CHAPTER NINE
“Hey! You okay??” I asked looking confused.
,Yeah!” he said looking up to me and faking a smile “ Am alright.”
“ Bu you don’t look like you are.” I persisted
“No I am okay”
“ Okay , if you say…”
Before I could finish my sentence, the phone rang again and this time around I spotted the name “ Sophie”
“ I think you should definitely pick your call now. It might be important”
After few minutes and persistent calls from “Sophie” Chris finally picked it then excuses himself.
From his actions, you easily know that he was in rage, though he tried as much as possible not to let me see it. After a while he returned sat, down and apologized.
He told me a whole lot about himself and how he had sent back to work at his side of the town.
It turned out he was sent to go secure a certain secondary school in an interior Village called meban. While there, the Area boys came, short and killed many his colleagues. He was the only one who survived the attack. The government decided to send him back. Since then things have been moving well for him. He said I was just another Blessing sent from God to him.
After few months we started going out on dates, clubbing and he helped me out with so much. Despite this, I felt there was something off about the way some girls looked at me.
One fateful evening, we went to a restaurant to get food to eat. While we were there, a girl passed by our table. She went in and sat to the next table just beside me. Chris had gone to ease himself so j just tried to relax and act normal but my instincts kept telling me to get up and leave. Later when Chris returned he froze.
“ Chris! What are you doing with this woman??” She said tapping her tiny long crossed legs.
“What are you doing here? Chris!.”
“ Chris is there any problem?” I asked, looking so confused.
He looked at me in shame.
“ Ann that’s Sophie, my daughter’s mum”
“Your what???” Sophie and I screamed in shock.
“ Wow that’s all I am to you hah?” Sophie asked in disbelief.
“Look here Ann or whatever you call yourself. I am his fiancé. I don’t know the lies his been telling but This Man standing here, is my fiancé.”
I raised my trembling hands up and left it on his chick, leaving behind scars.
“ How dare you lead me on into falling for you again, meanwhile you had a Child and a fiancé”
“ She’s not my fiancé. Yeah it’s true we were supposed to get married but it didn’t happen because of her uncultured attitude. I don’t love he”
Before he could finish explaining himself she jumped in
“ Thank your stars you had no idea about all this. Thank your stars. You see this,” She pointed to a bottle she had in her bag.
“This is the most expensive and most dangerous acid you could get in this town I wanted to use that to transform you into a caricature that you are. Stay away from him if you so desire to live.”
She left me shaking and sweating. I took off to my hills without looking back. Chris called and chased after me but I gave him no listening ear.
TO BE CONNECTED.
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