Tiana's hands were trembling, the pills were falling off her hands. Overdosing antidepressants in the past, almost took her life.She promised her father never to take them anymore and seek help from therapy. Tiana threw the pills on the floor and fell alongside with it.Tiana wailed as she rubbed her body on the bare floor, the floor was so cold but she did not pay attention to it.Her father kept knocking at the door, trying to get in. Tiana did not respond to him, all he kept hearing was her wailing.“Tiana dear, please open the door and talk to me. Please”.Her father placed his hands on the door, and positioned his ear to be ready to catch up on any sound or word from her.“Dad, why do men not want me? Why do they hate me so much?”Tiana's voice was filled with emotions, and it trembled with every word that she spoke. She hugged herself on the bare floor, and held her throat as she cried.“It's not your fault my princess, to me you're the most beautiful and wonderful young woman
Matilda removed the band she used to hold her hair up all through the day, she threw her bag on the carpet and landed on her bed.She watched as the fan was spinning slowly, she was lost in thoughts and her mind was blank. She was not thinking about anything in particular.Her phone buzzed and she picked it up, it was a spam message. She looked at the time, it was almost 7pm and Niki will soon be back from cram school.Matilda went into the bathroom and took a quick shower, she changed into a blouse and short knicker. This time, she packed her hair into a rough bun.The kitchen's sink was in a bit of a mess, she cleaned that up and started making dinner. She heard the front door open and she knew it was Niki.He came in and wasn't his chatting self, Niki would have dropped his bag on the floor and run over to meet Matilda in the kitchen and chatter all the way."Hi, Matilda".Matilda put the pot down from the gas cooker, and walked over fast paced, to meet up with Niki before he got in
Matilda picked up her phone and removed it from the loud speaker setting. She gave Niki that “if I get hold of you” stare, she dropped the phone on the bench and closed her eyes. Niki put his hands over his mouth when he realised what he had just done, Matilda's expression was funny to him and he began to laugh.He ran out of the verandah before Matilda would pounce on him, she could hear his laughter as he ran out.Matilda picked up the phone and placed it in her ear, she pretended she didn't hear the question Jaden asked.“Do not worry sir, I'll be on my best behaviour on Saturday”.Jaden scoffed over the phone, he knew she was avoiding the question.“I asked if that was your brother, it seems like you talk about me a lot”.Matilda pulled her hair and closed her eyes, she bit her lips. She prayed for him to forget about it, but he obviously did not.“Sir, it's not what you think. He asks me about work sometimes, so I just tell him and…”“So, you hate me?”Matilda removed her hand,
Matilda already woke up 4 times during midnight, she kept having nightmares about what Jaden might do to her.Her thoughts were being made real through dreams, and she was not able to get some sleep.She picked up her phone and saw it was already 6 in the morning, she threw her phone and placed a pillow over her head and screamed.Matilda kept kicking her feet like a little child, getting up by that time would save her from going late to work. And she didn't want to add more petrol to the already burning fire.She zipped up her baggy jeans and packed her hair. Her bag was over her shoulder as she walked to the living room.Niki was already seated at the kitchen counter, devouring his cereal. Matilda also opened a box for herself.She dropped the cereal and sighed deeply.“Niki, don't y'all need a new teacher or something in your school? I'd do anything to avoid Jaden right now”.Matilda placed her head on the kitchen slab, a drop of milk escaped the side of Niki's mouth as he tried to
Mr Brooks narrowed his eyebrows and stared at Mr Tom, he shook his head and made a little laugh.“No no, it can't be. I'm sure he has been with women before. It's not possible”.Mr Tom scratched the back on his head, he watched as Mr Brooks fought with his thoughts. It was such a sensitive issue, he shouldn't have said something like that. He knew he had to apologise for saying such about his son.Mr Tom put both of his hands in front of him, as he sat at the edge of his seat.“Mr Brooks, I didn't mean to annoy you by saying such a thing about your son. I was just trying to help, it might not even be true, I just made the suggestion”.Mr Brooks leaned back into his seat, he already stressed his aching back, which was visible from his face.He wrinkled his nose as he rubbed his back, Mr Tom watched him trying to figure out if he was angry or not.“It's alright, I'll actually take that into consideration. And if…if it's true, I'll find any means to help my son”.Mr Brooks closed his ey
As the driver drove into the house, Mr Tom stretched his neck over the window to get a glimpse of who that was with his daughter.He got down and walked towards them, he noticed the young man was covering his face and looking down. Tiana was also fidgeting where she stood.Her usual self would have ran over and given him a big hug, but she was just fidgeting.“Princess, are you alright? Is this your friend? Did something happen?”Tiana looked at Tom beside her as she scratched the back of her head, she was trying to come up with a good lie.“No dad, he is uhm, he is kinda…sought of my friend. And he was about leaving before you came, excuse us, dad”.Tiana took Tom by his hand and was dragging him towards the gate again. He stopped her.“If he is your friend, you should introduce us. Young man, what's your name?”Mr Tom held out his hand and stretched them towards Tom. He looked up and met Mr Tom's face, he bowed his head back and also stretched forth his hand.“My name is Tom, sir”.
Matilda could not turn to face him, she could feel his body against hers. She could smell him, he smelled so good coupled with the coffee that got spilled on him.Jaden sucked in his breath when his body came in contact with hers, his groin was rubbing against her back and it made him very tense.He squeezed his shirt in his hands, to control himself. Her beautiful neck and little of her shoulders were exposed, he was moved to touch them.Jaden ran his fingers over neck and it made Matilda shiver, all the hair on her stood on all ends. She felt a tap on her shoulder.She looked back and Jaden was still in her face, shirtless. Matilda immediately withdrew her eyes and looked the other way round.Jaden put his shirt up and was dangling it in front of her face.“You said you were gonna clean this, what are you waiting for?”Matilda took the shirt from and went to the sink, she was praying inside her for this to work.She washed the first part of the shirt, and rinsed it. To her surprise,
Jaden threw his jacket and keys on his bed, without breaking eye contact with his father. He approached his father with his fist clenched to his side, he looked at him directly in the eyes.Mr Brooks closed the drawer and wanted to just walk away but Jaden blocked his way. “I asked you a question, dad. Why are you in my room searching my drawers?”Jaden pointed at the drawer and back at his father, he was so up close that he could see the wrinkles on his father's face, the whole details.They both stood there staring into each other's eyes, no one saying anything. Jaden was already twitching his jaw out of impatience.“I don't want to have any argument with you, Jaden, not tonight”.Mr Brooks moved away and attempted to go through the other side, but Jaden blocked him again.“You should answer my question, dad. You can't just come into my room like it's nothing”.Mr Brooks closed his eyes and bit his lips, he placed his hands on his waist and looked at Jaden. “Your old man is alrea