DIANAI couldn’t possibly see otherwise.The man sitting at the table I was meant to attend to is none other than my ex-boyfriend and the father of my twins.I furrowed my brows as I kept walking towards the table he was seated with three other men discussing.He was looking good as always, even better than he was five years ago.He had grown and the more I walked closer to him, the closer I saw the little changes in his face.Albert didn’t keep beards five years ago but now he did and they were perfectly trimmed and neat.I felt my palm become sweaty and my legs shaking as I walked closer to the table he was seated at.My heart was beating in my chest with every step I took closer to him.Who would have thought that I’d see the man who broke my heart into pieces in the restaurant I work at after five years.The man who dumped me and made me feel like I was not worthy. The man who ruined other men for me and the man I was supposed to hate with all my heart.Well, I should ha
DIANAIt took all it had in me not to shed tears while walking back home. I have never felt the urge to walk home this much before. I needed to calm my nerves, not after encountering the person that broke me. The only man I ever loved but got dumped by him because he saw me unworthy to be by his side.I inhaled and exhaled deeply before entering my apartment.“Mummy!“ Ammika called with excitement laced in her tone the moment I entered the apartment. I smiled at her before kicking my shoes off. She ran from where she sat to come to hug me and I hugged her back.“My little princess is happy. How was school today?“ I asked her inquisitively as I squat down to her height level.“Today at school was very fun. We did a spelling bee competition today and I won,“ she said excitedly.“That’s so nice. That’s my baby girl. You make mummy proud,“ I kissed her on her cheek.“Welcome home mummy,“ Armani said, coming out of the kitchen with an apron on him and flours all over his bodyI
Diana**“Oh my goodness Albert, you startled me,“ I placed my palm on her chest, trying to calm my nerves.Albert smiled, showing him a smile worthy of a million and I felt my heart skip.He walked closer to me and placed his hands on my waist, running up and down my curves. “You missed me?“ He asked and I smiled at him before wrapping my arms around his neck.“Yes. I did,“ I replied.He leaned forward and kissed me on my lips. “I missed you too. Which is why we will be spending the whole day today,“ he said and my smile widened.“Are you for real?“ I asked him, wanting to be sure.“Of course. It’s going to be for you and I alone and that’s a promise because first, I will switch off my phone,“ he said.He tucked his hands in his back pocket and took out his phone. Right in front of me, he switched it off.“Shall we?“ He said and I nodded my head with a smile on my face.He intertwined his fingers with mine before placing a small kiss on mine. **I woke up to the ray of the
* 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