CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR
The Plan
Okay, I think I was mistaken, I actually miss this view
My face widen into a grin as I look at the green trees that stood tall around my glass house. I watch a mother bird teach her young ones how to fly in the blue sky while making happy chants that sounded heavenly to my hearings as the sun slowly sets. From the east, the splash of Seine water crashing onto itself brought peace to my heart. I closed my eyes as I forcily took in air through my nostrils and expelled it through my mouth
I have missed this
It is good to be back home
Now that you are back home, can we talk about that nagging thought that you have been forcing down
I have been doing that for a good reason
We need a plan, we cannot just keep ignoring it. What if it blows back in your face?
It won’t, Kylian loves me, he said it himself and you told me to trust him… I am the paranoid one, not you. Why are you doing this?
Trust me, I don’t want to do this, you are happy. When you are happy, I am happy but since you don’t want to think about it, it probably means it is a big issue that we need to fix
Maybe not, maybe I am just paranoid. Remember, I feel inferior
No, you…
“Bewaji” a voice distorted my thought, I turned and found Alice standing holding a brown envelope. “Are you okay” she inquired.
Seeing this woman brought back every other things I locked out of my mind while in a bubble with Kylian.
Her betrayal…
Christmas….
Marcus… but most importantly…
Frances…
What is going on between her and Kylian? Why was she sent to handled Kylian? Why did she react like she did? Why will she talk to me like that? I saw her as a friend but the woman I saw that day was not my friend? What is going on that I am not aware of? Why is she so close to Kylian? She is supposed to be Hakimi’s girlfriend? What exactly is the relationship between her and Kylian?
See, we need to talk about this
“I know I have been away for sometimes but the rule stays the same. You knock before you enter my room” I snapped at her. The young woman was taken aback at my reaction but I was too pissed off to care as the questions l locked up behind a wall in my mind started to slip out
Easy there, I know it does not seem like it but Alice cares about you
She is part of the problem
Kylian and Frances are the problem, not her
“I knocked but I got no response” She muttered
“Is there a problem” I asked turning away from her to the green forest
“I came to give you this”
I turned to her and she moved closer to me and stretched the envelope in her hand to me
“What is this?” I questioned as I collected the envelope from her. I brought out a white paper from it. Looking at Alice, I let the envelope fall off my hand as I tried to read what I was holding “What am I looking at?”
“That is the semen test for Kylian”
“What?” I looked at her in bewilderment “What are you talking?”
“You said Kylian needed to get tested it”
Fuck!
I totally forgot about the baby I wanted desperately last year. I guess getting a baby is part of the things I blocked out it
“But I was ranting to you”
“I know” Alice affirmed “But it didn’t seem fair that you were getting all these tests and he was not. So, I asked him to check out his swimmers and he did”
“So? Is he okay” I asked since I was unable to interpret the result in my hand
“Of course, he is perfectly fine. We just have wait, I am sure your baby will come at the right time”
“Okay” I let out a sigh. I bent down to pick up the envelope I left on the floor. I moved toward my room as I gently put the result back into the envelope
“Bewaji” Alice called out in a low voice and I turned my attention to her “Are we okay?”
I know you are pissed off at her but I can’t shake the feelings that you will need Alice by your side soon. Tell her everything is okay
“No, we are not” I stated with a hard voice and if I can look myself in the face right now, I am pretty sure that I had a frown on
Goddamn it! You never listen to me
“Come on, Bewaji, if this is about christm….” She tried to argue but I cut in
“I am letting that go, it worked out in the end. Kylian is committing to me” l let out. If there was a way I could score the bright smile on Alice’s face, it would be ten over ten. She looked genuinely happy for me
“I know, I am happy for you” she chuckled loudly
See, she is not the enemy
But she is aiding the enemy
“Last year, when you hated my gut, you…” I started but Alice cut me off
“That was a long time ago, I….”
“Let me land” I bellowed “I am trying to made a point”
“I am sorry, please go on”
“Last year, before we became friends, you told me I was not a friend to Frances and weeks later, you said Frances was not a friend to me, what did you mean by that?”
