NEW BEGINNINGS

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

He grabbed his sister as he walked on

"Wanda, let's go"
"What did you do?"
"That doesn't matter anymore. She has been pushing me to the wall long enough. I can't take it anymore. She has no right to hurt you. She should not have said all the things she said to you. Nobody has the right to hurt you. If she was a guy, I would have pinched her right in the face but I can't but what I can do is end everything. I can't get married to someone who doesn't respect my family or sisters"

He said as he got into her car. She sighed. This wasn't the way she wanted things to play out. She would talk to him later in the day when he is calmer. She got into her car and drive back to Helen's. He sat in the car even after she pulled into the compound. She looked at him. He was visibly angry and hurt. She touched his arm and he looked at her

"You don't have to give up someone you are happy with just because of me. You're my brother, not my boyfriend"
"It doesn't matter if I'm your uncle. She should not have said all she said. She has been saying all sorts since the day I had dinner at your place. I don't get it. Doesn't she trust me? Then she went all 'One day you would have to pick between your sister and me' on me. I hate having to choose between two people because most often than not, I would end up picking the person who isn't asking me to choose"
"I know Ken but ending a relationship, calling off the wedding, I don't think it's fine to do something like that to get. She might be an idiot, yes but you chose her. You asked her to marry you and you were not drunk or high when you did. You have to forgive her and overlook some of the things she does. She has a point"
"What point Wanda? She has no point. Everything she said was meaningless"
"I should respect the fact that you're going to get married in a few weeks and stop hanging out around you like I own you or something"
"You own me, Wanda. You're my sister, my baby sister. You're everything to me. You're everything I want and maybe need. You're more than a sister to me. You are everything I live for. You're my baby. I saw you through school. I was there when you graduated. I am more attached to you than I am to her"
"Ken, I know. I do understand but she's your wife-to-be. She knows that you place another woman before her"
"Yes I do, so? I place you and Helen and mom before I place her in my life. She has to live with that and if she can't, she might as well leave"

Wanda sighed. Her brother was as stubborn as ever. He wasn't going to listen to her no matter what, at least not until he was calmer. Her phone beeped. Brie

"I am sorry for everything I said. I said it all out of anger. I didn't mean any of it. I do love you Wanda and all that stuff I said was not true. I love to be around you. Everybody loves to be around you and I shouldn't have said that you deserved to be alone. Please talk to Ken for me. He would listen to you even if he doesn't listen to anybody. Don't let him call off the wedding. I'm in love with him, please"

She sighed. She didn't know what to do. After all, Brie said, she didn't think she wanted her and Kenneth to get married anymore. She didn't think Brie was worth him. There was nothing she wanted more than to get rid of her and keep her away from our family but that would be selfish. She knew Ken still cared about her deep down. She knew he was just doing and saying all these because he was angry and because he was trying to protect her in every way.

"Who was that?"

Ken asked his sister

"It's work, nothing serious"

Ken looked at his sister. He knew she wasn't going to be a baby forever. He knew that she was growing up but she has been hurt and let down so many times. The people that were supposed to protect her and love her were the ones to show her how life was, unfair. They let her down and pushed her out for the dumbest of all reasons. He concluded that she had suffered enough and the last thing he wanted was anybody to hurt her. The idea didn't just sit well with him. He was tired of her getting hurt by people she cared about, people she would give anything for. Sometimes, he wished she wouldn't grow up and remain a kid forever but that was impossible. He hoped she would find someone who would love her the way he did. Someone who would understand her the way he did. His phone rang. He looked at it, "Babe". That was how he saved Brie's number. He looked at it and hung up

"I'm guessing that is Brie"
"Who else would it be?"

He said facing the window and looking away from Wanda. She stayed quiet. He looked at her

"Fine, I would pick it up when next she calls"

He said and Wanda smiled at him

"She is lucky to have you. You know that right?"

He said to his sister

"I hope she realizes that but I think it's too late because I don't think I want to be her friend anymore. She says too many things that hurt and that's because she knows me too well so she knows what hurts and what doesn't"
"Whatever decision you make, she deserves it"
"So you would still get married to her?"

Wanda asked her brother