in love with you. I didn't want to get hurt. It just happened. And I'm sorry. I am sorry for everything."In less than a second, he was hugging her. Oddly, he felt relieved as he did so. He sighed as he noticed her leaning into him. It was as if she needed that and was waiting for him to do so. "You don't have to be sorry. Look at me," he said and put her at arm's length.She locked eyes with him. His eyes were searching hers as if there was something he was looking for. And he seemed so sad and happy at the same time."I love you, Faith. Everything is all complicated but that is how I feel. When you subm
Faith and her best friend were giving the dance their best and doing perfectly well in relieving their stress. Faith could feel her burdens eased a little. Maybe if she danced a few more times, everything would be fine.Her eyes strayed to the corner of the club and back at her friend, but she suddenly stopped dancing and looked back at the place her eyes had strayed to earlier. She had seen someone so familiar. Extremely familiar."Desmond?" She said as she watched the person turned his back to her and walked away and against her will, she followed the man.Not wanting to lose the person and to make sure he was the one, she followed behind hurriedly. She hid behind a wall and peeped at the man as he stopped and started talking to a lady. He glanced her way
Faith became agaped at the sight of where her friend brought her. "A club?" She laughed.Eunice nodded. "Yeah. You should get rid of your stress. There's a lot you can do here. And who knows ? You might actually find the one here."Faith smiled. She didn't believe that. Her friend should know that. Yeah, she believed she could find love anywhere. But clubs? Nah. And besides, finding love wasn't on her to-do list.Judging from her expression, Eunice knew what she was thinking, so she said, "Well, you never know what could happen. Shall we go in?"As they walked along the pathway, Faith recognized the place and smiled. "I've been here a few times."
The client looked confused for a moment, not understanding what he meant. "I don't under—""Oh, sorry about that. I'm listening to you. You can continue," he said, giving a deep sigh, but it seemed the man had already gotten angry with the way he sprang from his seat."How can I continue when you don't even believe it to be my story? What would I gain from telling you another story and waiting in line for my appointment? What would I gain from wasting money —""I am really sorry, sir. Please, have your seat." Desmond did not know what else to say. He did not even feel like counseling anyone that day. His day had been ruined already."I am out of here," the man said and left his office angrily. 
"Sir, I can explain what you heard why I said that. I really didn't mean it. I was just on the phone with my friend and – and.. I don't even know. Allow me to explain, please," she pleaded.Her boss could only smile. There was no need for to explain nor were there any reason to deny meaning it. It did not mean anything. He knew what to do. "I will give what you want." He walked back to his swivel chair and sat. He saw an envelope on his desk and opened, wondering what it was about.It was her resignation letter. When did she put that on his desk? Probably when she came in first to drop his briefcase. He raised it up for her to see. "I will approve this. Just one last thing, thank you so much for your hard work and for putting up with my attitude. Most especially, I really appreciate you for making me open up m
"You're going to resign?" Desmond asked before smiling. He looked at Faith, hoping to see any sign of sarcasm in her expression but he found none. "Aren't you joking?"Faith shook her head. "No, sir. I can not joke about such a thing. I am serious, sir," Faith said.Her boss sighed. What was he going to do? Yes, he was mad at her for what she did. For what she heard her say, but he was not expecting what he had just heard. He had never expected a resignation. Well, he knew she was going to quit the job one day, but he did not expect it to be so soon.Why was she resigning, though? Was something wrong? Has she gotten herself a new job? He did not know the exact thing to choose as her reason for wanting to resign.
Faith woke up earlier than usual. It was more like she had no sleep at all. No matter how much she tried and rolled on the bed she found very comfortable, she could not bring herself to have a peaceful sleep without tearing up. She just wished she could lace her fingers on the exact thing that was happening to her, but too bad. She could not.She got dressed and when it was time to go to her boss, she hesitated. She did not want to go there just to get her day more ruined. It was bad enough. But did she have a choice? She heaved a long sigh and started walking into the main house. Very soon, she would be free. She would be dropping her resignation letter very soon and would be liberated from him and the pains he had been giving her.She decided to finally let everything go. She decided to forget him and move o
"Hi. You're back," Faith asked as she entered the main building and sighted her boss sitting on one of the chairs with his head in his hands.He could only nod as a reply. How could she be jovial after uttering those words about him? He could have never been more disappointed."Are you okay?"He nodded in his palms again.Faith became worried. What was going on? She walked closer and went to sit beside him. It was obvious that he was down. He did not even look up at her. She tried to touch his shoulder but refrained in t