* From Albert: Goodnight baby girl.I read with a smile on my face.I typed back my reply.TO ALBERT: Goodnight handsome man. *I closed my eyes and fell asleep. When I woke up the next day, I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing.I groaned as I hated my sleep being disturbed which Is why I never turned on my alarm after graduating high school.I stretched my hands to get my phone on the nightstand. The moment I saw the caller ID, I snapped out of it and sat down on my bed.I cleared my throat before answering the call. “Good morning baby girl,“ I heard Albert say from the other side and I blushed.“Good morning,“ I replied.“Are you just waking up?“ He asked.“No,“ I lied.“Why do I not believe you?“ He said and I giggled.Albert could tell when I was lying because I always have replies faster when I lie.“Well that’s because you don’t want to,“ I replied.“Okay, fine. I just wanted to let you know that you are beautiful and that I love you. Do not forget our pla
DIANAIt began to rain.The rain didn’t start by drizzling.As the rain fell heavily, the tears I held back streamed down my cheek, mixing with the rain.It felt as if the rain was crying on my behalf too.Why did he have to show up and why now? I thought to myself as I stared at him. “Just what do you want?“ I asked in tears, pain in my chest.“I just want to talk,“ he said and I scoffed.“Talk? Talk about Albert?“ I asked him, sniffing a little.“I don’t want to talk to you so please stay away,“ I pleaded even when I wasn’t supposed to.“But I can’t,“ he said.I clicked my tongue in disbelief. “You can’t? Just why? Weren’t you able to before? And if I remember correctly, you wanted to stay away from me so what’s your problem?“ I asked him.I didn’t know if I was angry or sad or confused but one thing was for sure and that was I didn’t want to see him ever again.He moved closer to me and I walked back. “Don’t come any closer,“ I warned, pointing at him with my index f
ALBERT“Are you listening to me at all Albert?“ I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard the voice of my friend Jamie.“Oh. Sorry. Come again,“ I said, looking in his direction. He shook his head while clicking his tongue. “You have been lost since you arrived, is there a problem?“ He asked me and I shook my head.“None at all,“ I lied but he didn’t seem to believe me and I expected that from him because he knew me very well and he knew when I was bothered.Jamie came and sat down beside me. “You and I know that’s a lie. Come on, talk to me. You know that I am a good listener right?“ He said and I sighed.“Are you thinking of her?“ He asked.Jamie knew very well the only person that invaded my thoughts and made me drink myself to sleep most times. He knew about Diana.“I saw her,“ I revealed to him.“Wow. When? Where? What did you say to her?“ He asked and I sighed.I ran my fingers through my hair. “I saw her two days ago and also yesterday night. She works at the resta
DIANAI didn’t expect to go to work and see Albert seated waiting for me.I knew he was waiting for me because I was told that he has been around by the other worker for almost two hours.When I warned him to stay away from me, I thought he would but who was in kidding. He was Albert, the man that would do anything to get what he wants and when he gets them, he’d throw them away as if he had not gone through a lot to get them and an example was me.I tried to be as professional as possible and didn’t let him bother me like he did yesterday and the only reason i was bothered yesterday was because I was seeing him for the first time in five years.“Diana.“I heard my name being called by a familiar tone and I mentally groaned. I thought he had left the other time but I guessed wrong.I remembered sternly telling him to stay away from me but he wouldn’t.“Diana, wait up.“ He said once again and I picked up my pace not wanting to give him a chance to reach me.“I said wait up,“
DIANAI arrived at my part-time shift and was hoping and hoping not to see Albert. I search around for him the moment I stepped into the restaurant. I couldn’t find it and I felt a little bit disappointed but at the same time relieved that he listened and stayed away from me.He had no right to come back to me and act like everything was going to be fine after what he did to me in the past and how he broke me.He hurt me so much and I was just a stupid naive teenage girl who let him take advantage of it.Whenever I think of how stupid I was and how I was vulnerable, I dislike myself. I was too much in love with a man that didn’t care about me or saw me as someone worthy to be by his side.I continued with my work for the day, attending to customers and taking care of their orders and before I knew it, I was done with my shift for today.While I packed my bag, I heard the crowd rumble. It was a rainy season but I still forget to take an umbrella with me all the time.I sighed as
DIANAAs soon as I got home, I kicked off my shoes with tears in my eyes. I had stopped myself from crying on the way back home.I went to check on my twins and the only reason I have kept pushing after all the tragedies I had to face in the past.“You are back?“ My neighbor, a kind old woman named Maria who has always helped me look after my twins whenever I was busy or Kate wasn’t available said to me, getting up from where she was seated on the couch.“Yes. Thanks so much for today,“ I thanked her.She has been kind enough to watch them for me when I wasn’t around When I first moved in here two years ago, I had difficulty finding someone to help look for them and so she decided to help me.Maria works at the school my twins attended and so she comes back home with them for me sometimes and takes care of them.“It’s no problem. Ammika wasn’t feeling too well today and so I took her to the school infirmary and they recommended some drugs for her. Here is the bill,“ she said and
DIANAFROM UNKNOWN: Hi, it’s me, Albert. Please do not ignore this text, I want to talk to you.I furrowed my brows in confusion as I read and reread the text over and over again. How did Albert get my number and why is he texting me after I have warned him to stay away from me.I ran my finger through my hair as I read the text message.I wanted to ignore and at the same time, I wanted to reply. I dropped down my phone on the nightstand and went to use the bathroom. I came back to the room and walked to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for my kids as they would be awake soon.After making pancakes, I went back to the room to wake them up but to my surprise, Armani was awake.“Good morning mummy,“ he said.“Good morning,“ I replied him, leaning down for him to peck my cheek.“How was your night baby boy?“ I asked him.“It was fine, thank you,“ he said and I smiled at him.“I dreamt about daddy last night,“ Armani said and I froze on the spot the moment I heard him say tha
ALBERTI was nervous. I have never been so nervous in my entire life before.I mean I have been nervous in the past but now it’s just intense. I was grateful to God when Diana replied to my text and told me that she’d meet up with me.It made me feel at ease and I saw hope I’m reconciling with her and making things right once again.I was already at the location we planned to meet, seated and waiting patiently for her. I came rather too early because I was nervous and also excited at the same time.I glanced at my wristwatch every two seconds to see what the time was. My heart began to race faster than normal when I sighted Diana from afar. She was scanning get a restaurant with her eyes, looking for me.Our eyes locked and she made her way toward me. I felt my heart flutter just staring at her.She looked a little different compared to the other times I saw her. I was glad she decided to come. I got up from my seat and walked to the other side of the seat to pull it back so t