When Nathan broke my heart and married my childhood friend, it was then it dawned on me that love doesn’t exist in any form except madonna{the love of a mother and child}, I was devasted my whole world came crashing like the twin towers, all our dreams and aspirations fizzled away like the smoke from the exhaust pipe of car engine on a winter morning, men began to irritate me and took different forms of beasts each time I see one
“Whitney its time you take a vacation back to Nigeria and get this steam off your head” my mum would always
Its like the hymn we sang every morning while I was in primary school back home in Nigeria that we sang and have memorised every word up to the point that even when we forget our hymn book at home we would sing our hearts away because we knew every word on that song.
It was the news of them having a baby soon that blew me off, I guess in the corner of my mind I was wish Nathan would have a change of heart and come back for me, but that was the last straw that only broke the camel’s back, it made the camel trip and fell off a very high sand dome, indeed my world had no meaning any longer, walking past Nathan everyday at the office as he gives a big grin and the sight of the shinning studded ring on his hand made going to work seem more like a punishment than a job, Tamara had to move from accounts department where she I ruled and talk about girls stuff because she knew that indeed she stabbed with a sword and twisted it as it cut through flesh giving my heart immensed pain
“Whitney, we here Quinox Retails think your going through emotional trauma and your work load has drastically reduced, due to your long service with us, instead of firing you we have decided to give you a summer holiday and when your back we need you to be energized, refreshed and ready to work”
Sitting in his office from the 26th floor glass office and looking at the aerial view of the city, tears came cascading down my cheek, it was a big blow to me that Nathan reduced me to a pitiable state that all could notice.
I packed my bag just like mum had said all these while and was Nigeria bound, I had no plans for the summer but I had to go before the eminent suicide that was stalking me took a tome on me, sitting in the comfy chairs of a first section of Nigeria Airways, when a tall dark guy with beards and decked in his long kaftan, he had all attributes of a northerner, when he walked to where I was sitting he said
“Excuse fah!, am meant to sit beside you gorgeous”
I felt like stretching forth and giving him a resounding slap, men are all dogs and wants to hump on anything they come across, I looked at him with disgust in my eyes as he smiled, his dark lips exposed him as a smoker and if there was one thing I hate its a man who smokes, as he sat beside me the harsh stench of burnt nicotine was like his cologne that filled the air, I plugged my earphones and listened to summer jams as our plane took off.
After about an hour or so the tall dude decided to strike up a conversation which I was obviously not interested
“Are you going back home for buisness or pleasure?” He asked
I stared at him face blanked but he wasn’t deterred rather he smiled and continued talking
“Aaaah! I guess its for your traditional wedding, you ibo girls don’t mind going into a whirlwind so far as its called your village”
I still didn’t say a word to him and just like a volcano his mouth erupted as he virtually talked and said funny things that would make me want to laugh but I managed to keep a straigt face and he kept on talking.
Not long before I started feeling this excrutiating pain in my stomach, this sudden nausea and then I felt like vomitting, I took the empty can and oozed out the tumoil in my stomach, I felt ashamed of myself as I stood up and ran to the convinience, I washed my face and rinsed my mouth, as I returned to my sit I was already feeling feverish, I wrapped myself up as I was shaking where I was….,
“Babe wake up we are home”
I felt this hand on my neck that was packing my hair and using the back of its hand to check my temprature, I open my eyes as the blur vision dissappeared and I found my head resting on the thighs of the guy next to me, immediately I sprang up as he protested
“C’mon! You needed rest, I meant no harm and of course I didn’t fiddle with your body in anyway” he said
I just stood up and I tried to walk and I was falling, my limbs have grown weak as I was caught mid-air by the guy, as he held my hands I couldn’t protest anylonger I knew I needed his support to get out of the plane, he held my hand until I got out, I knew Theresa my childhood friend was at the airport waiting for me, after hearing about my messy breakup I don’t want to be seen with another guy for a long while, from afar I could see Theresa at the arrival lobby waiting for me, so I turned and told the guy to leave me that I could walk on my own now, he smiled as he handed my luggage my bag to me, not long did I walk a bit further and I felt dizzy as Theresa sighted me from afar and ran towards me, I held onto my luggage for support but unexpectedly I fell this sudden push as I fell to the ground.
I wokeup to find myself in the hospital and the same guy was still beside me, as he was fast asleep and Theresa was no where to be found, I managed to stretch my hand and tapped him
“Hey! Are you still here?”
He opened his eyes slowly and smiled as he looked at me
“Aaah! Your awake! Thank God oh!, I feared the worst might have happened to you” he replied
“Don’t you have a place you were travelling to all do you just help strangers, if you are doing this to get into my pants, just to inform you early that is a mission impossible”
He smiled though I could see the sadness he was hiding behind those smiles
“My name is Haruna, am waiting for your friend Theresa to come so that I can go home”
Not long had we both remained silent in the room was the door flung wide open and Theresa walked in, she smiled at the both of us and looked at us as if we were lovebirds and was interrupting something, he stood up as he bade us goodbye and left
“This your boyfriend is caring oh!, he paid you bills and virtually everybody he met who couldn’t pay their hospital bills” Theresa said
“Boyfriend? He ain’t my boyfriend at all, I barely know his name”
Theresa couldn’t understand as she looked at me without saying a word.
The next day I was decked in the comfy of my bed now at home while Theresa prepared lunch for me as the doctor had directed me to have a bed rest as he discharged me, as she told me about her boyfriend Drew, we heard a knock on the door as Theresa ran to the door to check who that was, minutes later I heard my name been called from the sitting room
“Whitney come oh! Your friend is here oh!”
“Who is my friend?” I queried
“Your friend from the airport”
I was shocked as I stood up and walked into the sitting room and here was Haruna decked in a designer polo and blue jeans
“Hey hope your no stalker? How did you get the address to my house?”
He coughed as he said
“I begged the doctor to give me your details that I had your valueables with me so he had to obligded me with that”
He took me out on a walk by the beach as we talked about everything, I found out we had loads in common, he loved the Simpson show and knows a lot about people and places which I found very intriguing, sitting by the bank of the beach as we watched the stars, he stretched his arm around me and tried to kiss me which I protested
“Look Haruna! Am not ready for any relationship, am here to rest and have fun, not getting into anything serious!” I told him
“Whitney I just want to be friends with you!” He said as his eyes shun in the dark
That night he took me out to a birthday party of his friend, it was exclusive party that had all the creme de la creme of the society, we danced to loud music and drank so heavily, his friend Emeka rocked me in the dance floor, when the music went from the slow to the dance songs, I began to whine my waist as he held unto my hips, I could feel his masculine touch and not long enough we were kissing on the dance floor as my hand went into his trousers feeling his loins, next thing I could remember was that we were at the back seat of Haruna’s car rumping and having unguarded sex while Haruna waited outside his car, after we were done with our fling, Emeka came out of the car buckling his belt as I laid there tired I could hear him say
“Mehn! Dis your babe is a friggin horse, she fucks so good”
But Haruna didn’t say a word, he just entered his car and turned to me who was still at the back
“Wear your clothes! Am taking you home!”
I felt a little bit ashamed but I had this slight confidence because I had warned him earlier and he said he was okay with us being friends, as he drove me home it began to rain heavily, we were silent for a while until he decided to break the silence as he said
“Is this what you want to do with your body? Let guys who have less value for you to treat you like some whore?”
” Haruna please don’t insult me! Its my life and I owe no one an explanation” I barked at him
To be continued
Story Credit: Husband Material (@husband_materia)
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