CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
Betrayed
Another ovulation gone with several rounds of mind-blowing sex and yet, I stare down at the pregnancy stick as if my intense staring will turn the one line into two
Not pregnant!
Again and again, I keep getting my heart broken. Disappointment is not going to cut what I am feeling right now? I mean I am having sex regularly during my ovulation, what the fuck am I doing wrong?
I groaned loudly in frustration and threw the used pregnancy sticks into a nylon bag in annoyance before making my way out of the toilet with it.
Alice stood from the chair when she saw me come into the bedroom
“How was it?” she asked with so much hope. Ignoring her, I fling the nylon into the dustbin
“Oh!” she deadpanned
“I need to see a new doctor”
“Why?” she exclaimed
“Are you seriously asking me why?”
“Yes, I mean your hormones are back to normal, your eggs are matured… You have no problem”
“Obviously, something is wrong somewhere and she is just not seeing it”
“No, you are just stressing yourself out like you always do, give it time”
“You of all people know that I don’t have time, it is only a matter of time before Melissa whispers into Fazya’s ears to have me replaced with a fertile woman”
She moved closer to me
“You think Kylian will leave you?”
“And you don’t?”
“I mean from the sound that comes from your room when he is around, I say your relationship is in a better place now” she joked
“Ah, ah, ah… not funny” I retorted not in mood for some silly jokes
“I am sorry”
“A good fuck is not something that will come scarce to Kylian”
“Judging from the way he never misses any ovulation, I say it more than a good fuck. Didn’t you notice that anytime he is around he never leaves your room until he needs to leave”
“Yes, because we are busy fucking”
“Come on, Bewaji, it is more than that. I think he enjoys your company”
“For someone that enjoys my company, shouldn’t he come even when I am not ovulating” I pointed out and moved away from her “Please Alice, don’t say things you don’t know anything about”
“I still think you should give it time, it will come”
I am doing everything right, what is wrong? Maybe I am not the one with the problem
Then who?
Maybe Kylian
“Do you think the problem is with Kylian?” I voiced out my thought
“What?”
“I am okay, I am doing everything right and yet nothing is sticking. Maybe, Kylian is the one with the issue”
“You want to tell Fazya that”
I sat down on the bed in resignation
“I don’t know what to think”
“Then stop thinking, stop stressing over nothing... you want to play game to take your mind off things”
“No” I replied, then walked out of my bedroom into the terrace
“Okay, I am going to go” Alice said out loud. I sat down on the chair and drag laptop to myself to continue writing. The work on my farm got pushed back because Mr K’s wife had a new baby and he wanted to make sure they were okay before he moved to France to start work on my farm
But I couldn’t concentrate, I couldn’t get the thought that Kylian might be the issue out of my mind. I must be crazy. I need to get out of this house but where?
I can’t go to Frances because she keep asking how my relationship with Kylian is progressing, I have no problem with telling her but right now, I need to stop thinking about Kylian and my marriage to him.
The band Joy mentioned came into mind and Marcus followed. I need to stay away from Marcus but at the same time, I need to stop stressing and just forget everything. Alcohol for some people but music and dancing has always been my go to whenever I need to forget something
I picked up my phone and put a call through to Joy. She picked on the second ring
“Hello, Dr. Eruese speaking” she answered with so much enthusiasm
“Hello Dr. Eruese, this is Bewa Bendel speaking” I announced myself calmly
“Hey, Bewa, how are you?”
“I am good, Dr. Eruese”
“How many time have I told you to call me Joy, it is getting tiredly repeating myself?” she warned. Yeah, she was always telling me that after church service on Sunday
“I am sorry”
“So, what is it?”
“About the band, am I still welcomed?”
“Of course, we even have a session this afternoon” She sounded so excited
“Really?”
“You want to come through, it is starting in about an hour”
“Of course, where should I come?”
“I will text the address to you”
“Cool”
“Will be expecting you”
I dropped the call and hurriedly went into my closet to get dressed. Then dashed downstairs to Alice’s room. I opened the door to find her and Isa in an intense make-up session
“Oh my God!” I exclaimed loudly then covered my eyes and turned away. I heard some scuffle, then heavy thumping and I dashed out of the room. Running through the house, I almost bumped into Esaias at the entrance of the library. I apologized to him and he went on his merry way.
Surprised… No, no, no— that cannot come close to what I am experiencing right now
More like bewildered and betrayed. How on earth did I not know that Alice was gay? And Isa? Right under my roof and I didn’t know.
Right in the middle of my turmoil, I glimpsed at Jude and Maria in the dining room. So, I moved closer and stood the entrance. The man was sharing a drink with his wife
“Jude, I need to go into Paris, so meet me at the dock” I said with indifference and turned to leave
“Right behind you” I heard him said out loud
I really thought Alice and I were best friends now, apparently I was the only one feeling like that. How could she not tell me the biggest secret of her life. Is it even a secret? Are Maria and Jude aware?
They probably are, Nothing passes Maria’s hawky eyes. I stepped into the boat and waited. Few minutes later, I looked up from the boat and saw Alice gliding down the rocky stairs
“I called for Jude” I said out loud
“How about we let the man enjoy his date with his wife” she muttered and stepped into the boat
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SATURDAY 9.00 PM WAT
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