Edwin was lost in thought; the thought of him not being by Angela's side when she finally woke up melted his heart. Nothing more could give him a peaceful mind than to avail himself now that she needed him the most. A thunderous horn from a tinted 4matic car resonated him back to reality; he had forgotten to move forward as the traffic released a little. As he drove forward, he off his ignition; looking at the different brands of vehicles lining up, he wondered if it could be possible to get home before dusk. Gulping down some chilled water he had purchased from a roadside hawker, he whined down the windscreen and flapped down the incoming taxi behind him as he drove into the next lane seeing that it had less traffic. His phone rang immediately; as if he has been expecting a call all along, he took it hurriedly from the pigeonhole only to see Mr. Kenneth as the caller ID. 'What brand of humiliation does he want to wall around me with, now?' he asked his inner self. He flung hi

She allowed it to ring out, switching off her phone afterward. She wasn't ready to speak to anyone at the moment. She squeezed herself under her pink duvet, crying her eyes out as she slept off. It was on a bright afternoon, the sun shone warmly in the blue sky; Angela sat relaxed in her office; moving randomly on her swivel chair. Her eyes were shut, her palms were locked to her tummy. She was feeling the serenity of the vicinity. Just before she knew it, her door burst open; opening her eyes instantly to see who had the temerity to walk into her office in such an uncivilized manner, she stood up surprisingly at the sight of Margaret walking in. "Where have you been, Margaret; We've all been worried sick about you?" "Just been around." She blurted; pulling the office seat backward as she sat opposite Angela. Angela sat back in her seat as she continued with the discussion. "I've missed you, my dear friend! You just forgot and abandoned me!" She teased. "That's why I came." "

"What's going on here?" Mr. Kenneth asked. His eyes were fire; his fist clenched and his skin reddened, with intense eye contact."No.. nothing sir!" Edwin stuttered."Really, I sent you here to help my daughter who is emotionally down, only for you to take it as an advantage to molest her, right?" He scolded."It's not what you think dad; he wasn't molesting me, and besides I'm an adult; I know what I want and who I want to spend the rest of my life with; it's high time you stopped forcing Leo on me." she defended."One more word from you, and I will forget about your mental health and slap the silly out of you if you ever speak to me in such a manner!" He objurgated.His gaze became more furious towards Edwin; the radiation from his burning eyes warmed his skin; "now, get out of my house and never come back!" He yelled.Edwin took some speedy steps out of the room; he was lucky he didn't receive on his smooth cheek a thunderous effect of his hand.Reminiscing over the recurrence of

Angela seeing that all eyes were on her, busied the call. "It's nothing serious." She ittered, making them remove their attention from her. A few seconds later, her phone beeped a message notification; it was from Edwin. She opened her inbox to read; "How are feeling now, babe? Hope your dad didn't punish you much?" "I'm feeling better now, babe; my dad didn't punish me, he only invited Leo to escort us to Mrs. Pricilia's place for a condolence visit. We are still there now." She texted him back. Her legs made a gentle pound on the floor as she waited for his reply. She wasn't part of the discussion anymore; all her attention was on her chat with Edwin. Her phone beeped another message notification; Edwin had sent his reply as she opened her inbox to read. "Alright, I'm calm now knowing that you are good; as for Leo, don't listen to whatever crab he has to say. Take care of yourself for me; I love you." "Thank you, take care of yourself, too. I love you." She replied, and dippe

Her eyes widened; she tried screaming, but the heavy pound from her forehead didn't give her the leverage to do so; "oh no!" She exclaimed."What's the matter with you?" Miss. Anna asked."I was so intoxicated last night that I didn't know when Edwin called." She complained.A flash of current ran through Miss. Anna's system; she couldn't fathom what she just heard. Her eyes sparkled as she shouted."What? You came back home drunk last night!""Shhh.., please bring your voice down; dad or mum could hear you.""What do you mean, why did you get yourself drunk last night?" She whispered. "Shit! I shouldn't have said that." She mumbled."Not that I was very drunk. Leo and I just had a drink last night, and I came back a little tipsy." She explained."You should have drank responsibly; what if your parents had seen you when you came back? You would have been in trouble by now." Miss. Anna scolded."I wished they did; at least, they would have banned me from going out with that jerk, Leo.