TWENTY ONE
1295 Words
Ken's POV
"It's just a simple question and an innocent one, why don't you want to marry, is it because you're a hit and run guy? You can't settle with one woman, is that what you want to do to me?" She rants and i just realise how f****d up i am.
When I met her on her way out of her room, her mood had just changed and that's where I knew something was wrong. We were okay in the morning before I went to my room to have a quick shower before we went for the burial. I don't know who fed her the details but I'm pretty sure it was Roy, I've known him for a lifetime and he's the only one that is capable of knowing and telling her about my darkest past, but why would he do that? I though it's bros before hoes but i guess i was wrong blood is thicker than water and Lisa can never be a hoe, she's a respectable woman with her one dignities.
I clear my throat noisily and try to act normal, it just hit me and i don't know what to tell her right now, i don't know if I should tell her or just let her believe whatever she wants to believe.
"Listen to me Lisa, it's not what you thinking o swear"
"Hmm i knew you'd say that so what I'm i thinking?"
"I don't know I just want you to trust me please" i half beg and it's just not my things begging especially a woman but she's worth it
"So you wanna lie to my face again?you like what I'm tired, i think you should just leave and let me sleep and just forget about everything we did, it was a mistake" she rants and pushes me off her bed. She makes to pull the duvet to herself but i grab it and force her to look at me
"Listen to me Lisa! Stop being a b***h and listen to me, I'm just trying to tell you what really happened and here you are playing all bossy, it's not to my wanting and i never wanted things to end up this way, just listen to me, let me explain things to you and after that I'll get out of your life, I'll go as far as you want so long as I stay away from you if that's what you want" i say and she opens her mouth to talk but closes it immediately.
"Okay" she says in a defeated tone and i sigh, i guess i have a long way to go
Twenty one years ago
"Imagine that b***h paid me to leave her son alone, i love him but she didn't even care!" Amanda rants and i just take the chance to pull her in my arms and hug her even more tightly.
"Maybe she had her own reasons, you should stay away from him for your own good"
"But how I'm i going to do that, i love him for heaven's sake,Ken can't you see that?" She laments and i just nod, i had prayed to the heavens to let me have her and i guess God had finally answered my prayers, i was going to fight for her and make her mine. I had eyed her for long but she still friend zoned me, she always called me bestie,but i didn't care, she was my childhood friend.
"This is what you gonna do, you gonna travel with me to the US, I'm going there for my studies that will be one way of forgetting about him" i suggest and she just states at me with her eyes wet and puffy from crying
"It hurts me to leave him, he had promised to fight for us, to make us end up together, we had a forever plan together" she laments and sniffs
"I understand Amanda, some people are not to be trusted, what if he asked his mother to scare you off don't you think that's possible?"
"No Adrian can and will never do that to Mez he loves me"
"Anything is possible Amanda you can never trust any human" i say trying to make her understand but she's so determined in meeting and talking to Adrian, i can't let her do that, i just want her for myself
"How sure are you ?"
"I don't know I'm just saying, you never know"
"Okay so what do you suggest we do?"
"Come with me, I'll cater for everything trust me, we can even rent an apartment together, you'll get Someone who loves you and you'll move on, Adrian doesn't deserve you"
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes I'm sure, you have your traveling documents right?" I ask and she nods. "Then everything is set, I'll cater for your flight"
"What about school?"
"You can always transfer, my mom stays there and she can help you do that" i suggest and she nods.
It's probably the best day of my life, i made sure she slept over at my my place. The following morning, we woke up and went to the mall, did some shopping and packed some of our clothes.
I just narrated how i met Amanda and made her mine by making her go with me abroad.
We stayed with Amanda for over four years until we graduated. My mom loved her and the two were an item. We started dating after a few months of moving in together and my mom was okay with it.
After our graduation we still stayed back because there was nothing important to go back to Kenya, my mom was a white. She got married to another divorcee who had two kids and they accepted me in their family. My dad had married another woman who hated my guts do i saw no need of going back there.
My mom secured jobs for us and we rented a three bedroom apartment just close to where we were working. We were so close with each other that people always admired our relationship.
It wasn't long until Amanda decided to break my heart. I had done so much for her but she never appreciated it. She started changing drastically and would often sleep out claiming she was on a night out with her girls, she started smoking and doing hard drugs,i tried to earn her but she wouldn't listen to me, i started doubting her and i even thought she was seeing someone else.
It didn't take long before the bombshell dropped,i was coming from my mom's, it was on weekend and i had gone to visit her. I had asked Amanda to accompany me but she said she was busy. I came home early because my mom and the kids had gone to see my grandma,i didn't want to go so i faked an illness and went back to my apartment just to meet Amanda f*****g done white dude on our own bed. I was so enraged that i thought of stabbing her together with her stupid boyfriend but chose not to. I just walked out and went to the living room. She later came out trying to apologize but didn't waste my time listening to her i just told her to pack her things and leave,i booked a plane for her the same day and chased get away.
I was so broken that i never thought of Falling in love again,i chose not to but decided to date for fun, ever since I dating and dumping. It was my part of revenge.
It was never my wanting or plan to be a hit and run guy but Amanda did,she destroyed me,she destroyed my life
End of flashback
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