She opened her mouth for some seconds and closed it back. Then, she reopened it again
“Ah!” I could see her struggle with her words. She ran her hand through her hair as she tried to come up with a lie to tell me “I don…”
“Please, don’t lie to me” I whispered “I am tried of the lies. You warned me and I didn’t listen. Frances is not my friend, I can see that now. What I want to know is why she hates me? Why is she not my friend? I have done nothing to that woman but appreciate and respect her for the role she played in my life when I just came into France. She saved me but I am starting to think, maybe, she didn’t”
I moved closer to Alice
“Alice, what am I missing?”
“Bewaji….”
“Please, don’t lie. I know there is plan, you said it at Joy’s place last year over the phone. There is a plan on ground, about my life that I am suppose to follow but I am not going according to the plan, am I?”
Oh my god! I am right, aren’t I?
I moved away from Alice as last years events flowed back in
“Kylian said it himself, I am suppose to be a docile, passive housewife” I chuckled to as I gazed at Alice “ that was the plan, wasn’t it? I was supposed to receive some assets, money and stay down but I didn’t. I went mad, I destroyed properties, hurt people and when they tried to cut me off, I blackmailed them” I chuckled loudly like a mad woman
“I started a business, met Marcus, befriended him and left France with him without permission and then, even had the gut, the effrontary to ask Kylian for a divorce. Those were not part of the plan for me”
Alice’s hand dropped as she looked me without even a word to deny my accusation
“So, what was the plan because I don’t think it was just for me to be a passive housewife who just pushes out babies once in two to three years, there is something I am missing, something that has to do with Frances” I smiled but deep down, I was in pain. Should I be doing this? Will my happiness be shattered if I keep looking for answers “Alice, I need to know what is going on between Kylian and Frances” I asked
“I can’t tell you” she answered. I let out a chuckle
“You are fired”I blurted out
What?
“What?” Alice exclaimed
“How dare you be loyal to Kylian and not me. I am your fucking boss?” I yelled in anger
“This is not about Kyli…” her voice broke as she tried to speak. She let out a heavy sigh “This is not about Kylian, I am doing this for you”
“Keeping secret about my life is for me?”
“You are happy, Bewaji, this will destroy your happiness”
“I can’t always be happy all the time, there will be good and there will be bad times, that is what makes us human, being able to handle our high and low moments”
“I have see you handle your low moments, I have seen you broken. If you find out what is really happening, I am afraid there might be no coming back for you”
What is happening?
What do I do? Should I keep pursuing this? Should I let go and just enjoy my facade of a marriage. Everything was a lie, wasn’t it?
Maybe at the beginning but I think Kylian came to love you.
Should I stop? If this would shatter my happiness, should stop looking for answers
Even if you decide to let go, you are an over-thinker, this would keep nagging you
“I still want to know the truth” I retorted
“If you really want to know the truth, you would ask Frances and not me. You know I won’t tell you, also, you are hoping your assumptions are not true” Alice stated
She is right, that is why you have being blocking it off
But, I still need to deal with this
Like she said, if you want the truth, you should go to Frances but I don’t think you should hear this from Frances, the truth might be distorted for her personal gain. Melissa is way better than Frances
Melissa won’t say a word
I know
“Bewaji” Alice holds my hand “Kylian loves you and he is doing everything in his power to protect you. I want you to believe in your love. I just need you to hold on until you move to Madrid”
What is this?
“And I will be staying as your PA until then, so, I am going to ignore your statement about firing me” she said “Dinner is ready, come and eat” Alice went out with the door banging on her behind
That is it? So, I am suppose to just sit in darkness
The thing about secret is that, no matter how long, one day, one day… it will be revealed
So, what? Am I suppose to wait for it to blow up in my face and let these people play God with my life
Fuck no! You protect yourself financially, mentally, emotionally and physically in any way possible. You take everything Kylian has to offer you
Why does this suddenly feels materialistic?
Yes, Kylian loves you but you don’t know what would happen in future. You need to protect yourself. Also, you need to get back in your circle
My circle?
Marcus, Abdul, Fatima, Joy and David, a war is coming and you will need them
I suddenly miss the penthouse more than ever
I do too but it is what it is
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SATURDAY 9.00 PM WAT
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