That was the saddest day of her life, the dawn of the day Joel took his leave. She tried to smile and behave as though it did not affect him but watching him leave felt like he was leaving with a part of her.Jonas had returned home two days earlier and Joel had had to postpone his trip by a day because Mirabel had asked him to and he had also wanted to.The previous night, they had made love with such desperation that they had almost torn each other apart.The both of them could never forget that particular lovemaking. It was almost like mating and making love all in one.It felt like it was going to be the last time they would be together. Joel had wanted her to get into him and had wanted to infuse himself into her. They had wanted to get into each other not just sexually but physically Their lovemaking had been both ecstatic and painful.Jonas heard their mating and shook his head. He understood perfectly. He had had a word with his son as soon as he got back and noticed that thei

That weekend was paradise to Mirabel. She did not see Shandy again. Joel devoted all his time to her.The next day was Sunday, he wanted them to stay in bed and just make love from dawn to dusk but Mirabel knew that there would come a time when they would feel hungry.They needed to nourish their bodies with food just like sex was also helping in both their physical, emotional and mental health.She also wanted them to go for a Sunday service somewhere.They went for a service somewhere and Mirabel was glad that she did. The sermon had touched her. It was all about the resurrection and she remembered her mother.After the service, on their way home, they met Shandy and surprise of all surprises, she was very civil to Mirabel.If not that she could not have been mistaken, Mirabel would have thought that this was a different Shandy from the one who saw her the previous day, except of course they were twins and there was no such luck so she came to believe that she must have realised tha

Life went on as usual at The Tasty Place.Mirabel had decided to forget what she had heard from Shandy and her friend Floxy and believe Joel. She felt that she owed it to him and herself to give their relationship a chance.They still spike regularly on phone and even made love on the phone as well but she was no longer content with all that though she had to admit that it was better than nothing.It was another weekend and Mirabel could not wait to get to Joel. She was specially expectant because he had said he would have a surprise ready for her this weekend and she was anxious to know what the surprise was.She got to London and at Joel's house. She was surprised that he was around and he had not deemed it got to come pick her up.She wasn't bothered about that. She could not wait to be joined physically with him in sexual ecstasy.The door was open and she wondered if that was part of his surprise. The surprise he had planned for her. She went into the living room and nothing was

Mirabel could not sleep that night. Partly because she had slept that afternoon and partly because she had no peace. She had made a mess if her life.She had allowed herself to be deceived once more and this time, it hurt much more than the other betrayals she had suffered in the past.She could have seen the signs. Why had she made herself blind to them all?Joel himself had told her that he was a playboy. How could she think that she could cure a playboy of his tricks and make him love just her?Well she had seen just how in love he had been with her.Shandy had told her friend that she had not wanted to have intimate relations with Joel. before marriage, how did she then change her mind? Was it out of fear that Mirabel would take her man from her that had led her to doing what she had sworn not to do till after her wedding or was she just saying that without meaning it?And had Joel used her to make Shandy jealous so that she would allow more intimate relations between them? And n

Mirabel lay down for a while until the headache calmed. She decided she would call Jonas and then leave her phone on. 'Mirabel, is that really you? We have been searching all over town for you. Where have you been?' 'Good evening Jonas. How could you be looking all over town for me? I am not a little girl that I should go missing that way'. 'But where are you? Joel is running insane with worry for you. He does not know what to think', he said. 'You left here with the intent of visiting him, if there was a change of plans, couldn't you have called to inform us so that we won't be as worried as we have been?' 'You are right. There was a change of plans. I found some relatives I did not know existed but they knew me from my looks. They said I looked like my mother and called her name and told me so many things about myself. So I decided to follow them home'. 'And you couldn't call to inform the person you had originally set out to visit? And you put your phone off so that we could n