OBLIVIOUS REDEMPTION

CHAPTER 62: Trouble Comes Sodeways

~People overwhelmed with trouble do not look behind, they know only too well that misfortune follows them~

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Saleem

As the night broke into a beautiful morning, I lay still in bed on my back, like an omelette in a pan

I let loose my longing and the monsters under my bed moved to my head as I thought about Aaliyah

She is an achieving woman without an edge. She is good-looking, alienatingly beautiful, bright and alarmingly intellectual

I love her like a man loves a woman he has never touched, only writes to, and keeps little photographs of.

The light beep on my phone brought me out of my thoughts, I quickly glanced at it and I saw a new message from sugar maama "Citou"

I opened it and read

"We really need to talk, it's about our son" she wrote, along side her address

This short message made my breath hitch, I quickly sat up before I suffocate to death. I had to take a moment to calm my racing heart down

I paced to and fro trying to figure out a way to deal with the situation. I know if I do not respond to Citou's call, she would never leave me be and she would make sure she destroys this beautiful life I have managed to build for myself. I don't even know how my wife will react if she finds out about my ex sugar maama

I need a plan, l thought, as I stepped into my bathroom. I took a quick shower and got ready for work. I was about to step out of the house when I heard Ameerah's voice

"Aren't you gonna have breakfast today?" She asked, eyeing me

"No, I'm.....aaaa... I'm running late, I have a meeting really early...today with this guy" I lied, but the truth is, I had no appetite

"Okey" she said, looking at me suspiciously

When your past shows up to haunt you, make sure it comes after breakfast so it doesn't ruin your whole day. I thought, as I drove out

I reached sugar mama's house in no time. I pressed on the intercom and screamed, "I'm here"

The gate slides open, allowing me entrance. I could see maama citou waiting for me by the entrance, she ushered me into her large, well furnished living room which I thought was nice but a bit too dark for my liking

"You have been avoiding me, is it because of that excuse of a girl you call your wife?" She asked

"I understand that you're jealous, but there is no need for the drama and the insult. I'm here as you have requested, what do you want?" I asked

"Do you even have to ask? I want you, I want you all to myself" she shouted

"You can't have me all to yourself, I'm not your property. Things are different now, I'm a different person, you need to understand that" I told her, with a straight face

"I know where you live, I've done my homework. All this fake life you're living, this person you're posing to be could disappear in a second if you don't give me what I want" she threatened

"I will expose you loser, You're a nothing before you met me," she said

Sugar Maama knows my tragedies and she treats me like I am not human. Like I am a three-headed goat. A wretched monster from some other planet, She reminded me of my past and my pain.

I see how she looks at me, She's stuck on that person I used to be. She can't see that old life as just a moment in time that I've moved on from. It was a horrible life.