Just like I predicted, Kylian didn’t show. Maria and the family looked at me with the same pitiful look
“I am so sorry, Bewaji” Maria tried to console me
“It is fine, please set the table and let eat” I said with a bright smile on my face. I must say I have come a long way since the first disappointment.
“Esaia, please call Alice” Maria instructed her son
Deep down, I knew someone else was hurt by Kylian’s refusal to come see me. Alice, I felt so bad for her in a way. She was so sure that Kylian would come this time. She was so confident that she had some kind of hold over Kylian, only to discover that Kylian will always do what Kylian wants.
“Esaia, sit, I will go” I rose up from my seat and walked toward Alice’s room. I don’t even know why I was going. Was it to gloat or console her?
Few steps to her room, I heard some angry loud voices and moving closer, I recognized the voice as Alice’s. She was speaking in French… so much for English as the only language in this house. My French was not that good but I could pick up some words she was saying.
You know the way they say, the first words babies pick are bad words, that was the way it is for me. She was heavily cussing the other person out… then I heard her mention Kylian
Oh my God, she was cussing Kylian…. then I heard my name. Is it because of me? Deep down, I knew it was a bad idea to open the door but I still did. She was facing the wall so she didn’t see me but I could tell that she was very angry. Before she dropped the call, she told Kylian never to call her again, then she threw her phone to the wall
Mehn! This woman is really angry. I need to take note never to make her angry
“I am sorry” I said and she looked up at me
“What are you doing here?” she glared at me
“Maria is setting the table for dinner” I informed her “I am sorry, I know you want him to come so ba…”
“Cut the crap” she yelled at me “Just stop saying rubbish”
“I am just trying to….”
“We both know you are hurt, you are hurt…. So stop with the pretence and get the fuck of my room” she shouted
I left and stopped half at the hallway. She was right, I know I said I wasn’t looking forward to his visit but deep down, I was but the fact that I knew he wasn't come made the pain bearable.
So I continued to the dining room
“Where is Alice” Maria asked me the moment I entered the dinning
“She is busy at the moment she will join us when she is ready” I told the older woman
The next day was Isa’s birthday and as the party monger she was, she was going to hit the club with her brother and some of her friends but she couldn’t because heavy rain suddenly started. She wanted to go in it but the rain didn’t stop, so she had to cancel and when I mean cancel, I mean the club because the very next minute, she turned the house into a club as she and her brother partied away to some French music.
When I got to the living room, I saw that Maria and Jude also joined in the fun.
“Bewa, come on”
“I am coming” I waved to her and walked toward Alice’s room.
Since yesterday, no one had seen her. It was like she has decided to lock herself away from the world. I knocked on her door and didn’t wait for her to tell me to come in when I entered. She was playing a racing game
“What do you want?” She asked me without looking up from her game
“About yesterday?”
“Whatever you want to do with your marriage, it is really not my business. You want to fight for it, good for you, you want to give up, good for you too” She concluded
“You were right, I was hurt my Kylian’s absence yesterday. Maybe even more than you were”
“I know that, you were just pretending”
“Because that was the only way I could bear the pain”
She paused her game and turned to me
“And how is that working out for you?” Alice inquired
“I won’t say I am in a good place but I am in a better place”
“You want to play with me” she asked me and she picked up another game pad from the table and stretched it to me
“As much I want to say yes to that, I was invited to a party and I am in the mood to dance right now”
“Suit yourself” she replied as she returned the pad back on the table
“Do you want to come?”
“Nope”
“If you change your mind, you know where to find us” I said and left. I joined the party, picking up a bottle of champagne from the while swinging my body to the song I can’t even translate, Alice joined us and the party went level one to level 10. I have never been to a club before, this is kind of my first time dancing to club songs.
I danced and danced and danced in every direction of the living room like there was no tomorrow, it was like all of my problems were gone. I let everything go and I was floating in joy and happiness. As I was dancing around, my back suddenly hit the hard wall, then I started grinding on the wall with my eyes closed. When I eventually opened my eyes, I was looking into the shocked faces and the open mouth of the residents in my home. I looked at them in bewilderment and Alice pointed over my head.
All of a sudden, I noticed the hard wall was not exactly hard, so I slowly turned to look at what I hit and here he was, staring into the very depth of my soul with his beautiful eyes…. Kylian
I yelped
The bottle of champagne in my hand fell to the ground in shock and shattered as I watch my husband stood before me soaked in rainwater from his head to his toe
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY
PUBLISHED ON: 19/05/2024
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The Chronicles of Bewa
Fanfiction"The Chronicles of Bewa" unfolds the gripping narrative of a young Nigerian woman who defied the odds, marrying her celebrity crush against a mere 0.1% chance. She believed her troubles had come to an end, but what appeared to be a dream come true...
